1856 Collection (page 12)

James Keir Hardie / Photo
JAMES KEIR HARDIE British labour leader and politician

Rider Haggard / 1890 Photo
SIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD writer of She and other adventure stories

Russia Guard Post
Guard post on the Russian frontier near Saint Petersburg

Russia Moscow
Palace used by the Tsar when he visits Moscow

TAKU FORTS
The Taku Forts, at the mouth of the Peiho river (today the Hai He, the name given to the lower stretches of the Bei river) : they were the scene of action in the Opium Wars

Haldane Pho
RICHARD BURDON, viscount HALDANE statesman

Queen Victoria visiting HMS Resolute, Cowes, 1856
Engraving showing Queen Victoria of Great Britain boarding the Arctic exploration ship HMS Resolute in Cowes Harbour, 15th December 1856

Divonne-Les-Bains
Hypochondriacs and other visitors at Divonne-les-Bains, a popular spa town in the Jura mountains, on the Swiss frontier

Cricketer, Rawlin
John Rawlin Cricketer - Middlesex

Cricketer, Vernon
G.F. Vernon Cricketer - Middlesex

Cricketer, Wright
Walter Wright Cricketer - Nottinghamshire and Kent

Cricketer, Flowers
W. Flowers Cricketer - Nottinghamshire

Cricketer, Scotton
William Scotton Cricketer - Nottinghamshire

Hippolyte Delaroche - 1
Hippolyte Paul Delaroche French Artist

Napoleon Mocked
British comment on Napoleons encouragement of trade and industry - Open for Business as usual

The Pleasures of Yachting; a yacht on a windy day, 1856
Engraving entitled The Pleasures of Yachting, showing the passengers on a sailing yacht encountering a strong wind. Hats, wigs

Wilson as Hypocrite
WOODROW WILSON depicted as a hypocrite, pretending to be neutral but in practice aiding the English

Nurses at work in a hospital at Scutari
38 nurses departed with Florence Nightingale for the Barrack Hospital in Scutari, during the Crimean War (1854-1856). They were sent, against doctors wishes, to assist with the medical support

USS Arctic, 1856
Engraving of the United States Navy Steamship Arctic, whilst involved in sounding the Atlantic. This project was undertaken in preparation for the laying of the first Atlantic Telegraph Cable

The Spool and Steam Engine used for Sounding the Atlantic, U
Engraving of the cable spool and steam engine on United States Navy Steamship Arctic, whilst sounding the Atlantic. The steam engine was used for recovering the line from the great depths of

Cricketer, Painter
John Richard Painter Cricketer - Gloucestershire

Tobacco warehouse at the London Docks
The larger of the two tobacco warehouses at the London Docks in 1856 showing crates of tobacco leaves stacked in rows

Mr. Lairds ship-building yard, Liverpool
Engraving of Mr. Lairds ship-building yard in Liverpool. Iron ship-building on an extensive scale originated from this prolific ship-yard

Sydenham Crystal Palace
Charles Goodyears India- Rubber Court : at first some attempt is made to house exhibits like those of the Great Exhibition, but activities soon diversify

Egyptian Court at Crys P
Visitors from the East are among the sightseers in the EGYPTIAN COURT - it would be nice to know what they think of it !

Cp - Egyptian Figures
The Great Egyptian Figures in the North Transept, modelled on those at Abu Simbel

Racial / Menstrual Lodge
The menstrual lodge

The patent elevator and observatory
Engraving of the patent elevator and observatory showing a man being elevated into the air for viewing purposes. During the siege of Sebastopol a view of the enemys works was required

Labour Party
Photograph showing early members of Labour Party. The first Labour government was formed in January 1924 by J.Ramsay Macdonald (1866-1937 and shown here in the front row, second from left)

The Gooseseller
Market scene with boy selling Christmas goose

Gb Shaw / Jeffrey Morgan B
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Irish writer in later life

Sir a Panizzi / Vfair 1874
Sir ANTONIO PANIZZI British librarian, born in Italy; chief librarian at the British Museum, 1856-66

Marshal Petain Cartoon
Marshal PHILIPPE PETAIN French soldier in 1915, portrayed as an optimist in the face of German aggression

Marshal Petain / Ils 1916
Marshal PHILIPPE PETAIN French general

Marshal Petain / P Journal
Marshal PHILIPPE PETAIN French soldier in 1917, honoured when he visits re-taken Alsace

Generalo donnell
When Espartero resigns, General O Donnell forms a government : this provokes riots in Madrid, but he subdues them

Algeria Farm
The farm of a French settler, doing its best to look like a farm back in France

Ethiopia Aksum
The obelisks : Aksum is noted for its ruins

Morocco Rabat
General view

Japan Hakodate
A funeral procession of a not very popular person passes through the streets

Alexander II Crowned
The coronation of tsar ALEXANDER II who will reign for 25 years before being assassinated. He will abolish serfdom as well as other reforms

Alexander II Driving
Newly crowned tsar ALEXANDER II drives through the streets of St Petersburg in an open carriage, but despite his temerity he will not be assassinated for 25 years

Oscar Wilde Moonshine
OSCAR WILDE - some satirical comments

Two Starfish / 1856
A couple of starfish including a pink and white one which could be a variety of bat starfish

Riding Dress 1856
Woman in riding habit: lace jabot, jacket with sleeves en bouffant, trained skirt. Men: strapped pantaloons with floral trim, top hats, one man wears a joinville tie

Iran Busheir
Distant view of the port (formerly ka Bushire) on the Persian Gulf

Shepherds Informed
The Illustrated London News made its debut in coloured journalism on the 22nd December 1855 when the first series of coloured printed pictures appeared in its Christmas supplement

Sir John Ross / Croquis
A man (actually the arctic explorer Sir John Ross) puts his feet up over the fireplace and has a hot toddy to ward off the flu

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