1858 Collection (page 11)

Young ladies Preparatory School 1858
Preparatory School for young ladies, where they are urged to become good housewives and know something about the art of cookery

St Jamess Music Hall, Piccadilly, London
St Jamess Music Hall is located between Regent Street and Piccadilly, and can be entered from either. This is the Piccadilly entrance

Queen Victoria at Aston Hall
Queen Victorias visit to Birmingham-reading of the address to the interim managers in the Great Gallery of Aston Hall

Big Ben Installed
Big Ben is finally installed in the clock tower of the new Houses of Parliament

Lieut-General Sir Thomas D Oyly Snow / Stamp
Lieutenant-General SIR THOMAS D OYLY SNOW (1858 - 1940) British General in the First World War who commanded during some of the major battles of the Western Front. Nicknamed Slush and Snowball

General Barnardiston / Stamp
NATHANIEL WALTER BARNARDISTON (1858 - 1919). During World War One he was in command of the small British contingent from Wei-hei-Wei that co-operated with the Japanese

Andrew Bonar Law / Stamp
ANDREW BONAR LAW (1858 - 1923) Statesman, prime Minister

Bishop of London / Stamp
ARTHUR FOLEY WINNINGTON-INGRAM Bishop of London, in military uniform

Middle Temple Gardens

General Smith-Dorrien / Stamp
Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien British Soldier

Cremorne Banquet
The Licensed Victuallers Schools hold their anniversary dinner in Cremorne Gardens

Guildhall Royal Visit
Royal visitors arrive at the Guildhall

Gate on Waterloo Bridge
A hansom cab passes through the tollgate on Waterloo Bridge

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 39 - Edinburgh
Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay (1793-1874) Scottish judge, passing John Learmonth (1789-1858) politician, coachbuilder and builder of the Dean Bridge at at personal cost of 30, 00"

Modern Athenians plate 42 - Edinburgh
George Combe (1788-1858) phrenologist & natural philosopher, passing John Gray (1765-1850) solocitor, on the streets of Edinburgh

Modern Athenians plate 43 - Edinburgh
Archdeacon John Williams (1792-1858) churchman and friend of Sir Walter Scott, meeting Rev. Thomas George Spink Suther (1814-1883)

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

Nigeria Village
The village of Muglebu, in the Mousgou country

Tom Titt / Sir Edward Grey
SIR EDWARD GREY, Viscount of Fallodon, Statesman, Politician and Foreign Secretary during World War One

Tom Titt / Bishop of London
Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram. Bishop of London from 1901 to 1939

Tom Titt / Sir George Alexander
Sir George Alexander, born George Alexander Gibb Samson. English actor and theatre manager

Arrival of Bell / 1858
The arrival of the new bell " Victoria" at the clock tower, new Palace of Westminster. The bell is now known as " Big Ben"

Portrait of the Imperial family c. 1858
Photograph of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French and Empress Eugenie with their only child, Louis Napoleon, the Prince Imperial, as a toddler

Eleonora Duse (1858-1924)
Photographic portrait of Eleonora Duse (1858/9-1924), the Italian actress, pictured in an expressive position

The Ashburnham Pavilion, Cremorne Gardens, London, 1858
Engraving showing the interior of the Ashburnham Pavilion at Cremorne Gardens, London, during a show of American Plants in 1858

The East India House Museum, London, 1858
Interior of the East India House Museum in Leadenhall Street, London. Many of the items on display in the museum at that time were from the collection of Dr. Forbes Royle

Chelsea Bridge, London, 1858
Engraving showing Chelsea Bridge, then newly built, London, in 1858

Statue of Goethe and Schiller, Weimar, 1858
Engraving showing the joint statue of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) and Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805), the German writers, at Weimar, Germany, 1858

Captain Urquharts Life Preserving Raft, River Thames, 1858
Engraving showing the trial of Captain Urquharts Life-Preserving Raft on the River Thames, near Westminster, London, 1858

Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, seat of the duke of Northumberland

Banbury Cross
The Cross at Banbury, Oxfordshire : this is not the original cross, which was removed by Puritans in 1646, but a replacement erected in 1858

Benson as Richard II
(Sir) FRANK ROBERT BENSON English actor-manager in the roll of Richard II in Shakespeares play of the same name

Benson as Marc Anthony
(Sir) FRANK ROBERT BENSON English actor-manager in the roll of Marc Anthony in Shakespeares Julius Caesar

G. Alexander as Orlando
GEORGE ALEXANDER, English actor in the roll of Orlando in Shakespeares As You Like It

Benson as Timons / Speare
(Sir) FRANK ROBERT BENSON English actor-manager in the roll of Timon in Shakespeares Timon of Athens

The Licensed Victuallers Asylum, London, 1858
Engraving showing the exterior of the Albert Wing of the Licensed Victuallers Asylum, Old Kent Road, London, 1858

The Soldiers Daughters Home, Hampstead, 1858
Aerial view of the Soldiers Daughters Home in Hampstead, North London, 1858. This was an institution set up to provide shelter and training for orphaned children of the British Army

The Finish of the Royal London Yacht Club Match, Greenwich
Engraving showing the yacht Julia winning the Royal London Yacht Club Match by being first past the mark, River Thames off Greenwich, London, 1858

Brazilian Gun-boat Squadron, 1858
Engraving showing the Brazilian gun-boat squadron, with the Araguary in the foreground, 1858

Sir George Biddell Airy (1801-1892)
Engraved portrait of Sir George Biddell Airy (1801-1892), the English Astronomer Royal, pictured in 1858

Solar Eclipse over Greenwich, London, 1858
Engraving showing the solar eclipse viewed over Greenwich, London, in March 1858. This view, as seen from the Isle of Dogs, shows the River Thames

John Scott Russell, 1858
Engraved portrait showing John Scott Russell (1808-1882), the Scottish engineer and naval architect, pictured in 1858

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1858
Engraved portrait of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), the English engineer and inventor, pictured in 1858

The American Circus at the Alhambra Palace, London, 1858
Engraving showing the American Circus performing at the Alhambra Palace, Leicester Square, London, 1858. The circus was probably Howes and Cushings Great United States Circus

Black Eagle at the Great United States Circus, London, 185
Engraving showing the American trick-horse Black Eagle performing at Howes and Cushings Great United States Circus at the Alhambra, Leicester Square, London, 1858

The Huguenots at Her Majestys Theatre, London, 1858
Engraving showing a scene from the play The Huguenots, as performed at Her Majestys Theatre, London, 1858

Emperor and Tsar
Tsar Alexander II receives Napoleon III at Warsaw, soon after the end of the Crimean War in which the Russians were defeated by the French and British

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