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Whitehall IlluminatedThe Admiralty illuminated in celebration of the triumphant conclusion of the war in the Crimea
General d Amade / StampGeneral ALBERT GERARD LEO D AMADE (1856 - 1941) French General during World War One
Gen Sir Archibald Hunter / StampSIR ARCHIBALD HUNTER Military commander
General Rundle / StampGeneral SIR (HENRY MACLEOD) LESLIE RUNDLE (1856 - 1940) British Army General during World War I
Peace in the StrandLondoners celebrate the victorious conclusion of the war in the Crimea by whooping it up in the Strand outside the premises of the Illustrated London News. Date: 1856
Sierra Leone VillageScene in Sherbro village
Sierra Leone MarketWaterloo Market (presumably at Freetown ?)
Iron and glass warehouse at GlasgowThe new iron and glass warehouse erected in Jamaica Street, Glasgow
Dover Rough SeasRough seas at Dover, Kent
Keir Hardie at a suffragette meetingJames Keir Hardie (1856-1915), Scottish Labour leader and politician giving a speech in Trafalgar Square, London
Tom Titt / Viscount HaldaneRichard Burdon, Viscount Haldane, English statesman, lawyer, judge, Liberal and Labour politician, and philosopher
The State Ball Room, Buckingham Palace, 1856Engraving showing the interior of the then newly built State Ball Room at Buckingham Palace, London, 1856
Cannon Street West, London, 1856Engraving showing the buildings of Cannon Street West, London, in 1856
William Tell Pantomime, 1856Engraving showing a battle between William Tell, on left played by Albert Smith, and Gessler, played by T. Knox Holmes, in the amateur pantomime at the Lyceum Theatre, London, 1856
Blackpool, DonkeysBlackpool, Lancashire, has already become a popular holiday resort in the mid-19th century - ladies are conducted for a shore excursion in a donkey-cart
The Duke of Cambridge on horsebackDuke of Cambridge, Queen Victorias cousin and Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in 1856
Canterbury Hall, Lambeth, 1856Engraving showing the interior of Canterbury Hall, Lambeth Upper Marsh, London, 1856. Samuel Field was the architect of this entertainment establishment
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton (1803-1873)Engraved portrait of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton (1803-1873), the British politician, poet and novelist, pictured in 1856 when he was Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow
W. H. Smith Office, The Strand, London, 1856Engraving showing the exterior of No. 184, The Strand, London, in 1856. This building was being used as a kind of newspaper clearing-house for the W.H. Smith company at that time
Stephen Allen Benson (1816-1865)Engraved portrait of Stephen Allen Benson (1816-1865), the second president of Liberia who served from 1856-64, pictured in 1862
General Robert Nivelle (1856-1924)Illustration showing General Robert Georges Nivelle, the French Commander-in-Chief between December 1916 and May 1917, pictured at his desk
The Handing Over Ceremony at Ordnance Wharf, Balaklava, 1856Double page landscape engraving of Balklava at the handing over of power from the Allies to the Russians, 1856. Troops of every kind, including sailors, legionaries, Russian cavalrymen and civilians
Bazaar at Kadikol, near Balaklava, Crimean War, 1856Engraving of busy street scene at Balaklava at the end of the Crimean war. Soldiers and civilians jostle together, some on horseback, civilians in typical russian dress, caps and belted long coats
Russian Cavalry Entering Balaklava, end of the Crimean WarEngraving showing Russian cavalry re-entering Balaklava, as British troops pulled out, at the end of the Crimean War, 1856. The fort can be seen in the background
Party of Cossacks entering Kadikol, Crimean War, 1856Engraving of a small group of Russian troops on horseback, leaving the Crimea at the cessation of the Crimean War, 1856. Despite defeat by the allied forces of the Turks
The British 34th Regiment leaving the Crimea, 1856Massed British troops, many bearded, boarding the ship the Prince Arthur for their return to England after the Crimean War
British Artillery leaving the Crimea, Balaklava, 1856Landscape engraving of British troops, horses and gun carriages being loaded onto the ship Argo for the journey back to England at the conclusion of the Crimean War, 1856. Date: 1856
Jubilee CelebratedBelgium has now been in existence for a quarter of a century, which is reason to rejoice : decorations in the Place du Palais, Brussels, express popular feelings
Tours SaillieresLes Tours Saillieres, near Chambery
Romania BucharestThe capital of Wallachia, and then of Romania as a whole
Bulgaria / Shumen(also known as Schumla) scene in the market
Prince ImperialParisians love to celebrate, and the baptism of the Prince Imperial, son of Napoleon and Eugenie, is as good an excuse as any
Pacific Norfolk IslandLanding at Norfolk Island is often a dangerous matter, as the boats crew of the Maeander are learning
New Zealand New PlymouthEncampment on Mount Eliot
Ojibway and Potawatamie native American Indians, 1856Engraving showing a family group of Indians who visited England from the Walpole Islands, Lake Huron, Canada. They are shown in full ceremonial dress, fringed and embroidered
Robert E. Peary on the Roosevelt, 1909Photograph showing Commander Robert E. Peary (1856-1920), the Arctic explorer, on the bridge of the Roosevelt, 1909. Peary is seen in the fur clothing he used during his expedition to the North Pole
Young American Man, Boston, 1856Engraving of a dapper young man, smoking a cheroot and reading the latest news, Boston, 1856. Young America was the name of a democatic movement started in the USA in the 1830 s
Commander Robert E. Peary (1856-1920)Photographic portrait of Robert E. Peary, the US Naval Commander and explorer, pictured in his Arctic furs, 1909. He claimed to be the first man to reach the North Pole, on 6th April 1909
The Exchange, New York, 1856Engraving showing a busy scene in Wall Street at Chilton the auctioneers, with business men, in top hats and striped and checked trousers, buying and selling
Senator Cass in his office, Washington, 1856Engraving showing Senator Lewis Cass (1782-1866) in his office at the Senate, Washington, 1856. Date: 1856
SS Great Western in a Heavy Gale, North Atlantic, 1846Engraving showing the Steamship Great Western being struck amidships in a gale during a crossing from Liverpool to New York in 1846
Close of business at Wall Street, New York, 1856Engraving showing a young black man sweeping up after the Wall Street market had closed for the end of the day, 1856
The Nave of the Church of St. Matthew, Bedford New Town, 185Engraving showing the nave of the Church of St. Matthew, Bedford New Town, in the parish of St. Pancras, London, 1856. The church was consecrated by the Bishop of London in December of that year
Atlantic FalklandsView of Stanley Harbour, Port William
James Keir Hardie / PhotoJAMES KEIR HARDIE British labour leader and politician
Rider Haggard / 1890 PhotoSIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD writer of She and other adventure stories
Russia Guard PostGuard post on the Russian frontier near Saint Petersburg
Russia MoscowPalace used by the Tsar when he visits Moscow
