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Native American / GeronimoChiricahua Apache leader who led a sensational campaign against the whites (1885-6). His Indian name is Goyathlay which translates as the one who yawns. (Right in photo.) Date: 1829 - 1909
Holy Infant of PragueThe miraculous Holy Infant of Prague was revealed by his mother Mary to Saint Cyril of the Mother of God, a barefoot Carmelite monk, at Prague, in the 9th century
Boys Swimming, Training Ship Mercury, River Hamble, HantsBoys from the Training Ship Mercury swimming nude in the River Hamble. The Mercury, established in 1885 by the London philanthropist Charles Hoare
Gen C Gordon / Col LithGENERAL CHARLES GORDON British military Governor General of the Sudan
D H Lawrence / PhotographD H LAWRENCE English novelist
Archery / Women / Face OnLadies at an archery meeting
Chalfont Saint GilesDucks on the village pond at Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire
CUTTY SARK AT SEAThe Cutty Sark in mid-ocean, with all sails set
Construction of the Statue of Liberty, ParisConstruction of the Statue of Liberty in Paris, before shipping to New York. 1885
A BAZaR IN CAIRO 1885A bazaar in Cairo. Date: 1885
Battle of Abu Klea, 17 January 1885. Oil on canvas signed and dated lower left: W B Wollen 1896, by William Barns Wollen (1857-1936), 1896
Scottish Curling 1885Soop her up! Two Scottish curlers brush vigourously to melt the top of the ice, and allow the curling stone to slide correctly
General George S. Patton, 1945Photographic portrait of Lieutenant-General George S. Patton (1885-1945), the American military commander, pictured in early 1945
Cycling / Penny FarthingThe penny farthing was popular between 1873 & 1885, before the introduction of the first safety bicycles
Ichthyosaurus as a museum pieceCartoon of an Ichthyosaurus as a museum piece, in the Ballad of the Ichthyosaurus
The Iron Foundry, Burmeister & Wain, 1885, by Peder SeverinPeder Severin Kroyer (1851-1909). Danish painter. The Iron Foundry, Burmeister & Wain, 1885. National Museum of Art. Copenhagen. Denmark
Lady Fern, True Maidenhair and Holly Fern. Chromolithograph from Francis George Heath, The Fern Porfolio, all the species of British ferns Date: 1885
Training Ship Mercury and boys racing crew, River HambleThe racing crew of the training ship Mercury with the ship itself in the background. The Mercury, established in 1885 by Charles Hoare, was originally based at Binstead, Isle of Wight
Albert KesselringALBERT KESSELRING Chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe : condemned at Nuremberg for action in Italy but imprisoned, and eventually pardoned
John Knox (1514-1572). Engraving. ColoredJohn Knox (1514-1572). Scottish priest, leader of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland. Engraving by H. Hondins The Young. The Universal History, 1885. Colored
Mikado / Music Sheet 2featuring the Mikado in person
England cricket team of 1885Cricketers of the England eleven of 1885, with W G Grace at the centre, surrounded by Barnes, Lyttelton, Shrewsbury, Gunn, Bates, Steel, Read, Peate, Barlow and Ulyett. 1885
Totting Bec CommonHyde Farm, on Tooting Bec Common in southwest London. Date: 1885
Llewellin Churn Works, Haverfordwest, South WalesA group of employees, mostly women, of the Llewellin Churn Works at North Gate, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales
Training Ship Mercury, River Hamble, HampshireThe Training Ship Mercury was established in 1885 by the London philanthropist Charles Hoare. The ship, a barque previously named Illova, was originally moored at Binstead on the Isle of Wight
Queen Victoria with the MunshiQueen Victoria at her desk, assisted by her servant Abdul Karim, the Munshi
Advertisement for the Rover Safety Bicycle, 1885Advertisment for the Rover Safety Bicycle, built by Starley and Sutton of the Meteor Works, Coventry
Sacha Guitry / JeidelsSACHA GUITRY French actor and playwright, lighting a cigarette
Niels Henrik David BohrNIELS HENRIK DAVID BOHR Danish physicist
Sir Malcolm Campbell in the cockpit of Bluebird, 1935Photographic portrait of Sir Malcolm Campbell (1885-1948), the English car and speedboat racer, pictured in the cockpit of Bluebird after one of his record breaking runs on the Utah Salt Flats in
The Mikado at the SavoySketches from The Mikado at the Savoy Theatre in London: The Mikado (Mr R. Temple), Nanki-Pooh (Mr Durward Lely), Katisha (Miss Brandram), Pooh-Bah (Mr R)
Princess Alice of GreecePrincess Alice of Battenberg, Princess Andrew of Greece (1885-1969), c. 1916. Alice was the daughter of Princess Victoria of Hesse and Prince Louis of Battenberg, and is the mother of Prince Philip
USA Buffalo NYBird s-eye view of Buffalo, New York, on lake Erie and the Niagara river
Ulyssess Grant / BradyULYSSESs GRANT American Civil War General at Headquarters during the Virginia Campaign
British Forest TreesA chart of British forest trees
Goubet Submarine / 1885Designed by Claude Goubet in 1885: the first electrically powered submarine. Seen here being used by the Russian Navy
Yakov SverdlovYAKOV SVERDLOV Russian revolutionary, virtual creator of the new Soviet state : very active 1917-1919, but died of illness, cutting short an eminent career
Money / Stones / Yap 1885Two chiefs of Yap Island, western Caroline (Pacific) Islands with three huge perforated stones which were used as currency
The Leas Lift at Folkestone, KentView of the Leas Lift at Folkestone, Kent. It was designed by R.G. Waygood in 1885, and in 1890 it was decided to build a further lift alongside
Drawing Room at Thomas Hardys home, Max GateView of the Drawing Room at Max Gate in Dorchester, Dorset, the home of Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet. Hardy designed the house
London & South Western Railway Servants Orphanage, WokingGeneral view of the main building of the London & South Western Railway Servants Orphanage at Woking, Surrey. The orphanage was founded in 1885 in Clapham, south west London
EZRA POUND American writer
Ulyssess Grant / JohnsonULYSSESs GRANT American Civil War General, and later President
Royal Irish Hussars8TH (THE KINGs ROYAL IRISH) HUSSARS A trooper in marching order mounted on his horse
Rover Safety BicycleFaster and easier than any bicycle ever made
Riverboat Great RepublicThe elegant Mississippi paddle steamer Great Republic
Manual Fire-Engine / 1885Factory Pattern Manual Fire- engine constructed by Merryweathers for the use of factory fire brigade
Victor HugoVICTOR HUGO with scenes from two of his books