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Past and Present

1845

Coloured lithograph (cartoon with text) entitled, The Channel Tunnel - A Martial Nightmare

The Great International Exhibition

1862

The Great Eastern

1859

Astronomical Recreation

1846-1851

Astronomical Recreation

1850-1855
Print, Past and Present through Victorian eyes. The Leighton Brothers depict the end of an era, about 1950. Depicts William Chaplin's London to Manchester stagecoach Defiance, derelict in a farmyard and surrounded by farm animals. The carriage is covered in hay, and a chicken sits in the empty windowframe. In the background two passenger trains pass in opposite directions next to a station. Text below. Twentieth century reproduction of a lithograph published in 1859, based on a painting by Henry Alken. Pasted on card.

Past and Present

circa 1950
Print, Past and Present, by Henry Alken and the Leighton Brothers, about 1859. Coloured lithograph depicting William Chaplin's London to Manchester stagecoach Defiance, derelict in a farmyard and surrounded by farm animals. The carriage is covered in hay, and a chicken sits in the empty windowframe. In the background two passenger trains pass in opposite directions next to a station. Text above reads "Supplement. The Illustrated London News. April 23, 1859". Text below reads "Past and Present" with the number 176 at bottom right. Signed "Leighton Bros" at bottom right of image.

Past and Present

1859/04/23
Colour print. "The Great Eastern". From a painting by Edwin Weedon. Printed by Leighton Bros. Published as a Supplement to The Illustrated London News, 1859/09/17. Shows vessel with sails set and other vessels in background. Text:-"The Great Eastern. Length 692 feet, Breadth 83 feet, Depth 58 feet, tonnage 23,000."

"The Great Eastern"

1859/09/17
Print, Professor Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution, 27th December, 1855, from a painting by Alexander Blaikley, Commemorating the Attendance of HRH the Prince of Wales and HRH Prince Alfred, at the Juvenile Course of Lectures, 1855-6; [Michael Faraday lecturing before Albert Prince Consort at the Royal Institution]. / J & J Leighton, 40 Brewer St, Golden Square, [London], [1855]. Signed by Blaikley in the stone, b.l. - Title and imprint from printed labels stuck on reverse of former mount. - Continues: "From a Painting by A. BLAIKLEY, Commemorating the Attendance of H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES AND H.R.H. PRINCE ALFRED, At the Juvenile Course of Lectures, 1855-6". - Lacking Key Diagram (copy in Royal Institution). - After the oil in the Royal Society of Chemistry, London Michael Faraday lecturing at his bench, on which are chemical apparatus, iron force filings on paper, spherical condenser, bottles, etc; his assistant Sergeant Anderson stands behind; holding book; pointing with left arm to mantelpiece elements of gold and platinum; in front row of large mixed audience, sits Albert Prince Consort, with the Prince of Wales on his left, Prince Alfred on his right; audience contains portrait representations of famous men of science; lecture theatre is gas-lit. Lithograph, tinted

Print of Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution

1855