1850 Collection (page 22)

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

Prince Arthur in Canada
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942) during a trip to Canada between August 1869 and July 1870. Arthur would later become Governor-General of Canada 1911

Port of London
All kinds of ships and boats in the river, off the Tower

Battersea Park
The lake in Battersea Park

Sir Hamo Thornycroft, 1881
Engraved portrait of Sir Hamo Thornycroft (1850-1925), the English sculptor, pictured in 1881 when he had just been elected Associate of the Royal Academy

Roofless cabin during evictions in Ireland
Rear view of a couple of gentlemen and two grieving women near the cabin of Pat MacNamara which has been tumbled by levellers

Emigration. Emigration to Australia. Farewell Group Meeting
Mass meeting of would-be emigrants to Australia, supported by the Family Colonisation Loan Society, set up by Mrs Chisholm

Royal Institution Lecture on Gold, London, 1850
Engraving showing a lecture given by Sir Roderick Murchison about the geographical distribution of gold ore, held at the Royal Institution, London, 1850

Admiral Jellicoes farewell to Lord Kitchener
A photograph of Admiral John Rushworth Jellicoe (1859-1935) bidding farewell to Field-Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) before his embarkation aboard the H.M.S

Column of Congress
Leopold I lays the first stone of the Colonne du Congres (Congress column)

Donizetti Fille Regiment
Ferdinanda Carletti Prospera as Marie, the daughter of the regiment, first performed 1840

Deputy and Voter
A French deputy looks coldly at an elector who has the effrontery to seek a favour in return for his vote

Iceland Mount Hekla
Distant view of Mount Hekla, an active volcano

Stage Gesture - Anger
Mlle Adele Desiree as La fee Rageuse (the angry fairy) in Rothomago

Lafontaine as Valentine
Lafontaine in the role of Valentine

France Place Bastille
The Colonne de Juillet in the place de la Bastille commemorates the fall. of the Bastille in 1789

Portugal Cintra
The castle of Penha da Cintra

Warsaw Conference
Conference of the powers at Warsaw to consider the fate of Poland

Two Gentlemen of Verona

French Railway Map
Map of the railway between Paris and Rouen, running alongside the Seine and crossing it - as shown in the picture - at Le Manoir

Loves Labours Lost

Play / Pericles

Alls Well that Ends Wel

Timon of Athens

Enlarging a Room / Leech
Enlarging a room - a tableau representing further improvements in Mr Briggs house - destruction of the wall which separates the parlour from the passage

Play / Henry VIII

Play / Cymbeline

Comedy of Errors

As you Like It

LONG-SONG SELLER
A LONG-SONG SELLER in the streets of London

Play / Richard III

Dancing on the deck of the ship Randolph, 1850
Engraving showing British emigrants dancing on the main deck of the ship Randolph during a banquet held prior to its departure for New Zealand, 1850

India Darjeeling
General view of Darjeeling, on the Sikkim border, with the Himalayas beyond

Kitchener at work
Illustration showing Lord Kitchener (1850-1916), Secretary of State for War receiving the famous soldier, Lord Roberts in his room at the War Office in 1914

New Zealand Canterbury
The site of the Canterbury settlement

San Francisco, California, 1850
Engraving showing San Francisco, viewed from the South-West, 1850. Founded as a gold rush town, San Francisco had a population of only 10-15, 000 people at this time

The Government Inspectors Office, Liverpool, 1850
Engraving showing emigrants queueing outside the Government Inspectors Office, Liverpool, 1850. Passengers were checked at the office, for infectious diseases, prior to departure

Searching for Stowaways on board an Emigrant Ship, 1850
Engraving showing the crew of an emigrant ship searching their vessel for stowaways prior to departure for America, 1850

Taking the Roll Call on an Emigrant Ship, 1850
Engraving showing the passengers of an emigrant ship gathered on the quarterdeck for the roll call, 1850

California, SAn Francisco. Political meeting at san Francisc
Crowd of people listening to political speakers, flying the stars and stripes, the American flag

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