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Clementina

Photographs

c. 1862

Woman on balcony. A photograph of Clementina Hawarden (b. 1847), taken by her mother, Viscountess Clementina Hawarden in about 1862.

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Mummified crocodile, no provenance, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BCE.

Isabella and Clementina Hawarden

Photographs

c. 1863

Albumen print of a woman lying on couch, with another woman standing behind couch. A photograph of Isabella (b. 1846) and Clementina Hawarden (b. 1847) taken by their mother Clementina, Lady Hawarden, in about 1863.

Model of Grimston's twine-balling machine

Textiles Machinery

1862

Model of Grimston's twine-balling machine, patented in 1860.

Whitworth Shaping Machine No. 298

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1865

Shaping machine, made by Joseph Whitworth & Co., Manchester, 1865. Number 298.

Clear glass shop round for liquid morphine, United States, 1862-1863

Medical Glass-ware

1862-1863

Bottle, clear glass, for morphine hydrochloride solution, now empty. 210 mm x 75 mm diameter, .46kg. Unknown maker, USA, 1862-1863

Improved Patent Magneto Electric Machine for nervous diseases

Therapeutics

1862

Improved Patent Magneto Electric Machine for nervous diseases, dynamo with steel magnet and brass and ebony terminals to apply to patient, all in polished wood case dated, unsigned, Europe, 1862

Friar Laurence and Juliet', 1865

Photographs

1865

Photograph entitled 'Friar Laurence and Juliet' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1865. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic study of the author Henry Taylor (1800-1886) and Mary Ann Hillier (1847-1936), posed as characters from William Shakespeare's (1564-1616) play 'Romeo And Juliet' (1594-1595) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871).

Annie, My first Success, 1864'

Photographs

1864

Photograph entitled 'Annie, My first Success, 1864' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1864. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic portrait of Annie Wilhemina Philpot (1857- 1936) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). Annie was the daughter of Rev William Benamin Philpot, poet and friend of Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892).

Bottle, clear glass, empty, label missing, origina

Medical Glass-ware

1862-1863

Bottle, clear glass, empty, label missing, originally for essence of lemon, USA, 1862-1863

Medal, International Exhibition, 1862 awarded to Alexander Parkes

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1862

Bronze medal, 76mm diameter, awarded to A. Parkes, International Exhibition, 1862 [London]. In case, 11x11x2cm. Rim legend: A. Parkes, Class IV. obverse: Britannia and muses of industry, arts, learning etc. D. Maclise RA Des.; Leonard C Wyon Fec. reverse legend: 1862 Londini Honoris Causa. L.C. Wyon Fec. Engraved by LC Wyon after design by D Maclise.

After The Manner Of Perugino, 1865

Photographs

1865

Photograph entitled 'After The Manner Of Perugino' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1865. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic study of Mary Ryan (1848-1914), in the style of Perugino (1450-1523), a renaissance Italian artist, forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871).

vacuum gauge

Scientific Instruments & Research

1865

Vacuum gauge by Joseph Casartelli, Manchester, c.1860

Cornet

Local History

1865

Brass musical instrument, cornet made by J. Higham, Manchester, c.1865.

Trade card: Peter Frith & Compy.

Art

1866

Trade card: Peter Frith & Compy., Sheffield. Warehouse in London, 5 Bartlett's Buildings, Holborn. 1866. Opticians & Manufactureres of Mathematical Instrumentts &c. &c. Spectacles, Telescopes, Microscopes, Opera & Reading Glasses &c. &c. Theodolites, Measuring Tapes, Chains, Pocket Compasses, &c. &c. Bill-head with part of bill for telescopes. (Calv. 153)

One-Tree Hill - Matheran

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print by Francis Frith, mounted on original card/album page, titled 'One-Tree Hill - Matheran'. Image shows an Indian man sitting near scrub brush looking toward One Tree Hill, in the hill station of Matheran, Maharashtra, India. The image was once part of a 19th century album containing views of colonial India and Asia.

The Lake - Kandy

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on original card/album page, titled 'The Lake - Kandy'. Image shows betel nut palms overlooking the artificial Kandy Lake (Kiri Muhuda) in the Sri Lankan capital of Kandy. The photograph was once part of a 19th century album showing views of colonial India and Asia.

'Henry Taylor, A Portrait'

Photographs

1865

Photograph entitled 'Henry Taylor, A Portrait' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1865. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic study of the author Henry Taylor (1800-1886 ) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871).

'Love', 1864

Photographs

1864

Photograph entitled 'Love' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1864. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic study of Elizabeth 'Topsy' Keown (born 1859), Mary Ann Hillier (1847-1936), and Alice Jessie Keown (born 1861), forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871).

No 3, Life Sized Heads', 1866

Photographs

1866

Photograph entitled 'No 3, Life Sized Heads' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1866. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic study of William Frederick 'Freddy' Gould (born 1861) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). This study forms part of a series of 'Life sized heads' of five-year-old-children. There were two series produced. Freddy Gould and Alice Jessie Keown (born 1861) are two known sitters in the series.

Bust of Berzelius in selenium, 1862

Metallurgy

1862

Bust of Berzelius in selenium. Berzelius discovered selenium in Sweden in 1817. From the International Exhibition of 1862

Fluted Roller Cutting Machine

Hand and Machine Tools

1865

Fluted roller cutting machine made by Thomas Ryder and Son Ltd, Bolton c.1865

Bottle, clear glass, contents, for colloidal ferri

Medical Glass-ware

1862-1863

Bottle, clear glass, contents, for colloidal ferric hydroxide solution, U.S.A., 1862-1863

Gettysburg - 3rd Day...

Photographs

1863-07

A photograph of a dead soldier at Devil's Den on the battlefield at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, America, by Alexander Gardener (1821-1882) from a negative produced by Timothy H O'Sullivan (1840-1882) in July 1863. This photograph is from an album entitled 'Canada and the United States.1867' by John Downes Rochfort (1825-1885), who toured Canada and America in 1867.

Gettysburg - 3rd Day. Rocks Opposite Little Round Top Hill

Photographs

1863-07

A photograph of dead bodies on the battlefield at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, America, taken by an unknown photographer in July 1863. This photograph is from an album entitled 'Canada and the United States.1867' by John Downes Rochfort (1825-1885), who toured Canada and America in 1867.

Gettysburg - 3rd Day. Rocks Opposite Little Round Top Hill

Photographs

1863-07

A photograph of dead bodies on the battlefield at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, America, taken by an unknown photographer in July 1863. This photograph is from an album entitled 'Canada and the United States.1867' by John Downes Rochfort (1825-1885), who toured Canada and America in 1867.

Morse tapes sent to the 'Great Eastern', 1865.

Telecommunications

1865

Original Morse tapes received by SS 'Great Eastern' while laying the 1865 transatlantic cable, unknown maker, British, 1865

Binocular microscope, with brass component and wooden case

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1863-1866

Binocular microscope, brass component and wooden case, by Smith, Beck & Beck, 1866, London, United Kingdom

J.B. Dancer Micrograph View

Photographic Technology

c1862

J.B. Dancer Micrograph Viewer and 23 microphotographs c.1862

Parkesine curtain ring, red

Plastics and Modern Materials

c. 1862

Parkesine curtain ring, rust red, made by Alexander Parkes, c. 1862. (P65).

Ewen Wrottesley Hay Cameron

Photographs

1865

Photograph entitled 'Ewen Wrottesley Hay Cameron' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1865. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic portrait of Ewen Wrottesley Hay Cameron (1843-1888) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). Cameron thought that Ewen was the best looking of her five sons.

Patent model of orrery planetary mechanism, 1865

Astronomy

1865

Patent model of improved orrery by John G. Moore of Philadelphia, US Patent 51072 dated 21st November 1865, with original tag.

Copper from Corsica, from the French Department of

Metallurgy

before 1862

Copper from Corsica, from the French Department of the Exhibition of 1862

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-950

Uterine probe, Playfair, aluminium, first half 20th century

Knife with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle, m

Plastics and Modern Materials

1862

Knife with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle, mottled black and red in colour. Steel-plared blade with four fake hallmarks. Base of blade decorated with moulded leaf decoration.

Bell, Great Western Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1865

Bell, Great Western Railway, embossed 2-4-0 locomotive surmounted by the initials 'GWR' and below '1865', from Swindon Works.

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Aragonite slab with 7 holes for cosmetic ointments, each labelled in hieroglyphics, Egyptian, 1991BC-1786BC

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma, showing his withered right leg, plaster copy of Egyptian original, 2000-1001BC. Made in Dantes Plad in Copenhagen (Denmark).

Columnar Engine, 1862

Motive Power

1862

Small columnar engine built by the company of Maudslay, Sons & Field, to drive their models displayed at the London International Exhibition, 1862.

Dark blue glass shop round, 1862-1865.

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1862-1865

Bottle, dark blue glass, with contents, for mercury pills, English, late 19th century

'St. Agnes', 1864

Photographs

1864

Photograph entitled 'St Agnes' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1864. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic study of Mary Ann Hillier (1847-1936), posed as St Agnes, forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871).

The Minstrel Group', 1866

Photographs

1866

Photograph entitled 'The Minstrel Group' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1866. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic study of Mary Ryan (1848-1914), Kate 'Kittie' Keown (1857-1922) and Elizabeth 'Topsy' Keown (born 1859) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). The title of this photograph refers to a poem written in 1862 by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894).

Engraved Copper Plate for Map Printing, 1866

Printing & Writing

1866

Engraved copper plate for map printing

Domestic lock stitch sewing machine made by the Florence Sew

Textiles Machinery

1864

Domestic lock stitch sewing machine made by the Florence Sewing Machine Company, Florence, Massachusetts, United States, 1864. Built for treadle drive but without treadle and base.

Fork with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle, mo

Plastics and Modern Materials

1862

Fork with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle, mottled blue and white in colour, wavy profile. Steel-plated prongs with four fake hallmark .on shaft . Base of shaft decorated with moulded diamond design.

Knife with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle, m

Plastics and Modern Materials

1862

Knife with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle, mottled blue and white in colour, wavy profile. Steel-plated blade with four fake hallmarks. Plating lifting off along one edge of blade. Base of blade decorated with moulded leaf decoration.

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC

Patent model in brass of a pantoscope, invented by

Astronomy

1865

Patent model in brass of a pantoscope, invented by Charles Emmanuel of Paris, patented in America [Patent No. 45,954 January 17, 1865] and made by T. Auvray, Paris.

Gettysburg 1st day...

Photographs

1863-07

A photograph of dead soldiers on the battlefield at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, America, by Alexander Gardener (1821-1882) from a negative produced by Timothy H O'Sullivan (1840-1882) in July 1863. This photograph is from an album entitled 'Canada and the United States.1867' by John Downes Rochfort (1825-1885), who toured Canada and America in 1867. The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War, with over 50,000 men killed or wounded during three days of fighting.

Gettysburg. The summit of Little Round Top Hill

Photographs

1863-07

A photograph of the Union defensive position at Little Round Top on the battlefield at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, America, by Alexander Gardener (1821-1882) from a negative produced by Timothy H O'Sullivan (1840-1882) in July 1863. This photograph is from an album entitled 'Canada and the United States.1867' by John Downes Rochfort (1825-1885), who toured Canada and America in 1867.