1850s Collection (#6)

The Defence of Kars, 1855
1581431 The Defence of Kars, 1855; (add.info.: The Defence of Kars. During the Crimean War an Ottoman garrison led by British officers including General William Fenwick Williams kept the Russians at)

Hermeto Carneiro Le£o Honorio, 1850
1577250 Hermeto Carneiro Le£o Honorio, 1850; (add.info.: Hermeto Carneiro Le£o Honorio, Marquis of Parana (1801 - 1856) Brazilian politician, diplomat

Campaign material for Millard Fillmore, 1856
1576318 Campaign material for Millard Fillmore, 1856; (add.info.: Campaign banner or poster for the Native American party's 1856 presidential candidate, Millard Fillmore)

Captain Adams, Commander of the USS Powhatan, one of Admiral Perry's Fleet, 1854
1574254 Captain Adams, Commander of the USS Powhatan, one of Admiral Perry's Fleet, 1854; (add.info.: (People of the United States of North America, portrait of commanding officer) Captain Adams

Engraving of Thomas Cranmer, 1851 (engraving)
1574481 Engraving of Thomas Cranmer, 1851 (engraving); (add.info.: Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) English prelate and Protestant martyr. Archbishop of Canterbury

Dona Maria II, 1853
1576058 Dona Maria II, 1853; (add.info.: Dona Maria II (4 April 1819 - 15 November 1853) "the Educator" Queen regnant of Portugal from 1826 to 1828 and again from 1834 to 1853

The United States Senate, 1855
1574954 The United States Senate, 1855; (add.info.: The United States Senate. Senator Henry Clay speaking about the Compromise of 1850 in the Old Senate Chamber)

Jean Baptiste Andre Dumas, 1857
1577412 Jean Baptiste Andre Dumas, 1857; (add.info.: Portrait of Jean Baptiste Andre Dumas (1800-1884) a French chemist. Dated 1857.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Russian composer, 1850
1577224 Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Russian composer, 1850; (add.info.: Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - February 15 1857) first Russian composer to gain wide recognition within his own country

The inauguration procession in honour of President Buchanan passing through, 1857
1576720 The inauguration procession in honour of President Buchanan passing through, 1857; (add.info.: The inauguration procession in honour of President Buchanan passing through Buchanan)

Michael Glinka, 1850
1576628 Michael Glinka, 1850; (add.info.: Portrait of Michael Glinka (1804-1857) Russian composer. Dated 1850); Universal History Archive/UIG

Charles Robert Darwin, 1850
1576969 Charles Robert Darwin, 1850; (add.info.: Charles Robert Darwin (12th February 1809 - 19th April 1882) was an English naturalist and geologist

Gustav Simon, 1850
1576963 Gustav Simon, 1850; (add.info.: Gustav Simon (May 30, 1824, Darmstadt - August 21, 1876, Heidelberg) was a German surgeon

A man and woman trying to hail a horse and cab
5672126 A man and woman trying to hail a horse and cab; (add.info.: French Illustration circa 1855 showing a man and woman trying to hail a horse and cab.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Church of Wassy, North Eastern France. By Baron Isidore Taylor (1789 - 1879), French traveller and author
5669419 The Church of Wassy, North Eastern France. By Baron Isidore Taylor (1789 - 1879), French traveller and author, 1857 (drawing); Universal History Archive/UIG

The town of Joinville, in North-eastern France. By Baron Isidore Taylor (1789 - 1879), French traveller and author
5669414 The town of Joinville, in North-eastern France. By Baron Isidore Taylor (1789 - 1879), French traveller and author, 1857 (drawing); Universal History Archive/UIG

Autumn fashion, 1852: ladies walking and home-toilet dresses
NWI4759713 Autumn fashion, 1852: ladies walking and home-toilet dresses.; (add.info.: Autumn fashion, 1852: ladies walking and home-toilet dresses.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Telegraph cable linking Britain and her colony India, 1850
3479166 Telegraph cable linking Britain and her colony India, 1850; (add.info.: The telegraph cable linking Britain and her colony India is depicted as a conversation between John Bull and Britannia)

Magneto-eclectic telegraph, 1850
3479162 Magneto-eclectic telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Making the submarine magneto-eclectic telegraph between Britain and Ireland. Circa 1850.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Lissajous figure generated by two frequencies one of which is 12 times the other, 1857
3480058 Lissajous figure generated by two frequencies one of which is 12 times the other, 1857; (add.info.: Lissajous figure generated by two frequencies one of which is 12 times the other)

Bakewell's copying telegraph, 1850
3480049 Bakewell's copying telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Bakewell's copying telegraph, 1850.); Universal History Archive/UIG

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

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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.