1854 Collection (page 5)

DINNER INTERRUPTED
The evening meal is interrupted by a visitor Date: 1854

AN EVENING LECTURE
An evening lecture in polite society Date: 1854

FRENCH CAVALRYMAN HIT
GARDES DHONNEUR 3rd regiment (It is surely very unusual for a costume illustration to show the soldier in the process of being hit !) Date: 1854

FRENCH ARTILLERYMAN
GARDE IMPERIALE Foot artilleryman Date: 1854

CRIMEA / RUSSIAN MINES
British ships Merlin and Firefly struck by Russian infernal machines (mines) Date: 1854

PALLADINO AT GENOVA
Eusapia raises a table while controlled by Morselli, at Genova, 12 July 1906 picture 1 of 2 Date: 1854 - 1918

FLEET RIVER AT HAMPSTEAD
FLEET RIVER at Hampstead Date: 1854

Wedding of Emperor Franz-Joseph I Austria to Elisabeth
Wedding of Emperor Franz-Joseph I(1830-1916) of Austria to Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria(1837-1898), in the church of the Augustins at Vienna. Date: April 1854

The Woodhouse, Rostrevor (1854). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1854

The 93rd Sutherland Highlanders at the Battle of Balaclava 25 October 1854. The Thin Red LineWatercolour by Richard Simkin

General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna of Mexico
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (1794-1876), 8th President of Mexico. After a successful political career he was overthrown in 1854 and lived most of his later years in exile. circa 1850s

Premature burial (L Inhumation pr飩pit饩by Antoine Wiertz
The premature burial (L Inhumation pr飩 pit饩, a 1854 painting by Belgian artist Antoine Wiertz, shows a cholera victim waking up after having been placed in a coffin and buried alive)

Christian Rudolph De Wet
CHRISTIAN RUDOLPH DE WET Boer soldier and politician Date: 1854 - 1922

Wedding procession of Empress Elisabeth of Austria
The grand procession of Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria(1837-1898) into Vienna on the occasion of her marriage to the Emperor Franz-Joseph I of Austria. Date: 23rd April 1854

Crimean War, Sergeant Davies defending the colours
Crimean War -- Sergeant Davies (Poolfield Davis) of the Grenadier Guards defending the colours against Russian infantry at the Battle of Inkerman in 1854

Thomas Baron Denman
THOMAS, first baron DENMAN lawyer : solicitor-general to Queen Caroline at her trial, later lord chief justice. Date: 1779 - 1854

Levitation / Shaman
A Mongol shaman causes a stool to levitate : the feat was witnessed by a Russian named Tscherepanov Date: 1854

KRUPP, Friedrich Alfred (1854 - 1902). German steel manufacturer of the company Krupp. 1900. Engraving

Araucanos (Araucanians), people of Valpara�, Chile. Illustration of Atlas de la historia f� ca y polit ca de Chile by Claudio Gay, 1854. Engraving

COURBET, Gustave. The Artists Studio
COURBET, Gustave (1819-1877). The Artists Studio. 1854 - 1855. Realism. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 d Orsay (Orsay Museum)

Map of the Black Sea and the Crimea, 1854
Engraving of a map of the area around the Black Sea with the borders between Turkey and Russia, showing the disputed Crimea region. Date: 1854

Nicolas Baron Seguier
NICOLAS MAXIMILIAN SIDONIE, baron SEGUIER, marquis de Saint Brisson French scholar Date: 1773 - 1854

Shelley Memorial
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY The Shelley Memorial (1854) Christchurch Priory Church, Hampshire, England. This sculpture by Henry Weekes, shows Mary Shelley grieving Date: 1792 - 1822

Two bulls locking horns, Sri Lanka
Two Bulls at One Shot -- two bulls (male buffalo) locking horns with hunters in the background, ready to fire. 1854

BIG BEN
The clock face (designed by Augustus Pugin) of Big Ben. Westminster, London. The clock mechanism was completed in 1854; the Victorian Gothic tower was completed in 1858. Date: 1850s

Persepolis / Architecture
Details of the capitals and column bases from the site of the citadel of Persepolis. Columned halls were characteristic of Persian architecture. Date: 1854

Luke O Connor, Irish Victoria Cross winner
Luke O Connor(1831-1915), when sergeant, taking the colours from Lieut. Anstruther, and though severely wounded, carrying them to the end of the day at the Battle of Alma during the Crimean War

Hackney Union School, Brentwood, Essex
The Hackney Union School at Brentwood. In 1885 Hackney took over what had been the Brentwood District School, originally set up by the Shoreditch Board of Guardians in 1854 to house pauper children

Lady Churchill Marries
JENNIE JEROME, later Lady Randolph Churchill and then Mrs George Cornwallis West, mother of Winston Churchill, marries her third husband, Mr Montagu Porch in 1918

British Cavalry and Artillery Units during the Crimean War
Engraving showing officers of the 8th Hussars, 17th Lancers, Royal Horse Artillery, 5th Dragoon Guards, 4th Dragoon Guards, 1st Royal Dragoons and 11th Hussars in their dress uniforms

Bulgaria / Burgas
Burgas, one of Bulgarias principal Black Sea ports

Tichborne House, Alresford, Hants. The family home of Mr Roger Tichborne. Mr Orton was sentenced to fourteen years imprisonment, for claiming to be Mr Roger Tichborne

Crystal Palace Tower
One of Brunels two water towers at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham (1854), being cleaned. Sadly demolished in 1940 - 41 to avoid being landmarks for enemy bombers

SHIP IDA ZIEGLER
clipper ship

Yemen Mocha
(Al Mukha, Mocka etc) Street scene in the town, formerly famous for its coffee trade

Marquis of Anglesey - 2
HENRY WILLIAM PAGET, first marquis of ANGLESEY soldier, depicted before the battle of Waterloo while he still had both of his legs

Letter box at Cranmere Pool, Dartmoor, Devon
Close-up of the letter box at Cranmere Pool on Dartmoor, Devon. Cranmere Pool is famous for being the first place on Dartmoor to have a letter box, established there in 1854. Date: circa 1960s

The Crystal Palace, the Egyptian Court
The Crystal Palace at Sydenham. Top image: entrance to the Egyptian Court from the nave by the avenue of lions. Bottom image: the Egyptian Court - entrance to the tomb of Beni Hassan. 1854

Christmas Day 1854
A page of vignettes showing how Christmas Day was traditionally celebrated by Victorian families in the 1850s. Stockings and present giving was followed by church

Liverpool Boys Orphan Asylum Band
Members of the Orphan Asylum for Boys band, dressed in sailor suits and holding instruments. The Asylum, on Myrtle Street, Liverpool, opened in 1854. Date: 1890s

Balaklava Harbour, looking north
Photograph: Balaklava Harbour, looking north. Photograph by James Robertson. One of thirteen photographs, Crimean War (1854-1856). Date: 1856

The Gale off the Port of Balaklava. 14 Nov 1854. Coloured tinted lithograph by R Carrick, 1855. One of 40 lithographs from The Seat of War in the East - First Series after William Simpson

Before Sebastopol Nov 1854 - The Sentry
Before Sebastopol Nov 1854. The Sentry. Pen and ink and watercolour by Lt (later Col) Henry John Wilkinson (1829-1911), 1st Battalion, 9th (The East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot, 1854

Christmas trees in Covent Garden Market, London
Christmas trees on sale in Covent Garden Market, London. 1854

Cooking House of the 8th Hussars
Photograph: Cooking House of the 8th (The King?s Royal Irish) Light Dragoons (Hussars).Photograph by Roger Fenton (1819-1869)

Launch of the Hannibal steamship, 1854
The launch of the HMSS Hannibal screw steamship on 31st January 1854 at Deptford Dockyard. The ship served in the Crimean War. Date: 1854

Crimean War, attack on Sebastopol, 30 October 1854, view of the harbour. 1854

Site of New Customs House Foot of Waring Street, Belfast
Site of New Customs House - Foot of Waring Street, Belfast (1854). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1854

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping