1859 Collection (page 13)

Eagle Gate, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
The Eagle Gate Monument at the intersection of State Street at South Temple, adjacent to Temple Square, in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Date: circa 1910s

Burns Banquet at Montreal
A Banquet to honour the centenary of the birth of Scottish poet Robert Burns is held in the Canadian city of Montreal Date: 25 January 1859

Burns Festival at the Crystal Palace
A scene from the Festival held at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Scottish poet Robbert Burns

Great Eastern steamship at Portland, 1859
The Great Eastern steamship at Portland, 1859. Date: 1859

High Level Sewer Built
The Metropolitan High-Level Sewer : work commences near Victoria Park in northeast London. Date: 1859

Great Eastern wheelhouse
The Wheelhouse and steering apparatus of Brunels massive steamship. Date: 1859

Evanss Harmonium
Evanss new English harmonium, for home and church use : like all such instruments, it is powered by foot-operated bellows. Date: 1859

William John Broderip
WILLIAM JOHN BRODERIP Magistrate of the Westminster Police Court, geologist, naturalist and author. Date: 1789 - 1859

Conan Doyle / Morgan
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE British physician and writer, born in Edinburgh Date: 1859 - 1930

Solferino {Epinal)
BATTLE OF SOLFERINO The French, under Napoleon III and Vittorio Emanuele, defeat the Austrians under Franz Josef, leading to Austrian withdrawal and a united Italy Date: 24 June 1859

Striking masons picketing a building site during a strike. Date: 1859

Sir Charles Wakefield at National Childrens Home, London
State visit by Alderman Sir Charles Wakefield (1859-1941) and other City of London dignitaries to the London Branch of the National Childrens Homes (NCH), Bonner Road, Bethnal Green, East London

Paris Fashions for September 1859
From left, a highed necked walking dress with one deep flounce at the bottom of the skirt edged with narrow velvet, and five small plaited flounces above also edged with narrow velvet

The Dwarf and the Giant
Bravo, my little fellow! You shall do all the fighting, and we ll divide the glory! Napoleon III towers over the diminutive Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

Scene from Henry the Fifth
A scene from a production of Henry the Fifth at the Princess Theatre: King Henry V entering London after the battle of Agincourt

Public Drinking Fountain
The first public drinking fountain in London, opened on 21 April 1859, located at the boundary wall of St Sepulchres Church, Snow Hill (Holborn)

Public Drinking Fountain 1859
The opening ceremony for the first public drinking fountain in London, performed by Mrs Wilson, daughter of the Archbishop of Canterbury

Lieutenant General Alderson / Stamp
Lieutenant General SIR EDWIN ALFRED HERVEY ALDERSON (1859 - 1927) Senior British Army officer serving in several campaigns

Field Marshal Herbert Plumer / Stamp
General SIR JOHN GRENFELL MAXWELL (1859 - 1929) British Army officer and colonial governor. Was given command of the Army in Egypt during the First World War

(Vice) Admiral Sturdee / Stamp
Admiral of the Fleet SIR FREDERICK CHARLES DOVETON STURDEE, 1st Baronet, GCB, KCMG, CVO (1859 - 1925) British admiral

John Jellico / Stamp
Admiral of the Fleet JOHN RUSHWORTH JELLICOE, 1st Earl Jellicoe, who commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in World War I

An extraordinary railway accident
A woman is thrown onto a locomotive after a collision with her cart at Shelford, Cambridgeshire. The terrified woman clings onto a rail at the front of the train as it continues to steam along

Albert Institution
Located in Gravel Lane, off the Blackfriars Road, it is a school, a lodging-house, a library and a wash-house

Modern Athenians plate 25 - Edinburgh
The Hon. Francis, Lord Jeffrey (1773-1850) a Scottish judge and literary critic, approaching Sir John Archibald, Lord Murray (1779-1859) a Scottish judge

Modern Athenians plate 34 - Edinburgh
The Rev. Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847) Scottish mathematician and a leader of the Free Church of Scotland, passing fellow churchman Rev

Robert Stephenson
Portrait of Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) was an English civil engineer, son of George Stephenson, who first built the locomotive. Robert built Britannia Bridge on Menai Straits

The Royal Family at Osborne House
Engraving of Queen Victoria and her family taken from a photograph by Caldesi and Mantecchi. From left; Prince Alfred, The Prince Consort, Princess Helena, Princess Alice, Prince Arthur

Dunston Pillar, Lincs, raised 1751 as an inland lighthouse; later a statue of George III was added, but in WW2 the top bit will be removed as a hazard to aircraft

Vicky, Princess Royal in 1861
Princess Victoria, Princess Royal of Great Britain, Crown Princess of Prussia, later Empress of Prussia (1840-1901) photographed by Mayall in 1861

Prince Wilhelm of Prussia with his family
Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, later Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), pictured with his wife Auguste Viktoria, and three eldest sons in 1885; from left, Wilhelm, Eitel Friedrich and Adalbert

Butter Market at Cork, Ireland, 1859
Engraving showing the interior of the Butter Market at Cork, Ireland, 1859. The image shows a large number of barrels of butter being moved by market porters

Construction of Drainage Tunnels at Wick Lane, London, 1859
Engraving showing the construction of mains drainage tunnels at Wick Lane, near Old Ford, London, in 1859

Brighton Rough Sea
Rough seas add excitement to the outings of riders and walkers on the sea front at Brighton, Sussex

Kaiser Reading the Iln
WILHELM II GERMAN ROYALTY. Pictured reading a copy of The Illustrated London News, " because he wishes to be the best read man in the world"

Design for a winter garden at Alexandra Palace, 1859
Engraving showing the interior of a proposed winter garden inside the Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill, London, 1859. The large dome shown was proposed to allow tropical plants

West End of London, 1859
Engraving showing an aerial view of the West End of London, from Vauxhall (in foreground) to Battersea (back, left). Victoria Bridge is shown crossing the River Thames in the centre of the image

Mutual Life Assurance Society Offices, London, 1859
Engraving showing the exterior of the Mutual Life Assurance Society Offices in King Street, Cheapside, London, 1859

Clothworkers Company Hall, London, 1859
Engraving showing the exterior of the hall of the Clothworkers Company, one of the City Guilds of London, in Mincing Lane, 1859

Hockley-in-the-Hole, Clerkenwell, London, 1859
Engraving showing a street view of Hockley-in-the-Hole, Clerkenwell, London, 1859

The Banqueting Hall of the Clothworkers Company, 1859
Engraving showing the interior of the Banqueting Hall of the Clothworkers Company, one of the City Guilds of London, 1859. Date: 13 August 1859

Queen Annes Bath, London, 1859
Engraving showing Queen Annes Bath in the basement of a tenement house in Endell Street, London, 1859. When built, lined with Dutch porcelain tiles, this represented a fairly luxurious bath

Heligoland, Germany, 1859
Engraving showing the island of Heligoland, Germany, in 1859. In the foreground a sailing tjalk is shown, lying at anchor

M Anderson as Juliet
MARY ANDERSON American actress in the role of Juliet in Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet

Potter as Juliet
MRS JAMES BROWN-POTTER (nee CORA URQUHART) American actress in the role of Juliet in Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet

Anderson as Rosalind
MARY ANDERSON American actress in the roll of Rosalind, in Shakapeares As You Like It

Choral Marriage at Westminster Abbey, London, 1859
Engraving showing the choral marriage of the Rev. Arthur Thynne to Miss Kendall at Westminster Abbey, July 1859

Spurgeons Tabernacle
Laying the foundation stone of Spurgeons Tabernacle

The Crowd at Greenwich for the passing of the Great Eastern
Engraving showing the scene at the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, as huge crowds assembled to watch I.K. Brunels steamship Great Eastern steam down the River Thames, 1859

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