1871 Collection (page 5)

STEENACKERS CARICATURED
Caricature of M. Steenackers, French telegraph pioneer. Date: 1871

MAGASINS DU LOUVRE
Advertisement for Magasins du Louvre, Paris Date: 1871

Cartoon, The Real Cap of Liberty. British Lion: What can THAT cap promise, that my CROWN doesnt perform? Eh, Stoopid? Date: December 1871

Matchmakers Demo - 1871
THE MATCHMAKERS PROCESSION This demonstration in London against working conditions led to reforms, but also to charges of police brutality Date: May 1871

CHARADES, 1871
Acting charades at a childrens party Date: 1871

MANS-CHAMPAGNE 1871
Battle of Le Mans-Champagne on a snow-covered plain during the Franco-Prussian War Date: 11 January 1871

BAPAUME BATTLE 1871
Battle of Bapaume taking place in the snow during the Franco-Prussian War Date: 3 January 1871

Captain Eyre Massey Shaw (1828 - 1908) Leader of fire brigades, author on the techniques and technicalities of fighting fires Date: 1871

GOVERNMENT ARTILLERY
Government artillery in the village of Issy during the Paris Commune Date: May 1871

COMMUNE / MEETING
A woman addresses the crowd during a political meeting held in a church Date: 1871

RUE DE RIVOLI DAMAGE 1871
Paris burning: houses falling in the Rue de Rivoli Date: 1871

COMMUNE / PETROLEUSES
Rioters and petroleuses firing public buildings in Paris Date: May 1871

Selling dogs for food 1871
Selling dogs for food in front of the horse market during the Paris Commune Date: 1871

COMMUNE / ARREST OF PRIEST
A priest is arrested by a group of Communards Date: 1871

COMMUNE / RETURN FROM DUTY
Communards returning from night duty Date: 1871

COMMUNE / GUILLOTINE BURNT
A crowd of National Guardsmen and citizens look on as a guillotine is ceremoniously burnt before the statue of Voltaire Date: 7 April 1871

COMMUNE / ON THE BARRICADE
A defiant woman Communard holds aloft the red flag as she stands on a barricade erected to defend Paris from government troops Date: 1871

COMMUNE / WOMAN DIRECTING
A woman takes charge of the guns during the defence of the Commune in the Place Taranne Date: 1871

COMMUNE / WOMAN GUARD
A woman Communard takes her turn on guard duty Date: 1871

WASHING IN SCOTLAND
Scottish women treading the washing, barefoot in tubs Date: 1871

ROTTEN ROW IN SEASON
Riders and their friends in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, the recognised meeting-place for fashionable society on a fine summers day Date: 1871

SIEGE OF PARIS - AERIAL
THE SIEGE OF PARIS An aerial view from the south, showing the French defences surrounding the city, including several outlying forts Date: 1870 - 1871

MONT CENIS TUNNEL The first of the great Alpine tunnels : the Savoy end, shown here, incorporates protection against winter snow as the road descends into Italy Date: 1871

CHARLES DARWIN CARTOON
CHARLES DARWIN The advent of mankind is celebrated by a congregation of apes, who hold a lamp to Darwins book The Descent of Man (1871). Date: 1809 - 1882

APES, MONKEYS & BABY APES, MONKEYS & BABY
The advent of the first human baby is celebrated by an admiring congregation of apes, who are holding a lamp to Darwins book The Descent of Man (1871)

Evolution - Baby - Monkeys
The advent of the first human baby is celebrated by an admiring congregation of apes, who are holding a lamp to Darwins book The Descent of Man (1871)

TOURISTS AT THE TOWER
Holiday time at the Tower - an influx of eager tourists Date: 1871

EVENTS / FRANCE / COMMUNE
The ruins of Tuileries Palace. Date: 1871

Victoria opens Albert Hall 1871
Queen Victoria opens the Royal Albert Hall of arts and sciences Date: 1871

Chicago in 1871
Birds-eye view of the city. Date: 1871

QUEENS SPEECH 1871
Queen Victoria attends the State Opening of Parliament. The Queens speech is read to the assembled Lords and Members. Date: 1871

Pits and pitmen - night-shift 1871
Night-shift down the pits, half an hour before the shift starts at five-thirty in the evening, the miners meet on the pit-heap for a chat by a fire, this engraving was took from Seaham

Hurdle race in Brompton
A hurdle race in Brompton, London. Date: 1871

Ladies bathing at Margate, Kent, are reproved by the local constabulary for unseemly behaviour. Date: 1871

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. Date: 1871

Hoes ten feeder printing machine 1871
Richard Hoes printing machine with ten feeds. Date: 1871

International Exhibition - Great Gateway at Sanchi
The great gateway from the Buddhist Tope at Sanchi, central India displayed in the picture galleries at the International Exhibition in London in 1871. Date: 1871

The ship Rangoon sinks, 1871
The P&O mail steamship Rangoon sinking after the removal of the passengers and crew. The ship was accidently run onto the rocks when leaving Galle harbour in Sri Lanka, where it eventually sank. 1871

Daniel Auber / 1861
DANIEL FRANCOIS ESPRIT AUBER French composer Date: 1782 - 1871

Edward Burnett Tylor
EDWARD BURNETT TYLOR anthropologist, best known for his landmark book Primitive culture (1871) Date: 1832 - 1917

Commune Hotel De Ville
The ruined Hotel de Ville, Paris, massively destroyed in the fighting between the Communards and the Versailles government forces. Date: May 1871

Sir Henry Morton Stanley and his retinue in Central Africa
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (centre) and his retinue of local porters and hunters, marching across Africa in search of Dr. David Livingstone, 1871

Strasbourg, France, Franco-Prussian War, 1871. Date: 1871

Daniel Auber / Ils 1871
DANIEL FRANCOIS ESPRIT AUBER French composer Date: 1782 - 1871

Daniel Auber / Gramm
DANIEL FRANCOIS ESPRIT AUBER French composer Date: 1782 - 1871

Franco-Prussian War. Siege of Paris
Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Siege and bombardment of Par� by the Prussian army. From left to right, Prussian king William I, general Moltke and chancellor Bismarck. Etching. ITALY

Gertrude Bell aged 8 with her brother Maurice
Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) aged 8 with her brother Maurice in 1876. Date: 1876

Edward G. Hemmerde, Vanity Fair, Spy
EDWARD GEORGE HEMMERDE (1871-1948) English rower, barrister, playwright and politician. Liberal Party Member of Parliament for East Denbighshire

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