Hand coloured

Crystal Palace interior view with an avenue of sculpture, some winged. Struts and metalwork in the interior, and pots of plants on the left

Note on back of case 'Mr. Fred Holmes. Inventor of Dynamo for Lighthouses'. Frederick Hale Holmes pioneered the electrical illumination of lighthouses in the 1850s and 60s. He was the first to use a magneto to supply an arc lamp, in 1853. In 1856, he patented a system to use the magneto to light a lighthouse, which was demonstrated to Faraday in 1857 at Blackwall. Reference: Bowers, B. A History of Electric Light and Power. London: Peter Peregrinus, 1991.

Stereo view of the Egyptian Court of the Great Exhibition, showing a row of pharaonic figures, reproduction of wall-paintings, part of the glass roof, and a view into the Greek and Roman sculpture Court. Getty images have an identical image, see links below.

Notes state Henry Lord Cockburn, Solicitor General for Scotland 1830. Presented by RS Cockburn, his grandson, in December 1970