1874 Collection

The Rosetta Stone, British Museum, London, 1874
Engraving showing the scene at the British Museum, London, in 1874 with a large group of people crowding round the Rosetta Stone during the International Congress of Orientalists

Map of Isle of Wight
A Map of the Isle of Wight, showing the internal railway system and the new & short route between the island and the Hampshire coast

W Churchill Gives V Sign
WINSTON CHURCHILL British statesman and author Gives the V-sign in 1940

Winston Churchill / World
WINSTON CHURCHILL British statesman and author

Gustav Holst (Lambert)
GUSTAV HOLST - English composer and music teacher

The Black Rhinoceros Charging, by Thomas Baines (1820-1875). (4 of 5) Date: 1874

Ernest Shackleton
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922), British explorer, dressed for Antarctic conditions. Shackleton made four expeditions to the South Pole during his career

Shackleton / Graphic 1914
ERNEST SHACKLETON Irish Antartic explorer, photographed before his bid to cross the Antartic continent in 1914

Shackleton Portrait
ERNEST SHACKLETON Naval officer and explorer of the Antarctic. Date: 1874 - 1922

Lions and Dead Quagga, by Thomas Baines
Lions and Dead Quagga, Vultures and Adjutants, Zululand, by Thomas Baines (1820-1875). (3 of 5) Date: 1874

Houdini with Canister
Harry Houdini with a canister from which he emerged while underwater

The King of Ashantis Palace at Kumasi, 1874
The King of Ashantis palace at Kumasi, the Ashanti capital, viewed from the east in 1874 towards the end of the second Ashanti War (1873-74)

Wreck of the SS Chusan, Ardrossan, 1874
Engraving showing the wreck of the paddle-steamer Chusan near the entrance to Ardrossan Harbour, Scotland, 1874

A Young Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) photographed in 1906 at the age of 32, while he held the post of Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies

Horse-Drawn Canal Barge
On the road: two canal barges are pulled along by horses on the river bank; the lead horse is tempted onwards with a bowl of food

Churchill / Iwn May 1915
WINSTON CHURCHILL As First Lord of the Admiralty during the political crisis in the early months of the First World War

Churchill / Skipper / 1940
WINSTON CHURCHILL " Our Skipper"

W Churchill / In Doorway
WINSTON CHURCHILL British statesman and author Stands in a doorway in 1940

Cartoon of Winston Churchill, British statesman
A cartoon depiction of Winston Churchill, British statesman and historian

Charles Darwin with a lookalike ape
Charles Darwin holding up a hand mirror to an ape, showing how alike the pair of them are

Steve Bloomer, English footballer and manager
Steve Bloomer (1874-1938), English footballer and manager. He played for Derby County, Middlesbrough and England during the 1890s and 1900s, and was famous for his prolific scoring of goals

Fante Soldiers serving with the British against the Ashanti
Soldiers from the Fante tribe who served under the British in their war against the Ashanti empire on the Gold Coast

Aston Villa F. C in 1894
Team photograph of Aston Villa in First Division champions in 1894

Anna Karenina / Portrait
Illustration of Leo Tolstoys fictional character Anna Karenina

Churchill / Smiling / 1924
WINSTON CHURCHILL British statesman

G K Chesterton, writer
Gilbert Keith Chesterton writer

Gladstone / Disraeli 1874
The Managers Room Mr Punch as theatre manager asks his dramatists Gladstone and Disraeli what their plans are for the season. Date: 3 January 1874

Transit of Venus 1874
A diagram showing the areas of the world which will be able to view the transit of Venus across the face of the sun on the 8th December 1874

Sheffield Football Club, 1874
Engraving of the Sheffield Football Club team, seen at the end of the 1873-1874 season. Sheffield FC was founded in 1857 and is, reputedly, the oldest club in the world

Trade Union March 1874
Trade Unionists marching through Manchester in support of locked-out farm labourers

Gertrude Stein
GERTRUDE STEIN American writer

Shackleton [Ritchie]
Sir ERNEST HENRY SHACKLETON Irish Antarctic explorer

Winston Churchill
WINSTON CHURCHILL A facial portrait of Winston Spencer Churchill when he was First Lord of the Admiralty

Somerset Maugham / Cig
WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM English novelist and short story writer, in 1936

Guglielmo Marconi
GUGLIELMO MARCONI Italian physicist and inventor in yachting attire and with communications apparatus

Winston Churchill / Stamp
WINSTON CHURCHILL, British Statesman, here as First Lord of the Admiralty during World War One

Mr Howard Carter
Howard Carter (1874-1939) British egyptologist, famed for his discovery of Tutankhamens tomb

Band Advertisement, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Advertisement offering the services of the Band of the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Carpentry & plumbing, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys learning carpentry and plumbing on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Winston Churchill School
WINSTON CHURCHILL Pictured as a pupil at the school of the Misses Thompson in Brunswick Road, Brighton, second row, second from left, in November 1886

Clarence House, London
Exterior of Clarence House, London, then the town residence of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
Photographic portrait of G(ilbert) K(eith) Chesterton (1874-1936), the English critic, novelist and poet

Portrait of Marchese Guglielmo Marconi
This is a portrait of Italian inventor, Marconi, born 1874, who revolutionised the world of communications with his wireless invention

Dame Florence Simpson
Dame Florence Edith Victoria Simpson, nee Way, other married name Burleigh Leach, controller of Queen Marys Womens Army Auxiliary Corps during World War One & beyond

The West End of St. Pauls Cathedral, London, 1874
Engraving showing the West End of St. Pauls Cathedral, with the statue of Queen Victoria in the foreground of the churchyard, 1874

Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965) British politician and Prime Minister amongst the ruins of Berlin at the end of the Second World War giving a V sign victory salute

Long Branch Beach, New Jersey, 1874
Engraving showing a beach scene with nursemaids, babies and children at Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1874

SS Amerique being towed into Plymouth, Devon, 1874
Engraving showing the French Trans-Atlantic Companys steamship Amerique, which was one of the quickest trans-atlantic steamers of the time, 1874

Gilbert Jessop (1874-1955)
Photograph of Gilbert Jessop, the Gloucestershire and England batsman, who was famous for his feats of quick-scoring - he once scored a century in only 40 minutes

The end of the Tichborne trial
The final hour of the long running Tichborne trial, for the conviction of Mr Arthur Orton for perjury. The claimants farewell to the judge

Lecture on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricity
A lecture at the Charterhouse, London on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricity

Leaving Queenstown
A large crowd of Irish emigrants gather at the harbour at Queenstown ready to depart for a new life in America

Kluski Spirit Glove
Cast of a spirit glove made at Warsaw by Franek Kluski (pseudonym) (1874 - ?) in the presence of Richet, Geley and others

Using Camera Obscura
a girl explains to her younger brother and sisters how the camera works

Cook / Katie King Photo 4
Katie King manifests at the home of Sir William Crookes, though neither of the two sitters seems particularly interested in the spirit

George Iv / Josey 1874
KING GEORGE IV OF ENGLAND Reigned 1820 - 1830 Here he stands beside his horse

Cavalieri / Art Deco Paris
LINA CAVALIERI Italian singer, on an art deco style postcard Date: 1874 - 1944

Reynaldo Hahn / Barrere
REYNALDO HAHN French musician: a satirical view Date: 1874 - 1947

Alex. Ledru-Rollin
ALEXANDRE AUGUSTE LEDRU-ROLLIN French statesman with his hand in his coat in the Napoleonic manner... Date: 1807 - 1874

Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields, Northumberland
The Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Cricketer, Jessop
Gilbert L. Jessop Cricketer - Gloucestershire

The billiard monarchs, contestants in the grand national bil

Alton Bay, Nh
A popular resort in New Hampshire. Date: 1874

Grand Princess Maria Alexandrovna, Duchess of Edinburgh
Grand Princess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, later Duchess of Edinburgh (1853-1920), only daughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia

Leicester Square, London, 1874
Engraving showing the garden, with fountains, of Leicester Square, London, 1874

The Rescue of Zaidi; H. M. Stanleys Anglo-American Expeditio
Engraving showing the rescue of Zaidi from the top of a waterfall during Sir Henry Morton Stanleys Anglo-American expedition of 1874-1877

Chesterton Photo
GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON Writer, caught by the photographer in the act of writing something, showing clearly the way he holds his pencil

Cavalieri / Thais Postcard
Lina Cavalieri in the title role of the Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit

Bologna / Piazza Maggiore
La Piazza Maggiore & La Fontana del Nettuno

Saturn in 1874
Saturn observed by L. Trouvelot from a French observatory

Colonel Festing aged 41
Colonel Francis Worgan Festing (1833-1886) of the Royal Marine Artillery, aged 41. He distinguished himself in the heroic rescue of the body of Lieut

Chesterton / Cig Card
GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON English journalist and writer

Gail Borden / Colour
GAIL BORDEN American inventor of condensed foodstuffs

Mussorgsky / Boris / Costume
Costume design for Boris

DECOUPAGES
Light, shining through cunningly torn paper, casts grotesque shapes on the wall

Happy Schoolboy Days
Satire on the compulsory education act. Those not attending school are now committing a criminal offence. A truant is put in chains by 2 school board policemen

White shorthorn heifer exhibited at Smithfield
Champion white shorthorn heifer exhibited at Smithfield in December 1874

Sheffield football team, 1874
The Sheffield football team in 1874. Date: 1874

Sir Henry Irving as Hamlet at the Lyceum Theatre. Date: 1874

Losses and Gains; Dearly bought. Date: 1874

Kate Greenaway
Children of the Parsonage by Henry Courteney Selous. Page 111 Dressing for the Wedding Date: 1874

Kate Greenaway
Children of the Parsonage by Henry Courteney Selous. Page 76 In the Wood Date: 1874

Kate Greenaway
Children of the Parsonage by Henry Courteney Selous. Frontispiece. Leonard's Return Date: 1874

Kate Greenaway
Children of the Parsonage by Henry Courteney Selous. Page 45 Aunt Bessie Arrives at the Station Date: 1874

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