Interior of Rouen Cathedral, France mb-code 42-32968906 Exterior view of the Great

Exterior view of the Great Exhibition building during its construction

'Miseries of London'

A watercolour sketch from Windsor Castle and the Water-Way Thither by W H Davenport Adams

Victoria subtly reinforces the notion of British military superiority with her remark that the new gun is just like 'a number we have at Woolwich'

Interior of Rouen Cathedral, France mb-code 42-32968906 Exterior view of the GreatInterior of Rouen Cathedral, France, 1937. The cathedral, begun in the 13th century, houses a tomb of Richard the Lionheart which contains his heart. Illustration from Frankreich: Baukunst, Landschaft Und Volksleben, a work on French architecture, landscape and people by Martin Hrlimann, (Berlin, 1937).