Image of an artwork, print, copy of a painting by Frith, subject Falstaff and Mrs Ford, copied by J Hogg

1st Earl Spencer' written on verso, also scratched into verso 'The celebrated Earl Spencer'. Though it cannot be the first earl as he died before photography was invented.

Chief Baron Pollock' scratched on back, so could be Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet. BEARD PATENTEE stamped into mat. Wharton style case

An interior view of ancient Greek sculpture in the Crystal Palace, Sydenham. After housing the Great Exhibition in 1851 the Crystal Palace had been dismantled and rebuilt on a site at Sydenham, south east London, reopening in June 1854. The 'Palace of the People' as it became known, was at first a huge success as the world's first 'theme park'.

T R Williams opened his photographic studios in 236 Regent Street in 1854. Inscription scratched on to mat, bottom left corner, is T.R.W. London