Index to ALL the Engraving in the Illustrated London News 1859 Events of this year in the Illustrated London News Building of the Suez Canal begins Darwin's Origin of Species, and J.S. Mill's On Liberty is published Lord Palmerston is Prime Minister of Britain The centenary of Robert Burns Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope

 

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January 1st some engravings with articles in the Illustrated london News "Breaking the Ice" Brighton Portland Maine USA

 

January 8th Landing of Prince Alfred at the Custom House Stairs at Valetta Malta ' Fron page ' The D'Eyncourt Memorial Window in Lincoln Cathedral ' ' Bayons Manor Lincolnshire The Seat of the Right Hon. CHarles Tennyson D'Eyncourt ' ' Christmas Pantomimes - Sadlers Wells - Drury Lane - Astleys - Olympic - Haymarket - Lyceum - Covent Garden - Adelphi - Princess ' double page print from engraving ' Monument to Sir John Franklin and His Companions in the Painted Hall of Greenwich Hospital ' ' Agricultural Draining Match on the Duke of Sutherlands Estate at Trentham Staffordshire ' ' Portsmouth ' a view from the sea towards the sea front ' The Intermediate Paddle Shaft of the " Great Eastern " Steam Ship ' 'Christmas Carnival and Revels at the Crystal Palace - Old Father Christmas Attended By a Motley Group Under The Direction of the Lord of Misrule ' full page engraving with harlequins, policemen, A Parish beadle, by Morris dancers, a fairy like ballet corps a Tony Lumpkin, clowns, etc ' Deepdale Viaduct on the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway ' full page print from engraving ' The Shipboys Letter - Paintec by J. C. Hook ARA From Flatous Collection Leggatts Gallery Cornhill ' a full page print from engraving of a mother reading the letter to her husband and childres - a country scene ' Another American Difficulty ' ' Foreign and Colonial News ' The Siamese Prince ladies of Lucknow India And The Bombay Mail Obituary of Eminent P ersons includes: The Right Hon Horatio Walpole, The Earl of Orford died at Wolterton Park at Aylsham Norfolk The Right Honourable George Warwick Bampfylde Lord Poltimore of Devon, Batron of Haddington Park Somersetshire Sir Henry John Lambert of London died at his seat Aston hall near Tetsworth Oxon Lieutenant Colonel William Royds died at his residence 6 Sandford Place Cheltenham The Princess Doria Pamphili Landi, Lady Mary Alathea Beatrix Talbot died at Rome aged 44 The Right Hon. Mary Margaret Countess of Wilton at Egerton Lodge Melton Mowbray from typhus fever The Hon Mrs Anson at Exton Hall Northamptonshire from a mistaken overdose of laudanum Wills - Sir Randolph Isham Routh KCB who died at Dorset Square on 29th Nov last   ' Notes of the Week ' ' Diptheria ' ' Metropolitan News ' includes Preservation of Life from Shipwreck includes new lifeboats for Cullercoats near Tynemouth also Carnsor and Tramore etc A Female Miser found dead with £1600 in her coal cupboard ' The Court at Windsor ' ' Portsmouth - the Railway Dispute ' ' Country News ' ' Photogtraphy Applied to Engraving on Wood - Xylophotography' Wind and Weather Predictions for 1859 ' January through to December ' Chess Problem by stella with Match Between Messrs Morphy and Anderssen ' National Sports ' includes Coursing at Longhorseley and Almington etc - Wynnstay Hounds and more The Front page has a Large engraving titled "Landing of Prince Alfred at the Custom House Stairs, Valetta, Malta" Page 29 has a Large engraving titled "View of the Town and Citadel of Corfu, Taken from the Left of the One Gun Battery" Pages 32 and 33 have a Magnificent Double Page Centerfold with 9 engravings titled "Christmas Pantomimes" Page 36 has an engraving titled "Monument to Sir John Franklin and His Companions in the Painted Hall of Greenwich Hospital" Page 37 has a Large engraving titled "The Intermediate Paddle Shaft of the 'Great Eastern' Steamship" Page 41 has an excellent Full page engraving of Christmas Carnival and Revels at the Crystal Palace titled "Old Father Christmas Attended By A Motley Group Under the Direction of the Lord of Misrule" Page 44 has a Full page engraving titled "Deepdale Viaduct on the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway"

 

January 15th   The annual ball of non commissioned officers at the Royal Artillery schools, woolwich - Presentation of the colours to the 14th regiment by the Countess of Eglinton - SHP Dynevor Castle, Carmarthenshire - LHP The very rev Harvey Goodwin St Mary Magdalen Chapel of Ease and schools at Chiswick Wotton Church Surrey The font in the new episcopal church at Dunkeld Steam pleasure yacht for the King of Ava - SHP One of Nana Sahib's Palaces near Nassick - SHP Mushruff Khan and Wahid Ali - SHP Fete to the children of the Royal artillery regimental schools at woolwich - FP print from engraving Coomayagua, The capital of Honduras - HP Church of the Merced, Gracias, Honduras - HP The Cathedral of San Salvadoe - HP Indians of Guajiquero - HP Monumental brass to the late bishop of Gloucester The first fall of snow - drawn by Birket Foster - LHP Bicester National schools ' Plan of Part of the City of Valparaiso ' The Fair at Seville - Painted by J A Philip A R A and R Ansdell - In the Flatou collection at Leggatts gallery Cornhill - Double page, a fine engraving Steele and his children - painted by Eyre Crowe, Jun - from the winter exhibition French gallery - HP Worcestershire Mummers by Charles Cattermole - HP England's duty in the Italian complication Fetes at woolwich garrison The Dean of Ely Wotton church surrey Obituary of eminent persons including : The Earl of Rothes George william evelyn Leslie Leslie died at Edinburgh age 24 The Right Hon. Heneage Finch Earl of Aylesford and Baron of Guernsey died at the family seat Packington hall Warwickshire Lieutenant Colonel paul Phipps KH at his Residence Berrywood near Southampton Wills - The Right Hon. The Marchioness of Hastings, Barbara Yelverton of palace Gardens Kensington   The Yang tze Kiang Life and manners in South Australia Experiments with Armstrong's Cannon Shooting a tiger in India Sketches from Central America Attempt to blow up a house at sheffield Christmas at the Essex Lunatic asylum Monumental brass to the late bishop of Gloucester Mr Douglas Jerrold at home Suffering of a ship's crew Curiosities of Blue books Worcestershire mummers Transatlantic sketches - From Baltimore to Albany Great fire at Valparaiso - includes a small sketch map of Valparaiso bay and the part of the city affected The Front page has a Full Page Engraving titled "The Annual Ball of Non-Commissioned Offices at the Royal Artillery Schools, Woolwich" Page 52 has 2 engravings titled "Presentation of Colours to the 14th Regiment By the Countess of Eglinton", and "Dynevor Castle, Carmarthenshire" Page 53 has an engraving titled "The Font in the New Episcopal Church at Dunkeld" Page 56 has 3 engravings titled "Steam Pleasure Yacht For the King Of Ava", "One of Nana Sahib's Palaces, Near Nassick", and "Mushruff Khan and Wahid Ali" (As they lay in gaol, on the Morning of their execution) Page 57 has a Full page Engraving titled "Fete To The Children of the Royal Artillery Regimental Schools, Woolwich" Pages 60 and 61 contain 4 large engravings of Sketches From Central America titled "Comayagua, The Capital of Honduras", "Church of the Merced, Gracias, Honduras", "The Cathedral of San Salvador", and "Indians of Guajiquero" Pages 68 and 69 have a Magnificent Double Page Centerfold Engraving titled "The Fair at Seville", painted by J.A. Philip and R. Ansdell - In The Flatou Collection at Leggatt's Gallery Cornhill

 

January 22nd   price fivepence. 5d View of Valparaiso, showing the portion of the city on fire, Nov 13, Bay of Valparaiso - The after part of the 'Sarah Sands' (Iron built steamer) which was partially destroyed by fire in November 1857 New Customs house and Railway station Folkestone & : Boulogne sur Mer The Scarlett Testimonial to the 5th Dragoon Guards Plate presented to Captain Barlow Claret jugs for the 11th regiment The Bouquetin or Steinbock ( Capra Ibex) The Inn at Borca Pass and Glacier of the Gries Arrival of the remains of the tomb of Mausolus at the British museum A scene in the Rufford Country ( Fox hunting ) entitled : A Fox caught in a trap Dr Mark's Juvenile ball in the Free trade hall, Manchester Indoor music featuring individual scenes : Paroquial Psalmody - The drawing room singer - Promenade concert - The amateur musician - The Grand opera - The cathedral organist etc etc Presentation of the colours by the Prince of Wales to the 100th or Royal Canadian regiment of foot Juvenile ball at the Mansion house on Twelfth night Articles (no engravings unless previously mentioned) including: Mr Bright's reform Bill India - The Bombay mail   Obituary of eminent persons including : SirJames Ramsay of Bamff house - Sir William Lyons of the city of Cork - Colonel Perceval of Temple House in the county of Sligo - Duchess of Cleveland   The case of Scully versus Ingram The Photographic society Norfolk new lifeboats Italian valleys of the Pennine Alps Letter from Mr Robert Burns - addressed to Mr James Clark schoolmaster Forfar Lord Clyde's parentage

 

 

January 29th price fivepence. It features articles with prints from engravings including: The Burns Centenary - Alloway's Auld Haunted Kirk The Laughton memorial window in Boston Church The Sculpture Gallery in the Campana Museum Rome Burns Centenary tribute by Harrison Wier - entitled Burns in the plough field : sing his poem 'To a mountain daisy' : Auld lang Syne - Cotter's saturday night - John Anderson, My Jo - Auld Maggie & Twa dogs The Maharajah of Jeypoor Entrance to a Mosque, Islamabad Cashmere - from a drawing by W Carpenter Mr Thomas Henry Kavanagh - One of the Lucknow heroes Jacobad , Sinde Soiree at the King's college saturday evening last Burns centenary with the following engravings : Burns visit to Neil Gow in august 1787 a group in sculpture by Anderson of Perth - Burns' cottage at Ayr - The Tam O Shanter tavern - The room in which burns was born - The Twa Brigs of Ayr - The Auld brig of Doon, with Burns monument and a glimpse of AllowayKirk in the distance Protestant church at Cannes Spill's waterproofing Manufactory , Stepney The Burns Centenary and its meaning The Cape of Good Hope The Overland Mail India Mr Tennyson D'Eyncourt's Village school The memorial window in the church at Boston Lincolnshire The religious beliefs of the Japanese The Australian colonies Mr Alex Bida's drawings The Great Eastern   Obituary of eminent persons including : Charles William George Bury of Tullamoore in the Kings county - Lord Northwick of Moreton-in-the-Marsh - James Du Sautoy of the Lawn , Taunton - Henry Hallam of London   Address from the Nawab of Moorshedabad to Queen Victoria The Shannon Naval Brigade Dining in Algeria New method of making cannon Burns visit to Neil Gow Messrs Spills waterproof clothing establishment Stepney Green Religious persecution in Norway Much of this issue is devoted to the Robert Burns Centenary -- The Front page has a large engraving titled "The Burns Centenary - 'Alloways Auld Haunted Kirk' Page 100 has a Very Large Beautiful engraving titled "The Laughton Memorial Window In Boston Church" Page 101 has a Full page engraving titled "The Sculpture Gallery In The Campana Museum, Rome" Pages 104 and 105 have a Double Page Fold Out Engraving titled "The Burns Centenary - Burns In The Plough Field Composing His Poem 'To A Mountain Daisy' " Page 108 has 2 engravings titled "The Maharajah Of Jeypoor", and "Entrance To A Mosque, Islamabad, Cashmere" Page 109 has 2 engravings titled "Mr. Thomas Henry Kavanagh - One of The Lucknow Heroes", and "Jacobabd, Scinde" Page 116 has 4 engravings of the Burns Centenary titled "Burns Visit to Neil Gow, in August 1787 - A Group Sculpture By Anderson Of Perth", "Burns' Cottage at Ayr", "The Tam O'Shanter Tavern", and "The Room In Which Burns Was Born" Page 117 has 2 Large engravings titled "The Twa Brigs Of Ayr", and "The Auld Brig Of Doon, With Burns Monument and a Glimpse of Alloway Kirk in the Distance"

 

February 5th   The Burns centenary - Lincluden abbey near Dumfries - HP The Burns centenary - The room in which Burns died at Dumfries Bas relief in terra cotta from the Campana Museum, Monte de Pieta Rome - FP Old houses recently demolished near St Dunstan's church Fleet street - SHP The Crypt under old St Stephen's chapel westminster, now in course of restoration - HP The Burns Centenary - a pair of half page and a full page entitled : The Burns Mausoleum, Dumfries - Burns farm at Ellisland on the river Nith near Dumfries - The burns centenary festival : the procession in the High street Dumfries (showing Ingram's Hotel Burns House in Dumfries 'Toothache' from a figure in stone by Mr Anderson The globe tavern Dumfries The procession at Dumfries triple arch in the high street - HP Pillow lace working in Bedfordshire - SHP Hydraulic lift at the new graving docks near Blackwall - HP Burns Festival at the Crystal palace, Sydenham - LHP Room in the Globe tavern Dumfries, used by Burns Breton Cattle - HP The English and Newfoundland mail vessels making their way through the ice in Halifax harbour Nova Scotia - HP The Burns Centenary - The citizen banquet, held in the corn exchange Edinburgh- FP 2 engravings making up a half page - Fashions for February A Sketch near Ayr, taken from the south side of the Doon Iron ship on the vertical principle 'breaking her back' by the strain upon her of 11610 tons at each end - Iron ship built on Taylerson's diagonal principle resisting a strain upon her of 23,152.5 tons at each end - one third of a page approx Opening of parliament The great ship in time of war The central american |Isthmus Reform meetings Old houses just demolished in Fleet street The Burns centenary at Dumfries Canal through the Isthmus of Kraw The new thames graving docks   Obituary of eminent persons Frederick John Robinson Earl of Ripon -   The Campana museum Rome The Victoria cross Iron ship building - Mr Taylerson's patent

 

February 12th   The New Houses of Parliament : The state dining room in the speaker's residence - LHP (front page) Design for the palace of the people muswell hill - FP Educational institute at Droylsden lancashire Drinking fountain about to be erected in the west area Royal Exchange St Peter's Englisg episcopal chapel montrose The imperial train on the Orleans railway - Three images - The saloon of Honour, Open saloon & The imperial saloon - HP Sardis - painted by Harry Johnson ( sardis , an ancient city some 60 miles east of Izmir in Turkey ) - FP Sir John Falstaff examining the recruits provided for him by justice shallow - Painted by John Gilbert - FP The Inauguration of Wellington college by the Queen - arrival of HRH at the College - FP ( The wellington college at Sandhurst) Sketches from Corfu - 2 half page engravings entitled : The city of Corfu as seen from the island of Vido : The Citadel of Corfu The New houses of Parliament - 2 SHP engravings entitled : The Members entrance : Grand staircase to the sppeakers residence The new houses of parliament - The porch at the speakers residence - SHP The new houses etc : Fireplace in the state dining room New school for the parish of St George the Martyr Complimentary dinner at the London Tavern to Mr Davis the huntsman of her majesty's staghounds - HP Stonehenge by moonlight - from the new drama 'The Borgia ring' at the Adelphi theatre - HP Towing of the wreck of the spanish Barque 'Vizcaya' into Newhaven harbour on sunday last - from a sketch by Master H Ingram- LHP Pacification News from:.Italy, Austria, Prussia, Russia, United states, Canada, India Obituary of eminent persons including :- Sir Chaloner Ogle of Worthy, Hants The Hon William Middleton Noel of Kitton Hall Rutlandshire Capt Arthur Giffard The rev Canon Chesshyre of Canterbury   :The will of Sir Belford Hinton Wilson of park street Grosvenor square   The voyage of the 'North American' steamer to Portland Public drinking fountains St Peter's at Montrose The destruction of the Crinan canal The Great Eastern and her sails Transatlantic sketches : Niagara The Queen's hunt dinner New parochial school at Theobald's road Speech of the emperor at the opening of the French chambers Collision in the channel off the Brighton coast The Front page has a Full page Engraving titled "The New Houses of Parliament - The State Dining Room in the Speaker's Residence" Page 148 has a Full page engraving titled "Design For The Palace of the People, Muswell Hill" Page 149 has an engraving titled "The Imperial Train On The Orleans Railway - The Saloon of Honour" Page 152 has a Full page engraving titled "Sardis" Painted by Harry Johnson Page 153 has a Full page engraving titled "Sir John Falstaff Examining The Recruits Provided For Him By Justice Shallow" painted by John Gilbert Page 156 has a Full page engraving titled "The Inauguration of Wellington College By The Queen - Arrival Of Her Majesty at The College" Page 157 has 2 Large engravings of Sketches From Corfu titled "The City Of Corfu as seen from The Island of Vido", and "The Citadel Of Corfu" Page 165 has 2 Large engravings titled "Complimentary Dinner at the London Tavern To Mr. Davis The Huntsman of Her Majesty's Staghounds", and "Stonehenge By Moonlight From The New Drama 'The Borgia Ring' at the Adelphi Theatre"

 

February 19th   Wheelbarrow and Spade Used at The Ceremony of Cutting the First Turf of the Stratford on Avon Railway' (front page) Indus Steam Flotilla, Model Vessel constructed by Mr Scott Russel' front page Miss Wyndham as Olinska, in the Burlesque of Mazeppa at The Olympic Theatre' The eastern Dispensary in Leman Street, Goodmans Fields' 'Frizley Cottage, Near Cranbrook, Kent' 'The Hotel De la Ville, Florence' 'Cromlech Recently raised To Mark The Junction of The Three Counties of Gloucester, Somerset and Wilts.' 'Miss Louisa Pyne' Opera Singer 'Commencement of The Metropolitan High Level Sewer, Near the Victoria Park' with reference in the article to Mr J. W. Bazalgette 'Mr A. M. Ross, Acting Engineer of The Victoria Bridge Over The St Lawrence' 'Monument to Capyt. Pechell Just inaugurated at Brighton' 'Testimonial To Mr Bazley MP for Manchester' 'The Campana Museum, Rome: Frieze in terra Cotta Marine Venus and Amphitrite Racchic Tazza in Terra Cotta - Bassi Relievi on The Tazza' 'Princess Napoleon' - 'Prince Napoleon' 'The Keranchie or Kidrapore Omnibus' 'Design for The Centre of The New Bridge over The Wear at Sunderland ' 'Lord Ravensworth' 'Destruction by Fire of MEssrs. Hine and Mundella's Hosiery Factory at Nottingham' 'Mr George Skirrow Beecroft MP for Leeds' 'Destruction by Fire of Birdingbury Hall, warwickshire' 'The Wellington College Sandhurst ' Full page Indian Finance and Improvement' 'Foreign and Colonial News'   'Obituary of Eminent Persons includes: Charles Phillips Esq of Sligo Charles Baird Handyside Esq late surgeon died at Boulogne sur Mer   'Imperial Parliament' 'Country News' 'The Society of Female Artists'

 

February 26th   'The Home of The Mountaineer painted by Frank Wyburd' Exhibition of The British Institution (front page) 'The University At Sydney, New South Wales' Australia 'New Font at St Peters Church, Colchester' 'The Wreck of The Ja,birg Barqie Doama om Bracklesome Bay near Chichester' 'Central Portion of a Painted Window in The Great Hall of Sydney University' Vandyke and Frank Halls from a picture by D. W. Deane in the Flatou collection' 'The Burns Press Chair Made From The Press at Which The First Edition of The Poets Works Was Printed' 'The Patent Boom Derrick placing The Intermediate paddle Shatft on The Deck of The Great Eastern ' Full page 'Burnet House, Cincinnati, US' 'Tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon' 'New Zealand Bishops: The Right Rev. W. Williams DD, Lord Bishop of Walapu The Right Rev G. A. Selwyn DD Lord Bishop of New Zealand The Right Rev C. J. Abraham DD, Lord Bishop of Wellington The Righ Rev. Edmund Hobhouse DD, Lord Bishop of Nelson'   'The Burns Banquet at Montreal' The Reform Question' with reference to Mr John Bright 'Foreign and Colonial News'   Obituary of Eminent Persons: Her Grace Charlotte Augusta, Duchess of Leinster at the family seat Carton near Dublin The Most Noble Frederick William Hervey, The Marquis of Bristol The Right Hon. Mary, Countess of Sandwich at the Family residence, 26 Curzon Street,Mayfair The Rev. Sir John Newport of New Park in the conty of Kilkenny Lady Domvile, died at Ashburton House, Putney Heath'   'Imperial Parliament' 'Country News The Great Eastern and the derrick The Paddle shaft of the Great Eastern

 

 

March 5th Torchlight procession of students in Berlin Reception of the Prince and Pricess Napoleon at Hotel de Ville The Duke and Duchess of Calabria The mammoth cave in Kentucky Palace of the people Muswell Hill

 

 

March 12th Sir Joshua Reynolds Painted by Himself ' A wonderful front page engraving of the artist in his younger days Ancient Marble Bas Relief "The Madonna and Child" in the South Kensington Museum ' ' The Temple of Neptune at Zowan near the Source of the Stream Which Supplied Water to Carthage ' - a print from engraving showing a view of the temple at the foot of a mountain - info. Zaghwan - Zaghouan The Belgian Walter Scott - Henri Conscience ' ' A Monumental Relievo by J. Edwards - The Daughter of Faith, Unfading Hope ' ' Mr J. W. Bazalgette CE ' ' Antigua de Guatemala - Church of San Francisco ' ' Antigua de Guatemala - Church of the Jesuits ' ' Calais Harbour - The SS " Prince Frederick William " ( Ship ) Drifting Ashore After Striking the Pier ..' ' The Ship " Wacousta " Loading Timber for Mast Pieces at Puget Sound in British Columbia ' ' The South Staffordshire Waterworks ' - new engine house designed by Mr E. ADams - info. Sandfields Pumping Station, Lichfield Metropolitan Commiossionaires ' two men in uniform ' Trinity Church Coventry - Monument to the Rev. John Howells ' ' Clare Market at St Clement Danes Strand - Chapel in Horseshoe Court ' ' The Right Hon. Lord Lyndhurst PC DCL FRS ' - info. John Singleton Copley ' The Paris Demolitions - Ancient Church of St John Lateran ' Sketches in China ' A Sketch at the Landing Place at Canton After The Fight ' ' Plethoric Appearance of the Chinese on a Cold Day ' ' A Beggar at Macao ' ' Lifeboat Transporting Carriage - Designed by Captai J. R. Ward RN ' diagram ' Milan Italy - The Funeral of Signor Emilio Dandolo in the Grand Corse di Porta Orientale ' full page print from engraving - the procession passing along the street ' Leadenhall Street London - Newly Erected Offices of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company ' ' Messrs Isaacs, Campbell and Co. Warhouse at Northampton ' ' Northampton Castle ' ' Chess Problem by Professor D. forbes ' ' The Brousil Family ' a musical family from Bohemia ' The Australian Gouty Stem Tree ' Foreign news including - From Italy (Turin) That war is imminent, France where the emperor has promised the King of Sardinia protection against any act of aggression by Austria, Prussia, and news of the baptism of the infant prince USA where the cuban and Tariff questions continue occupy the attention of Congress Ionian Islands where the parliament declares it will not adopt Mr Gladstones proposed reforms The Ruins of Carthage The Temple of Neptune at Zowan Henri Conscience   Mr Bazalgette The order of the thistle Will of Mr Commissioner Phillips was proved on the 7th inst, also mention of John Thomas Longman, John Joshua Proby The churches of the Jesuits and San francisco Serious accident to The Prince Frederick William The Ship Wacousta Burford's panorama of Canton India and the second reading of the Indian Loan Bill Charge of roasting a man to death -on the ship Bogota, names include Archibald Mitchell, John Buchanan, Fireman Launder, John Pugh,p.The Commissionaires The South Staffordshire water works Clare Market chapel Lord Lyndhurst Church of St John Lateran Paris Arrival of the Neapolitan Exiles in Ireland Case of atempted murder at Clerkenwell - Mr Charles Davis a smith Bas relief of the virgin and child Lifeboat transporting carriage A Ride through the rapids in Canada, Lachine locks near montreal P & O offices Northampton castle Funeral of Signor Emilio Dandolo at Milan Messrs Isaacs Campbell's warehouse at Northampton The Brousil Family A China Gentleman's house Outrage by the crew of a British Gunboat ( Island of st Vincent West Indies) Submarine boat - invention of Mr Lodner D Phillips of Chicago - a description by Mr Delany. The Gouty stem tree The steam Tug resolute

 

 

March 19th   Gate of the Kaiserbagh at Lucknow - LHP Scene from much ado about nothing - at the princess theatre - HP Premises occupied by the architectural societies of london ( quarter page ) An Impasse, Algiers ( quarter page ) Tossing the pancake at Westminster school - HP The ship ' Bleroie Castle ' in a whirlwind - HP a view of havana from a sketch by Captain Montagu O'Reilly - Full page consisting of 2 panoramas Baptism of the infant prince Frederick William Victor Albert at Berlin on the 5th - FP Sir George Wombwell The late Hungarian General Meszaros M Rouher - ad interim minister of Algeria and the Colonies Iron bridge across the Goomtee, at Lucknow, taken by companies no 1 and 2 of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers - HP House at Augsberg in which Holbein was born - HP Chalk sunday in the county of Kilkenny Ireland - HP Memorial to detective sergeant Thain - shot by a bavarian Christian Sattler Testimonial presented to sir W M manning by the colonists of New South Wales - SHP The ' One Tun ' Ragged schools, westminster - Tea meeting for the mothers of the children - SHP Montreal Market : Habitans purchasing cloth - HP Breaking up of the Ice in the St Lawrence at Montreal - HP Breaking up of the Ice in the St Lawrence at Montreal - HP ( second view ) Breaking up of the Ice in the St Lawrence at Montreal - HP ( Third view ) The Italian Exiles France United States India and China The Neapolitan exiles The second reading of the reform bill   Obituary of eminent persons including : Lord Murray of Edinburgh Sir John Nugent of Ballinlough castle co Westmeath Abel Smith Esq of Woodhall park Herts   T K Hervey Photographic Minutiae Lord Cannings policy in Oude The architectural union Havannah the capital of Cuba Chalk Sunday Canada Monument to a detective Transatlantic sketches - From Albany to Montreal

 

March 26th Westminster Hall - Members entrance to the House of Commons - LHP The Mutual Life assurance society offices , King Street , Cheapside - SHP Queen Anne's bath in Endell street Old window in Millom church Cumberland Hockley in the Hole, Clerkenwell My Doctor - a sketch by our special artist in China - SHP Howqua Garden near Canton - From Mr Albert Smith's ' China ' - HP Bird's eye view of Exeter college Oxford university - showing : Jesus college, Exeter, Chapel , Hall, New quadrangle, back of Ashmolean museum, St Michael's church, St Mary Magdalene church, Martyr's monument, University galleries, Worcester college, St Giles Church, St Johns college, Gardens, Balliol college, Trinity college Wadham college, New museum, Broad street Pifferari playing to the virgin - scene in Rome by Mrs Elizabeth Murray - SHP The Cottage Door - by J Clark - SHP Children minding their mother's stall - The fish market painted by mrs Backhouse Testimonial to sir moses and lady Montefiore by the son of the Viceroy of Egypt - SHP Prize for the cultivation of Turnips awarded to mr J B Horner of Lincoln Tankard presented to Mr G Seagrave, broker to the Phospho- Peruvian Guano company Statue of Dante by Enrico Puzzi about to be erected at Florence - SHP The Piazza Del Popolo, Rome - HP Diagram of the different courses taken by cyclones - leading to the recent mild weather The Yohamite Falls, (2700 feet High ) Mariposa county, California - SHP The Yohamite valley - SHP Diagram of Nethersole's patent arrangement of cradles and springs for the draw gear of railway carriages HP Peace and a congress France Italy The Punjab railway The Neapolitan exiles ( L Settembrini, G Pica, V Cuzzocrea, A Argentino, S Spaventa, G Pace ) The new European congress   Obituary of eminent persons - : Earl of Devon William Courtenay at shrivenham Washington Sewallis Shirley ninth Earl Ferrers and Viscount Tamworth Sir A Oliphaunt   Welcome home to an Indian Hero ( Captain Butter Laird of Faskally ) A Chinese doctor The debates on Lord John Russell's amendments to the Derby Disraeli reform bill A case of burglary - Charles Pearson was charged with breaking into the house of Mr Croney in Anne's Place Hackney road Exeter College Hanover square rooms - a seance with Mr Hart Literature : Palestine past and present by the rev Henry S Osborn : The Bertrams a novel by Anthony Trollope Nooks and corners of old England - Hockley-in-the-Hole , Clerkenwell The Farm National sports The Markets Statue of Dante at Florence The Piazza Del Popolo Rome A Native Indian entertainment ( Given by the Hindoos and Mohammedans of Madras to sir C Rawlinson ) The House of Lords - Marriage with a deceased wife's Sister The Royal academy arrangement The Mild winter of 1858-9 Excavation of the site of the ancient city of Uriconium Chloroform The Yohamite falls, California Outdoor amusements : Hunting The order of the Bath Night at the Pyramids

 

April 2nd   Arrival of Neapolitan exiles at Paddington station - HP St Simon's church Milner street Cadogan terrace, Upper Chelsea - HP The Butter Market at Cork - HP The prize design for a new post office to be erected in Melbourne Australia - FP The rebels or Taipings at Nankin opening fire upon the ' Lee ' Gunboat - FP The British and Irish Magnetic telegraph company's offices Threadneedle street - FP John Hunter from the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir Charles edward Trevelyan the new governor general of Madras Risbridge union workhouse at Kedington Suffolk The fashions for april 2nd The Hon F Lygon, MP for Tewkesbury, civil Lord of the admiralty - from a photograph by John Watkins Inauguration of the steel monument at Carlisle on the 16th Ult - HP Sketches from china - 2 half page engs - : Fixing hair a la teapot - and : Washing Linen Streets of New York - Wall street and Broadway ( the store of Messrs E V Haughwout and co) The working classes and the thinking classes News from : France, Italy, USA, German diet, India China, Australia, Cape of good hope etc| Arrival of neapolitan exiles at Paddington station The european congress London Mechanics institute Obituary of eminent persons including : Countess of Harrowby of Grosvenor square Vice admiral sir Henry Shiffner of Coombe sussex Archdeacon Walker King of rochester and Stone in Kent W K Loftus esq aboard the Tyburnia on passage home from India. Mr Prendergast QC of Norwich The Marquis of Waterford was killed after falling from his horse at Castle morris Kilkenny Theatres - The princess - The benefit for Mr Charles Kean - Henry V The mild winter of 1858 59 John Hunter Musical publications inc Balfe , Novello, Benjamin wells Herman slater Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan War instruments sir william armstrong Telegraph station threadneedle street New post office Melbourne Fashions for april The reform Bill adjourned debate Society of British arts Suffolk street The rebels at Nankin Sketches in China The streets of New York The church of st John The Baptist Perth

 

April 9th   “Little Red Riding Hood.” – Painted By Baxter – At The Exhibition Of The Society Of British Artists One Of Barras’ “Camel Corps,” Raised In Rajpootana Memorial Church At Pentre Voelas, Denbighshire The Gorilla Hindoo School Under The Portico Of A House In Poonah Statue Of “The Liberty Of The Press.” – By Geefs Prize Design For A Circus For Equestrian Performances – By Thomas Vaughan “Beggars At A Church Door At Rome.” – Painted By Mrs. Murray. – At The Exhibition Of The Institution Of Fine Arts David Wilkie – Painted By Himself. – In The National Portrait Gallery Wellington, New Zealand. – From A Photograph By Mr. Swan The Railway Suspension Bridge Over The Niagara River Reinterment Of John Hunter’s Remains In Westminster Abbey Scene Of The Recent Explosion In Hounslow Powder-Mills The West-End Railway District, London (Double Page) Drinking-Fountain To Be Erected At Islington Fountain Erected In Chester By Mr. P. Eaton One Of The Liverpool Fountains Erected By Mr. C. P. Melly Bas Relief In The Prince’s Chamber, Westminster Palace. – Meeting Of Henry VIII Of England And Francis I. Of France On The Field Of Cloth Of Gold…… The Bishop Of London Preaching In An Omnibus-Yard Aldershott Camp, Cruelty On Board The Bogota, North Kent Railway The Camel Corps In India Now Commanded By Captain Payne Barras, Late The Poonah Horse, Was Raised Last Year In Rajpootana By Captain Lucas Wellington, New Zealand Short Description Of The Town Of Wellington, Situated On The Island Of New Ulster, Or North Island, On Cook’s Strait, And On The West Shore Of Port Nicholson Memorial Church At Pentre Voelas, Denbighshire Built From The Designs Of Mr. G.G. Scott, Of London, At The Sole Expense Of C.W.G. Wynne, Esq., Of Voelas, In Memory Of His Second Son, Major Wynne, 64th Light Infantry, Who Fell At The Battle Of Inkerman……. The Gorilla. Hindoo School, Poonah The City Of Poonah Is An Important Adjunct To The Presidency Of Bombay, Short Description Of The City Statue Of The Liberty Of The Press By Geefs Prize Design For A Circus The Soane Medallion, Was Founded By Sir John Soane, This Year The Medallion Was Awarded To Mr. Thomas Vaughan, Of Stoke Newington, The Design Described The French Exhibition The Sixth Annual Exhibition Of Paintings By French Artists Artists Mentioned Include; Rosa Bonheur, Jean Leon Gerome, Frere, Jules Adolphe Breton, Louis Gallait Ministerial Explanation – Dissolution Of Parliament, East India Loan Bill The General Election “The Globe” Stated That The Prorogation May Probably Take Place In The 16th Inst., And The Dissolution Immediately After Mr. Disraeli’s Address To His Constituents The Chancellor Of The Exchequer’s Address To The Electors Of The County Of Buckingham “Portrait Of Wilkie.” Painted By Himself, Painted When Twenty-Nine Years Of Age The Railway Suspension-Bridge Over The Niagara River The Necessity Of Constructing The Great Western Railway Of Canada Was Felt By The Two Railway Companies On Each Side Of It – The New York Central And The Michigan Central The Engineer Who Designed And Carried It Out Was Mr. John A. Roebling, Of Trenton, In The State Of New York Description Given Of The Suspension-Bridge. Results From The Shrewsbury Spring Meeting And Ludlow Races Reinterment Of John Hunter’s Remains The Explosion At Hounslow Powder-Mills Messrs. Curtis And Harvey, Description Of The Works Situated In The Parish Of Twickenham The Institution Of The Fine Arts, Artists Mentioned Include; Naish, Walter Williams, Mrs. Murray, W.H. Fisk Society Of British Artists, Artists Mentioned Include; A.J. Woolmer, W. Salter, Baxter, Wainewright, Etc Italy, From Our Correspondent, Florence March 26 Transatlantic Sketches, The St. Lawrence: From Montreal To Quebec Sketches In Parliament Drinking Fountains Necessity For These Fountains In The Metropolis And Elsewhere The West-End Railway District The Locality Embraced In The Illustration Is That Which Lies Between Vauxhall And Battersea Bridges

 

April 16th Fine Arts The State of Europe Uniforms of the first West India Regiment Oak Barking The North fleet docks a coloured engraving free gratis

 

April 23rd price fivepence . 'The Speakers Levee, in the Morning Room of His Residence at The New Palace of Westminster' The Speaker of the House of Commons Official Residence (front page) 'Chess' 'The Secundra Bagh' Lucknow 'The Bailey Guard Gate' Lucknow 'Scene from Henry The Fifth at the Princess Theatre, Henry V Entering London After the Battle of Agincourt' Full page 'The Friend in Need By Miss Soloman in the Flatou Exhibition' 'Sheep in Landscape, Brittany by Rosa Bonheur' A young girl plucking flowers in a churchyard painted by 'T. Roberts' 'Sketches in China: Travelling in China, A Midday Halt' 'China: addy Stacks' 'China: The Village Elder Can Haou' 'Entertainment Given to Lord Elphinstone at Sans Souci, Near Bombay, Gateway of the Mansion Decorated for The Occasion' 'The Victorian Government Railways; Laying The First Stone of Jacksons Creek Viaduct' Australia 'Visit of Prince Alfred to Jerusalem'

 

 

April 30th   Price 5d May" An Allegorical Design By W. Harvey' (front page) Embarkation at St Johns, Newfoundland, of The Hon. John Kent, One of the Newfoundland Fishery Commissioners' a view of the harbour from the quayside 'The Clipper Sailing Barge Thames, Built for Woolwich Dockyard' Head of Adult Male and Femal Gaqur' 'The Gaour Calf' Fashions For May' includes Childs Dress, Babies Dress, and Lady's Dress Heather Bells by E. J. Cobbett' Full page print from engraving. Young girls collecting firewood etc on the moor Rook Shooting by Alfred Slader' .."Rook shooting is a favourite sport at this season of the year, and supplies employment for gun barrels and practice for the marksman's eye, which would otherwise be out of use - Near full page print from Engraving 'The Crypt Under Lambes Chapel, Monkwell Street, City' Bastion of Old London Wall in Cripplegate Churchyard' Ambulatory Round The Aisle of St Bartholomews Smithfield' Relics From Uriconium, Found in the Recent Excavations at Wroxeter' Boring Operation, near Grays Inn Lane, in Connection With The Main Drainage of The Metropolis' Neapolitan Exiles: Il Duca Castromediano Caballeno - Silvio Spaventa - Baron Carlo Poerio - Cesere Braico - Avvocata Pica' 'The Great Skiff Race on The Tyne On Tuesday Week: Arrival of Chambers (The Champion) at Scotswood Suspension Bridge' between Thomas White of Bermondsey London adn Robert Chambers of Walker Newcastle - Engraving from a sketch by Mr Thomas Whitwell Blenheim Street Newcastle on Tyne. Im not sure if the sketch was drawn from the Axwell park side or the Lemington side of the river 'Map of The City of Uriconium' 'The Deane Harding Revolver' ' Miss Edith Heraud ' A dramatic impersonator ' Chinese Artist ' a group of chinese artists at work ' The Right Hon. Sir Benjamin Hall, MP for Marylebone ' ' Edwin James, Esq MP for Marylebone' ' Ruins of Kings Newton Hall, Near Melbourne, Derbyshire, Destroyed by Fire on The 17th Inst.' ' Street Fountain near St Sepulchres Church ' The First drinking fountain in the metropolis erected by Mr Samuel Gurney MP Opening of The First Public Drinking Fountain For The Metropolis On Thursday Week' erected by Mr Samuel Gurney MP The War Reuters Telegrams Obituary of Eminent people includes: Lieut General sir Joseph THackwell died at Aghada Hall County Cork, Lieut Colonel Clarke Military Knight of Windsor The Bishop of Bangor the Right Rev Christopher Bethell DD at his Residence Bangor palace Carnarvonshire Nathaniel Griffin Esq at his house 10 Hereford Square, Old Brompton Edwin Goode Wright Esq of Hereford died at his residence in St Ownes Street Hon William Gore Sydney Lady Morgan The Right Hon Georgiana Lady Polwith died at Nice Sir Harry Dent Goring At Hotel Windsor Rue Tivoli Paris Mr W. J. Chaplin Madame Bosio at St Petersburg Mr Robert Knox Esq of Dysentery   ' The General Election ' The Neapolitan Exiles "May" An Allegorical Design By W. Harvey' (front page) Embarkation at St Johns, Newfoundland, of The Hon. John Kent, One of the Newfoundland Fishery Commissioners' 'The Clipper Sailing Barge Thames, Built for Woolwich Dockyard' Head of Adult Male and Femal Gaqur' 'The Gaour Calf' fashions For May' includes Childs Dress, Babies Dress, and Lady's Dress Heather Bells by E. J. Cobbett' Full page. Young girls collecting firewood etc on the moor Rook Shooting by Alfred Slader' .."Rook shooting is a favourite sport at this season of the year, and supplies employment for gun barrels and practice for the marksman's eye, which would otherwise be out of use 'The Crypt Under Lambes Chapel, Monkwell Street, City' Bastion of Old London Wall in Cripplegate Churchyard' Ambulatory Round The Aisle of St Bartholomews Smithfield' Relics From Uriconium, Found in the Recent Excavations at Wroxeter' Boring Operation, near Grays Inn Lane, in Connection With The Main Drainage of The Metropolis' Neapolitan Exiles: Il Duca Castromediano Caballeno - Silvio Spaventa - Baron Carlo Poerio - Cesere Braico - Avvocata Pica' 'The Great Skiff Race on The Tyne On Tuesday Week: Arrival of Chambers (The Champion) at Scotswood Suspension Bridge' 'Map of The City of Uriconium' 'The Deane Harding Revolver' 'Miss Edith Heraud' A dramatic impersonator Chinese Artist' 'the Right Hon. Sir Benjamin Hall, MP for Marylebone' Edwin James, Esq MP for Marylebone' Ruins of Kings Newton Hall, Near Melbourne, Derbyshire, Destroyed by Fire on The 17th Inst.' Street Fountain near St Sepulchres Church' Opening of The First Public Drinking Fountain For The Metropolis On Thursday Week' erected by Mr Samuel Gurney MP The war and the conference The War between Russia and Turkey Royal geographical society at regent street meeting Army clothing Ruskin on Architecture Obituary : The Rev Dr Harrington, Cod liver oiled used as lamp oil Opening of railway communications with Hereford New burial grounds regulations New from Ireland Life at the Diggings - Eagle hawk Australia The corporation of London - Mismanagement of the river Meteorological observations results

 

 

May 7th   Turin, the Seat of The Sardinian Monarchy' (front page) 'The Late Madame Bosio' 'The May Garland By Harrison Weir' ladies and children tending to a beautiful cottage garden - near fullpage 'The Trumpeter by John Gilbert' full page 'Marie Antoinette Listening to The Act of Accusation The Day Before Her Trial by E. M. Ward' Large half page 'The New Steam Frigate " Mersey " 40 Guns' wonderful full page 'The Virgin Adoring The Infant Saviour by Ghirlandajo' 'The Bluecoat Boys at The Mansion House on Easter Tuesday' 'Departure of French Troops for taly, A French Regiment on The Line Leaving te Prince Eugene Barracks, Paris' half page 'Zouaves Quitting Versailles by Torchlight' half page 'Map of Northern Italy, The Seat of The War' with Corsica.- inset picture of Turin 'Mdle. Lotti, Prima Donna At The Royal Italian Opera' ' Junglar - The Fighting Tiger of The Late King of Oude ' The Three Manifestos' 'Foreign and Colonial News' 'The Revolution in Tuscany' Demonstrations at Rome 'Metropolitan News' The Cape of Good Hope Sardinia Angiolina Bosio Literature : book reviews including A Years Campaigning in India by Captain Medley - A Popular History Of America by Mary Howitt - Memoirs Of Bartholomew Fair by Henry Morley - Popular Tales From The Norse by George Webb Dasent   Will of the late Marquis of Bristol Frederick William   The London Hospital Preservation of life from Shipwreck (RNLI) Cambridge asylum for Soldiers Widows The Talking Fish Christs Hospital Newgate street Laying the corner stone of St Phillip's (Hulme) The seat of War in Italy Departure of Frech Troops for Sardinia The Fighting Tiger 'Naval and Military'   'Obituary of Eminent Persons includes: Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Bart of St Johns Lodge, Regents Park Sir Harry Dent Goring of Highden Sussex Mr Charles Barry Baldwin at Paris Arthur Abercromby Esq of Glassaugh, Banffshire'   'The New Parliament - a list of Members Returned For the Boroughs of England and Wales' 'Working Women'

 

 

May 14th Front page - Reading the Emperors manifesto to the French People Giorno di Mercato , Lago Maggiore Alessandria

 

 

 

May 21st     'The War: Arrival of The Second Division of The 4th Corps of French Troops at Modane, Savoy, on the 3rd Inst from a sketch by J. A. Beauce' (front page) 'The Late Baron Alexander Von HUmboldt' (top border of this page cropped slightly, not affecting text 'The Late Duke of Leeds' - 'The Gardens of The Palace of the Dey of Algiers, A Scene from Asmodeus or the Devil on Two Sticks at the New Adelphi theatre' 'The War: The Departure of The Emperor Napoleon From Paris, The Imperial Cortege Passsing Through The Rue de Rivoli on Its Way to The Lyons Railway' Full page 'The War: Embarkation of Zouaves at Marseilles' 'Marshal Randon, The New French Minister of War' 'Site of a Proposed Camp at Woolmer Forest' 'Buttercups and Daisies from a Design by James Godwin' 'Carnarvon Castle, North Wales by Edward Richardson' 'The Start - One, Two, Three and Away! by W. Hemsley' Boys at the start of a race 'The Feast of Roses by H. Tidey' ' Interior of The Church of St Lawrence, Nuremberg painted by S. Read' Full page 'Chess' 'Promised Land, Winner of the Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket' 'The War: Bridge Over The River Po, at Turin Neutrality; And the Volunteers' 'Foreign and colonial News' 'Naval and Military Intelligence' 'Country News includes A Man Slowly Roasted at Llewycoed lime kilns near Aberdare, William Thomas was feeding the kiln when he fell in. Jury returned a verdict of accidental death! 'The Court' 'War Notes, roclamation of British Neutality' 'The War' 'Latest Intelligence' 'Obituary of Eminent Persons includes Sir Robert Williames Vaughan, Bart - Sir Henry Meredyth, Bart of Carlandstown - Sir Arthur Ingram Aston at his seat Aston Hall 'The Revolution in Tuscany Modane Savoy in Italy - Arrival of The Second Division of The 4th Corps of French Troops, on the 3rd Inst from a sketch by J. A. Beauce ' front page engraving showing a view of a busy street in the town, a fountain on the junction of Rue St Barbe where a lady is getting water - soldiers and local people milling around the streets in the foreground with the mountains in the background - info. La Vieille Fontaine Modane Rue Sainte Barbe now Savoi region of France ' The Late Baron Alexander Von HUmboldt ' German naturalist and explorer ' The Late Duke of Leeds ' in the uniform of The North York Militia Rifles . ' The Gardens of The Palace of the Dey of Algiers - A Scene from Asmodeus or the Devil on Two Sticks at the New Adelphi theatre ' ' The War: The Departure of The Emperor Napoleon From Paris, The Cortege Passsing Through The Rue de Rivoli on Its Way to The Lyons Railway ' Full page print from engraving from a "Sketch by T. Cornilliet ' Embarkation of Zouaves at Marseilles ' near full page print from engraving - an assorted bunch of soldiers and lookers on at La Joliette - the zouaves being teased playfully by a crowd ' The New French Minister of War - Marshal Randon ' . ' Site of a Proposed Camp at Woolmer Forest ' near Bordon in Hampshire - an engraving showing a view of a pond 'Buttercups and Daisies from a Design by James Godwin ' a country scene ' Carnarvon Castle in North Wales by Edward Richardson ' ' The Start - One, Two, Three and Away! by W. Hemsley ' Boys at the start of a race with cottages in the back ground ' The Feast of Roses by H. Tidey ' ' Interior of The Church of St Lawrence, Nuremberg painted by S. Read ' Full page engraving 'Chess' ' Mister W. Day 's " Promised Land " - Winner of the Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket ' with A. Day up ' Turin - Bridge Over The River Po ' Italy Neutrality; And the Volunteers Foreign and colonial News - France, Austria, Prussia, Germany, Russia, Spain, The Papal States, USA -o the death of Right Rev. George Washington Doaje, Bishop of New Jersey at his Residence at Burlington, Canada, Australia, India Naval and Military Intelligence . Country News - A Man Slowly Roasted at Llewycoed lime kilns near Aberdare, William Thomas was feeding the kiln when he fell in. Jury returned a verdict of accidental death The Court War Notes The War Latest Intelligence TheWeather - Results of Meteorological Observations at the Kew Observatory   Wills and Bequests: William James Chaplin Esq of 2 Hyde park Gardens, Miss Jane Clarke the Court Milliner of 170 Regent Street and of Bold Street Liverpool, Lady Domvile of Ashburton House, Putney .   Obituary of Eminent Persons: Sir Robert Williames Vaughan of Nanau County Merioneth, Sir Henry Meredyth, Bart of Carlandstown Co. Meath, Sir Arthur Ingram Aston at his seat Aston Hall,   Announcement of the Death of Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy The Revolution in Tuscany

 

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