1858 Collection (page 16)

Ethel Smyth
ETHEL SMYTH musician, writer and feminist

Billingsgate / M connell 2
BILLINGSGATE FISH MARKET The fish sold by auction

Britannia Music Hall
Famous music hall in Hoxton, London. Opened in 1858, built on the site of the Britannia Saloon, opened 1841. Converted to a cinema in 1923 and destroyed by bombing in 1940

Agamemnon Laying Cable
The first, unsuccessful cable is laid by HMS Agamemnon : an inquisitive whale crosses the line

Halles Centrales, Paris
The fish hall at les Halles Centrales, Paris

Westminster Bridge 1858
viewed from the river, with Big Ben on the left

Chelsea Bridge 1858
with boats

Philae, Egypt
At Philae, a duplicate of the Rosetta inscription was discovered by Salt in a temple at Philae, although badly defaced and overwritten with other hieroglyphics

Temple of Phtah, Egypt
This recumbent statue of Ramses Sesostris at Memphis is all that remains of the Temple of Phtah where the decree on the Rosetta Stone was issued Date: 1858

Kitty Discards Crinoline
Forced to her senses Kitty abandons extremes of fashion to preserve her love with the long-suffering Adolphus, who with Fido the dog trample the collapsed hoops in triumph

Crinoline Destroys Love
Frustrated at every turn poor Adolphus, defeated by the crinoline, decides to leave the fashion conscious Kitty. Whale bone and metal triumph over love

Crinoline Prevents Kiss
Adolphus is foiled in his attempts to obtain a kiss from his beloved. The new fashion is proving a barrier to matrimony and intimacy between the sexes

Crinoline Spoils Dancing
The men are forced out of the ballroom. There is barely enough room to accomodate the crinolined belles. A page in an attempt to serve tea tilts forward precariously

Crinoline Trips Adolphus
Adolphus becomes ensnared in the hoops of Kittys crinoline forcing him to keep his distance. The beau of another crinoline wearer is forced to sit on the arm of a bench

Crinoline in the Rain
Another sacrifice made in the name of fashion. The breadth of poor Kittys crinoline prevents her and Adolphus, her chivalrous beau, from gaining shelter inside a carriage

Inflated Crinoline
Kittys cage crinoline is apt to inflate on windy days and carry her off like a balloon striking fear and panic into her, her intended Adolphus and pet dog Fido

Crinoline Hampers Walk
Kitty & Adolphus attempt a country walk but her fashionable silhouette creates yet another barrier between them & happiness. Fido, her dog makes a break for freedom

Kitty Admires Herself
Kitty admires her new figure in a mirror too narrow for her dimensions. Fido the dog is startled while Adolphus shields his despair with a handkerchief

Kitty Spies a Crinoline
Fashion conscious Kitty spies the new cage crinoline (skeleton skirt, steel slips or the Ladies expander ) which will jeopardize her courtship with the attentive Adolphus

Japan / Fujiyama 1858
Fujiyama in the distance, with boats on the water in the foreground

Japan / Nagasaki / Desima
Nagasaki: Desima Island, a trade centre on an artificial island in Nagasaki Bay

Japan / Nagasaki 1858
Nagasaki: peaceful scene on the river

Distributing the Times
Publishing the Times newspaper. The papers are loaded on to express carts for distribution from the publishing office

Marriage Vision 1858
A dramatic scene from Balfes opera Satanella, or the Power of Love, in which the heroine dreams of marriage - an effect achieved by a magic lantern projection

Spain / Toledo
View of the city and the Alcantara Bridge

Edith Nesbit (Tatler)
EDITH NESBIT (mrs Herbert Bland) writer of The Railway Children etc

Bailiff in the House
THE MAN IN POSSESSION a bailiff sprawls in the house of an unfortunate family who can t pay their debts

Great Eastern Launched
Miss Hope hopefully names the ship Leviathan - but the launch is abortive and is not completed until 31 January 1858

Puccini Postcard
GIACOMO PUCCINI Italian opera composer

Puccini Wills Card
GIACOMO PUCCINI Italian opera composer

Puccini Postcard Firenze
GIACOMO PUCCINI Italian opera composer

Children with their Guy
Children parade their guy through the streets : note its hat - an attempt to mimic the papal tiara, a sign of the surviving anti-papal significance of the tradition

Trafalgar Day
TRAFALGAR DAY Nelsons victory over the French, on 21 October 1805, is commemorated every year on the deck of his flagship, the Victory, at Portsmouth

FLAMBETTES
The nocturnal FLAMBETTES, seen in Berry (central France) are believed by the local populace to assume human form

Turkish Bath / Paris 1858
Inside the Turkish bath at the Hotel Pompeien, Paris

British in India / 1880
Chota Haziree, or little breakfast, in India

Giacomo Puccini Postcard
GIACOMO PUCCINI Italian Composer in 1913

Big Ben Broken 1858
BIG BEN is broken up to be recast

Helene Duch. Orleans - 3
HELENE von Mecklenburg- Schwerin, duchesse d ORLEANS wife of Ferdinand, son of Louis-Philippe; their son claimed the French throne, but failed to get it

Dickens Baker Eng
CHARLES DICKENS Dickens in 1858

British Workman / Supper
A working man sits down to a meal at home with his family

Evans Supper-Rooms
1 o clock a.m at Evans Supper-Rooms: copious quantities of chops, kidneys, sausages and ale have been quaffed by these gentlemen while they listen to the acts

Thackeray / Virginians
THE VIRGINIANS A welcome to Old England. One of the American twins arrives in England and is welcome by a curious horseman

Longfellow home - 6
LONGFELLOWs home at Craigie House, Cambridge, Massachusetts - the poet working in his study

Longfellow home - 3
LONGFELLOWs home at Craigie House, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Longfellow home - 2
LONGFELLOWs home at Craigie House, Cambridge, Massachusetts - west side

Longfellow home - 1
LONGFELLOWs home at Craigie House, Cambridge, Massachusetts

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