The 1880s Collection (page 3)

Ballooning CVS01_01_042
Tales of balloon flight. Hand-coloured engraving of two men in a balloon flying over London. This engraving is by William Lionel Wyllie

John Rylands Library BL15842
John Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester. The front of John Rylands Library seen from Deansgate. When John Rylands died in 1888 his wife commissioned architect Basil Champneys to design a library

Angel Inn AL0144_080_01
The Angel Inn, Highgate, London. Situated only five miles from Westminster and the City of London, and the meeting place of several roads, the village of Highgate was a convenient stopover place

Eton College Chapel CC41_00071
ETON COLLEGE, Eton, Berkshire. Interior view of the chapel looking east towards the altar and beautiful stained glass window. The choirstalls in the foreground are very ornately carved

Newbury Jubilee Clock CC97_02767
NEWBURY, Berkshire. The clock that commemorates the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria (1887) stands at the three-way junction of the London and Bath roads in the town

Maidenhead Bridge CC97_02744
MAIDENHEAD BRIDGE, Maidenhead, Berkshire. The north aspect of the bridge seen from the Buckinghamshire bank, with a small party of girls walking along the riverside path

Maidenhead Railway Bridge CC97_02735
MAIDENHEAD, Berkshire. A view of the graceful arches of Brunels famous bridge as they cross the River Thames, seen here from the Berkshire riverbank

Eel traps CC76_00240
BRAY, Berkshire. A small weir with a channel made from branches with nine eel bucks attached. These bucks, made from woven willow

Travelling performers CC71_00073
TAPLOW, Buckinghamshire. Looking down a street in the village with two travelling punchinellos or performers, one with a monkey companion and the other a one man band

Thames towpath CC97_02852
RIVER THAMES near Sonning, Berkshire. A man carrying a couple of baskets stands on the tow path below the lock with the eighteenth century bridge in the distance. Photographed in 1885 by Henry Taunt

Windsor Castle CC72_02426
WINDSOR CASTLE, Berkshire. A view of the castle from above Romney Lock. Although William the Conqueror had a castle on this site

St Johns Lock, Lechlade AL0488_004_02
ST JOHNs LOCK, Lechlade, Gloucestershire. The weir and lock keepers house at St Johns Lock on the River Thames. A man sits on the riverbank and contemplates the reeds

Workman Bridge, Evesham CC56_01122
WORKMAN BRIDGE, Evesham, Worcestershire. A view of the Bridge built in 1866 leading into the town from Bengeworth. Showing the River Avon

Kiftsgate Court CC72_01999
KIFTSGATE COURT, Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire. A distant view of the house from the road. The origins of the house are late 18th century - it was built for Walwyn Graves (born 1744)

Royal Agricultural College CC57_00023
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. General view of the main entrance and tower from the tree-lined approach road. Photographed in 1883by Henry Taunt

Marlow Bridge CC73_00786
MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. View looking east along the Thames towards the suspension bridge and the parish church. The bridge dates from same period (built between 1829 and 1832)

All Saints Church, Marlow CC73_00782
MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Looking across the Thames with the bridge and All Saints Church beyond, taken from the Compleat Angler Hotel

Putney Old Bridge CC41_00090
PUTNEY OLD BRIDGE, Putney, Greater London. Exterior view of the old timber bridge looking across river from Putney. This bridge, rebuilt in stone in 1884-6 was once a notorious place for duels

Putney New Bridge CC63_00030
PUTNEY NEW BRIDGE, Putney, Greater London. The new five span bridge of 1882-6 designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette to replace the 26 span wooden bridge of 1727-9, busy with people and carriages

Hammersmith Bridge CC63_00026
HAMMERSMITH BRIDGE, Hammersmith, Greater London. The bridge built by Sir Joseph Bazalgette in 1883-7, taken from the south, with elephantine ornament in the foregound

Minster Lovell Hall CC73_01313
MINSTER LOVELL HALL, Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire. The ruins of the former medieval manor house from the ford, built in c.1431-42 by the 7th Lord Lovell incorporating an earlier building

Masons College, Birmingham BL14248
MASONs COLLEGE, Paradise Street, Birmingham. Inside the Natural History Museum. Established as a college of science by Josiah Mason in 1880 it was intended to equip its graduates to serve local

Cliveden ferry CC72_01262
CLIVEDEN FERRY, Cliveden, Taplow, Buckinghamshire. The ferryman is ready to take two men and a boy across the river. The man seated on the side of the boat holds a camera

National Liberal Club BL08412_al0433
NATIONAL LIBERAL CLUB, Whitehall Place, Westminster, London. Interior view of the Card Room. The National Liberal Club was built in 1884-1887 to designs by the architect Alfred Waterhouse

National Liberal Club BL08410
NATIONAL LIBERAL CLUB, Whitehall Place, Westminster, London. Interior detail of fireplace and collonaded corner niche in the Smoking Room

National Liberal Club BL08409
NATIONAL LIBERAL CLUB, Whitehall Place, Westminster, London. Interior view of the Dining Room at the National Liberal Club

National Liberal Club BL08413
NATIONAL LIBERAL CLUB, Whitehall Place, Westminster, London. Interior view of the billiard room at the National Liberal Club

National Liberal Club BL08406
NATIONAL LIBERAL CLUB, Whitehall Place, Westminster, London. Interior view. The staircase at the National Liberal Club, seen through a double arcade

Duke of Wellington Statue, Hyde Park Corner CC97_00934
DUKE OF WELLINGTON STATUE, Hyde Park Corner, Westminster, London. A view of the Duke of Wellingtons statue at Hyde Park Corner from the west. The statue was built be Boehm in 1888

Naval & Military Club, 94 Piccadilly, London BL05533
NAVAL AND MILITARY CLUB, 94 Piccadilly, St James s, Greater London. Exterior view from the street. The architect Matthew Brettingham designed this grandiose London mansion in the Palladian style

Whitehall, Westminster, London BB90_05435
WHITEHALL, Westminster, London. Whitehall, looking north-east from Horse Guards, with the Banqueting House by Inigo Jones to the right and horse-drawn vehicles on the road

Kings Road, Chelsea, London 1885 BL05775
KINGs ROAD, Chelsea, London. General view of numbers 2 to 10 Kings Road from the east. Photographed on the 13th July 1885. From the Bedford Lemere collection

Canford Manor, Poole BL08683
CANFORD MANOR, Canford Magna, Poole, Dorset. Interior view. View looking up the staircase. Photographed by Harry Bedford Lemere in May 1888

51 Lennox Gardens, Chelsea BL06876
51 LENNOX GARDENS, Chelsea, London. Interior detail of the drawing room doorway. Photographed by Harry Bedford Lemere on the 14th March 1887

Staircase Hall, Cressingham Park BL06549
CRESSINGHAM PARK, Reading, Berkshire. Interior of the staircase hall, showing the staircase beyond an arcade. Photographed by Harry Bedford Lemere on the 29th June 1886

Halton House gardens BL11779
THE GARDENS OF HALTON HOUSE, Buckinghamshire. The gardens of Halton House with a rustic bridge and summer house. The country house and its gardens were laid out between 1881 and 1883

Northington Grange fig house BL08704
THE GRANGE, Northington, Hampshire. Interior of the Fig House. Photographed by Harry Bedford Lemere, 1st June 1888

Shops, Grove Road, Eastbourne BL06649
GROVE ROAD, Eastbourne, East Sussex. A perspective view of the exterior of a parade of shops in Grove Road in Eastbourne with people on the pavement

Birkenhead Town Hall 1888 BL08733
BIRKENHEAD TOWN HALL, Hamilton Square, Birkenhead, Merseyside. Exterior of Birkenhead Town Hall showing the portico. A policeman and by-stander look to camera

Tower of London BL09300
TOWER OF LONDON. St Thomas Tower and Traitors Gate from the south west, showing the restoration works by Anthony Salvin. Photographed in 1889 by Bedford Lemere

Tower of London BL05995
TOWER OF LONDON. Exterior of Beauchamp Tower viewed from Tower Green with a warden on the Green. Anthony Salvins restoration of this tower starting in 1851 was at that time considered exemplary work

Deans Yard, Westminster BL05989
WESTMINSTER ABBEY, London. Entrance to the cloisters from Deans Yard with a policeman standing beside the gate. Photographed in 1886 by Bedford Lemere

Tower of London BL03869
TOWER OF LONDON. Exterior view of the east flank from the north east. Photographed in 1883 by Bedford Lemere

Tower of London BL03868
TOWER OF LONDON. Exterior view of Develin Tower, the most easterly tower in the outer ward of the castle. It was refaced in the 19th century as part of Anthony Salvins restoration works

Horse drawn cabs BL05923
NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, Westminster, London. Perspective view of the exterior of a newly-built office block on Northumberland Avenue with a line of horse-drawn cabs waiting outside

Wollaton Hall BL05881
WOLLATON HALLl, Nottinghamshire. Exterior of Wollaton Hall from the entrance front. Photographed in 1885 by Bedford Lemere

Hotel Metropole BL05851
HOTEL METROPOLE, Northumberland Avenue, London. Exterior of the hotel from the east. Photographed in 1885 by Bedford Lemere

Nottingham Castle BL05718
NOTTINGHAM CASTLE. Exterior view of the east front. Photographed in 1885 by Bedford Lemere

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