Images Dated 9th June 2007

Joseph Paxton (1801-1865), English gardener and architect

Joseph Paxton (1801-1865), English gardener and architect. Paxton was Superintendent of the Duke of Devonshire's gardens at Chiswick and Chatsworth from 1826, and designer of the Crystal Palace, built to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. He set up the Daily News, appointing Charles Dickens as editor, and was Liberal MP for Coventry from 1854. Paxton was born into abject poverty but died a very wealthy man. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, Vol II, by Robert Wilson

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Lord John Russell, English Whig and Liberal politician, 1850, (1888)

Lord John Russell, English Whig and Liberal politician, 1850, (1888). John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, (1792-1878) served two terms as Prime Minister, 1846-1852 and 1865-1866. He was the grandfather of the mathematician and philosopher Bertrand Russell. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, Vol II, by Robert Wilson

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The Queens arrival in Peel Park near Manchester, 1851, (1888)

The Queen's arrival in Peel Park near Manchester, 1851, (1888). Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, Vol II, by Robert Wilson, (1888). Children from Manchester and Salford schools singing the National Anthem for Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, Vol II, by Robert Wilson, (1888)

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