1884 Collection (page 2)

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! 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Juan Luna Novicio (1857-1899). Engraving. Colored
Juan Luna Novicio (1857-1899). Filipino artist. Engraving by Saderna. The Artistic Illustration 1884. Colored

The scramble for Africa: the Berlin Conference, 1884-1885
French commentary on the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885: Otto von Bismarck, then Chancellor of Germany, is portrayed here wielding a knife over a sliced up cake, marked Africa

The Royal Vault, St. Georges Chapel, 1884
Engraving showing the interior of the Royal Vault of St. Georges Chapel at Windsor Castle, 1884

Advert for John Carters invalid chairs 1884
Selection of invalid and students chairs, including holding a book or writing at a desk, lamp in any position over an easy chair

The Maiwand Lion - Forbury Gardens, Reading, Berkshire. The statue was named after the Battle of Maiwand and was erected in 1884 to commemorate the deaths of 329 men from the 66th (Berkshire)

50th Anniversary celebration of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France built in 1889 and the original suggested design by Maurice Koechlin from 1884 cinquantenaire

London Reform Demonstration 21st July 1884

Reform Demonstration, London on July 21st 1884

History of Africa. The Congo. Leopoldville station
History of Africa. 19th century. The Congo. Leopoldville station. Panoramic view of the trading post and port from Ngaliema Bay in 1884. It was the first main Colonial Post near Stanley Pool

The Empire, Leicester Square
This artwork shows The Empire, a variety theatre house in Leicester Square, London. The building was originally built in 1884 for theatre until 1927

Examination of Louis XVI, arrested at Varennes, France
The Examination of Louis XVI, arrested at Varennes, 21 June 1791, when attempting to escape with his family in disguise during the French Revolution Date: 1791

Marianne and Herod
Actors Mr Beerbohm Tree and Miss Maud Jeffries dressed in costume for Herod; A Tragedy, written by Stephen Phillips (1884), at her majesty's theatre

Divers and Diving, The Reservoir Diving Suit Date: 1884

Divers and Diving - Ready to Start Date: 1884

Divers and Diving - 1. and 2. Primitive diving suits, 3. Wreck of the Royal George, from a contemporaneous print, 4. Awkward work, torpedo laying, 5. Electric lamp, 6. An unexpected plunge, 7

Lex
An etching of Lex, the Supreme Court of Victoria, Melbourne. The building was finished in 1884, and designed by architects, Alfred Louis Smith and Arthur Ebden Johnson

Uriah Heep, law clerk in David Copperfield
Uriah Heep, law clerk in the novel David Copperfield (1849-1850) by Charles Dickens. Date: 1884

Advert for Taylor's Hats, Croydon, Surrey
Advert for Taylor's Hats, North End, Croydon, Surrey Date: 1884

Parson's 1/2 turbo-dynamo, 65 volts. The turbine is of similar design to the first Parson's turbo-dynamo, constructed at Gateshead in 1884. Date: circa 1974

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