1850 Collection (page 21)

Dublin 1850
View of the Custom House from the River Liffey, Dublin

Dining room, mid 19c
A dining room and study, possibly German. Three young women sit, one sews, one weaves, one produces a cross stitch or tapestry on a frame

Government Medical Inspectors Office
Emigration - The Government Medical Inspectors Office. As the text describes: No passenger ship is allowed to proceed until a medical practitioner appointed by the emigration office of the port shall

Gents toilet with slate roof, North Wales
A circular gents toilet, built in 1850 with stone walls and a slate roof, somewhere in North Wales where the slate is quarried

The Britannia bridge
Three views of the Britannia bridge, which was built across the Menai strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. The bridge was begun in 1846 and completed in March 1850

Edinburgh Charity Workhouse, Port Bristo, Edinburgh
An 1820 view of the Edinburgh Charity Poorhouse in Port Bristo, Edinburgh, Scotland, originally built in 1739-1743 by Samuel Neilson, mason, and William McVey and James Heriot, wrights

Music cover for The Keepsake, a Sequel to the Celebrated Song, The Cavalier, sung by Miss Poole. Words by W H Bellamy, music by Charles W Glover

Music cover for The Cavalier, a song sung by Miss Poole, with words by W H Bellamy, music by Charles W Glover. A very elaborately dressed Cavalier of the 17th century is depicted with a guitar under

Music cover for Jetty Treffz Popular Song, Trab, Trab, or The Ride, as sung at Her Majestys Concerts. With the original German words and an English version by Count de Horsey

Music cover, spinning wheel scene from Martha
Music cover for the comic opera entitled Martha, or the Market at Richmond by Friedrich von Flotow (1812-1883), set in the early 18th century

Sultan Abdul Mecid I (1823 - 1861). His reign was notable for the rise of nationalist movements within the empires territories

Royal Mews 1850
The Royal Mews, which will be demolished in 1830 to enasble the construction of Trafalgar Square : the royal carriages will then be housed in the Mews in Buckingham Palace Rd

Luigi Cadorna / Stamp
General LUIGI CADORNA (1850 - 1928) Italian Field Marshal and Commander-in-Chief of the Italian army during the first part of World War I

St Giles Rookery
The Rookery at St Giles

London Somers Town
in Camden, between Euston and St Pancras : the Polygon

London Snow Hill
St Andrews church, viewed from Snow Hill

Duke of Connaught / Stamp
ARTHUR DUKE OF CONNAUGHT 3rd son of Victoria

Former famous fete at Stafford House
Page from The Tatler, 3rd July 1901, featuring a famous gathering at Stafford House in 1850 at which Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were present

Holdernesse House
The sculpture gallery in Holdernesse House, Park Lane

German Drawing Room
A drawing room, parlour or salon

Constitution Hill
a quiet by-way near Buckingham Palace

Modern Athenians plate 38 - Edinburgh
William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1813-1865) Scottish poet, humorist and writer, looking quizzically through his monocle at a sheepish Alexander Smellie (1770-1850)

Modern Athenians plate 47 - Edinburgh
Walter Duthie (c. 1795-1868) Scottish lawyer, walking the same Edinburgh Street as Alexander Cleghorn (d. 1850) Inspector General of Exports and Imports for Scotland

Modern Athenians plate 42 - Edinburgh
George Combe (1788-1858) phrenologist & natural philosopher, passing John Gray (1765-1850) solocitor, on the streets of Edinburgh

Modern Athenians plate 25 - Edinburgh
The Hon. Francis, Lord Jeffrey (1773-1850) a Scottish judge and literary critic, approaching Sir John Archibald, Lord Murray (1779-1859) a Scottish judge

Modern Athenians plate 20 - Edinburgh
Mr Alexander Kidston (1762-1850) approaching Mr. John Jardine (1777-1850), Sheriff of Ross and Cromarty, on the streets of Edinburgh

Modern Athenians plate 15 - Edinburgh
Sir James Gibson-Craig (d. 1850) being greeted by Sir Thomas Dick-Lauder (d. 1848). Two Baronets familiar to Edinburgh, often seen in conversation

Blackheath London View
London viewed from Blackheath on a stormy day

Whitfields Mount
A protuberance on the Heath where methodist preacher George Whitefield (correct spelling) addressed the crowds. It survives, but is less protuberant today

London Evans Grand Hotel Coffee House
Evans Grand Hotel Coffe House and tavern at Covent Garden, London

Hackfall Spring
The alum spring at Hackfall, Yorkshire

The Duke of Connaught with his granddaughter
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942), with his granddaughter Ingrid (daughter of Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden), and her husband Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, c.1935

The Connaughts in 1883
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942) with his wife, Princess Luise Margarete of Prussia (1860-1917) and their two elder children

Duke of Connaught and family
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught with his wife and family, from left: Princess Patricia of Connaught, later Lady Patricia Ramsey (1886-1974), the Duchess of Connaught (1860-1917)

Devils Dyke
View of the Devils Dyke, near Brighton, Suffolk

Prince Arthurs engagement
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942) in 1878 with his fiancee Luise Margarete of Prussia and her sisters, Marie (centre)

Princes Leopold and Arthur in 1861
The younger sons of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert photographed by Mayall in 1861. Prince Arthur (1850-1842) is on the right and Prince Leopold (1855-1884) on the left

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught
rince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942), fourth son and seventh child of Queen Victoria and Albert. The Queens acknowledged favourite

The electric wire at Cape Grinez
The first submarine electric telegraphic despatch from Dover to Cape Grinez, near Calais. The image shows a view of Cape Grinez, taking the wire up the cliff

The Goliah steamer paying out the electric wire
The first submarine electric telegraphic despatch from Dover to Cape Grinez, near Calais. Here, the cable is laid out as the Goliah steam ship sails from England to France

Temporary station at Dover: the steamers prepare to start
The first submarine electric telegraphic despatch from Dover to Cape Grinez, near Calais. After arriving in France however

BROMLEY
Horse-riders each standing on two horses compete in a race at Bromley, then in Kent but now part of Greater London

St Sepulchres Church
Interior of St Sepulchres church, known as the Round Church

Chesil Bank (or beach) Dorset, viewed from Portland

Battle Abbey
Ruins known as Harolds Crypt, at Battle Abbey, Sussex

Devonshire Terrace, London, 1897
Photograph showing the rear of Devonshire Terrace, Marylebone, London, the home of Charles Dickens from 1839 to 1850

Duke of Cambridge
George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904), cousin of Queen Victoria and Commander-in-Chief of the British Army

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught
Colour illustration showing Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942) together with Luise Margarethe of Prussia, Duchess of Connaught

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