Newspapers Collection (#99)

Fire at Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight, on Tuesday last, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Fire at Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight, on Tuesday last, 1850. As soon as the alarm was sounded, the juveniles were rescued, and every precaution taken by the officers for their safe custody

Aboriginal Australians - young men, daguerreotyped in Port Phillip by Mr. Kilburn, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Aboriginal Australians - young men, daguerreotyped in Port Phillip by Mr. Kilburn, 1850. Portrait of two young men, the one holding his waddy, or club of defence; the other

Reception of Parisian Railway Excursionists at Dunkerque - Rue Arago, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Reception of Parisian Railway Excursionists at Dunkerque, [France] - Rue Arago, 1850. Three monster trains arrived...conveying 2100 passengers

Richard Manks, the Pedestrian, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Richard Manks, the Pedestrian, 1850. Pedestrian Feat of 1000 miles in 1000 Hours. This unparalleled feat has just been accomplished by Richard Manks

The Notts Testimonial to Lord George Bentinck, in the Market-Place, Mansfield, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Notts Testimonial to Lord George Bentinck, in the Market-Place, Mansfield, 1850. Monument designed by T. C. Hine: a richly ornamented Gothic structure, about 50 feet; high

Shipping the Great Bull from Nimroud, at Morghill, on the Euphrates, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Shipping the Great Bull from Nimroud, at Morghill, on the Euphrates, [Iraq], 1850. The drawing from which the Engraving...is taken has been brought over by one of the Messrs

Prize Cattle at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show, at Exeter - Devon - Class I. - First Prize, £40, 1850. From "Illustrated London News", 1850

St. Paul's Church, Malta, Built at the Expense of the late Queen Dowager Adelaide, 1850. Creator: Unknown
St. Paul's Church, Malta, Built at the Expense of the late Queen Dowager Adelaide, 1850. The interior is very spacious

The late Sir Lancelot Shadwell, Vice-Chancellor of England, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The late Sir Lancelot Shadwell, Vice-Chancellor of England, 1850. Sir Lancelot Shadwell died...at his residence, Barn Elms, Putney. The death of so good and so able a man will be severely felt

Prize Cattle at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show, at Exeter - Cattle of Any Breed - Leicester - Creator
Prize Cattle at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show, at Exeter - Cattle of Any Breed - Leicester - Class I. - First Prize, £20, 1850. From "Illustrated London News", 1850

St. Paul's Church, Malta, Built at the Expense of the late Queen Dowager Adelaide, 1850. Creator: Unknown
St. Paul's Church, Malta, Built at the Expense of the late Queen Dowager Adelaide, 1850. The first stone was laid by Queen Adelaide on the 20th of March, 1839

Picture Gallery of the late King of Holland, in the Palace of the Hague, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Picture Gallery of the late King of Holland, in the Palace of the Hague, [Netherlands], 1850....William II. was a man of refined taste, and of considerable judgment in works of art

Prize Cattle at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show, at Exeter - Short-Horns - Class IV. - First Prize, £20, 1850. From "Illustrated London News", 1850

The Great Square in Alexandria - Present State of the Proposed Church... 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Square in Alexandria - Present State of the Proposed Church for the English Protestant Residents, 1850....the British residents set themselves...to raise funds for the erection of a

Sir David Brewste...Delivering the Opening Address, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Sir David Brewster, the President (of the British Association at Edinburgh), Delivering the Opening Address, 1850. A goodly number, about 1200 old and new members of the British Association

Great Exhibition of 1851 - Prize Medal (£100) - M. Hippolyte Bonnardel, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Great Exhibition of 1851 - Prize Medal (£100) - M. Hippolyte Bonnardel, 1850. Mercury holding a female figure by the hand (intended to represent Industry apparently, from the anvil, locomotive)

The Lambeth Election - the Hustings on Kennington Common, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Lambeth Election - the Hustings on Kennington Common, 1850....nomination of candidates for the representation in Parliament of the [London] borough of Lambeth...a considerable number of persons

Gigantic Land Tortoise - a Present for Her Majesty, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Gigantic Land Tortoise - a Present for Her Majesty, 1850. Tortoise...just brought to England by Captain Brown, in her Majesty's ship Geyser...a present to her Majesty the Queen [Victoria]

Scene from the Pantomime of "Harlequin and the Dragon of Wantley", at Sadler's Wells Theatre, 1850
Scene from the Pantomime of "Harlequin and the Dragon of Wantley", at Sadler's Wells Theatre, [London], 1850....the voracious Dragon gobbles up a child just as the Baron of Wantley is

Interior of the New Greek Church London Wall, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Interior of the New Greek Church London Wall, 1850. The interior...is peculiar, being very lofty...the ceiling is arched, paneled...the spandrils being ornamented with enriched paneling

Scene from "Harlequin and Humpty-Dumpty", 1850. Creator: Unknown
Scene from "Harlequin and Humpty-Dumpty", [Drury Lane Theatre, London], 1850....scene in which the hero figures in grotesque rotundity...The hero was a rebel in the days of King Richard

Testimonial presented to the Marquis of Tweeddale, K.T. and C.B. 1850. Creator: Unknown
Testimonial presented to the Marquis of Tweeddale, K.T. and C.B. 1850. The group consists of the elder Hay and his two sons; a mounted Dane and a Dane overthrown

Glastonbury Abbey - North Door of St. Joseph's Chapel, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Glastonbury Abbey - North Door of St. Joseph's Chapel, 1850. Ruined medieval abbey in Glastonbury, Somerset. View showing...the North Portal of St

The Funebral Cypress, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Funebral Cypress, 1850. The traveller who appears originally to have noticed the Funebral Cypress...was Sir George Staunton, when exploring China in the embassy of Lord Macartney...Subsequently

Exterior of the New Greek Church London Wall, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Exterior of the New Greek Church London Wall, 1850. In its exterior, the Greek Church is extremely plain except on its north or entrance front, which is divided into two stories by a bold

Priest of the Greek Church reading the Gospel at the Altar, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Priest of the Greek Church reading the Gospel at the Altar, 1850. After the consecration of the Church, the Gospel was read by the officiating priest [the Rev. Mr

Scene from "Prince Dorus; or, The Romance of the Nose", 1850. Creator: Unknown
Scene from "Prince Dorus; or, The Romance of the Nose", [Olympic Theatre, London], 1850. Mr. Tom Taylor takes the subject of Madame D'Arblay's "Prince Doras" for his

President Taylor and his Cabinet - daguerreotyped by Brady, 1850. Creator: W Thomas
President Taylor and his Cabinet - daguerreotyped by Brady, 1850. The US president (centre), with: John M. Clayton; T. Ewins; J. Collamer; G.W. Trist; W. Ballard Preston; W.M

Glastonbury Abbey - interior of St. Joseph's Chapel, from the Crypt, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Glastonbury Abbey - interior of St. Joseph's Chapel, from the Crypt, 1850. Ruined medieval abbey in Glastonbury, Somerset

Scene from Racine's "Phedre", 1850. Creator: Unknown. Scene from Racine's "Phedre", 1850
Scene from Racine's "Phedre", 1850. Oenone, Madame Croisnier; Phedre, Mdlle. Rachel; Hipplyte, M. Raphael The celebrated actress Mdlle

The Dardanelles - Fort of Chanah-Kalesi, from the Middle of the Channel, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Dardanelles - Fort of Chanah-Kalesi, from the Middle of the Channel, 1850. Perhaps, of all the eight batteries that guard the channel, the most formidable is that of Chanah-Kalesi

The Grand Banquet, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Grand Banquet, 1850. Festivities at Trentham Hall in Staffordshire, to celebrate the majority [reaching the age of 21] of the Marquis of Stafford....grand dinner party

Ruins of the Great Fire at Gravesend - looking West, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the Great Fire at Gravesend - looking West, 1850. The High-street...from the Town-hall downwards, to within a short distance of the Town Pier

Prize Cattle at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show, at Exeter - Hereford - Class I. - First Prize, £40, 1850. From "Illustrated London News", 1850

The Monmouth Ash, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Monmouth Ash, 1850. Tree in Dorset where James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, is said to have hidden after the Battle of Sedgemoor in July 1685: An ash tree

Ruins of the Great Fire at Gravesend - High-Street - looking North, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the Great Fire at Gravesend - High-Street - looking North, 1850. Many of [the buildings], notwithstanding that they were three or four stories high

Prize Cattle at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show, at Exeter - Short-Horns - Class I. - First Prize, £40, 1850. From "Illustrated London News", 1850

Angel Visits. A Lyric for the New Year, by Charles MacKay, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Angel Visits. A Lyric for the New Year, by Charles MacKay, 1850. Sentimental scene illustrating a song or poem. Thou'rt old, grandfather - old and blind, But ever cheerful, good, and kind

Trial of the Rioters (Oct. 1) in the Court-House, at Trinidad, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Trial of the Rioters (Oct. 1) in the Court-House, at Trinidad, 1850. Illustration...from a Sketch by Mr. Cazabon, a native artist of Trinidad

Explosion of the Laboratory, at Rendsburg, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Explosion of the Laboratory, at Rendsburg, [Schleswig-Holstein, Germany], 1850. Explosion...in the laboratory, in which the ammunition, shells, shrapnels, &c

Sledging at Moscow [drawn by Manuel], 1850. Creator: Unknown
Sledging at Moscow [drawn by Manuel], 1850. Winter transport in Russia. The Muscovite machine...looks, to the coachman's eye, a desperate device

Destruction of Shap-'Ng-Tsai's Piratical Fleet, by the British, in the Gulf of Tonquin, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Destruction of Shap-'Ng-Tsai's Piratical Fleet, by the British, in the Gulf of Tonquin, 1850. "It must be remembered that it is not the policy of any piratical force to become assailants

Roasting the Baron of Beef by Gas, in the Castle-Yard, Exeter, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Roasting the Baron of Beef by Gas, in the Castle-Yard, Exeter, [Devon], 1850. Event during the annual meeting and exhibition of the Royal Agricultural Society

Sketch in a House at Fahey's Quay, Ennis - the Widow Connor and her Dying Child, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Sketch in a House at Fahey's Quay, Ennis - the Widow Connor and her Dying Child, 1850. Suffering during the Irish Potato Famine: In Ennis I went through the lanes and alleys

Great Protection Meeting in the Rotundo, Dublin, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Great Protection Meeting in the Rotundo, Dublin, 1850. The Earl of Glengall tabled a resolution: That we feel entirely persuaded of the great regard

General Schleppegrell, killed in the Battle of Id Tadt [Isted], 1850. Creator: Unknown
General Schleppegrell, killed in the Battle of Id Tadt [Isted], 1850. Portrait from a drawing by M. Baugniet. This gallant soldier, who fell in the late battle of Idstadt, on the 25th ult

Ruins in the Village of Carihaken, County of Galway, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Ruins in the Village of Carihaken, County of Galway, 1850. Destruction of rural homes by the levellers, during the Irish Potato Famine. The poor were blamed for their situation

The Artisan's Home, Spitalfields - the Coffee Room, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Artisan's Home, Spitalfields - the Coffee Room, 1850. The directors of the Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes...have...extended their operations

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