1833 Gallery

METEOR SHOWER, 1833. People observing a meteor storm above a village in 1833. Wood engraving by Adolf Vollmy, c1888

Gen C Gordon / Col Lith
GENERAL CHARLES GORDON British military Governor General of the Sudan

Brahms Photo
JOHANNES BRAHMS German musician with his autograph Date: 1833 - 1897

BABBAGEs ENGINE (2)
Charles Babbages Difference Engine, an instrument which went beyond simple calculation to embody some of the principles of computers

London Fire Engine Establishment, list of fire stations
Formed in 1833, the LFEE took over firefighting in London from the various Insurance Company fire brigades. It had 19 fire stations and its headquarters was located at Watling Street, City of London

Barming Asylum, Maidstone, Kent
The main building of Barming Asylum located on Hermitage Lane, Barming Heath, Maidstone, Kent, opened in around 1833. Also known as the Kent County Lunatic Asylum, then renamed Oakwood Hospital

WHITE CAMELLIA (Camellia japonica). Engraving after a painting by Pierre-Joseph Redout

Co Tipperary, Thurles Cathedral, Ireland

Meteor shower over the Mississippi River, 1833
Remarkable meteor shower over the Mississippi River, 1833. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Banastre Tarleton (1782)
SIR BANASTRE TARLETON British soldier in the Revolutionary Wars in America (depicted here as Lieutenant Colonel)

Dd home and Chair
Daniel Dunglass Home, Scottish-American medium, remains the most enigmatic of all spirit mediums, performing extraordinary feats which have never been explained

Johannes Brahms, German composer and musician

Astronomical Clock 1833
The astronomical clock in Strasbourg cathedral was first built in 1354 and rebuilt in 1574

Balloon over London 1833
The opening of Hungerford Market, London, is celebrated by a balloon flight by G Graham

Abraham Edmonds
ABRAHAM EDMONDS Not only do we have a portrait of this gent, we have a facsimile of his autograph. What we don t have, however, is any information about him. Date: 1780 - 1833

Almond-leaved eucalyptus or black peppermint, Eucalyptus amygdalina.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan

BODMER: HIDATSA NATIVE AMERICAN. Pehriska-Ruhpa (Two Ravens), Hidatsa Native American. Watercolor, 1833, by Karl Bodmer

Southampton Royal Pier
The Royal Pier, Southampton, Hampshire, England. Originally designed by Doswell and built in timber by William Betts, the pier was opened by Princess Victoria in 1833. Date: 1960s

Arthur Henry Hallam
ARTHUR HENRY HALLAM Friend of Alfred, Lord Tennyson

CAMELLIA, 1833. Red camellia (Camelia japonica). Engraving after a painting by Pierre-Joseph Redout

Home, Resting Head
American spirit medium

Edmund Kean / Richard III
EDMUND KEAN English actor in the role of Shakespeares Richard III

Hortense Schneider / Waler
HORTENSE SCHNEIDER French soprano singer who appeared in many of Offenbachs operettas

Edmund Kean / As Brutus
EDMUND KEAN Actor, as Brutus in Julius Caesar

Marie Antoine Careme French Cook

BODMER: SIOUX CHIEF. Wahk-Tä-Ge-Li, or Big Soldier, a Yankton Sioux Native American chief. Aquatint engraving, c1844, after a painting, 1833, by Karl Bodmer

Sharp-pointed lobelia, Lobelia mucronata or Lobelia cardinalis.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan

Brahms (Klingsbogl)
JOHANNES BRAHMS German musician Date: 1833 - 1897

HYACINTH (Hyacinthus orientalis). Engraving after painting, 1833, by P.J. Redoute

REDOUTE: BOUQUET, 1833. Common camellia (Camellia japonica), narcissus (Narcissus x incomparabilis) and johnny-jump-up pansy (Viola tricolor)

General James Ewell Brown Stuart (1833-1864)
Portrait of General James Ewell Brown Stuart, better known as Jeb Stuart, of the Confederate Army; pictured during the American Civil War

Pope -s Natale Dress
THE POPE con Coppa nella notte di San Natale (dressed for the night of San Natale)

Cardinal Priest
CARDINALE PRETE Cardinal-Priest

Carmelite Nun
CARMELITANA Nun of the Carmelite order

Gustave Dore / Figaro Albu
GUSTAVE DORE French artist and engraver

Lobengula / Matabele
LOBENGULA King of the Matabele (1870-93)

W Wilberforce / Finden
WILLIAM WILBERFORCE English philanthropist and politician at age 73

Richard Trevithick
RICHARD TREVITHICK Railway engineer, in 1816

Vauxhall Gardens / 1833
C. H. Simpson, Master of Ceremonies, venerated with an illuminated likeness at Vauxhall Gardens

Hannah more - 1
HANNAH MORE English writer and reformer

BORODIN
ALEKSANDR PORFIRYEVICH BORODIN Russian composer, and chemist

BODMER: BLACKFOOT HORSEMAN. A Blackfoot Native American man riding on horseback at Fort McKenzie, Montana. Aquatint engraving, c1844, after a drawing, 1833, by Karl Bodmer

REDOUTE: PANSY, 1833. Johnny-jump-up pansies (Viola tricolor). Engraving after a painting by Pierre-Joseph Redout

Construction of a Railway Line, 1841. Digging a cutting on the Great Western Railway. Broad gauge line by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) appointed engineer to the GWR in 1833

Karl Claus, Baron Decken
KARL CLAUS, BARON VON DECKEN German traveller in Africa Date: 1833 - 1865

Construction of a Railway Line', 1841. Digging a cutting on the Great Western Railway
527852 Construction of a Railway Line', 1841. Digging a cutting on the Great Western Railway. Broad gauge line by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) appointed engineer to the GWR in 1833

Surgeons Hall
The Company of Surgeons moved from Surgeons Hall in Old Bailey to a site at 41 Lincolns Inn Fields in 1797. Construction of the first College building, to a design by George Dance the Younger

Sandalwood, Santalum album, from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, 1833.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan

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