1860 Collection

Mrs Tabithas Cat Academy Louis Wain
Humorous illustration by Louis Wain (1860-1939) showing a feline teacher instructing her kitten pupils

Blossom and Decay
BLOSSOM AND DECAY

Oxford / New College / 1860
Oxford: New College

Thomas Cochrane / Dundonal
THOMAS COCHRANE 10TH EARL OF DUNDONALD British naval commander pictured with a telescope

Red Admiral Butterfly
The RED ADMIRAL and other English butterflies

Thames Mudlarks
Barefoot mudlarks scavenging in the Thames at low water

Anton Chekhov with Moscow Art Theatre group
Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (1860-1904) at the centre of a group of people from the Moscow Art Theatre -- Constantin Stanislavski on his right, Olga Knipper (Chekhovs wife) to Stanislavskis right

Gustav Mahler, Photo
GUSTAV MAHLER Austrian musician

Anton Chekhov in 1900
ANTON CHEKHOV Russian writer, author of Three sisters, Seagull, Cherry orchard, Uncle Vanya and more, photographed at Yalta in 1900

Charles Dickens
CHARLES DICKENS English writer, at his writing desk, circa 1860

Men playing bowls on a lawn
A group of men playing bowls on a lawn

Lady Godiva rides her horse naked through the streets of Coventry while Peeping Tom looks on Date: 1860

Real Tennis at Lord s
A match is played at Lords Court, London. Date: circa 1860

Alfred A. G. Hales, Vanity Fair, Spy
ALFRED ARTHUR GREENWOOD HALES (1860-1936) Australian novelist and war correspondent. Caption: Peace and War Date: 1860 - 1936

Queen Victoria and Prince Wilhelm of Prussia
Queen Victoria with her grandson Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (later Kaiser Wilhelm II) during the 1860 s. Date: c.1865

Consett Ironworks
Consett Iron Works, county Durham - a spectacular sight at night. Note the railway for transporting the coal in the foreground

Pip & Miss Havisham
Pip and Miss Havisham

Challenge / Clipper
The American clipper ship Challenge, of New York

Jane Addams
JANE ADDAMS American sociologist

London Leather Lane
The premises of a Dealer in old china are on the right

Rome / Vatican / St Peters
The Basilica and Piazza di San Pietro, at Rome, on Easter Sunday, when the Pope bestows his blessing on the faithful

Lis / Fat Lady Sings
It isn t over.. til the fat lady sings. A female singer sings a song

Heart (Anon)
the heart showing the ventricles, auricles, aorta, arteries, carotid branches and other associated vessels

DOREs LEVIATHAN
Dores interpretation of the combat between God and the sea dragon Leviathan that will take place in the end times, as described by Isaiah

Map / Europe / France / Paris
Map showing the growth of Paris from its earliest origins to the latest projects under Napoleon III

Saudi Arabia / Jeddah 1860
View from the water

Military / Sentry Relieved
A sentry being relieved (Coldstream Guards)

Schopenhauer / Postcard
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER German philosopher

Sayers V Heenan 1860
English champion Tom Sayers fights the American challenger for the belt. Unresolved, the fight is stopped by the police

Houses of Commons / Lords
Lord Palmerston addressing the House of Commons (top) A debate on the Home Rule Bill in the House of Lords (bottom)

Bleeding Heart Yard
Many small businesses, including a paper merchant, have their premises here

Nathan Soderblom / Nobel
TOMAS MASARYK Czech statesman and philosopher

Anne, Lady Byron (Anon)
ANNA ISABELLA MILBANKE Lady Byron (1815 to 1816)

Jullien at Covent Garden
Jullien conducts a concert at Covent Garden Theatre, featuring not only his own concert orchestra but no less than four military bands !

Imperial Stag Hunt
Imperial Stage Hunt in the Forest of Compiegne. Huntsmen and women, dressed in red and green follow the hounds who have a stag in their sights

Scarborough Workhouse
A birdseye view of Scarborough New Workhouse

Tollgate Ticket
Tollgate ticket for St James Gate, for the Bermondsey, Rotherhithe and Deptford Roads, Southeast London - probably abolished in 1864 along with many others

Fantasy Animals / Neptune
Hippocampi, beasts who were half horse, half fish, draw Neptunes chariot across the sea

William Jennings Bryan
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN Popular American statesman, defeated as Democratic Presidential candidate in 1896 and 1900

Pentonville Prison Cell
PENTONVILLE A cell in the prison, with a hammock for sleeping and a loom for day-work

William Walker
WILLIAM WALKER American adventurer President of Nicaragua finally shot after a remarkable career

Garibaldi / Collette 1860
GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI Italian patriot

Nigeria Kano
General view of the city

Iran Tehran
Interior court of the Shahs palace on the occasion of the engagement of his daughter with the Minister of War

Mahler (Colour)
GUSTAV MAHLER Austrian musician

Pigeons on Rooftops
Pigeons on the rooftops (Columbidae species)

The Fox and the Crow
The cunning fox is able to trick the crow into dropping the cheese from her beak by implying that she cannot sing

Rhacophorus, Tree frog
Tree Frog from Sarawak. Drawing of a tree frog by Alfred Russel Wallace - hand coloured. Drawn looking down onto the back of the frog spread out showing webbed feet

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