1865 Collection (page 23)

Matterhorn Summit
THE MATTERHORN Edward Whymper plants a flag on the summit

Charles Greville
CHARLES CAVENDISH FULKE GREVILLE Political diarist and sportsman

Giuditta Pasta / Singer
GIUDITTA PASTA Italian opera singer. She sang in Venice, London, Paris and St Petersburg

Charles Fr. Daubigny - 2
CHARLES FRANCOIS DAUBIGNY French artist, circa 1865

Edwin Harry Lemare
EDWIN HARRY LEMARE English organist and composer

H Plunket Green Cig Card
HARRY PLUNKET GREEN Irish baritone

Magnus Crusenstolpe
MAGNUS JACOB CRUSENSTOLPE Swedish historian and novelist

YEATS
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Irish poet, playwright and politician

Robert Schomburgk
ROBERT HERMANN SCHOMBURGK British explorer and botanist

Compote of Pears
A Compote of Pears

GATEAU
A Gateau

Ribbon Jelly
Ribbon jelly on a plate

Ice Pudding
An Ice Pudding

Hugh Stowell
HUGH STOWELL Evangelical churchman

Herbert Brewer Organist
SIR ALFRED HERBERT BREWER Organist and composer

Bernard-Beere, Actress
FANNY MARY BERNARD-BEERE (nee Whitehead, formerly Mrs H Cs Oliver) actress and opera singer, depicted here in Fedora

Dance Sweden
Countryfolk dancing in the Floda district of Sweden

Ericsson Monitor
Seen at anchor in the harbour at Stockholm

Stockholm Zoo
The Djurgarden - zoo - is a popular place to go on a summers afternoon. Lots of people - but where are the animals apart from dogs and horses ?

A Swedish Cafe
Inside a Stockholm cafe - the only females are the servants. (4 of 4)

Danish Cafe
Inside a Kobenhavn cafe - a rather cheerless place and seemingly men-only. (3 of 4)

Paris Cafe 1865
Inside a Parisian cafe. (2 of 4)

An Italian Cafe
Inside an Italian cafe - apart from a small girl, an exclusively male establishment. (1 of 4)

Swedish Cottage Inter
Cock, hen and chicks are welcome in this Swedish peasant home with its rustic furniture, spinning wheel and all

Swedish Farmyard
Scene in a Swedish farmyard at haymaking time

Cavell Postcard
EDITH CAVELL Nurse, shot by the Germans in Belgium for assisting the Allies

French Mule 1865
A young French mule with its owner, Monsieur Rimbault, first prize at the Niort competition of 1865

Richmond Burns
Though a primary target for the Union, the Confederate capital was not taken until 1865 : fires were started not by the incoming Federals but the departing Confederates

Confederates Fight On
Outnumbered and out- generalled, short of supplies and ammunition, Confederate soldiers fight on as best they can

Richmond Captured
The Union army enters Richmond, which has been the Confederate capital : there is wholesale destruction, caused by the retreating southerners, not by the northerners

Jefferson Davis Inflight
Jefferson Davis and his staff are ferried across the Pe-Dee river, North Carolina, after the fall of the Southern Confederacy. Others have to swim their horses across

Confederate Prisoners
The Union flag flies over a camp of confederate prisoners at Elmira, New York

Federals Disband
The disbanding parade of the Union Army - they march in triumph down Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC

Conscription New York
Desperate for men, the Federal government introduces conscription : in New York this is effected by ballot. It is less than popular

Cousin Phillis
Paul Manning goes to chapel - thats him in the background

German Gym in London
Gymnastics in Britain are often of German origin. This is the scene at the opening of the German Gymnastic Hall in St Pancras Road, London

General Birdwood
General Sir William Riddell, 1st Baron Birdwood, with Charles Delesalle and Monseigneur Charost, mayor and bishop of Lille, a French town delivered from the Germans

Northcliffe / Napoleon
ALFRED HARMSWORTH, lord NORTHCLIFFE newspaper proprietor depicted as the Napoleon of Slander

Agitated Sea on Coast
A misty sun above an agitated sea crashing up against a rocky coast

The White Rabbit
THE WHITE RABBIT

Family at Church
A Victorian family at church. They appear to be in a family box pew

Battle of Yatay
PARAGUAY-URUGUAY WAR The Paraguayan general Duarte is defeated by the allied (Brazilian/Uruguayan/Argentinian) forces under Flores, at the battle of YATAY

Taking of Paysandu
PARAGUAY-URUGUAY WAR The Paraguayans take the Uruguay town of Paysandu

Paraguay War - Sam-Borja
PARAGUAY-BRAZIL WAR Battle of Sam-Borja - the Brazilians defend their flag against the Paraguayans

George V / Pearse / Mary
GEORGE V with MARY in the House of Lords

George V / Pearse / Family
GEORGE V with Mary and their children

Mad Hatter / Hudson
Alice at the Mad Hatters tea party

Handel Festival 1865
A Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham (London)

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