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19th Century Collection (#8)

Step back in time and explore the wonders of the 19th century through a captivating collection of historical artifacts

Background image19th Century Collection: Town and Vale of Ffestiniog, Wales

Town and Vale of Ffestiniog, Wales
Artist: Niemann, Edmund John - Title: Town and Vale of Ffestiniog, Wales - Date: N/A - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 63.5 x 111.7

Background image19th Century Collection: Cottage near East Bergholt, Suffolk

Cottage near East Bergholt, Suffolk
Artist: British (English) School - Title: Cottage near East Bergholt, Suffolk - Date: N/A - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 24.8 x 31.8

Background image19th Century Collection: The Winding Dee

The Winding Dee
Artist: Farquharson, Joseph - Title: The Winding Dee - Date: 1889 - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 182.9 x 121.9

Background image19th Century Collection: Lord Byron (1788-1824)

Lord Byron (1788-1824)
Artist: Pott, Laslett John - Title: Lord Byron (1788-1824) - Date: N/A - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 91.4 x 72.4

Background image19th Century Collection: Carriages, Horses and Dogs

Carriages, Horses and Dogs
Artist: Tomson, Clifton - Title: Carriages, Horses and Dogs - Date: N/A - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 73.7 x 91.4

Background image19th Century Collection: Snow Piece, Bulwell Forest, Nottinghamshire

Snow Piece, Bulwell Forest, Nottinghamshire
Artist: Barratt, Thomas - Title: Snow Piece, Bulwell Forest, Nottinghamshire - Date: N/A - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 35.6 x 53.3

Background image19th Century Collection: Old Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Old Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Artist: Walker, John Rawson - Title: Old Trent Bridge, Nottingham - Date: 1825 - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 53.3 x 78.8

Background image19th Century Collection: Antique map of Australia and New Zealand, 1884, 19th Century

Antique map of Australia and New Zealand, 1884, 19th Century

Background image19th Century Collection: Historical city map of Krakow, Poland, wood engraving, published 1897

Historical city map of Krakow, Poland, wood engraving, published 1897
Historical city map of Krakow, Poland. Wood engraving, published in 1897

Background image19th Century Collection: Historic city map of Beirut, Lebanon, wood engraving, published 1897

Historic city map of Beirut, Lebanon, wood engraving, published 1897
Historic city map of Beirut - capital and largest city of Lebanon. Wood engraving, published in 1897

Background image19th Century Collection: The Wealden, restorations, Crystal Palace Park

The Wealden, restorations, Crystal Palace Park
Original artwork by Walter Ray Woods for Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Background image19th Century Collection: Dictyota dichotoma

Dictyota dichotoma
Cyanotype photograph by Anna Atkins, one of the first natural history photographers. From British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, 1853. Date: 1853

Background image19th Century Collection: Distributions of plants at various altitudes

Distributions of plants at various altitudes
Coloured engraving of Alexander Humboldt illustration. Tableaux de la Nature, 1865. Date: 1865

Background image19th Century Collection: Iguanodon and Hylaeosaurus

Iguanodon and Hylaeosaurus
Sheet 3 of a series of posters by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862, showing Iguanodon and Hylaeosaurus. Date: circa 1862

Background image19th Century Collection: Ancient map of Persia, lithograph, published in 1877

Ancient map of Persia, lithograph, published in 1877
Ancient map of Persia. Lithograph, published in 1877

Background image19th Century Collection: Wanderings of the Israelites Map Engraving

Wanderings of the Israelites Map Engraving
Engraved illustration of Wanderings of the Israelites Map Engraving from The Popular Pictorial Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Published in 1862. Copyright has expired on this artwork

Background image19th Century Collection: Map of Yellowstone National Park, USA

Map of Yellowstone National Park, USA

Background image19th Century Collection: Castle Coch (Castell Coch) (The Red Castle), Tongwynlais, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Castle Coch (Castell Coch) (The Red Castle), Tongwynlais, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Background image19th Century Collection: Black and white illustration of Florence Nightingale walking with lamp near beds of injured Soldiers

Black and white illustration of Florence Nightingale walking with lamp near beds of injured Soldiers

Background image19th Century Collection: Cley Windmill, Cley-next-the-Sea, North Norfolk, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cley Windmill, Cley-next-the-Sea, North Norfolk, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Background image19th Century Collection: Dawn breaks over the Forth Rail Bridge, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the Firth of Forth

Dawn breaks over the Forth Rail Bridge, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the Firth of Forth, South Queensferry, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Background image19th Century Collection: Nut and Fruit Trees of the Garden, Victorian Botanical Illustration

Nut and Fruit Trees of the Garden, Victorian Botanical Illustration
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Botanical Illustration of Nut and Fruti Trees of the Garden: Plate 49

Background image19th Century Collection: Archimedes Principle, wood engraving, published in 1880

Archimedes Principle, wood engraving, published in 1880
The Archimedes principle, formulated about 2000 years ago by the Greek scholar Archimedes of Syracuse that states that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of

Background image19th Century Collection: Exotic Flowers of the Garden, Victorian Botanical Illustration

Exotic Flowers of the Garden, Victorian Botanical Illustration
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Botanical Illustration of Exotic Flowers of the Garden: Plate 53

Background image19th Century Collection: Spectroscope (c. 1860) by Bunsen and Kirchhoff, published in 1880

Spectroscope (c. 1860) by Bunsen and Kirchhoff, published in 1880
Spectroscope by Robert Bunsen (German chemist, 1811 - 1899) and Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (German physicist, 1824 - 1884). A spectroscope is an optical device

Background image19th Century Collection: Pulmonaria or Lungwort Plant, Victorian Botanical Illustration

Pulmonaria or Lungwort Plant, Victorian Botanical Illustration
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Botanical Illustration of Pulmonaria or Lungwort Plant: Plate 54

Background image19th Century Collection: Narrowboat crossing the River Dee in autumn on the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, built by Thomas Telford

Narrowboat crossing the River Dee in autumn on the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, built by Thomas Telford and William Jessop, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Froncysyllte, near Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales

Background image19th Century Collection: Harting tithe map, 1840

Harting tithe map, 1840
From Shorto by D. Ayling, Liss, Petersfield. 13.3 in. to 1 m. 81 × 57 Tithe Award Map Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: TD/W65

Background image19th Century Collection: Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island with Manhattan skyline in view, New York City, New York

Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island with Manhattan skyline in view, New York City, New York, United States of America, North America

Background image19th Century Collection: Mormon Salt Lake Temple reflecting in a little pond, Salt Lake City, Utah

Mormon Salt Lake Temple reflecting in a little pond, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, North America

Background image19th Century Collection: John Venn, caricature C013 / 7595

John Venn, caricature C013 / 7595
John Venn (1834-1923). Caricature of the British logician and philosopher John Venn. Venn is best known for introducing the Venn diagram, which is used in many fields, including set theory

Background image19th Century Collection: Comon magpies, 19th century artwork C013 / 6315

Comon magpies, 19th century artwork C013 / 6315
Common magpie (Pica pica) pair. Plate 31 from Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841) by William MacGillivray

Background image19th Century Collection: Henry Walter Bates (1825-1892)

Henry Walter Bates (1825-1892)
Henry Walter Bates FRS FLS FGS was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals. Born in Leicester 8 February 1825, died London, 16 February 1892

Background image19th Century Collection: Lama pacos, alpaca

Lama pacos, alpaca
Alpaca. Llama Alpaca, 1884. Hand coloured lithograph of a drawing by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins from Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall; Hoofed Quadrupeds, 1850

Background image19th Century Collection: Greyhound design

Greyhound design
Drawing 26 Vol 2 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1876. (Two separate negatives)

Background image19th Century Collection: Protea cynaroides, king protea

Protea cynaroides, king protea
Painting by Stephan Endlicher from Catalogus Horti Academici Vindobonensis pub.1842

Background image19th Century Collection: H. W. Bates illustrated notebooks

H. W. Bates illustrated notebooks
Plate 7 from a notebook of Henry W. Bates (1825-92) relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854

Background image19th Century Collection: Longhorn beetle

Longhorn beetle

Background image19th Century Collection: Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild (1868-1937)

Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild (1868-1937)
Carriage drawn by three zebra and a horse, driven by Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild (1868-1937), founder of the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London since 1937

Background image19th Century Collection: Aix galericulata, mandarin duck

Aix galericulata, mandarin duck
Plate 69 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Background image19th Century Collection: Fish Gallery, September 1890

Fish Gallery, September 1890
The Fish Gallery attractions included a 8.5m (28 ft) long basking shark caught near Shanklin, Isle of Wight, and wood from a whaling ship, the Farquharson, pierced by swordfish lances

Background image19th Century Collection: Theobroma cacao, cocoa pod

Theobroma cacao, cocoa pod
Plate 49 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

Background image19th Century Collection: Frederick Courteney Selous (1851-1917)

Frederick Courteney Selous (1851-1917) was one of the most famous big game hunters of his era. He spent much of his life in Africa, but also hunted in North America and Asia Minor

Background image19th Century Collection: Prunus sp. peach (Grimwoods Royal George or Grosse Mignon

Prunus sp. peach (Grimwoods Royal George or Grosse Mignon
Plate 41 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background image19th Century Collection: Anser brachyrhynchus, pink-footed goose

Anser brachyrhynchus, pink-footed goose
Watercolour and ink by John Gould (c. 1865). An example of a prelliminary work by Gould in preparation for an illustration which would be published in one of his books

Background image19th Century Collection: Sagrada Familia Cathedral by Gaudi, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Barcelona

Sagrada Familia Cathedral by Gaudi, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Barcelona, Catalunya (Catalonia) (Cataluna), Spain, Europe

Background image19th Century Collection: Solar system map from 1853

Solar system map from 1853
Historical map of the solar system, published in Germany in 1853. The main diagram shows the orbits of the first seven planets out to Uranus

Background image19th Century Collection: Plato, Ancient Greek philosopher

Plato, Ancient Greek philosopher
Plato (427-347 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher. Platos spirit of rational inquiry led to todays scientific method. His writings shaped and continue to have a profound influence on Western thought



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Step back in time and explore the wonders of the 19th century through a captivating collection of historical artifacts. Delve into ancient civilizations with an antique map showcasing the vast Roman Empire, or journey to medieval Britain under the rule of Anglo Saxons. Feel the power of nature as you gaze upon "The Great Wave off Kanagawa, " a mesmerizing woodblock print that captures both beauty and danger. Immerse yourself in botanical marvels with a Victorian illustration depicting an elegant Oak Tree, showcasing nature's intricate details. Experience love's tender embrace through timeless artistry, evoking emotions that transcend time itself. Let Johannes Brahms' enchanting melodies transport you to an era where music was crafted with passion and finesse. Embark on a visual voyage across Iceland with a meticulously drawn map from the 1800s, discovering its breathtaking landscapes and hidden treasures. Marvel at Clifton Suspension Bridge adorned by hot air balloons during Bristol Balloon Fiesta, capturing both engineering prowess and whimsical delight. Uncover Scotland's rich history through a detailed map from the 1870s, tracing its rugged terrain dotted with castles and tales of valor. Witness life along Cornwall's picturesque coast as four fishermen brave treacherous waters in pursuit of their livelihood during the mid-19th century. Travel back further in time with an England map from centuries past, revealing how borders have shifted over generations while preserving cultural heritage. Celebrate Mary Anning’s groundbreaking contributions to paleontology as she unearths prehistoric secrets embedded within fossilized remains. The 19th century encapsulates an era teeming with exploration, innovation, romance, and resilience; it is a treasure trove waiting to be discovered by those who seek knowledge and inspiration from times long gone but never forgotten.