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Two bulls locking horns, Sri LankaTwo Bulls at One Shot -- two bulls (male buffalo) locking horns with hunters in the background, ready to fire. 1854
BIG BENThe clock face (designed by Augustus Pugin) of Big Ben. Westminster, London. The clock mechanism was completed in 1854; the Victorian Gothic tower was completed in 1858. Date: 1850s
Lord of the Isles steam train, 1851The Great Western Railway Broad Gauge Locomotive Lord of the Isles, 1851. Date: 1851
Pride comes before a fallAn illustration to the saying, Pride comes before a fall. Showing a rich man (possibly royal) in an encounter with a boy selling food from a basket in the street
Bleasdale Reformatory, Garstang, LancashireA view of the North Lancashire Reformatory for Boys at Bleasdale, near Garstang, Lancashire which opened in 1857. Reformatories could house convicted juvenile offenders aged under 16 for a period of
County Lunatic Asylum, Brentwood, EssexThe Essex County Lunatic Asylum was established in 1853 at Warley Hill, Brentwood, Essex, and was designed by H. E. Kendall Junior. It later became Brentwood Mental Hospital and then Warley Hospital
Bury Union Workhouse, Jericho, LancashireA distant view of the Bury Union workhouse opened in 1857 at Jericho, Bury, Lancashire. The site later became Fairfield Hospital
Character from Il Trovatore -- AzucenaDepiction of the character Azucena from Verdis grand opera Il Trovatore (The Troubador), first performed in Rome in 1853. The gipsy woman Azucena (a mezzo-soprano or contralto role)
Union Workhouse, Hemsworth, West YorkshireThe Hemsworth Union workhouse, erected in 1859 on Southmoor Road, Hemsworth, West Yorkshire. Several inmates can be seen sitting or working. A girl pushes a baby in a pushchair on the road alongside
Union Workhouse, Northallerton, North YorkshireThe Northallerton Union workhouse at Friarage Fields, Northallerton, North Yorkshire. A small dog stands near the entrance
Hackney Union School, Brentwood, EssexThe Hackney Union School at Brentwood. In 1885 Hackney took over what had been the Brentwood District School, originally set up by the Shoreditch Board of Guardians in 1854 to house pauper children
Mccormicks ReaperMCCORMICKs REAPER McCormicks patent American horsedrawn reaper being used in the field
Green Dress Early 1850SPossibly evening dress: 3 scallop edged, embroidered flounces, stomacher corsage trimmed with bows in imitation of echelles & a square neckline. (possibly a Watteau body)
Horse puddler used during Australian gold rushThe first horse-powered rotary puddler in use at Pennyweight Flat, Ballarat, Victoria, during the Australian gold rush. Puddling involved breaking up clay soil containing gold
Gold Escort leaving for Melbourne, AustraliaThe Gold Escort leaving Castlemaine Camp in Victoria, Australia, for Melbourne
Passiflora -- Passion Flower -- brought from Peru/Brazil to Europe in 1699
Music cover, La Pricesse Valse (The Princess Waltz), composed and dedicated to HRH Prince Albert by Felix Gantier. Depicting Princess Victoria, the eldest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Englands Royal Sailor, HRH Prince Alfred Ernest Albert (1844-1900), Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Edinburgh. circa 1850s
Harriet Beecher Stowe, American authorHarriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), American author of Uncle Toms Cabin. circa 1850s
George Mogridge, English writerGeorge Mogridge (1787-1854), prolific English writer, poet and childrens author, also known as Old Humphrey. circa 1850s
Chelsea New Bridge, London. 1858
Flavel kitchenerFlavels kitchener, on display at the Great Exhibition 1851, named after William Flavel(1819-1892), iron-founder and businessman. Date: 1851
Crystal Palce, Sydenham, the Nave under constructionThe 1851 Great Exhibition building was remodelled and rebuilt in Sydenham between 1852 and 1854. The nave with the intersection of the North Transept. Date: circa 1853
Father Christmas at the Crystal Palace, SydenhamOld Father Christmas attended by a motley group under the direction of the Lord of Misrule 1859. Photograph by Hudson and Kearns 1859
Selling pastries from a street stall in France, 1850Le patissier - man selling pastries to schoolboys in France, 1850. Date: 1850
Scene in a synagogue, Jerusalem. circa 1850s
Music cover, The Lancashire Witches Waltzes (12th set), composed by A Fleche. circa 1850s
(insert)Music cover, Wildflowers Waltz by Jullien, composed and dedicated to the lady patronesses of the authors grand Yorkshire ball. circa 1850s
Missionary house and church, Regent, Sierra LeoneChurch Missionary House and Church, Regent, Sierra Leone, West Africa. 1850
Marine Parade, Eastbourne, SussexMarine Parade viewed from the sea, Eastbourne, Sussex. 1850
People struggling against March windsVictorian ladies and gentlemen struggle against March winds, with hats blown off, umbrellas blown inside out, and skirts blown up. Date: 1859
Banquet at the marriage of Rothschilds 1857Banquet at the marriage of Baron Alphonse de Rothschild and Miss Leonora Rothschild in the mansion at Gunnersbury Park, west London, 1857. 1857
The Rothschild Marriage: the bridal presents. Gifts for the marriage of Baron Alphonse de Rothschild and Miss Leonora Rothschild in the mansion at Gunnersbury Park, 1857. 1857
Christmas Day 1854A page of vignettes showing how Christmas Day was traditionally celebrated by Victorian families in the 1850s. Stockings and present giving was followed by church
The Sultana. 1851
Two sisters conversingThe Sisters - two sisters conversing. 1851
Music cover, The Floral Hall Polka, by Albert Reinhold. circa 1850s
Duke of Wellington at Walmer Castle, KentThe Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) in his library, study and sleeping apartment at Walmer Castle, Deal, Kent, where he died on 14 September 1852, aged 83. circa 1850s
Music cover, Les HuguenotsMusic cover, Operatic Gems No. 18, Les Huguenots, by Felix Gantier (probably an arrangement after Meyerbeer). Showing Old Paris on the Eve of St Bartholomew (the night before the massacre)
Paris street tradesman, Le Froiteur (Frotteur)Petites Industries Parisiennes - Le Froiteur (Frotteur). 1851
Crystal Palace, Great Exhibition, 1851The Crystal Palace, Palace of Glass, location of The Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London, in 1851. 1851
The interior of a court house, CeylonThe interior of a court house in the Kandian provinces in Ceylon(Sri Lanka). The young Kandian woman complains of the treatment she has recieved at the hands of her husband
Elephant lays water pipes, 1856An elephant assisting with the laying of water pipes near Kandy, Ceylon. 1856
Music cover, The Tramp Galop on Bishops Melodies, by Adrien Victor. circa 1850s
Valse-Mazurka, Mosquita la SorciereMusic cover, Valse-Mazurka, based on the opera Mosquita La Sorciere by X Boisselot, dedicated to Mlle Fanny d Arboville, composed for piano by Frederic Burgmuller. circa 1850s
Queen Victoria opening the Great Exhibition. 1851
Young woman going to market. 1851
The Illustrated London News masthead, 1858The masthead of The Illustrated London News. 24th July 1858
