1868 Collection (page 11)

William Chalmers Burns
WILLIAM CHALMERS BURNS Missionary in China with his autograph Date: 1815 - 1868

John Burnet, Artist
JOHN BURNET Scottish artist, author of Practical hints on painting Date: 1784 - 1868

Nicolas Ii / Uniforms 96
NIKOLAY ALEKSANDROVICH TSAR NICOLAS II (1894-1917) In six uniforms: Cossacks, two types of Hussars, Horseguards, Cossack Escort, and Preobajensky Regiment Date: 1868 - 1918

James Buchanan (Chappel)
JAMES BUCHANAN 15th president of the United States Date: 1791 - 1868

James Buchanan, President of the United States
James Buchanan (1791-1868), 15th President of the United States (1857-1861). Date: 1850s

Meteor October 1868
The great meteor seen over Britain Date: 7 October 1868

Celebrated trotting horse John Stewart as he appeared on the twentieth mile: In his great match against time over the fashion course L.I. Tuesday Sept. 22nd 1868

Pacing horse Billy Boyce of St. Louis: as he appeared at Buffalo N.Y. Aug 1st 1868 pacing the last half mile in the second heat in 1 minute 5 1/4 seconds

Goldsmith Maid and American Girl: in the brush home of their capital race of six closely contested heats over the Union Course L.I. July 4th 1868. Date c1868

Descente du ballon le Neptune dans les falaises du Cap Gris-Nez Voyage en ballon, Calais, 15 aout 1868. Drawing shows Jules Duruof, Gaston Tissandier

National Democratic Banner of Victory, 1868. Horatio Seymour (1810-1886), Frank P. (Frank Preston) Blair (1821-1875) Date: 1868

Customers from The Gin-Shop by Cruikshank
These are the Customers, youthful and old, That drink the strong drinks which are sold night and day At the bar of the Gin-shop, so glittering and gay. Illustration no

Bernarr McFadden
BERNARR MCFADDEN - American fitness guru, the father of physical culture, healthy- minded discourager of impure habits. Date: 1868 - 1955

Walewski Photo
ALEXANDRE WALEWSKI Polish-born statesman in France, photographed in 1854. Date: 1810 - 1868

Andre Gill Photo
ANDRE GILL French caricaturist who thought Dreyfus was guilty and ended insane : here in happier days in 1868. Date: 1840 - 1885

Hugo Exile Photo
VICTOR HUGO French writer, exiled for his antagonism to Napoleon III to the island of Jersey where he is photographed in 1868, Date: 1802 - 1885

David Brewster (Young)
Sir DAVID BREWSTER Scientist and scientific author, while relatively young (most portraits show him old) with his autograph Date: 1781 - 1868

Scholl Photo
AURELIEN SCHOLL French writer, l enfant terrible des journalistes de l Empire, photographed in 1868. Date: 1833 - 1902

Paul Feval Photo
PAUL FEVAL French popular novelist who died insane : photographed in 1868. Date: 1817 - 1887

Russian street musician, 1868
A street musician of Tiflis, Georgia, Russia. Date: 1868

Louisa Twining 1869 Dawsons
A portrait of Louisa Twining from 1868. She became a campaigner for improvement in conditions for workhouse inmates and founded the Workhouse Visiting Society. Date: 1869

Prince George as a child
King George V, or as he was then, Prince George, as a child of three or four years of age at Sandringham in 1868. 1935

Os Cyprastas looking South. Date: 1868

Looking up the Aguas from the Aqueduct. Date: 1868

Dance card from the Pimlico Rooms, London (1 / 2)
The front of a Dance Card from the Pimlico Rooms - (now The Windermere Hotel), Pimlico, London. The design features musical instruments and two cherub musicians. Date: 1868

Sir Herbert Edwardes
SIR HERBERT BENJAMIN EDWARDES Soldier and administrator in India Date: 1819 - 1868

Owen Jones Medieval 73
Ornaments from illuminated manuscripts of the 15th century Date: 1868

Little Women / Father
Meg, Jo, Amy & Beth sit with their father. Date: First published: 1868

The Girl of the Period
A comment on a media debate over the dress & manners of The Girl of the Period sparked by a censorious article in the Saturday Review. Date: April 1868

Little Women / Game Chess
A game of chess. Date: First published: 1868

Christmas Eve Visiting

Christmas Party, 1868
Only a small tree but lots of presents for the children being handed out from the tree Date: 1868

Wolf, mail paddle steamer owned by J and G Burns in dry dock after salvage by Harland and Wolff Date: 1868

Locomotive no 1667 Corunna built in 1868 for the L&NWR Date: 1868

Chatham siege demonstration 1868
The annual field day and exhibition of siege operations at Chatham, Kent. Watched by a large crowd of spectators, Royal Engineers

Double page spread in a diary for 13-18 July
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 13-18 July. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Labour yard, Bethnal Green Employment Association
A labour yard operated in the late 1860s by the Bethnal Green Employment Association in East London to provide work for the unemployed

Police Notice -- Street Crossing Signals
A Police Notice showing Street Crossing Signals in Bridge Street, New Palace Yard, London, close to Parliament and the Met Police headquarters

Music cover for Godfreys Chilperic Quadrille
Music cover for Charles Godfreys Chilperic Quadrille, based on airs from Herves popular opera buffa (or operetta) Chilperic

Music cover for Chilperic Quadrilles
Music cover for the Chilperic Quadrilles, based on airs from Herves opera buffa (or operetta) Chilperic, arranged (probably for piano) by C H R Marriott

Stick Practice, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys in protective masks, taking part in stick practice on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

PE and Band, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in an exercise drill, with the band behind them, on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Company & Band, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Ships company and band of the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868, James Hall

Cutlass Exercise, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a cutlass exercise on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Tailoring Class, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a tailoring class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868

Practical Seamanship, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a practical seamanship class using a large model boat on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

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