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Queen Elizabeth II Collection
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Background image: Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the steam-hammer, 1864

Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the steam-hammer, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the steam-hammer, 1864. '...night view of that portion of the forging department containing the Nasmyth steam-hammers

Background image: Reception-room of the Social Science Congress in the Guildhall, New York, 1864

Reception-room of the Social Science Congress in the Guildhall, New York, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Reception-room of the Social Science Congress in the Guildhall, New York, 1864. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

Background image: The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Silver-gilt tankard; the Lynn Cup; chrismatory, 1862

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Silver-gilt tankard; the Lynn Cup; chrismatory, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'Silver-gilt tankard of hexagonal form, narrow in the centre, widening towards the base, ornamented with masks and scrolls

Background image: The house in which George Stephenson was born, at Wylam, near Newcastle, 1864. Creator: Unknown

The house in which George Stephenson was born, at Wylam, near Newcastle, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The house in which George Stephenson was born, at Wylam, near Newcastle, 1864. British engineer Stephenson's birthplace '...is a small red-tiled cottage-one of such as are inhabited by

Background image: St. James's Church, Bury St. Edmunds, lately restored, 1864. Creator: Unknown

St. James's Church, Bury St. Edmunds, lately restored, 1864. Creator: Unknown
St. James's Church, Bury St. Edmunds, lately restored, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Cundall and Downes. 'Mr

Background image: The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Chalice, cups, ewer, pyx, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Chalice, cups, ewer, pyx, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'A silver-gilt chalice, the work of Master Bartholomew, of Atri...supposed to have...[belonged] to Pope Boniface VIII...around the stem is...[an]

Background image: Vice-Admiral Kuper, C.B., Commander-In-Chief of the East India and China Station, 1864

Vice-Admiral Kuper, C.B., Commander-In-Chief of the East India and China Station, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Vice-Admiral Kuper, C.B., Commander-In-Chief of the East India and China Station, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by M. Beato in Japan

Background image: The War in Schleswig: Prussian field mail on its way from Rendsburg to the front, 1864

The War in Schleswig: Prussian field mail on its way from Rendsburg to the front, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig: Prussian field mail on its way from Rendsburg to the front, 1864. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

Background image: The Charing-Cross Railway: covered way leading to the platform, 1864. Creator: Unknown

The Charing-Cross Railway: covered way leading to the platform, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Charing-Cross Railway: covered way leading to the platform, 1864. 'In no part of London has a greater improvement been made than upon the spot where Hungerford Market once stood

Background image: Festival of Ragged-School Teachers at Nutfield Priory,…near Reigate, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Festival of Ragged-School Teachers at Nutfield Priory,…near Reigate, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Festival of Ragged-School Teachers at Nutfield Priory, the residence of Mr. H. E. Gurney, near Reigate, 1864. Annual entertainment

Background image: Paris fashions for October, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Paris fashions for October, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Paris fashions for October, 1864. 'Fig. 1. Evening Dress. Robe of white alpaca, ornamented with black lace insertion...Muslin chemisette, with collar and cuffs of embroidered muslin

Background image: The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Cups, tankard, casket, salt, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Cups, tankard, casket, salt, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'Silver-gilt standing-cup; silver cup; silver-gilt beaker; crystal tankard, "The Poison-Cup"; casket; silver-gilt salt

Background image: The International Exhibition: Smith's power-loom for weaving tufted pile carpets, 1862

The International Exhibition: Smith's power-loom for weaving tufted pile carpets, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Smith's power-loom for weaving tufted pile carpets, 1862. Loom for Axminster carpet, '...invented by Mr

Background image: Albert Durer's house, Nuremberg, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Albert Durer's house, Nuremberg, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Albert Durer's house, Nuremberg, 1864. '...we must hasten down the Durer Strasse, and make a reverent salaam before the house of Albrecht Durer

Background image: Old Charing-Cross, from Aggas's plan of London, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Old Charing-Cross, from Aggas's plan of London, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Old Charing-Cross, from Aggas's plan of London, 1864. 'Charing-cross, the large area at the meeting of the Strand, Whitehall, and Cockspur-street, with Trafalgar-square on the north

Background image: The Colonel Lamb blockade-runner, built at Liverpool, 1864. Creator: Smyth

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

Background image: Blowing up the Eastern Arch of the Great Exhibition Building, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Blowing up the Eastern Arch of the Great Exhibition Building, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Blowing up the Eastern Arch of the Great Exhibition Building, [South Kensington, London], 1864. Demolition of an '...arch which supported the eastern gable end of the nave of the International

Background image: Opening of the Boulevard du Prince Eugène at Paris, by the Emperor, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Opening of the Boulevard du Prince Eugène at Paris, by the Emperor, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Boulevard du Prince Eugene at Paris, by the Emperor, 1862. '...the whole length of the via nova was ornamented with Venetian masts bearing very light-coloured silk banners

Background image: Building proposed to be erected in the Alexandra-Park, Muswell-Hill, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson

Building proposed to be erected in the Alexandra-Park, Muswell-Hill, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Building proposed to be erected in the Alexandra-Park, Muswell-Hill, 1864. 'The directors [of the Alexandra Park Company] have entered into a contract with Messrs

Background image: The War in Schleswig: the Battle of Over-Selk - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

The War in Schleswig: the Battle of Over-Selk - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig: the Battle of Over-Selk - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. The Battle of Konigshugel, also known as the Battle of Ober-Selk

Background image: Old bridge, Nuremberg, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Old bridge, Nuremberg, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Old bridge, Nuremberg, 1864. '...the Old-world city of Nuremberg...is rich in everything of the past, and owes nothing to the present...To find oneself there is to be thrown back 300 or 400

Background image: Tankard presented to the Nottingham (Robin Hood) Rifle Corps by the Duke of St. Albans, 1864

Tankard presented to the Nottingham (Robin Hood) Rifle Corps by the Duke of St. Albans, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Tankard presented to the Nottingham (Robin Hood) Rifle Corps by the Duke of St. Albans, 1864. 'A handsome tankard has been manufactured at Coventry by the Skidmore Art-Manufactures Company for

Background image: Hampton Court Old Bridge, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson

Hampton Court Old Bridge, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Hampton Court Old Bridge, 1864. Engraving of '...the old wooden toll-bridge at Hampton Court, which is now about to be removed by order of its proprietor, Mr. T. W

Background image: The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Queen Elizabeth's prayer-book, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Queen Elizabeth's prayer-book, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'Queen Elizabeth's Prayer-book, bound in gold and enamelled, the workmanship of George Heriot

Background image: Presidential electioneering in New York: torchlight procession of the M'Clellan party, 1864

Presidential electioneering in New York: torchlight procession of the M'Clellan party, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Presidential electioneering in New York: torchlight procession of the M'Clellan party, 1864. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. C. D. Shanly

Background image: The Great Fire in the City: ruins of Haberdashers' Hall, 1864. Creator: Unknown

The Great Fire in the City: ruins of Haberdashers' Hall, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Great Fire in the City: ruins of Haberdashers' Hall, [City of London], 1864. 'In a conflagration of a calamitous extent...one of the oldest of our civic halls - that of

Background image: The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Gold rosary worn by Mary Queen of Scots..., 1862

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Gold rosary worn by Mary Queen of Scots..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'The gold rosary and crucifix of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. The heads are large and entirely of gold, and were originally enriched with enamel

Background image: The International Exhibition: Crosskill's Bell's reaping-machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Crosskill's Bell's reaping-machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Crosskill's Bell's reaping-machine, 1862. '...Prize Corn-mowing Machine of the trustees of W

Background image: The Custom-House and inner harbour, Colombo, Ceylon, 1864. Creator: Unknown

The Custom-House and inner harbour, Colombo, Ceylon, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Custom-House and inner harbour, Colombo, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka], 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. Slinn and Co

Background image: The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Silver parcel-gilt nef, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Silver parcel-gilt nef, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'Silver parcel-gilt nef or ship of unusually large dimensions, the body of the ship and above the stand embossed with elaborate ornaments

Background image: The International Exhibition: Swiss jacquard-loom for weaving ribbons..., 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Swiss jacquard-loom for weaving ribbons..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Swiss jacquard-loom for weaving ribbons - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862

Background image: The entrance hall of the new Assize Courts at Manchester, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson

The entrance hall of the new Assize Courts at Manchester, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The entrance hall of the new Assize Courts at Manchester, 1864. View of the interior. [The architect,] Mr. A. Waterhouse, of New-street, Spring-gardens...[has] produced what is

Background image: The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Missal of Claude, Queen of Francis I., 1862. Creator: Unknown

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Missal of Claude, Queen of Francis I., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'A magnificent missal, painted on vellum, with illuminated capitals, and whole leaves painted with illustrations from Scripture history

Background image: The International Exhibition: Messrs. Maudslay's engines of 800-horse power for the Valiant, 1862

The International Exhibition: Messrs. Maudslay's engines of 800-horse power for the Valiant, 1862. Creator: Mallett
The International Exhibition: Messrs. Maudslay's engines of 800-horse power for the Valiant, 1862. Motive power for steamships. 'The largest marine engines exhibited were those by Messrs

Background image: The new Assize Courts at Manchester, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson

The new Assize Courts at Manchester, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The new Assize Courts at Manchester, 1864. View of the front of '...that noble building which has lately been erected in the Cheetham Hill-road, Manchester

Background image: The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Oliver Cromwell's watch, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Oliver Cromwell's watch, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'Oliver Cromwell's watch. This watch was made about 1625. The maker, John Midnall, in Fleet-street

Background image: The International Exhibition: group of objects in steel exhibited by Mr. Krupp, of Essen..., 1862

The International Exhibition: group of objects in steel exhibited by Mr. Krupp, of Essen..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: group of objects in steel exhibited by Mr. Krupp, of Essen, Prussia, 1862. '...it is only recently that the great stride has been made which causes [Krupp's] to

Background image: Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark: Kongens-Nytorf, at Copenhagen, 1864

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark: Kongens-Nytorf, at Copenhagen, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark: scene in the square of Kongens-Nytorf, at Copenhagen, 1864. 'The townspeople of Copenhagen were gratified with a sight of his Royal Highness

Background image: The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Pen-case of Henry VI., 1862. Creator: Unknown

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Pen-case of Henry VI., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'The pencase of King Henry VI. This pencase, of leather, or cuir bouilli, ornamented with gilt roses and crowns, was left by King Henry VI

Background image: The International Exhibition: marine engine by Messrs. Escher, Wyss, and Co. of Zurich..., 1862

The International Exhibition: marine engine by Messrs. Escher, Wyss, and Co. of Zurich..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: marine engine by Messrs. Escher, Wyss, and Co. of Zurich - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862. Motive power for steamships

Background image: Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark: concert at Christiansborg Palace..., 1864

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark: concert at Christiansborg Palace..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark: concert at Christiansborg Palace at Copenhagen, 1864. The future King Edward VII

Background image: The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Silver-gilt nef, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Silver-gilt nef, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'Silver-gilt nef; the hull, with two tiers of guns; the deck, which takes off as a cover

Background image: The International Exhibition: Messrs. Hobbs and Co.'s lock-indicator, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Messrs. Hobbs and Co.'s lock-indicator, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Messrs. Hobbs and Co.'s lock-indicator, 1862. 'One of Hobbs's locks illustrates a new principle of security specially adapted for iron safes

Background image: Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark: arrival at the Castle of Bernstorf, 1864

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark: arrival at the Castle of Bernstorf, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark: arrival at the Castle of Bernstorf, 1864. The future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in Scandinavia



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