1850s Collection (page 6)

Electric Telegraph; Including Cooke and Wheatstone single and double needle instruments, 1859
3480040 Electric Telegraph; Including Cooke and Wheatstone single and double needle instruments, 1859; (add.info.: Electric Telegraph; Including Cooke and Wheatstone single)

Electric Telegraph; Including Cooke and Wheatstone single and double needle instruments, 1859
3480039 Electric Telegraph; Including Cooke and Wheatstone single and double needle instruments, 1859; (add.info.: Electric Telegraph; Including Cooke and Wheatstone single)

Ill news for the criminal fraternity, 1852
3480005 Ill news for the criminal fraternity, 1852; (add.info.: Ill news for the criminal fraternity, 1852.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Side elevation, diagram of a silk spinning machine, 1851
3480175 Side elevation, diagram of a silk spinning machine, 1851; (add.info.: Side elevation, diagram of a silk spinning machine, English 1851.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Patent medicine label for woman's hair tonic
2623759 Patent medicine label for woman's hair tonic; (add.info.: Patent medicine label for woman's hair tonic which promises to restore gray hair, cure dandruff and prevent baldness)

The Duke of Wellington
2613392 The Duke of Wellington.; (add.info.: Field marshall his grace, the Duke of Wellington, K.G. 1851); GSinclair Archive/UIG

A Medicine Man administrating medicine
2626821 A Medicine Man administrating medicine; (add.info.: Medicine man administering to a patient engraving by Captain Samuel Eastman, U.S. Army, for an 1857 book.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Dr Alfred Swaine Taylor performing the Marsh test
2626787 Dr Alfred Swaine Taylor performing the Marsh test; (add.info.: Dr. Alfred Swaine Taylor (left) and a colleague, performing the Marsh test on samples taken from the body of John Parsons Cook

Jesus appearing to his disciples on the Sea of Galilee, 1856 (engraving)
2623792 Jesus appearing to his disciples on the Sea of Galilee, 1856 (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration depicting Jesus appearing to his disciples on the Sea of Galilee)

Interior view of the British 32 pounder battery before Sevastopol
2623748 Interior view of the British 32 pounder battery before Sevastopol; (add.info.: Lithograph of Interior view of the British 32 pounder battery before Sevastopol showing soldiers firing cannons)

Lord John Russell, 1854
3585532 Lord John Russell, 1854; (add.info.: Lord John Russell (1792-1878). English statesman, In February 1854 he introduced a new Reform Bill, but had to withdraw it in April of the same year

The high priest in his robes
2909852 The high priest in his robes; (add.info.: The high priest in his robes. Print shows a priest, full-length portrait, standing, wearing robes, holding a censer with burning incense)

Persia, Arabia, 1855
2902282 Persia, Arabia, 1855; (add.info.: Persia, Arabia, 1855.); Buyenlarge Archive/UIG

View of Washington, DC, looking northwest from southeast of the US Capitol
2909909 View of Washington, DC, looking northwest from southeast of the US Capitol; (add.info.: View of Washington, D.C. looking northwest from southeast of the U.S. Capitol)

Mountains and rivers on the Kiso Road
2909841 Mountains and rivers on the Kiso Road; (add.info.: Mountains and rivers on the Kiso Road. Print shows mountains and river along the Kiso Road during a winter snow storm)

Railroad Map of the Eastern States, New England, 1856
2902812 Railroad Map of the Eastern States, New England, 1856; (add.info.: Map of New England, part of eastern Canada, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, most of Maryland)

A Korean Ship
2911052 A Korean Ship; (add.info.: 1850 Album leaf, ink and colours on paper depict a Korean Ship by Ishizaki Yushi. Dated 1850.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Interior of Telegraph louse, 1858
3478755 Interior of Telegraph louse, 1858; (add.info.: Interior of Telegraph louse, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada, 1858.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Textile mill; girls on their way home after work, 1850
3478859 Textile mill; girls on their way home after work, 1850; (add.info.: Leeds, England, 19th century textile mill; girls on their way home after work.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Coffee Stalls, 1850 (engraving)
1574575 Coffee Stalls, 1850 (engraving); (add.info.: Street coffee stall, London, England. Engraving, 1850.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Anti-Smoking Cartoon, 1852
1574623 Anti-Smoking Cartoon, 1852; (add.info.: The determined smoker confronted by a railway official in the station waiting room)

Emperor Napoleon III, 1855
1574535 Emperor Napoleon III, 1855; (add.info.: Emperor Napoleon III (1808-1873) of France and Empress Eugenie paid a state visit to England 16-21 April 1855

The Book of the Farm, 1855
1574814 The Book of the Farm, 1855; (add.info.: Reaping with sickles in a band-win, a system of reaping with seven people)

Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and her children receive war veterans from Crimea, 1855
1581437 Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and her children receive war veterans from Crimea, 1855; (add.info.: Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and her children receive war veterans from Crimea)

Prince Mikhail Dmitrievich, 1854
1581430 Prince Mikhail Dmitrievich, 1854; (add.info.: Prince Mikhail Dmitrievich (1795-1861), brother of the last named was appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian troops which occupied Moldavia

American woodsmen in the rocky mountains, 1850
1575191 American woodsmen in the rocky mountains, 1850; (add.info.: American woodsmen in the rocky mountains, prospecting for gold with an elephant and two mules. 1850); Universal History Archive/UIG

American liquor store or bar, 1855
1575181 American liquor store or bar, 1855; (add.info.: American liquor store or bar in 1850's.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Rev Thomas Dale, 1850
1578212 Rev Thomas Dale, 1850; (add.info.: Rev Thomas Dale, St Pancras. Thomas Dale (1797-1870) Anglican clergyman, poet and theologian who was Dean of Rochester.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Mormons crossing America, 1856 (engraving)
1578136 Mormons crossing America, 1856 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving of Mormons crossing America. The Mormon pioneers were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who migrated)

The Wind in a Frolic, 1850
1578104 The Wind in a Frolic, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration from the poem The Wind in a Frolic by William Howitt (1792-1879). Dated 1850.); Universal History Archive/UIG

George Hamilton-Gordon, 1850
1576000 George Hamilton-Gordon, 1850; (add.info.: George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1852-1855.); Universal History Archive/UIG

James Marion Sims, 1850
1576966 James Marion Sims, 1850; (add.info.: J. Marion Sims, born James Marion Sims (January 25, 1813 - November 13, 1883) was a physician and a pioneer in the field of surgery

The blowing up of the Kashmir Gate, 1857
1578098 The blowing up of the Kashmir Gate, 1857; (add.info.: Illustration of the blowing up of the Kashmir Gate in Delhi, India. Dated 1857.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Ed Douwes Dekker, 1855
1577648 Ed Douwes Dekker, 1855; (add.info.: Portrait of the Dutch writer Ed Douwes Dekker (1820-1887) better known by his pen name Multatuli.); Universal History Archive/UIG

An Old Woman, 1850
1577467 An Old Woman, 1850; (add.info.: Post-Mortem Portrait of an Old Woman. Dated 1850.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Troops departing for the Crimea cheering the Queen, 1854
1577422 Troops departing for the Crimea cheering the Queen, 1854; (add.info.: Engraving depicting troops departing for the Crimea cheering the Queen. Dated 1854.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Early 19th Century Governess, English, 1850
1577402 Early 19th Century Governess, English, 1850; (add.info.: Early 19th Century Governess, English.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The British Fleet in the Baltic, 1854 (litho)
1579758 The British Fleet in the Baltic, 1854 (litho); (add.info.: Lithograph of the British Fleet in the Baltic. The Cumberland and other ships provisioning at sea. Lithograph by Day and Son)

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, 1854
1581414 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, 1854; (add.info.: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visit casualties from the Crimean War in a London hospital.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A 19th century street trader selling fish in London
5669479 A 19th century street trader selling fish in London; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting a 19th century street trader selling fish in London. 1850 (engraving)); Universal History Archive/UIG

Cathedral at Troyes, in France, 12th century. By Baron Isidore Taylor (1789 - 1879), French traveller and author
5669428 Cathedral at Troyes, in France, 12th century. By Baron Isidore Taylor (1789 - 1879), French traveller and author, 1857 (drawing); Universal History Archive/UIG

Cathedral at Troyes, in France
5669427 Cathedral at Troyes, in France; (add.info.: 12th century, Cathedral at Troyes, in France. 1857. Drawing by Baron Isidore Taylor (1789 - 1879)

L'eglise of saint Pierre and saint Paul, Soudron, (11th century), Marne, France
5669420 L'eglise of saint Pierre and saint Paul, Soudron, (11th century), Marne, France. By Baron Isidore Taylor (1789 - 1879), French traveller and author

Eglise Notre-Dame-en-sa-Nativite, Puellemontier, France. By Baron Isidore Taylor (1789 - 1879)
5669418 Eglise Notre-Dame-en-sa-Nativite, Puellemontier, France. By Baron Isidore Taylor (1789 - 1879), French traveller and author, 1857 (drawing); Universal History Archive/UIG

Castle of Wassy, North-eastern France. By Baron Isidore Taylor (1789 - 1879), French traveller and author
5669387 Castle of Wassy, North-eastern France. By Baron Isidore Taylor (1789 - 1879), French traveller and author, 1857 (drawing); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Church of Wassy, North Eastern France. By Baron Isidore Taylor (1789 - 1879), French traveller and author
5669383 The Church of Wassy, North Eastern France. By Baron Isidore Taylor (1789 - 1879), French traveller and author. 1857 (drawing); Universal History Archive/UIG

Village Chinook, washington territory, circa 1850 - Chinook village, Washington, 1850s - Quenault village
NWI4899418 Village Chinook, washington territory, circa 1850 - Chinook village, Washington, 1850s - Quenault village, descendants of the Chinook and other native Americans, in Washington Territory

Confession chair, 1850
3479406 Confession chair, 1850; (add.info.: Confessions: A seat where a priest or confessor sits to hear confessions; a confession-chair. Generally associated to a church)

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The 1850s: A Glimpse into the British Empire's Flourishing Era Step back in time to the 19th century, where a world map adorned with the vast territories of the British Empire unfolds before your eyes. The year is 1850, and as you explore this captivating era, various snapshots offer glimpses into its remarkable tapestry. In England, a coal mine stands tall as a testament to industrial progress. Its chimneys billow smoke that symbolizes both economic growth and societal change. Meanwhile, an alga cyanotype captures nature's intricate beauty through an innovative photographic process. Venturing further, we find ourselves inside the magnificent Great Exhibition of 1851. Amidst grandeur and opulence, inventors showcase their groundbreaking creations while visitors marvel at technological advancements that shape our modern world. Charles Darwin himself can be seen amidst his evolutionary tree—a revolutionary concept challenging traditional beliefs about life's origins. His profound ideas would forever alter our understanding of biology and ignite intellectual debates for generations to come. Across borders lies Crimea, where three Coldstream Guards—known as Crimean Braves—stand resolute in their duty during times of conflict. Their unwavering bravery echoes throughout history alongside other valiant soldiers like those from the Charge of the Light Brigade—an awe-inspiring display of courage etched forever in our collective memory. Closer to home in Cheadle Hulme rests Manchester Warehousemen Orphan Schools—a beacon of hope providing education and support for vulnerable children who have lost their parents due to industrial hardships. Traveling southward unveils Balaclava's battlefield—the very site where the gallant 11th Hussars charged fearlessly during one fateful day known as "the Charge of the Light Brigade. " Their heroic sacrifice immortalized within tales passed down through generations. Nature lovers will delight in Buddon Wood nestled among Mountsorrel and Swithland in Leicestershire.