19th Collection (page 21)

European sea sturgeon and skate
European sea sturgeon, Acipenser sturio, critically endangered, and skate, Dipturus batis (Raia gaimardi). Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys

Alligator and wall gecko
Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, and common wall gecko, Tarentola mauritanica. Handcolored engraving by Forget after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d

Basalt columns in Fingals Cave, Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pfitzer from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d Histoire Naturelle

Marshalls Flax Mill, Leeds, Yorkshire 1843
Drawing heckled flax at Marshalls Flax Mill, Leeds. Female workers operate machines to create an even strip from the flax fibres that have previously been heckled, 1843

Thames Tunnel
View of the newly opened Thames Tunnel, linking Wapping and Rotherhithe in London. circa 1840s

Views of Golden Lane, London 1872
Views of Golden Lane, near Smithfield Market, in London, 1872. Illustrations (clockwise from top left): The Earls Barrow; Making trimmings for Soup Kitchens; China Yard on Saturday Afternoon; a

Cockle gathering at Penclawdd 1857
Eight miles from Swansea on the Loughor river, women gathering and preparing cockles for market. Date: 1857

Allsopps pale-ale brewery 1853
Interior of Samuel Allsopp & Sons, pale-ale brewery in Haydon Square, London. Date: 1853

Industrial Leeds 1885
Industrial aspect of Leeds from Richmond Hill. Date: 1885

Glenlivet Scotch Whisky distillery 1890
View of the worm tubs, where spirit vapour is condensed, at Andrew Usher & Co, in Edinburgh. Date: 1890

Scrap : Guardsmen
Two British guardsmen with their rifles shouldered. Date: late 19th century

Opening ceremony by Queen Victoria, Great Exhibition 1851
25, 000 grangers and dignitaries with season tickets attending the grand opening by Queen Victoria on the 1st of May 1851 of the temporary glass structure, The Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, London

Party of people picnicking at Henley Regatta
A party of people picnicking at the Henley Royal Regatta, an annual rowing event held on the River Thames near the town of Henley-on-Thames, South Oxfordshire. Date: July 1888

French Cantiniere Date: circa 1800

A Tale of Two Cities
A tale of two cities staged at the Lyceum Theatre, London Date: 1860

Cluny Abbey, France Date: 1866

Domestic interior with a mother and child seated at a piano
A domestic interior with a mother and child seated at a piano, oil on canvas, possibly by Charles West Cope, c.1860, in a gilt frame with moulded decoration and a circular aperture. Date: c.1860

Quimperle, River Elle - black & white view of river with people working on the bank Date: circa 1890s

Servants at Reipole House, Loch Sunart, Argyll, Scotland
Group of six servants at Reipole House, Loch Sunart, Argyll, Scotland. circa 1895

Meeting of archaeological institute, Winchester
Meeting of the British Archaeological Institute, St. John s, Winchester in 1845. Date: 1845

The late Charles Darwin
Article on Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) with illustrations of his statue at the Natural History Museum, the exterior of his house at Down, near Beckenham, his study and green-house

Saint Denis of Paris. 3rd century AD. Engraving. Colored
Saint Denis of Paris (3rd century AD). Bishop of Paris. Colored engraving. 19th century

Room of Martin Luther (1483-1546) at Wartburg. Engraving. Co
Martin Luther (1483-1546). German reformer. Luthers room at Wartburg. Engraving by Hurel. The Religious Revolution, 1880. Colored

Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810). Engraving. Colored
Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810). American officer. Engraving. 19th century. Colored

View of the Oosterpark, Amsterdam, in the Snow, 1892, by Geo
George Hendrik Breitner (1857-1923). Dutch painter. View of the Oosterpark, Amsterdam, in the Snow, 1892. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

George III of the United Kingdom (1738-1829). Engraving. Col
George III (1738-1820). King of Great Britain and Ireland later King of the United Kingdom and of Hanover. Engraving. Colored

Italian unification (1859-1924). Castelfidardo battle. Papal troops were defeated. Engraving. L Illustration (1860). Colored

Dinah Craik (1826-1887). Engraving. Colored
Dinah Craik (1826-1887). English novelist and poet. Engraving in The Iberian Illustration, 1888. Colored

Ferdinand I of Two Sicilies (1751-1825)
Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (1751-1825). King of Sicily, Naples and Two Sicilies. Portrait by Anton Raphael Mengs. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

NAPIER, Sir Charles (1786-1860)
NAPIER, Sir Charles (Merchiston Hall, 1786-London 1860). British admiral. Engraving

Amadeo I (Turin, 1845-Turin, 1890). Duke of Aosta and King of Spain (1871-1873). Engraving

Dr Guthrie Preaching
Scotland : Dr Guthrie preaching in the glen Date: early 19th century

Thomas Newcomen / Smiles
THOMAS NEWCOMEN His house in Lower Street, Dartmouth (the centre building with supported gables), pulled down in the 19th century

Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies Date: circa 1860

Aida by Verdi
AIDA the triumph of Rhadames, Act 2: first Paris performance, at the Paris Opera Date: 1880

Emma Eames - American opera singer
Emma Eames (1865-1952), American opera singer (soprano) performed in Europe and America from 1889 to 1916. Date: 1890

Moses and Aaron before the Pharaoh COLOUR. Date: circa late 19th century

Rebecca at the well. Date: circa late 19th century

Sicily - Messina Cathedral
Black and white Victorian lantern slide of 12th Century Norman Cathedral of Messina. King Conrad is buried inside, alongside several archbishops

Arsenal & Newcastle. Bateup ready to save for the Arsenal
Slide showing a photograph from a football match with the words: Arsenal & Newcastle. Bateup ready to save for the Arsenal. Edwin (Teddy) Bateup (16 May 1881 29 April 1939). Part of Box 366

Life of Charles Dickens - Newgate Prison Barnaby Rudge. Part of Box 330 Charles Dickens (Life and Works) slide no. 3 Date: circa 1890s

British Country Scene - Cattle in the field
Black and white lantern slide of horned cows in a field.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1890s

Italy - The Church of Santa Croce, and Statue of Dante, Flor
Hand coloured. Church with painted front and large six pointed star on the top. Marble statue of Dante outside.. Part of Box 196, Rome, Boswell Collection. Slide number 23. Date: circa 1890s

Life of Charles Dickens - Entrance to Newgate Prison. London.. Part of Box 330 Charles Dickens (Life and Works), slide no. 4 Date: circa 1890s

Norway - Norwegian bride
Lantern slide of a Norwegian Bride. Lady wearing a large decorative headdress.. Part of Box 124 Norway The land of the Vikings Date: circa 1890s

A grand cricket match at Brighton
A grand cricket match was being hosted at brightons cricket ground, lot of spectators gathered to watch. Date: 1844

Onagraceae - Evening Primrose
Onagraceae: the evening primrose tribe. Source: Illustrations of the natural orders of plants with groups and descriptions by Twining, Elizabeth, 1805-1889

Gipsy women sketched by Queen Victoria
Gipsy women, encamped near Claremont in Surrey where Queen Victoria spent the Christmas of 1836 (when she was still Princess Victoria)

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