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_The Soho Bazaar, Soho Square_
Photo illustration of the Soho Bazaar in Soho Square, a covered marketplace or street where goods and services are sold. Taken from _The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions and Politics_ by Rudolph Ackermann, accessed by Wikipedia Commons. In his diary A.S. Lyon mentions that he shopped at the London Bazaar. -
"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. -
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. -
The Decline of Life in Health and Disease by Barnard Van Oven
A digital image of an advertisement for a new medical book written by Barnard Van Oven, MD, most likely the same Dr. Van Oven that A.S. Lyon visits. -
1831, A gentleman in full dress still has his chapeau bras
This drawing depicts the fashion style elite men had during 1830s in London, England. -
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. -
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. -
A Barbers Shop in Assize Time
This illustration comically depicts the chaos of a London barber shop. -
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. -
A collection of playbills from Drury Lane Theatre, 1820-1821
A digital rendering of an original playbill depicting the order of acts of entertainment from a performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Featuring the title of a song, "Glorious Apollo" discussed by Lyon on page 33 of his diary. -
A collection of playbills from Drury Lane Theatre, 1826-1828
This item is a digital reproduction of an image taken of a playbill from Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, for Tuesday, November 13, 1827. Of particular interest is the mention of Mr. Macready (playing Virginius) and Miss Foote (playing Virginia) in the play “Virginius.” A. S. Lyon mentioned seeing them on April 26, 1826. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
A View of the Palace at Kew from the Lawn
This 1763 engraving portrays Kew Palace and the gardens stretching beyond it. -
A wedding of the middle 1800s
A digital image of the engraving by J. B. Forrest. -
A.S. Lyon's 1823 Diary
The original diary belongs to Annabel Foster-Davis. She has kindly given permission to publish a digital copy of the diary on The Lyon Archive. -
A.S. Lyon's 1826-39 Diary
The diary is an unpublished manuscript copy that has been photographed and displayed on this site. -
Abandoned
This painting by Fritz von Uhde portrays a mourning woman with her head in her hands. -
Abbotsford in Scotland
A digital image of a coloured chromolithograph in the 1880 book Country Seats by Morris. Sir Walter Scott was successful enough to purchase Abbostford, although it consumed a great deal of his time and funds. Abbotsford attracted tourism while Scott was in residence, and continues to do so today. -
Account of the fatal hurricane by which Barbados suffered in August 1831 : to which is prefixed a succinct narrative of the convulsions of the elements which at several times have visited and injured the West Indian Islands
A digital reproduction of an image taken of “Account of the fatal hurricane by which barbados suffered in August 1831," a meteorological journal. It provides a brief account of Sir James Lyon’s character and reputation as he responds to the devastation of the hurricane. -
Almack's Assembly Rooms inside
An image of the painting "A Ball at Almack's Assembly Rooms in London" by George Cruikshank. -
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). -
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.