1879 Collection (page 20)

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

Candle Lights the Way
A girl uses a candle to light her way

England / Stowe
Stowe, Buckinghamshire

England / Levens Hall
Levens Hall, Cumbria, an Elizabethan mansion famous for its topiary garden

Manet Waitress W / Beer
La servante de bocks A Parisian waitress brings glasses of beer to seated customers at the theatre

Henry James
HENRY JAMES American writer; his novels include " Daisy Miller" (1879), and " The Bostonians" (1886)

Comedy Audience
JOHN BULL AT A COMEDY The audience in stitches one of a set of two

Tragedy Audience
THE EFFECTS OF TRAGEDY The audience reduced to tears one of a set of two

Holly at the Masthead
A sailor fixes a bunch of holly to the masthead of his ship

Mother Reads to Children
The children listen while Mama reads to them

Ottorino Respighi / 1924
OTTORINO RESPIGHI Italian composer, known for the Pines of Rome, the Fountains of Rome and the Festivals of Rome

Corset Advert
Advertisement for Madame Bencoughs Regulating Corset

Forster / Jeffrey Morgan
EDWARD MORGAN FORSTER British novelist and critic

John Ireland / Lambert
JOHN IRELAND Composer

Jester Drinking / Graphic
A solitary jester drinks underneath the mistletoe

KREMLIN 1879
A view of the Kremlin from the River Moskva with a bridge in the foreground

De Long / Sledge Party
George De Long (USA), in his ship Jeanette, proved that the Arctic Sea ice is moved by ocean currents. Sledge party at noonday rest

Caernarvon Castle 1879

Giants Causeway 1879

Einstein / Ilz 1921
ALBERT EINSTEIN Scientist, in a white suit

Einstein / Ils 1922 / Jonas
ALBERT EINSTEIN Scientist, with Paul Painleve at the College de France during his visit to Paris in 1922

Einstein / Ils 1922
ALBERT EINSTEIN Scientist, during his visit to Paris in 1922

Disraeli / Vanity F 1879
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield Statesman and writer, with Corry

New Forest Swineherd
A SWINEHERD of the New Forest, Hampshire, England : his free- range swine seem splendidly clean and healthy

Max Von Laue / Elderly
MAX VON LAUE German physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1914

Einstein and Wife 1922
ALBERT EINSTEIN German born physicist with his wife Elsa in 1922

Writing / Whittier Poem
Manuscript of a short poem by the American poet, in his own handwriting, dated July 1879

Lantern / Zulu / Ulundi
The Battle of Ulundi

Cyril Martindale Sj
CYRIL CHARLIE MARTINDALE Jesuit priest, preacher and writer; a fashionable converter in the 1920s; supported Franco in the Spanish Civil War

As M Hutchinson
ARTHUR STUART MENTEITH HUTCHINSON Popular novelist who scored an immense success with If winter comes in 1922

Samuel Silvestre Sacy
SAMUEL SILVESTRE de SACY French writer, editor and political journalist, son of noted orientalist

M R L Reybaud
Marie Roch Louis REYBAUD French economist and statesman

Lasteyrie Du Saillant
Ferdinand Charles Leon, comte de LASTEYRIE DU SAILLANT French archaeologist

Auguste Bournonville
AUGUSTE BOURNONVILLE Danish dancer and choreographer

Lantern / Zulu / Kings Kraal
The Kings Kraal

Lantern / Zulu / Isandhlwana
The Battle of Isandhlwana

Lantern / Zulu / Pearson
Colonel Pearson sets light to a native village

Aboriginal Players / 1879
An illustration of the New Norcia Aboriginal team

Louis Napoleon / E&f Cdv
PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON PRINCE IMPERIAL as a young man

John Lawrence / Watkins Cv
JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE 1st BARON LAWRENCE Governor-General of India

John Delane / Times / Cdv
JOHN THADEUS DELANE Editor of The Times

Grahame-White / Biplane
Claude Grahame-White, English aviator and engineer, and his biplane

Einstein & Reporters
ALBERT EINSTEIN German born physicist. Winner of the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921. Photographed surrounded by reporters

Alexandrine / Danish
ALEXANDRINE, QUEEN OF DENMARK Wife of Christian X (they married in 1898); daughter of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

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