Iln Collection

New Hydraulic Lift at the Victoria Docks, 1858. Creator: Walmsley
New Hydraulic Lift at the Victoria Docks, [London], 1858. The new graving-docks in connection with the Victoria Docks, the construction of which was commenced about two years back

Rifle fete at Ecclesbourne, near Hastings, 1860. Creator: W Thomas
Rifle fete at Ecclesbourne, near Hastings, 1860. The contest was chiefly among the members of the Cinque Ports Corps...The first prize was a Lancaster rifle, value ten guineas, which was won by Mr

The Highland Shepherd - painted by R. Ansdell - from the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1856. Creator: W Thomas
The Highland Shepherd - painted by R. Ansdell - from the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1856. Engraving of a painting....one of those happy transcripts of Highland life that has made Mr

Dancing between Decks, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Dancing between Decks, 1850. Emigrants leaving for the colonies: United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia or New Zealand

Queen Marys Chinese Chippendale Room at Buckingham Palace, c1935. From The Illustrated London News Silver Jubilee Record Number 1910-1935. [The Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd. London, 1935]

Rustic sports in the Park - north view of Harewood House, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Rustic sports in the Park - north view of Harewood House, 1845. Celebrations at Harewood House near Leeds in Yorkshire. The events which gave rise to the Festival were the Coming of Age

View of Ayr, the birth-place of Burns, 1844. Creator: Unknown
View of Ayr, the birth-place of Burns, 1844. The town where Scottish poet Robert Burns was born, with its two bridges over the River Ayr. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

The Princes Second Derby, 1900: Diamond Jubilee first past the post, (1901). Creator: Unknown
The Princes Second Derby, 1900: Diamond Jubilee first past the post, (1901). Thoroughbred race horse owned by the Prince of Wales winning the Derby at Epsom racecourse in Surrey

Performing bear in a Russian village, 1877. A print from The Illustrated London News, (19 May 1877). Hand-coloured later

Wassailing apple trees with hot cider in Devonshire on twelfth eve, 1861. A print from The Illustrated London News, (12 January 1861)

New Physicians Hall, Edinburgh, 1845. Creator: Unknown
New Physicians Hall, Edinburgh, 1845. Offices of the Royal College of Physicians in Queen Street, designed by Thomas Hamilton. The top figure of the facade is that of Hygeia, the Goddess of Health

Framlingham Castle, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Framlingham Castle, 1845. Norman castle in Suffolk. This picturesque ruin of a fortress of the Middle Ages, stands on the north side of the town of Framlingham, 18 miles north-east of Ipswich

Brandon Station, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Brandon Station, 1845. Railway station at the town of Brandon in Suffolk, one of the stops on the newly opened line from London to Cambridge and Ely

Queen Victoria... visiting Soldiers wounded in the Indian Frontier campaigns... 1898, (1901)
Queen Victoria at Netley Hospital visiting Soldiers wounded in the Indian Frontier campaigns, December 3, 1898, (1901). Victoria (1819-1901) with injured men of the British Army

Queen Victoria conferring the Victoria Cross on heroes of Dargai... May 14, 1898, (1901)
Queen Victoria conferring the Victoria Cross on heroes of Dargai at Netley Hospital, May 14, 1898, (1901). Victoria (1819-1901)

Prossers Wooden Railway, Wimbledon Common, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Prossers Wooden Railway, Wimbledon Common, 1845....a System of Tram-ways composed entirely of Wood, which the inventor, Mr

The Char-a-banc presented to Her Majesty by the King of the French, 1844. Queen Victoria and King Louis Philippe of France ride from the Queens Entrance at Windsor Castle to Twickenham

Conflagration at Sir C. Prices Wharf, Blackfriars, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Conflagration at Sir C. Prices Wharf, Blackfriars, 1845. The London fire brigade attempting to extinguish a fire...in the warehouses belonging to Sir Charles Price and Co

Gotha - from His Royal Highness Prince Alberts drawing, 1845. Creator: W. J. Linton
Gotha - from His Royal Highness Prince Alberts drawing, 1845. View of the town of Gotha in Thuringia, Germany, seat of the royal house of Wettin of which Prince Albert was a member

The Distin Family, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Distin Family, 1844. John Distin and his sons were British musicians who performed on saxhorns and were influential in the evolution of brass instruments in then popular music. Mr

"Loch Ericht - a Bright Night", by A. Gilbert - from the last Winter Exhibition, 1864. Creator: W Thomas
"Loch Ericht - a Bright Night", by A. Gilbert - from the last Winter Exhibition, 1864. Engraving of a painting. 'Loch Ericht, or Erochd, though either not mentioned at all

The late Walter Savage Landor, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The late Walter Savage Landor, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Herbert Watkins. 'Our readers may...look with some interest upon the portrait of a man of great originality

Sketches from New York: a lager beer brewery at Guttenberg, on the Hudson River, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from New York: a lager beer brewery at Guttenberg, on the Hudson River, 1864. 'The Teutonic population of New York [and] the neighbouring Brooklyn, Hoboken, and Jersey City

A Japanese wood-engraver, 1864. Creator: Unknown
A Japanese wood-engraver, 1864. '...from a sketch by our Artist at Yokohama. It is painful here to observe the uncomfortable position of the Japanese engraver at his work - to see how he is

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: torchlight procession to…Royal Palace…, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: torchlight procession to the Royal Palace at Stockholm - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

Sketches from New York: entertainment in a lager beer saloon, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from New York: entertainment in a lager beer saloon, 1864. 'Lager beer proper is composed of malt, hops, and water...It is lighter than the beer of England

The new Sèvres porcelain manufactory in the park of St. Cloud: bird's eye view of...workshops, 1864
The new Sevres porcelain manufactory in the park of St. Cloud [in France]: bird's eye view of the workshops, 1864. '1. Ovens for baking the porcelain; 2. Mill-rooms; 3

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden:...ball given by the Dowager of Sweden..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: the ball given by the Dowager of Sweden...at Drottningholm, near Stockholm, 1864. The future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in Scandinavia

Election Day in New York: a polling-place among the "Lower Twenty", 1864. Creator: Unknown
Election Day in New York: a polling-place among the "Lower Twenty", 1864. Crowds at a polling station on 8 November, '...the day of the Presidential election

Christmas Story-telling - drawn by J. E. Millais, 1862. Creator: Dalziel Brothers
Christmas Story-telling - drawn by J. E. Millais, 1862. Victorian family entertainment. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: the landing at Stockholm…, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: the landing at Stockholm, from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. The future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in Scandinavia

Election Day in New York: a polling-place among the "Upper Ten", 1864. Creator: Unknown
Election Day in New York: a polling-place among the "Upper Ten", 1864. Crowds at a polling station on 8 November, '...the day of the Presidential election

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: the Royal Palace of Gripsholm…, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: the Royal Palace of Gripsholm, on the Malar Lake, near Stockholm - from a sketch by our Special Artist, 1864

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden:...at the Theatre Royal, Stockholm..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden:...at the Theatre Royal, Stockholm - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. The future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in Scandinavia

"The Challenge: A Puritan's Struggle between Honour and Conscience", by W. G. Orchardson..., 1864
"The Challenge: A Puritan's Struggle between Honour and Conscience", by W. G. Orchardson, in the Winter Exhibition of Cabinet Pictures, 1864. Engraving of a painting

The War in America: passage of the Shenandoah River at Front Royal..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in America: passage of the Shenandoah River at Front Royal by the divisions sent to reinforce General Early, 1864

Scene of the explosion of gunpowder magazines near Erith, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the explosion of gunpowder magazines near Erith, 1864. '...a general view, taken from the embankment looking down the river,...[after] the destructive explosion at the Belvedere

The Fish Nurseries at Huningue, France, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Fish Nurseries at Huningue, France, 1864. 'The suite of buildings at Huningue is devoted to the extension of the piscicultural system

The War in Schleswig: Danish prisoners on the road to Rendsburg after the Battle of Over-Selk, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig: Danish prisoners on the road to Rendsburg after the Battle of Over-Selk - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. 'No exact account can be given of the Danish loss

The Charing-Cross Railway: the signal station on the north end of the bridge, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Charing-Cross Railway: the signal station on the north end of the bridge, [London], 1864. 'The signal station...is remarkable for the ingenious character of its arrangements

The explosion of a gunpowder magazine near Erith: ruins of Silver's house, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The explosion of a gunpowder magazine near Erith: ruins of Rayner's house, 1864. Engraving from '...a photograph taken with the newly-invented panoramic camera by the "London Pantascopic

The explosion of a gunpowder magazine near Erith: ruins of Rayner's house, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The explosion of a gunpowder magazine near Erith: ruins of Rayner's house, 1864. Illustration of '...what is left of the house of George Rayner, storekeeper to the magazine of Messrs

"The Waefu' Heart", by T. Duncan, A.R.A., in the gallery of the South Kensington Museum, 1864. Engraving of a painting '...from the Sheepshanks' Collection of the South

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: the royal party viewing Stockholm..., 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: the royal party viewing Stockholm from the pavilion in the Mosebacke Garden - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

"John Bunyan Reciting 'The Pilgrim's Progress'...in Bedford Gaol,...by G. F. Folingsby..., 1864
"John Bunyan Reciting 'The Pilgrim's Progress' to his friends in Bedford Gaol", by G. F. Folingsby, of Munich, in the exhibition of Fine Arts at Melbourne, Australia, 1864

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.

Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the fitting shop, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the fitting shop, 1864. '...a view of the large building called "the fitting shop." It is here that

Bishopsthorpe, the palace of the Archbishop of York..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
Bishopsthorpe [sic], the palace of the Archbishop of York, visited by the president of the Social Science Congress, 1864. Bishopthorpe Palace in North Yorkshire is the official residence of

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