1879 Collection (page 19)

Pilgrims at Sea
Mecca pilgrims travel by boat from Egypt to Arabia on the Red Sea

Dining Saloon on the Royal Yacht Hohenzollern, 1879
Engraving showing the dining saloon of the Royal Yacht Hohenzollern, owned by the Emperor of Germany, 1879. Date: 1879

Deck Saloon on the Royal Yacht, Hohenzollern, 1879
Engraving showing the deck saloon of the Royal Yacht Hohenzollern, owned by the Emperor of Germany, 1879

Boy Studying Clock 1879
A boy spends his spare time fruitfully by studying the workings of a clock

The Galley Head Lighthouse, near Cape Clear, Cork, 1879
Engraving of the Galley Head Lighthouse, near Cape Clear, November 1879. A Board of Trade paper had been issued that year, praising the lighthouse and the quality of its light

Professor Alfred Henry Garrod, F. R. S. (1846-1879)
Engraving of Professor Alfred Henry Garrod, F.R.S. the eminent ornithologist, who died of tuberculosis on 17th October 1879

Xmas at the Hospital
At the Seamens Hospital, Greenwich, old sailors come down to their Christmas dinner

Social / Washing Day 19C
Pegging out the washing in the English countryside

Fashions November 1879
Olive green dress, patterned jacket with wrap-over front cut away below the waist; brown dress with ruched bodice panel. Girl: grey tailor-made with rear pleated panel

History of Fashion 1879
A beige & brown costume consisting of a kilted, tight skirt & pannier style drapery in a complementary fabric. The jacket bodice is angle fronted & fastens with tiny buttons

Koran Protection
Before setting out a journey camels pass beneath a suspended copy of the Koran, which protects them from accidents and injuries

Elizabeth Bonaparte
ELIZABETH BONAPARTE daughter of William Patterson of Baltimore, first wife of Napoleons brother Jerome. The marriage was annulled after two years 1803 - 1805

The electric light- Mr Edison in his laboratory: a sketch fr
Illustration showing Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931) in his laboratory experimenting with light in 1880. The most prolific inventor the world has ever seen

Seasonal Cheer
Seasonal illustration showing a woman in a cottage, or a kitchen of a bigger house, carrying a pie, pudding and cheese. A turkey

Electric light on the Thames Embankment
Illustration showing crowds admiring the electric lighting on the Thames Embankment, London in 1879. When the Victoria Embankment was opened in 1870 it was lit by cast iron gas lamps

2 Girls Sledging 1879
Two English schoolgirls whizz down a Swiss mountainside on a sledge at twenty miles an hour

Electricity at Christmas
Humorous series of sketches from the ILN Christmas number 1879 suggesting the antics of an electrical household over the Christmas period

Edisons electric lamp
Components of the electric lamp patented by Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) in 1879. The lamp worked by passing an electric current through a carbon filament enclosed in a vacuum in a sealed glass bulb

Two N American Trappers
Two hunters of Nova Scotia with rifles, snowshoes and dog, discuss their best route home (2 of 2)

The railway from Bettws-Y-Coed to Festiniog, North Wales
The river Lledr at Bryn-Y-Fedw, near Dolwyddelan. Part of the route of the London and North Western Railway, opening up tourism for this picturesque part of Wales in the 1870 s

The damaged gun of H. M.s Thunderer, condition of the turret
H.M.S Thunderer, the damage caused by the bursting of the 38 ton gun. The gun exploded during a practice exercise because of a fault

Cetewayo / Zulu / Iln 1879
CETEWAYO or CETSHWAYO Zulu king (1873-79) in 1877, the year he began to oppose the British annexation of the Transvaal

Leon Trotsky / Jan 1918
LEON TROTSKY or LEV DAVIDOVICH BRONSTEIN Russian Communist leader in the year he became the Peoples Commissar for War

Finds from Hissarlik
Some of the finds from Heinrich Schliemanns excavations at the site of Ancient Troy at Hissarlik. These include hair-pins and an ivory arrowhead

Visting an Art Gallery
A Sunday afternoon in a Picture Gallery

Cowpers Writing Telegraph
A diagram of Cowpers writing telegraph. Invented in 1878 by William Cowper (1819-1893), the machine was able to reproduce a message written some distance away by a process of interrupted electrical

Sir a Panizzi / Vfair 1874
Sir ANTONIO PANIZZI British librarian, born in Italy; chief librarian at the British Museum, 1856-66

G&s / Pirates, India 2
Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry... the pirates as portrayed in an amateur production by the British community at Simla, India

Man and other Primates
Man with other Primates

Prospective Customers
Two girls - one rich, the other poor - admire a display of dolls outside a shop, offered at the bargain price of eleven pence and three farthings

Coole Castle / Ireland
Coole Castle, County Waterford Date: 1879

The Obstinate Tsar
Tsar Alexander II resists demands for constitutional rule. A nihilist bomb in 1881 will give him reason to regret it

In the Bolan Pass / 1879
British advance into Afghanistan through the Bolan Pass, in appalling wintry conditions which take toll of men and animals alike

Windsor Castle (Morris)
Windsor Castle seen from the river on a fine summers evening

Scone Palace / 1879
Scone Palace, Perth

Alexander II Survives
After surviving Solovievs attempt on his life, Alexander II rides through the streets of St Petersburg : but he won t always be so lucky

Westonbirt House / Glos
Westonbirt House, Gloucestershire

Fashionable Tennis
A ladies doubles match, played in fashionable clothes

Hannover / Great Dane
NERO Dog owned by Ed. Messler

Adolf Jensen
ADOLPH JENSEN German musical composer

Chales Fechter as Hamlet
Mr Charlesl Albert Fechter (1822-1879), actor, in the role of Hamlet, complete with the skull of Yorick

Lanhydrock / Cornwall 1879
Lanhydrock, Cornwall

Bar Lady and Customer
A dapper fellow savours champagne and a cigar whilst in conversation with a comely bar lady, or barmaid

Boating Accident 1879
Four boys who have gone out on a boating trip are in danger of sinking

Sher Ali / Afghan Emir
SHER ALI Emir from 1863-79, son of Dost Mohammed. His friendly relations with Russia led to conflict with the British

Davenport Poster
Poster for the brothers William and Ira Davenport, who pretended to be spirit mediums but were actually clever stage magicians

Chillingham Castle / 1879
Chillingham Castle, Northumberland

Gunton Park / Norfolk 1879
Gunton Park, Norfolk Date: 1879

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