1866 Collection (page 10)

Girl, Grandpa at Party
The little daughter of the house foots it with her grandpapa under the mistletoe Date: 1866

Cover page of pamphlet, A Night in a Workhouse
The cover page of A Night in a Workhouse -- an undercover expose of conditions in the casual ward of the Lambeth workhouse in London

Victorian widow, Mrs Lort Mansel
A Victorian widow, Mrs Lort Mansel, who came from an old Welsh family. Seen here in black dress and white bonnet, with a book in her hand

City of London Lunatic Asylum, Stone, Dartford, Kent
The City of London Lunatic Asylum for pauper lunatics was established in 1862 on Cotton Lane at Stone near Dartford, Kent

Young ladies Preparatory School 1858
Preparatory School for young ladies, where they are urged to become good housewives and know something about the art of cookery

Royal visit to Dunrobin Castle 1866
During their stay at Dunrobin Castle, Scotland, the Prince and Princess of Wales review the Sutherland volunteers in the castle grounds

Alices Adventures Underground: the croquet game
The croquet game, complete with hedgehogs, playing cards and misbehaving flamingoes. Hand drawn illustrations by Lewis Carroll from Alices Adventures Underground

Sir Henri Deterding(1866-1939)
Sir Henri Deterding(1866-February 4th 1939), oil magante and formerly managing director of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company

Middle Serles Place
Getting rid of dirty old London - Middle Serles Place, demolished in 1866

A train of thought
This is Mrs. Tymmeruss notion of what goes on in a railway tunnel A popular notion of what happens when a train goes into a railway tunnel

Modern Athenians plate 7 - Edinburgh
Rev John Hunter (d. 1866) of the Tron Church stopping to shake hands with his successor Prof. Alexander Brunton (d. 1854). Two friends and colleagues

Hampton Court Bridge
The newly constructed bridge at Hampton Court, across the Thames

Foreign and India Offices, 1866
The Foreign and India Offices in Whitehall, London, designed by the architect George Gilbert Scott. Construction was begun in 1861 and completed in 1868. The view seen here is of the Park Front

DERBY
The Market Hall

Charnwood Forest
Beacon Hill, in Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire

George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866-1923)
Photographic portrait of George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866-1923), c.1922. Lord Carnarvon was the wealthy, English amateur egyptologist who financed Howard Carters excavations in the Valley

Cambridge Union
Exterior of the new building of the Cambridge Union Society, Jesus Lane

Royal Dramatic College, Surrey, 1866
Engraving showing the exterior of the Royal Dramatic College, Maybury, Surrey in 1866

Victoria Falls, Africa, 1866
Engraving showing an aerial view of the Victoria Falls, Africa, 1866. The Victoria Falls, one of the worlds largest and most impressive waterfalls, is located on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia

Newcastle Court, London, 1866
Engraving showing the street scene in Newcastle Court, London, 1866. This street was to be demolished, shortly thereafter, to make way for New Courts of Law

London Zoo, Whit Monday, 1866
Engraving showing the crowd of visitors at the Zoological Societys Gardens (London Zoo) in Regents Park, 1866. On the right of the picture are the cages of the big carnivores (lions)

The Duke of Edinburgh unveiling the statue of the late Princ
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh unveiling an equestrian statue of Prince Albert in Glasgow in 1866

The Foreign and India Offices, London, 1866
Engraving showing the park front exterior of the then newly built Foreign and India Offices, London, 1866

Princess Helena Lenchen (1846-1923), third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

The Duke of Edinburgh receiving the freedom of the City of G
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh receiving the freedom of the City of Glasgow during a visit in 1866

Presentation of the freedom of the City of London to the Duk
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900) being presented with the freedom of the City of London at the Guildhall, London in 1866

Piccadilly Circus on the morning of Derby Day, 1866
Engraving showing the crowded scene in Piccadilly Circus, London, on the morning of Derby Day in 1866. The image shows a large number of horse-drawn carriages

Regent Street, London, 1866
Engraving showing pedestrians and carriages in Regent Street, during the London Season, 1866

Holborn Hill, London, 1866
Engraving showing the Holborn Hill in London, as a number of houses there were demolished in order to make way for the Holborn Valley Viaduct, 1866

The Bank of England in Threadneedle Street, London, 1866
Engraving showing the National and Provincial Bank of England, on the corner of Threadneedle Street and Bishopgate Street, London, 1866

James Hamilton, 2nd Marquis of Abercorn, 1866
Engraved portrait of James Hamilton (1811-1885), 2nd Marquis of Abercorn, later 1st Duke of Abercorn, pictured in 1866 when he was serving as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

Miss Madge Lessing as a modern dandy, 1910
Photographic portrait of Madge Lessing (1866-1932), the English actress and singer, dressed as a dandy for a production at the Metropol Theatre, Berlin, 1910

Leopold II Takes Oath
Leopold II takes the constitutional oath and everyone is extremely pleased

Prague Rooftops
A rooftop view of Prague, at the Charles bridge which separates the old city from the new

Crete Revolt
Encampment of insurgents : the people of Crete, predominantly Christian, seek to throw off Turkish rule : they win some victories but are ultimately unsuccessful

Prague Bridge
The ancient Charles bridge over the Vltava separates the old city from the new

Crete Revolt - 2
Turkish camp in Souda Bay : the people of Crete, predominantly Christian, seek to throw off Turkish rule : they win some victories but are ultimately unsuccessful

Brest Shipbuilding
A frigate under construction in the shipyards at Brest

Carol in Romania
After Alexandru Ioan I is deposed, Charles of Hohen- -zollern rules as prince, then as king Carol I, reigning successfully until 1914. He enters Bucharest to acclaim

Ramsay MacDonald leaving Buckingham Palace, 1924
Photograph of (James) Ramsay MacDonald (on left in top hat) being congratulated by members of the Labour Party as he leaves Buckingham Palace after accepting the office of British Prime Minister

Hydraulic Propellors of HMS Waterwitch, November 1866
Engraving of HMS Waterwitch and her hydraulic propellors, from the Illustrated London News, 17th November 1866. Built in 1866 at Thames Ironworks, Blackwall

The Earl of Carnarvon the initiator of the explorations in the Valley of the Kings. Born in 1866, Carnarvon sponsored Howard Carters excavations of the royal tombs in Thebes

Senator Cass in his office, Washington, 1856
Engraving showing Senator Lewis Cass (1782-1866) in his office at the Senate, Washington, 1856. Date: 1856

Ramsey MacDonald (1866-1937)
Photograph of (James) Ramsey MacDonald, the Scottish Labour Statesman, pictured making a radio broadcast on 7th October 1931

Buoys and Grapnels used in recovering the Atlantic Telegraph
Engraving showing the buoys and grapnels that were used to recover an Atlantic Telegraph Cable, September 1866. The telegraph cable, which was laid in 1865 by the Great Eastern

J. Ramsay Macdonald
False-coloured photograph of J. Ramsay Macdonald (1866-1937), Labours first opposition leader in 1923

Hg Wells / Anon Daguerreo
HERBERT GEORGE WELLS English novelist, sociologist and historian, at the age of 13

Koeniggratz - Retreat
BATTLE OF KOENIGGRATZ (aka Sadowa) - the defeated Austrians retreat

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