1868 Collection (page 18)

Revolution in Spain 1868
REVOLUTION: People reading a proclamation of the Provisional Government in the Puerta Del Sol, Madrid

Albert Memorial 1877
Designed by George Gilbert Scott. The main structure was completed 1868, edifice opened to the public in 1872. Alberts statue installed two years previous to this photo

Throwing Javelin
Le tir du javelot - hurling the javelin - at the Fete Federale des Gymnastes, held at Locle, Switzerland

Karl Landsteiner
KARL LANDSTEINER Austrian-born American immunologist and pathologist

New Woman / Satire
The New Woman in her various forms

Johnson Impeached 1868
THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON The high court of impeachment in session at the Senate, Washington

Butler in his Pantry
The butler in his pantry, polishing the silver

Lionel Walter Rothschild
LIONEL WALTER ROTHSCHILD 2nd baron son of Nathan Mayer Statesman and zoologist

Eckener / Hindenburg Zepp
Hugo Eckener, German aviator, and his Hindenburg Zeppelin

Little Women / Merry Lunch
A merry lunch it was

Rossini / Gill / Lune 1867
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI Italian/French musician

Adah Menken / Lune 1867
Adah Menken, American actress, with a brief but controversial life story - this cartoon was done on the occasion of her very successful Paris visit

Little Women / Title Page
Title page

Norman Douglas / Writer
NORMAN DOUGLAS Writer, at Capri in 1951

Nicolas & Alex / Nat Dress
NIKOLAY ALEKSANDROVICH Czar Nicolas II with Alexandra in ancient Muscovite dress

Charles Wentworth
SIR CHARLES WENTWORTH 2nd Baronet Dilke English MP (1868 - 1886) A cartoon at the time of the scandel

R F Scott [Postcard]
ROBERT FALCON SCOTT Antarctic explorer

D D home out of Window
In the presence of three witnesses, D D Home floats out of one window and floats in again at another, at Ashley House, London

Home Levitates
A demonstration of levitation by D D Home, who on several occasions was perceived to rise to the ceiling

Clipper / Spindrift
British sailing clipper for the China tea trade, which in 1868 won the ocean race from China to England

Rossini / Eichhorn
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI Italian composer

Rossini / Bruyeres 1847
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI Italian composer

Rossini / Cig Card Wills
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI Italian composer

Gaston Leroux
GASTON LEROUX French novelist

Rossini / Ils 1867 Robert
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI composer, as an elderly man, full-length portrait, seated, with stick

Rossini / Pinnock 1823
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI the Italian composer as a young man

Scenes from an earthquake in Peru, South America, showing the destruction of the towns of Arica and Arequipa

Meteor above the Champs Elysees, Paris, France
A meteor seen above the Champs Elysees and Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France

Railway accident at Abergele, north west Wales
A railway accident at Abergele, north west Wales, when two trains collided on the Chester-Holyhead line. This is the scene an hour and a half after the accident

St Pancras is Built
The magnificent canopy of the new Midland Railway terminus takes shape near the Euston Road

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