1853 Collection (page 3)

"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

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

Sir Archdale Wilson, 1st Baronet, British soldier
Vintage 19th century photograph: Sir Archdale Wilson, 1st Baronet (1803 - 9 May 1874) was a distinguished soldier in the British Indian Army, who fought at the siege of Bharatpur in 1825-6

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

Lewes Prison, Sussex
A view of the prison at Lewes, Sussex, opened in 1853. Date: Date unknown

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

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 Nineveh Room at the British Museum. Date: 1853

The former industrial school, designed by Aicken and Capes, erected in 1853 by the Whitechapel Union at Forest Gate. It later became the Forest Gate District School. Date: 2002

Critical position of the ship, the Investigator, part of the Ross Arctic expedition at Ballast Beach, Baring Island. Date: 1853

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

A box at the Italian Opera, 1852. Woman in off-the-shoulder dresses with shawl berthas, gentleman with opera glasses in white tie and black coat. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

The last of the boulevard lions, 1853. Fashionable people outside Tortonis ice cream cafe. Dandies in top hats, jacquettes and striped pants

Two aboriginal men, named Garicha and Boyguda, of Cape York, Australia, who were brought to Britain in 1853 after accidentally remaining on board Captain Stricklands ship

Cartoon, Why Coals Are Dear -- a satirical comment on the high cost of coals to ordinary working people, caused by Restricted Navigation and City Tax. Date: 1853

Lord Mayor visiting Gas Works at Bow, East London
Lord Mayor and Sheriffs visiting the Works of the Great Central Gas Consumers Company at Bow, East London. 1853

New York, Crystal Palace 1853
New York, Crystal Palace was an exhibition building constructed for the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City, between 14 July 1853 to 5 October 1858, when it was destroyed

Great Cab Strike, London 1853
Arrival of a train, not a cab to be had. Date: 1853

London Bridge, Great Cab Strike 1853
The Great Cab Strike: The rush for omnibuses, at the South-Eastern Railway Terminus, London Bridge. Date: 1853

A Photographic Positive 1853
A mother seeks assistance in regards to her daughter accidentally spilling photographic chemicals, in particular staining her face from nitrate of silver

Sandown Castle, Kent 1853
Sandown Castle, Kent - one of the Cinque Ports. 1853

Proclamation of the Colony of Bay Islands
The British gained violent control of the Bay Islands from Honduras in 1838, but did little about any formalities or governance until March 1852

The parliamentary female
Father of the family: " Come, dear; we so seldom go out together now- can t you take us all to the play tonight!" Mistress of the House, and MP: " How you talk, Charles

Sheffield - Castle Grinding Mill for cutlery 1853
Exterior view of the Castle Grinding Mill for cutlery at Sheffield. Date: 1853

Stench of people been flushed away. Date: 1853

A thimble-rigger in a London street tries to trick members of the crowd with clever sleight-of-hand Date: 1853

The interior of Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company incorporated in 1846 with the object of building a line from London to York

The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company incorporated in 1846 with the object of building a line from London to York

SUZANNE REICHENBERG French singer, photographed in 1883. Date: 1853 - 1924

Ladies dress a window at Madame Roberts store Date: 1853

Allopathy - Homeopathy - Hydropathy - the options available in the 1850s Date: 1853

Prospectors camp at Pegleg and Sailors Gully, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Date: 1853

Panning for gold at Thompsons Point, on the River Turon in New South Wales, Australia. Date: 1853

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Laurent as Planchet in Le Roi des Halles at the Theatre Lyrique.. Handcoloured lithograph by Alexandre Lacauchie from Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris 1853

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Mme. Colson as Michelma in La Moissonneuse at the Theatre Lyrique.. Pauline Marchand (Madame Colson) was a French opera singer

Proposed Metropolitan subway under London streets 1853
Proposed Metropolitan subway for sewage, gas and water supply. Date: 1853

Beatrice by Frank Dicksee
Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare painted by Frank Dicksee (1853-1928), part of a series of Shakespearean heroines by well-known Victorian painters

Waits at Seven Dials, London, 1853
Group of Christmas Waits or street musicians playing at Seven Dials, London. Until the middle of the 19th century Waits had been town musicians

Borough Market, London, Christmas Eve 1853
Borough Market, London, on the evening of Christmas Eve 1853. In the background Southwark Cathedral looms over the shoppers and stalls of food. Date: 1853

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