Hope Collection (#10)

Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
A photographic portrait of Ferdinand I, King of Bulgaria (1861-1948), often known as Foxy Ferdinand, or the Balkan Fox. Bulgaria entered World War I in 1915 on the side of the Central Alliance

van Riebeek Landing at the Cape of Good Hope, 1652
Illustration of Johann van Riebeek landing at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652, from the Illustrated London News, 8th October 1927

Help from Indian Deity
An Indian patient is taken to the temple of Ixora, in the hope that the deity will reward his faith by restoring him to health

Cholera in Russia / 1909
Russian authorities destroy contaminated peasant hovels in the hope of preventing the spread of cholera

Guinea Worship
People of Guinea, West Africa, place gifts and dance before a sacred tree in hope that the god who lives in it will give them what they want

Ross / A Sail! a Sail
John Rosss arctic expedition: " A sail! A sail!" - the expedition members finally see a sailing ship - the whaler Isabella, which picks them up

The Zulu war. The transport steamer City of Paris
The transport steamer, City of Paris, striking on the Roman Rocks, False Bay, Cape of Good Hope, March 21st 1879. The steamer, transporting British reinforcements, the Royal Scots Fusiliers

Girl in Hope and Fear
A little girl looks out of a round window in hope and fear

Is Macmahon the Saviour
As the various political factions compete for her favour, France looks to Macmahon as her best hope

The Italian Wolf
France and Britain hope, like Romulus and Remus, to be suckled by the Italian wolf, but she is too busy running away from the Germans

Porto Trade Centre
Vasco da Gama, by rounding the Cape of Good Hope and discovering the Indies, makes Porto (aka Oporto) one of Europes foremost trading centres

The Forlorn Hope
A Communard soldier in the last days of the Commune, when its collapse is imminent

Derbyshire Scenery
Castleton, the Gem of the Peaks and the Hope Valley, Derbyshire, England

The Duplex Catamaran, 1880
Engraving of a Duplex Catamaran, built in Rhode Island USA, for Mr. Henry N. Custance, honorary treasurer of the Corinthian Yacht Club, August 1880

The Roman Rocks Lighthouse, Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope
Engraving of the Roman Rocks lighthouse at Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope, March 1869. This iron lighthouse was built in 1860, but showed signs of structural failure shortly thereafter

Gulls in Ploughed Field
Seagulls swoop on a newly ploughed field in the hope of finding food

Advertisement for British Standard car
Advertisement for the British Standard car, entitled Integrity, with illustration of the car and a bullion scale. The advertisement states

The Effects of Hope

Cape Town / Riebeeck
Jan van Riebeeck, on behalf of the Dutch East India company, lands at the Cape of Good Hope where he will found Cape Town and govern it for ten years

Policeman and Cook
CUPBOARD LOVE - policeman looks in through the bars of the kitchen window, flirting with the cook in the hope of gastronomic favours

Commencement of the tunnel at Kings Cross
The commencement of the tunnel at Kings Cross. Kings Cross was proposed to be a principle terminal station. The underground was deemed to be the solution for convenient travel in densely populated

Karl Marx / Red Paint 1933
The Russians hope that if they give Marx a fresh coat of paint, it will cover up the cracks in his ideology

Navy Cadets
A group of boys is taught about steam driven electric generators, which light and heat ships. They hope to become navy cadets one day

Vasco Da Gama & Spirit
At the Cape of Storms (later Good Hope) Adamastor, the spirit of the Cape, appears to Gamas crew and warns of disasters to all who seek to sail round the Cape to India

Folklore / Adamastor
At the Cape of Storms (later Good Hope) Adamastor, the spirit of the Cape, appears to Gamas crew and warns of disasters to all who seek to sail round the Cape to India

Kaffir Bull Sacrifice
Directed by their priest/witch doctor, Kaffirs sacrifice a valuable bull in hope of appeasing their tribal deity

Hope - Price
Spirit photo of Houdini and spirits, a confessed fake by William Hope

French Schoolboys C1880
Three French schoolboys in the classroom: one of them is moving the clock forward in the hope that they will be able to go home early

Esperance & Spirit
Elizabeth Hope, known as Elizabeth d Esperance, with a materialised spirit

Indiaman in a Storm
The Indiaman in a gale off the Cape of Good Hope

Sir John Hope / Cardon
SIR JOHN HOPE 4TH EARL OF HOPETOUN British commander in the Peninsula War, the Walcheren Expedition and in France

Bath / Torpedo 1917
A little girl in her bath: " I hope to goodness I shan t be torpedoed!"

Religious card with quotation from Revelation 2: 7
A religious card with a quotation from the Book of Revelation, Chapter 2, Verse 7 -- " To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the Tree of Life which is in the midst of the Paradise of

STUDENTS DUEL 1890S
Two students fight a Mensur (fencing bout) - their eyes and bodies are protected but they hope for scars of honour on their cheeks

STUDENTS DUEL C1905
The Mensur (fencing bout) - both duellists hope they will be scarred for life

Bob Hope / Paramount
BOB HOPE American comedian and film actor

Houghton / Hope 5
capt Phillips & ma : Mr Jebb and lights : Mr Martheze and ma : J Ivinney : col Steuart & brother : capt Ainger & aunt : Mr Herne and his double : unclad spirit : fallen woman

Ww1 Postcard at Home
Wife and daughter think of Papa in the trenches, and hope that he will return safe and sound

Window Cleaners / Stamford
Cleaning the sash windows of a Georgian house in Stamford Le Hope

Cape Town / Orme 1806
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Quebec / Fortifications
Quebec: part of the fortifications between Palace and Hope Gates

Evening Dress 1830
Two ladies, one in EVENING DRESS and her companion in a BALL DRESS hope that their dog won t do anything disastrous to their gowns... that amazing plumed hat is out of its reach

Fortune Telling Hen
These Russian peasants hope that their hen will tell them what the future holds for them

Great Eastern Launched
Miss Hope hopefully names the ship Leviathan - but the launch is abortive and is not completed until 31 January 1858

Tom Raw : at the Cape
Tom Raw, a young officer on his way to India, is entertained at the Cape of Good Hope

Observatory / Feldhausen
Sir John Herschels Observatory at Feldhausen, Cape of Good Hope

Shooting Grouse (Harvey)
GROUSE - Two men hope their dogs will start up some grouse on a moor

Kaffirs shoot at Storm
Kaffirs fire their arrows at storm clouds in hope of saving their crops : French wine growers try similar methods

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