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Locomotive construction at SwindonVarious scenes depicting the construction of the Great Western Railway at the Swindon Works
Topsy turvy 1854 / LeechTopsy turvy - or our Antipodes. A reversal of fortune, showing miners being served and waited upon by the upper class
Letterbox at Cranmere Pool, DartmoorTwo women stand in front of the letterbox at Cranmere Pool on Dartmoor, Devon. Cranmere Pool is famous for being the first place on Dartmoor to have a letterbox -- it was established there in 1854
William Peel throwing a live shellCaptain William Peel (1824 - 1858) depicted in the act of bravery that won his first Victoria Cross during the Crimean War
Variety Theatre, George H ChirgwinGeorge H Chirgwin, 1854 - 1922. Music hall entertainer, known as the White-Eyed Musical Moke or the White- Eyed Kaffir
Matilde di ShabranA scene from Matilde di Shabran, an opera by Rossini, performed at the Royal Italian Opera at Covent Garden, London, in 1854
John Wesleys Chapel, Kingswood Reformatory, BristolUniformed inmates stand outside John Wesleys Chapel at the Kingswood Reformatory near Bristol, opened in 1854 and one of the first such institutions
Crimean war John Bythsea & William JohnstoneDuring the Crimean War, Commander John Bythsea (or Bythesea) and Stoker William Johnstone seize the Russian mail and despatches from five Russian soldiers in order to intercept important messages
Commons LibraryThe Library in the new House of Commons
Sir Robert Laird Borden / StampSir ROBERT LAIRD BORDEN (1854 - 1937) Canadian lawyer and politician, serving as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from 10 October 1911 to 10 July 1920
2nd Duke of Genoa / StampPrince TOMMASO ALBERTO VITTORIO of SAVOY GENOA (1854 - 1931), 2nd Duke of Genoa, also known as Thomas Albert Victor of Savoy Carignan. The title is now extinct
Tower Inspection MilitiaInspection of militia at the Tower, at the time of the outbreak of the war in the Crimea
Leicester SquareThe Luminous Fountain, one of the dramatic features of the Panopticon in Leicester Square
Modern Athenians plate 29 - EdinburghWilliam Burn Callender (d. 1854) of Prestonhall, walking the same Edinburgh street as Sir Charles Gs Menteath, a Baronet of the Shire of Dumfries
Modern Athenians plate 13 - EdinburghJohn, Lord Cuninghame (1783-1854) approaching Adam, Lord Gillies (1766-1842), both lawyers, judges and Whigs. Both carry umbrellas
Modern Athenians plate 12 - EdinburghMr John Wilson (d. 1854) Poet, angler, walker and Professor of Moral Philosophy, approaching Mr George Joseph Bell (d. 1843) Professor of Scots Law
Modern Athenians plate 14 - EdinburghAdam Duff (d. 1840) Sheriff of Midlothian approaching The Hon. Henry, Lord Cockburn (1779-1854) Two legal gentleman, the former a confirmed Tory, the later with Whig sentiments
Modern Athenians plate 7 - EdinburghRev John Hunter (d. 1866) of the Tron Church stopping to shake hands with his successor Prof. Alexander Brunton (d. 1854). Two friends and colleagues
Modern Athenians plate 23 - EdinburghA serious faced Rev. John Ferguson (d.1854) of St. Peters Episcopal Chapel (never known to smile) approaching the Right Rev. Charles H. Terrot (1790-1872) Episcopal Bishop of Edinburgh
Senegal RiverSailing vessels in the mouth of the Senegal River
Mirage in the BalticMirage of the English fleet in the Baltic, observed from the steam-frigate The Archer
Private of the 17th Regiment of FootPrivate of the 18th Regiment of Foot - The Leicestershire Regiment (later to become the Royal Leicestershire Regiment)
Hawkstone House, Shropshire, the seat of viscount Hill
DEVONPORTThe dockyard at Devonport, Devon
Mrs Cornwallis WestJENNIE JEROME, formerly Lady Randolph Churchill and mother of Winston, pictured in 1902 when she was married to George Cornwallis West
Prince Louis of Battenberg with his sonsPrince Louis of Battenberg (1854-1921), British First Sea Lord in 1914 with his sons, George (right) and Louis (Lord Louis Mountbatten)
Crimea War ShipsBritish naval vessels in the harbour at Balaklava, with tarpaulins stretched over the decks against the cold
Amedee ForestierAmadee Forestier special artist of The Illustrated London News from 1882, covering ceremonial & state occasions. WWI and archaeological subjects
Crowd outside the London Gazette Office, London, 1854Engraving showing the crowd that gathered outside the offices of the London Gazette Newspaper upon the publication of a Crimean War Gazette Extraordinary, 1854
Pembroke House, Whitehall, 1854Engraving showing the exterior of Pembroke House, Whitehall Gardens, London, in 1854. This building was then the office of the British Minister of War
Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg (1854-1921), photographed in 1912 on succeeding Sir Francis Bridgeman as First Sea Lord of the Admiralty
Lloyds Merchant Room, London, 1854Engraving showing the Merchant Room at Lloyds of London, with the underwriters reading the latest news from the Crimean War, 1854
The Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London, 1854Engraving showing the exterior of some then new housing in the Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, 1854
Victoria Street, Westminster, 1854Engraving showing Victoria Street, in the City of Westminster, London, 1854
James Montgomery (1771-1854)Engraved portrait of James Montgomery (1771-1854), the Scottish poet and writer, pictured c.1854
Cannon Street, London, 1854Engraving showing Cannon Street West and the dome of St. Pauls Cathedral, London, 1854
Emperor Napoleon III, 1854Engraved portrait of Napoleon III, Emperor of France, in military uniform on horseback, 1854
The British Cavalry Camp at Balaklava, Crimean War, 1854Photograph of the British army camp at Balaklava, under command of the Earl of Lucan, during the Crimean War, 1854
With Albert, BoulogneHe meets Prince Albert at Boulogne, and they ride through the town with applause from the citizens
Otto in ChurchKing Othon (prince Otto of Bavaria) wears Greek dress in Athens cathedral, but this isn t enough to endear him to his subjects who will depose him in October 1862
Captain MacheathGays character of Captain Macheath is borrowed for a political cartoon
Finland / TurkuTurku, formerly known as Abo : the capital of Russian Finland
Fred VII at FlensburgFrederik VII is warmly received at Flensburg, then in Denmark, though later by his intransigence he will bring about the loss of Schleswig-Holstein to Prussia
Kronborg CastleThe original of Shakespeares Elsinore, the setting for his Hamlet
Romania DanubeThe river at Calafat (aka Kalafat), which is linked to Vidin in Bulgaria by ferryboat
Henrietta SontagHENRIETTA SONTAG German singer
Paris RebuildingDemolition around the Tour Saint-Jacques =-la-Boucherie, extension of the rue de Rivoli
Imperial FetesParisians celebrate the Fetes de l Empereur in the Champ de Mars : he keeps his subjects happy with bread and circuses
