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Ada Byron as a ChildAUGUSTA ADA BYRON the poets daughter as a small child
OLGA / GREECE / 1901QUEEN OLGA OF GREECE Wife of George I of Greece (they married in 1867), niece of the Tsar of Russia
Olga / Greece / PhotoQUEEN OLGA OF GREECE Wife of George I of Greece (they married in 1867), niece of the Tsar of Russia
Jmw Turner / Iln 1843J M W TURNER English painter, sketching
Jmw Turner / Oil Ptg ColJ M W TURNER English painter as a young man
Joseph Paxton / Anon PhotoSIR JOSEPH PAXTON Architect and horticulturist, designer of the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851
Jane Dieulafoy (Card)JEANNE-PAULE-HENRIETTE-RACHEL, nee Magre French archeologist and traveller, particularly associated with Morocco and Susa, in Persia
Ships in the IceThe brig Renovation sights two vessels on an iceberg, which are supposed to be Franklins Erebus and Terror, last heard of in July 1845
Manchester / Street MarketManchester: old houses (right), and a portion of the Manchester Exchange (left)
Charles Godfrey / PykeCHARLES GODFREY (Paul Lacey) Music hall singer
Joanna Baillie (Masq. )Joanna Baillie Writer
THE AMERICA WINS CUPThe America winning the sailing match at Cowes for the Club Cup, open to yachts of all causes and nations
Brighton / Nelsons ViewsBrighton, Sussex: a panoramic view, showing Kings Road and Marine Parade
BAINs CHEMICAL T GRAPHBAINs CHEMICAL TELEGRAPH exhibited at the Crystal Palace
STOVE, 1851Stove and fender by Stuart and Smith of Sheffield, exhibited at the Crystal Palace
Pugin-Designed StoveStove in the medieval style designed by Augustus Pugin and constructed by Hardiman of Birmingham
Goodyears LifeboatCharles Goodyear of New Haven, Connecticut, best known for his tyres, also displays an india-rubber lifeboat and pontoon at the Crystal Palace
THE AMERICA BOOMINGThe America booming out : her victory at Cowes for the Club Cup leads to a series of spectacular events as the worlds finest yachts compete for the Americas Cup
THE AMERICA BUILTBuilding the yacht America at New York : on 22 August she will win the sailing match at Cowes for the Club Cup : the race thereafter be known as the Americas Cup race
THE AMERICA YACHTThe American sailing yacht America which will win the sailing match at Cowes for the Club Cup : the race will in future be known as the Americas Cup race
THE AMERICA YACHTThe sailing yacht America which will win the sailing match at Cowes for the Club Cup : the race will in future be known as the Americas Cup race
CITY OF MANCHESTERSteam passenger ship of the Inman Line employed on the North Atlantic run
Indian Exhibit / C. PalaceModels of Ships in the Indian exhibit
East Indian Court / 1851The East Indian Court - south side
Wood WarblerWOOD WARBLER (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Royal Albert Skate 1851EQUIPMENT A Royal Albert skate by Marsden & Co
Indian Music InstrumentsThree types of Indian musical instrument - one like a lute, another like a harp, the third like a tambourine
Trinity College ConcertA grand musical performance is given in the theatre of Trinity College, Dublin
Crystal Palace / MeissenA stand at the Great Exhibition displaying a group of objects in glass and porcelain from the royal manufactory at Meissen
Crystal Palace / View WestView from the Transept, looking west
Crystal Palace /s TransVisitors throng the South Transept with its fountain and statuary
Crystal Palace / SizeThis view of part of the main exhibition area gives an impression of the vast size of Paxtons astonishing building
Crystal Palace / MainOne of the main exhibition areas, seen from Dantes Temple
Crystal Palace / TranseptView from the Transept, looking east
Crystal Palace / BritishView of the British section
Buckingham Palace 1839The Palace, with Nashs improvements completed, seen from St Jamess Park, with the Marble Arch which stood before it from 1827 to 1851
Buckingham House 1827The Palace seen from St Jamess Park - still in a very natural state, with cows ! - before the erection of the Marble Arch which stood before it from 1827 to 1851
Atlantic Telegraphsections of Atlantic and other cables: Dover-Calais 1851 first Atlantic 1857 second Atlantic 1865 Berlin-Halle 1876
Musical Ladies 1851Skirt with 5 flounces, black lace jacket & broad floating ribbon ends descending from the waist. Green redingote: bow trim, undersleeves with reversed vandyked cuffs
Soult / PhilippoteauxNICOLAS-JEAN DE DIEU SOULT duc de Dalmatie French soldier & statesman
Benjamin Lee GuinnessBENJAMIN LEE GUINNESS Irish brewer; manager (from 1825), sole proprietor (1855) of brewing business founded by his father; first lord mayor of Dublin (1851)
Cabinet for VictoriaVisitors to the Crystal Palace admire the craftsmanship of this large and somewhat obtrusive cabinet made by Messrs Holland for Queen Victoria
Two Metal CradlesTwo elaborate metal cradles by H W Winfield of Cambridge Street works, Birmingham
Swallow (Morris)SWALLOW (Hinundo rustica)
Bewicks SwanBEWICKs SWAN (Cygnus Bewickii)
Whooper Swan (Morris)WHOOPER SWAN (Cygnus musicus)
Egyptian VultureEGYPTIAN VULTURE (Neophron peronopterus)
Red-Backed ShrikeRED-BACKED SHRIKE (Lanius collurio)