1866 Collection

Chimney Sweeps 1866
The young and the old, both looking tired after a days work

Porter Rockwell / Cdv
ORRIN PORTER ROCKWELL American frontiersman, Utah pioneer and reputed Mormon Destroying Angel, photographed in June 1866

Erik Satie / Renaudin
ERIK SATIE French composer at the piano

Cambridge Cottage, Kew, the birthplace of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (mother of Queen Mary). The house became the home of Princess Marys parents

Truganini, last surviving female Tasmanian Aboiginal
Truganini (Truganina, Trugernanner or Lalla Rooke, c1812-1876), the last surviving Tasmanian Aboiginal or Palawa woman. 1866

Erik Satie / Comoedia 1913
ERIK SATIE French musician Date: 1866 - 1925

Koniggratz Battle 1866
BATTLE OF KOENIGGRATZ (also known as Sadowa) The Prussian victory, though hard- won, leads to Austrian collapse, victory for Prussia, and the creation of the German Empire

Christina Rossetti / 1866
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI English poet

Peabody Buildings / 1866
Residential housing: flats in the Peabody Buildings in Spitalfields, London Date: 1866

Garraways Coffee-House
The exterior of Garraways coffee house in Change Alley, London, rebuilt after a fire in 1748, one of the first to sell tea in the 17th century

Baptism / Victoria Cecil
The christening of Victoria Cecil, daughter of Baron Carbery, at Burghley Chapel in the presence of Albert, her godfather, and Queen Victoria

Jewish Wedding
Jewish couple get married under the traditional canopy

Ernest William Hornung
ERNEST WILLIAM HORNUNG English writer, creator of Raffles, the gentleman burglar

Robert Burns, Scottish poet
Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scottish poet. Date: 1866

A bell ringer in a church, 1866
A bell ringer in a church chimes the bell with his foot. The scene is frames by vignettes from a young womans life. Date: 1866

Princess Helenas wedding day
Princess Helena (1846-1923), third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert pictured on her wedding day

Princesses Alice and Vicky
Queen Victorias two eldest daughters: on the right, Vicky, Princess Royal, Crown Princess, later Empress of Prussia (1840-1901) and Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (1843-1878)

Francis Herbert Wenham (1824-1908) in 1866
Francis Herbert Wenham, 1824-1908, in 1866. Date: 1908

Lancashire Colliery
ASTLEYs COLLIERY, Dunkinfield, Lancashire (England)

Plants / Centaurea Cyanus
Blue Bottle, Cornflower

Book cover design, The Cloud King: or up in the air & down in the sea, by W Stephens Hayward, London: Darton and Hodge, 1866. Showing a balloon attached to a whale. 1866

Music at home - little girl at the piano
Elizabeth Jane, daughter of Sir William and Lady Maria Somerville, plays the piano on tiptoe. Date: 1866

RACEHORSE GLADIATEUR
French thoroughbred racehorse Gladiateur (1862 - 1876) who dominated the major races in 1865 and 1866. Date: 1865

Cannon Street Station, City of London
An impressive view from the direction of the Thames of the newly completed Cannon Street Station terminus of the South Eastern Railway

Minister Von Roon
ALBRECHT THEODOR EMIL VON ROON Prussian soldier and politician successful in the wars of 1866 and 1870-1871

Victoria Knights Morris
After unveiling a statue of Prince Albert, donated by the people of Wolverhampton, Queen Victoria knighted the Mayor, John Morris, in recognition of his warm welcome

Lord Sankey 1935
Lord John, 1st Viscount Sankey, Lord Chancellor during Ramsay Macdonalds Labour government. Famous for the 1927 Persons case, which asked Are Women Persons ?

Hg Wells / Anon Photo
HERBERT GEORGE WELLS writer, historian

H G Wells, English writer
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946), English writer, best known for his science fiction books. He also wrote contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary

Cluny Abbey, France Date: 1866

Ramsay MacDonald leaping into the limelight
Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937) British Labour politician, leaping into the limelight over the backs of Bonar Law (Conservative) and Lloyd George (Liberal) when he won the General Election in 1922

Bank of England Old Lady
Old lady of Threadneedle Street, holding onto a Bank Stock(ing) of reserve, berates the rash speculators

1866 / London / City Panic
Black Friday. A scene in Lombard Street during the panic in the city arising from the Overend Gurney crisis

Oswald Stoll / Vfair 1913
OSWALD STOLL Impresario Date: 1866 - 1942

Spire at Chichester
The good folk of Chichester, West Sussex, gather to watch the spire of their cathedral getting capped

The Quadrangle of the Foreign and India Offices, London, 186
Engraving showing the quadrangle of the Foreign and India Offices, London, 1866

JOHN KEBLE churchman who initiated the Oxford Movement, hymn writer and poet

Lancaster Gate, Hyde Park, 1866
Engraving showing a street scene in Lancaster Gate, Hyde Park, London, 1866. The houses on the right were built by John Kelk between 1863-7

Maud Gonne / Munsey / 1903
MAUD GONNE Irish actress and patriot

Hc Kimball / Mormon / Cdv
HEBER CHASE KIMBALL Mormon leader, photographed at Salt Lake City in June 1866

ASCOT 1866
The betting ring on the Ascot racecourse

Dolgoch - narrow gauge steam loco of the Talyllyn Railway
Dolgoch a narrow gauge 0-4-0 well tank steam locomotive built by Fletcher, Jennings & Co in 1866, still in active service to the Talyllyn Railway. Date: 1953

Serles Place
View of Serles Place, London, near St Clement Danes Church. The street was built in the 17th century and demolished in 1866

The arrival of Lord and Lady Braybrooke at Audley End House. Date: 1866

Medieval games in the Tilt Yard
The Tilt Yard, Combat a L'Outrance - medieval games

The Roulette Gaming Table, by G A Sala Date: 1866

Emile de Girardin, French journalist, publisher, politician
Emile de Girardin (1802-1881), French journalist, publisher and politician. Date: 1866

Jules Joseph Lefebvre, French artist
Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911), French artist, figure painter, at the age of 30. Date: circa 1866

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