Images Dated 20th November 2020 (#17)

The Great Berkshire Festival, United States, the Pavilion, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Great Berkshire Festival, United States, the Pavilion, 1844. Visitors at the Great Berkshire Jubilee at Pittsfield, Massachusetts

The Kings Bed Chamber, Windsor Castle, 1844. Creator: Stephen Sly
The Kings Bed Chamber, Windsor Castle, 1844. One of the rooms in the Kings State Apartment created for Charles II in the late 1670s

The French Blockade of Tahiti... 1844. Creator: Unknown
The French Blockade of Tahiti: Uranie, French Frigate; French Fort; French Prison; British Consulate; French Fort, 1844....the blockade of Tahiti by the French, and Paofai, in the harbour of Papeete

Horse-racing in the reign of Charles II, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Horse-racing in the reign of Charles II, 1844. We here present our readers with what may be termed one of the " curiosities" of Horse-racing, originally considered as a liberal pastime

Croxton Park track - the race, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Croxton Park track - the race, 1844. Jockeys and their mounts at a racecourse in Waltham, Leicestershire. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

Mr Days "The Ugly Buck", and Lord George Bentincks "
Mr Days " The Ugly Buck", and Lord George Bentincks " The Devil to Pay" - Race for 200 Guineas, at Newmarket, 1844

Pitman, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Pitman, 1844. The miners, or pitmen, as they are more generally termed in their local districts, are a peculiar race of men; their isolated position, their subterranean labours

Fashions of 1842. Creator: Unknown
Fashions of 1842. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

Visit of the King of the French to Queen Victoria - The Kings Closet, Windsor Castle, 1844. Louis Philippe, King of France, was a guest of the Queen

Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf disguised as her grandmother, 1842. Creator: Unknown
Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf disguised as her grandmother, 1842. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

Her Majesty and Prince Albert viewing the Pass of Killiecrankie, 1844. Queen Victoria visits Scotland. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

Burning of Irwell Buildings, Manchester, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Burning of Irwell Buildings, Manchester, 1844. Firefighters attempting to extinguish a fire: The night was somewhat stormy; occasionally heavy showers fell

Christening of Prince Alfred in the Private Chapel, Windsor Castle, 1844. Queen Victorias son Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, is baptised by William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury

Mr. Alderman Brown, the newly elected chamberlain, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Mr. Alderman Brown, the newly elected chamberlain, 1844. Portrait after Samuel Lane of Anthony Brown, Chamberlain of the City of London:for upwards of 40 years has been a member of the Corporation

The Royal Yacht, the Drawing-Room, 1844. Creator: Ebenezer Landells
The Royal Yacht, the Drawing-Room, 1844. Interior of the ship in which Queen Victoria travelled from London to Scotland. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

Mr. W. Perrys Hereford bull, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Mr. W. Perrys Hereford bull, 1844. Exhibit at the Southampton meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

The Infant Power, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Infant Power, 1844. This really wonderful child, who is only nine years old, is now playing at the Strand Theatre. She is a native of Dublin, where she has made a " great sensation

Edinburgh, 1842. Creator: Unknown
Edinburgh, 1842. View of the city with George IV Bridge and Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

The General Post-Office; Letter-bag hoist, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The General Post-Office; Letter-bag hoist, 1844. Worker at the main post office at St Martins Le Grand in London, using a hoist: for raising bags of letters into the Ship Letter-office above

Jack Cades cavern, Blackheath, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Jack Cades cavern, Blackheath, 1844. Men using a flaming torch to explore the caves below the caves under Blackheath, south-east London. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

The Berkeley Hunt, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Berkeley Hunt, 1844. Huntsmen and their dogs chasing deer in Gloucestershire. From " Pictorial Times", 1844

The New Bricklayers Arms Terminus of the South-Eastern Railway, 1844. The Bricklayers Arms station in Southwark, south London

The procession passing the Bank, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The procession passing the Bank, 1844. Celebrations in Dublin, Ireland, after the release from prison of nationalist politician Daniel O Connell

St Jamess Bazaar - exhibition of decorative works, 1844. Creator: Unknown
St Jamess Bazaar - exhibition of decorative works, 1844. View of St Jamess Bazaar on the corner of King Street and St Jamess Street, London. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

Copper station, Nine Elms, Telegraph, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Copper station, Nine Elms, Telegraph, 1844. Such is its velocity, that when this [Electric Printing Telegraph] shall be laid down the entire line, the time occupied in the transit of a message

Lord Stanley, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Lord Stanley, 1844. Portrait of British politician Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Lord Stanley...the eldest son of the thirteenth Earl of Derby

Thaxted Church Spire, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Thaxted Church Spire, 1844. View of Thaxted Parish Church which dates from 1340. One of the points selected for the purposes of the Trigonometrical Survey of England, now in active progress

Wreck of the Windsor Castle steamer, 1844. Creator: Ebenezer Landells
Wreck of the Windsor Castle steamer, 1844. The vessel was damaged when it struck North Carr Rock off the coast of Fife in Scotland: The only boat belonging to the steamer was then lowered

The Court of Directors, East India House, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Court of Directors, East India House, 1844. The unusual assertion by the Court of Directors of the East India Company of their right to remove a Governor-General

The Bank of England Parlour, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Bank of England Parlour, 1844. Bankers in the City of London:a special meeting of the proprietors of Bank Stock was held

The Guard-Room, St Jamess Palace, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Guard-Room, St Jamess Palace, 1844. Visitors in one of Londons royal palaces: the Armoury, or Guard-Room, forming the entrance to the suite of state rooms from the grand staircase

Raleighs House, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Raleighs House, 1844. Sir Walter Raleighs house at Youghal in Ireland. It presents the ordinary appearance of the comfortable manor-house of the Elizabethan era

Scene in Privy Gardens, Whitehall, on Sunday last, 27 April 1844. Creator: Unknown
Scene in Privy Gardens, Whitehall, on Sunday last, 27 April 1844....considerable alarm was occasioned in various parts of Westminster by the appearance of a cow

The Earl of Wiltons fall, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Earl of Wiltons fall, 1844. Horse belonging to Thomas Grosvenor Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

Windsor Castle in 1844 - Queen Victoria and Prince Albert leaving the Castle for London. From " Pictorial Times", 1844

Sir Thomas Gresham - from the painting in Mercers Hall, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Sir Thomas Gresham - from the painting in Mercers Hall, 1844. Portrait of English merchant and financier Sir Thomas Gresham, founder of the Royal Exchange in London

Marshal Soult, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Marshal Soult, 1844. Portrait of Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769-1851) French general and statesman, Marshal General and Prime Minister of France. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

New Church at Llanmyneck, 1844. Creator: Unknown
New Church at Llanmyneck, 1844. Church in the village of Llanymynech, near Oswestry in Shropshire. The architects were...Messrs

Tottenham New Church, Wood Green, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Tottenham New Church, Wood Green, 1844. Church built c1844 in what is now north London. For some time it had been contemplated to make provision for the spiritual of Wood-green; but the resources of

The Royal Party passing the triumphal arch, High Street, Dundee, 1844. Crowds wave as Queen Victorias carriage goes by on her visit to Scotland. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

The State Parasol, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The State Parasol, 1844. One of the trophies taken by the French army from the Moors, consisting of the Tent of the eldest son of the Emperor [Muhammad IV of Morocco]

Her Majesty and Prince Albert alighting at Blair Athol Church, 1844. Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort visit the Scottish Highlands. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

Wreck of "The Waterman"steamer, off Hastings, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Wreck of " The Waterman" steamer, off Hastings, 1844....this gallant little craft met with the following serious accident off Hastings

The Nautilus Cup, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Nautilus Cup, 1844. Nautilus shell with parcel-gilt silver mounts decorated with the figure of Neptune riding a hippocamp. It was made in the mid-late 16th century by Nikolaus Schmidt

The Soldier in the Brook, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Soldier in the Brook, 1844. A jockey and his horse fall at one of the obstacles in the Northampton horse races. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

Mrs A. Shaw, in the new opera of "The Brides of Venice", at Drury-Lane Theatre
Mrs A. Shaw, in the new opera of " The Brides of Venice", at Drury-Lane Theatre, 1844. Opera singer Mary Shaw, in blackface, in the part of the disguised Arabian girl

Terrace, eastern front of Windsor Castle, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Terrace, eastern front of Windsor Castle, 1844. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

The Electric Telegraph Station, at Slough, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Electric Telegraph Station, at Slough, 1844. News of the birth of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is relayed to London

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