1870s Collection (page 98)

Spined Loach, Minnow, Loach and Common Bleak
Spined Loach (Cobitis taenia), Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus), Loach (Barbatula barbatula) and Common Bleak (Alburnus alburnus). Date: 1879

Pomeranian Bream and White Bream
Although named separately here as Pomeranian and White Bream, these are both Silver Bream ( Blicca bjoerkna, also known as White Bream and Breamflat). Date: 1879

Golden Tench or Schlei, an ornamental, artificially bred variety, popular for fishponds. Date: 1879

Azurine, Dobule and Common Rudd
Azurine and Dobule (both non-existent species), and a Common Rudd (Scardinius erythropthalmus, also known as Red Eye). Date: 1879

Leuciscus leuciscus, or Graining and Dace
Graining and Dace (both now classified as Leuciscus leuciscus). Date: 1879

Squalius cephalus, or European Chub. Date: 1879

Gudgeon and Barbel
Gudgeon (Gobio gobio) and Barbel (Barbus barbus). Date: 1879

Rutilus rutilus, or Common Roach. Date: 1879

Golden Carp (Goldfish) and Bronze Carp
Golden Carp (Carassius auratus auratus, Goldfish) and Bronze Carp (similar to Crucian and Prussian varieties). Date: 1879

Six types of Stickleback: Rough-Tailed or Three-Spined (Gasterosteus aculeatus, also known as Barnstickle, Banstickle, Sharplin and Pricklefish), Half-Armed (Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus)

Sea Lamprey, Lampern, Planers Lamprey and Pride
Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus), Lampern (Lampetra fluviatilis or European River Lamprey), Planers Lamprey (Petromyzon planeri), and Pride (Lampetra fluviatilis or Petromyzon branchialis)

Sharp-Nosed Eel and Broad-Nosed Eel
Sharp-Nosed Eel (Anguilla anguilla, Anguilla acutirostris), and Broad-Nosed Eel (Anguilla anguilla, Anguilla latirostris). Date: 1879

Acipenser sturio, or European sea sturgeon, also known as Atlantic sturgeon, Baltic sturgeon and Common sturgeon. Date: 1879

Monks at Work, Mount St Bernards Abbey, Leicestershire. In the 1860s and 1870s, the monks ran a boys reformatory

Interior of police hut in County Mayo, Ireland
Interior of portable hut for Royal Irish Constabulary in County Mayo, Ireland, used for temporary lodging when the armed police are sent into a district where there has been unrest

Portable hut for police in County Mayo, Ireland. A Royal Irish Constabulary policeman stands outside a portable hut used for temporary lodging when the armed constabulary are sent into a district

McDougalls Peoples caf鬠1879
McDougalls Peoples cafÚ¼áin St Pauls Churchyard, 1879. Date: 1879

The skirt dance.. Originated in London in the 1870s. It is a less formal type of ballet with elements of popular dance such as clogging and French can-can. Artist: Sydney Carter Date: 1905

Silhouette of contrasting transport, 1874 and 1924, by H.L. Oakley, in Tennis magazine, 24 July 1924. Above: a group of people arriving at a country house by horse-drawn carriage in 1874

Tenor bell for St. Pauls, 1878
New peal of bells for St Pauls Cathedral: the tenor bell, presented by the city corporation, produced by John Taylors Bellfoundry of Loughborough. Date: c. 1830

Nelly Power, Victorian music hall entertainer
Nelly Power (?1854-1887), Victorian music hall entertainer and singer who appeared at the Canterbury, the Trocadero and the Vaudeville Theatres. Date: circa 1880s

Young Victorian woman
A young Victorian woman on a carte de visite. Date: circa 1870s

Teresa Elizabeth Furtado, Victorian actress
Teresa Elizabeth Furtado (1845-1877), Victorian actress who appeared in leading melodramatic roles at the Adelphi Theatre, London. She married the English actor, John Clarke. Date: circa 1870s

Farm in Peru
A Peruvian farm scene: a farm on the San Gavan (San Gaban river) in Peru Date: C.1870

A derelict ship discovered, 1873
An abandoned ship, encountered by HMS Immortalite in 1873. The ship was the Margaret Pollock, and was later sunk. Date: 1873

The hauling up of a lifeboat on HMS Serapis, 1875
The hauling up of a lifeboat on board HMS Serapis, during the royal visit of the Prince of Wales(later Edward VII)to India in 1875. Date: 1875

Plimsoll line stops coffin ships, 1873
Comment in Punch magazine on the lifesaving introduction of the Plimsoll line. Overcrowded coffin ships are portrayed literally in the background as floating coffins with masts and rigging. Date: 1873

Statue of Captain Sir Eyre Massey Shaw
Bronze statue of Captain Sir Eyre Massey Shaw (1828-1908) about 18 inches high, by Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. The statue is kept in the dining room of the Massey Shaw Suite

Scene from The Sorcerer, Gilbert and Sullivan
Scene from The Sorcerer, operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan, at the Opera Comique. The central characters are, presumably, Alexis and Aline (in bridal gown)

The Brisk telegraph ship, 1870
The Brisk telegraph ship at her moorings in the English Channel, 1870. Use of the ship was granted by the British Royal navy to the Mid Channel International Telegraph Company

Steam-operated fire pump, Paris
Steam-operated fire pump, as used by the Paris fire brigade. It was built by A Thirion and photographed by Berthaud. Date: 1872

Decking the halls: Christmas decorations, 1871
Women decorate the interior of a house at Christmas with festive greenery. A stags head is being festooned with garlands, whilst a ball of mistletoe hangs from the light. Date: 1871

Demolition of Northumberland House
The demolition of Northumberland House, Charing Cross, making way for Northumberland Avenue between Trafalgar Square and the Embankment. Date: 1875

A New Caledonian flute player, c. 1870. Date: c. 1870

Our Father which art in heaven by W. Holyoake, 1873
A charity child at prayer, described as wearing in the costume of the Bloomsbury Charity(possibly a reference to the clothing worn at the Foundling Hospital.) Date: 1873

Man with pipe and beads, Egypt
Man with a long pipe and beads, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Men at a street cafe, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Medinet Habu, Luxor, Egypt
Medinet Habu, the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III, Luxor, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Veiled woman, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Egyptian knife-grinder, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Shah of Persia on visit to Britain
Group photo of dignitaries during a visit to Britain of the Shah of Persia, Nasr-Ed-Din (Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar) (1831-1896), seen here in the centre. Date: 1873

Two Turkish women, one with her face covered. Date: circa 1870

Obelisk at Karnak, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Ox-drawn Turkish carriage, Turkey. Date: circa 1870

Turkish dervish, Turkey. Date: circa 1870

Turkish porters resting, Turkey. Date: circa 1870

Turkish musicians, Turkey
Five Turkish musicians, Turkey. Date: circa 1870

General view of Eyoub, Turkey. Date: circa 1870

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