PHENIX'S PICTORIAL, And Second Story Front Room Companion. Vol. I.] San Diego, October 1, 1853. [No. I. PORTRAIT OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT. Prince Albert, the son of a gentleman named Coburg, is the husband of Queen Victoria, of England, and the father of many of her children. He is the inventor of the celebrated " Albert hat," which has been lately introduced with great effect in the U. S. Army. The Prince is of German extraction, his father being a Dutchman and his mother a Duchess. MANSION OF JOHN PHENIX, ESQ., SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. HOUSE IN WHICH SHAKESPEARE WAS BORN, IN STRATFORD-ON-AVON. ABBOTSFORD, THE RESIDENCE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, AUTHOR OF BYRON'S PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, ETC. THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON. RESIDENCE OF GOVERNOR BIGLER, AT BENICIA, CALIFORNIA. BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE. The Battle of Lake Erie, of which our Artist presents a spirited engraving, copied from the original painting, by Hannibal Carracci, in the possession of J. P. Haven, Esq., was fought in 1836, on Chesapeake Bay, between the U. S. Frigates Consti tution and Guerriere and the British Troops under General Putnam. Our glorious flag, there as everywhere, was victorious, and "Long may it wave, o'er the land of the free, and the home of the slave." FEARFUL ACCIDENT ON THE CAMDEN & AMBOY RAILROAD!! 聲 VIEW OF THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, BY SIR BENJAMIN WEST. 慈雲 INTERVIEW BETWEEN MRS. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE AND THE DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND, FROM A GROUP OF STATUARY, BY CLARKE MILLS. BANK ACCOUNT OF J. PHENIX, ESQ., AT ADAMS & CO., BANKERS, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. GAS WORKS, SAN DIEGO HERALD OFFICE. STEAMER GOLIAH. VIEW OF A CALIFORNIA RANCH.-LANDSEER. SHELL OF AN OYSTER ONCE EATEN BY GENERAL WASHINGTON, SHOWING THE GENERAL'S MANNER OF OPENING OYSTERS. There! this is but a specimen of what we can do if liberally sustained. We wait with anxiety to hear the verdict of the Public, before proceeding to any farther and greater outlays. Subscription, $5 per annum, payable invariably in advance. |