1869 Collection (#11)

Lord Mayo / India 1870
Lord Mayo, Viceroy of India 1869-1872, visits Peshawar in 1870. Date: May 1870

George Peabody / Mayall
GEORGE PEABODY American/English philanthropist Date: 1795 - 1869

Silver Mining / Peru 1869
An apire or ore-bearer in the silver mines at Cerro de Pasco, Peru. Date: 1869

George Peabody / Leisure H
GEORGE PEABODY Philanthropist in 1816 Date: 1795 - 1869

Lorna Doone / Devon Scene
Lornas bower, Exmoor. Date: First published: 1869

Andre Gide / Brenson
ANDRE GIDE French writer in November 1938 Date: 1869 - 1951

George Robey / Signed
GEORGE ROBEY Music hall entertainer Date: 1869 - 1954

George Robey / Rotary
GEORGE ROBEY Music hall entertainer Date: 1869 - 1954

Convallaria Maialis
Lily of the Valley Date: 1869

Feu Follet by Path
A French peasant woman returning home with her child is startled when feux follets appear beside their path Date: 1869

Gide (Rysselberghe)
ANDRE GIDE French writer, in 1915 Date: 1869 - 1951

Scandinavian Furniture
The kind of furniture you d see on the stage for one of Ibsens dramas of domestic life. Date: 1869

1869 Continental Link
The Union Pacific Railroad, the first transcontinental rail link, is completed at Promontory Point, Utah - Hold still, everyone, for the photographer ! Date: 10 May 1869

Country Carol-Seller
The country carol-seller attracts the villagers Date: 1869

Zetland, Mason
The Earl of Zetland, the Most Worshipful Grand Master of the United Lodge of England, in his ceremonial garb and bedecked with medals Date: 1869

Oxford V Cambridge 1869
The start of the race from Putney. Date: 1869

Royal Wedding 1896 -- Princess Maud and Prince Carl
Heart shaped portraits of Princess Maud of Wales (1869-1938), youngest daughter of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, and Prince Charles (or Carl) of Denmark, later King Haakon VII, King of Norway

Employment of Women
A satirical look at the employment of women in the civil service. A bespectacled gentleman returns to the office and is horrified to find the ladies of his employ making pyramids of books

Double page spread in a diary for 22-27 November
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 22-27 November. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Poster advertising Gorges du Fier, France
Poster for PLM advertising the Gorges du Fier, a site of natural beauty near Annecy, France. The site opened in 1869

Against Orders: A gaoler bars a woman from the cell
A woman carrying a platter of food is barred from entering the jail cell where, we presume, her partner is incarcerated. The gaoler however, decked out in a jester-style costume

Church House, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Church House, Crane Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire. From around 1770 to 1869, the building served as the Salisbury Incorporation workhouse

Berlioz, Hector 1803 - 1869
Louis Hector Berlioz 1803 - 1869. Major French Romantic composer, influential in the development of the symphonic form

Duke of Aosta / Stamp
Prince EMANUELE FILIBERTO, 2nd Duke of AOSTA, commander of the Italian Third Army during World War One

Field Marshal Philip Walhouse Chetwode / Stamp
(Brigadier-General) Field Marshal PHILIP WALHOUSE CHETWODE (1869 - 1950) British cavalry officer who became Commander in Chief in India

King of Italy / Stamp
VITTORIO EMANUELE III King of Italy and Albania; Emperor of Ethiopia

Mayor of Brussels / Stamp
ADOLPHE EUGENE JEAN HENRI MAX (1869 - 1939) Belgian liberal politician and Mayor of Brussels from 1909 until his death

The Sunday Question
Cartoon asking whether the working class should spend Sunday in the public house, or being educated in a museum or art gallery

Greenwich Pensioners
Pensioners leave the Hospital, which will close in 1869 and be converted into a Naval College

HOLBORN
Holborn before the construction of Holborn Viaduct which will be completed in 1869

Modern Athenians plate 19 - Edinburgh
Rev. William Muir (1787-1869) of St. Stevens Church, holding out his hand to greet Mr Walter Cook (d. 1861), writer to the Signet

The reversing station on the Bhore Ghaut incline. At the time of its construction, the Bhore Ghaut incline was the highest and longest railway incline in the world, rising 1832 feet over 16 miles

Edward VIII with Queen Maud
Edward, Prince of Wales, King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor (1894-1972), with his aunt, Queen Maud of Norway (1869-1938), formerly Princess Maud of Wales

CLEVEDON
What is a seaside resort without a pier ? Crowds gather for the opening of the new pier at Clevedon, Somerset

Guernsey Port
Castle Cornet and the new harbour, St Peter Port, Guernsey

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught
rince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942), fourth son and seventh child of Queen Victoria and Albert. The Queens acknowledged favourite

The Quadrangle of Columbia Market, London
Quadrangle of Columbia Market, Bethnal Green, London

The East London Childrens Hospital
This is a crowded scene from the East London Hospital for Children and Dispensary for Women, situated at Ratcliff Cross near Stepney railway station

The Elephant House, London Zoo, 1869
Engraving showing the newly built elephant house at the Zoological Societys Gardens (London Zoo), Regents Park, 1869

The Thames Embankment, London, 1869
Engraving showing an aerial view of the Thames Embankment, from the Temple to Somerset House, London, 1869. This area had just been reclaimed from the river and had not yet been built

Yeomen of the Guard marching through London, 1869
Engraving showing a troop of the Yeomen of the Guard marching through London, to Buckingham Palace, 1869

The Tol-Maen or Main Rock, Cornwall, c. 1869
Engraving showing the Tol-Maen or Main Rock or Hole of Stone, which stood in the parish of Constantine, Cornwall until it was demolished in 1869

The Duke of Edinburgh opening the Seamens Orphanage in Live
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, opening the Seamens Orphanage, Liverpool in 1870. The Liverpool Seamens Orphan Institution was established in order to provide care

Princess Louise launching screw-corvette, Druid at Deptfor
Princess Louise (1848-1939) releasing the dog-shore for the launch of the screw-corvette ship, Druid at Deptford Dockyard, London in 1869

Spurgeons Orphanage, Stockwell, 1869
Engraving showing the exterior of Spurgeons Orphanage, Stockwell, London, 1869

Prince Charles of Denmark and Princess Maud of Wales
Prince Charles of Denmark, later King Haakon VII, King of Norway and Princess Maud of Wales (1869-1938), youngest daughter of Edward VII. Front cover engraving from a photograph by W. and D

Funeral of George Peabody at Westminster Abbey, 1869
Engraving showing the funeral of George Foster Peabody (1795-1869), the American businessman and philanthropist, at Westminster Abbey, 1869

Prince Arthur in Canada
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942) during a trip to Canada between August 1869 and July 1870. Arthur would later become Governor-General of Canada 1911

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