Browse Items (161 total)

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  Leadenhall Street

  Leadenhall Street in the City of London. Engraving by J Hopkins after a drawing by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. Published 1837.

• "Game" References in A.S. Lyon Diary

  Use of Voyant's "Keywords in Context" tool to identify and list the frequency of the word "game" in the ABRAHAM SEPTIMUS LYON DIARY 1826-1839.
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  The New Swell's Night Guide

  The New Swell's Night Guide was a book listing houses, clubs, and streets in London where prostitutes were available to men.
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  Stage Coach and Mail in Days of Yore: A Picturesque History of the Coaching Age

  This illustration is one of many in a book called, "Stage Coach and Mail in Days of Yore: A Picturesque History of the Coaching Age," by author Charles George Harper from 1903. This illustration depicts what Lyon may have traveled in, or how he traveled (sitting outside on top of the carriage).
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  The original Picture of London (1826)

  As could be deduced by other items in this archive, Lyon lived in London for several years to do business and spend quality time with the Harts family. His brother married into that family, and they partially financed the Lyons' business. This is an illustration from one of the years that Lyon lived in London, offering an idea of what Lyon might have seen on a typical day.
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  Une société lyrique (ou goguette) à Paris en 1826.

  Lyon often mentioned Paris, as it was the place to go for him to acquire his goods for his business. He often disliked the travel, primarily because of the poor weather. He also disliked it because his brother James often prodded him to go, and these meetings for the goods that James would set up were ill-received by the distributors. Lyon also didn't understand or participate in the culture well enough to feel welcome.
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  Maria Foote, afterwards Countess of Harrington

  A digital image taken from a book (previously taken from an engraving) featuring the Countess of Harrington. Miss Maria Foote was a stage actress and musician who became the Countess of Harrington in 1831. Lyon saw her perform jut five years before her marriage in the role of Virginia opposite William Macready at the Drury Lane Theatre.
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  A wedding of the middle 1800s

  A digital image of the engraving by J. B. Forrest.
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  The Bathing Place at Ramsgate

  A digital image of a painting, most likely of people vacationing at Ramsgate, a place Lyon visited frequently.
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  The Great Synagogue

  A digital image of a wash drawing of the Great Synagogue in London. It was located in the White Chapel district of London, just a five or ten minute walk from where Lyon lived, and it was one of the synagogues he attended.
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  Over London - by Rail

  A digital image of an engraving depicting an overhead view of London and its grime and overpopulation, most likely the type of scene Lyon would have passed on daily walks.
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  Depression and Business

  A graph depicting the correlation between mention of business and of anxiety and depression throughout Lyon's Diary (1826-39).
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  Anxiety in Lyon's Diary

  A graph depicting the frequency and placement of Lyon's mentions of anxiety and depression throughout the course of the diary (1826-1839).
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  Fugitive Poetry

  A poem by Emma Lyon, A.S. Lyon's sister. "Stanzas to the Moon" written by Miss Emma Lyon, selected and published by a monthly magazine from London, England.
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  Miss Emma Lyon. Poems. Daughter of Rev. Solomon Lyon, Case 347

  A digital photocopy of handwritten letters and excerpts of poems by Emma Lyon, a published poet and the daughter of Revd. Solomon Lyon. The document contains several letters written in 1813. Page 2 credits Sir Benjamin Hobhouse as a sponsor for the content.
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  The London Tavern at Bishopsgate

  A digital image of an engraved illustration of The City of London Tavern from 1809. The illustration provides context on the places Lyon visited in London.
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  Father Thames Introducing His Offspring to the Fair City of London

  A political cartoon highlighting the class imbalance in Victorian London and the general dirt and disease present in the city due to pollution, particularly in the River Thames.
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  The Journal of Sir Walter Scott

  The Journal of Sir Walter Scott provides a first-person account of Scott's daily life from 1825 to his death in 1832. It was primarily written at his Scottish estate, Abbostford. The first complete edition of his journals were published by David Douglas in 1890.
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  London Merchant Seamen's Home and Red Ensign Club, 1942

  Merchant seamen enjoy a game of billiards in the Billiard Room.
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  Researching and Transcribing

  Naomi and Diane look through A.S. Lyon's diary in order to transcribe it.
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  The Counting House

  The painting depicts a counting house in business, perhaps displaying the work that James and Abraham Lyon conducted in their own lives.
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  Baby Naomi

  Naomi appears in the 2nd row, 3rd baby from the right held by the second nurse. The nurse is holding 2 babies. Naomi has black hair and is on the nurse's left arm. Photographed on Christmas Day 1935. She was born in the Salvation Army Hospital in the East End of London.
  
  
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  James Johnson 1777-1845

  A digital image of a painting of Dr. James Johnson, one of A.S. Lyon's doctors. Painted by J. Wood and engraved by G.H. Phillips.
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  Naomi Cream (2016)

  Naomi Cream at the beach, posing for a photo.
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  Dreadful Accident at the Harts' Home in Haydon Square

  Anne, a cook working for the Hart family murders a young child. She hides the pregnancy from the Hart family and died in the house of corrections soon after.