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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE WAR IN SCHLESWIG BY OUR SPECIAL ARTIST: THE DANNEWERK, REDOUBT NO. 10, 1864. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Illustrations of the War in Schleswig by our special artist: the Dannewerk, Redoubt No. 10, 1864. '...view of the Redoubt No. 10, commanding the road and line of railway, from which a party of men are clearing away the snow [on] this famous rampart. The Danes were obliged...to abandon it and retire northward, on the evening of Feb. 5...the fate of the Dannewerk was to be ingloriously lost...The Austrian and Prussian commanders have taken counsel together for the final demolition of this huge double line of fortified earthworks, which extends from near the town of Schleswig, on the eastern side of the duchy, to the river Treen, some miles above its confluence with the Eider, on the western coast...when the western districts of South Schleswig are flooded the only road from that country to Middle Schleswig is that passing under the batteries of the Dannewerk. Denmark, by her own strength, has not been able to hold fast this door against the German invaders...The Dannewerk batteries are being disarmed, and seventy or eighty pieces of heavy artillery divided between the Austrians and Prussians...a hundred of the Austrian Sappers, with the assistance of four hundred labourers, commenced the demolition of the ramparts on Monday last (Feb. 22)'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. Illustrations of the War in Schleswig by our special artist: the Dannewerk, Redoubt No. 10, 1864. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609546908
PRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF GLASGOW TO THE RT. HON. W.E. GLADSTONE...CITY HALL, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Presentation of the Freedom of the City of Glasgow to the Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone, in the City Hall, 1865. 'The hall was, of course, filled with spectators in every part...At two o'clock Mr. Gladstone [Chancellor of the Exchequer and future Prime Minister], accompanied by the Lord Provost, appeared on the platform, and was received with loud and continuous cheering. The Lord Provost, in presenting the freedom of the city to the right hon. gentleman, referred to the distinguished services which Mr. Gladstone had rendered to the country, and the important changes which he had effected in our financial system for the relief of our home trade and manufactures. An address having been read by the Town Clerk, the freedom of the city, inclosed in a massive gold box...was presented by the Lord Provost to the right hon. gentleman, who, on receiving it, warmly shook hands with the chief magistrate, and then turned to address the meeting, by whom he was received with loud and long-continued cheering. The audience rose to greet him, and for some moments there was a complete ovation, the ladies in the gallery waving their handkerchiefs, and the gentlemen their hats. Silence having at length been restored, Mr. Gladstone delivered his speech'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. Presentation of the Freedom of the City of Glasgow to the Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone...City Hall, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609546882
THE RIGHT HON. BENJAMIN SAMUEL PHILLIPS, THE NEW LORD MAYOR OF LONDON, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Right Hon. Benjamin Samuel Phillips, the new Lord Mayor of London, 1865. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. Mayall. 'Mr. Phillips...has been a member of the Common Council nearly twenty years, his first appearance there dating as far back as the year 1847, when he was returned as representative of the ward of Farringdon Within. He was at that time thirty-six years of age, and one of the firm of Faudel, Phillips, and Sons, Newgate-street, importers and manufacturers of embroidery and fancy wools, of which firm he is now the head. In his commercial dealings Mr. Phillips had proved himself to be endowed with great common-sense, tact, and judgment, while his business habits and unblemished reputation for integrity, as well as the interest he took in public affairs, recommended him to the confidence of his neighbours as a candidate for their representation in the City councils...Being a member of the Jewish persuasion, and the first Jew admitted into the municipality of London, he will be the second Lord Mayor of that faith, the first being Alderman Salomons. He has more than once shown his practical sympathy with the wants of his brethren, as well as those of every other denomination. He is a member of the Spectacle Makers' Company'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. The Right Hon. Benjamin Samuel Phillips, the new Lord Mayor of London, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609546857
THE SHIP GLAD TIDINGS, WITH A CARGO OF AMERICAN COTTON, ENTERING THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL, 1865. CREATOR: SMYTH.
The ship Glad Tidings, with a cargo of American cotton, entering the port of Liverpool, 1865. 'The reopening of the American cotton trade this summer has been hailed with grateful joy by many thousands of the working population of Lancashire, and cannot be regarded otherwise than as a great and happy deliverance for the cotton-manufacturing districts of England, irrespective of the results of the Northern victory in the United States, whether as putting an end to the miseries of civil war or as procuring the abolition of negro slavery. It may be presumed that it was by way of expressing congratulation and sympathy with these feelings that the owners of some of the vessels which have lately arrived with cargoes of cotton in the port of Liverpool have thought proper to give them such names as "The Glad Tidings," a ship of that name having entered the Mersey from one of the American ports not many days ago. We present an Illustration of this vessel, with another called "The Freedom," also bringing American cotton, which arrived an hour or two before. We may receive their arrival as an auspicious token of future peace and liberty for America, as well as of prosperous commercial intercourse between America and Britain'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. The ship Glad Tidings, with a cargo of American cotton, entering the port of Liverpool, 1865. Creator: Smyth. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609546793
THE FUNERAL OF LORD PALMERSTON: ARRIVAL OF THE HEARSE AT THE WEST DOOR OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Funeral of Lord Palmerston: arrival of the hearse at the West Door of Westminster Abbey, 1865. 'The funeral procession...slowly entered the Broad Sanctuary and set down the appointed personages, the coffin, and the mourners, at the principal door...The mayors and aldermen, who mostly wore their robes, and were, in some cases, attended by their macebearers or ushers, were admitted as fast as they arrived...The volunteers kept the ground, formed in a double line from the Westminster Hospital across to the Crimean monument of the Westminster scholars, opposite the door of Dean's-yard. The great bell of the Abbey was continually tolling, and summoning the thoughts of the people to the stern fact of death, ever relentlessly repeating, like a fatal monosyllable, the same deep, unmistakable tone. Several thousand persons, of both sexes, of all ages, and of different classes, filled the whole available space and saw the proudly-decorated hearse stop at the Abbey door; they saw the crimson coffin lifted out and covered with that large black and white pall of velvet and satin, which some of the most illustrious men in England stood ready to bear. Then it was carried into the Abbey, at the door of which it was received by Dean Stanley...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. The Funeral of Lord Palmerston: arrival of the hearse at the West Door of Westminster Abbey, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609546748
THE FUNERAL OF LORD PALMERSTON: THE CLERGY RECEIVING THE BODY AT...WESTMINSTER ABBEY, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Funeral of Lord Palmerston: the clergy receiving the body at the West Door of Westminster Abbey, 1865. 'The central part of the floor of the nave was kept clear and open for the procession to pass up from the west door to the transept, but the side aisles were filled with a closely-packed congregation, aal dressed in black, amongst whom the nearest to the coffin, as it was borne along, were thirty or forty of Lord Palmerston's servants and farm-labourers, with some of his tenants from Romsey and elsewhere, who had come to London that morning on purpose to attend the funeral...The great bell of the Abbey was continually tolling, and summoning the thoughts of the people to the stern fact of death, ever relentlessly repeating, like a fatal monosyllable, the same deep, unmistakable tone. Several thousand persons, of both sexes, of all ages, and of different classes, filled the whole available space and saw the proudly-decorated hearse stop at the Abbey door; they saw the crimson coffin lifted out and covered with that large black and white pall of velvet and satin, which some of the most illustrious men in England stood ready to bear. Then it was carried into the Abbey, at the door of which it was received by Dean Stanley...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. The Funeral of Lord Palmerston: the clergy receiving the body at...Westminster Abbey, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609546738
STATUE OF THE LATE RIGHT HON. JAMES WILSON, FINANCE MINISTER FOR INDIA, J. STEELL...CALCUTTA, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Statue of the late Right Hon. James Wilson, Finance Minister for India, by J. Steell, R.S.A, to be erected at Calcutta, 1865. 'A statue of the late Right Hon. James Wilson, one of the Secretaries of her Majesty's Treasury, and sometime Secretary to the Finance Department of the Government of India, has been executed by Mr. John Steell, R.S.A...Shortly after the melancholy death of Mr. Wilson, whose great administrative abilities had just begun to tell on the financial affairs of India when he was prematurely taken away, a subscription was entered into among the merchants of Calcutta for a memorial which should express the public sense entertained of his brief but valuable services...Mr. John Steell...has performed his task, as our Illustration will show, with remarkable success. The figure is a little larger than life, and has been cut from a fine block of Carrara marble. Mr. Wilson is represented in the act of expounding some of his schemes, and the expression of the face conveys the idea that he has just put forward some argument, and is pausing to observe its effect on those to whom he speaks. The attitude is erect, the left foot slightly advanced, and over the shoulders is loosely thrown a cloak, which falls in graceful folds behind'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. Statue of the late Right Hon. James Wilson, Finance Minister for India, J. Steell...Calcutta, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609546733
BUST OF THE LATE MR. BUNNING, CITY ARCHITECT, BY JOSEPH DURHAM, F.S.A...CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Bust of the late Mr. Bunning, City Architect, by Joseph Durham, F.S.A., erected at the City of London School, 1865. 'A memorial tablet and bust have been erected in the western entrance-hall of the City of London School, in honour of the late Mr. Bunning, City architect, whose professional services to the Corporation began with his design for that building...The monument consists of a white Carrara marble bust...The features are easily recognisable by those acquainted with Mr. Bunning, more especially in the earlier period of his career; and although the sculptor, Mr. Joseph Durham, was obliged to depend upon a photograph and upon recollection for guidance, he has given to this production of his skill an excellent likeness and a thoughtful and pleasing expression. The tablet bears the following inscription: "Erected by the Corporation of London, as a tribute of respect to the memory of James Bunstone Bunning, Esq., F.S.A., who designed this school, and for upwards of twenty years was the City architect. He maintained through life a character for high professional talent, and left behind him an unblemished reputation and an honoured name. Born Oct., 1802; died, Nov. 1863".' From "Illustrated London News", 1865. Bust of the late Mr. Bunning, City Architect, by Joseph Durham, F.S.A...City of London School, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609546707
THE FALL OF THE REICHENBACH...FARNLEY HALL COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS BY J.M.W. TURNER, R.A., 1865. CREATOR: W. J. LINTON.
The Fall of the Reichenbach, from the Farnley Hall Collection of drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1865. Engraving of a photograph of a drawing. The subject '...has no adventitious or extrinsic interest: we select it only as a representation of a well-known and remarkable scene, and as one of the most powerfully-painted and impressive drawings of the series...Here we have the great fall and also several of the series of cascades by which the torrent gains the valley, far beneath, of Grindelwald. From the natural division of the scene, in the point of view chosen, into two nearly equal parallel masses, and the central position of the fall, arise a degree of symmetry rarely seen in Turner's compositions; yet, we are not sure that this does not give as it were a more epical fulness and framing to the story of the fall...Everything converges towards the torrent; everything leads the attention to track its course up to the mountain region where its mysterious source lies cradled in snow and swathed in mist, and whence, with growing strength, full of fierce young life, it escapes, bursting, with roar and shout, through the barriers of the giant precipices, which, with their proud phalanx of bristling pines'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. The Fall of the Reichenbach...Farnley Hall Collection of drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1865. Creator: W. J. Linton. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609546683
A SNOWSTORM ON MONT CENIS...FARNLEY HALL COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS BY J.M.W. TURNER, R.A., 1865. CREATOR: W. J. LINTON.
A Snowstorm on Mont Cenis, from the Farnley Hall Collection of drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1865. Engraving of a photograph of a drawing, dated 1820, described by John Ruskin: 'The scene is on the summit of the pass, close to the hospice...This building, about 400 or 500 yards off, is seen in a dim, ashy grey, against the light, which, by help of a violent blast of mountain wind, has broken through the depth of clouds which hang upon the crags. There is no sky...nothing but this roof of drifting cloud; but neither is there any weight of darkness; the high air is too thin for it, all savage, howling, and luminous with cold, the massy bases of the granite hills jutting out here and there grimly through the snow wreaths. There is a desolate-looking refuge on the left...a diligence in front, whose horses, unable to face the wind, have turned right round with fright, its passengers, struggling to escape, jammed in the window; a little farther on is another carriage off the road, some figures pushing at its wheels and its driver at the horses' heads, pulling and lashing with all his strength, his lifted arm stretched out against the light of the distance, though too far off for the whip to be seen'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. A Snowstorm on Mont Cenis...Farnley Hall Collection of drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1865. Creator: W. J. Linton. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609546676
A FIRST-RATE TAKING IN STORES...FARNLEY HALL COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS BY J.M.W. TURNER, R.A., 1865. CREATOR: W. J. LINTON.
A First-Rate Taking in Stores, from the Farnley Hall Collection of drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1865. One of '...the admirable photographs, by Messrs. Caldesi and Co...from the collection of Turner drawings in the possession of Mr. F. H. Fawkes - the finest series of water-colour drawings by our great English landscape-painter belonging to any private gallery..."The First-Rate Taking in Stores," is...instanced by Mr. Ruskin as illustrating Turner's marvellous rapidity of execution as well as memory...It represents a section of the hull of a three-decker from stem to stern, her bows towards the spectator, with her tiers of portholes and guns, anchors and hawsers, part of her stern gallery, her chains and running and standing rigging to the lower spars all elaborately detailed, and as the whole would be seen towering...an ordinary boat; together with a couple of shore boats delivering stores, looking like toys against her huge flank; another running before the wind...The men-of-war and small craft, the sky; the sea, agitated by wind and tide, and fretting into foam against the swelling, inert, half-wet, and glistening mass of the great hull in the foreground - all seem equally studied directly from nature'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. A First-Rate Taking in Stores...Farnley Hall Collection of drawings by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1865. Creator: W. J. Linton. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RMc) 609546653
THE COURS NOLIVOS, OR PUBLIC PROMENADE OF BASSETERRE, GUADALOUPE, FRENCH WEST INDIES, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Cours Nolivos, or Public Promenade of Basseterre, Guadaloupe, French West Indies, 1865. Engraving of a sketch showing '...the public promenade, named the Cours Nolivos, after the Count de Nolivos, who was Governor of the colony in 1765 and who planted the avenue of tamarind-trees which here afforded such an agreeable shelter till they were uprooted by the late storm...The French West Indies, consisting of Guadaloupe and Martinique, with the smaller islands attached to these, have a total population of 300,000, three fourths of it being of negro race...The most valuable products of Guadaloupe are sugar, coffee, and cotton; the scenery in some parts is very picturesque, and the climate generally salubrious and pleasant. It is remarkable that neither serpents nor any kind of venomous insects are to be found in the forests of Guadaloupe; this exemption of the country from the plague of reptiles may probably be accounted for by some peculiarity of the soil or the atmosphere...Basseterre, the seat of Government,...is a town of 9000 persons, situated at the foot of the volcanic mountain called the Soufrière, and having an open harbour or road, protected by Port Richepance and several batteries'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. The Cours Nolivos, or Public Promenade of Basseterre, Guadaloupe, French West Indies, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609546648
THE ISLE OF MUSSOWAH, IN THE RED SEA, THE HEAD-QUARTERS OF THE ABYSSINIAN RELIEF MISSION, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Isle of Mussowah, in the Red Sea, the head-quarters of the Abyssinian Relief Mission, 1865. Engraving from a sketch by Lieutenant S. S. Jacob, of the Bombay Staff Corps, Assistant Engineer at Aden, of '...the head-quarters, at present, of the Special Mission sent to effect the release of the Abyssinian captives and the place where Consul Cameron used to reside...Mussowah,...belonging now to the dominions of the Pacha of Egypt, is an island, about half a mile long and a quarter of a mile broad, only a few hundred yards from the African coast. Like many other islands in the Red Sea, it is of coral formation, and elevated from 12 to 20 ft. above the level of the sea. There is not a spring of water to be found in the island; not a tree or blade of grass for the eye to rest on. Half the island is used as a Mussulman burying-ground, near which is the Roman Catholic chapel, shown to the left (the east). Christians are not allowed to bury on the island, but find a resting-place for their dead in another island (Tawil Oude) shown at the extreme right...The other half of Mussowah is inhabited, but the few miserable houses and mat huts comprise the whole town...Turkish steamers run from Suez to Jeddah, whence native boats come across to Mussowah'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. The Isle of Mussowah, in the Red Sea, the head-quarters of the Abyssinian Relief Mission, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609546558
ABYSSINIAN HORNBILL, WHITE-NECKED CROW, AND SMALL HORNBILL, ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, REGENT’S PARK, 1865. CREATOR: DALZIEL BROTHERS.
Abyssinian Hornbill, White-Necked Crow, and Small Hornbill, Zoological Society, Regent's Park, 1865. African birds. 'The large, gaunt-looking bird, [foreground], and companions of which are seen in various positions on the rocks behind and in the air above, is one of the strange family of hornbills - the Bucerotidae of naturalists. Departing widely from the usual habits of his congeners, which are generally forest-lovers and fruit-eaters, the ground hornbill, as its name indicates, inhabits the open districts of inner Africa, and lives on insects and reptiles...The example in the...Society's possession may be generally seen either stalking about on the floor or perched upon the summit of a tree in the roomy aviary in which he is kept...The figure on the tree in the right-hand corner is that of a small and very elegant member of the same group of birds - the red-billed hornbill (Toccus erythrorhynchus). This is a native of Western Africa, where it resorts to the forests, and lives probably altogether on fruit...The white-usped crow (Corvus albicollis), which is shown perched on the trunk of the tree...[is] a scarce bird in captivity; the present specimen...being believed to be the first example of this bird ever brought alive to this country'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. Abyssinian Hornbill, White-Necked Crow, and Small Hornbill, Zoological Society, Regent’s Park, 1865. Creator: Dalziel Brothers. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609546543
TESTIMONIAL TO MR. W. JACKSON...FROM THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE FLORENCE AND PISTOJA RAILWAY, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Testimonial to Mr. W. Jackson, of Birkenhead, from the shareholders of the Florence and Pistoja [Pistoia] Railway, 1865. 'A magnificent silver dessert service...manufactured by Mr. Joseph Mayer...for presentation to Mr. William Jackson, M.P. for South Derbyshire...The gift consists of a plateau...ornamented with wreaths of laurel; on this stands a very beautiful centrepiece, with six fruit stands and two flower-stands. The centrepiece acts as a rose-water fountain, and, by a mechanical contrivance in the body of the piece, the water is made to flow from the jug into the cup held by a figure of Hebe, and thence into the two basins beneath, producing an effect at once pleasing and novel. At the base are seated two...river gods, emblematic of the Po and the Amo, rivers of North Italy. The fruit and flower stands are formed of richly-chased scrolls, supporting engraved and cut-glass dishes; and on the base of each are several beautifully-modelled figures - Psyche, Venus, and Circe - copied from the works of some of the most eminent Italian sculptors, thus giving an artistic and local interest to the entire composition. Accompanying the above pieces are two candelabra of nine branches, each richly chased in scrolls'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. Testimonial to Mr. W. Jackson...from the shareholders of the Florence and Pistoja Railway, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609546538
FESTIVITIES AT KILKENNY CASTLE ON THE COMING OF AGE OF THE MARQUIS OF ORMONDE, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Festivities at Kilkenny Castle [in Ireland] on the Coming of Age of the Marquis of Ormonde, 1865. To celebrate '...the young Lord's twenty-first birthday...there was a grand display of fireworks on the castle-lawn...by arrangement of a committee of the citizens. It was supplied by Mr. J. Lawrence, of Dublin, and consisted of various water-rockets, fire-fountains, and other devices; also a beautiful horizontal wheel, discharging coloured stars in every direction, which was floated on a raft in the river, with wonderful effect. The aerial fireworks included rockets of every possible description, shells of golden rain, and coloured stars. The whole concluded with a magnificent motto-piece displaying the words, "Long live the House of Ormonde," in large letters of fire, which changed colours as if by magic. Our Illustration shows the effect of the fireworks in the college-lawn, with the castle in the background and the river in the middle distance. We understand that the Marchioness of Ormonde gave an order for the distribution of 5s. and 8lb. of beef to every labourer on the Ormonde property. Her Ladyship also sent a gratuity of £1 each to the inmates of the Ormonde Hospital'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. Festivities at Kilkenny Castle on the Coming of Age of the Marquis of Ormonde, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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