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Category: 1840s

Brighton College

Brighton College

Posted on 2nd April 201714th September 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00133 Wood engraving published in the Illustrated London News, 13 October 1849. The college was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and built in 1849. This is the earliest dated engraving of the ... Read More
Dividend payment certificate from the Brighthelmstone Suspension Pier Company, incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1822

Dividend payment certificate from the Brighthelmstone Suspension Pier Company, incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1822

Posted on 19th February 20172nd November 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00103 ‘Received Jany 1st 1849 of the Company by payment of Messrs. Hall, West, Borrer, and Hall, their Treasurers the sum of Three Pounds being a dividend of the 11/2 % on Two Shares in the said ... Read More
The Chain Pier, Brighton

The Chain Pier, Brighton

Posted on 17th February 20175th September 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00087 A detailed view of part of this image is available at BPC00481 Aquatint engraving published by W H Mason, 81 King’s Road, Brighton. From Mason’s 1841 Fashionable Handbook for Visitors to ... Read More
The Chain Pier, Brighton

The Chain Pier, Brighton

Posted on 17th February 201730th October 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00084 Sepia lithograph by Jules Arnout after the drawing by George Earp Junior. Printed by Lemercier and published by W H Mason, 81 King’s Road, Brighton 1846. This is the dated publication line ... Read More
Chain Pier & Bazaar from the Beach, Brighton (Looking West)

Chain Pier & Bazaar from the Beach, Brighton (Looking West)

Posted on 17th February 20175th September 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00077 Steel engraving by T Jeavons after G Atwick. Published by W Grant, 5 Castle Square, Brighton, c1843. Wallis’s 1842 Brighton As It Is guide reports on two bazaars, one was on the Grand Para... Read More
Brighton from the Sea

Brighton from the Sea

Posted on 16th February 20171st October 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00067 Wood engraving by G Nibbs after R Nibbs, published as the frontispiece in W & C Fleet’s Hand-Book of Brighton and its Environs, with some account of the Fishery, 1847. Fleet’s hand-bo... Read More
Brighton

Brighton

Posted on 16th February 201730th October 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00064 There is a close-up view of this image. Click here to view the detail Steel engraving by T A Prior after Thomas Allom. Published by J & W Robins, Tooley Street, London, c1845. The artist,... Read More
Captain Warners' Experiment

Captain Warners’ Experiment

Posted on 16th February 20178th November 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00057 Lithograph by Day & Haghe after Richard Henry Nibbs. Published by W H Mason, 81 King’s Road, and Ackermann & Co, London, 27 July 1844. The print has five lines of detailed text des... Read More
Brunswick Terrace & Esplanade, Brighton

Brunswick Terrace & Esplanade, Brighton

Posted on 16th February 201729th October 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00054 Aquatint engraved by J Georges, published by W Leppard, East Street, c1842. Images of Brighton 1013   All images of Brunswick Square and Terrace: There is more information about Brunswick S... Read More
Swiss Cottage

Swiss Cottage

Posted on 5th January 20179th November 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00110 (this is a very small original image – see note on image sizes) Positioned at the entrance to the Chalybeate (now St Ann’s Well Gardens) the cottage was where servants and staff waite... Read More
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