1850s Collection (page 8)

Snowballs! How to settle the Eastern Question. It is suggested that the conflict in the Crimea between the Russians and the British, French and Ottoman Empire be settled by a huge snowball fight

French Industrial Exposition, Palais de l Industrie, Paris
The French Industrial Exposition, Palais de l Industrie, Paris Date: 1855

Children and cat playing with Mr Punch puppet Date: circa 1850

Kieutenant William Alexander Kerrs successful attack on rebels at Kolhapur, 10 August 1857, Indian Mutiny Date: 1857

Fall of Lucknow, Indian Mutiny Date: 1858

Captain Hope Johnstone bringing news of the capture of Lucknow, Indian Mutiny Date: 1858

The Meeting of the Generals, Delhi, Indian Mutiny Date: 1857

Charge of the Highlanders in Bengal, Indian Mutiny Date: 1857

An Incident in the Indian Mutiny at Allahabad Date: 1857

Advance of the British Army during the Indian Mutiny - "Commander Daly
Advance of the British Army during the Indian Mutiny - Commander Daly and I drew our swords and rushed up the rocks Date: 1857

Mutineers advancing on Delhi, 10 May 1857, Indian Mutiny Date: 1857

Bombardment of Sveaborg, 9 August 1855, Crimean War Date: 1855

Interior of the Redan after its Capture, Siege of Sebastopol, Crimean War Date: 1855

French Attack on the Malakoff, 8 September 1855, Crimean War Date: 1855

Siege of Sebastopol (Sevastopol), Crimean War. Date: 1854-1855

Charge of the Light Cavalry at Balaclava, 25 October 1854, Crimean War Date: 1854

Advance of the Highlanders, Battle of the Alma, 20 September 1854, Crimean War Date: 1854

Bombardment of Odessa, Crimean War, 22 April 1854. Date: 1854

The Heavy Cavalry Charge at Balaclava, 25 October 1854, Crimean War Date: 1854

The Bar to Progress! An allegory, founded upon Temple Bar. Satirical cartoon, 1853. Temple Bar, the entrance to the City of London in the west, closes its gates against ordinary people and progress

A horse-bus clashes with a horse-cab in 1853. Bussy: "Why don t you move on there
A horse-bus clashes with a horse-cab in 1853. Bussy: " Why don t you move on there?" Cabby: " Why didn t you tell us you were a coming? We wouldn t a bin ere at all!" Date: 1853

The New Shaving-Machine (suggested by a recent invention). Emperor of Russia, Nicholas I, sits in the shaving-machine chair in John Bull and Louis Nap(olean)s Easy Shaving Shop

Gentlemens fashions, 1853. Two small boys in the street have a chuckle at a man s
Gentlemens fashions, 1853. Two small boys in the street have a chuckle at a mans outrageously-patterned waistcoat. Ho! Crikey Charlie! If ere ain t a ge man with a lot o hadders a crawlin hover im

Ladies fashions. The culminating point of the bonnet style. Satirical cartoon in which the young ladys plaited hairstyle forms a point on which her bonnet sits

Mediumship - a spirit perplexed 1853
A spirit perplexed. A woman visiting a medium requests she asks the spirit of her deceased husband Augustus where he put the receipt for a repaid claim. Date: 1853

"Theres nae luck about the house!"Cartoon and comment about house-building in London in
" Theres nae luck about the house!" Cartoon and comment about house-building in London in the 1850s. The houses are falling down, propped up by miserable crutches

Fashions for October 1857
Fashions for October, 1857. The lady on the left wears a fashionable style of outdoor clothing for mourning. The mantle she wears is called the Conheath

Neapolitan exiles in London: Il Duca Castromediano Caballeno (top left); Silvio Spaventa (bottom left); Baron Carlo Poerio (centre); Cesere Braico (top right); Guiseppe Pica (bottom right). Date: 1859

Bombas Big Brother. Emperor of Russia: "They shan t take away his playthings
Bombas Big Brother. Emperor of Russia: " They shan t take away his playthings, that they shan t." Ferdinand II (1810-1859), King of the Two Sicilies

The night patrol of the London streets, 1853
The night patrol of the London streets. The figure of Death on horseback rides out of an overcrowded cemetery full of cholera victims

Progress of the moustache mania! A street seller does a good job hawking pairs of moustaches to cash in on the fashion for mens facial hair. Date: 1853

Necessity the mother of invention: an incident during the cabmens strike. A gentleman is conveyed in the barrow of a coalman while his wife has to hitch a lift on his head. Date: 1853

The Reaper?s Song to the Harvest Moon
The Reapers Song to the Harvest Moon. Date: 1858

Drowning the shamrock on St. Patrick?s Night
Drowning the shamrock on St. Patricks Night. Date: 1853

Smyrna! A case in which, in the opinion of the British lion, two heads are not better than one! Cartoon about the Koszta Affair in 1853

The Maid-Of-All-Work is put upon. Now, Betsy be quick and wash up the breakfast things, clear the kitchen, make the beds, and get me up carefully a pair of sleeves

The blockade of London Bridge, 1859. The congested and overcrowded state of the streets of London, particularly those in the City. Date: 1859

A Pre-Raphaelite finishing his picture for the Academy. Satirical cartoon featuring a Pre-Raphaelite artist dressed in medieval clothes to paint his canvas of Petrarch and Laura. Date: 1853

A little difficulty. A family in a carriage get into trouble when they find the treacherous-looking coastal road is closed

Omnibus nuisances. Caution to ladies who like to occupy the seat next to the door. A mans hobnail boots kick a woman on the head as his feet swing in from the window of the omnibus. Date: 1853

Aberdeens bubble. How long will it last? Satirical cartoon about Lord Aberdeen s
Aberdeens bubble. How long will it last? Satirical cartoon about Lord Aberdeens coalition government. Date: 1853

The ascent of Mont Blanc made easy: a suggestion to the followers of Mr Albert Smith. A very relaxed Victorian man is transported to the top of the mountain on a giant pair of retractable mechanical

The Railway King! Down Upon Him! Satirical cartoon mocking the downfall of railway financier George Hudson. He is held upside-down by a bird - perhaps a crow or raven - dressed as a judge

The charwomen in the National Gallery. A cartoon about the conservation controversy at the National Gallery, after nine paintings were cleaned in the autumn of 1852

The great aerolite, from the Kurrukpoor Hills, India. The museum of the Asiatic Society in Calcutta displaying the aerolite (meteor) presented to the society by Captain Walter Sherwill

Picture sale at Messrs. Christie and Mantons King Street, St James s, London. Date: 1856

A page from the Illustrated London News, 12th February 1853, with illustrations of Her Majestys sloop Rattlesnake fitted for the new Arctic expedition; Digby Seymour

Festivities at Beeston Castle, 1851
Festival at Beeston Castle, Cheshire, in aid of the widows and orphans of the Peckforton district of the Independent Order of Oddfellows. Date: 1851

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