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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 trialThe 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 electricityA lecture at the Charterhouse, London on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricity. In the early eighteenth century, Gray demonstrated that charges of electricity could be conducted by some materials
Kluski Spirit GloveCast of a spirit glove made at Warsaw by Franek Kluski (pseudonym) (1874 - ?) in the presence of Richet, Geley and others
Anna Karenina / PortraitIllustration of Leo Tolstoys fictional character Anna Karenina
Using Camera Obscuraa girl explains to her younger brother and sisters how the camera works
Cook / Katie King Photo 4Katie King manifests at the home of Sir William Crookes, though neither of the two sitters seems particularly interested in the spirit
Cavalieri / Art Deco ParisLINA CAVALIERI Italian singer, on an art deco style postcard Date: 1874 - 1944
Reynaldo Hahn / BarrereREYNALDO HAHN French musician: a satirical view Date: 1874 - 1947
Alex. Ledru-RollinALEXANDRE AUGUSTE LEDRU-ROLLIN French statesman with his hand in his coat in the Napoleonic manner... Date: 1807 - 1874
Cricketer, JessopGilbert L. Jessop Cricketer - Gloucestershire
The billiard monarchs, contestants in the grand national bil
Alton Bay, NhA popular resort in New Hampshire. Date: 1874
Grand Princess Maria Alexandrovna, Duchess of EdinburghGrand Princess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, later Duchess of Edinburgh (1853-1920), only daughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia
G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)Photographic portrait of G(ilbert) K(eith) Chesterton (1874-1936), the English critic, novelist and poet
Leicester Square, London, 1874Engraving showing the garden, with fountains, of Leicester Square, London, 1874
The Rescue of Zaidi; H. M. Stanleys Anglo-American ExpeditioEngraving showing the rescue of Zaidi from the top of a waterfall during Sir Henry Morton Stanleys Anglo-American expedition of 1874-1877
Chesterton PhotoGILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON Writer, caught by the photographer in the act of writing something, showing clearly the way he holds his pencil
Cavalieri / Thais PostcardLina Cavalieri in the title role of the Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit
Bologna / Piazza MaggioreLa Piazza Maggiore & La Fontana del Nettuno
Saturn in 1874Saturn observed by L. Trouvelot from a French observatory
Colonel Festing aged 41Colonel 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 CardGILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON English journalist and writer
Gail Borden / ColourGAIL BORDEN American inventor of condensed foodstuffs
Mussorgsky / Boris / CostumeCostume design for Boris
DECOUPAGESLight, shining through cunningly torn paper, casts grotesque shapes on the wall
Happy Schoolboy DaysSatire 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
George Iv / Josey 1874KING GEORGE IV OF ENGLAND Reigned 1820 - 1830 Here he stands beside his horse
White shorthorn heifer exhibited at SmithfieldChampion white shorthorn heifer exhibited at Smithfield in December 1874
Burning of Kumasi, February 1874, Third Anglo-Ashanti War or First Ashanti Expedition (1873-1874, to rescue European missionary captives held in Kumasi), West Africa (Ghana). Date: 1874
Cartoon, The Great Trick Act (Disraeli)Cartoon, The Great Trick Act -- a satirical comment on the Conservative Partys recent success in the General Election. Depicting Benjamin Disraeli as a female horse rider in a circus
View of Ravensbourne River and St. Marys Church, LadywellView of the Ravensbourne River and St. Marys Church, Ladywell, Lewisham, London in 1874 and 1904. Date: 1904
Jubilee Of The Royal National Lifeboat InstitutionJubilee, of, the, Royal, National, Lifeboat, Institution, Duke, Northumberland, President, Richard, Lewis, Secretary, The, Family, Friend, magazine, Dec, 1874, , 13974362
Lighting the Lamps, Jewish Sabbath Eve - The Family Friend magazine March 1874 Date: 1874
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson, Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police - The Family Friend magazine Dec 1874 Date: 1874
AngelsA Morris cartoon designed for the ceiling of Jesus College Chapel in Cambridge, depicting three angels standing by some trees. Date: circa 1874
Morris and Burne-Jones Family PhotoA family photograph consisting of British Pre-Raphaelite painter Edward Coley Burne-Jones with his father, wife and children, and Pioneer of the Arts and Crafts movement
White Star Line, Oceanic and Britannic - three itemsWhite Star Line, Oceanic and Britannic - rare White Star Line carte de visite cabin plans, two for the Oceanic and one for the Britannic
RMS Britannic - two postcardsRMS Britannic - postcards of HMHS Britannic (hospital ship) with notations of the sender's cabin location (top), and the builders models for Britannic II of 1874 and Britannic III of 1914 (bottom)
The Tan Yard, Leather Factory Date: 1874
Pottery Making scenes Date: 1874
Paper making from rags Date: 1874
Farmer's Sydney AdvertisementAdvertisement for Farmer and Company, a Drapery business established in 1839 by Joseph and Caroline Farmer which became a retail empire and social institution
Belgain Internal circulation PostcardThe card carries extra printed strips at each end that give instructions in French and Flemish about where the card can be used. It was posted in Louvain on 5 June 1874 Date: circa 1870
Michelangelo's house, Via Ghibellina, Florence, Italy. Date: 1874
Pavement artist drawing with chalk on the streets of London, with a curious crowd around him. Date: 1874
Ypres Front - French food wagon passing dead GermansThe Ypres Front - a French artillery food wagon passing dead Germans. Jean-Jacques Berne-Bellecour (1874-1939)
Shapurji Saklatvala, British Communist politicianShapurji Saklatvala (1874-1936), British politician of Indian Parsi background. He belonged to both the Labour Party and the Communist Party of Great Britain
