1855 Collection (page 5)

Churchgoing and charity
A family returns from church to their Christmas dinner, and Papa is charitably disposed towards a barefoot girl. Date: 1855

FOLKLORE / LUBIN
The LUBIN, entity of Berry, central France, who walks behind the farmer sowing seed (if you are nice to him) or weeds (if you arent) Date: 1855

FOLKLORE / CASSEUR DE BOIS
LE CASSEU DE BOIS (= the branch-breaker) entity of Berry, central France, who may challenge the peasant as he gathers firewood Date: 1855

Childrens Party - circa 1855
Children dressed in their best clothes for a party Date: circa 1855

Tsar Nicolas I (1796 - 1855) reviewing his guard. Date: circa 1840

Two Circassian soldiers Date: 1855

Quartz crushing battery used during Australian gold rush
The first quartz crushing battery, used during the Australian gold rush, located at the base of Black Hill, Ballarat, Victoria. The quartz had to be crushed in order to extract the nuggets of gold

Copenhagen House was a famous tavern & tea-garden which stood in what is now Copenhagen Park, N7, from early 17th century until 1855

The Mighty Megissogwon Streaked with crimson, blue and yellow
The Mighty Megissogwon " Streaked with crimson, blue and yellow, Crested with great eagle feathers". - The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1855). Date: circa 1904

Alexandre Baudot - Malakoff Historical Clarion - Bugler
Mr. Jean Louis Alexandre Baudot (1834-1911), delegate of the Society of Combatants of Gravelotte and the Army of the Rhine, at the Commemorative Ceremony on August 16 at Mars-la-Tour

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

France. Paris. Old town. Dragon street, 1885. Engraving 19th century

St. Peters / Vatican / Rome
A longitudinal cut-through view of the Basilica di San Pietro in the Vatican, Rome. Date: 1855

John Kemp Starley
JOHN KEMP STARLEY inventor of the safety bicycle [do not confuse with James Starley who invented spoked bicycle wheels !) Date: 1855 - 1901

Hiawatha / Portrait
A portrait of Hiawatha

Triumphant return of a tank. Introducing the Tanks to Londoners. The film The Battle of the Ancre as seen at the Scala Theatre, London

Messrs. Scheutzs New Calculating Machine
Messrs. Pehr (Per) Georg Scheutz (1785-1873) and Edvard Scheutzs (of Stockholm, Sweden) New Calculating (Tabulating) Machine

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

Miska jug. 19th century. Hungary
Miska jug. From left to right: 1828, 1855 and 1833. Mezocsat, Borsod county. Ethnographic Museum. Budapest. Hungary

Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbon (Don Carlos)
Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbon (1788-1855), infante of Spain and pretender to the throne, also known as Don Carlos. Date: 1788-1855

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)

Paris, France - Eglise de Saint Gervais et Saint Protais Date: 1855

Hale Rocket making process
Bramah-type hydraulic press introduced by William Hale to fill his rockets Date: 1855

Congreve rocket making process
A monkey press, or small pile driver, as used for filling Congreve rockets Date: 1855

St. Peters Floor Plan
The interior plan of the church of San Pietro in the Vatican, Rome

Comoro Islands 1855
Mayotte, Comoro Islands, off Madagascar, East Africa: a lake in the mountains

Mentmore Towers 1929
Aerial view of Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire. Built in 1855 for Baron Meyer Amschel de Rothschild & designed by Sir Joseph Paxton in the Elizabethan style

Soyers Field Kitchen
The celebrated chef Alexis Soyer demonstrates his field kitchen for camp and bivouac in the Crimea, to Lord Rokeby and general Pelissier

Salle Pleyel, Paris
A concert at the Salle Pleyel, rue Rochechouart, Paris : this is where Chopin made his Paris debut in 1832

Abu Simbel 1855
The colossal Speos of Athor, some 20 metres high, is depicted here pretty much as it was found by travellers in 1812

Dorothy Tennant Stanley, artist
Dorothy (nee Tennant), Lady Stanley, neoclassical painter, notable for her pictures of street children. She was the wife of (1) the explorer Henry Morton Stanley, and (2) of Henry Curtis

Colonel Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp, MP
Colonel Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp (1783 - 1855), an eccentric and reactionary Conservative Member of Parliament. He opposed many things, including Catholic Emancipation, Jewish Emancipation

Christofle silverware at the Exposition Universelle, 1855
A display of silver tableware created by Monsieur Christofle for Napoleon III, displayed at the Exposition Universelle de l industrie in Paris, 1855. Date: 1855

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

In search of Dacoits. Pencil sketch by Melton Prior, 1885 (c). Interview between Capt Woodward and a native chief. Associated with the 3rd Burma War. Date: circa 1855

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)

The Young Recruit / Going to the War
THE YOUNG RECRUIT / Going to the War.One of two coloured lithograph vignettes, after Wagner, 1855.Shows a young recruit taking leave of his family

Crimean War, Malakoff Tower
Crimean War -- the Malakoff Tower, where a decisive battle was fought between the French and Russian armies on 8 September 1855. 1855

Crimean War, British troops entering the Redan
Crimean War -- British troops entering the Battle of the Great Redan -- Colonel Windham with Daniel Mahoney and Cornellis. 1855

Crimean War, Turks attacked by Cossacks
Crimean War -- Turkish transport from Kars to Erzurum attacked by Cossacks. 1855

Crimean War, Russian attack on Kars
Crimean War -- the Russian attack on Kars, 29 September 1855. 1855

Crimean War, northern side of Sebastopol
Crimean War, panoramic view of the northern side of Sebastopol, stronghold of the Russians. 1855

Crimean War, south side of Sebastopol
Crimean War -- panoramic view on the south side of Sebastopol, including Fort Alexander and a quarantine fort. 1855

Crimean War, General MacMahons division in action
Crimean War -- General MacMahons division in action, storming the Malakoff (Korniloff redoubt), along with the Chasseurs a Pied (French troops)

Crimean War, Sebastopol after Russian retreat
Crimean War -- Sebastopol after the Russian retreat. 1855

Crimean War, English attack on the Redan
Crimean War -- the English attack on the Redan. 1855

Asnieres (1855). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1855

Fruit Stall Woman, Paris (1855). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1855

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