1850s Gallery
Available as Prints and Gift Items
Choose from 147 pictures in our 1850s collection for your Wall Art or Photo Gift. All professionally made for Quick Shipping.
Featured Print
Great Eastern laying transatlantic telegraph cable
Steamship "Great Eastern" attempting to lay telegraph cable across the Atlantic, 1850s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
© North Wind Picture Archives
1800s, 1850s, 19th Century, American, Art, Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean, Cable, Great Eastern, Heritage, Historic, History, Illustration, Journey, Maritime, Ocean, Ocean Liner, Sea, Ship, Steam Ship, Steamer, Telegraph, Traditional, Transatlantic Cable, Transportation, Travel, Vintage, Voyage
Featured Print
PNAV2A-00033
Us Navy squadron commanded by Matthew Perry sailing for Japan, 1852: USS Susquehannah, Saratoga, St Mary's, a supply ship, Plymouth, Perry in rowboat, Mississippi, and Princeton (left to right).
Hand-colored woodcut of an 1850s illustration
© North Wind Picture Archives
1800s, 1850s, 1852, 19th Century, Art, Asia, Battle Ship, Commander Perry, Diplomacy, Historic, History, Illustration, Japan, Maritime, Matthew Perry, Military, Naval Ship, Navy, Ocean, Opening Japan, Pacific, Pacific Ocean, Sailing, Sailing Ship, Sea, Ship, Steam Ship, Trade, Treaty, United States, Us A, Us Fleet, Vintage, Voyage, War Ship
Featured Print
Opium Wars in China, 1800s
Chinese rioters burning British warehouses during the Second Opium War, 1850s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
© North Wind Picture Archives
1800s, 1850s, 19th Century, Art, Asia, British, British Empire, China, Chinese, Colonialism, Colony, Commerce, Drug Trade, English, English Colony, Great Britain, Heritage, Historic, History, Hong Kong, Illustration, Imperialism, Merchant, Opium, Opium War, Opium Wars, Protest, Rebellion, Revolt, Sea Port, Trade, Traditional, Uprising, Vintage
