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Kitty Stephens, later Countess of Essex, playing a harp lute
This is an early nineteenth-century portrait of Catherine "Kitty" Stephens playing a harp lute by George Henry Harlow. -
Old Covent Garden Market
This 1825 print portrays vendors selling food at the Old Covent Garden Market in London, England. -
The Serpentine, Hyde Park
This painting depicts visitors walking and riding horses through the trails of Hyde Park. -
Grace Darling; Or, the Heroine of the Fern Islands
This item is a digital reproduction of an image previously on microfilm, Micropublished in History of Women. It is from the book Grace Darling; Or, the Heroine of the Fern Islands by George William MacArthur Reynolds, published in 1839. The inscription reads: “Mr. Darling & his Daughter rowing to the wreck.” This book details the heroism of Grace Darling, who saved nine crew members from death after the Forfarshire schooner wrecked off the Farne Islands. -
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. -
A Couple and Two Children Sleeping on a London Bridge
This dark illustration by Gustave Dore depicts a family sleeping on a bridge in London, with the masts of ships and the stars in view beyond. -
Podcast Interview with Annabel Foster-Davis about The Lyon Archive and Lyon family history.
This item is a podcast interview between Annabel Foster-Davis and Heidi Kaufman -
Podcast Interview with Naomi Cream, Great-Great-Great Granddaughter of Solomon Lyon
This resource is a short interview, under 30 minutes, during which Naomi Cream and Heidi Kaufman discussed Lyon family history and other related matters. -
Podcast Interview with Diane Lyon Wead, Great-Great-Great Granddaughter of Solomon Lyon
This resource is a short interview, under 30 minutes, during which Diane Lyon Wead and Heidi Kaufman discussed Lyon family history and other related matters. -
The Chess Game
The photograph depicts three people playing chess between 1860-1865. Lyon mentions his interest in chess in several places throughout the Diaries. -
A Barbers Shop in Assize Time
This illustration comically depicts the chaos of a London barber shop. -
Sir Walter Scott
A photograph of a portrait of Sir Walter Scott by Henry Raeburn. Lyon sees Scott on the street during one of his visits to Edinburgh in the 1826-1839 diary. -
Warning Baake in Clyde River
A painting by German artist Hermann Eschke of the River Clyde in Scotland. The painting's dramatic aspect depicts the ship and dinghy passing through the mouth of the river. The River Clyde is located near Glasgow. -
The Great Eastern Steam Ship
This illustration depicts the exterior view of the Great Eastern Steam Ship, as well as a cross-section revealing its interior layout, drawn by I.K. Brunel Esqr. F.R.S. -
A wedding of the middle 1800s
A digital image of the engraving by J. B. Forrest. -
Monument, near the Military Hospital, Barbados
This etching depicts a monument erected near the military hospital in Barbados. -
Breathing a vein
This etching depicts the practice of bloodletting, as a doctor bleeds his ill patient in order to cure him of an ailment. -
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. -
The Mansion House in London
An engraving of the Mansion House in London. -
The Royal Exchange and Cornhill in London
This illustration portrays the bustling streets at the Royal Exchange in London, England. -
The Counting-House Assistant, or, A Brief Digest of American Mercantile Law
A digital .pdf of The Counting-House Assistant, or, A Brief Digest of American Mercantile Law, published in Pittsburgh in 1818. It describes the rules of American mercantile law in the nineteenth century. A.S. Lyon would have worked in similar conditions and legal frameworks. -
Nocturne in Blue and Silver: The Lagoon, Venice
This painting depicts the dark scene of a lagoon near Venice at nightfall. Boats and gondolas float in the waters beyond the cityscape. -
Le pilote: roman américain
Le Pilote: Roman Américain is the fourth volume of the series written by James Fenimore Cooper and Auguste-Jean-Baptiste Defauconpret. This is most likely the Pilote that Lyon refers to reading in his diary. -
HMS Barham at Malta on 25 September 1833
A digital image of the painting, HMS Barham at Malta on 25 September 1833 by James Kennett Willson. The painting is housed at the National Maritime Museum.
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Front View of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
This engraving portrays the front entrances to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, as well as the surrounding bustle of street traffic.