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Southampton & Dorchester Railway

1847

1847-current (2011), trade association, British

Fine Art Trade Guild

1847

Two models (1:16 scale) of agricultural implements found in the Theban necropolis, XVI 11th Dynasty, 2000-1500 BC. Mounted together on a plaster base.

Two models (1:16 scale) of agricultural implements found in the Theban necropolis

Agricultural Engineering

2000-1500 BCE

Seal die, Ayrshire & Galloway Railway, 1847, engraved bronzed steel disc on spigot, full company title and date around circumference with 'Smithstown and Dalmellington' in centre circle.

seal die - ayrshire and galloway railway

Railway Heraldry

1847

Portable ether inhaler designed and made by Atlee and Co., c.1847

T Attlee and Company

Anaesthesiology

c. 1847

Diego Velasquez: Count-Duke of Olivares. (From etchings by Francisco de Goya, 1778)', calotype photographed by Nicolaas Henneman 31 August 1847. Plate 29 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Spainsh painter Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptised 1599 - 1660) was a leading artist at the court of the Spainsh King Philip IV. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828), Spanish painter and printmaker.

Diego Velasquez: Count-Duke of Olivares. (From etchings by Francisco de Goya, 1778)

Photographs

1847-08-31

Pedro Orrente: His Portrait (Louvre. From a drawing by M Tessin)', calotype photographed by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Plate 12 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Print from a trimmed negative.

Copy of a Drawing 'His Portrait, Pedro Orrente', by Tessin

Photographs

1847-08-31

Juan Martinez Montanes: Santa Teresa de Jesus', calotype photograph by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Plate 14 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Juan Martínez Montañés (1568-1649), known as 'el Dios de la Madera' (the God of Wood).

Juan Martinez Montanes: Santa Teresa de Jesus

Photographs

1847-08-31

Diego Velasquez: The Surrender of the Keys of Breda…1625 (From a Lithograph)', calotype photograph by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Plate 30 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Print from a trimmed negative. Spainsh painter Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptised 1599 - 1660) was a leading artist at the court of the Spainsh King Philip IV.

Diego Velasquez: The Surrender of the Keys of Breda…1625 (From a Lithograph)

Photographs

1847-08-31

Gil de Siloe: Marble Tomb of King Don Joan II. In the Charterhouse of Miraflores near Burgos', calotype photographed by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Print 1 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Flemish sculptor Gil de Siloé (1440s-1501) active in Castile.

Gil de Siloe: Marble Tomb of King Don Joan II. In the Charterhouse of Miraflores near Burgos

Photographs

1847-08-31

Calotype, copies of four prints, photographed by William Henry Fox Talbot, 31 August 1847. Plates 28, 42, 52 and 61 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848.

Copies of four prints from 'Annals of the Artist in Spain'

Photographs

1847-08-31

Diego Velasquez: The Family of Velasquez (from engraving by Kovatsch)', calotype photographed by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Print 34 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Spainsh painter Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptised 1599 - 1660) was a leading artist at the court of the Spainsh King Philip IV.

Diego Velasquez: The Family of Velasquez (from engraving by Kovatsch)

Photographs

1847-08-31

Diego de Astor: Title Page to 'Historia de Segovia' (Madrid 1640)', calotype photograph by Nicolaas Henneman 31 August 1847. Plate 18 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Diego de Astor was a 17th century Spanish engraver from Toledo.

Diego de Astor: Title Page to 'Historia de Segovia' (Madrid 1640)'

Photographs

1847-08-31

Cherub with a Mitre (From a Drawing by Salvador Gutierrez, 1845)', calotype photograph by William Henry Fox Talbot, 31 August 1841. Photographed by William Henry Fox Talbot, 31 August 1841. Print 49in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Spanish artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682).

Cherub with a Mitre (From a Drawing by Salvador Gutierrez, 1845)

Photographs

1847-08-31

Josef de Ribera: Etching of Don Juan of Austria', calotype photographed by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Print 37 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Spanish painter and printmaker José de Ribera (1591-1652), also known as Jusepe de Ribera, Giuseppe Ribera or 'Lo Spagnoletto' (The Little Spaniard).

Josef de Ribera: Etching of Don Juan of Austria

Photographs

1847-08-31

Diego Velasquez: Velasquez Painting the Infanta Margarita Maria… (From Engraving by Audoin, 1799)', calotype photograph by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Plate 32 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848'. Spainsh painter Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptised 1599 - 1660) was a leading artist at the court of the Spainsh King Philip IV.

Diego Velasquez: Velasquez Painting the Infanta Margarita Maria… (From Engraving by Audoin, 1799)

Photographs

1847-08-31

Excessive Luggage Ticket, London & North Western Railway, 1847.

London & North Western Railway excess luggage ticket

Tickets, Passes & Labels

1847

Betts's New Railway and Commercial Map of England & Wales, on which the various Lines of Railroad, the turnpike & principal cross roads, with the courses of the rivers & canals, are carefully laid down, and the situations of the cities, market towns and principal villages, accurately & clearly described / John Betts (publisher, 115 Strand, London). 1847. [1 col. engr. sheet folded in box. Scale 2 1/2" : 3m. Part of the John Phillimore collection, cat. 1, 1847, page 1]

Betts's New Railway and Commercial Map of England & Wales ...

Railway Maps & Plans

1847

Diego Velasquez: His wife, Juana Pacheco (from a lithograph)', calotype photographed by Nicolaas Henneman 31 August 1847. Print from trimmed negative. Plate 24 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Spainsh painter Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptised 1599 - 1660) was a leading artist at the court of the Spainsh King Philip IV.

Diego Velasquez: His wife, Juana Pacheco (from a lithograph)

Photographs

1847-08-31

Tuck's Map of the Railways of England & Wales, Open for Traffick, in Course of Construction and Projected [and] Railway Compendium. 1847 / Henry Tuck. [Comprises map (70.5 x 57.5cm.), and 'Railway Compendium to Tuck's map ... shewing ... the length and termini of all the railways ... for which acts have been obtained' (73.5 x 42cm.) Part of the John Phillimore Collection: cat. 1, 1847, page 8. Published by E. Wilson, Royal Exchange and Railway Times Office, London]

Tuck's Map of the Railways of England & Wales

Railway Maps & Plans

1847

Circular bronze medal, commemorates Admiral Nordenskold, designed by Lundgren, Swedish, 1847

Bronze medal commemorating Admiral Nordenskold

Wellcome Medals

1847

Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite, Old Kingdom, from plain of Memphis

Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite

Classical & Medieval Medicine

4000-1000 BCE

Silver vinaigrette, rectangular, with perforated hinged inner lid, by E.S., hallmarked in Birmingham, 1847

Silver vinaigrette, rectangular, with perforated h

Pharmacy-ware

1847

Silver medal, struck to commemorate the inauguration of the statue of Vesalius in 1847, artist Wiener, medal Belgian, 1847

Silver medal, struck to commemorate the inaugurati

Wellcome Medals

1847

Medal, copper, commemorating Jean Dominique Larrey, French military surgeon, 1766-1842, by Louis Michel Petit, portrait after David d'Angers, Paris, France, 1847

Medal, commemorating Jean Dominique Larrey, French military surgeon

Wellcome Medals

1847

Bronze medal to commemorate J.C.F. von Schiller, by A. Facius, Germany, 1847

Bronze medal to commemorate J.C.F. von Schiller, b

Wellcome Medals

1847

Bottle, clear glass, empty, for liquorice lozenges, English, late 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, empty, for liquorice lozenges

Medical Glass-ware

1850-190

Bottle of seeds and fruits, collected 1847

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1847

Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Map of the lines of railway in Kent and the proposed Kent Railway promoted by the London, Brighton and South East Railway Company: supplement to the Kentish Observer, presented gratis to subscribers

map

Railway Maps & Plans

1847

Seal Matrixes in Boxed Set, Oldham Alliance Railway, Hand Seal Matrix (reversed), Hand Seal Matrix (correct) Seal Box

Seal Matrixes in Boxed Set, Oldham Alliance Railway, Hand Se

Railway Heraldry

1847

Alonso Cano: Madonna and child, calotype photograph by Nicolaas Henneman, about 1847. Spanish artist, sculptor and architect (1601-1667).

Alonso Cano: Madonna and child

Photographs

1847

Josef de Ribera: Etching of Don Juan of Austria', calotype photographed by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Print 37 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Print from untrimmed negative. Spanish painter and printmaker José de Ribera (1591-1652), also known as Jusepe de Ribera, Giuseppe Ribera or 'Lo Spagnoletto' (The Little Spaniard).

Josef de Ribera: Etching of Don Juan of Austria

Photographs

1847-08-31

Diego de Astor: Title Page to 'Historia de Segovia' (Madrid 1640)', calotype photograph by Nicolaas Henneman 31 August 1847. Plate 18 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Diego de Astor was a 17th century Spanish engraver from Toledo.

Diego de Astor: Title Page to 'Historia de Segovia' (Madrid 1640)'

Photographs

1847-08-31

Diego Velasquez: Portrait of the Infanta Margarita Maria (From a drawing by James R Swinton)', calotype photograph by Nicolaas Henneman 31 August 1847. Spainsh painter Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptised 1599 - 1660) was a leading artist at the court of the Spainsh King Philip IV. The daughter of King Philip IV of Spain Margaret Theresa of Spain (1651-1673) was Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Archduchess consort of Austria, Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia. She was the last of the Spanish Hapsburgs.

Diego Velasquez: Portrait of the Infanta Margarita Maria (From a drawing by James R Swinton)

Photographs

1847-08-31

Juan Martinez Montanes: Santa Teresa de Jesus', calotype photograph by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Plate 14 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Juan Martínez Montañés (1568-1649), known as 'el Dios de la Madera' (the God of Wood).

Juan Martinez Montanes: Santa Teresa de Jesus

Photographs

1847-08-31

The Pavillion Errected by Velasquez on the Isle of Pheasants in the River Bidasoa, for the Meeting of the courts of Spain and France, at the marriage of the Infanta Maria Teresa to Louis XIV, 1660 (1667)' calotype photographed by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Print 35 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Spainsh painter Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptised 1599 - 1660) was a leading artist at the court of the Spainsh King Philip IV.

The Pavillion Errected by Velasquez on the Isle of Pheasants...

Photographs

1847-08-31

Murillo: St Anne Teaching the Virgin to Read (from a lithograph)', calotype photographed by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Print 48 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Inscribed in pencil '48'. Spanish artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682).

Murillo: St Anne Teaching the Virgin to Read (from a lithograph)

Photographs

1847-08-31

Murillo: St Thomas of Villaneuva, Archbishop of Valencia, Giving Alms at the Door of his Cathedral', calotype photograph by Nicolass Henneman, 31 August 1847. Plate 44 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Spanish artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682).

Murillo: St Thomas of Villaneuva, Archbishop of Valencia, Giving Alms at the Door of his Cathedral

Photographs

1847-08-31

Diego Velasquez: The Infant Don Balthazar Carlos, Prince of Asturias', calotype photograph by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Plate 28 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Print from a trimmed negative. Spainsh painter Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptised 1599 - 1660) was a leading artist at the court of the Spainsh King Philip IV.

Diego Velasquez: The Infant Don Balthazar Carlos, Prince of Asturias

Photographs

1847-08-31

Juan de Herrera: Principal Front of the Escorial', calotype photograph by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Plate 8 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Juan Herrera (1530-1597) was a Spanish architect and mathematician.

Juan de Herrera: Principal Front of the Escorial

Photographs

1847-08-31

Murillo: Sta Rufina and Sta Justa, Patronesses of Seville (From Reduced Copies in Oil Executed by José Roldan 1840 and 1845), calotype photograph by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Print 47 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Spanish artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682).

Murillo: Sta Rufina and Sta Justa, Patronesses of Seville (From Reduced Copies in Oil Executed by Jose Roldan 1840 and 1845)

Photographs

1847-08-31

Diego Velasquez: The Family of Velasquez (from engraving by Kovatsch)', calotype photographed by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Print 34 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Spainsh painter Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptised 1599 - 1660) was a leading artist at the court of the Spainsh King Philip IV.

Diego Velasquez: The Family of Velasquez (from engraving by Kovatsch)

Photographs

1847-08-31

Juan Martínez Montañés: Our Lord And St John The Baptist', bas relief, calotype photographed by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Plate 13 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Spainsh sculptor Juan Martínez Montañés (1568-1649), known as 'el Dios de la Madera' (the God of Wood).

Juan Martínez Montañés: Our Lord And St John The Baptist

Photographs

1847-08-31

Alonso Cano: St Mary Magdalen (from an original drawing by Cano)', calotype photographed by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1841. Print 41 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Alonzo or Alonso Cano (1601-1667) was a Spanish painter, architect and sculptor.

Alonso Cano: St Mary Magdalen (from an original drawing by Cano)

Photographs

1847-08-31

Juan Herrera: General view of San Lorenzo del Escorial', calotype photograph by Nicolaas Henneman 31 August 1847. Printed after negative trimmed. Plate 6 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. Juan Herrera (1530-1597) was a Spanish architect and mathematician.

Juan Herrera: General view of San Lorenzo del Escorial

Photographs

1847-08-31

Ceremonial trowel, silver plated with oak handle, Chappel Viaduct, 1847. Presented to Thomas L'Estrange Ewen Esq Chairman of the Co. on the occasion of laying the first stone of the Chapple Viaduct Sept 14th 1847.

chapple viaduct ceremonial trowel

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1847

Circular copper medal, commemorates J.D. Larrey, French military surgeon, designed by Louis Michel Petit, after a medal by P.J. David, French, 1847

Circular copper medal, commemorates J.D. Larrey, French military surgeon

Wellcome Medals

1847

Copper medal, by Louis Michel Petit, commemorating Baron Jean Dominique Larrey, military surgeon to Napoleon, French, 1847

Medal commemorating Baron Jean Dominique Larrey, surgeon to Napoleon

Wellcome Medals

1847

Silver medal, souvenir of presence at inauguaration of statue of Andreas Vesalius, by Joseph Geefs, medal by L. Wiener, Belgian, 1847

Silver medal, souvenir of presence at inauguaratio

Wellcome Medals

1847