1855 Collection (page 11)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Railway works at Balaclava 1855
British navvies commence work on the construction of a railway line between Balaclava and Sebastopol in the Crimea

Buckingham House, Pall Mall, London
Buckingham House, Pall Mall, office of the Minister at War, busy at this time fighting the war in the Crimea

Commons Smoking Room
The smoking room for addicted members of the House of Commons

General Sir Percy Lake / Stamp
General SIR PERCY HENRY NOEL LAKE (1855 - 1940) Senior commander of the British Indian Army, serving during World War I

South Sea House London
The Quadrangle of the South Sea House in Threadneedle Street

Admiral Sir Henry Jackson / Stamp
SIR HENRY BRADWARDINE JACKSON Admiral of the Fleet and pioneer of wireless telegraphy

School at New Cross
The Warehousemen and Clerks School in Hatcham Grove, New Cross

Modern Athenians plate 18 - Edinburgh
Two judges, The Hon. Patrick, Lord Robertson (1793-1855) and The Right Hon. John Hope, Lord Justice-Clerk (1794-1858) meet on the streets of Edinburgh

Modern Athenians plate 36 - Edinburgh
Mr James Gillespie Graham (1776-1855) architect, most notable for his work in the Scottish Gothic style, principally designing country houses and churches

Know-Nothing Demo
Street demo in New York by the Know- Nothing party, nativists who represented themselves as American patriots but were in effect anti-Catholic protesters

Prince Leopold, 1872
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1855-1884) photographed in 1872. Leopold was the fourth son and eighth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Princes Leopold and Arthur in 1861
The younger sons of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert photographed by Mayall in 1861. Prince Arthur (1850-1842) is on the right and Prince Leopold (1855-1884) on the left

Prince Leopolds engagement
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1855-1884) and his future wife, Princess Helen of Waldeck-Pyrmont in 1881. The fourth son and eight child of Queen Victoria

Prince Leopold and family
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1855-1884) with his wife, the Duchess of Albany, formerly Princess Helena of Waldeck-Pyrmont and their first child and daughter, Princess Alice of Albany

Crimea War Supplies
Commisariat difficulties : scene on the road from Balaklava to Sebastopol - supplies of food and munitions hampered by wet weather

Crimea War Camp
Distant view of the camp of the British Light Division at Allah-Dyn, near Varna

Marie Corelli (1855-1924)
Photographic portrait of Marie Corelli (1855-1924), the English novelist, pictured in London in 1905

Victoria Falls, Africa, 1866
Engraving showing an aerial view of the Victoria Falls, Africa, 1866. The Victoria Falls, one of the worlds largest and most impressive waterfalls, is located on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia

Westminster Bridge, London, 1855
Engraving showing a view of Westminster Bridge, from the South bank of the River Thames, 1855. Several sailing barges, loaded with hay, can be seen in the foreground

Bellew as Romeo
HAROLD KYRLE BELLEW English actor, born in Lancashire, in the role of Romeo in Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet. Died in Utah

Burlington House Colonnade, London, 1855
Engraving showing the colonnade of Burlington House, Piccadilly, London in 1855

Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855)
Engraved portrait of Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855), the English writer who used the pseudonym Currer Bell

Lt. General Sir George Brown and his staff, Crimea, 1855
Photograph of Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown at Inkerman, Crimea, where he commanded the Light Division, taken by Roger Fenton, 1855

Duc De Brabant
He welcomes the duc et duchesse de Brabant to the palais des Tuileries

Luxembourg / Echternach
Distant view of the town

Visit to Dunkerque
At Dunkerque, he and Eugenie drive beneath an arch erected in their honour by the cod fishermen

Praying at a Menhir
Though priests deplore such superstitions, many peasants retain allegiance to old gods - women pray before the druidic stones at Montchauvet in the bocage of Normandie

Pedro V Inaugurated
Pedro V, son of Maria II and Fernando II, is inaugurated at Lisbon, initiating the rule of the House of Braganza

Netherlands Gouda
The main street of Gouda, famed for its cheeses

Costume / Children 1855
Girls: broderie Anglaise jacket, plaid skirt, dress with 3 flounces, pantalettes, open body & bands over the chest. Boys: black trousers & round jacket & belted tunics

Gerard De Nerval
GERARD DE NERVAL (real name G Labrunie) French writer, always eccentric, finally insane

Madagascar / Comoros 1855
Mayotte, Comoros Islands: harbour scene, French settlement

American Indians. Iroquois Chief
The Iroqois, or Mohawks, are an Indian tribe of North America, formerly known also under the name of Mengwe, or six nations, inhabiting the country between Montreal and Lake Ontario

Kertch Burns
Kertch : burning of the Government Buildings

Russian Rifle-Pit
A Russian rifle-pit, captured by the British, is incorporated into their trench system

British Troops Embark
At Portsmouth, men of the Wiltshire Militia go aboard ship for the Crimea

Crimea Mortar Battery
British mortar battery on the heights before Sebastopol, during the Crimea War

The Docks Sebastopol
The docks, with the ruins of Fort Saint Paul

Graves at Balaklava
Graves at the head of the harbour at Balaklava

Sebastopol Defences
Interior scene in the Mamelon Vert, a key position overlooking the city, during the siege of Sebastopol

French at Sebastopol
The extreme right of the French positions before the besieged city

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