1872 Collection (page 18)

Grillparzer / Daffinger
FRANZ GRILLPARZER Austrian writer

Maid and Mistress
A housemaid comes in with a note while the lady of the house is rolling out pastry

Mazzini / Eclectic / Perine
GIUSEPPE MAZZINI Italian patriot

Mazzini / Lacauchie
GIUSEPPE MAZZINI Italian patriot

Elie Frederic Forey
ELIE FREDERIC FOREY French military, marechal de France

Francois Forster
FRANCOIS FORSTER Swiss engraver

George Catlin / Prairie
GEORGE CATLIN American artist and author who studied American Indians; camping on the prairie

Amundsen (Photo)
ROALD AMUNDSEN Norwegian explorer, first to reach the South Pole, but not the most cheerful of men

Carl Xv / Sweden / Mayer Cdv
CARL XV King of Sweden and Norway (1859-72)

Clara Butt / Cig Card
CLARA BUTT Opera singer (contralto)

Sir John Bowring
SIR JOHN BOWRING traveller and author

Amundsen / Airship Norge
Norwegian polar explorer and aviator, who died attempting to rescue Umberto Nobile

Alexandra / Anon Eng
ALEKSANDRA FYODOROVNA Empress of Russia, wife of Tsar Nicolas II, formerly Princess Alice of Hesse

Alexandra / Pj 1896
ALEKSANDRA FYODOROVNA Empress of Russia, wife of Tsar Nicolas II

Alexandra / Pj 1894
ALEKSANDRA FYODOROVNA Empress of Russia, wife of Tsar Nicolas II, formerly Princess Alice of Hesse

Alexandra / Royalties 1901
ALEKSANDRA FYODOROVNA Empress of Russia, wife of Tsar Nicolas II

Sophia / Sweden / Sepia Phot
SOPHIA WILHELMINA of NASSAU Wife of Oscar II, King of Sweden (reigned 1872-1907)

Oscar Ii / Sweden / Sepia Ph
OSCAR II King of Sweden (1872-1907) and of Norway (1872-1905) - seen here as Prince Oscar

Haakon Vii / Norway / 1913
HaKON VII King of Norway (1905-57); formerly Prince Charles of Denmark, son of Frederick VIII

Charles Sumner / Vf 1872
CHARLES SUMNER American politician

Hm Stanley / Vfair 1872
HENRY MORTON STANLEY British journalist and explorer, in evening dress

Ap Stanley / Vfair 1872
ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY Dean of Westminster

Mary Somerville / Croll
MARY SOMERVILLE nee FAIRFAX Scottish writer on mathematics and physical science

Nachtigal (Card)
GUSTAV NACHTIGAL German explorer in Africa, notably to Bornu (1869) and Baguirmi (1872) among others

Sir William Nicholson
SIR WILLIAM NICHOLSON artist, noted for posters with his brother in law James Pryde, as the Beggarstaff Brothers

Irene Vanbrugh / Players
IRENE VANBRUGH English stage actress, seen here in The Admirable Crichton

Manchester Mill Girls
Dinner Time. Mill-girls at a Manchester cotton factory

Oslo / Street / Church 1872
Oslo (formerly Christiania): street scene, with church

England V Scotland 1872
A hectic scramble for the ball during an England vs Scotland match at the Oval

Denmark / Fredensborg 1872
Fredensborg: the palace

Denmark / Frederiksborg
Frederiksborg: the royal palace

Thanksgiving Day 1872 (1
Edward acclaimed by the crowd as he rides to St Pauls Cathedral with his mother and his wife to thank God for his recovery from an illness

Thanksgiving Day 1872
Edward goes to St Pauls Cathedral with his mother and his wife to thank God for his recovery from an illness

Racial / Paraguay / Man 1872
A native man of Paraguay

Sailing Ships / Dreadnough
The old sailing ship towed to her last berth

Gautier (Nadar)
THEOPHILE GAUTIER French writer

Benito Pablo Juarez
BENITO PABLO JUAREZ Mexican revolutionary statesman

Rail / Uk / Accident Cartoon
Muddleby Junction - a confused pointsman tries to remember which line the fast approaching express train is travelling on

Lear / More Nonsense / C19Th
There was an Old Man of Shields, Who frequented the valleys & fields; All the mice & the cats, & the snakes & the rats, Followed after that person of Shields

Group of Sumo Wrestlers
A group of burly sumo wrestlers with their oiled hair in top knots & the Yokozuna (highest ranked wrestlers in the sumo hierarchy), at the front

Floods in Cheshire
When Northwich, Cheshire, is inundated, the streets are full of boats - even a sailing boat ! - rescuing people from their homes, while others are evacuated on piggy-back

Native American Tepees
Tepees in a Sioux village near Fort Laramie

Open Election, Britain
Scene at a hustings in the days of OPEN ELECTRION, before the secret ballot was finally introduced in 1872 after being rejected time and time again

Transport / Docks / Bombay
A ship moored in the hydraulic-lift floating dock on Hog Island, at the head of Bombay Harbour, India

Baking Day Outdoors 1872
Baking day in a Warwickshire village (England); the oven is outdoor, not in the kitchen

White Knight / Colour
WHITE KNIGHT The White Knight

Other Side / Alice / Glass
Alice looking through the looking glass 2 of 2 : the other side

Calvin Coolidge 20C
JOHN CALVIN COOLIDGE 30th US President (1923-29)

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