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The Port of Leghorn, 1858. Creator:s Read
The Port of Leghorn, 1858. Livorno in Italy, ...a town of considerable trade, importing corn, woollens, cottons, hardware, and salt-fish; exporting silk in thread or manufactured, straw hats, oil

Civita Vecchia, 1858. Creator:s Read
Civita Vecchia, [in Italy], 1858. Two piers, formed of massive marble blocks, stretch out from the shore into the blue waters of the Mediterranean, and, with the assistance of a small breakwater

English Songs and Melodies - "The Day has Gone", 1858. Creator: J. L. Williams
English Songs and Melodies - "The Day has Gone", 1858. Illustration to sheet music: Poetry by Charles MacKay; Symphonies and Accompaniments by Frank Mori'

Haddon Hall, from the Bakewell-Road, 1854. Creator:s Read
Haddon Hall, from the Bakewell-Road, 1854. Country house dating from the 11th century. Haddon-hall, the admiration of artists, of antiquaries, and of all true lovers of nature

Crystallised Cavern, in the Blue John Mine, 1854. Creator:s Read
Crystallised Cavern, in the Blue John Mine, 1854. Geological tourist attraction in Derbyshire. Fluor spar was called by the miners "Blue John"...The Blue John Mine is chiefly celebrated for

Eaux Bonnes, Pyrenees, 1854. Creator:s Read
Eaux Bonnes, Pyrenees, 1854. Town in southern France. Through a drenching rain and an encircling fog...we pursued our way rapidly, and just as we emerged from amongst the cliffs, the rain abated

Clifton, from the Ferry, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Clifton, from the Ferry, 1850. At a mile from Bristol, and the most aristocratic portion of that city, is [Clifton, ] another of the Great Western Railway attractions...the crescent of houses in

Manufacture of Glass for "The Crystal Palace"...Birmingham, 1850. Creator:s Read
Manufacture of Glass for "The Crystal Palace", at Messrs. Chance's Works, Spon-Lane, near Birmingham, 1850. Workers making an...immense quantity of plate glass required for

Opening of the Great Cheese-Market, at Chippenham, September 12 - the Market Hall, 1850. Creator:s Read
Opening of the Great Cheese-Market, at Chippenham [in Wiltshire], September 12 - the Market Hall, 1850. Among other boons which [Joseph Neeld MP] has conferred on the inhabitants

The Great Wall of China, seen from the Top of the Tower, 1850. Creator: Smyth
The Great Wall of China, seen from the Top of the Tower, 1850....the wall continues apparently more or less in a ruined state for about three miles in a N.N.W

Panorama of the Nile - The Simoom, 1850. Creator:s Read
Panorama of the Nile - The Simoom, 1850. This Exhibition at the Egyptian Hall [in London] has much improved in its character

The Marston Salt-Pit, 1850. Creator:s Read
The Marston Salt-Pit, [Cheshire], 1850. Salt...was an ingredient alike in pure religious rites, an instrument of sorcery

Regent-Street - Marston Salt-Pit, 1850. Creator:s Read
Regent-Street - Marston Salt-Pit, [Cheshire], 1850. The gigantic columns of rock salt - with floor and roof of the same mineral - all glittered in the sudden light; and the shadows of the guests

The Shaft - Descent of the Bucket, Marston Salt-Pit, 1850. Creator:s Read
The Shaft - Descent of the Bucket, Marston Salt-Pit, 1850. Scene at Marston Mine, near Northwich, in Cheshire....every facility was shown to strangers who were desirous of seeing the wonders of

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