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1855 Collection (page 10)

Background image1855 Collection: Joseph Hume - 3

Joseph Hume - 3
JOSEPH HUME Radical statesman Date: 1777 - 1855

Background image1855 Collection: Joseph Hume - 4

Joseph Hume - 4
JOSEPH HUME Radical statesman Date: 1777 - 1855

Background image1855 Collection: Joseph Hume - 5

Joseph Hume - 5
JOSEPH HUME Radical statesman, sketched speaking in the House of Commons. Date: 1777 - 1855

Background image1855 Collection: Joseph Hume - 2

Joseph Hume - 2
JOSEPH HUME Radical statesman Date: 1777 - 1855

Background image1855 Collection: Jean-Baptiste Isabey

Jean-Baptiste Isabey
JEAN-BAPTISTE ISABEY French artist, with his daughter and their dog : he also had a son who became an artist. Date: 1787 - 1855

Background image1855 Collection: William Brodie Gurney

William Brodie Gurney
WILLIAM BRODIE GURNEY Shorthand writer to the House of Lords : he played a crucial role in the trial of queen Caroline, taking down the testimony for and against. Date: 1777 - 1855

Background image1855 Collection: View Looking Towards Falmouth

View Looking Towards Falmouth (1855). Philp, James George 1816 - 1885. Date: 1855

Background image1855 Collection: Ruins of the Palace of Diocletian, Split

Ruins of the Palace of Diocletian, Split (1855). Haag, Carl 1820 - 1915. Date: 1855

Background image1855 Collection: The Warsaw Mermaid - Old Town Market Place

The Warsaw Mermaid - Old Town Market Place
1855 bronze sculpture of The Warsaw Mermaid in the Old Town Market Place Date: circa 1950s

Background image1855 Collection: Sir George Cayleys drawings

Sir George Cayleys drawings
Sir George Cayley manuscript illustration. From: C.H. Gibbs-Smith Sir George Cayleys Aeronautics 1796-1855 (London: HMSO/Science Museum)

Background image1855 Collection: HMS ?Sphinx?

HMS ?Sphinx?: oscillating jet condensing paddle wheel machinery / IMechE obj. 1855 Date: 1855

Background image1855 Collection: The Crimean War

The Crimean War

Background image1855 Collection: Crimean War (1855)

Crimean War (1855). Disembarkation of the expedition to Kertch at Kamish Bournou. Litography

Background image1855 Collection: BEZZUOLI, Giuseppe (1784-1855)

BEZZUOLI, Giuseppe (1784-1855). Saint Remigius baptizing King Clovis. Baptized by Saint Remigius, Bishop of Reims

Background image1855 Collection: Poplar Hospital for Accidents, London

Poplar Hospital for Accidents, London
The Poplar Hospital for Accidents opened in 1855 on East India Dock Road, Poplar. The busy street includes many pedestrians together with several horse-drawn wagons. Date: circa 1914

Background image1855 Collection: Anna Eva Fay Ticket

Anna Eva Fay Ticket
Ticket (to admit one lady) to a seance by the American stage medium. Date: circa 1855 - 1927

Background image1855 Collection: Paris / Notre Dame C1855

Paris / Notre Dame C1855
Notre Dame de Paris, general view Date: circa 1855

Background image1855 Collection: Paper Making / China

Paper Making / China
The early stages of making paper in China. Date: 1855

Background image1855 Collection: Tsar Alexander Ii / Vf 69

Tsar Alexander Ii / Vf 69
TSAR ALEXANDER II Tsar of Russia (1855-81): a satirical view Date: 1818 - 1881

Background image1855 Collection: Anna Eva Fay (4)

Anna Eva Fay (4)
American stage medium in her home Date: circa 1855 - 1927

Background image1855 Collection: Anna Eva Fay (2)

Anna Eva Fay (2)
American stage medium Date: circa 1855 - 1927

Background image1855 Collection: Anna Eva Fay (3)

Anna Eva Fay (3)
American stage medium Date: circa 1855 - 1927

Background image1855 Collection: Anna Eva Fay (1)

Anna Eva Fay (1)
American stage medium Date: circa 1855 - 1927

Background image1855 Collection: Celebrated pacing mare Pocahontas, driven by James McMann es

Celebrated pacing mare Pocahontas, driven by James McMann esq: Peforming her wonderful feat of pacing a mile in the unprecedented time of 2

Background image1855 Collection: View of Bellows Falls Vt. From Table Rock. June, 1855

View of Bellows Falls Vt. From Table Rock. June, 1855

Background image1855 Collection: Kansas City in 1855 & 1887

Kansas City in 1855 & 1887. Print showing view of Kansas City as it looked in 1855 and bird s-eye views of several buildings present in Kansas City in 1887. Date c1887 Aug. 23

Background image1855 Collection: View of The Hyde, Ingatestone, Essex

View of The Hyde, Ingatestone, Essex
The Hyde, Ingatestone, Essex, with two people on a bridge over the water, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. 1855

Background image1855 Collection: Russian soldiers sing, 1855

Russian soldiers sing, 1855
A tableau showing Russian soldiers sing in a circle at Gallatz Camp at the mouth of the Danube. Date: 1855

Background image1855 Collection: Departure of the army works corp from London Bridge for Crim

Departure of the army works corp from London Bridge for Crim
Departure of the Army Works Corp from London Bridge for the Crimea. About 450 men, consisting of mechanics and labourers, embarked on two Watermens steamers which conveyed them to the steamship Hansa

Background image1855 Collection: Exterior of Whitechapel Workhouse, 1855

Exterior of Whitechapel Workhouse, 1855
Frozen out dock labourers wait to receive bread from Whitechapel Workhouse, 1855. Dock workers and owners of waterside premises faced starvation in the face of frost on the Thames

Background image1855 Collection: Victorian Pillar Box

Victorian Pillar Box
An old Victorial postal pillar box at Mudsford, near Christchurch, England. It has a vertical slit for posting letters into it. Date: 1855

Background image1855 Collection: Maurice Boutet De Monvel

Maurice Boutet De Monvel
LOUIS-MAURICE BOUTET DE MONVEL French artist and illustrator. Date: 1855 - 1913

Background image1855 Collection: Game of runaway knock

Game of runaway knock
A runaway knock: two mischievous boys knock on the door of a well-to-do house and run away, bringing the head of the household (or possibly a butler or footman) and various dogs to the front steps

Background image1855 Collection: Street music: Gypsies playing guitar, 1855

Street music: Gypsies playing guitar, 1855
Gypsies playing guitar on the streets of Paris attract the attention of a passing shop girl and some gentlemen. Date: 1855

Background image1855 Collection: Barracks at Scutari, 1855

Barracks at Scutari, 1855
The barracks at Scutari-the British hospital. Date: 1855

Background image1855 Collection: The Hyde Ingatestone Essex

The Hyde Ingatestone Essex
The Hyde, Ingatestone, Essex. Date: 1855

Background image1855 Collection: Sir Charles Hotham - 2

Sir Charles Hotham - 2
SIR CHARLES HOTHAM British naval officer and colonial governor in Australia. Date: 1806 - 1855

Background image1855 Collection: Victoria & Napoleon III

Victoria & Napoleon III
Victoria and Albert welcome the emperor Napoleon III and Eugenie to Windsor Castle, driving past the crowd to great acclaim 1855

Background image1855 Collection: Breton Carol Singers

Breton Carol Singers
Breton Chanteurs de Noel carry their hat through the streets of the town Date: 1855

Background image1855 Collection: Persia Launched

Persia Launched
Steamship launched at the Robert Napier & Sons shipyard at Govan, Glasgow. At the time she is the largest steamship afloat and wins the Blue Riband in 1856. Date: 3 July 1855

Background image1855 Collection: Underwater Explorer

Underwater Explorer
The underwater explorer of de Collange and Jobard solves the problem of air supply, but at the cost of manoeuvrability - the air pipe would need to be flexible and extensible. Date: 1855

Background image1855 Collection: Recruiting for Crimea

Recruiting for Crimea
Recruiting for the Crimean War in Charles Street, Westminster. Date: 1855

Background image1855 Collection: German Carollers

German Carollers
German carol singers on a high balcony Date: 1855

Background image1855 Collection: John Charles Herries

John Charles Herries
JOHN CHARLES HERRIES Statesman and financier Date: 1778 - 1855

Background image1855 Collection: Anne Jane Lady Audley

Anne Jane Lady Audley
ANNE JANE, baroness AUDLEY (nee Donnelly) wife of George, 19th baron. (So far as we know, she is not the heroine of the play Lady Audleys Secret ) Date: ? - 1855

Background image1855 Collection: Victorian man standing by a mirror

Victorian man standing by a mirror
A Victorian man standing by a mirror. It is probably Frederick Charles Polhill-Turner (1826-1881), around the time of his wedding to Emily Frances Barron in 1852

Background image1855 Collection: The new bathing place, Llandudno, North Wales

The new bathing place, Llandudno, North Wales
The Illustrated London News writes in 1855, " Llandudno is a new and flourishing bathing town, lying, as the engraving shows

Background image1855 Collection: Nell Lane Military Hospital, Manchester

Nell Lane Military Hospital, Manchester
A group of uniformed military personnel and nurses pose in front of the Nell Lane Military Hospital, Withington, Manchester



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