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Fisherman and Family looking out to seaEngraving, originally entitled An anxious moment, showing a small family and a fisherman standing on a quay looking out to sea
The Life Brigade firing a Rocket to a Ship on the RocksEngraving showing the firing of a rocket, by the volunteer life brigade, to a steam-ship being wrecked on rocks. If the rocket-line reached the ship
American Indian. Mew Mexico and Colorado. Crow dancers in feTwo Sioux braves in war bonnets
Passengers claiming luggage at Liverpool Railway Station, 18Engraving of the crowded Liverpool railway station, with children sitting on baggage in the foreground, and a huge luggage trolley holding hundreds of trunks in the background
Marie Taglioni / LacauchieMARIE TAGLIONI Italian ballet dancer, one of the first to dance on the points of her toes
Marie Taglioni / Iln 1847MARIE TAGLIONI Italian ballet dancer, one of the first to dance on the points of her toes
Sergeant at Arms / CommonsMembers bow, as the speaker, accompanied by the Sergeant at Arms enters the House during the State Opening of Parliament
Bedrich Smetana / AnonBEDRICH SMETANA Bohemian musician
Maxim / Hiram / Van Fair 04SIR HIRAM STEVENS MAXIM British inventor, born in America, best known for the Maxim recoil-operated machine gun (1884)
Skye Crofters AgitationA meeting of the Skye crofters association. John McPherson speaking
Hayward PortraitABRAHAM HAYWARD English essayist and author of The Art of Dining (1852)
Canada Snowed-Up FarmSnowed-up farm
Macbeth - VanderhoffThe actor George Vanderhoff (1820-1884) in the role of Macbeth
Sacred White ElephantThe 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
Shylock - VandenhoffThe actor George Vandenhoff (1820-1884) in the role of Shylock
Portrait of Sir Joseph ListerBorn in Essex in 1827, he received his degree from University College, London. In 1860 he became a Surgeon at Glasows Royal Infirmary, where he researched the cause of infections
Italy TriesteIl Porto Nuovo
Edward Maitland 1824-97Edawrd Maitland (1824 - 1897) - English humanitarian writer. A supporter for the rights of higher education for women, a spiritualist and founder of The Hermetic Society in 1884
Joseph LiveseyJOSEPH LIVESEY temperance advocate and philanthropist
Pigtails and PowderEngraving of a watercolour by Frank Dadd showing a group of naval men or soldiers braiding and powdering their hair in a typical 18th century fashion
Stealing a Ride 1884Stealing a ride
A Summers Day on a Trans-Atlantic Liner, 1884Engraving of the scene on the deck of trans-atlantic liner, with passengers on sun loungers. Despite the sun awning and the original caption, A Summers day on a trans-atlantic liner
Hoisting Sail in the Atlantic, 1884Engraving showing the scene on deck as the ships crew hoists sail in rather heavy seas. Some of the passengers appear to be enjoying the spectacle, whereas other look rather seasick
Children in Nursery 19CVictorian children in their nursery
Inoculated dog in cageAn image of a dog used in Louis Pasteurs experiments into the treatment of rabies (Hydrophobia). The dog had been inoculated with the rabies virus in order to observe the effects of the disease
Cholera quarantine at MarseillesQuarantine for officers of ships that are in detention, visited by their wives and children. Travel played a large part in the spread of disease
Portrait of Louis PasteurLouis Pasteur (1822-95) studied chemistry under Delafosse. He discovered the nature of the fermentation and went on to research his germ theory of disease
The Red Cross ambulance steamerThe Red Cross steamer carrying patients during a smallpox epidemic to the hospital ships at Long Reach
Cholera in FranceQuarantine precautions at Marseilles on the arrival of a ship from the east. Travel played a large part in the spread of disease
The Cholera epidemic in FrancePassengers from Toulon and Marseilles being fumigated at the Paris station of the Lyons and Mediterranean railway. Travel played a large part in the spread of disease
Children / Park / KensingtonChildren in Kensington Gardens, London
The Lantern of Beachy Head Lighthouse, Sussex, 1884Engraving of the Lantern at Beachy Head lighthouse, Sussex, January 1884. The lighthouse was built between 1828 and 1831 on Belle Tout Cliff and equipped with a catoptric lantern
Lanteen-rigged Dhows, Luxor, Egypt, 1884Engraving of a riverside scene at Luxor, Egypt, showing a number of dhows under sails and oars and, in the background, several boats being built on the shore
Water Tricycle - 4American inventor Terry, who crossed the Channel in a tricycle-boat in July 1884, now proposes this aquatic tricycle which travels on the surface : a calm day needed !
Bismarck 1884OTTO von BISMARCK German statesman, in 1884
Shipping material at Woolwich for the Souakim railway in eastern Sudan
Birth Certificate 1884A Victorian birth certificate for Margaret Allan Date: 9 September 1884
Science / PasteurA dog, inoculated against rabies by Louis Pasteur, in a cage
Henry Fawcett (Photo)HENRY FAWCETT blind statesman, in 1876
Cetewayo / Zulu / Iln 1879CETEWAYO or CETSHWAYO Zulu king (1873-79) in 1877, the year he began to oppose the British annexation of the Transvaal
Alexander Iii / Vf 1884ALEXANDER III Tsar of Russia (1881-94)
Cetewayo / Zulu / Vf 1882CETEWAYO or CETSHWAYO Zulu king (1873-79) in 1882, the year he was taken to England
Almanack 1884A cover design featuring a floral arrangment
It is from himEngraving from a drawing by Marcella Walker showing a young woman opening an eagerly anticipated letter
USA / New York / HarbourA steamer makes its way through the ferry boats, pleasure boats, steamers and sailing vessels which throng the harbour waters
SUDAN NILEDistant view of the Second Cataract at Wadi Halfa
Claude DebussyCLAUDE DEBUSSY French composer in Rome in 1884
Windy Day on the QuaisA windy day on the quais of the Rive Gauche : the bouquinistes aren t doing much business at their bookstalls, but les messieurs enjoy the lifted skirts of the ladies
