1855 Collection (page 2)

Henry De LA Beche
Sir 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 / Portrait
A portrait of Hiawatha

Exterior view of the Hafod Copper and Silver Works and Copper Mill in Swansea, Wales. Date: 1855

CRICKETER, WICKHAM
REV. A.P. WICKHAM CRICKETER - SOMERSET Date: 1855-1935

Exterior of British Museum - reading room 1855
Construction of the great Reading Room of the British Museum, the forerunner of the British Library Date: 1855

SCHLESINGER, Jacob (1792-1855). Portrait of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. Oil on canvas

Nikisch Photo
ARTHUR NIKISCH Hungarian conductor and composer

Crowning of Nicolas I
NICOLAS I/TSAR SCENES & EVENTS Crowning of the Tzar in Moscow on 19 August 1826. Date: 1796 - 1855

General Sir Henry C. Sclater / Stamp
General SIR HENRY CRICHTON SCLATER (1855 - 1923) British Army General during World War I

1855 / Belgravia Riot
Windows are broken in Belgravia during one of a series of riots in the Hyde Park area during the summer of 1855

Sebastopol, Crimean War
Interior of the Malakoff Tower, the most important of the Russian defences, taken by the French on 8 September

Cricketer, Webbe
A.J. Webbe Cricketer - Middlesex

The Lighthouse; Rudyerds Eddystone Lighthouse
An engraving of The Lighthouse, a painting by Clarkson Stanfield, R.A. for some private theatrical events at Campden-House

Ascent Mont Blanc - 1
THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC On the glacier de Sacconay, Tissay, the chief guide, is hauled to safety after a break in the ice nearly sends him plunging into a crevasse

Ascent Mont Blanc - 2
THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC Leaving the Grands Mulets, the climbers separate, only the more experienced going on to the summit

Frobels Infant Garden
The concept of KINDERGARTENS originated with Frobels system, which spread from Germany to Britain and throughout the world

Carlton Club 1855
The Carlton Club, Pall Mall

Little Dorrit 1857
Little Dorrit appears through a doorway

Brighton / Brunswick Sq
Brighton, Sussex: boats off Brunswick Square

Cornering a Bear
Cornering a bear, Sweden

Bear Attacks Hunter
A bear attacks a Swedish hunter, disregarding his barking dog

Charlotte Bronte / Brock
Charlotte Bronte Writer

Ascent Mont Blanc - 3
THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC One of the most difficult parts of the climb - the snow turns to ice and the climbers must cut foot-holes in order to retain a footing

Emile Verhaeren
EMILE VERHAEREN Belgian writer

Railway Navigator
Affectionately satirical view of a navigator, or navvy

Miners / Lift Shaft / 1855
Landing at the bottom of the shaft in a mine in Northumberland, England

Embossed Victorian mourning card, James Woodhead
Embossed Victorian mourning card, with a woman and a girl grieving at a tomb in a cemetery. In Memory of James Woodhead, who departed this life January 14th, 1855, aged 80 years

The March Past, Battle of Kinburn, 17 October 1855, Crimean War Date: 1855

Queen Isabella II and husband visit Maundy Thursday Monument
Isabella II (1830-1904). Spanish Queen. Queen Isabella II and her husband visiting the Maundy Thursday Monument at the Church of Santa Maria, 1855 (Madrid, Spain)

Castle Howard Reformatory School
he Castle Howard Reformatory, Welburn, North Yorkshire, was established in 1855. Its chapel is at the right of the view. In 1933, it became an Approved School known as Castle Howard School for Boys

Gothic Chimneypiece Designs
A lithographic plate produced by Day and Sons, showing four designs of gothic styled chimneypieces. Date: circa 1855

Gothic Chimneypiece Design
A lithographic plate produced by Day and Sons, showing a design for a chimneypiece in the gothic style, with a segmented flower border and shield symbols in the top corners. Date: circa 1855

Gothic Coped Tomb Designs
A lithographic plate produced by Day and Sons, showing eight similar designs for gothic coped tombs, each bearing a cross in slightly different ways. Date: circa 1855

Gothic Coped Tomb Design
A lithographic plate produced by Day and Sons, showing a design for a gothic styled coped tomb. Date: circa 1855

Gothic Gravestone Design
A lithographic plate produced by Day and Sons, showing a design for a gothic styled gravestone, with the distinct form of a central cross, with flowers placed at intervals. Date: circa 1855

Gothic Cross Forms
A lithographic plate produced by Day and Sons, displaying a variety of forms for the terminations of crosses in the gothic style. Date: circa 1855

Gothic Gravestone Designs
A lithographic plate produced by Day and Sons, showing a pair of designs for gothic gravestones, each bearing the general form of a cross, with circular motifs containing flowers

Gothic Scroll Designs
A lithographic plate produced by Day and Sons, showing some different designs for scrolls in the gothic style. Date: circa 1855

Gothic Surface Designs
A lithographic plate produced by Day and Sons, showing four slightly different designs used for relieving the surface of stone work, in gothic style. Date: circa 1855

Gothic Mouldings
A lithographic plate produced by Day and Sons, shows the many ways in which mouldings are terminated. Date: circa 1855

Gothic Architecture Flower Design
A lithographic plate produced by Day and Sons, showing a simple, yet beautiful gothic flower design used for architectural surface decoration. Date: circa 1855

Gothic Panelling
A lithographic plate produced by Day and Sons, showing a series of designs for enriched panelling using gothic foliage. These designs would have often been adapted for carvings in wood

Gothic Window Designs
A lithographic plate produced by Day and Sons, showing various forms of gothic window designs, grouped together as parts of buildings. Date: circa 1855

Lithographic Plate of Arms
A lithographic plate produced by Day and Sons, showing the arms of the Archiepiscopal See of York, together with those of the Episcopal See of Manchester

Dwelling House Entrance Design
A lithographic plate produced by Day and Sons, showing a design for an entrance doorway for a dwelling house. The quatrefoils above the doorway allow for inviting light

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Pre-Raphaelite artist, self-portrait dated 20 September 1855 Date: 1855

Royal Yacht, HMY Victoria and Albert Date: 1855

Louis-Eugene Cavaignac, French general and politician
Louis-Eugene Cavaignac (1802-1857), French general and politician. Date: 1855

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