Browse Items (162 total)

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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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  A Barbers Shop in Assize Time

  This illustration comically depicts the chaos of a London barber shop.
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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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  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.
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  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.
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  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
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  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.
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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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  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.
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  The Serpentine, Hyde Park

  This painting depicts visitors walking and riding horses through the trails of Hyde Park.
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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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  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.
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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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  A Splendid Spread

  This illustration by George Cruikshank parodies the inflatable crinoline dresses worn by women in the nineteenth-century in London. The woman portrayed here wears crinoline so immense that her server must transfer food to her on a long spoon.
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  Inconveniences of a Crowded Drawing Room

  This illustration by George Cruikshank portrays the colorful and chaotic scene of a drawing room overcrowded by guests.
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  A Ball at Almack's Assembly Rooms in London

  This illustration depicts a ball taking place within Almack's Assembly Rooms in London, as couples dance quadrilles.
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  The Blue Devils _!!

  This illustration depicts a man experiencing the "blue devils," a term commonly used to signify depression or melancholy. This man's blue devils are personified, tormenting him with imagery of death and suicide.
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  A Brig Leaving Dover

  Lyon sails out of Dover to Paris and returns to England by the Dover Harbor, during his dealings with his brothers' business mistakes [diary entries from 12/5/26 to 4/16/29]. The diary does not record his years in Paris or time spent returning to London. Rather, a few entries contain his passage through Dover, and his feelings towards his brother and business.
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  Drury Lane Theatre, Tom and Bob enjoying a Theatrical treat

  A digital image of a aquatint print illustration done by George and Robert Cruikshank for Pierce Egan's Real Life in London, a monthly publication exploring daily life from West End to East End, London. This print features Pierce Egan's titular characters, Tom and Bob, attending a play at the Drury Lane Theatre, where Lyon would have seen plays and other performances.
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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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  Royal Coburg Theatre 1822

  A print of the Royal Coburg Theatre, used as promotional material after its creation in 1818.
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  Abandoned

  This painting by Fritz von Uhde portrays a mourning woman with her head in her hands.
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  This pleasantry was received with a general laugh

  This illustration depicts the scene at the London Stock Exchange from Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, as men share a laugh together.
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  Table of whist leads [recto]

  Whist is a classic English game played in the 18th and 19th centuries. The game has several variations, and is usually played by four players.
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  Fournier Street, Spitalfields

  This photograph shows Fournier Street in the Spitalfields district of London, England.