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Gigantic Christmas tree at Crystal Palace 1854The gigantic Christmas tree at Crystal Palace, Sydenham which occupied the central transept. The general design was carried out by Mr Hurwitz, loaded with a variety of ornaments and nicknacks
Showing off its glory this detailed engraving of the exterior of the iron and glass structure of Crystal Palace at Sydenham, London. Date: 1854
The charge of the heavy cavalry Date: 25 October 1854
French camp in the snow. Date: winter 1854 - 1855
The charge of the Heavy Brigade Date: 25 October 1854
The Light Cavalry charge. Date: 25 October 1854
Young girls at a Ragged school in Grays Yard, James Street in Oxford Street, London. Making new patent toy-work for an exhibition at the mansion of Earl of Shaftesbury in Grosvenor Square
French and British Warships bombard the Russian port of Odessa : the French steamer Vauban is set afire by red-hot shot fired from the Russian batteries Date: 22 April 1854
Sentries and donkeys enjoy the bracing weather in the British Artillery Camp and Siege Train, before Sebastopol. Date: winter 1854 - 55
French soldiers of the 48th Regiment of the Line embark aboard the English ship The St Vincent at Calais, destination the Crimea Date: 1854
A ward in the new barrack hospital in Scutari Date: 1854
Salute the Rooshians? Aye, aye, Sir : a British sailor prepares to fire a cannon Date: 1854
Interior view of under three spans of roof of Prices Candle Company, with their new substance of crude petroleum from Burma
Exterior of Prices Patent Candle Company, Bromborough Pool Works. Date: 1854
Moulding room - Crystal Palace, Sydenham 1854Moulding room. Date: 1854
10936908Mme. Mallet as Bertha in le Billet de Marguerite, a comic opera in three acts, at the Lyrique.. Handcoloured lithograph by Alexandre Lacauchie from Galerie Dramatique
Peasants celebrating Christmas Eve at Tonniens 1854Old Christian custom on Christmas Eve, in France Germany and Norway, were farmers and peasants perambulating the fields, going round and round the boundary
Leadenhall Market on Christmas-eve 1854Very busy in Leadenhall Market, London, Victorians picking their birds for Christmas day. Date: 1854
Christmas market at Toulon, France 1854Christmas market scene in Toulon, southern France. Date: 1854
Tower of Galata, Constantinople 1854Tower of Galata, one of the most famous monuments in the European quarter of Constantinople (now Istanbul), in 1854. This building was used both as a watch tower
Dinner in the Iguanodon model, Crystal Palace, SydenhamDiners 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
Twelfth Night - Childs Dream 1854Child dreaming of characters from the Twelfth Night, dancing at the bottom, including the King and Queen. Date: 1854
Steam sewing factory 1854A large clothes manufactures at Holloway and Co factory, here you can see twenty machines at work, driven by steam power attended by young women. Date: 1854
RUSSIA KRONSTADTBirds-eye view of the harbour at the outbreak of the Crimea War. Date: 1854
Bell Rock Lighthouse, off the coast of Angus, Scotland, is the worlds oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouse. Date: 1854
Extinct Animals CarvedFigures of extinct animals in the grounds of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham - a splendid example of Art in the service of Science. Date: circa 1854
SKATING, REGENTS CANAL 1854Skating on the frozen Regents Canal, in Regents Park, London : boys have set up a slide on which a portly gentleman has come a cropper, also losing his topper. Date: 1854
PANOPTICAN, LONDON 1854Built in 1854 by T Hayter Lewis as The Royal Panopticon, used for scientific exhibitions. Converted to the Alhambra Music Hall in 1864. Date: 1854
FRENCH SICK VISITORSTwo fashionably dressed ladies call on a sick woman in an attic, who is already being cared for by a sister of charity Date: 1854
HIGHGATE MODEL YACHTSRegatta of the Highgate Model Yacht Club on the ponds Date: 1854
VICTORIA AT SYDENHAMVictoria arrives with Albert to open the Crystal Palace in its new location. Date: 10 June 1854
CRYSTAL PALACE ANIMALSThe sculptures of prehistoric animals, created by Waterhouse Hawkins, are a notable feature of the Palace grounds. Date: circa 1854
WAITRESS & JAPANESE MEN WAITRESS & JAPANESE MENA waitress serves tea to a group of Japanese men Date: 1854
CHARLES KEMBLE / SURFACECHARLES KEMBLE Actor and theatre manager in the role of Charles Surface in The School for Scandal Date: 1775 - 1854
MORE BILLS THAN PENCEA gentleman at home looks forlornly at a pile of bills Date: 1854
SOLDIER & CIVILIANS 1854 SOLDIER & CIVILIANS 1854French soldiers with three civilian men Date: 1854
BRITISH SAPPERS 1854Sappers and Miners in working dress Date: 1854
BALAKLAVA, GALESteamships and sailing vessels caught in a gale off Balaclava Date: 14 November 1854
SEBASTOPOL BATTLE PLANBattle plan showing the fortifications : the Mamelon, and the Malakoff beyond it, are the key defences the Allies have to overcome before they can take the city itself Date: 1854 - 1855
PALACE CONSTRUCTION 1854The Crystal Palace is re-constructed at Sydenham while the garden front is landscaped Date: 1854
MUNICH EXHIBITION 1854The industrial exhibition at Munich displayed in a similar glass structure to the Crystal Palace in Britain Date: 1854
French perfume shop 1854Exterior of Mignot Parfumeur, French perfume shop. Date: 1854
DUCIMO ABOARD PENELOPEThe Admiral receiving King Ducimo (West Africa) and his entourage on board The Penelope, off Lagos Date: 1854
GOLD / AUSTRALIA / PUNCHA gold field in the diggins Date: 1854
Guildes at Crystal Palace 1854A military band perform in the Crystal Palace before a large crowd. Date: 1854
Florence Nightingale - ScutariIn Scutari, Florence Nightingale checks patients during the night. Date: 1854-5
DINING INSIDE IGUANODON 1854Hawkins invities scientists to dine inside his iguanodon model at the Crystal Palace exhibition at Sydenham. Date: 1854
Florence NightingaleIn Scutari, Florence Nightingale attends a patient. Date: 1854-5
