1883 Collection (page 20)

First day at the General Post Office
Sketches showing scenes from the first day at the General Post Office in 1883

Twin Steam-Ship Castalia, August 1875
Engraving of the twin-hulled, paddle steamer Castalia, leaving Dover for Calais, August 1875. Built in 1874 for the English Channel Steamship Company

Electric brush
A detailed advertisement from 1883 for Dr. Scotts Electric Hair Brush, claiming to cure a variety of ills, from headaches to deafness, baldness to a weary brain

General Sir William Knollys (1797-1883)
Engraving of General Sir William Thomas Knollys PC, KCB, in his role as Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, 1883

America. Wheat Farming in California. June: Heading
A large machine pulled by horses and pushed by six mules travels through the fields heading the wheat

Mound of Deposits from Fountain, Yellowstone, 1883
Engraving showing the mound formed of globules of rock from the Fountain, Yellowstone National Park, 1883

America. The Chinese in San Francisco. A street scrivener or
Street scene with Chinese in traditional dress, one man seated with a wide brimmed hat and pigtail, writing letters for his customers

Camp Fire, Yellowstone National Park, 1883
Engraving of tourists and hunters sitting around a log fire, Yellowstone National Park, 1883

Fancy-Dress Ball on H. M. T. Serapis, Crossing the Equator
Engraving showing the fancy-dress ball held on board the troop-ship Serapis, in celebration of crossing the Equator, 1883

The Grand Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, 1883
Engraving showing the Grand Geyser spurting boiling spring water 250 feet into the air, Yellowstone National Park

Pulling a wagon up a steep slope, Yellowstone, 1883
Engraving showing a wagon making its way around a steep hill above the river in Yellowstone National Park, 1883. The river bank is so steep that three men are needed to pull ropes to keep the wagon

Sudan Dongola
General view of the birthplace of the Mahdi, on the Nile above the Third Cataract

Sir Cyril Lodowic Burt
SIR CYRIL LODOWIC BURT English psychologist

Marlborough / 7th Duke / Vf
John Winston Spencer Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough Conservative Mp

Thomas Holloway
THOMAS HOLLOWAY Manufacturer of patent medicines and founder of Holloway College for women (now Royal Holloway College, University of London)

USA New York Bridge
General view of the bridge which links Manhattan with Brooklyn

USA Tucson Ariz
Street scene in Tucson, Arizona. Date: 1883

The Zulu Wars. The restoration of Cetewayo (Cetshwayo)
Following negotiations in England with Queen Victoria and The Colonial Office, Cetshwayo was given back his throne and title King of the Zulus by the British 3 years after the war

Zulu wars; restoration of Cetshwayo, King of the Zulus
Portrait of Dabulamanzi, Cetshwayos brother

The Zulu Wars. The restoration of Cetewayo(Cetshwayo)
Cetshwayo, King of the Zulus was reinstalled as King of the Zulus at a ceremony at Intonyanere by Sir Theophilus Shepstone on January 29th 1883

The Zulu wars. The restoration of Cetshwayo
Cetshwayos son and his tutor. Dinuzulu at the age of 12 years old and weighing 14 stone. He succeeded his father as king of the Zulus and suffered imprisonment

The restoration of Cetshwayo
One of Cetshwayos wives with her male attendant. The only royal zulu woman to be photographed, this was possibly Msweli, mother of Dinuzulu

Grace Huntley - Panto
Miss Grace huntely in various roles (Sinbad, Aladdin, The Bonnie Fishwife) in Sinbad at The Royal Theatre

Sacred White Elephant
The sacred white Burmese Elephant secured by P T Barnum in 1883, named Toung Taloung. Such an animal had been sought with a passion by Barnum for many years

Alcatraz USA
Alcatraz Island, the location of the prison

Edouard Manet
EDOUARD MANET French artist

Edouard Manet Photo
EDOUARD MANET French artist

Aleksandr Gorchakov - 3
Prince ALEKSANDR GORCHAKOV Russian statesman

Miss Gabrielle Ray
Gabrielle Ray (1883-1973), British stage actress brushing her hair and wearing pyjamas. Ray was a star of the Gaiety Theatre and was adored by fans for her beauty and dancing

The Preparation of Cinnamon in Ceylon
Series of illustrations in The Graphic showing the preparation of cinnamon in Ceylon (modern day Sri Lanka). 1. Cutting cinnamon sticks. 2. Peeling the Sticks. 3. Stretching the Cinnamon Bark. 4

Tea and Tattle by Cyril R. Hallward
Cosy scene showing a group of women in a typical late Victorian sitting room or parlour. The picture shows them drinking tea and talking

Girls Welcome Brother
Four sisters and a brother welcome their big brother home for the holidays

Children / Bedtime 1883
Mother takes her three children up the stairs to bed at 8 o clock

Anarchy in France
Beset by anarchist outrages and the threat of a monarchist come-back, France longs for someone who will come to the rescue

Mourning Gambetta
France mourns Gambetta

A Paddle-steam tender approaches a Passenger ship, 1883
Engraving of a paddle-steamer approaching a passenger ship, as viewed from the hurricane-deck of the passenger ship

Passengers disembarking after a rough passage, 1883
Engraving of passengers on the quayside after a rough passage on a steamship. At centre a sailor can be seen helping a family ashore

On board a Passenger Ship, 1883
Engraving of a scene on the deck of a passenger ship, 1883. The lady on the left has caught a swallow, which all three Victorian passengers are admiring

Deck of a Passenger Liner, 1883
Engraving of a scene on the deck of a passenger liner, entitled Off for a Holiday, with several passengers enjoying a calm voyage

Playing deck games on a passenger ship, 1883
Engraving showing two passengers playing Bull on the deck of a passenger liner. It would appear that the ship had an awning over the deck to provide shade for the passengers

Girls at Fireside 1883
Two girls watch the clock in anticipation of someones arrival

Cholera in Egypt
Scene in the courtyard of a house in Cairo. The patients were laid in the courtyard partly because of the cooler temperatures and also because the occupants were afraid of infection

An ambulance bringing in patients from Cape Town
Sketches from a temporary hospital at Renzskies Farm, caring for patients of the small pox epidemic

Scotland Yard / Convicts
The Convict Office

Mother in Law / Not Deceiv
A mother-in-law tells a drunken young husband that he might be able to deceive his innocent wife, but never his mother-in-law (shes obviously seen it all before)

Douglas Fairbanks playing Mr Robinson Crusoe, 1932
Photograph of Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939) in A.Edward Sutherlands Mr. Robinson Crusoe, with one of the characters home-made weapons

Three Frontiersmen Mending their Canoe, Canada, 1883
Engraving of three frontiersmen mending their canoe with hot wax or gum, in the Canadian back woods

Wilhelm Siemens
KARL WILHELM SIEMENS German industrialist, brother of Werner von S. founder of the London branch of the Siemens organisation

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