Category: Images of people
George Leopold Langton, Esq
BPC00142 On the left margin is St Peter’s Church and to his right is the gatehouse of Hanover Crescent. See all images of cricket and cricketers See all images of Park Crescent and The Level... Read More
Frederick W. Robertson
BPC00324 Lithograph after C J Basebe, published by W H Mason, September 1853. The incumbent of Trinity Chapel, Ship Street, Robertson was regarded by many as the greatest of modern preachers. He died ... Read More
Prince Albert driving the Queen and Princess Royal in their Sledge, at Brighton
BPC00303 Inscribed JWG. Lithograph by Dean & Co, London, c1845. With the winter weather, the Queen had sent to Windsor for the ponies and sledge. The Dowager Lady Lyttleton is holding the Princess... Read More
Martha Gunn
BPC00321 (this is a very small original image – see note on image sizes) Wood engraving from J G Bishop’s A Peep into the Past, Brighton in the Olden Time, 2nd edition published by Bishop 1892... Read More
Thos Box – born Feb 7th 1809 at Ardingly, Sussex
BPC00143 Aquatint and line engraving by Charles Hunt after Charles Basebe. Behind Box is the cricket pavilion of the Royal Cricket Ground, just to the north of St Peter’s Church. See all images of c... Read More
Key Plate to W H Mason’s Drawing of a Cricket Match at Brighton between the Counties of Sussex and Kent
BPC00138 Copperplate line engraving published by Mason in Brighton, Ackermann 96 Strand, and E Gambarts, Berners Street, London, 1849. This is the key plate that was on offer to purchasers of BPC00139... Read More
Martha Gunn – The Old Brighton Bather
BPC00322 Aquatint, no artist or engraver named, published by Morris & Co, c1810. Born in 1726, Martha ‘dipped’ from around 1750 until ill health forced her retirement in 1814. She died in 1815... Read More
Phoebe Hessel
BPC00323 Lithograph by Vincent Brooks, printed by Day & Son Lithographers, and published in The History of Brighton and Environs by Alderman Henry Martin. John Beal, East Street, Brighton, 1871. ... Read More