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Black Beauty 1957Book jacket for Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, originally published in 1877
Black Beauty 1st EditionCover of a first edition of Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, first published in 1877. The inside has an autographed message from the author
Soukhoum Kaleb AttackSoukhoum Kaleh, a Russian port on the Black Sea, is bombarded from the sea by the Turks
Gustave CourbetGUSTAVE COURBET French artist
Macmahon Stuck in MudMacmahon sticks to his conservative principles, stuck in the mud despite the rising tide of Republicanism
France in a FixAs Macmahons conservative regime succumbs to growing Republicanism, France sits on a powder-barrel of factions ranging from revolution to monarchism
Macmahon YieldsMacmahon is obliged to abandon his conservative principles and to go along with the growing sentiments of Republicanism
SS Lord of the Isles, 1877Engraving of the Saloon Paddle-steamer Lord of the Isles, launched circa.1877 for the tourist route in the Western Highlands of Scotland, from Greenock to Inverary
Boatmen on the Malabar Coast, India, 1877Engraving of several native oared vessels, one named the Calicut, as used on the Malabar Coast of India, circa 1877. In the background can be seen two, double masted, lanteen sailing dhows
Chichen Itza / ChaacmolAt Chichen Itza (site on the Yucatan Peninsula) Archaeologist August Le Plongeon and his wife pose with a colossal statue of Chaacmol, leader of the Itzaes
Chichen Itza / Bird ReliefA bas-relief of a bird from the tomb of Chaacmol, excavated by Auguste Le Plongeon at Chichen Itza
Green Costume 1877Vertical silhouette enhances by vertical trim on the cuirasse bodice and skirt. The front plastron is in the same shade as the cuffs. The skirt has a rounded train
Women, Girl & Hoop 1877Cuirasse bodice & tunic with underskirt in pink & grey; gold dress with square neckline & plastron composed of horizontal bands of lace. The girl wears heeled boots
WOMEN & BOW 1877Boy: angle-fronted jacket, spatterdashes & tyrolean hat. Women: dark brown dress with beige back plastron; green & cream dress with habit bodice & striped ornament
Breakfast by Edouard FrereThree peasant children by a kitchen fireside. A boy is sat on a stool eating his breakfast, possibly porridge, from a bowl. Two little girls and a cat stand by and watch hungrily
Cetewayo / Zulu / Iln 1879CETEWAYO or CETSHWAYO Zulu king (1873-79) in 1877, the year he began to oppose the British annexation of the Transvaal
Sketching the Lion GateThe artist for The Illustrated London News talks to local shepherds as he sketches the Lion gate at Mycenae, the earliest relief sculpture on the Greek mainland
Chamber at MycenaeA rock-cut side chamber leading from the tholos tomb, dubbed the Treasury of Atreus by Schliemann
Treasury of AtreusThis structure was named the Treasury of Atreus, but is in fact a tholos tomb, built in the mid 13th century BC. This view is previous to the clearing of the entrance
Third Treasury MycenaeThe Third Treasury at Mycenae. Later Greeks described the massive polygonal masonry at Mycenae as Cyclopean, built of stones that only a Cyclops could lift. The name has stuck
Professor Graham Bells telephoneEngraving diagram showing Alexander Graham Bells telephone system
Performing dogsFull page engraving illustration showing the performing dogs at the Westminster Aquarium performing various tricks
Spirit of the ForestThe Spirit of the Forests reproaches the woodcutter for cutting down his trees
Morocco MarrakechDistant view
Tattooing Day, SamoaTATTOOING DAY IN SAMOA A Matai (= tattooer) works on a young man : he does about 40 cm2 in an hours session, continued at intervals till the operation is completed
Harvesting Corn 1877Harvesting corn by hand - binding the grain into sheaves
Stephan OssowieckiSTEPHAN OSSOWIECKI Polish engineer and clairvoyant, photographed with his wife at the 1923 International Congress for Psychical Research at Warsaw
Stage Magic ShowAdvertisement announcing stage show of Maskelyne and Cook, stage magicians presenting themselves as Illusionists and Antispiritualists
Jh Newman / V Fair 1877JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Catholic convert, subsequently a cardinal
Thiers SeatedLOUIS-ADOLPHE THIERS French statesman and historian
King Alfred, WantageAn imposing statue of King Alfred at Wantage, Berkshire: Unveiled by the Prince of Wales in 1877, it reads: " Alfred the Great, West Saxon King, born at Wantage, AD 849"
Thiers (Gill)LOUIS-ADOLPHE THIERS French statesman, depicted as a man dwarfed by history
Louis-Adolphe ThiersLOUIS-ADOLPHE THIERS French statesman and historian
Slade Test RoomSlades mediumistic powers were tested by Johann Zollner in this room belonging to baron Hoffman at Leipzig, Germany. The results were striking - but fraudulent
Slade Tested - 2A drawing shows how Slade used slight-of-hand to perform his slate-writing trick
Hawkshaws Chunnel PropSir John Hawkshaw proposes a tunnel beneath the seabed between Dover and Calais
Surfing / Sandwich IsSurfing in the Sandwich Islands - both sexes and all ranks unite in it, and even the very chiefs themselves [Cook]
Circulating LibraryA customer is offered a book by the librarian
Lourdes / View in 1877Lourdes in 1877; the Basilica has been erected above the grotto, but the esplanade and the places for obtaining holy water and candles have as yet to be constructed
Art / Classic CartoonsIrish juryman - - Ah, then, eleven more obstinate men I never met in all me life !
Black Beauty / BookGold & red design on cover
Street Doctor 1877A street " doctor" attempts to sell peppermint cough lozenges to a gullible woman
Le Verrier / AstronomerURBAIN-JEAN-JOSEPH LE VERRIER French astronomer working by lamplight in his study
London Cabmen 1877London cabmen with their horse-drawn cab
Clothing Shop 1877Two women, one with a small boy pass the time of day outside a womens clothes shop
France / Archae / CarnacCarnac; the Alignment of Menhirs at Kermario
OIL CITYOil City and Drakes wells, Pennsylvania
Charles Wilkes (Chappel)Charles Wilkes U.s. Naval
