1850 Collection (page 3)

Native of Kamchatka
A native of Kamchatka, in north-eastern Russia : he holds a fish, of which his dogs are very well aware

France / Lille
The centre of the town on a market day

France / Douai
Street scene in the centre of the town, with a footbridge over the canal

France / Arras
The Grande Place

Stevenson / Vailima / Vaea
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish writers home at Vailima, Samoa, with Vaea Mountain in the background

Stevenson / Mother
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish writer as a young boy, with his mother, Margaret Isabella

Lipton / Sir Thomas / Vf 01
J Reid Walker wears a ? Homburg hat, wing collar & red tie, black waistcoat & lounging jacket, grey herringbone tweed trousers with turn-ups & a front crease Date: 1909

Sir Edward Richard Henry
SIR EDWARD RICHARD HENRY Irish policeman and fingerprint expert

Large Boy Eats Large Pie
A plump boy puts all his strength into eating a pie

Edward Bernstein
EDWARD BERNSTEIN German Social Democrat. Chief exponent of revisionism and reformism for over 25 years

Faust Sees Marguerite
Mephistopheles presents Faust with a vision of Marguerite

Stevenson Age 40
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON The Scottish writer and poet at the age of 40

Stevenson Bed Flageolet
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON The Scottish writer and poet playing the flageolet in bed in Vailima

Lambeth Floods 1850
The Thames overflows at Lambeth, London - a hansom cab makes its way through the streets but many take to boats. Date: 1850

Queenwood College
Housed in the former Richard Owen Socialist community building Harmony Hall (built 1841) between 1847-1896. Burnt down in 1903. Former maths master: John Tyndall

Winnowing Grain, France
WINNOWING GRAIN country girls of Beost

Family at Panto
A family outing to the panto

Children Arrive Station
Children arriving at a terminus are met by their relatives

Leaning Tower / Musicsheet
The Pisa polka

Wordsworth [Boxall]
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH English writer

Botanist at Work / 1850
Botanist at work

Willow / Aquatint / 1850
A willow tree at the side of a pond

Three Master (Spurling) /
A three-master under sail

Chartist Housing Estate
The Chartist estate at Snigs End, Gloucestershire, one of several built by Feargus O Connor for workers. Sadly, the promised Paradise is a disastrous failure

Medical / Midwife
A Midwife

Victoria Goes by Rail
Reception of Queen Victoria at the Central Railway Station, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

Brighton Pavilion
General view of the Pavilion

Cartoon, Specimens from Mr Punchs Industrial Exhibition of 1850 (to be improved in 1851). A satire on the forthcoming Great Exhibition, under the leadership of Prince Albert

The Uncut Koh-i-noor Diamond, c. 1851
Engraving of the Koh-i-noor ( mountain of light ) diamond, in its original state, circa 1851. Previously owned by the Mogul emperors, the Persian Shahs and Ranjit Singh, the Lion of the Punjab

Photographer explains the posing machine in his studio
The cartoon follows a photographer explaining and poking fun at the posing machine used when capturing portraits in a studio.He comments on getting people to sit for a photograph is an art form in

INFANTICIDE PREVENTED
Missionaries in China seek to end Chinese infanticide. For many Chinese, to bear female children is a thing to be ashamed of and many girls are buried alive Date: circa 1850

The Sermon: You are Condemned!, 1850-1870, by Velazquez
Eugenio Lucas Velazquez (1817-1870). Spanish painter. The Sermon: You are Condemned!, 1850-1870. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain

The Jealous Devil, Alfred Crowquill's sketches from Jullien's Bal Masque, Date: 1850

Restoration of H Ms Victory
Restoration of the HMS Victory in Portsmouth. H Ms Repulse can be seen in the background. HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, ordered in 1758

Doorway, Sydney University
This etching shows an ornate arched doorway to the University of Sydney, established in 1850, their motto is sidere mens eadem mutato, translated as The stars change, the mind remains the same

Uriah Heep, law clerk in David Copperfield
Uriah Heep, law clerk in the novel David Copperfield (1849-1850) by Charles Dickens. Date: 1884

Baby's funeral coffin carried by young girls in white dresses. circa 1850

Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552) resurrect a dead in
Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552). Spanish missionary. The saint resurrect a dead buried in Colima, near Cape Comorin (India), 1544. French Engraving, 1850. Date:

House where Lord Byron died, Missolonghi, Greece
House where Lord Byron died, in Missolonghi, Greece, in 1824. 1850

Coffin of Gua. Detail. Egypt
Coffin of Gua. Painted cedar wood. Exterior. Detail. Stresses the pair of eyes on the east side that allowed the deceased look towards the dawn. 1850 BC. 12th Dynasty. Middle Kingdom

Opening of Universal and International Exhibition, Brussels
King Baudouin in Army uniform in the centre of the Royal group, on his right his brother Prince Albert in naval uniform. On the left of King Baudouin are Princess de Rethy with Princess Marie

Funeral procession of Sir Robert Peel leaves Cambridge House
Sir Robert Peel leaves his home at Cambridge House, Piccadilly, London, for the last time. It will become the town residence of Lord Palmerston. Date: 1850

BATH BECKFORDS TOWER
The Tomb and tower of William Beckford in Walcot Cemetery, Bath - as grandiloquent in death as he had been during his lifetime. Date: circa 1850

Halfway House, Kennsington 1850
Exterior of Halfway House, Kennsington

AKBAR TOMB SIKUNDRA
Akbar is buried in this massive tomb at Sikundra, near Agra : he started building it himself, then after his death his son Jihangir completed it. Date: 1850

ABORIGINAL SEPULCHRE 19C
A native sepulchre, or aboriginal mode of burial. Date: circa 1850

The Grand Saloon of the Atlantic steamship Atlantic with plenty of sofas on which passengers may make themselves comfortable. Date: 1850

ROYALLY-OWNED CHARABANC
Thrupp and Co, of Oxford Street, London, have just made this elegant charabanc for the Queen of Portugal to go picnicking in. Date: 1850

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