1851 Collection (page 16)

San Francisco, California, 1851
Engraving showing the city of San Francisco with Yerba Buena Island in the background. On 3rd May 1851 San Francisco was subject to a terrible fire and only days later, on 15th May

American Indians. The peaceful extinctoin of the red indian
In all their war paint, Chiefs of the vanishing Sioux tribe. The Sioux were originally the principle tribe in Dakota. By 1851 they had lost nearly all of their land

S Africa Grahamstown
Distant view of the town, at this time the capital of eastern province of the Cape Colony

Repavement of the Strand
Illustration showing work in progress on the West side of Temple Bar. Workers are using heavy rammers to level the surface

Great Exhib. / Gutter Plan
Paxtons Gutter, a novel innovation used in the construction of the Crystal Palace, arranged over the entire building

Crystal Palce / Brick Beam
3 diagrams showing the tests undertaken to establish which material, Roman or Portland cement, would provide the stronger hollow bricks for use in the exhibition beams

Clovis Hugues / Hommes Auj
CLOVIS HUGUES French writer and radical politician

Barth / Africa / Musgu
Interior of a Musgu dwelling: Dr Heinrich Barth crossed the Sahara from Tripoli, through the Chad basin to Timbuktu, where he did work on the languages and ethnography. Date: 1851

John Dillon / Van Fair 81
CHARLES STEWART PARNELL Irish Nationalist politician in jail with John Dillon

Verdi Rigoletto Paris
Frezzolini, Alboni, Mario and Corsi in the celebrated last act quartet, in the production at the Theatre Italienne, Paris

Italy Rome Collegio
The college of the Propaganda, sketched from the piazza di Spagna : a crocodile of seminarists crosses the square

Hms intrepid on an Iceberg, Baffin Bay
HMS Intrepid, an Arctic exploration vessel, having been driven forty feet up an iceberg, Baffin Bay, 1851. The Intrepid, under the command of Lt. J.B

Paris fashions for September, 1851
A design for a boys dress, white edged with a drill lace and mousquetaire short trousers

Foch, Photo
FERDINAND FOCH French military commander in World War One

Thos. Hopkins Gallaudet
THOMAS HOPKINS GALLAUDET American educator who after studying in Paris introduced methods for teaching the deaf and dumb, and advocated teacher training institutions

The Metropolitan Sanitary Association Dinner, at Soyers Sy
The first public festival held by the Metropolitan Sanitary Association in 1851. With thousands of deaths from diseases such as cholera

Cricketer, Ulyett
George Ulyett Cricketer - Yorkshire

Cricketer, Sherwin
M. Sherwin Cricketer - Nottinghamshire

Napoleons Coup
An English view of the Napoleonic coup - France is tranquil !!

Napoleons Gifts
Napoleon IIIs gifts to his country - first, the empire of 1851 : second, defeat by the Prussians

Koh I Noor Diamond 1851
Koh-I-Noor diamond: Mountain of Light in its original setting & the Durra-I-Noor diamond: Sea of Light, made by the East India Company

The Prussian War-Steamer, Nix, 1851
Engraving of the Prussian War-Steamer Nix, built by Robinson and Russell of Millwall, London, 1851. This paddle steamer underwent trials on the Thames river in March and April of that year

Cast Iron Lighthouse, intended for Barbados, 1851
Engraving of a Cast Iron lighthouse, designed and built by Alexander Gordon and the Grissell & Co. Ironworks, which was intended for use in Barbados

Cricketer, Barlow
Richard Gorton Barlow Cricketer - Lancashire

Coup: Casualties
As troops supporting Napoleon clear the streets of Paris, those unfortunate enough to be in the line of fire are carried to the hospitals

Coup: Proclamations
At the Imprimerie Nationale, Napoleons proclamations are read out to the people : some are jubilant, others horrified

Coup: after Clearing
The boulevard Montmartre after troops supporting Napoleon have cleared the streets of Republicans and other dissidents

Coup : Mairie Forced
Troops loyal to Napoleon take over the Mairie of the 4th arrondissement, Paris

Thiers and Napoleon
Satire on Thiers and Napoleon, fierce rivals : Thiers considers Napoleon un cretin but he underestimates his opponent, who will stage his coup before the year is out

Coup: Army Bivouac
Bivouac of troops loyal to Napoleon, outside the Hotel de Ville, Paris

Coup: Streets Cleared
The boulevards after they have been cleared of insurgents by troops supporting Napoleon

Coup: Resistance
Napoleons coup triggers popular resistance : Republicans build barricades in the streets of Paris

Statue at Falaise
In 1851 a statue of William the Conqueror is erected at Falaise, on the French coast. William had been duc de Normandie before he thought of invading England

Coup: Dissidents
Dissidents are despatched from Brest to French prisons in South America

Coup: Berryer Protests
From the window of the mairie of the 10th arrondissement, Paris, Berryer protests against Napoleons coup - but theres not much he can do to stop the take-over

Coup: Deputies Expelled
The Chambre des Deputes is closed : members are refused admission by troops loyal to Napoleon

Coup: Troops Bivouac
Troops supporting Napoleon bivouac at the Conciergerie, near the Sainte Chapelle on the ile de la Cite, Paris

French Elections
After Napoleons coup, French voters choose their government. Date: 20 December 1851

Coup : Thiers Arrested
Adolphe Thiers, Napoleons most formidable political opponent, is arrested by troops loyal to Napoleon

Coup : Judges Evicted
High Court judges are evicted by troops loyal to Napoleon

Coup: Street Fighting
Street fighting at the Porte Saint-Denis, Paris, where the Republicans construct one of their biggest barricades : but they succumb to the military

Coup: Barricade
Republican barricade at the Porte Saint-Denis, Paris

Note from the President
The President of the Republic sends a message to the Assemblee Nationale : they are more and more at odds as the year progresses, leading to the December coup d etat

Coup : Military Chiefs
Army chiefs discuss policy on the eve of Napoleons coup : by and large the army will support Napoleon

Coup: Napoleon Rides
After resistance has been suppressed Napoleon rides through the streets of Paris. Not everyone is pleased to see him

Coup: Victims
Unfortunately, a lot of Parisians get themselves hurt when troops loyal to Napoleon clear the streets of Republican opponents : they are carted away in wagons

Coup: Boulevard
The boulevard Montmartre after the street had been cleared by troops supporting Napoleon

Coup : Napoleon Elysee
On the morning of 2 December, Louis Napoleon leaves the Palais de l Elysee with a military escort

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