Richard Principal Leitch Collection

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

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

The Cherbourg Fetes - the Royal Yacht passing the Needles, 1858. Creator: Richard Principal Leitch
The Cherbourg Fetes - the Royal Yacht passing the Needles, 1858. Queen Victoria travels to France. On Thursday week the Victoria and Albert, on her way to Cherbourg

Jeddah, on the Red Sea, 1858. Creator: Richard Principal Leitch
Jeddah, on the Red Sea, 1858. Jeddah, Djidda, or Jidda, is a port and city of Arabia, in El-Hedjaz, being the port of Mecca

The Queen's Visit to Birmingham - the Departure from Warwick Castle, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Queen's Visit to Birmingham - the Departure from Warwick Castle, 1858. At half-past four o'clock her Majesty took her departure from Warwick Castle

The Queen's Visit to Birmingham - Her Majesty Planting an Oak in the Grounds of Warwick Castle, 1858. The Queen, taking the Earl of Warwick's arm

The Queen's Visit to Birmingham - Her Majesty's Bedroom, Stoneleigh Abbey, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Queen's Visit to Birmingham - Her Majesty's Bedroom, Stoneleigh Abbey, 1858. Her Majesty honoured Lord Leigh by sleeping at his family mansion, Stoneleigh Abbey

The Queen's Visit to Birmingham - Reading of the Birmingham Corporation Address to Her... 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Queen's Visit to Birmingham - Reading of the Birmingham Corporation Address to Her Majesty in the Townhalll, 1858

The Queen's Visit to Birmingham - Arrival of Her Majesty at Stoneleigh Abbey, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Queen's Visit to Birmingham - Arrival of Her Majesty at Stoneleigh Abbey, 1858. There are few who require to be told what a fine baronial residence is this old abbey

The Niagara above the Falls - by our special artist G. H. Andrews, 1860. Creator: Richard Principal Leitch
The Niagara above the Falls - by our special artist G. H. Andrews, 1860. The Niagara River, forming part of the boundary line between the United States and Canada

The Revolution in Sicily - the people relanding with their chattels at Messina... 1860
The Revolution in Sicily - the people relanding with their chattels at Messina, after the Battle of Melazzo, from a sketch by T. Nast, 1860

Raising the Anglesey statue to the top of the column erected to the memory of the late Marquis... 1 Creator: Unknown
Raising the Anglesey statue to the top of the column erected to the memory of the late Marquis [of Anglesey] near Menai Bridge - from a drawing by Mr. W. G. Haslam, 1860

The Visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada - the Citadel of Quebec, from Prescott Gate.... 1860
The Visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada - the Citadel of Quebec, [Canada], from Prescott Gate - from a drawing by Captain Williams, R.A. 1860

The Stereorama at Cremorne Gardens - panorama of the route to Italy, via the St. Gothard Pass, 1860. Creator: Smyth
The Stereorama at Cremorne Gardens - panorama of the route to Italy, via the St. Gothard Pass, 1860. The Devil's Bridge; Amstag; Fluellen; Bay of Uri, Lake of Lucerne'

The Visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada - the Citadel of Quebec, from Prescott Gate.... 1860
The Visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada - the Citadel of Quebec, [Canada], from Prescott Gate - from a drawing by Captain Williams, R.A. 1860

"Ruins of Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk", by R. P. Leitch, from the Royal Academy Exhibition, 1860. Engraving from a painting. The ruins of Castle Acre Priory, in Norfolk, dedicated to SS

The Revolution in Sicily - departure of Missori's expedition on the night of Aug. 8... 1860
The Revolution in Sicily - departure of Missori's expedition on the night of Aug. 8 from the Faro Point, Messina, to surprise the Torre Cavallo Fort, on the Calabrian shore

View of Damascus from the Hill of Salahiyeh - from a drawing by E. Harker, 1860. Creator: Smyth
View of Damascus from the Hill of Salahiyeh - from a drawing by E. Harker, 1860. Damascus...is one of the most beautiful and striking prospects in the world,

Scene of the Geological Discoveries at Swanage, Dorset - from a photograph by F. Briggs, 1857. The excavations...are interesting as the scene of important geological discoveries [including] the jaws

The Blue Grotto at Capri - from Mr. Albert Smith's New Entertainment, 1857. Creator: Richard Principal Leitch
The Blue Grotto at Capri - from Mr. Albert Smith's New Entertainment, 1857. Painted scenery from a show by author and mountaineer Albert Richard Smith at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London

The Late Explosion at Mayence - Site of the Powder Magazine, 1857. Creator: Richard Principal Leitch
The Late Explosion at Mayence - Site of the Powder Magazine, 1857. This old town, the nearest fortress on the frontier towards France, and the strongest hold of the German Bund

The Late Explosion at Mayence - the Old Kastrick Street, 1857. Creator: Richard Principal Leitch
The Late Explosion at Mayence - the Old Kastrick Street, 1857. This old town, the nearest fortress on the frontier towards France, and the strongest hold of the German Bund

The Late Explosion at Mayence - St. Stephen's Church from the Site of the Powder Magazine, 1857. This old town, the nearest fortress on the frontier towards France

Mr. Gordon Cumming's South African Entertainment - View on the River Limpopo, with a herd of Hippopotami - painted by Richard Leitch, 1856

Hong-Kong: Central Portion of the Town of Victoria, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Hong-Kong: Central Portion of the Town of Victoria, 1857. General view showing...the central part of the town of Victoria, lying at the base of the lofty hills

Bassadore, the British Station and Depot, in the Persian Gulf - from a sketch by an officer of the Indian Navy, 1857. A...general View of Bassadore

The Naval Review: Illumination of the Fleet - drawn by R. Leitch, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Naval Review: Illumination of the Fleet - drawn by R. Leitch, 1856....thousands who had borne the cold and languor of the day had left...before the ships made this grand

The Naval Review: the Flotilla of Gun-Boats off the Motherbank - drawn by R. Leitch, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Naval Review: the Flotilla of Gun-Boats off the Motherbank - drawn by R. Leitch, 1856. Ships of the Royal Navy taking part in a display off the coast of Hampshire

Freshwater fishes: angling in Scotland - an angling match on Loch Leven, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
Freshwater fishes: angling in Scotland - an angling match on Loch Leven, 1862. Engraving from a sketch by J. R. Prentice. Little can be said by naturalists about this fish except that it is a

Luther's chapel at Wartburg Castle, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Luther's chapel at Wartburg Castle, 1862. View of...the chapel in which the great reformer preached...Luther, besides completing a large portion of his translation of the Bible in his asylum at

Town and port of Acapulco, on the west coast of Mexico, with the English and French squadron...1862 Creator: Unknown
Town and port of Acapulco, on the west coast of Mexico, with the English and French squadron lying in the harbour, 1862. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Boyle of the Termagant

Freshwater fishes: angling on the Echaig, near Kilmun, [Scotland], 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
Freshwater fishes: angling on the Echaig, near Kilmun, [Scotland], 1862. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

Freshwater fishes: angling in Scotland - salmon-leap on the River Allan, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
Freshwater fishes: angling in Scotland - salmon-leap on the River Allan, [Scotland], 1862. View of...the active fish attempting to get into the upper waters in order to reach his spawning-ground...As

The Prince of Wales Visit to Egypt: the Nile Boat - from a drawing by Frank Dillon, 1862. The future King Edward VII in Africa

Flight of the Queen of James II, from "Illustrated London News", August 3, 1872
Flight of the Queen of James II, from " Illustrated London News", August 3, 1872

General View of Guernsey from Port George, 1850, (1946). Creator: Richard Principal Leitch
General View of Guernsey from Port George, 1850, (1946). View of the harbour of Saint Peter Port and coast on the island of Guernsey. Port George here probably means Fort George

St. Stephens Gate, Jerusalem, c. 1860. Creator: Richard Principal Leitch (British, 1844-1865)
St. Stephens Gate, Jerusalem, c. 1860

Benares, c1880. Artist: Richard Principal Leitch
Benares, c1880. Episode of the Anglo-Persian War (1856-1857). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, c1880]

Fort William, c1880. Artist: Richard Principal Leitch
Fort William, c1880. Episode of the Anglo-Persian War (1856-1857). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, c1880]

View in the Environs of Delhi, c1880. Artist: Richard Principal Leitch
View in the Environs of Delhi, c1880. Episode of the Anglo-Persian War (1856-1857). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant

A Street in Sebastopol after the Siege, c1880. Artist: Richard Principal Leitch
A Street in Sebastopol after the Siege, c1880. Episode of the Crimean War (1853-1856). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant

Flushing, c1880. Artist: Richard Principal Leitch
Flushing, c1880. Episode from the Walcheren Campaign during the War of the Fifth Coalition (1809). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant

Ruins of the Residency at Lucknow, c1880. Artist: Richard Principal Leitch
Ruins of the Residency at Lucknow, c1880. Episode of the Indian Rebellion (1857). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant

Memorial Chapel at Cawnpore, c1880. Artist: Richard Principal Leitch
Memorial Chapel at Cawnpore, c1880. Episode of the Anglo-Persian War (1856-1857). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant

Sweaborg, c1880. Artist: Richard Principal Leitch
Sweaborg, c1880. Episode of the Crimean War (1853-1856). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, c1880]

Loreley rock, near St Goarshausen, Germany, 19th century. Artist: Richard Principal Leitch
Loreley rock, near St Goarshausen, Germany, 19th century. The Loreley or Lorelei on the eastern bank of the Rhine

H M swift cruiser Inconstant, c1880. Artist: WC Watmough
H M swift cruiser Inconstant, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

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