1824 Collection

Lord Byron / Greek Costume
GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON English poet, depicted here in his costume as a Greek patriot

Anton Bruckner (Hayd)
ANTON BRUCKNER Austrian musician

Woburn Abbey / Ackermann
Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire: seat of the Duke of Bedford

George Lord Byron
GEORGE GORDON, lord BYRON writer and champion of Greek independence with his autograph

Anton Bruckner (Nauer)
ANTON BRUCKNER Austrian musician

Adderbury Church 1824
Adderbury Church, Oxfordshire, England, view from the North East. The village of Adderbury is situated on the edge of the Cotswolds. The church is noted for its impressive steeple

Evening with Clouds by Caspar David Friedrich
2601165 Evening with Clouds by Caspar David Friedrich by Friedrich, Caspar David (1774-1840); (add.info.: Evening with Clouds by Caspar David Friedrich); Universal History Archive/UIG

Battle of Ayacucho 1824
ALABES, Fidencio (19th century). Battle of Ayacucho. Battle on the 9th December 1824. General Sucre defeats the royalist

Robert Owen / New Harmony
New Harmony, Indiana, USA. Robert Owen established an experimental co-operative community to compliment his ideas for social reform. The project failed in 1928

Lord Byron in 1826
GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON English poet as a supporter of Greek independence in 1826

DELACROIX: ORPHAN, 1824. Eugene Delacroix: Orphan Girl at Cemetery. Oil on canvas, 1824

Bruckner (Photo)
ANTON BRUCKNER Austrian musician

British enter Singapore
Following the cessation of Singapore to them by the Sultan of Johore for the sum of 13, 500, British representatives enter the city. "

Margaret Grace Bondfield
MARGARET GRACE BONDFIELD English shopworker, socialist, entered politics, opposed World War One, rose to become Britains first woman cabinet minister. Photo circa 1824

William Walker
WILLIAM WALKER American adventurer President of Nicaragua finally shot after a remarkable career

Lord Byron in the uniform of a Greek patriot
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824) in the uniform of a Greek patriot, including a cavalry helmet which he designed himself, based on descriptions of armour in Homers Iliad

OWENITE COMMUNITY, 1824. Design for an Owenite community by Stedman Whitwell, the architect who accompanied Robert Owen to New Harmony, Indiana in 1824

Francis Herbert Wenham (1824-1908) in 1866
Francis Herbert Wenham, 1824-1908, in 1866. Date: 1908

LLOYDs OF LONDON, 1824. Benjamin Bovill, an underwriter of Lloyds of London. After a print by Robert Dighton, 1824

MYTHOLOGY: YGGDRASILL. The evergreen ash tree that overshadows the whole universe in Nordic-Germanic mythoogy. Line engraving from Finn Magnusens Eddalaeren, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1824

Silk Topper & Crop 1824
Tall silk top hat, pink striped English cravat, single-breasted brown frock coat with roll collar, yellow waistcoat, white strapped trousers & riding crop

NORWEGIAN SECTARIANS
Norwegian followers of Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771-1824) meet for a prayer meeting in a peasant home Date: 1852

SPRING V LANGAN 1824
Spring and Langan fight at a packed Worcester Racecourse Date: 7 January 1824

Samuel Plimsoll, politician
SAMUEL PLIMSOLL Politician, responsible for introducing the Plimsoll Line to regulate the loading of ships Date: 1824 - 1898

Lachlan Macquarie
LACHLAN MACQUARIE British soldier and colonial administrator

Hartley as Imoinda
ELIZABETH HARTLEY, actress, as Imoinda in Aphra Behns extremely popular Oroonoko

Charles-Francois Lebrun (1739-1824). 1st duc de Plaisance, Prince of the Empire. French statesman. Third Consul of France (12 December 1799-18 May 1804). Portrait. Engraving

Jean Joseph Dussault (Jean Francois Joseph Dussault) (1769-1824). French journalist, literary critic and librarian

Mikhail Loris-Melikov (1824-1888). Russian politician
Mikhail Loris-Melikov (Mikhail Tarielovich Loris-Melikov) (1824-1888). Russian politician and military officer of Armenian origin. Cavalry general and Minister of the Interior (1880-1881). Portrait

Leopold II (1797-1870). Grand Duke of Tuscany (1824-1859). Portrait. Drawing by M. Iglesias. Lithography by J. Donon. Reyes Contemporaneos (Contemporary Kings). Volume II. Published in Madrid, 1852.

Leopold II (1797-1870). Grand Duke of Tuscany (1824-1859). Portrait. Drawing by M. Iglesias. Detail. Lithography by J. Donon. Reyes Contemporaneos (Contemporary Kings). Volume II

Cowan Bridge School
Maria, Elizabeth, Charlotte and Emily Brontë attended the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge in 1824

Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus ginginianus. Gingi vulture, le vautour de gingi, coast of Coromandel

Blue fountain bush, Rotheca serrata
Blue fountain bush, the blue-flowered glory tree or the beetle killer, Rotheca serrata. Broad-leaved clerodendrum, Clerodendrum macrophyllum

Nepal Christ's-thorn, Paliurus virgatus. Native to Upper Nepal, seeds supplied by plant hunter Nathaniel Wallich

Striated cyrtanthus, Cyrtanthus striatus. Native to the Cape, South Africa, imported by the Hammersmith Nursery of Lewis Kennedy and James Lee

Spreading scarlet hamelia, Hamelia patens. Native of St Domingo, Jamaica and the Andes, Peru, Provided by Mrs Walker of Arno's Grove, Southgate

Blush-coloured sand crinum, Crinum arenarium
Blush-coloured swamp lily or sand crinum, Crinum arenarium. Native of Australia, drawn at Joseph Knight's Exotic Nursery, King's Road, Chelsea

Cryptolepis sanguinolenta. Bloody-juiced pergularia, Pergularia sanguinolenta. Brought by plant hunter George Don from Sierra Leone, drawn at the Chiswick gardens of the Horticultural Society

Children playing the game of Hot Hand, Paris, 1824. Le jeu de la main chaude. After a lithograph by Jean-Henri Marlet in Le Bon Genie

United States, Ohio, Gambier. Kenyon College
United States, Ohio, Gambier. Old Kenyon at Kenyon College. It was founded by Bishop Philander Chase in 1824

United States, Ohio, Gambier. Kenyon College - Traversier
United States, Ohio, Gambier. Old Kenyon at Kenyon College. It was founded by Bishop Philander Chase in 1824

Philadelphia. The Franklin Institute - Traversier
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. The Franklin Institute. Founded in 1824, originally housed in Independence Hall

Robert Owen - New Harmony, Indiana, USA
New Harmony, Indiana, USA. Robert Owen established an experimental co-operative community to compliment his ideas for social reform. The project failed in 1828. Date: 1838

Archimedes (c287-212 BC) Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor
531057 Archimedes (c287-212 BC) Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor, reputed to have said Give me a lever and I will move the Earth

Diagram showing the composition of the French Chamber of Deputies, 1824
5304807 Diagram showing the composition of the French Chamber of Deputies, 1824; (add.info.: Diagram showing the composition of the French Chamber of Deputies, 1824); Universal History Archive/UIG

Historical flag of the United States of America
535570 Historical flag of the United States of America. Flown at the Alamo when Texas was fighting for independence from Mexico

Charles II (1630-85) King of Great Britain and Ireland
537491 Charles II (1630-85) King of Great Britain and Ireland; (add.info.: Charles II (1630-85) King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1660 after restoration of the monarchy

Tenor singer Louis-Auguste Huet as Calife in the comic opera Le Calife de Baghdad by Francois Adrien Boieldieu
FLO4607088 Tenor singer Louis-Auguste Huet as Calife in the comic opera Le Calife de Baghdad by Francois Adrien Boieldieu, Theatre Royal de l'Opera Comique, 1824. Handcoloured lithograph by F

Bank of furnaces Lymington Iron Works
533562 Bank of furnaces Lymington Iron Works, Tyneside, England. Illustration by Thomas Allom published 1835. By this time Nielsen hot blast process (1824) in general use

The Thames at Battersea, 1824. Creators: David Cox, David Cox the elder
The Thames at Battersea, 1824

A Village Scene in India [verso], 1814/1824. Creator: George Chinnery
A Village Scene in India [verso], 1814/1824

A Village Hut in India [recto], 1814/1824. Creator: George Chinnery
A Village Hut in India [recto], 1814/1824

Bay Owl, Illustration, 1824

Whale Ii Tight Crop Handcolored Sealife Lithograph 1824
Vintage Poster

Langham Church
A watercolour of All Souls Church, situated at Langham Place, Marylebone, London, under a night sky, from the end of the street

Gruline House, Isle of Mull, Scotland
This photograph shows Gruline House, the home of Governor Lachlan Macquarie, located in the Isle of Mull, Scotland, in which he resided on his return from New South Wales

South View of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Date: 1824

House where Lord Byron died, Missolonghi, Greece
House where Lord Byron died, in Missolonghi, Greece, in 1824. 1850

Rebecca at the Well, 1824 (oil on canvas)
989361 Rebecca at the Well, 1824 (oil on canvas) by Duvivier, Bernard (1762-1837); 81x144 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Rebecca at the Well. Bernard Duvivier (1762-1837). Oil on canvas

Rosa Damascena Coccina (Portland rose), 1817-1824 (stipple-engraving printed in colours
991246 Rosa Damascena Coccina (Portland rose), 1817-1824 (stipple-engraving printed in colours and finished by hand) by Redoute

Leon Gerome (1824-1904) (b / w photo)
5220027 Leon Gerome (1824-1904) (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Leon Gerome (1824-1904)

Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887) (b / w photo)
5220012 Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887) (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887)

Alexandre Dumas Fils (1824-1895) (b / w photo)
5219895 Alexandre Dumas Fils (1824-1895) (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alexandre Dumas Fils (1824-1895)

Ruins in the Old Market Close after the Great Fire of November, 1824 (engraving)
5202905 Ruins in the Old Market Close after the Great Fire of November, 1824 (engraving) by English School

Ned Painter, of Norwich, From a Drawing by George Sharples, 1824 (engraving)
983247 Ned Painter, of Norwich, From a Drawing by George Sharples, 1824 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ned Painter, of Norwich)

Burning of the Houses of Parliament, 16 October 1824
The Burning of the Houses of Parliament, London, 16 October 1824 Date: 1824

Lifeguardsman, 1824 (chromolitho)
3099997 Lifeguardsman, 1824 (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lifeguardsman, 1824)

Lloyds and the Underwriters (engraving)
1596756 Lloyds and the Underwriters (engraving) by Dighton, Richard (1795-1880) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lloyds and the Underwriters)

Fashionable gentlemen at Longchamp racetrack, 1820
Fashionable gentlemen in top hat and tails with canes. At a big race day at Longchamp racecourse. Crowds of fashionable people and carriages. The Great Longchamps Day, 1820

Women inside the Boulogne Panorama, Paris, 1824
Women viewing the large cityscape inside the Boulogne Panorama, Boulevard Montmartre, Paris, 1824. Women in bonnets with feathers, dresses with apron, one with parasol

A Chief of the Kurds, 1824 (litho)
1195715 A Chief of the Kurds, 1824 (litho) by Orlowski, Alexander (Alexandr Osipovich Orlovsky) (1777-1832) (after); 69.9x48.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Orlowsky)

Jack Spigot, a Dark Bay Racehorse in a Paddock at Bolton Hall, 1824 (oil on canvas)
652144 Jack Spigot, a Dark Bay Racehorse in a Paddock at Bolton Hall, 1824 (oil on canvas) by Herring Snr, John Frederick (1795-1865); 101.6x128.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Jack Spigot)

Pierre Puvis De Chavanne (1824-1898) (b / w photo)
5220042 Pierre Puvis De Chavanne (1824-1898) (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pierre Puvis De Chavanne (1824-1898)

Paul Broca (1824-1880) (b / w photo)
5219833 Paul Broca (1824-1880) (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paul Broca (1824-1880)

A Pennsylvania Country Fair, 1824 (oil on canvas)
650522 A Pennsylvania Country Fair, 1824 (oil on canvas) by Woodside, John Archibald (1781-1852); 50.5x66 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Pennsylvania Country Fair)

Ancient Excavations at Carli, 1824 (colour aquatint)
1196944 Ancient Excavations at Carli, 1824 (colour aquatint) by Salt, Henry (1780-1827) (after); 48x68 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

A View at Lucknow, 1824 (Colour aquatint)
1196942 A View at Lucknow, 1824 (Colour aquatint) by Salt, Henry (1780-1827) (after); 48x68 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

Rosa centifolia foliacea (hundred leaved / petaled rose), 1824-1826
991248 Rosa centifolia foliacea (hundred leaved/petaled rose), 1824-1826 (stipple-engraving printed in colours and finished by hand) by RedoutA©

Prince George, later Duke of Kent by Cyril Roberts
HRH Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902 - 1942), fourth son of George V and Queen Mary. Despite a military education, he became the first member of the Royal family to work for the Civil Service

Thurgarton Incorporation Workhouse Plan
Plan of the Thurgarton Incorporation Workhouse erected in 1824 near Southwell, Nottinghamshire. It was designed by the Rev. John T Becher and William Nicholson. Date: 1828

Tenor singer Huet as the Caliph in The Caliph
Tenor singer Louis-Auguste Huet as Calife in the comic opera Le Calife de Bagdad by Francois Adrien Boieldieu, Theatre Royal de l Opera Comique, 1824. Handcoloured lithograph by F

Inside the Boulogne Panorama, 1824 (colour litho)
2794415 Inside the Boulogne Panorama, 1824 (colour litho) by Courboin, Francois (1865-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: Inside the Boulogne Panorama, 1824)

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In the year 1824, the world witnessed a multitude of remarkable events and creations. Renowned composer Anton Bruckner was born, destined to leave an indelible mark on classical music with his symphonies. Meanwhile, another talented individual named Anton Bruckner emerged as well, but in the field of painting. At Woburn Abbey, Ackermann captured Lord Byron donning a captivating Greek costume that perfectly embodied his poetic spirit. Speaking of Lord Byron, he also made headlines in 1824 when he visited Adderbury Church - a moment immortalized by artists who were captivated by his presence. Across the Atlantic Ocean, Robert Owen embarked on an ambitious social experiment known as New Harmony. This utopian community aimed to redefine societal norms and create harmony among its inhabitants. Artistic genius Eugene Delacroix unveiled his poignant masterpiece "Orphan Girl at Cemetery" in 1824. The oil-on-canvas painting depicted raw emotions and showcased Delacroix's unparalleled talent for capturing human suffering. Not only did this year witness artistic brilliance but it also marked significant historical milestones. The Battle of Ayacucho took place in Peru, leading to South American independence from Spanish rule and shaping the continent's future trajectory. Meanwhile, across continents, George Lord Byron ventured into Singapore alongside British forces as they entered this vibrant city-state for the first time. As we reflect upon these diverse events and accomplishments from 1824 – be it cultural icons like Bruckner or Delacroix or historical turning points such as battles and explorations – we are reminded of how each passing year leaves behind its own unique legacy that continues to shape our world today.