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Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, for tincture

Medical Glass-ware

1862-1863

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, for tincture of calumba, U.S.A., 1862-1863

Jumnootrie Peak, Himalayas

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on original card/album page, titled 'Jumnootrie Peak, Himalayas', ca. 1865. View of snow-capped mountains from Jumnotri (or Yamunotri) in the Indian Himalayas. Once part of a 19th century album containing images of India and Asia. Bourne 1571

Alfred Tennyson

Photographs

1866

A photographic portrait of the poet Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892), taken by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) in 1866. This albumen print forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). Tennyson was the most popular poet of the Victorian period. He was made Queen Victoria's poet laureate in 1850.

worksplate from grantown on spey station gates

Railway Infrastructure

1862

Worksplate, Highland & Great North of Scotland Railway, cast iron plaque from gates of Grantown on Spey Station "1862 Harper & Co, Makers Aberdeen".

Untitled

Photographs

ca. 1865

Untitled albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on card. Image shows a Buddhist temple in a garden in India. Two Indian men sit on the bank of a river running through the garden. This photograph was once part of a 19th century album containing views of colonial India and Asia.

A Banian Tree

Photographs

ca. 1866

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on original card/album page, titled "A Banian Tree", ca. 1866. Possibly taken in Barrackpore Park, near Calcutta, India. Image was once part of a 19th century album containing photographs of India and Asia.

ben rhydding station sign

Railway Infrastructure

1865

Station sign, Ben Rhydding, Otley & Ilkley Joint Railway, carved and painted stone, ornate white lettering on orange ground, in two pieces, original sign from the opening in 1865.

The Red and White Roses'

Photographs

1865

Photograph entitled 'The Red and White Roses' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1865. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This print, number 56, of Kate and Elizabeth Keown forms part of the Herschel Album.The album was made by hand by Julia Margaret Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871).

Silvered medal presumably commemorated a conferenc

Wellcome Medals

1865

Silvered medal presumably commemorated a conference or a commercial union in 1865, series of shields around rim, Eastern European, possibly Hungarian, 1865

Date Palms

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on original card/album page, titled 'Date Palms', ca. 1865. View of a patch of palm trees. Once part of a 19th century album containing images of India and Asia.

Rotating coil for the absolute measurement of resi

Electricity and Magnetism

1863

Rotating coil for the absolute measurement of resistance, with which "B.A. Unit" was determined.

Mausoleum of Sufter Jung

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print by Bourne and Shepherd, mounted on card, titled 'Mausoleum of Sufter Jung', near Delhi, India, ca. 1865. This photograph was once part of a 19th century album containing views of colonial India and Asia. From negative Bourne 1368

John Jackson MD

Photographs

1864

Photograph entitled 'John Jackson MD', taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1864. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This portrait of Dr John Jackson (1804-1887) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). In 1845 Jackson married Cameron's youngest sister, Maria.

Deodara cedars in winter

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on original card/album page, titled "Deodara cedars in winter", ca. 1865. Image shows snow-covered cedar trees in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. Originally part of a 19th century album showing views of colonial India and Asia.

Gautier's pocket telemeter by Tavernier-Gravet, c.

Surveying

1865

Gautier's pocket telemeter by Tavernier-Gravet, c.1865

Bottle, clear glass, empty, for solution of extrac

Medical Glass-ware

1862-1863

Bottle, clear glass, empty, for solution of extract of cascara sagrada, USA, 1862-1863

Wide-angle bronze mounted Glob

Photographic Technology

c.1862

Wide-angle bronze mounted Globe camera lens made by C.C. Harrison and J. Schnitzer of New York in around 1862. From accession form: An early for of wide angle lens. With less covering power than the Sutton panoramic water lens if is better corrected for astigmatism and chromatic aberations, though it suffers from distortion on the edges of the field. An advanced form of this construction with special curves for the two lenses but with much smaller apertures can be seen in the Goerz Hypergon which covers 130 degrees as against the 90 degrees of this lens.

Agra: The Fort

Photographs

ca. 1866

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, mounted on card, titled 'Agra: The Fort', ca. 1866. Image shows the Ummer Singh Gate of the Agra Fort, with the Taj Mahal pictured on the right in the distance. Bourne 1218

The Queen's Statue - Bombay

Photographs

ca. 1865

Untitled albumen print by Francis Frith, mounted on original card/album page, entitled The Queen's Statue - Bombay'. This photograph was once part of a 19th century album, showing views of colonial India and Asia.

Sample of 1865 transatlantic cable (shore end)

Telecommunications

1865

Sample of 1865 transatlantic cable (shore end) with end rings, made by the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Limited, Greenwich, London, England, 1865. One cable end ring embossed with 'Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Company Limited'.

'James Spedding', 1864

Photographs

1864

A photographic portrait entitled 'James Spedding', taken by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) in 1864. This albumen print forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). James Spedding' (1808-1881) was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, with Alfred Tennyson and was his lifelong friend.

Cliffs at Elphinstone Point

Photographs

ca. 1865

Mounted albumen print by Samuel Bourne titled "Cliffs at Elphinstone Point", taken ca. 1865. Mahabaleshwar is the highest hill station in the Western Ghats. It is a region of vast jungles that is home to many medicinal trees and plants. In 1829 it was established as a health resort. Elphinstone Point is named after Lord Elphinstone who was Governor of Bombay from 1853 until 1860. Bourne, a pioneer of travel photography, established a studio in Simla, in partnership with Charles Shepherd. Between 1863 and 1870 he undertook several photographic expeditions, including trips to the Himalayas, producing a collection of landscape views unsurpassed in technical skill and compositional elegance. By 1870 the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue contained 2,000 views from all parts of the subcontinent.

View in the Scindi Valley - Kashmir

Photographs

ca. 1865

Albumen print by Samuel Bourne, on original card/album page mount, titled 'View in the Scindi Valley - Kashmir', ca. 1865. Landscape view of the Sind Valley, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Formerly part of a 19th century album containing photographs of India and Asia. Bourne 985

Theiler's step by step type receiver, 1863-64

Telecommunications

1863-1864

Theiler's step by step type receiver, 1863-64

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.

Coal from Novelle, Switzerland, presented by McDou

Metallurgy

before 1865

Coal from Novelle, Switzerland, presented by McDougal Smith, 1865

Piece of the bottom of a refinery furnace under re

Metallurgy

1865

Piece of the bottom of a refinery furnace under repair, Hafod Works, Swansea, 1865

Anthracite from China, locality unknown, brought f

Metallurgy

before 1862

Anthracite from China, locality unknown, brought from Pekin, analysed by C. Tookey, presented by the Admiralty 1862, obtained by James Hope

Lignite from Desolation Island, Indian Ocean

Metallurgy

before 1864

Lignite from Desolation Island, part of Kerguelen group, Indian Ocean, presented by the Admiralty, 1864

Knife with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle, m

Plastics and Modern Materials

1862

Knife with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle, marbled green and black in colour, wavy profile. Steel-plated blade with four fake hallmarks. Base of blade decorated with moulded leaf decoration.

Larger specimen of the same thin rolled iron, comm

Metallurgy

1862

Larger specimen of the same thin rolled iron, communicated by W.P. Struve

Parkesine plaque with moulded figures of Zeus and nymphs

Plastics and Modern Materials

c. 1862

Parkesine plaque with moulded figures showing a mythological scene of Zeus surrounded by his nymphs. Made by Alexander Parkes; c. 1862. (P102 written on edge).

Specimen of iron broken by a shot at Shoeburyness,

Metallurgy

1866

Specimen of iron broken by a shot at Shoeburyness, 1866

Old horse or part of the bottom of an iron blast f

Metallurgy

1862

Old horse or part of the bottom of an iron blast furnace at Beaufort Iron Works, which was blown out in 1862

Coal from Springfield, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia,

Metallurgy

before 1866

Coal from Springfield, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, analysed by W.J. Ward, 1866, presented by J. Livesey

Coal from the hills near Tseng-ko-ken, in the prov

Metallurgy

before 1862

Coal from the hills near Tseng-ko-ken, in the province of Pechilli, China and brought from Jehol in Tartary, analysed by C. Tookey, presented by the Admiralty, 1862

Labuan coal, analysed by W.J. Ward, 1865

Metallurgy

before 1865

Labuan coal, analysed by W.J. Ward, 1865

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.

Copper produced by Rodda's patent, from the Austra

Metallurgy

before 1862

Copper produced by Rodda's patent, from the Australian Exhibits at the Exhibition of 1862

Elastic bituminous substance from Australia, analy

Metallurgy

before 1866

Elastic bituminous substance from Australia, analysed by W.J. Ward, in 1866

Pea-green Parkesine, sample, stamped 'Patent Parkesine'

Plastics and Modern Materials

1865

Flat disc of pea-green Parkesine, sample, stamped 'Patent Parkesine', made by Alexander Parkes, c. 1865, England

Lignite from Majorca

Metallurgy

before 1864

Lignite from the Island of Majorca, analysed by C. Tookey, 1864

Sample of copper sheeting from Cwm Avon Copper Wor

Metallurgy

before 1862

Sample of copper sheeting from Cwm Avon Copper Works, exhibited at the International Exhibition, 1862

Portrait Bust of Thomas Russell Crampton

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1865

Marble bust of Thomas Russell Crampton, 1816-1888, mechanical and civil engineer, by E.A. Olivieri, London, 1865.

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).

grave marker

Public Health & Hygiene

c. 1862

Cast iron cholera grave marker, with an inscription (rusted) "J J 1862" and a lion's head at the head end.

Electrical whirl

Electricity and Magnetism

1862

Electrical whirl

'The Neapolitan', 1866

Photographs

1866

Photograph entitled 'The Neapolitan' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1866. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic study of Mary Emily 'May' Prinsep (1853-1931) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871).

Lionel Tennyson

Photographs

1864

Photograph entitled 'Lionel Tennyson' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1864. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic portrait of Lionel Tennyson (1854-1886), the son of Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892), forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). Lionel was Alfred Tennyson's second son. He contracted malaria in India and never recovered, dying at sea when he was just thirty-two.

G F Watts Profile', 1864

Photographs

1864

Photograph entitled 'G F Watts Profile' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1864. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic portrait of the artist George Frederic Watts (1817-1904) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). Known as 'England's Michelangelo', Watts was one of the most important painters of the late Victorian period.