1880s Collection (page 7)

Advert for Geo. Whight & Co, musical Celestina 1885 Advert for Geo
Mechanical musical instrument, you could buy the music separate quite cheaply so compact that it could be put in your pocket, with thousands of tunes, psalm, march or dance. Date: 1885

Party of people picnicking at Henley Regatta
A party of people picnicking at the Henley Royal Regatta, an annual rowing event held on the River Thames near the town of Henley-on-Thames, South Oxfordshire. Date: July 1888

Womens Hockey Team, Captain is future Mrs Ernest Shackleton
An unnamed English School Womens Hockey Team - the Captain is Emily Mary (nee Dorman), Lady Shackleton (1868-1936), Wife of Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton and daughter of Charles Dorman. Date: circa 1886

Cartoon, Wilson Barrett, preparing to play Hamlet
Wilson Barrett (William Henry Barrett; 1846-1904), actor, theatre manager and playwright -- More Study! Seen here preparing to play Hamlet, to the consernation of Henry Irving

Cartoon portrait, Charles Kelly, performer
Cartoon portrait, Charles Clavering Wardell Kelly (1839-1885), actor and journalist -- a sound actor. 1884

Harbour at Chemulpo, Korea, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Yokohama, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Young man, Ceylon, (Sri Lanka), circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Three girls, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

The Arsenal at Gibraltar, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Nishi Honganji Temple, Kyoto, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Niagara Falls, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Caricature of Captain Charles Francis Buller, cricketer
Caricature of Captain Charles Francis Buller (1846-1906), cricketer. 1880

Music cover, The Torpedo Galop, by Charles d Albert, based on music from Edmond Audrans comic opera, Olivette. 1880

Caricature of Archdeacon Dunbar, Anglican clergyman
Caricature of Archdeacon Charles Gordon Cumming Dunbar (1844-1916), Anglican clergyman of St Andrews Church, Tavistock Place, London, who was involved in a divorce case in 1881 brought by his wife

Caricature of Arthur Cecil, English actor and playwright
Caricature of Arthur Cecil (1843-1896), English actor, comedian, playwright and theatre manager. Seen here as Colley Cibber in a production of Masks and Faces

Caricature of Edgar Bruce, actor-manager
Caricature of Tom Mead (1821-1889), English actor, frequently cast as the villain because of his deep voice. In 1882 he played the role of the Apothecary in Henry Irvings production of Romeo

Caricature of Lord Salisbury, Conservative party leader
Caricature of Lord Salisbury (Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, 1830-1903), the newly appointed Conservative party leader

Uncle Toms Cabin
Reverse of a promotional postcard for C. H. Smiths Double Mammoth Uncle Toms Cabin Co. touring to Oakland Garden, 5th September 1881 showing the productions various spectacles. Date: 1881

Belfry Tower, Bruges, Belgium, dating back to the 13th century, with later additions. Seen here in the distance, with a waterway in the foreground. Date: circa 1880s

Dryburgh Abbey, on the River Tweed, Scotland
View of the ruins of Dryburgh Abbey (Premonstratensian), on the River Tweed, Scotland. Date: 1882

Earl of Crawford tomb robbed, 1881
Four scenes relating to the tomb robbery of Alexander William Crawford Lindsay(1812-1880), 25th Earl of Crawford, 8th Earl of Balcarres. 1. Dunecht House, near Aberdeen. 2. The Chapel. 3

Guildhall School of Music, 1886
The exterior of the Guildhall School of Music, Thames Embankment, Blackfriars, 1886. Date: 1886

Geese unhappy at the arrival of Michaelmas
A gaggle of geese are unhappy to read a notice that the season of Michaelmas has begun. Eating goose at Michaelmas was thought to bring good luck, but that did not apply to geese

Home for Waifs and Strays, Belbroughton, Worcestershire
Some of the residents stand in front of the Home for Waifs and Strays at Belbroughton, Worcestershire, opened in 1889

Roslin Castle 1880S
Roslin Castle, Midlothian

Advert for Starley Bros. Coventry tandem tricycle 1884
A tricycle made for two. 1884

Kendo, fencing, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Tennoji Temple, Osaka, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Snowy scene, Tientsin (Tianjin) China, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Caricature of P T Barnum and Jumbo the elephant
Caricature of Phineas Taylor (PT) Barnum (1810-1891), American showman and businessman, and Jumbo the African elephant which he bought for his circus from London Zoo in 1882

Cartoon, Royal Bird Catchers -- two men attempting to capture Queen Victoria. 1881

Covent Garden Advert
A stall at Covent Garden would cost you a guinea in the 1880s, (say x 100 today) showing that opera-going has always been an expensive, elitist affair. Date: circa 1880

MIRO I ARGENTER, Joaquim de (1849-1914). Grapeharvest

Celmisia Monroi, rock cotton plant
Celmisia Monroi, a rock cotton plant with pink flowers. 1888

Cover design, The Queen of the Pirate Isle, by Bret Harte, illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Showing three children playing on a makeshift sailing boat constructed with a chair

Gentle, loving, good, wearing the rose of womanhood
" Gentle, loving, good, wearing the rose of womanhood" by Emily Mitchell Stride. Date: 1883

Proposed new Union workhouse, Gateshead
Birds eye view, with inset plan, of the proposed new union workhouse at Gateshead, County Durham. It was designed by Messrs Newcombe and Knowles of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and JH Morton of South Shields

Man riding out of town on a Bank Holiday
A man rides his skinny white horse out of a smoky town on a Bank Holiday

Salford Union Infirmary / Hope Hospital
Hope Hospital, Eccles Old Road, Salford. The hospital was opened in 1882 as the Salford Union Infirmary, more usually known as Hope Hospital

Fancy-Ball Polka, music sheet
Cover design for a music sheet, The Fancy-Ball Polka, by E Reynolds. A late Victorian family is depicted, with adults and children dressed up for a party

Healthy Recreation
A young woman prepares to take a putt whilst out playing golf with a female companion. A small boy stands behind acting as caddie for the day, looking away in to the distance

Darenth Schools and Training Colony, Kent
The Darenth Schools (top left), near Dartford in Kent, were opened in 1878 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a residential institution for imbecile children from London

Throwing snowballs
A group of cheeky monks, step outside of their monastery to throw snowballs and unsuspecting passers-by

Waterfall at Inversnaid
A waterfall at Inversnaid, Loch Lomond, Scotland

An early typing pool
From the start, typing was perceived as the archetypal employment opportunity for women : this is the Typing Office of the Society for the Employment of Women

Lady Queen Anne, words and music
Lady Queen Anne she sits in the sun, As fair as a lily, as white as a swan

Scene of the murder of Mr Bourke and Corporal Wallace
Mr Walter Bourke and Corporal Robert Wallace were murdered at Ardrahan, near Gort, in Galway in Ireland. The image shows the spot where Mr Bourkes body was found

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