1887 Collection

Queen Victoria
Colour portrait of Queen Victoria produced for her Golden Jubilee, 1887

Queen Victoria
QUEEN VICTORIA As Empress of India, 1887

Royal Holloway College, Egham, Surrey, was one of the first womens colleges in England, when it was opened by Queen Victoria in 1886. Designed by W.H. Crossland for T. Holloway

Charcot & Asylum Patient
UNE LECON CLINIQUE A LA SALPETRIERE J M Charcot demonstrates the symptoms of hysteria with a patient under hypnosis

Erwin Schrodinger
ERWIN SCHRODINGER Austrian physicist whose research into subatomic particles is the basis of quantum mechanics

Hammersmith Bridge, west London, was the first suspension bridge over the River Thames. It was designed by noted civil engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette. Date: completed 1887

NADIA-JULIETTE BOULANGER, French music teacher
NADIA-JULIETTE BOULANGER (1887-1979), French music teacher and conductor. Her students included Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, Lennox Berkeley, Virgil Thomson and Leonard Bernstein. Date: early 1960s

Juno and the Peacock
The Peacock (Pavo cristatus) complains to Juno that he can t sing as well as the nightingale; she tells him to be content with what hes got

Chiang Kai-Shek / Silk Pic
CHIANG KAI-SHEK Chinese general and politician

Rupert Brooke, c. 1915
Photographic portrait of Rupert Chawner Brooke (1887-1915), the English poet, pictured c.1915

The ship Kapunda, 1887
The British emigrant Ship, Kapunda, which was run down and sunk off the Coast of Brazil with the loss of 298 lives in 1887

Landore Viaduct construction, near Swansea, South Wales
View of construction work on the Landore Viaduct, over the Swansea valley and the River Tawe, on the Great Western Railway, Glamorgan, South Wales

Kaiser Wilhelm II and his wife Hermine
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941)pictured with his second wife, Princess Hermine Reuss (1887-1947)

Monty
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887-1976) Anglo-Irish British Army officer known as Monty

The man who drank the bands champagne by H. M. Bateman
Illustration by H. M. Bateman showing a man in evening dress quaffing a glass of champagne watched by an astonished orchestra

Pharmacist (Maxims)
A pharmacist measures out drops for the megrims (winter blues)

Royal Marine / Graphic
ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY A private in marching order

Advert for Pears soap 1887
A child steps into a bath tub of hot water helped by her mother 1887

Crossley and Porter Orphanage, Halifax, West Yorkshire
Halifaxs Crossley Orphanage was founded in 1864 by Joseph, John and Francis Crossley. The building was designed by John Hogg

Southwark Military Hospital, Dulwich, South London
Ward blocks at Southwark Military Hospital which, during the First World War, was established in the St Saviours workhouse infirmary

Samuel Lee Bapty, the general manager of the Manchester Royal Jubilee Exhibition which was opened in May 1887 by the then Prince and Princess of Wales, later Edward VII and Queen Alexandra

Jenny Lind / 1850 Print
JENNY LIND Swedish soprano, known as The Swedish Nightingale and The Queen of Song, depicted exchanging her notes for gold

Queen Victoria / Cabinet
QUEEN VICTORIA As Empress of India, 1887

Violet Bonham-Carter, c. 1915
Photographic portrait of Violet Bonham-Carter (1887-1969), nee Asquith, the Liberal politician and Governor of the BBC, pictured c.1915

UFOS / SIBERIAN FIREBALL
Crew of the British steamer Siberian, off Cape Race, Newfoundland, see a huge ball of fire rise from the sea, move against the wind, then move away after 5 minutes

Sierra Leone Freetown
Viewed from the sea. town

The Coronation of Queen Victoria, 1838
Engraving showing the Coronation of Queen Victoria at Westminster Abbey, 28th June 1838

Puss at the Play - Tragedy and Comedy
A group of cats in a box at the theatre. Wains rendering of cats in human situations and poses gained him widespread popularity around the turn of the 20th century

Monticello / West Front
Thomas Jeffersons home at Monticello - the West Front

Customs / Saint Swithin s
According to tradition, if it rains on the 15th of July - St Swithins Day - it will continue to rain for the following 40 days

Rupert Brooke
RUPERT BROOKE English writer, in 1913

Eviction in County Kerry, Ireland
A poor family are evicted from their home in County Kerry, Ireland

Windsor Castle / C1887
Windsor Castle, seen across the river

British National Anthem
The British National Anthem, featured on a tribute to Victoria on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee

Victorias Family Tree
The family trees of Victoria and Albert showing their descendants

Lance Corporal of Ludhiana Sikhs
Lance-Naik (Lance Corporal) of the Ludhiana Sikhs. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Southwark Military Hospital, Dulwich, South London
The entrance to Southwark Military Hospital which, during the First World War, was established in the St Saviours workhouse infirmary

Cypripedium Cardinale
LADYs SLIPPER ORCHID one of several species

Girl Picks Flowers C1887
A girl picks some rather wild flowers growing in a country garden

Rupert Brooke
RUPERT BROOKE English writer, in 1913

Road Works in Whitehall, London, 1882
Engraving, originally entitled Horse Guards under Fire again, showing a group of workmen re-surfacing the road in Whitehall, London, 1882

KRAMSKOI, Ivan Nikolaevich (1837-1887). Unknown woman. Realism. Oil on canvas

British Empire Plate
Commemorative plate celebrating Victorias Golden Jubilee and the British Empire

Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten and General Montgomery, Franc
Photograph showing Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten (1900-1979), then Commander-in-Chief of the South-East Asia Command, talking with General Montgomery (1887-1976) in Normandy, France, 1944

Edith Sitwell / St George
EDITH SITWELL writer, depicted as A guest at the Poets Club in 1926

1887 Jubilee genealogical tree of Queen Victoria
Genealogical tree of Queen Victoria and her descendants, published in occasion of the 1887 Golden Jubilee. 1887

Compositor at Works
An American compositor at work in the days of manual type setting. Date: 1887

Ballet Petrouschka. Vaslav Nijinsky
Ballet Petrouschka, music by Igor Stravinsky (1911). Illustration by Georges Lepape with the dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. Art Deco. Drawing

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