Author: Mary McKean
Sussex County Hospital Brighton
BPC00159 Lithograph by T T Bury after the original drawing by the architect, Herbert Williams. Published by Day & Haghe, lithographers, February 1841. Underneath the title is written: ‘This View... Read More
The Prince and Princess of Wales visiting a Ward in the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital
BPC00156 (this is a very small original image – see note on image sizes) Wood engraving from the Graphic 30 July 1881. Illustrated in The Victorian Development of the Clifton, Montpelier and P... Read More
The Victoria Fountain Brighton
BPC00151 Steel engraving by Rock & Co, London, one of very few Rock publications of a larger size. The engraved surface size, excluding the title, is 10 by 15 cms – the typical Rock engraving is... Read More
East Cliff Brighton, Storm Approaching
BPC00149 a detail of this image is available here (BPC00174) Aquatint engraving, part printed in colours, by George Hunt after M Jones. Published in C & R Sickelmore’s Select Views of Brighton,Â... Read More
The Dyke House, Devil’s Dyke
BPC00147 Steel engraving by Newman & Co, London. The Dyke House Hotel was owned by William & Mary Thacker, who took frequent adverts in the local papers. Â Typical was that of May 1849 in the ... Read More
The Old Dyke House
BPC00146 Wood engraving, signed on the plate by the artist Richard Henry Nibbs. Its origin is uncertain but likely to be from either the Graphic or the Illustrated London News c1880. The Dyke House ... Read More
The Crown and Anchor at Preston
‘The Crown and Anchor at Preston, where the Coroner’s inquest was held, with the assembled multitude in consternation; Ann Kennett sitting in the adjoining room’ BPC00144 Aquatint engraving afte... Read More
Grand Cricket Match at Brighton
BPC000137 Hand-coloured wood engraving from the ‘Illustrated London News’, 24 August 1844. There are only three known cricket engravings of Brighton. This is showing Ireland’s Cricket Grounds, ... Read More