1851 Collection (page 4)

Interior of Meissen Porcelain Factory, Germany
Interior of the Meissen Porcelain Factory, near Dresden, Germany Date: 1851

Porcelain factory, Meissen, near Dresden, Germany
Exterior of the Meissen Porcelain Factory, near Dresden, Germany Date: 1851

The Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, London
The Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London Date: 1851

Knavesborough
A pencil drawing of Knavesborough, a market town in north Yorkshire, with its 24.5 metre high gritstone viaduct. Upon nearing completion in 1848, the viaduct collapsed into the River Nidd

View of Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace, 1851
View of Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace, The Great Industrial Exhibition, Hyde Park, London Date: 1851

Statue of Godfrey de Bouillon at the Great Exhibition
Statue of Godfrey de Bouillon, The Great Exhibition of 1851, Hyde Park, London Date: 1851

Franklin expedition - three graves at Cape Riley
Traces of the Franklin Expedition. The graves of three of Franklin's crew at Cape Riley, Beechey Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in Wellington Channel: John Torrington

Death of Louis XI of France (1423-1483). Colored
Louis XI (1423-1483). King of France. Death of Louis XI. Engraving by Dupre. Universal Library. Popular editions. 1851. Colored

Death of Louis XIII (1601-1643). Engraving. Colored
Louis XIII (1601-1643). King of France. Death of Louis XIII. Engraving by E. Coppin. Universal Library, 1951. Colored

Your Majesty by Mary L. Gow
An impression by Mary L. Gow (1851-1929) of the young Victoria receiving the news that her uncle, King William IV is dead, and she is queen, on the morning of 20 June 1837

Procession of guards, footmen and carriage carrying Queen Victoria to the State Opening of Parliament, leaving Buckingham Palace. Date: 1851

The slitting room for steel pens, at Messrs Hinks, Wells and Co. in Birmingham. Date: 1851

Rolling the steel for pens, at Messrs Hinks, Wells and Co. in Birmingham. Date: 1851

Bronzing steel pens, at Messrs Hinks, Wells and Co. in Birmingham. Date: 1851

RODOLPHE SALIS PHOTO
RODOLPHE SALIS - French singer and artist, legendary Paris impresario of the Chat Noir cabaret, known for his fine posters : photographed in, alas, the year of his death. Date: 1851 - 1897

COMMON CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax carbo) Holding a fish Date: 1851

MARIE ANTOINETTE
Queen of Louis XVI, in 1778, with her three children - Louis le Dauphin, who will die in 1789, Louis XVII who will die in prison (1795), and Marie-Therese who dies 1851 1755 - 1793

ANGEL OF DEATH
The Reaper and the Flowers - the Angel of Death carries a little baby, which it proposes to take up to Heaven Date: 1851

Circular planing machine used during the building of the Crystal Palace, London, 1851
866100 Circular planing machine used during the building of the Crystal Palace, London, 1851. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Camel: used for transport: milk: meat: cloth. Hand-coloured lithograph by Waterhouse Hawkins
541982 The Camel: used for transport: milk: meat: cloth. Hand-coloured lithograph by Waterhouse Hawkins, creator of the prehistoric animals for the Crystal Palace exhibition of 1851

Great Exhibition of 1851 in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London: interior view of the main avenue looking eastwards
541450 Great Exhibition of 1851 in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London: interior view of the main avenue looking eastwards. The iron framework of the building is clearly visible

Albert (1819-1861) Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840. Albert being urged to think before felling trees in Hyde Park
530925 Albert (1819-1861) Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840. Albert being urged to think before felling trees in Hyde Park to make way for the Crystal Palace and the Great Exhibition of 1851

Agricultural workers and their families at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London
541413 Agricultural workers and their families at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London, in the week that admittance was one shilling (5p)

The Goat: Used for milk: cheese: meat: leather: textiles: gloves: shoes: draught
541995 The Goat: Used for milk: cheese: meat: leather: textiles: gloves: shoes: draught. Hand-coloured lithograph by Waterhouse Hawkins

Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, London, 1851. Interior view of the Crystal Palace showing two visitors being shown a stand
535212 Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, London, 1851. Interior view of the Crystal Palace showing two visitors being shown a stand of oriental products

Exterior of the North Transept of the Crystal Palace, London, at the time of the Great Exhibition of 1851
541457 Exterior of the North Transept of the Crystal Palace, London, at the time of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Steel engraving 1851 by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Universal History Archive/UIG

The opening by Queen Victoria of The Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London, England, 1st May, 1851
3062048 The opening by Queen Victoria of The Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London, England, 1st May, 1851. by English School

The eviction of the judges of the High Court of Justice, while making provision for the impeachment of Louis Napoleon
3062044 The eviction of the judges of the High Court of Justice, while making provision for the impeachment of Louis Napoleon during his coup d'etat of 1851

Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, 1811 - 1864
3062064 Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, 1811 - 1864 by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: styled Earl of Lincoln before 1851)

Sleeping Woman in White Dress, c. 1851-1855 (stereoscopic daguerreotype)
1766813 Sleeping Woman in White Dress, c.1851-1855 (stereoscopic daguerreotype) by Gouin, Alexis Louis Charles Arthur (fl.c.1830)

Adolphe Rue (1851) (b / w photo)
5220136 Adolphe Rue (1851) (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Adolphe Rue (1851)

Madame Aimee Tessandier (1851) (b / w photo)
5220128 Madame Aimee Tessandier (1851) (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Madame Aimee Tessandier (1851)

Marguerite, Reine Douairiere D Italie (1851) (b / w photo)
5219710 Marguerite, Reine Douairiere D Italie (1851) (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Marguerite, Reine Douairiere D Italie (1851)

Olga, Reine Des Hellenes (1851) (b / w photo)
5219701 Olga, Reine Des Hellenes (1851) (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Olga, Reine Des Hellenes (1851)

Chambre ou Turner mourut, a Chelsea, 1851 (engraving)
3646115 Chambre ou Turner mourut, a Chelsea, 1851 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chambre ou Turner mourut, a Chelsea, 1851)

Henry Deacon (b / w photo)
3649861 Henry Deacon (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Henry Deacon. Illustration for A History of the Chemical Industry in Widnes by D W F Hardie)

Soldiers Gambling (colour litho)
3643345 Soldiers Gambling (colour litho) by Meissonier, Jean-Louis Ernest (1815-91) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Soldiers Gambling. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Old Entrance to Royston, now Caroline Park, 1851 (engraving)
5203367 Old Entrance to Royston, now Caroline Park, 1851 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Old Entrance to Royston, now Caroline Park, 1851)

Paul Fugere, Artiste, 1851 (b / w photo)
5201684 Paul Fugere, Artiste, 1851 (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paul Fugere, Artiste, 1851)

Charles Toche, Peintre, 1851 (b / w photo)
5201638 Charles Toche, Peintre, 1851 (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charles Toche, Peintre, 1851)

Paul Segond, Medecin, 1851 (b / w photo)
5201491 Paul Segond, Medecin, 1851 (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paul Segond, Medecin, 1851)

Ewer, Enamel on Copper, in the Manner of the Enamels of Limoges (chromolitho)
5221768 Ewer, Enamel on Copper, in the Manner of the Enamels of Limoges (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ewer, Enamel on Copper)

L N Tolstoi, Moscow, 1851 (b / w photo)
5233327 L N Tolstoi, Moscow, 1851 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: L N Tolstoi, Moscow, 1851, Photograph from daguerreotype by Mazer)

The Crystal Palace, 1851, The Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, London. (chromolitho)
5235201 The Crystal Palace, 1851, The Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, London. (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Crystal Palace, 1851)

The Transept from the Grand Entrance, Great Exhibition, 1851 (coloured engraving)
611319 The Transept from the Grand Entrance, Great Exhibition, 1851 (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Transept from the Grand Entrance)

Great Exhibition on a Windy Day, 1851 (coloured engraving)
611300 Great Exhibition on a Windy Day, 1851 (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Great Exhibition on a Windy Day, 1851)

Palace of Industry (coloured engraving)
611289 Palace of Industry (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Palace of Industry.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection; English

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"1851: A Year of Exploration, Innovation, and Artistic Splendor" In 1851, the world witnessed a multitude of remarkable events that shaped history. Captain Francis Crozier of HMS Terror embarked on an ill-fated expedition in 1845, leaving behind a legacy of bravery and resilience. The Royal Coat of Arms stood as a symbol of strength and unity amidst turbulent times. An engraved map showcased Ireland's beauty in intricate detail, capturing its rich heritage and captivating landscapes. Meanwhile, inside the Great Exhibition of 1851, innovation thrived as Augusta Ada Byron unveiled her groundbreaking contributions to computing. England's capital city buzzed with excitement as Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace rose majestically against London's skyline—a testament to human ingenuity. Edwin Landseer's iconic painting "Monarch of the Glen" mesmerized art enthusiasts with its depiction of regal wildlife. Amidst progress and grandeur, mental health institutions like Asylum Lodge in Devizes and County Lunatic Asylum in Colney Hatch provided care for those struggling with their minds' afflictions. Nature enthusiasts marveled at the gracefulness of Morris' Common Curlew while Derby County Mental Hospital offered solace to individuals seeking healing. In this vibrant year, even entertainment had its place—James Doughty took center stage as England's oldest clown, bringing joy to audiences across the nation. As we reflect on 1851 today, let us remember it not just for its historical significance but also for the diverse tapestry it wove together—an era marked by exploration into uncharted territories both within ourselves and our world.