Smyth Collection

Naval boat-race in Cork Harbour, 1865. Creator: Smyth
Naval boat-race in Cork Harbour, [Ireland], 1865. 'Some days ago an exciting match was rowed at Queenstown, Cork Harbour, by the crews, respectively

The ship Glad Tidings, with a cargo of American cotton, entering the port of Liverpool, 1865. Creator: Smyth
The ship Glad Tidings, with a cargo of American cotton, entering the port of Liverpool, 1865. 'The reopening of the American cotton trade this summer has been hailed with grateful joy by many

Models of ships in the Naval Gallery at the South Kensington Museum, 1865. Creator: Smyth
Models of ships in the Naval Gallery at the South Kensington Museum, 1865. 'The Caledonia, which has, since 1856, been named the Dreadnought...has taken the place of the old Dreadnought as

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: meeting of the Reine Hortense and the Osborne, 1865. Creator: Smyth
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: meeting of the Reine Hortense and the Osborne, 1865. 'There are few places in which a naval spectacle can be seen to greater advantage than the broad

The Dundee screw steamship Hibernia, 1865. Creator: Smyth
The Dundee screw steamship Hibernia, 1865. 'The screw-steamer Hibernia is the last vessel that the Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping Company have added to their fleet

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth:...the Solferino saluting the English flag, 1865. Creator: Smyth
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: arrival of the French fleet - the Solferino saluting the English flag, 1865

Annual schooner race of the Royal Thames Yacht Club: the yachts at the Mouse light ship, 1862. Creator: Smyth
Annual schooner race of the Royal Thames Yacht Club: the yachts at the Mouse light ship, 1862. 'The morning had been very gloomy and threatening

The Royal Yacht Osborne passing through...English squadrons of ironclads in Plymouth Sound, 1865. Creator: Smyth
The visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Plymouth: the Royal Yacht Osborne passing through the French and English squadrons of ironclads in Plymouth Sound, 1865

The action off Cherbourg on Sunday between the Alabama and the Kearsarge: the Alabama sinking, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The action off Cherbourg on Sunday between the Alabama and the Kearsarge: the Alabama sinking, 1864. Engraving of a sketch by James Bryant of the Royal Western Yacht Club

Schooner match of the Royal Thames Yacht Club on June 16: rounding the Water Lily off Shoebury, 1864 Creator: Smyth
Schooner match of the Royal Thames Yacht Club on June 16: rounding the Water Lily off Shoebury, 1864. 'Among the spectators of the schooner-race, from Tilbury to the Nore and back again

Sir John Soane's Museum in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields: the Breakfast-Room, 1864. Creator: Smyth
Sir John Soane's Museum in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields: the Breakfast-Room, 1864. 'The Breakfast-Room has some interesting prints, pictures, and drawings; a richly-mounted pistol

The Ocean Yacht Match from Gravesend to Harwich...the Volante winning the Cutters' Prize, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The Ocean Yacht Match from Gravesend to Harwich on Saturday, June 4: the Volante winning the Cutters' Prize, 1864. The Volante, a cutter of 60 tons belonging to H. C

The new iron-clad fleet: Her Majesty's sloop-of-war Enterprise, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The new iron-clad fleet: Her Majesty's sloop-of-war Enterprise, 1864. 'She is the smallest vessel plated with 4½-inch armour that has yet been set afloat

The War in Denmark: the Austro-Prussian Squadron at Cuxhaven after its defeat off Heligoland, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The War in Denmark: the Austro-Prussian Squadron at Cuxhaven after its defeat off Heligoland, 1864. '...a view of the Austro-Prussian squadron lying off Cuxhaven, at the mouth of the Elbe

The Yacht Matches in the Thames: Prince of Wales Yacht Club, June 1: the race off East Tilbury, 1864 Creator: Smyth
The Yacht Matches in the Thames: Prince of Wales Yacht Club, June 1: the race off East Tilbury, 1864. Dudu; Alexandra; Folly. 'The course was from Erith to the Chapman Head and back

The Yacht Matches in the Thames: Royal Thames Yacht Club...rounding the steamer at the Nore, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The Yacht Matches in the Thames: Royal Thames Yacht Club, May 31: rounding the steamer at the Nore, 1864. Vindex; Mosquito; Astarte. 'The vessels which started were: the Surf, 54 tons, owner Mr. G

The Yacht Matches in the Thames: Royal London Yacht Club, May 30: the cutters off Southend, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The Yacht Matches in the Thames: Royal London Yacht Club, May 30: the cutters off Southend, 1864. Astarte; Volante; Surf. 'The vessels which started were: the Surf, 54 tons, belonging to Mr. G

The Great Eastern Railway Company's steamer Avalon, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The Great Eastern Railway Company's steamer Avalon, 1864. 'The first of a fleet of steam-boats, which Messrs. Dudgeon, of Cubitt Town, Blackwall, are building for the Great Eastern Railway Company

The Royal Sovereign turret-ship, 1864. Creators: Edwin Weedon, Smyth
The Royal Sovereign turret-ship, 1864. 'The first turret-ship of the British Navy, the Royal Sovereign, which has been converted from an ordinary three-decker into her present form under

The City of New York steam-ship on Daunt's Rock, at the entrance of Queenstown Harbour, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The City of New York steam-ship on Daunt's Rock, at the entrance of Queenstown Harbour, [Ireland], 1864. 'The steam-ship City of New York, one of the ships belonging to the Liverpool, New York

The clipper-ship The Royal Edward, built for the Red Cross Australian Line, 1864. Creators: Edwin Weedon, Smyth
The clipper-ship The Royal Edward, built for the Red Cross Australian Line, 1864. 'We this week give an Engraving of the new iron sailing-ship Royal Edward, of 3500 tons burden

Race in the Channel between the Atalanta twin-screw steamer and the Dover mail-packet Empress, 1864. Creator: Smyth
Race in the Channel between the Atalanta twin-screw steamer and the Dover mail-packet Empress, 1864. 'The Atalanta...has a pair of screw propellers instead of a single one

Launch of the Knight Commander, iron screw steam-ship, built at Dublin, 1864. Creator: Smyth
Launch of the Knight Commander, iron screw steam-ship, built at Dublin, 1864. View of '...the first large iron vessel ever built in the port of Dublin as she glided off her cradle into the high-tide

The new iron screw steam-ship London, built for the Australian trade…, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The new iron screw steam-ship London, built for the Australian trade by Messrs. Money, Wigram and Sons, at Blackwall, 1864. From "Illustrated London News", 1864

The Colonel Lamb blockade-runner, built at Liverpool, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The Colonel Lamb blockade-runner, built at Liverpool, 1864. Engraving from a drawing by Mr. William Woods....an exciting race took place...between the paddle-wheel steam-boat Douglas...and

Launch of the Turkish iron-clad frigate Sultan Mahmoud, at the Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, 1864. Creator: Smyth
Launch of the Turkish iron-clad frigate Sultan Mahmoud, at the Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, 1864. Ship...built for the Sultan of Turkey by the Thames Ironworks Company...of 4221 tons burden; its

The War in America: Fort Lafayette, the Federal Bastille for political prisoners, 1862. Creator: Smyth
The War in America: Fort Lafayette, the Federal Bastille for political prisoners, 1862. The traveller to America who enters the beautiful harbour of New York...will observe

The Jackal tender and boats going to meet the American mail steamer at Roche's Point... 1864. Creator: Smyth
The Jackal tender and boats going to meet the American mail steamer at Roche's Point, near Queenstown [in Ireland], 1864

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's new paddle-wheel steamer Nyanza, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's new paddle-wheel steamer Nyanza, 1864. A ship built by the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company from designs by Mr. G. C

The late outrage on the Neutrality of Brazil: The Florida…and the Wachusetts…Bahia Harbour, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The late outrage on the Neutrality of Brazil: The Florida (Confederate) and the Wachusetts (Federal) in Bahia Harbour, 1864. Wachusetts; the Brazilian warship; Forida

Cotton from India: a cotton fleet descending the Ganges - casting off from Mirzapore, 1862. Creator: Smyth
Cotton from India: a cotton fleet descending the Ganges - casting off from Mirzapore early in the morning, 1862. Boats en route to...Calcutta, for the purpose of shipping the cotton to Europe

The War in Japan: the Red Battery opening fire on the corvettes, Sept. 6, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The War in Japan: the Red Battery opening fire on the corvettes, Sept. 6, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. C. Wirgman

Nova Scotian Goldfields: Laidlaw's Farm, near Halifax, 1862. Creator: Smyth
Nova Scotian Goldfields: Laidlaw's Farm, near Halifax, [Canada], 1862. Engraving of a photograph by Captain W. D. Tompson, of the 17th Regiment

Wreck of the Montreal Ocean Steam-Ship Company's mail-steamer Jura, Crosby Point...Liverpool, 1864. Creator: Smyth
Wreck of the Montreal Ocean Steam-Ship Company's mail-steamer Jura, at Crosby Point, near Liverpool, 1864. The Jura...had made her passage across the Atlantic...She arrived at the Bell Buoy

H.M.S. Victoria, 102 guns, the new flagship of the Mediterranean fleet, 1864. Creator: Smyth
H.M.S. Victoria, 102 guns, the new flagship of the Mediterranean fleet, 1864. Our Engraving, from a drawing by Mr. F. L. Bedwell

Burning of the United States mail-steamer Roanoke, off St. George's, Bermuda... 1864. Creator: Smyth
Burning of the United States mail-steamer Roanoke, off St. George's, Bermuda, on the 9th of October, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by one of the passengers

The War in America: the Federal steamer Chesapeake, seized by Confederates... 1864. Creator: Smyth
The War in America: the Federal steamer Chesapeake, seized by Confederates, landing crew and passengers off Musquash Harbour, Bay of Fundy, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Charles C

The new imperial steam-yacht, Taliah, built for the Sultan, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The new imperial steam-yacht, Taliah, built for the Sultan, 1864. The yacht, constructed...by Messrs. Samuda, made her trial-trip recently, with the Turkish Ambassador, M. Musurus, on board

A Barking carrier collecting fish from the trawl fleet on the Doggerbank, 1864. Creator: Smyth
A Barking carrier collecting fish from the trawl fleet on the Doggerbank, 1864....a view of some of the vessels composing the largest fleet engaged in the deep-sea fisheries of Great Britain - that

Scene of the Great Fire at Limoges, France - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. Creator: Smyth
Scene of the Great Fire at Limoges, France - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. The fire...destroyed nearly all that portion of the city comprised between the Church of St

Dock No. 2 at Chatham Yard, recently opened, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Dock No. 2 at Chatham Yard, recently opened, 1858. The Dock recently completed at Chatham, known as No. 2 Dock...was commenced in October, 1855, and completed in October of the present year

Scene from "King John", at the Princess Theatre, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Scene from "King John", at the Princess Theatre, 1858. London stage production. We this week present an Illustration of the great scene in the tragedy of "King John" between

Donati's Comet, as seen from the Cambridge Observatory, on October 11, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Donati's Comet, as seen from the Cambridge Observatory, on October 11, 1858. As it but seldom happens that such a favourable opportunity occurs for examining the changes which take place in

Scene from "The Rose of Castile", at Drury Lane Theatre, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Scene from "The Rose of Castile", at Drury Lane Theatre, 1858. London stage production. This lively and pretty opera, certainly the chef-d'oeuvre of our most popular English composer

Brancepeth Castle, Durham, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Brancepeth Castle, Durham, 1858. This noble edifice is said to be the earliest castellated building in the county of Durham, its foundation being coeveal with the Bulmer family

Statue of Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, to be placed in the Townhall of Calcutta, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Statue of Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, to be placed in the Townhall of Calcutta, 1858. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs, Caldesi and Montocchi

Her Majesty leaving Cherbourg, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Her Majesty leaving Cherbourg, 1858. Queen Victoria returns to England on the Royal Yacht....a farewell visit was paid by the Emperor and Empress;

Filling the Napoleon Dock, Cherbourg, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Filling the Napoleon Dock, Cherbourg, 1858. Inauguration and...opening of the Great Basin, or Napoleon Dock, of the military port...in the presence of the Emperor

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