Illustrated London News Vol 56 (page 1/5)

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The Thames Subway at Tower-Hill

Here we see people lining up to experience the first underground railway in London. There seems to have been a single carriage, dvided into first and second class, and pulled by [...] [more...] [$]

The Missing Screw Steamer City of Boston

“THE CITY OF BOSTON. [more...] [$]

Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: A.—Mountain Horn

“The mountain horn, of wood, bound with brass, is nearly 8ft. long, and is one of those used by the Alpine herdsmen of Switzerland, and likewise in Sweden, to give signals to each other, or to call their cattle together, as well as to [...] [more...] [$]

Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: N.—Viola di Bordone

A Violoa di Bordone is a stringed musical instrument played with a bow. It is a sort of viol with cat-gut strings, but with a second, parallel set of metal strings. The metal strings are not played with the bow directly, but resonate in [more...] [$]

Screen in Selby Church

“The Abbey of Selbey was founded by William the Conqueror, who richly endowed it, according to some because it was the place where Matilda of Flanders gave birth to Henry Beauclerc, while others state that this event was subsequent to the foundation. [...] It is in the Norman, the Early English, and the Decorated Styles [obviously only the Norman part [...] the central tower and mutliated south transept.” (p. 353) [more...] [$]