1872 Collection (#17)

Duc De Persigny
Jean Gilbert Victor Fialan, duc de PERSIGNY French diplomat, statesman, nobleman, depicted here as a court monkey in Napoleon IIIs entourage

Emigrant Ship Mealtime
Chaos ensues between decks on an emigrant ship during feeding time as the passengers jostle and push as the food is dished onto plates

Solar Protuberances
Solar protuberances observed at Palermo, Sicily, by P. Taschini : 1 - 22 December 1871 2 - 3 September 1871 3 - 7 July 1872

Scriabin / Hull 1911
ALEKSANDR SCRIABIN (SKRYABIN) Russian composer Date: 1872 - 1915

New Orleans / Mississippi
Paddle-Steamers and small sailing craft occupy a busy stretch of the Mississippi at New Orleans

Famous Dog Pietrino
Belonging to the owner of a hotel at Mentone, he was taken by a guest, an archduchess, to Vienna, but he returned home - more than 1200 km - in ten days ! (but died 5 days later)

Cave Dwelling Achtal
The Palaeolithic cave dwelling at Achtal. Here animal and Neanderthal remains were found in the mid 19th century

Cover: dog of Flanders
A young woman sits with her dog, reading a book

Venezuela Naiguata
Distant view of the Pico Naiguata, the highest point in the Cordillera de la Costa. Date: 1872

Canada Winnipeg
Winnipeg as it was

Joseph Pease
JOSEPH PEASE railway promoter of Darlington, associated with George Stephenson

French Panorama Built
Construction work on a panorama of the Champs-Elysees

Beardsley / Sketch 1895
AUBREY VINCENT BEARDSLEY English illustrator, leader of the Aesthetic movement and principal artist in the Art Nouveau manner

Brougham Lady 1872
A lady gives instructions to her coachman before entering her brougham

Walking Along the Beach
A breeze after a bathe Well dressed young ladies walk along the beach

Kilimanjaro, Iln 1872
The summits of Kilima-njaro

First Japanese Railway
The opening, on Wednesday 12 June at Yeddo (now Tokyo), of the railway which connects that city with Yokohama

Fred. Denison Maurice
FREDERICK DENISON MAURICE Theologian and philosopher

Grigori Rasputin / K Bulla
GRIGORI RASPUTIN Russian mystic and court favourite

Polite Paddlers
Two ladies exchanging polite greetings while paddling

Highland Honours
Kilted Scotsmen drink the health of the duke of Rothsay, with Highland Honours

Agricultural Strike
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS STRIKE Night meeting of farm labourers at Wellesbourne, Warwickshire

Alexandra Coronation
ALEKSANDRA FYODOROVNA Empress of Russia Married Czar Nicolas II in 1894, pictured her in her coronation robes

Roald Amundsen / 1927
ROALD AMUNDSEN Norwegian polar exlorer, en route to Japan aboard the President of Asia

Carl (Charles) XV, King of Sweden (ruled 1859-1872), seen here in uniform riding a white horse. He was also King Charles IV of Norway

Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872 - 1930), British lawyer and Conservative politician

Max Beerbohm, writer and artist

Policeman discovering sleeping waif on a doorstep
A policeman discovering a sleeping waif on a doorstep

Treading the Grapes
France : Bordeaux Treading the grapes

Dance to Organ London
Children dancing to barrel organ in Drury Lane, London

Music / At Home
Making music in a well-to-do home, Belgravia, London

Flower Show 1872
A fashionable flower show

Gatling gun - cartridges

Dupuy de Lome airship
Nacelle (basket or carriage) of Dupuy de Lomes dirigible

James Gordon Bennett
JAMES GORDON BENNETT (younger) in 1872 American newspaperman, known for patronage of motor racing

Arab Visit / Liv. & Stanley
Livingstone and Stanley are visited by Arabs at Kwirara

Britain / Cartoon / 1872
Disraeli explains that the Conservative Programme will rely on the Sublime Instincts of an Ancient People!!

Grillparzer / Postcard
FRANZ GRILLPARZER Austrian writer

Grillparzer / Daffinger
FRANZ GRILLPARZER Austrian writer

Maid and Mistress
A housemaid comes in with a note while the lady of the house is rolling out pastry

Mazzini / Eclectic / Perine
GIUSEPPE MAZZINI Italian patriot

Mazzini / Lacauchie
GIUSEPPE MAZZINI Italian patriot

Elie Frederic Forey
ELIE FREDERIC FOREY French military, marechal de France

Francois Forster
FRANCOIS FORSTER Swiss engraver

George Catlin / Prairie
GEORGE CATLIN American artist and author who studied American Indians; camping on the prairie

Amundsen (Photo)
ROALD AMUNDSEN Norwegian explorer, first to reach the South Pole, but not the most cheerful of men

Carl Xv / Sweden / Mayer Cdv
CARL XV King of Sweden and Norway (1859-72)

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