1896 Collection (#22)

Jose Antonio Maceo - 2
JOSE ANTONIO MACEO Cuban revolutionary freedom fighter. Date: 1845 - 1896

Home of William J Bryan
The home of William Jennings Bryan at Lincoln, Nebraska : though widely popular, he was defeated as Democratic Presidential candidate in 1896 and 1900. Date: 1900

Acad Francaise 1896
Visited by Russian royals. The Academy is the most celebrated of the five academies which makes up the Institut. Date: 7 October 1896

Ladies headdress 1896
Ladies bonnet with veil Date: circa 1896

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

Emigration from London to New York
Cold steerage passengers huddle together on a ships deck, bound for America

Edward VII, Persimmon Derby victory
Edward VIIs horse, Persimmons victory at the Royal Derby of 1896. The Royal owner leading in the winner after the race

Hammocks in dormitory, Mettray Colony, France
View of a dormitory at the agricultural colony for delinquent boys at Mettray, near Tours, France, with a few boys asleep in their hammocks

Boys breaking stones in quarry, Mettray Colony, France
Boys at work breaking stones in a quarry at the agricultural colony for delinquent boys at Mettray, near Tours, France. In the 1840s

View of Windsor Castle from across the River Thames
A general view of Windsor Castle, Berkshire, from across the River Thames, with people and boats in the foreground

Shakespeares birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon
View of Shakespeares birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, with some late Victorian cyclists standing in the roadway

Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London
Street scene outside the Bank of England in Threadneedle Street, City of London, on a busy day

Spectators at Henley Regatta, Oxfordshire
Spectators on canoes, punts and a houseboat watch the action on the Thames at Henley Regatta

Childrens Ward, Wandsworth & Clapham Union Infirmary
A childrens ward in the Wandsworth & Clapham Union infirmary, St Johns Hill, south west London. The children sleep in metal-framed cots

Wave Lodging House, Canning Town, East London
The Wave Lodging House for working men at 235 Victoria Dock Road, Canning Town, East London. Beds and baths are on offer for 4d (four pence) or 6d (six pence) a night

Ward at Holborn Union Infirmary, Highgate, London
Interior of a ward at the Holborn Union Infirmary, Archway Road, Highate, North London, designed by Henry Saxon Snell and opened in 1879

Laundry, Holborn Union Workhouse, Mitcham
Female inmates at work in the laundry at the Holborn Union workhouse, Mitcham, Surrey. Some women are using flat irons. Clean washing is piled on a table. A large press stands at the rear

Shoemaking Workshop, Holborn Union Workhouse, Mitcham
The shoemaking workshop at the Holborn Union workhouse, Mitcham, Surrey. Male inmates are at work making and repairing shoes for use in the workhouse

Camberwell Workhouse inmates at Bognor Regis
A large party of inmates from the Camberwell workhouse in south east London eating their dinner during their annual outing to Bognor Regis, West Sussex

Georgia - Coronation Day 1896 - eating a picnic
Georgia - Coronation Day 1896 - eating a celebration picnic at Mtzchet

The Jameson Raid: A Courtroom scene
A court room scene in the trial of Doctor Jameson and his officers at Bow Street, February 25th 1896. The prisoners from left to right are as follows: H.N Grenfell, K.J.F Smith, C.H Villiers, J

Eugne Spuller / Gill
Eugne Spuller (1835-1896) French journalist, member of the Seine, close connections to Gambetta (illustrated in silhouette)

An Artist at an Easel
A female artist paints at an easel on the seafront. A crowd of mainly children watch excitedly at this work in progress

Presenting a woman with milk and cakes
An Illustration accompanying an extract from Lily Watsons book A Child of Genius showing Katharine giving Miss Percival, the drawing mistress, cake and milk

Strawberry Tasting in a Shop
A man covers a womans eyes with his hands while feeding her a strawberry; the gentleman with the punnet of strawberries stands at the open door

Noel Parfait / Gill
Noel Parfait (1830-1896) French republican anticlerical Journalist, working for sevaral newspapers, became the Secretary of Alexandre Dumas

Ambroise Thomas 1811 - 1896
(Charles Louis) Ambroise Thomas. French opera composer

Colonel Theodore Jung / Gill
Colonel Theodore Jung (1833-1896) French army officer, author, publisher of columns in magazines (under the pseudonym Mustapha) as well as works on the Franco Prussian War of 1870-71

Croydon Town Hall
The Town Hall in Croydon (now called the Croydon Clocktower) in Katherine Street, opened in 1896 by the then Prince and Princess of Wales

Budapest - Hungary - Millenial Exhibition
A Pavilion at the Millennial Exhibition in Budapest, 1896

Alexandre Abel Hovelacque / Gill
Alexandre Abel Hovelacque (1843-1896) French linguist and anthropologist, President of the Anthropology Society and member of the French National Assembly

Challemel-Lacour / Demare
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour (1827-1896) French statesman, Republican, unsuccessful French ambassador at Bern and London, minister of foreign affairs in the Jules Ferry cabinet

Charles Floqurt / Gill
Charles Floqurt, French lawyer, journalist, statesman, and virulent fiercely anticlerical republican, active in many controversial political disputes

Arsne Houssaye / Gill
Arsne Houssaye (1815-1896) Journalist, art critic, dramatist novelist and director of the Comdie-Franaise (1849-1856)

The Royal Academy of Arts
The facade of Burlington House, the home of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. The building was erected between 1695-1743 by Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington, with the assistance of William Kent

Paul Auguste Arene / Gill
Paul Auguste Arene. Provencal poet and French writer

Administrators of the British South Africa Company
Form left to right: Dr Jameson, Mr Cecil Rhodes, Mr J. T. Newton (Dr Jamesons successor

Gibert and Sullivan theatre poster
Poster for the Gilbert and Sullivan production Ruddigore. W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan worked together to create fourteen operas between 1871 and 1896

Sons of Henry of Prussia
Prince Waldemar (1889-1945) and Prince Sigismund (1896-1978; on the right) of Prussia in full naval uniform. The boys were the two elder sons of Prince Heinrich (Henry)

Queen Victoria with Princess Ena
Queen Victoria with her youngest granddaughter, Princess Ena of Battenberg (1887-1969), only daughter of Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry of Battenberg

Princess Elisaveta and Prince Carol of Romania
The two eldest children of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania in 1896, Prince Carol (1893-1953), later King Carol II of Romania and his younger sister Elisabetha (1894-1956)

J. M. Barrie
A portrait of James Matthew Barrie 1860-1937, Scottish playwright and novelist. He studied at Edinburgh University in 1882 and later moved to London

Proposal for London County Council Hall at Charing Cross, 18
Illustration showing a proposal put forth in 1896 for the new London County Council Hall at Charing Cross and the opening up of the Mall

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

Queen Victoria 1896
Study of Queen Victoria in 1896 at the age of 77

Lt. General Sir Miles Dempsey, 1945
Painting showing Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey (1896-1969), the British Army Commander, pictured when leading the British Second Army, 1945

Edward White Benson (1829-1896)
Photographic portrait of Edward White Benson (1829-1896), pictured when serving as Bishop of Truro between 1877 and 1883. Benson went on to serve as Archbishop of Canterbury

Advertisement for Mazawattee Tea, 1896
Advertisement for Mazawattee Tea, showing John Bull, symbol of England, handing a cup of tea to Dr. Jim, better known as Leander Starr Jameson, leader of the Jameson Raid of 1895/6

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