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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) 609539842
TEMPORARY BRIDGE OVER THE THAMES AT BLACKFRIARS, 1864. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Temporary bridge over the Thames at Blackfriars, [London], 1864. 'Old Blackfriars Bridge, which has been for some time in a very crazy condition, must speedily be rebuilt; and, as the closing of such an important thoroughfare would be attended with most serious inconvenience..., the Corporation of the city of London very properly determined upon having a temporary structure erected for the purpose...Its position is between the new bridge in process of being made for the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, situated but a few yards east of it, and the old Blackfriars Bridge...What with the great wooden props required to sustain the old tumble-down bridge, and the numerous piles, pieces of scaffolding, steam-engines, iron columns, stone piers, and other erections and appliances required for the works in question, the river steamers and the heavily laden barges which navigate thus high have a difficult time of it...To an inexperienced eye the posts, and cross-beams, and piles on every hand must appear an almost impenetrable maze...The temporary bridge... consists principally of a timber viaduct... It is calculated that the temporary bridge at Blackfriars may not be exchanged for the new permanent one for, perhaps, three years to come'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. Temporary bridge over the Thames at Blackfriars, 1864. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609486020
THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN DIFFICULTY: TRIUMPHAL ENTRY OF PRINCE FREDERICK..., HOLSTEIN, 1864. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: triumphal entry of Prince Frederick of Augustenburg into Kiel, Holstein, 1864. 'The news of...[the Prince's] arrival spread like wildfire through the town, and all the inhabitants, headed by the municipal authorities, flocked to the terminus to welcome him. The progress of the Duke through the town was a triumphal procession. He and those who accompanied him had to pass through a perfect shower of flowers on their way through the streets...The Duke rode bareheaded, and repeatedly thanked the people on all sides for the reception accorded him. At six in the evening the illumination began, and in half an hour Kiel was resplendent with light. At half-past eight the Duke rode through the town in a carriage, having with him Count Louis Reventlow (who has been his resident Minister at Hamburg for some time) and two of the local senators, while the crowds around the carriage increased each instant, and each instant the roar of their cheers, mingled with the national songs, became louder and louder. At times the progress of the carriage became stopped by the throng; but, after a tour which lasted for an hour, the Duke returned to the place whence he set out'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: triumphal entry of Prince Frederick..., Holstein, 1864. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609485470
TURNPIKE-GATES IN AND NEAR LONDON JUST DEMOLISHED: KENSINGTON GATE, 1864. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Turnpike-gates in and near London just demolished: Kensington Gate, 1864. 'This week has witnessed the abolition of turnpike toll' obstructions upon fifty miles of road in and about London on the Middlesex side of the Thames. It was many years ago that the agitation for their removal commenced, and the Illustrated London News then took the lead in advocating this important matter of social and economical reform. We have therefore thought it worth while to engrave Sketches of some of the tollgates which have been so familiar to every Londoner's eye, and which, having partly disappeared in the last few weeks, are henceforward to be utterly demolished. The City-road gate and the Islington gate, which were situated amidst a dense population, with the gates of Kensington and Notting-hill, which barred free communication with the western suburbs and villages beyond, have been selected for these Illustrations. Under the "Metropolis Turnpike Road Act Amendment" (which takes effect from the 1st of July), twenty-five toll-gates and fifty-six side bars are done away with...We congratulate the whole metropolis upon the abatement of this nuisance, and hope soon to record its total extirpation on the Surrey as well as the Middlesex side of the river'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. Turnpike-gates in and near London just demolished: Kensington Gate, 1864. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609485170
THE QUEEN'S HIGHWAY IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, BY J. HAYLLAR..., 1864. CREATOR: W THOMAS.
The Queen's Highway in the Sixteenth Century, by J. Hayllar, in the Winter Exhibition at the gallery of the Institute of Painters in Water-colours, 1864. Engraving of a painting. ' "The journey was marvellous for ease and expedition, for such is the perfect evenness of the new highway, her Highnes left the coach only once, whilst the hinds and folk of a base sort lifted it on with their poles." So, then, to have the extremely rare luxury of vehicular conveyance - if, indeed, it were such before the invention of steel carriage springs, and some two centuries before Mr. M'Adam made, at Bristol, the first solid road since the time of the Romans - to have, we say, locomotive aid in the form of a coach and to become firmly embedded to the axletrees in mud "only once" on a short journey, was considered in the "merrie England" of the days of "good Queen Bess" something so wonderful that the solitary mishap here represented seems to have been regarded rather as an agrément de voyage...The Queen has, we see, sprung over the ruts, and now trips forward, under a lowering, watery sky, no-wise disconcerted, surprised, or angry, followed by her laughing maids of honour, and leaving footmen, hinds, and mounted attendants to extricate the coach'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. The Queen's Highway in the Sixteenth Century, by J. Hayllar..., 1864. Creator: W Thomas. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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