- The Cafe Royal
- The Regent Canal at Maida Hill
The Regent Canal at Maida Hill - Cumberland Hay-market
Cumberland Hay-market - The Pub
The Pub - Flower Girl
Flower Girl - The Heart of the City
The Heart of the City - Soho Market
Soho Market - The Savoy
The Savoy - Shopping
Shopping - The Chelsea Arts Ball
The Chelsea Arts Ball - Shepherd's Market
Shepherd's Market - The Tube
The Tube - An absent desert - the Cromwell Road
An absent desert - the Cromwell Road - Beasts at the zoo
Beasts at the zoo - Private View - the A.A.A
Private View - the A.A.A - The Good Intent - Chelsea
The Good Intent - Chelsea - Hyde Park
Hyde Park - A Contest with the Longbow
A Contest with the Longbow - Crossbow and Arrows used for Sport
Another name for the crossbow was 'arbalist,' and its arrows were called quarils, or bolts. These were made of various sorts of wood; about a dozen trees were used for the purpose, but ash-wood was thought to be the best. Generally the arrows had a tip of iron, shaped like a pyramid, pointed, though for shooting at birds the top was sometimes blunt, so that a bird might be struck down without being badly wounded. One old writer says that a great difference between the long-bow and the crossbow was, that success did not depend upon who pulled the lock—a child might do this as well as a man—but with the long-bow strength was everything. In fact, during the Tudor times, the kings specially encouraged the archers to practise shooting with the long-bow, and people were even forbidden to keep crossbows. The crossbow, however, when it had reached perfection, carried much further than the ordinary long-bow. - The first Railway Journey in England
It was called the 'Locomotion.' George Stephenson stood ready to drive it as soon as the trucks, which a stationary engine was lowering down the slope by means of a wire rope, had been attached to it. In the first of these trucks came the Directors of the Railway Company and their friends, followed by twenty-one trucks (all open to the sky, like ordinary goods-trucks), loaded with various passengers, and finally six more waggons of coal. Such was the first train. A man on horseback, carrying a flag, having taken up his position in front of the 'Locomotion' to head the procession, the starting word was given, and with a hiss of steam, half drowned in the shouting of the crowd, the first railway journey ever made in England was begun. - Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle (4 December 1795 – 5 February 1881) was a British historian, satirical writer, essayist, translator, philosopher, mathematician, and teacher [Wikipedia] - The Duchess of Kent, with Princess Victoria at the age of two
The Duchess of Kent, with Princess Victoria at the age of two - The Queens first council - Kensington Palace June 20 1837
Queen Victorias first council - Kensington Palace June 20 1837 The year 1837, except for the death of the old King and the accession of the young Queen, was a tolerably insignificant year. It was on June 20 that the King died. He was buried on the evening of July 9 at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor; on the 10th the Queen dissolved Parliament; on the 13th she went to Buckingham Palace; and on November 9 she visited the City, where they gave her a magnificent banquet, served in Guildhall at half past five, the Lord Mayor and City magnates humbly taking their modest meal at a lower table. - Leigh Hunt
Leigh Hunt - Sir Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel - John Galt
- The Queen receiving the sacrament, after her coronation - Westminster Abbey, June 29, 1838
- Fashions for 1836 and 1837
Fashions for 1836 and 1837 - Theodore S Hook
Theodore S Hook - M. Blessington
M. Blessington - Alfred d Orsay
Alfred d Orsay - Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith - John Baldwin Buckstone
John Baldwin Buckstone - Thomas Noon Talfourd
Thomas Noon Talfourd - Mary Russell Mitford
Mary Russell Mitford - Walter Scott
Walter Scott - Lord Lyndhurst
Lord Lyndhurst - William Cobbett
William Cobbett - Burdett, Hume and O'Connell
Burdett, Hume and O'Connell - Edward Lytton Bulwer
Edward Lytton Bulwer - Lord John Russell
Lord John Russell - Benjamin D’Israeli
Benjamin D’Israeli - The Old Tabard Inn, High Street, Southwark
The Old Tabard Inn, High Street, Southwark - Thomas Campbell
Thomas Campbell - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge - William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth - Rev. William Lisle Bowles
Rev. William Lisle Bowles - Pierre-Jean De Béranger
Pierre-Jean De Béranger - Lord Byron
Lord Byron - James Hogg
James Hogg - Regina's Maids of Honour
Regina's Maids of Honour - Harriet Martineau
Harriet Martineau - William Harrison Ainsworth
William Harrison Ainsworth - The Fraserians
The Fraserians - John Gibson Lockhart
John Gibson Lockhart - Samuel Rogers
Samuel Rogers - Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore - Lord Brougham
Lord Brougham - Washington Irving
Washington Irving - John Wilson Croker
John Wilson Croker