Rifleman of 95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot at the time of the Crimean War. This regiment became the Rifle Brigade which changed to the 3rd Green Jackets (The Rifle Brigade)
Beef Cuts Diagram 1855A diagram showing beef joints
John Moses BrowningJOHN MOSES BROWNING American inventor of automatic pistols, rifles etc : shown with one of his machine guns
Manchester Warehousemen Orphan Schools, Cheadle HulmeThe Manchester Warehousemen Orphan Schools, on Claremont Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire. The school was founded in 1855 by a group of Manchester businessmen to care for and educate orphans
Fable / Wind and SunTHE WIND AND THE SUN Both disputed over who could cause the traveller to shed his cloak; the wind blew strongly, but in the suns gentle heat the man derobed
Withington Hospital, ManchesterEntrance to Withington Hospital, Nell Lane, Manchester, opened in 1855 as Chorlton Union workhouse. A horse and carriage stands outside the gates
Royal Victoria DockThe Royal Victoria Dock, (1855 - 1981), at Plaistow Marshes, east London, was well known for its meat trade, especially with South America
Hiawatha / LongfellowHiawathas departure: Hiawatha sails Westward into the sunset
American Indians. Billy Bowlegs and his suite of Indian ChieBilly Bowlegs (Holata Micco) was a leader of the Seminole people, he went on to serve as a Captain in the Union Army during the Civil War
Racial / Iroquois FishingHiawatha goes fishing in his canoe; " Take my bait, O king of fishes! "
Hiawatha / Minnehaha DiesHiawatha mourns the death of Minnehaha: " Seven long days & nights he sat there."
Homeopathic CocoaThe manufacturers of Crunchie bars venture into alternative medicine with HOMAEOPATHIC COCOA. If it is diluted like homeopathic remedies, it can t have much taste !
Soren KierkegaardSOREN aBYE KIERKEGaRD Danish philosopher
ESPERANCEElizabeth Hope, known as Elizabeth d Esperance medium Date: 1855 - 1919
Malvern Water Cure (2)(2 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern The Packing " Now this is what I call being jolly!"
Charlotte Bronte / AuthorCHARLOTTE BRONTE British author
Hiawatha / Wedding / BrideHiawatha with his bride, Minnehaha, walking hand in hand
GAUSS, Karl Friedrich (1777-1855). German mathematician, physicist and astronomer. Portrait of Carl Friederich Gauss. Engraving
Industrial School, Buxton, near Norwich, NorfolkBoys and dog stand on the football pitch of the Buxton Industrial School near Norwich, Norfolk, established in 1855 to hold 100 boys. From 1933 it became Red House Farm Approved School
Leech Cartoon DinosaursThe figures of prehistoric animals in the Palace grounds, created by Waterhouse Hawkins, are sufficiently realistic to frighten children
Silk Weaver 1855A Spitalfields weaver at work
Blackheath FireworksThe fall of Sebastopol is celebrated with dramatic fireworks and a large bonfire on Blackheath
Military / Dress / 19th CentRUSSIA - Two Circassian soldiers
CUBITT (1788-1855)Thomas Cubitt, London builder
First Postbox, LondonLETTER BOX The first Post Office letter box in London is installed at the corner of Fleet Street and Farringdon Street, at the foot of Ludgate Hill
Brighton / Aquarium IntBrighton, Sussex: an interior view of The Aquarium
Brighton / Adelaide CresBrighton, Sussex: on the beach near Adelaide Crescent and Brunswick Terrace
Last of England (Colour)THE LAST OF ENGLAND -the definitive emigration image, showing a couple in pensive mood as their ship leaves the white cliffs of England. She is clutching their baby
Commemorative portrait of Queen Victoria and Prince AlbertThis is a commemorative portrait of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a young couple
Gold enamelled brooch, presented to Florence Nightingale by Queen Victoria, 1855. Gold, with diamonds and enamel, said to have been designed by Prince Albert The Prince Consort (1819-1861)
Colonel James Skinner holding a Regimental Durbar, 1827.Watercolour with gouache on European paper by Ghulam Ali Khan (fl 1817-1855), 1827.Inscribed in Nastaliq script lower left
LITTLE DORRITFloras tour of inspection
The Last Day of the Old Smithfield Market, London 1855Last days trading at the Old Smithfield Market, London. Large number of cows, sheep and pigs in pens awaiting sale and slaughter. In the background, the dome of St. Pauls Cathedral is silhouetted
Pen and ink sketch by B. Waterhouse HawkinsSketch on the reverse of a letter dated 24 October 1855, written to Professor Richard Owen from Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Date: 1855
Earlswood Asylum, Redhill, SurreyThe charitably financed Earlswood Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles was opened in 1855 at Redhill in Surrey. It later became known as the Royal Earlswood Hospital. Date: 1907
Rome / Colosseum 1855Plan of the various levels of the building : the lowest level is on the lower right, and the three higher levels are shown anti-clockwise
Paris Slum SceneA Paris slum : general aspect of the rue Delambre, with home industries, laundry and other occupations in progress
Exterior view of the Hafod Copper and Silver Works and Copper Mill in Swansea, Wales. Date: 1855
Nerval PhotoGERARD DE NERVAL French poet, eccentric if not actually mad, whose difficult life ended in suicide; photographed in the last year of his life. Date: 1808 - 1855
Industrial School for Girls, Maryhill, GlasgowThe Glasgow Industrial School for Girls at Maryhill was established in 1855. Industrial Schools, often privately run, housed children aged 7-15 placed there by magistrates for a variety of reasons
Marie CorelliMARIE CORELLI English novelist, pictured c.1924
Italy GenovaThe harbour, seen from the piazza del Aqua Verde, on the occasion of the embarcation of the king of Sardinia
Wh Russell / Illus TimesSIR WILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELL British war correspondent for The Times, reporting from the Crimea in 1855
Henry De LA BecheSir Henry Thomas DE LA BECHE Distinguished geologist, responsible for the Geological Ordnance Survey, and for the institution which would grow into the Geological Museum
Hiawatha / PortraitA portrait of Hiawatha
CRICKETER, WICKHAMREV. A.P. WICKHAM CRICKETER - SOMERSET Date: 1855-1935
Exterior of British Museum - reading room 1855Construction of the great Reading Room of the British Museum, the forerunner of the British Library Date: 1855
Sydenham Cedar of LebanonSydenham (Cedar of Lebanon) (1855). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1855
