Category: 1880s
A series of wood engravings from J G Bishop’s ‘A Peep into the Past’: 4
BPC00041 Mr and Mrs Thrales’ House on West Street. From a series of wood engravings from J G Bishop’s A Peep into the Past: Brighton in the Olden Time’, 1880 and republished 1892. See other... Read More
The Hove Town Hall
BPC00438 Photogravure, c1885, included in The Album of Brighton Views, no publisher’s line but noted on the back as being ‘Manufactured Abroad’. This Gothic building was designed by Alfred Water... Read More
The Pavilion – Dome
BPC00268 Photogravure published in The Album of Brighton Views, c1880. See all images of the Royal Pavilion Estate... Read More
Miss Widgett’s Library, South of the Steine, 1779 – The Post Office
BPC00234 Wood engraving published in J G Bishop’s 1880 and 1892 editions of A Peep into the Past: Brighton in the Olden Time. The first library on the Steine was built on the east side by the Tunbri... Read More
The Castle Tavern, Brighton 1814
BPC00175 Copper engraving published in J G Bishop’s 1880 and 1892 editions of A Peep into the Past: Brighton in the Olden Time. Illustrated opposite page 201 in 1880 and page 217 in the 1892 edition... Read More
The Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital
BPC00160 Wood engraving from the Graphic, 30 July 1881. The building was designed by Thomas Lainson (1825-1898), a prolific local architect who also designed the Middle Street Synagogue, the private ... 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 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