Browse Items (161 total)

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  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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  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.
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  The chess players

  This item is a digital reproduction of a nineteenth-century painting by Thomas Eakins. A. S. Lyon describes mentions his interest in chess on several occasions when he either plays or teaches others how to play chess.
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  Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

  A photograph of the Globe Theatre.
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  Tulloch Castle

  Photograph of Tulloch Castle and surrounding grounds.
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  The Tete-A-Tete

  A digital image of the illustration "The Tete-A-Tete," created in 1839 and published in issue 49 of The Odd Fellow on December 7, 1839. "Tête-à-tête" means face-to-face in French, a commonly used phrase to describe a private conversation, typically between a man and woman. A.S. Lyons refers to several tête-à-tête conversations throughout his diaries.
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  London

  A digital rendering of a "Proof before letters" map of 1830s London surrounded by pictorial views of London landmarks including East India House, Marble Arch, Westminster Abbey, and Waterloo Bridge.
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  The "Arcades." Horticurtural Gardens South Kensington

  This is a photograph of The "Arcades" in the Horticulture Gardens of South Kensington from the 19th Century.
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  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.
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  The Three Hunchbacks; Or, The Sabre Grinders of Damascus

  Photo copy of the first page of The Three Hunchbacks play script, from page 175 of Lord Chamberlain's Plays. Vol. XII. Jan.-Feb. 1826 (a collection of manuscripts and printed play scripts).
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  A Backgammon Board

  This is a drawing for Backgammon board, one of the oldest games. The game requires two players. There are several games' versions for Backgammon. Generally, the pieces are moved according to the role of dice that has six faces i.e. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 dots. For some, it is a game depends on luck; for others, it depends on planning.
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  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.
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  Almack's Assembly Rooms inside

  An image of the painting "A Ball at Almack's Assembly Rooms in London" by George Cruikshank.
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  Poetical excursions in the Isle of Wight

  Cover page for Poetical Excursions in the Isle of Wight.
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  A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom, Containing Kensington Gardens in 1826.

  A topographical map of the United Kingdom, containing every city, town, village, hamlet, parish, district, object and place in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the small islands dependent.
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  John Bull

  This item is a digital reproduction of a (potential) lithograph included at the beginning of John Bull: The Englishman’s Fireside: A Comedy, in Five Acts, published in 1807 by George Colman, the Younger.
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  At the Marylebone Police Office on Wednesday, a Jew of the Name of Maurice Woolf, Was Brought up on a Warrant Charged with Having Assaulted Mr. Lee, Printed, of 98, Crawford-Street

  Maurice Woolf, a Jewish man, assaulted Mr. Lee when Lee accused Woolf's wife of stealing a sheet from his kitchen. Lee detailed that Woolf was occupying a portion of Lee's house and claimed to be working as a tailor. Lee then discovered that Woolf was part of a gang of thieves and approached Woolf about the missing sheet. These events were documented in an essay called The Man. A Rational Advocate.
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  Isle of Wight

  An article from The Weekly True Sun, detailing events in the Isle of Wight in 1837, about 8 years after Lyon's visit. The periodical shares information about what Lyon may have seen or experienced during his visit.
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  Harbour Parade, Ramsgate

  A wide shot photo of Harbour Parade, Ramsgate.
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  The law and practice of bankruptcy : as founded on the recent statute : with forms

  A digital rendering of the title page and advertisements of a print book on bankruptcy and financial practices of London from 1831. Includes the advertisement notes from the 3rd and 4th editions of the volume.
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  The blue devils. A poor depressed man.

  The blue devils was a term given to melancholy and sadness. It refers to "intense visual hallucinations that can accompany severe alcohol withdrawal," and as time went on, it came to mean a state of agitation or depression.
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  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.
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  The West Indiaman "Britannia"

  A digital image of the painting, The West Indiaman Britannia by Joseph Walter. The painting is housed at the National Maritime Museum. A "West Indiaman Ship" was the name given to merchant ships traveling from England to the West Indies The name A. S. Lyon mentions is "The Britannia." He mentions the ship when he describes seeing his brother off on his journey from Barbados to London (Diary May 26, 1829).
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  Cowes Castle

  An image of the late eighteenth-century illustration of Cowes Castle found in Charles Tomkin's book A Tour to the Isle of Wight.
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  Cowes Harbour

  An image of the late eighteenth-century illustration of W, Cowes Harbour found in A Tour to the Isle of Wight by Charles Tomkins.