Browse Items (162 total)

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  Panoramic View of Paris

  A Panoramic Daguerreotype of Paris and the River Seine taken by the French Photographer Charles Chevalier (1804-1859) in 1844.
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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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  One of the wards in the hospital at Scutari (Turkey)

  This lithograph portrays patients being treated in a Turkish hospital during the Crimean War.
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  Old Covent Garden Market

  This 1825 print portrays vendors selling food at the Old Covent Garden Market in London, England.
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  Obituary Notice

  A digital image of an obituary notice posted in the January 1846 edition of The Southern Medical and Surgical Journal announcing the passing of Dr. James Johnson, who treated A.S. Lyon.
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  Northern part of Port Royal Harbour Jamaica 1806

  1806 print of Kingston Harbour, Jamaica, showing three hulks.
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  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.
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  Newcastle-upon-Tyne from New Chatham

  Newcastle-on-Tyne, or Newcastle-upon-Tyne is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England. The city is considered on of the most beautiful and important cities in England.Newcastle-upon-Tyne from New Chatham engraving by William Miller after Thomas Allom, published in Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham & Northumberland.
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  New Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

  This newspaper announcement, made on December 9th, 1823, highlights a performance of "Guy Mannering" by His Majesty's Servants at the New Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London. A.S. Lyon attends this same performance, noted in his personal diaries.
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  Naomi Cream (2016)

  Naomi Cream at the beach, posing for a photo.
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  Monument, near the Military Hospital, Barbados

  This etching depicts a monument erected near the military hospital in Barbados.
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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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  Mention of Somerset House in the Yorkshire Gazette

  This column in the Yorkshire Gazette from May 31st, 1823 details the exhibition of paintings at Somerset House taking place the same day. A.S. Lyon mentions visiting this exhibition in his own diary.
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  Men Dancing in a Coffee House, an illustration from Tobias Smollett's "The Expedition of Humphry Clinker" (London, 1793), Vol. 1

  This illustration depicts men dancing, laughing, and generally taking pleasure in their visit to a coffee house.
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  Maria Foote, Afterwards Countess of Harrington, as Maria Darlington in the Farce of "A Rowland for an Oliver" (1824)

  Black and white digital image of a book plate featuring Maria Foote, British stage actress renowned for her beauty and musical talents. She later became the Countess of Harrington and left the stage. This illustration was done in 1824, two years before A.S. Lyon would've seen her perform as Virginia in the play Virginius at Drury Lane Theatre.
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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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  Map of Jamaica

  Digital reproduction of a map of Jamaica in 1671.
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  Map image of Goodman's field in 1746

  This map depicts Goodman's Fields in London, England.
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  Man Writing a Letter

  This painting by Gabriel Metsu depicts a seventeenth-century man as he writes a letter at home.
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  Lucy Henry's The Roll Call (1892)

  Pages reproduced from published volume.
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  Lottery Drawing, Cooper's Hall

  This print depicts a lottery drawing by the English State Lottery at Cooper's Hall in 1809 London. The English State Lottery, established in 1694, was eventually shut down by Parliament in 1826.
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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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  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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  Leadenhall Street

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

  This 1818 print depicts four couples as they dance a quadrille.