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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) 609545260
CUTTING THE FIRST TURF OF THE GREAT SOUTHERN RAILWAY AT CHRISTCHURCH, CANTERBURY, NEW ZEALAND, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Cutting the First Turf of the Great Southern Railway at Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, 1865. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. W. B. Jones. '...the Great Southern Railway...is to traverse the great plains extending southwards, as far as the rising port and town of Timaru, about 120 miles from Christchurch, and thence, still further south, to the province of Otago, with its rich gold-fields. The ceremony was performed by Mrs. Bealey, wife of his Honour the Superintendent of the Province, on the Queen's birthday, May 24, in a paddock near the Christchurch railway station...The hills in the distance are those which shut in the head of Port Cooper, separating Lyttelton from the inland countr...after turning the turf, with the help of Mr. Richardson, Mrs. Bealey placed it in the wheelbarrow with her spade, and wheeled it along a plank to the appointed place. The weather was delightfully fine for this time of year; but as May in New Zealand corresponds with an English November, it was cold, with a sharp south-westerly wind; nevertheless, this occasion brought together a goodly concourse of people, and, with the cavalry and volunteers, who had mustered their best in honour of her Majesty, they made quite an imposing sight'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. Cutting the First Turf of the Great Southern Railway at Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609543768
THE INDO-EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH: ELPHINSTONE INLET, PERSIAN GULF, WITH A VIEW OF THE FORT, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Indo-European Telegraph: Elphinstone Inlet, Persian Gulf, with a view of the Fort, 1865. From a sketch by Lieut. Hewett, commanding the gun-boat Clyde. 'The chief importance of the work was centred in the manufacture and laying of the enormous mass of cable, nearly 1500 miles in length...The first section from Gwadur to Mussendom, a barren promontory at the entrance to the Persian Gulf...was completed in the course of the month - a station being established upon an island in Elphinstone Inlet, long the resort of the piratical Arab craft which used to infest the Persian Gulf until it was placed in the charge of the Indian Navy, now the busy transmitting station of the telegraph to India...the inlet...extends in a winding course for ten miles from the entrance. On the island is the station, supplied with all the requirements of a first-class telegraph station, with the most improved telegraphic apparatus by Messrs. Siemens. There are, in addition, comfortable buildings for the signallers, who were selected here, as at other stations on the line, from among the best operators on the staff of the telegraph companies...public messages are being daily flashed between all parts of the civilized world and the chief cities of our Indian empire'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. The Indo-European Telegraph: Elphinstone Inlet, Persian Gulf, with a view of the Fort, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609543758
THE INDO-EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH: MUSSENDOM STATION, ELPHINSTONE INLET, PERSIAN GULF, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Indo-European Telegraph: Mussendom Station, Elphinstone Inlet, Persian Gulf, 1865. From a sketch by Lieut. Hewett, of the gun-boat Clyde. 'The chief importance of the work was centred in the manufacture and laying of the enormous mass of cable, nearly 1500 miles in length, and weighing upwards of 5000 tons, which was constructed under the careful supervision of the engineers, at the works of the Gutta-Percha Company...the laying of the cable...commenced at Gwadur...under the superintendence of Sir Charles Bright...The first section from Gwadur to Mussendom, a barren promontory at the entrance to the Persian Gulf...was completed in the course of the month - a station being established upon an island in Elphinstone Inlet, long the resort of the piratical Arab craft which used to infest the Persian Gulf until it was placed in the charge of the Indian Navy, now the busy transmitting station of the telegraph to India...On the 25th of March, the section between Mussendom and Bushire was completed, and on the 5th of April the communication between Kurrachee [Karachi] and the head of the gulf at Fao...was finally established...messages are being daily flashed between all parts of the civilized world and the chief cities of our Indian empire'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. The Indo-European Telegraph: Mussendom Station, Elphinstone Inlet, Persian Gulf, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609540432
THE BRADFIELD RESERVOIR, NEAR SHEFFIELD: THE GAP IN THE DALE DYKE EMBANKMENT..., 1864. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Bradfield Reservoir, near Sheffield: the gap in the Dale Dyke embankment - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. Scene of '...a terrible disaster...involving the sudden destruction of several hundred human lives...[due to] the bursting of the Sheffield Water Company's reservoir at Bradfield...We see what a gap was made [at] the Dale Dyke Embankment, clean cut away from the hill on each side...we may try to conceive the sudden outpouring by this channel of a hundred millions of cubic feet of water - that is, two million tons weight of water all discharged at once into the valleys below! This is the quantity, as near as it can be estimated, the reservoir, when quite full, containing 113,000,000 cubic feet...This cataract rushed down into the Loxley Valley, and...spread out over the lowlands and nether valleys...overturning everything in its way - factories, workshops, and cottages where people lay quietly in their beds. Laden with fragments of the ruined houses, pieces of furniture, and dead human bodies, the flood poured into the River Don...more than a hundred dead bodies which had been picked up when the flood subsided, or dug cut of the mud or the ruins, were exposed to the public view at the Sheffield workhouse'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. The Bradfield Reservoir, near Sheffield: the gap in the Dale Dyke embankment..., 1864. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609486065
OPENING OF THE CAPE TOWN AND WELLINGTON RAILWAY: ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST TRAIN..., 1864. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Opening of the Cape Town and Wellington Railway: arrival of the first train at Wellington Station, 1864. 'This is the only considerable railway undertaking begun in South Africa, and the first that has been finished in Cape Colony. The line, which is single, and about fifty-eight miles in length, including the extension into the city at Cape Town, crosses the Cape Flats, and ascends the Eerste River valley, passing through Stellenbosch and the Paarl, and terminates at the town of Wellington, situated at the foot of Bain's Kloof Pass...The railway was opened on the 4th of November last by Sir Philip Wodehouse, Governor of Cape Colony...On the arrival of the train the volunteers, under the command of Colonel Hill, presented arms, the band played "God Save the Queen," the cannon of the artillery thundered a Royal salute, and the immense crowd...cheered until they were hoarse. Amid the clamour his Excellency the Governor descended from his carriage and formally declared the line to be open. The numerous guests found ample accommodation in the goods' shed, tastefully decorated, where an elegant repast was prepared...During the day twelve hundred persons travelled over the line without the slightest accident'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. Opening of the Cape Town and Wellington Railway: arrival of the first train..., 1864. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609485785
THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND: TAURANGA HARBOUR, WITH THE CAMP OF THE HEAD-QUARTERS OF THE 68TH..., 1864. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The War in New Zealand: Tauranga Harbour, with the camp of the head-quarters of the 68th and 43rd regiments, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Colonel Carey of '...one of the finest natural havens and one of the greatest future cities of the north island...The Durham and Monmouth Redoubts appear at opposite angles of the...encampment...H.M.S. Miranda is seen lying at anchor, having disembarked a portion of the Tauranga field force; vessels of 300 or 400 tons may come up at all tides to the landing-place in front of the camp. The surrounding country is intensely cultivated...The singularly-shaped mountain which overlooks the water is Mount Monganui - a landmark visible far away...The harbour is magnificent, with accommodation for an immense amount of shipping...The tents of the soldiery are placed on the incline of a fine clover-clad bank...The Monmouth Redoubt has been formed from an old Maori path. It is situated on the edge of the cliff that overhangs the beach, three of its faces being surmounted with parapets with bastions, on one of which a 12-pounder Armstrong gun is posted...To the left of this redoubt, looking seaward, there are the rugged and broken remains of an old native work called The Tombs'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. The War in New Zealand: Tauranga Harbour, with the camp of the head-quarters of the 68th..., 1864. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609485715
SUNRISE ON THE KOENIGS SEE, BERCHTESGADEN, BAVARIAN ALPS, BY W. C. SMITH, IN THE EXHIBITION...1864. CREATOR: J COOPER.
Sunrise on the Koenigs See, Berchtesgaden, Bavarian Alps, by W. C. Smith, in the exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, 1864. '...the Koenigs See...is scarcely to be surpassed for grandeur...the view the artist has selected is...looking towards Sanct Bartholomae...[a chapel] to which pilgrimages are made...and which is seen on a tongue of land to the right...The really sublimely-impressive character of the scene is due not merely to the height and magnitude of the surrounding mountains, but to their precipitousness. They fall on all sides in a sheer and sometimes perpendicular descent of 5000ft. and upwards, and then plunge into the fathomless depths of the dark-green lake, so as to have no foreland at the water's edge, and scarcely even a landing-place. The lake is rendered still more sombre and black by the dark fir-forests which clothe the sides of the precipitous hills, and are mirrored in the still lake...Far above...rises the gigantic Waitzmann, with its snow-clad double horner, and trackless clefts. The distant bells of cattle feeding on the alpine meadows are alone heard in this solitude, whose pinnacles and ridges are the peculiar haunt of the chamois. Mr. Smith has...represented this scene in the light of early day'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. Sunrise on the Koenigs See, Berchtesgaden, Bavarian Alps, by W. C. Smith, in the exhibition...1864. Creator: J Cooper. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609485710
A NOVEMBER DAY IN NANT-FRANCON, BY J. C. REED, IN THE EXHIBITION OF THE INSTITUTE OF..., 1864. CREATOR: MASON JACKSON.
A November Day in Nant-Francon, by J. C. Reed, in the exhibition of the Institute of Painters in Water Colours, 1864. Engraving of a painting. 'North Wales is the most favourite resort of the English painter as well as tourist...There are few views so magnificent as those afforded in this vale. Indeed, with the exception of Llanberis Pass, the finest gorge in the whole country is that formed by the enormous block of mountain of which Carneddau, Davydd, and Llewelyn, are the centres, seen on the spectator's right hand in the picture, and the still more savage and precipitous chain on the left intervening between Llyn Ogwen and Llanberis, and which at one point seems as if about to close over the pass and block it up. The name of Nant-Francon - "the Glen of Beavers" - recalls the ancient time when the stream of the Ogwen was a haunt of these strange creatures...The terrors of the scene depicted in Mr. Reed's fine drawing are aggravated by the snows and rains of early winter, which are already whitening the slopes of the mountains, hanging murkily in the sky, swelling the streams into angry, foaming cataracts, and imparting to the whole scene a deeper and more sombre aspect of desolateness'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. A November Day in Nant-Francon, by J. C. Reed, in the exhibition of the Institute of..., 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609484700
SKETCHES FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA: LILLOETT, ON THE FRASER RIVER, 1864. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Sketches from British Columbia: Lilloett, on the Fraser River, 1864. '...a bird's-eye view, of the little town of Lilloett, situated on the right bank of the Fraser River, 212 miles from the port and capital, New Westminster. It is about half way to the Cariboo gold-diggings; and, as it is one of the best positions for inland traffic, many of the Douglas merchants keep stores here to supply the upper country. The neighbouring banks of the river have during the last three years proved rich in gold, being in many instances more remunerative to the worker than the mines of Cariboo. One long street constitutes the town...Lilloett - being located in a fine, open country, surrounded by delightful scenery - has a very pleasing appearance. At present it is the terminus for the stages. A waggon-road, commencing on the opposite side of the river, will soon be completed to the upper country, when the accommodation for the traveller will be very greatly extended, and the journey to the mines will become a pleasure-trip. The Fraser River flows by here with great rapidity, and the want of a bridge is greatly felt, as the only method, up to the present time, for conveying passengers and goods across is by boats, while cattle and horses have to swim across'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. Sketches from British Columbia: Lilloett, on the Fraser River, 1864. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609484000
MOUNT EGMONT, IN THE PROVINCE OF NEW PLYMOUTH (TARANAKI), NORTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND, 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Mount Egmont, in the province of New Plymouth (Taranaki), North Island, New Zealand, 1862. 'The snow-crested Apollo of mountains, Mount Egmont, or Taranaki...shoots up from a sea of forest 8000ft. into a brilliant sky. Although not the highest, it is certainly the most strikingly remarkable, mountain in New Zealand, and may be seen from a...distance of more than 100 miles. It rises in a perfect cone from a base thirty miles in diameter, and presents nearly the same appearance viewed from every point. Its summit, which is an extinct crater, is flattened; and it is covered with perpetual snow for nearly a quarter of its entire elevation...There are scarcely any outlying settlements in this province, the inhabitants being mostly concentrated in the village capital, and in a belt of farms, hamlets, and clearings lying around it within a circle of ten or a dozen miles. The district of Taranaki has been termed the garden of New Zealand; and, whether regard be had to the serenity of its climate or to the fertility of its soil, it is surpassed by no other locality in either island. This province has been of late, it is well known, the seat of war in New Zealand; and in our Engraving the Omata Stockade is shown, perched on the top of a hill'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. Mount Egmont, in the province of New Plymouth (Taranaki), North Island, New Zealand, 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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