1884 Collection

Colonel Norton, at 28, 000 ft, on Everest, 1924
Photograph showing Colonel Edward Felix Norton (1884-1954) climbing Everest, at a height of about 28, 000 feet, 1924

Orient Express train in a rural setting
The Orient Express - countryfolk stop to watch the express go by

At the Start of the Cresta Run, St. Moritz, 1912
Photograph showing a member of the St. Moritz Tobogganing Club leaping onto his machine at the top of the Cresta Run, 1912. This famous course was first laid out in 1884

Gregor Mendel
GREGOR JOHANN MENDEL Austrian botanist

Suffragette Hunger Strike Medal W. S. P. U
The W.S.P.U Hunger Strike medal presented to Grace Chappelow (1884-1971). This has two bars, indicating two imprisonments during which time, Grace was on hunger strike

Cartoon, Rev Stewart Headlam, The Church and Stage Guild. The Guild was formed in May 1879 with a view to breaking down prejudice against the theatre and its performers

The Cresta Run, St. Moritz, 1912
Photograph showing the Cresta Run, with its Crows Nest and grandstand (top) on a St. Moritz race day in 1912. This famous course is the home venue for the St

The Terra Nova, 1910
Sectional illustration of the Terra Nova, the Polar research ship used by Captain R.F. Scott in his Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1912. The Terra Nova was built as a Dundee whaler in 1884

Old Curiosity Shop
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP A view of the original shop on Portsmouth Street, London, immortalised by Charles Dickens in his novel of the same name

Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown, rapping at the window, crying through the lock, Are the children in their beds...?

Sir William C. Brooks, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR WILLIAM CUNLIFFE BROOKS, 1st Baronet (1819 - 1900) Lawyer, banker and Conservative Member of Parliament for East Cheshire. Caption: The Golden Pippen Date: 1819 - 1900

The Salvation Army Riots at Worthing, Sussex
These images show the Skeleton Army, opponents of the Salvation Army organised by those interested in Sunday drinking, rioting against one of the Salvation Armys religious Sunday processions

Robidas rotating house
Maison tournante arienee or aerial rotating house, one of Albert Robidas futuristic visions of life in the 20th century

The Marriage of General Mite and Millie Edwards, Mancheste
Engraving showing a series of scenes from the marriage of General Mite, real name Francis Joseph Flynn, and Miss Millie Edwards held at St. James Hall, Manchester, 1884

Berlin Conference
BERLIN CONFERENCE Bismarck presides over a diplomatic conference to discuss events in Africa

Lawn Mower Advt, 1884
British advertisement for a lawn mower and garden roller

The Last of the Spanish Armada (c. 1884). Stannus, Anthony Carey 1830-1919. Date: 1884 (circa)

Some English lawn tennis players
A group of English tennis players. From left at top: E. d S. H. Browne, Rev. J. T. Hartley (Wimbledon Champion 1879, 1880), C. W. Grinstead, Miss Maud Watson (Lady Champion, 1884), H. F

Clement Davies (1884-1962) English politician and leader of the Liberal Party from 1945-1956, seen here at the Liberal Election press conference on the 3rd October 1951

The Greely Arctic Expedition at its farthest point North, 18
Engraving showing members of the American Meteorological Expedition of 1881-4 taking their position, with a sextant, at the farthest point North they reached. Led by Lt

Pig Eats Picnic Food
An uninvited guest makes rather a pig of himself at a picnic

Huckelberry Finn / Rabbit
Huckleberry holding up a rabbit he has just shot

MALINOWSKI (1884-1942)
BRONISLAW MALINOWSKI Polish-born British anthropologist, in the Trobriand Islands 1914-18

Dunnottar Castle, Kincardine, Scotland
Engraving of Dunnottar Castle, Kincardine, Scotland, August 1884

Saltaire / Exterior View
SALTAIRE WORKS - exterior view

Violet Gordon Charlesworth: her home
The home of Miss Violet Gordon Charlesworth(b.1884) at St Asaph, Wales

Hernan Cortes (1488-1547). Engraving. Colored
Hernan Cortes (1488-1547). Spanish conqueror of Mexico. Engraving by A. Carretero in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1884. Colored

South Africa (XIX). Zulu Kingdom (1883). Restoration Cettewayo, king of the Zulus. Cetewayo attends the ceremony indaba conference to meet the Induna (Zulu and Xhosa leaders)

Leicester Union Cottage Homes, Countesthorpe, Leics
Three small inmates stand in front of a water tower at the Leicester Union cottage homes at Countesthorpe, Leicestershire

Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg with family
Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg (1884-1966), fourth and youngest daughter of Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and his wife, Maria Alexandrovna (later Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg)

Queen Alexandra and children
Photograph from 1884 showing Queen Victoria with four of her children: from left, Princess Louise, Princess Maud (seated), Prince George (later George V), Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria

Washington Dc / Penn. Ave
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC

Cartoon, Signor Foli, Irish bass opera singer
Cartoon, Signor Foli (Allan James Foley, 1837-1899), Irish bass opera singer -- He has studied Bradshaw (probably a reference to his travels and tours). 1884

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

15 views of Epping Forest, London - Queen Elizabeths Lodge, High, Beech, Old Chingford Church, Goldings Ponds, Wanstead, Ambresbury Bank, Ambresbury Drive, Lake at Loughton, Cottages in York Hill

Sir Arthur Helps, Vanity Fair, Ape
Sir Charles Mark Palmer, 1st Baronet (1822 1907), English shipbuilder born in South Shields, Tyne and Wear (county Durham), England. He founded Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company in 1852

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

Cartoon, Henry Irving and F B Chatterton
Cartoon, Henry Irving (1838-1905), legendary actor-manager, and Frederick Balsir Chatterton (1834-1886), theatre manager, with a bust of Shakespeare in the background -- Shakespearian Experimenters

Babies Castle, Barnardos Home, Hawkhurst, Kent
Children and nurses at Dr Barnardos Babies Castle at Hawkhurst, Kent. The home was opened in 1884 for the reception of babies. Date: Date unknown

Elizabeth of Hesse and Duke Sergei Alexandrovich
Engagement portraits of Princess Elizabeth of Hesse and the Rhine (later Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia - Elizabeth Feodorovna Romanova - canonized as St)

Frys Chocolates
Advertisement for Frys Chocolate and Cocoa Manufactory in Bristol showing illustrations of the roasting room, boiling sugar, grinding chocolate, the pan room

Harvest workers, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Harvest workers in a field above the town of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Sports Day at Countesthorpe Homes, Leicestershire
A group of boys, including some uniformed band members, at the Countesthorpe cottage homes in Leicestershire on their sports day in 1919

Craven Cottage, Fulham, 1883
Engraving showing a number of views of Craven Cottage, Fulham, in London, 1883

Family / Grace before Meal
Papa, mama, son and two daughters say grace before starting to eat

USA / Met Opera / Stage
NEW YORK a performer takes a bow, as a bouquet of flowers is handed up

S. S. Terra Nova, June 1910
Cut-away illustration of the Terra Nova, the ship that Captain Scott used in his second expedition to the Antarctic, 1910-1913

Georges Duhamel / Manuel
GEORGES DUHAMEL French writer

Cetewayo / Zulu / Stereo Cdv
CETEWAYO or CETSHWAYO Zulu king (1873-79) photographed during his visit to Britain

The Great Game of Poker
Four men sit around a table playing poker while a fifth stands watching the game and smoking

Children Wash Clothes
Two little girls help their mother with the laundry on washday

Girl Sewing / Cat Sleeping
A little girl sits sewing while her cat sleeps at her feet

Baa Baa Black Sheep / 1884
Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool? Yes Sir, Yes Sir - three bags full. One for the master and one for the dame, and one for the little boy who lives down the lane

Children / Rainy Day 1884
Two little girls walk home under a large umbrella on a rainy day

Nikolai Zelinsky
NIKOLAI ZELINSKY Russian scientist, invented the first carbon-filter gas mask, winner of many Soviet awards

Orange and Fenian
ORANGEMAN AND FENIAN The loyal Ulsterman would like to take his shillelagh to the wild Fenian, but policeman Gladstone hopes for a political settlement

Girls Washing & Ironing
Girls washing and ironing

Cartoon, Wilson Barrett, preparing to play Hamlet
Wilson Barrett (William Henry Barrett; 1846-1904), actor, theatre manager and playwright -- More Study

FOXHUNTING
Thomas Firr, huntsman of the Quorn. Date: 1884

Francis Brett Young
FRANCIS BRETT YOUNG popular novelist, author of My brother Jonathan and many others. Date: 1884 - 1954

The Duke of Portlands Russian Shooting Box
Welbeack Abbey, Nottinghamshire - a lodge standing in the grounds near the Black Pool, Sherwood Forest. The 6th Duke of Portland erected the quaint log cabin bought at a Russian exhibition in 1884

John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon, later Lord Brabazon of Tara, 1884-1964, makes the first official air freight flight in 1909

Navvies at Work
Navvies at work in a railway cutting

Bathing / Cairo 1884
A little boy in his bath in Cairo, watched by his devoted mother. Date: 1884

Hardacre J Pitt
Hardacre J. Pitt An important touring manager in the decades around 1900, he used his notepaper to advertise his repertoire. This letter, from the Comedy Theatre, Manchester, is dated November 1894

Incubator, 1884
The interior and exterior view of an Auvard incubator for premature babies. Date: 1899

The Cyclists Camp at Alexandra Park, London, 1884
Engraving showing a series of scenes from the Cyclists Camp, which was held in Alexandra Park, London, in the Summer of 1884

Hyde Park Riders
A gentleman rider salutes a lady rider in Rotten Row

Boswell and Johnson walking down Fleet Street, London
Engraving showing Dr. Samuel Johnson and James Boswell walking, arm in arm, along Fleet Street in London

Burning a clearing in the woods, California, 1884
Engraving showing several men burning a clearing in the forest of California, perhaps to make space for housing or arable farming land

The Steamer Tiverton off Gravesend, 1884
Scene on the River Thames at Gravesend prior to the transatlantic crossing of the emigrant steam ship Tiverton, 1884

Tuberculosis Bacillus
Bacillus of tuberculosis, discovered by Koch, 1884

Song of Sixpence 2 / 3
The King stands ready to carve the enormous pie... (2 of 3)

Bartle Frere / Maull Cdv
SIR HENRY BARTLE FRERE British colonial administrator in India and Africa

Hugh Walpole / Cig Card
SIR HUGH SEYMOUR WALPOLE English novelist born in New Zealand

Rook (Somerset)
(Corvus frugilegus)

Fb Young / Cig Card
FRANCIS BRETT YOUNG English novelist and poet

Handbill for Galton Lab
Handbill for Francis Galtons Anthropometric Laboratory

Prince George (1865 - 1936), later George V. Photograph taken when he was 19 years old. Date: 1884

Portrait of Cristina Morphy, 1884, by Anders Zorn
Anders Zorn (1860-1920). Swedish painter. Portrait of Cristina Morphy, 1884. She was the only daughter of Guillermo Morphy (1836-1899), Spanish music critic. Watercolour on paper, 680 x 450 mm

Emmanuel Felix de Wimpffen (1811-1884). French general. Portrait. Engraving by Cremer. Historia de la Guerra Franco-Alemana de 1870-1871. Published in Barcelona, 1891

History of England, 1200. Buffoon and ladies. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume V, 1884

History of England, 1200. Lady and bishop. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume V, 1884

History of England, 1200. Warriors. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume V, 1884

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