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1858 Collection (page 18)

Background image1858 Collection: Thanksgiving Dinner

Thanksgiving Dinner
Thanksgiving dinner

Background image1858 Collection: Edith Nesbit (Strand)

Edith Nesbit (Strand)
EDITH NESBIT - Mrs Hubert Bland, English writer

Background image1858 Collection: Robert Brown

Robert Brown
ROBERT BROWN Botanist

Background image1858 Collection: Wilfred & Anne Blunt

Wilfred & Anne Blunt
WILFRED SCAWEN BLUNT English poet and traveller LADY ANNE BLUNT his wife (1858) who travelled with him on many expeditions in search of horses for their stud farm

Background image1858 Collection: Constance Wilde

Constance Wilde
CONSTANCE WILDE (nee Lloyd) Wife of Oscar Wilde

Background image1858 Collection: Matthew Calbraith Perry

Matthew Calbraith Perry
MATTHEW CALBRAITH PERRY U.S. naval commander, negotiator of landmark treaty with Japan, 14 July 1853

Background image1858 Collection: Folklore / Grand bete

Folklore / Grand bete
The GRAND BETE (= Great Beast) is a scary monster of Berry, central France, usually in the form of a huge bull, though sometimes as a dog, hare or sheep - but always gigantic

Background image1858 Collection: Apparitions / Demoiselles

Apparitions / Demoiselles
LES DEMOISELLES faceless white female figures who may be encountered in the woods of Berry, central France - but who or what they are, no one knows

Background image1858 Collection: Folklore / Casseur De Bois

Folklore / Casseur De Bois
LE CASSEU DE BOIS (= branch-breaker) of Berry, central France, entity who breaks tree branches and may challenge the peasant as he gathers his firewood

Background image1858 Collection: Folklore / Wolf-Charmer

Folklore / Wolf-Charmer
LE MENEUR DE LOUPS (= Wolf-charmer) of Berry, central France - a power handed down from father to son in certain families

Background image1858 Collection: Lavandieres De LA Nuit

Lavandieres De LA Nuit
LES LAVANDIERES DE LA NUIT (= Laundresses of the night) sinister washerwomen of Berry, central France, who launder infant corpses by stagnant pools

Background image1858 Collection: Stone Men Apparitions

Stone Men Apparitions
The STONE MEN - fearful apparitions seen at night by the countryfolk of Berry, in central France

Background image1858 Collection: Bernadette / Vision / Laugee

Bernadette / Vision / Laugee
Bernadette Soubirous, while gathering firewood, suddenly sees the Virgin Mary in the grotto

Background image1858 Collection: Christiaan Eijkman

Christiaan Eijkman
CHRISTIaN EIJKMAN Dutch Scientist

Background image1858 Collection: Giacomo Puccini / 1907

Giacomo Puccini / 1907
GIACOMO PUCCINI Italian musician at the time of Madama Butterfly

Background image1858 Collection: Sport / Gymnastics

Sport / Gymnastics
a French family exercises at home using the Gymnase Pichery system

Background image1858 Collection: Selma Lagerlof

Selma Lagerlof
SELMA LAGERLOF Swedish writer

Background image1858 Collection: ANTOINE (1858-1943)

ANTOINE (1858-1943)
Andre Antoine French actor/manager

Background image1858 Collection: Manufacturing Cigars

Manufacturing Cigars
Copes cigar manufactory, Liverpool



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