1877 Collection (page 14)

OIL CITY
Oil City and Drakes wells, Pennsylvania

Charles Wilkes (Chappel)
Charles Wilkes U.s. Naval

The Grape Harvest, Medoc
The Vendange - Picking the grapes from the vines in the Medoc (Bordeaux) region

Epernay Vineyards, 1877
Champagne vineyards at Epernay Date: 1877

Charles Glover Barkla
CHARLES GLOVER BARKLA English physicist and nobel prizewinner in 1917

Alexander Bain
ALEXANDER BAIN Scottish inventor and electrician

Harley Granville-Barker, actor, writer, director, producer
Harley Granville-Barker, English actor, director, producer, critic and playwright

Events / Asia / India
Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India by Viceroy Lord Lytton at Delhi

Woman in kitchen, breaking egg
A woman in her kitchen, breaking an egg

James Blundell
JAMES BLUNDELL Physician, who lectured at Guys Hospital and had medical works published

Henry John Rous
HENRY JOHN ROUS British naval commander

Midhat Pasha / Vfair 1877
MIDHAT PASHA Ottoman politician and civil administrator

Thiers (Nadar)
LOUIS-ADOLPHE THIERS French statesman and historian

Shipka Pass
THE SHIPKA PASS A Turkish force tries to take this strategic pass in the Bulgarian mountains, the scene of several engagements in the course of 1877

1st Battle of Plevna
FIRST BATTLE OF PLEVNA The Romanians attack the Gravitza redoubt, and partially take it, but are driven out again by the Turks before nightfall

Alexander at Plevna
BATTLE OF PLEVNA : Alexander, king of Romania, commander of the Russian forces, watches the action in which the Turks under Osman Pasha are finally defeated and have to retreat

N a T Changarnier
Nicolas Anne Theodule CHANGARNIER French military

Thiers (Moloch)
LOUIS-ADOLPHE THIERS French statesman and historian

THIERS (GILL 1867)
LOUIS-ADOLPHE THIERS French statesman and historian

Thiers (Lafosse)
LOUIS-ADOLPHE THIERS French statesman and historian

Rutherford Hayes / Col Lit
RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES 19th President of the USA 1877-81

George Warwick Deeping
GEORGE WARWICK DEEPING English novelist

Gustave Courbet / Eclipse
GUSTAVE COURBET French artist: a satirical depiction

L-A Thiers / Figaro Album
LOUIS-ADOLPHE THIERS French statesman and historian

Gustave Courbet / Figaro A
GUSTAVE COURBET French artist

Introducing the Torpedo
Fiat Experimentum-! Britannia introduces the torpedo to the British navy

Samuel Beeton
SAMUEL ORCHART BEETON Successful publisher and husband of the famous cook Mrs Beeton, died of tuberculosis in June 1877

Caroline Norton / Cdv
CAROLINE NORTON nee SHERIDAN English writer

Pictet / Gas Experiment
Raoul Pictet, Swiss physicist, conducts an experiment to liquefy and solidify hydrogen gas, and studied properties of substances at low temperatures

Franz Joseph / Vfair 1877
FRANZ JOSEPH Austrian emperor in ceremonial uniform

Jj Winckelmann / Iea 1877
JOHANN JOACHIM WINCKELMANN German archaeologist and art critic

Frederick Soddy / Nobel 21
FREDERICK SODDY English chemist

Gal-Roman Ceiling / Carnac
A reconstruction of the elaborate ceiling of Gallo- Roman villa at Bossemo, an ancient site 2 miles to the east of Carnac

Isaura Ironworks / Spain
Workers at the Isaura Metalworks, Barcelona

Forlanini Helicopter
The steam-powered helicopter project of Italian inventor Enrico Forlanini

Schliemann in London
Heinrich Schliemann gives an account of his discoveries at Mycenae before the Society of Antiquaries at Burlington House

Interior of Tholos Tomb
A tholos tomb at Mycenae, dubbed the Treasury of Atreus by Schliemann. The stonework is known as corbelling, with successive courses laid inward

Second Treasury Mycenae
The Second Treasury at Mycenae. The building is in fact a Tholos tomb, with a ashlar walls and corbelling over the door to decrease weight on the lintel stone

Piano Quartet 1877
A piano quartet

Mme. Schliemann & Jewels
MADAME SCHLIEMANN wife of archeologist Heinrich Schliemann, wearing ornaments found at Mycenae and supposed by her husband to be the property of Helen of Troy

Libya / Tripoli Port 1877
Port scene of Tripoli, Libya, East Africa, which was formerly a Phoenician colony

Outdoor Photographer
A young couple with a baby in a pram approach an outdoor photographer and his stand of photographic examples

Strawberry Seller 1877
A young woman and her boy assistant sell strawberries from the back of a cart in London

Food Stall 1877
A London food stall

Queueing for Soup 1877
Queueing for leg of beef soup at 2 pence a bowl outside working class dining room

Street Trade / Fish 1877
Cheap fish seller of St Giles s, London

Street Disinfecting
Public disinfectors with their cart : this is the authorities response to cholera and other plagues

Water Seller 1877
A London water seller in his cart

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