1853 Collection (page 4)

Prince Gortschakoffs Residence, near Bucharest 1853
Residence of Prince Gortscakoff in Wallachia, on the Black Sea, close to Bucharest, which was used for exercises by the Russian Army, 1853. 18, 000 Russian soldiers took part in the manoevres

Bourgas on the Black Sea 1853
Bourgas (now in Bulgaria), an important sea-port town town on the Black Sea, with a sheltered natural harbour. Date: 1853

Dinner in the Iguanodon model, Crystal Palace, Sydenham
Diners seated in a model of an Iguanodon at Crystal Palace, London. The Iguanodon was a creation of Mr. B. Waterhouse Hawkins who was constructing models of various dinosaurs in his studio at Crystal

Holloway prison
Birds-eye view of the new London city prison and House of Correction, Holloway, that opened on 6th of October 1852, with 371 males and 93 female prisoners. Date: 1853

Allsopps pale-ale brewery 1862
Allsopp and sons pale-ale brewery at Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire. Date: 1862

BOTALLACK TIN MINE / 1853
The Botallack Tin Mine, Cornwall (close to Lands End). Date: 1853

MALE TYPE / FORBES ACTOR
A typical late Victorian: Johnston Forbes-Robertson, actor-manager (1853-1937). Date: 1890

CRYSTAL PALACE PROGRESS
Surrounded by the green fields and woods of Sydenham, south- east London, the new Crystal Palace starts to take shape. Date: 1853

SYDENHAM WORK STARTS
In the green fields of Sydenham, south-east London, work starts on the new Crystal Palace, recycling the materials from the Great Exhibition. Date: 1853

PARIS DEBATES PAIN PRICE
Zut alors! Cest trop cher! Parisiens discuss the price of bread at a street corner. Date: 1853

Going to the Pantomime 1853
Dear papa takes his family off to the panto - they all fit into one enormous cab ! Date: 1853

New York, Crystal Palace 1853
Construction of the crystal palace for the New York exhibition. Date: 1853

Mistletoe seller 1853
Street trader selling mistletoe for Christmas. Date: 1853

PARIS LOPERA 1853
Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie leave the Paris Opera House Date: 1853

GREAT RUBBISH SALE
THE UNPROTECTED FEMALE AT A GREAT RUBBISH SALE The customer is depicted as the victim of unscrupulous shopkeepers Date: 1853

SPEEDY
British clipper ship for the Australia run, built by Cox of Bridport Date: 1853

INDUSTRY / SCENE / DUDLEY
Dudley and its iron works, from the castle. Date: 1853

Goose Club at Christmas 1853
Goose Clubs in London, sixpence every Saturday evening after wages received for ten or twelve weeks before Christmas for a goose or turkey and a bottle of spirit, to be carried home on Christmas eve

CECIL RHODES / SOURIRE 00
A perfidious John Bull in league with Jack the Ripper - this is the true nature of England. Satire on Cecil Rhodes and Chamberlain at the time of the Entente Cordiale. Date: 1853 - 1902

Turkish coffee house 1853
Turkish men seated on cushioned benches, along three sides, smoking the tchibouk or narghile. Date: 1853

BERTILLON SATIRE
ALPHONSE BERTILLON French criminologist A satire on his system - looking for clues Date: 1853 - 1914

THE VOTE AUCTION satirical comment on the prevalence of bribery in British parliamentary elections Date: 1853

Vezelay Abbey, Burgundy, France
View of the facade of Vezelay Abbey, now known as the Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, or the Eglise de la Madeleine, a Benedictine abbey church in Burgundy, France. Date: 1853

Giltspur Street Compter
Engraving depicting the Giltspur Street Compter in 1840. It was a compter or small prison, designed by English architect and surveyor George Dance the Younger, mainly used to hold debtors

Dreamland with Chevalier Ernest Thorn (22nd September 1853 -21st May 1928) was a touring magician and inventor from Austria

Rifle, Percussion, Enfield, Pattern 1853 3Rd Model
Pattern 1853, Enfield rifle musket, 3rd Model. Liege contract 1858. Marked to 14th Middlesex Volunteers, 1861 (c). Date: circa 1861

Wrestlers, 1853, by Gustave Courbet
Gustave Courbet (1819-1877). French painter. Wrestlers, 1853. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Joseph Bellot
JOSEPH RENE BELLOT French naval explorer in the Antarctic. Date: 1826 - 1853

Corridor to the Committee-Rooms of House of Commons
View showing the corridor leading to the committee rooms of the House of Commons, Palace of Westminster, London (1853). Date: 1853

St. Martin of Braga (520-589) sharing his cloak with a begga
Saint Martin of Braga (520-580). Archbishop of Bracara Augusta i Gallaecia (now Braga, Portugal). St. Martin sharing his cloak with a beggar. Engraving by Cibera. Ano Cristiano. 1853. Colored

Albrecht Kossel
ALBRECHT KOSSEL German biochemist Date: 1853 - 1927

The Great Industrial Exhibition, Dublin, 1853
The Great Industrial Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland, 1853. 1853

Invitation to Dinner in Iguanodon 31 / 12 / 1853
Original artwork by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, donated by his granddaughter Mary Hawkins

Chondrus crispus
Cyanotype photograph by Anna Atkins, one of the first natural history photographers. From British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, 1853. Date: 1853

VAN GOGH, Vincent. Portrait of Doctor Felix
GOGH, Vincent van (1853-1890). Portrait of Doctor Felix Rey. 1889. Post-Impressionism. Oil on canvas. RUSSIA. MOSCOW. Moscow. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

Royal Masonic Institute For Girls, Wandsworth, London
The Royal Masonic Institute For Girls opened in 1853 at St Johns Hill, Battersea Rise, Wandsworth. The school educated the daughters of Freemasons. Date: Date unknown

Mount Vernon Hotel at Cape May, New Jersey
The palatial Mount Vernon Hotel at Cape May, New Jersey. Built in the Italianate style, it could accomodate 3, 500 guests, who came seeking the sea air and healthful recreation

Ludovico Visconti
LUDOVICO TULLIO GIOACCHINO VISCONTI Italian-born architect working in France Date: 1791 - 1853

August Kopisch
AUGUST KOPISCH German writer and artist with his autograph Date: 1799 - 1853

Julius Baron Haynau
JULIUS freiherr von HAYNAU Austrian military commander, known as the Butcher of Brescia for his severity in suppressing an insurrection against Austrian dominion. Date: 1786 - 1853

Frederick Richard Chichester, Earl of Belfast 1827-53 (1853). Manara, Orazio de 1804-1877. Date: 1853

The Potato Eaters
GOGH, Vincent van (1853-1890). The Potato Eaters. Post-Impressionism. Oil on canvas

Memory of the Garden at Etten (Ladies of Arles)
GOGH, Vincent van (1853-1890). Memory of the Garden at Etten (Ladies of Arles). Post-Impressionism. Oil on canvas

BLONDEL, Merry Joseph (1781-1853). The Sun of the Fall of Icarus. Soffit situated on the roof of the Rotunda of Apollo

County Lunatic Asylum, Brentwood, Essex
The 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

Character from Il Trovatore -- Azucena
Depiction 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)

Modern Athenians plate 5 - Edinburgh
Rev. Dr Clason (1789-1868) of Buccleuch Street Chapel facing Rev. Robert Gordon (1786-1853) of High Church. Two well remembered ministers of the old establishment in conversation

Modern Athenians plate 26 - Edinburgh
Thomas Maitland, Lord Dundrennan (1792-1851) a Scottish lawyer and judge, approaching Adam, Lord Anderson (1797-1853) solicitor-General, Dean of Faculty, and judge

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