Mid 19th Collection

Portrait photograph by Charles Reutlinger - CDV
Portrait photograph by Charles Reutlinger (1816-1881) reproduced on a carte de Visite. Reutlinger won first prize for photography at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1867. Date: circa 1867

Brompton Cemetary
View of the entrance to Brompton Cemetary, one of seven large London cemetaries founded in the mid-19th century. Date: 1875

Burlington House
A view of Burlington House in 1875. It was originally a private Palladian mansion owned by the Earls of Burlington and was expanded in the mid-19th century after being purchased by the British

Scene at a tavern in Andalusia, Spain, mid-19th century. A seated man with jug of wine invites a traveler inside. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

European plant hunters attacked by South African
European plant hunters attacked by natives of South Africa in the mid-19th century. Woodblock engraving from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

The Barrister - " And peers through all things with his half-shut eyes." Date: 1840

Disderi Portrait Mosaic of English Luminaries of the 1860s
Collage Mosaic photograph by Disderi reproduced on a carte de visite showing well-known English luminaries of the period (the 1860s)

Istanbul, Turkey, Ottoman Empire - Golden Horn
Panoramic mid-19th century view of Istanbul, Turkey, Ottoman Empire - Golden Horn with Galata Bridge and Tower and the Yeni Camii (New Mosque). Date: circa 1830

Boys of the Ipswich Ragged School Date: circa 1860

A classic image celebrating the Biedermeier style, which originated in Germany and Austria, flourished in the prosperous middle-class homes of Europe from about 1815 to 1848

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