1850 Collection (page 19)

San Antonio, Texas
The peaceful little Texas town of San Antonio will change a bit in the 150 years since this view was drawn... Date: 1850

Coastal Scene Near Caen
Coastal scene near Caen : hard to imnagine the D-day landings on this romantic shore ! Date: 1850

Chapel at Coldspring
The Chapel of Our Lady, at Coldspring (New York) stands on a bluff overlooking the Hudson river. Date: 1850

Schloss at Eltz
Eltz, overlooking the Mosel river, must surely be one of the most romantic of castles. Easily defended by the narrow bridge, and enjoying divine protection from that shrine. Date: 1850

Parnassos Oros
Mount Parnassus, near Delphi, is where Apollo and the Muses hang out : the other peak is sacred to Bacchus, hence the association of poets with wine and ale. Date: 1850

Salt Lake City
The Mormons have already made this their chief settlement when this engraving is made. Date: 1850

Nicaragua River Scene
The estuary of the Rio de las Lajas : in the distance is one of the countrys many volcanoes. Date: 1850

Kaskaskia, Illinois
This village is located close to the oldest town in the American West (1703). Date: 1850

MARATHON
The mountains look on Marathon, and Marathon looks on the sea (Byron) - scene of battle between Athenians and Persians (490 BCE) and the run bearing the news of victory. Date: 1850

Nimes Maison Carree
La maison carree, a Roman temple, subsequently used as a warehouse before becoming a must-see tourist attraction. Date: 1850

Frauenkirche Andernach
The tomb of saint Genoveva in the ruined Frauenkirche at Andernach. Date: 1850

Postojna / Adelsberg
The stalactite caves of Postojna (Adelsberg is the German name) in Slovenia. Date: 1850

Lake George, USA
Scene among the highlands on Lake George, New York state. Date: 1850

Tbilisi / Tiflis
This ancient town has been successively under Persian, Byzantine, Arab, Mongol, Turkish and Soviet rule before its present incarnation in independent Georgia. Date: 1850

Barhydts Lake
near Saratoga, New York state. Date: 1850

Tyniecki Church Etc
The convent and church, seen across the Vistula river. Date: circa 1850

Elkhorn Pyramid
Elks contemplate the Elkhorn Pyramid in Missouri. Date: 1850

General View 1850
(or Cracow) - seen from the cote du Tertre-Kosciusko : Krakow was at this time the capital of the Polish Republic. Date: circa 1850

Vittoria, Spain
Ancient buildings fronting on the marketplace, with the cathedral in the background. Date: 1850

Burg Landsberg
A romantic hilltop castle near Meiningen, in Thuringia. Date: 1850

Ruins at Iraklion
Ruined buildings at Iraklion, Candia, Crete. Date: 1850

Polish Coastal Scene
Scene on the Baltic coast, near Palanga in Zmudzi, at this time accredited to Poland but (21st century) to Lithuania. Date: circa 1850

Geroldsau Wasserfall
The cascade of Geroldsau, near Baden-Baden, Germany. Date: 1850

Nineveh Sculpture at the British Museum, London, 1850

Geyser, Iceland
The great geyser of Hekla (or Hecla), one of several associated with this volcano. Date: 1850

Polish Girl Reading
A Polish girl reading. She looks much like a girl of any other country reading, but of course her book is written in Polish. Date: circa 1850

Vidin, Bulgaria
Vidin (formerly Widdin) is strategically located on the Donau (Danube), in the heart of wine country. Date: 1850

Pueblo of Zuni
Native American pueblo in New Mexico Date: 1850

Pompeys Pillar - wrongly believed to contain remains of Roman general Pompey, this pillar near Alexandria was raised in the 4th century to honour the emperor Diocletian. Date: 4th century / 1850

Ruschtschuk Bulgaria
on the Donau (Danube) Date: 1850

Peel and Crowd
When sir Robert Peel (the younger) falls off his horse, a crowd gathers outside his home in Whitehall Gardens, London, to learn his health, Date: 1788 - 1850

Maupassant Photo
GUY DE MAUPASSANT French writer, author of La maison Tellier, Bel-Ami and much more, but who ended insane, photographed in 1890. Date: 1850 - 1898

Peel Bell Caricature
Sir ROBERT PEEL THE YOUNGER statesman depicted as a bell - a pealer, get it? Very witty... Date: 1788 - 1850

Thomas Amyot
THOMAS AMYOT Treasurer of the Society of Antiquaries, in 1836. with his autograph Date: 1775 - 1850

Jenny Lind in New York, 1850
Singer Jenny Lind is greeted with rapture when she appearanced at the Castle Garden Theatre in New York. Date: September 1850

Assassination attempt on Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia
Assassination attempt by Sergeant Maximilian Joseph Sefeloge on Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia, in Potsdam, Germany. 1850

Italian Pifferari, 1850
Roman piffarari perform by a wayside shine, 1850. Date: 1850

Military music: French trumpeter, 1850
A French trumpeter on horseback, 1850. Date: 1850

The cider cellar, 1850
Men drinking at a pub in the Strand called The Cider Cellar. Date: 1850

Conductor and orchestra
A couple mourn the death of a loved one in the upper scene, whilst a conductor on a stage conducts a large choir below. Date: c.1850

Gold Rush / Australia
GOLD RUSH A group of prospecters discuss where to search next Date: 1850 s

Louis-Philippe & Son
LOUIS-PHILIPPE of FRANCE French monarch, known as the Citizen King (reigned 1830-48) with his son, the Duc de Nemours. Date: 1773 - 1850

Stevenson / James Chalmers
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish writer with the missionary James Chalmers and a group of natives in Samoa, circa 1890. Please note

Rattle Snake / Nest Attack
A rattle snake (or pit-viper) climbs a tree and attacks a nest, much to the distress of the two adult birds whose eggs are in the nest. Date: circa 1850

Murchison Lectures
Sir Roderick Murchison lectures on geology (the distribution of gold ore) at the Royal Institution in London. Date: 1850

Stevenson Kerry Photo
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish novelist in profile Date: 1850 - 1894

Birds / Red Ibis
RED IBIS (Ibis species) If those are pyramids in the background, this must be an Egyptian bird, but its not the Sacred Ibis. Date: circa 1850

School of Sultan Hassan in Turkey
Scene in the school of Sultan Hassan, Turkey. Date: circa 1850

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