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Sir Robert Baden-Powell, 1911Illustrated portrait of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857-1941), the English soldier and founder of the Boy Scouts, pictured in his Chief Scout uniform, 1911
The Jockey Fred ArcherFREDERICK JAMES ARCHER Phenomenally successful jockey from the 1860s to the 1880s. Committed suicide after death of his wife, and owing to ill- health through excessive diet. Date: 1857 - 1886
Embossed Victorian mourning card, Mary HickmanEmbossed Victorian mourning card with a funerary monument. In Memory of Mary, relict of the late Job Hickman, of the Bilston Quarries, she departed this life, December 2nd, 1857, aged 73 years
A cricket match at The New Cricket-Ground, ManchesterA cricket match being played at The New Cricket-Ground Manchester infront of dozensof spectators. Date: 1857
Tatler front cover of Sir Robert Baden-PowellFront cover of The Tatler with a portrait of Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857-1941), military leader and founder of the Boy Scout movement. Date: 31st January 1934
Map of IndiaA map of India in 1857 (the year of the Indian Mutiny) showing the kingdoms, states and provinces; the principal rivers; the bays and gulfs; and the principal cities, towns and forts
The little house at ArrahThe fortified house at Arrah, refuge for a small party of British officers and 50 sikh soldiers during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
Princess Beatrice in 1860Princess Beatrice, later Priness Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944), fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert photographed in 1860
Insane Soldiers Asylum, Chatham, Kent, 1857Engraving showing the exterior of the Asylum for the Temporary Reception of Insane Soldiers at Fort Pitt, Chatham, 1857
The Strangers Home, Limehouse, London, 1857Engraving showing the exterior of the Strangers Home for Asiatics, Africans and South Sea Islanders in West India Dock Road, Limehouse, 1857
Vladimir BekhterevVLADIMIR MIKHAILOVICH BEKHTEREV Russian neurologist, wearing uniform reflecting his status in the Soviet medical hierarchy
Henrik Pontoppidan / NobelHENRIK PONTOPPIDAN Danish novelist
Beatrice / White DressPRINCESS BEATRICE Daughter of Victoria, married Prince Heinrich of Battenberg in 1885
Sir George Cayleysir GEORGE CAYLEY aviation pioneer
Elgar Elliot FryEDWARD ELGAR English composer
Henry Iv / Falstaff / RebukeSir John Falstaff receiving a most unexpected rebuke from King Henry V. Act V Scene V
Preraphaelites MockedMillais, Rossetti and Hunt ride a donkey monogrammed JR (Ruskin) - a mischievous parody of Millais painting Sir Isumbras at the ford
British Museum - new reading-room 1857Interior of the new reading-room in the British Museum, London. Date: 1857
Cockle gathering at Penclawdd 1857Eight miles from Swansea on the Loughor river, women gathering and preparing cockles for market. Date: 1857
Elgars BirthplaceSIR EDWARD ELGAR This small cottage in Broadheath, Worcestershire was the birthplace of Elgar. He was born here in June 1887. Date: 1857 - 1934
Three pyramids, Egypt. Date: 1857
Christmas ReflectionsA large country house n a winters moonlit night. The lights from the windows are reflected in the lake in front of the house. Date: 1857
Alexander I / BulgariaALEXANDER I Prince Alexander of Battenberg, who was briefly Alexander I of Bulgaria (First Prince) from 1879-86. Known as Sandro
Clara Zetkin / Ils 1900CLARA ZETKIN German Socialist and Feminist at the Paris Socialist Congress in 1900
William ScoresbyWILLIAM SCORESBY English clergyman, scientist and explorer. Pioneered in the scientific study of the Arctic
Buchanan InstalledJames Buchanan takes the oath of office as president : though a brilliant lawyer, he will not be able to prevent the nation drifting into civil war
Street music: hurdy gurdy player, 1857A hurdy gurdy player performing on the street, accompanied by two violins and a harp. Date: 1857
General Sir James Willcocks / StampGeneral SIR JAMES WILLCOCKS (1857 - 1926) Indian born, British Army officer
Chattertons House, Brook Street, London, 1857Engraving showing the exterior of the house in which Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770), the English Romantic poet, lived and died
Hippopotamus attacking a canoe, South Africa, 1857Engraving showing a female hippopotamus attacking a large canoe, South Africa, c.1857. Apparently, the hippopotamus had been robbed of her offspring and decided to capsize the canoe in retaliation
Demonstration against the toll on Chelsea Bridge, LondonA demonstration against the charging of a toll on the new Chelsea Bridge, London
Little Dorrit 1857Little Dorrit appears through a doorway
Henry Havelock (Anon)SIR HENRY HAVELOCK military commander, notably in India
LADYs SEATThe correct seat - side- saddle, of course - for the accomplished equestrienne
A London CostermongerA London costermonger with a fully laden cartload of vegetables
Lake Como 1857LAKE COMO A view over the lake. Entitled: Como, Switzerland
Great Eastern BuildingThe stern view of the Great Eastern under construction at Millwall, on the Thames
India / Lucknow 1857MARTINIERE
Joseph ConradJOSEPH CONRAD Polish-born writer, in 1921
American Buffalo HuntHunting buffalo with a colt revolver in North America
Wardian case with ferns 1857Fern case in the shape of a small aviary with canaries. Scale of the design is three feet long, the space reserved for plants extending 10 inches on either side of the cage or aviary which is 16
Blowing up the Kashmir Gate at Delhi, Indian Mutiny Date: 1857
Lucknow, India - The Residency - Sir Henry Lawrence MonumentHigh cross Sir Henry Lawrence Memorial in The Residency, Lucknow - Sir Henry (1806-1857) acted heroically during the Siege of Lucknow in 1857
COMTE, Auguste (1798-1857). French positivist philosopher and sociologist. Litography
Storming of Delhi By The English - 14 Sept 1857
Haworth in 1857
Illustration of Haworth Church and Parsonage in 1857
India - Cawnpore Memorial to the British women and children who died in 1857 - early 1900s