1871 Collection (page 2)

Victoria opens St Thomas Hospital
Queen Victoria opens the newly completed St Thomas Hospital, situated on the southern Thames Embankment in Lambeth, London, across the river from the Palace of Westminster

Lord Balcarres MP, Vanity Fair, Spy
DAVID ALEXANDER EDWARD LINDSAY, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of BALCARRES (1871-1940), styled Lord Balniel between 1880 and 1913. British Conservative politician and art connoisseur

Porthclais, near St Davids, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
View of Porthclais (or Porth Clais) Harbour, a small sheltered inlet port near St David s, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, with sailing ships and a rowing boat

Chesney, Battle Dorking
THE BATTLE OF DORKING A future war tale about a Prussian invasion of England

Lord David Beatty
LORD DAVID BEATTY British admiral and 1st Earl

Portrait of the Prince Imperial
Photograph of Louis Napoleon, the Prince Imperial (1856-1871) as a young boy. Born as the heir to the French Imperial throne

Cricketer, Ayres
George Ayres Cricketer - Surrey

Cricketer, Jephson
D.L.A. Jephson Cricketer - Surrey

Communards in Flight
In the final stages of the civil war, Communards abandon their barricade in the rue de Rennes as the government forces advance into the heart of Paris

W H DAVIES
William Henry Davies Poet

POLE VAULT, 1871
Athletics meeting at the Agricultural Hall, Islington - vaulting the pole

Women trying to vote at New York polling station, 1871
Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927), noted American feminist, with her sister Jennie Claflin, try to vote in the New York election of 1871, but are turned away

Matchmakers / London / 1871
Female matchmakers working in the East-End of London

Carrying Turf / Ireland
A girl carrying peat in baskets strapped to a donkey

Ponting in Antarctic
Herbert Ponting (1871-1935) with his camera in the Antarctic : he accompanies Scotts expedition as official photographer and produces a spectacular photo record

Mania / Hudson Off Rails
OFF THE RAIL The speculations of railway financier George King Hudson (1800-1871), start to collapse

Strawberry / 1871
Keens seedling

Lavinia Ryves
LAVINIA RYVES lady who claimed to be the princess of Cumberland and duchess of Lancaster

Liv. & Stanley Meet
Dr Livingstone is found by H M Stanley at Ujiji - Dr Livingstone, I presume ?

Alexander Apple 1871
An Alexander apple (with a blemish)

The former Whitechapel Union workhouse on Southern Grove (formerly South Grove), Mile End, was designed by Richard Robert Long and erected in 1870-71. Date: 2002

British army in India Royal Horse Artillery Umballa, 1871
Vintage 19th century photograph - British army in India - officers of the Royal horse Artillery regiment, Umballa, 1871

British army India, officers of 12th Bengal Cavalry 1871
Vintage 19th century photograph - British army in India - officers of the 12th Bengal Cavalry 1871

Malay cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus, Rev. A.C. Brookes pair, prizes at Crystal Palace and Birmingham 1871, Dublin 1872

St Michaels Church, Coventry, Warwickshire. 1871

Sir Moses Montefiore, Bart, philanthropist, banker, Sheriff of London, President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews - The Family Friend magazine March 1871 Date: 1871

John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lord Lawrence, politician, Chairman of the London School Board - The Family Friend magazine Jan 1871 Date: 1871

Dr Christopher James Davis House Surgeon St Bartholomew's
Dr, Christopher, James, Davis, House, Surgeon, St, Bartholomew's, Hospital, The, Family, Friend, magazine, April, 1871, , 13974348

Baliol doing homage to King Edward I for Crown of Scotland
Baliol doing homage to King Edward I for the Crown of Scotland - The Family Friend magazine Sept 1871 Date: 1871

Mr Punch as jockey riding pocket book wallet
Mr Punch as a jockey riding on Mr Punch's Pocket Book wallet Date: 1871

Title page design, Mr Punch's Pocket Book 1871 Date: 1871

Gallant Rescue off the Bachelor Rocks Date: 1871

Canadian Postcard
The card is printed in blue with a 1c stamp of Queen Victoria head and shoulders. It is small. Oddly it is about the size of the original British card issued in 1870. Date: 1871

Support French Alsace - Lorraine
Alsace-Lorraine was the name given to territory that was ceded by France to Germany in 1871 after the Franco-German War.The loss of Alsace-Lorraine was a major cause of anti-German feeling in France

BELTRAME, Achille (1871-1945). Second Boer War. Battle of Colenso, December 15, 1899. Boer forces led by Louis Botha defeated the English army of General Sir Redvers Buller. Engraving

BELTRAME, Achille (1871-1945). Battle in Transwaal in October 1899, during the Second Boer War. Engraving

GUSTAVE COURBET, French artist
Gustave Courbet 1819 - 1877, innovative French artist of the Realist movement and member of the Paris Commune Date: 1871

Queen Victora with her grandchildren
Queen Victoria with Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales and Princess Victoria of Hesse-Darmstadt (standing) and Princess Ella of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1871

Searching a body; Paris Commune 1871
A soldier searching a corpse for coins to place over the dead man's eyes, during the Paris Commune

Socialists fighting to the death; Paris Commune, 1871
Men and women of the Commune fighting, to the death, against troops of the National Guard, Paris. At the end of the Franco-Prussian war

Fighting at the Barricades; Paris Commune 1871
A bowed but resigned officer caught behind the lines, in effect Between two fires, during fighting between the French Army and the Paris Commune, 1871

French Soldiers Cutting Dead Horses Franco Prussian
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GENERAL-IN-CHIEF
Jules Henri Marius Bergeret, general in chief : he will survive the Commune and die in New York in 1905. Date: March-May 1871

MINISTER OF WAR
Charles Delescluze, minister of war : a veteran revolutionary, he will meet his death on the last of the barricades on 25 May. Date: March-May 1871

Casualty sent home to die 1871
A casualty of the fighting is carried home to die

PROUST DEAD PHOTO
MARCEL PROUST French writer on his deathbed Date: 1871 - 1922

CHARLOTTE ST JOHN
CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH ST JOHN daughter of R W St John : she will die unmarried, poor girl, which explains her wistful expression. Date: ? - 1871

AMERICAN TOBACCO GROWER
An American tobacco grower sits leaning on a barrel of the tobacco which will be sent away to poison the lives of millions of wretched victims doomed to a miserable death Date: 1871

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