1850 Collection (page 9)

View of Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. 1850

Free Industrial School, Gem Street, Birmingham
The Free Industrial School at Gem Street, Birmingham, was opened in 1850 to provide education, training and meals for poor children in the area. Date: Date unknown

Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand (1768-1848) writing his Memoi
Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand (1768-1848). French writer and politician. Chateaubriand writing his Memoirs from Beyond the Grave, 1848-1850, during his trip to Thionville. Engraving

Peru. Lima. Founded by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro, 1535. Engraving 1850

Ecuador. San Francisco de Quito. Engraving, 1850. Color

Colombia. Bogota. Founded by Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada, 1538. Engraving, 1850. Color

Mexico. 16th century. Augustinian missionary Antonio de Roa
Mexico. 16th century. Evangelization. Augustinian missionary Antonio de Roa, evangelizing natives of Malango mountains. Engraving, 1850. Color

Statue of Ankhrekhu. Egypt
Quartzite statue of Ankhrekhu. 1850 BC. 12th Dynasty. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Statues of Sesostris III. Egypt
Three black granite statues of Sesostris III. 1850 BC. 12th Dynasty. Middle Kingdom. From the Temple of Mentuhotep, Lower South Court. Deir el-Bahri, Thebes. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Gregoire Girard
GREGOIRE GIRARD Swiss churchman and educator of Fribourg. Date: 1765 - 1850

Honore de Balzac engraving by Ch Chardon
HONORE DE BALZAC (1799 - 1850) French novelist and playwrite. Considered one of the founders of European Realism for his short stories

Social / Russia / Ball 1850
Court ball at St Petersburg, with officers and their ladies processing through the assembled crowd Date: 1850

Tattooed Marquesan
A man of the Marquesas Islands, tattooed from top to toe Date: 1850

Le garcon de cafe, Paris 1850
Parisian men and women being served in a coffeehouse. 1850

A maid-of-all-work sweeps a step, c. 1900
A rather resentful looking maid-of-all-work sweeps a step, c. 1900 Date: c. 1900

Cricket match at the cricket-ground at Castle Howard
The royal party visits a cricket match which was being held at Castle Howard, also lots of spectators gather round to watch the match. Date: 1850

Balzac Photo
HONORE DE BALZAC French writer whose massive Comedie humaine is a monument of social fiction. Date: 1799 - 1850

The First Lock at Stranmillis (1850). Wilson, James Glen 1827-1863. Date: 1850

Joys Paper Mill, Belfast (1850). Moore, James MD 1819 - 1883. Date: 1850

The Bookworm, by Carl Spitzweg
A monochrome reproduction of Carl Spitzwegs The Bookroom which shows an elderly bookworm emersed in research. Date: 1850

Georgiana Keate (1770-1850) - Mr Biggin and Mrs Sage ascending from St Georges Fields in Lunardis Balloon 29 June 1785. [C.F.A. Pierce Collection]

Fire brigade horse drawn manual fire pump
A horse drawn manual fire pump typical of those used by the London Fire Engine Establishment (1833) and in the Metropolitan Fire Brigade before the widespread introduction of horse drawn steam engines

Johannes Gutenberg
Engraving of Johannes Gutenberg. c.1850

Helsinki Harbour
The fortress of Suomenlinna (= Sveaborg) in Helsinki harbour: in five years time it will be bombarded by the dastardly English. Date: 1850

Lord Kitchener at peace conference that ended Boer War
Lord Kitchener (1850-1916) seated at the peace conference that brought the Boer War of 1899-1902 to an end. Kitchener became Commander-in-Chief of the British war effort in South Africa from 1900

Krakoviak Dance Poland
Couples dancing the KRAKOWIAK, a national dance of the Polish people, originating as you probably guessed in Krakow. Date: circa 1850

Walhalla Interior
Interior of the Walhalla, overlooking the Donau (Danube) in Bavaria, the German hall of fame, inaugurated in 1842 by Ludwig I. Date: 1850

The Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Scilly Isles, 1849
Engraving of the first Bishop Rock lighthouse, which was built in 1847 and destroyed by storms on 5th February 1850. The design, by Walker and Burges

RMS Asia, 1850
Engraving of the Cunard Line Royal Mail Paddle-steamer Asia at sea, 1850. Asia was the largest steamship yet built on the River Clyde

Mangling Machine
Engraving of a woman using a mangle to squeeze excess water out of washed clothes

Peru Chincha Islands
The northernmost of the Chincha (guano) islands

Victorian Birthday Card
A Victorian birthday card with a poem

Natchez and Eclipse
A race between the two paddlesteamers Natchez and Eclipse on the Mississippi

James Glaisher
JAMES GLAISHER English aeronaut and founder of the Meteorological Society (1850), best known for his balloon ascents with Coxwell. Date: 1809 - 1903

Louis-Philippe / Fossey
LOUIS-PHILIPPE with Marie-Amelie, their family, friends, courtiers etc

Tuareg Warrior
A Touareg warrior of Algeria or Morocco with sword and spear

China / Shanghai Port 1850
Shanghai: one of five ports opened for British trade

Nigeria / Kano 1850
Kano, from Mount Dala in Nigeria, West Africa, visited by Dr Heinrich Barth and sketched by him

Louis-Philippe / Isabey
LOUIS-PHILIPPE French monarch (known as the Citizen King). This portrait done when he was still duc d Orleans

Polar Bear / Baxter / 1850
A polar bear stands in an icy setting

Bison Charging
BISON BISON American bison or buffalo depicted in the act of charging

Clifton, Bristol C. 1850
Showing ROYAL YORK CRESCENT, CLIFTON with grand mansion houses overlooking a private railed garden for residents

Madman in Mad House
A mental patient, confined in a strait-jacket, is chained barefoot in a small bare cell - a warder opens the door for a visitor to see the wretch, perhaps a one-time friend

Selling pastries from a street stall in France, 1850
Le patissier - man selling pastries to schoolboys in France, 1850. Date: 1850

Missionary house and church, Regent, Sierra Leone
Church Missionary House and Church, Regent, Sierra Leone, West Africa. 1850

Marine Parade, Eastbourne, Sussex
Marine Parade viewed from the sea, Eastbourne, Sussex. 1850

Instrument for tattooing deserters, 1850 (c). Brass body and trigger with brass D plate and steel spikes. Engraved on side with manufacturers name, Savigny and Company, London

Beg Pardon yer honor, but if yer honor would kindly?
Beg Pardon yer honor, but if yer honor would kindly lend me a cou/ ple of shillings I think I could enlist those two likely looking young/ lads for the drums.Scenes of life in an Infantry Regiment

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