1865 Collection (#17)

President Jefferson Davis working at the roadside, 1865
Engraving showing the President of the Confederate States, Jefferson Davis, signing an Act of Government by the roadside, 1865

Dog Show in 1865
International (no quarantine then !) Dog Show at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, London : dogs arriving brought by their owners or by servants

Pieter Zeeman / Nobel 1902
PIETER ZEEMAN Dutch physicist

Merry Del Val / Sketch 03
RAFAEL MERRY DEL VAL Spanish prelate, Secretary of State at the Vatican

Warren G. Harding (1865-1923)
Photograph of Warren G. Harding, the Republican Senator for Ohio and twenty-ninth President of the United States of America (1921-1923), pictured in 1920

USA Saratoga Springs
At the races : Saratoga is one of Americas leading horse racing centers

USA Cisco Station
Cisco Station, California, a typical frontier town at the time when hopeful settlers were pouring into the West

Switzerland Vevey
General view from the lake

Diving for stolen watches
A sketch after a large watch and jewellery robbery in Cornhill. Divers searching for missing pieces after a policeman spotted an inscribed watch in the Thames under Blackfriars Bridge

Italy Rome Colosseo
Preaching during Holy Week, in the Colosseo

Greenland Fjord
Franz-Joseph fjord and Dr Petermanns peak

Greece Piraeus
Reconstruction of Piraeus, the port of Athens, BCE, showing the highway leading to the city

France Toulon
The Mediterranean harbour and naval base of Toulon, seen from the sea

John Lindley
JOHN LINDLEY Professor of botany

France Pierrfonds 4
The chateau de Pierrefonds, in la foret de Compiegne, Picardie, as restored by Viollet-le-duc

France Marseille
A fine general view of the Vieux Port

John Frederick Herring
JOHN FREDERICK HERRING artist specialising in animals and sporting subjects

Duke of Cornwall & Wife
GEORGE V The future George V and his Queen, Mary, as the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall. Taken during their tour of Canada

Cricketer, A. Ward
Albert Ward Cricketer - Yorkshire and Lancashire

Cricketer, Wainwright
Edward ted Wainwright Cricketer - Yorkshire

Cricketer, Butt
H. Butt Cricketer - Sussex

Cricketer, Lohmann
George Lohmann Cricketer - Surrey

Cricketer, Brockwell
William Brockwell Cricketer - Surrey Date: 1865-1935

Cricketer, Brann
George Brann Cricketer - Sussex

William Darling
WILLIAM DARLING father of Grace, lighthouse-keeper at the Longstone Lighthouse, Farne Islands, who sailed with his daughter to rescue the crew of the Forfarshire

Wilfred T. Grenfell
WILFRED THOMASON GRENFELL Physician and fundraiser who spent many years working with the communities of Labrador and Newfoundland

Model of the Great Harry of 1514
Engraving of a model of the Great Harry, as displayed in the South Kensington Museum, 1865. The Great Harry or Henry Grace a Dieu, built in 1514, was a galleon in Henry VIIIs navy

Model of HMS Queen of 1839
Engraving of a model of HMS Queen, displayed in the Naval Gallery of the South Kensington Museum, 1865. HMS Queen, launched in 1839, was a three-decker first-rate with 110 guns

Cricketer, Pougher
Arthur Pougher Cricketer - Leicestershire

Cricketer, Chapman
Mat Chapman Cricketer - Leicestershire

Sir William Birdwood
Field-Marshal Sir WILLIAM RIDDELL first baron BIRDWOOD British soldier who served with distinction in Africa and World War One, emerging with credit even from Gallipoli

Banquet given at the Crystal Palace by Sir Joseph and Lady P
Banquet given by Sir Joseph and Lady Paxton in Crystal Palace, London. Paxton (1801-1865) famously built the glass structure to house the Great Exhibition of 1851

Police Uniforms 1863-65
Police uniforms from the period 1863- 1865

History of Fashion 1865
1882 depiction of clothing from about 1865. Pale grey dress with amazon body, broad cord trim at the hem & one shoulder in a military style & a broad belt with a buckle

Ball / Evening Dress 1865
Princess style wedding dress with high bodice, tablier trim of lace with rosettes, tight sleeves with reverse cuffs & worn with multiple strings of pearls, a veil & white gloves

Ladies & Girl 1865
Dress with Swiss ceinture, flounces applied in waves held with rosettes & a red bordered mantle; straw hats & plumes, gabrielle sleeves, bodice with long basques at the back

Prussian Manoeuvres
Wilhelm I, king of Prussia, at manoeuvres of his army which will defeat his Danish, Austrian and French enemies and make him Kaiser of Germany

The Great Eastern steam ship under construction
The Great Eastern steam-ship on the stocks at Millwall shipyard. Built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, at the time of her launch in 1858, she was the largest steam ship in the world

Cobden & Bright Cdv
RICHARD COBDEN English politician and economist, with his friend and ally John Bright

Prince of Wales visiting the Great Eastern steam-ship
Engraving showing the Edward, Prince of Wales, visiting Isambard Kingdom Brunels Great Eastern steam-ship in 1865, prior to its voyage to lay the transatlantic cable

Testing the recovered Atlantic telegraph cable
Group of engineers testing the recovered 1865 Atlantic cable. The first attempt at laying a transatlantic cable had been in 1858

Shipping the Atlantic Telegraph onboard the Great Eastern
Engraving showing Isambard Kingdom Brunels steam-ship Great Eastern receiving the Atlantic cable from a smaller vessel. The cable was manufactured at Messrs

George V / P Journal 1901
GEORGE V as Prince of Wales in 1901

GEORGE V / T&C 1909
GEORGE V as Prince of Wales in 1909

Leopold Ii / Belgium / Vf 69
LEOPOLD II King of Belgium (1865-1909): a satirical comment on his love of money

George V / Robe & Stole
Wearing the Royal Robe of Cloth of Gold and stole

Teeing Off 1865
Three golfers tee off at the first hole, accompanied by their caddies

G J Goschen
GEORGE JOACHIM GOSCHEN 1st Viscount Goschen, politician and financier. Director of Bank of England 1858-1865 and later Chancellor of the Exchequer

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