1885 Collection (page 12)

Woman with a tennis racquet, c. 1885
A young woman holding a tennis racquet. Date: c. 1885

Holborn Union Workhouse, Mitcham
The entrance to the Holborn Union Workhouse at Mitcham erected, according the iron-work adorning the gates, in 1885. Date: Date unknown

Kissing a young maid
A man leans in to kiss the neck of a young maid; she seems quite happy to be distracted from her ironing. Date: 1885

The Royal Visit to Ireland, 1885 - Parnell Bridge, Cork
The visit of Prince and Princess of Wales(later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of Great Britain) to Ireland in 1885. The royal party passing over Parnell Bridge, Cork. Date: April 1885

The Royal Visit to Ireland, 1885 - three scenes
Three scenes from the royal visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales(later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of Great Britain): The Prince of Wales laying the foundation stone of a museum, Dublin

Geronimo Hunting Buffalo
GERONIMO, Apache leader who led a sensational campaign against the whites (1885-6). Here holding a rifle, on horseback, during a buffalo hunt. Date: 1829 - 1909

Amedee Courbet
Amiral AMEDEE ANATOLE PROSPER COURBET French naval commander and governor of Nouvelle Caledonie : photographed in 1880. Date: 1827 - 1885

Sir Hugh Rose
SIR HUGH ROSE (later lord Strathnairn) military commander Date: 1801 - 1885

Thomas O hagan, Judge
THOMAS O HAGAN Irish judge, justice of the (Irish) Court of Common Pleas Date: 1812 - 1885

George McClellan - 3
GEORGE BRINTON MCCLELLAN American military, general-in- chief Union Army but removed for not pressing attack : challenged Lincoln for presidency; governor N.J. Date: 1826 - 1885

Huckleberry Finn (1885). O Kelly, Alyosius 1850-1929. Date: 1885

Rope Making Factory
The spinning room in Frost Brothers factory, Shadwell, England. Date: circa 1885

Lambeth Workhouse Schools, Norwood, South London
The parish of Lambeth operated a workhouse school on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London. In 1885, the premises were extended with the erection of the New School buildings

Mathias Sandorf, by Jules Verne

St Josephs Industrial School, Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland
St Josephs Industrial School at Ferryhouse, Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland, was opened in 1885 for 170 Catholic boys. Industrial Schools, often privately run

Hackney Union School, Brentwood, Essex
The Hackney Union School at Brentwood. In 1885 Hackney took over what had been the Brentwood District School, originally set up by the Shoreditch Board of Guardians in 1854 to house pauper children

Princes Wilhelm, Adalbert and Eitel Friedrich of Prussia
Princes Wilhelm (1882-1951), Eitel Friedrich (1883-1942 - on the right) and Adalbert (1884-1948) of Prussia, children of Kaiser Wilhelm II, grandchildren of Vicky

The Death of Colonel Burnaby at Abu Klea, 1885
Engraving showing the death of Colonel Frederick Burnaby (1842-1885), the English soldier and explorer, at the Battle of Abu Klea Wells, Sudan, 17 January 1885

Colonel Frederick Burnaby in his hot air balloon, 1882
Engraving showing Colonel Frederick Burnaby (1842-1885), the English soldier and explorer, in his hot-air balloon just prior to his 1882 crossing of the English Channel

Advertisement for a Rudge Coventry Rotary Tandem Tricycle, 1
Advertisement showing the Coventry Rotary Tandem, built by D. Rudge & Co. of Coventry, 1885. An example of this machine, it was claimed, had travelled over 230 miles on roads with 2 inches of mud

Jack Point in Yeoman
C Herbert Workman in the role of Jack Point, the jester, in Yeoman of the Guard

King Solomons Mines
Sir Henry Curtis wrestles with Twala : " It was a mighty struggle, and an awful thing to see." But Sir Henry over- powers his opponent and cuts off his head with his axe

Cutty Sark - Cpt. Woodget
The captain of the tea clipper Cutty Sark - Richard Woodget Commander of the vessel between 1885-1895. The famous ship was badly damaged in a fire on 21st May 2007

Victor Hugo (Gill)
VICTOR HUGO French writer : Gills caricature is arguably the finest ever done of the divinely-inspired (or star-struck) idealist

Alban Maria Berg
ALBAN MARIA BERG Austrian composer

Helen Jackson
HELEN MARIA HUNT JACKSON (nee Fiske) (noms de plume HH and Saxe Holm) American writer, especially concerned with conditions of Native Americans

Alfred Nobel / Photo 1885
ALFRED NOBEL Swedish chemist, inventor of dynamite and prizegiver

Tennis / about to Serve
A lady prepares to serve, though we hope she is not going to do so while holding the racquet in this way !

ANDRE GILL French caricaturist, credited with inventing the enlarged head teachnique used here

Telegraph lines crossing the Great Plains of America
Telegraph lines running alongside a railway track at a remote station on the Great Plains of America

Mohammed Ahmed, The Mahdi
Mohammed Ahmed (Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah), known as The Mahdi (meaning the messianic redeemer of the Islamic faith), a Sufi sheikh of the Samaniyya order in the Sudan, north east Africa

The Boy by Fred Thompson
The Boy, a musical comedy by Fred Thompson and Percy Greenbank, adapted from The Magistrate by A. W. Pinero which was first produced on 21st March 1885

Advert for Electropathic Battery Belt 1885
Electropathic Battery Belt, restorer of impaired vital energy and its unvarying success. 1885

Advert for Harness Electropathic Corset Belts 1885
Patent harnesses for men and women, effectual remedy for illnesses, with testimonials. 1885

In search of Dacoits. Pencil sketch by Melton Prior, 1885 (c). Interview between Capt Woodward and a native chief. Associated with the 3rd Burma War. Date: circa 1855

The military review - the camp at Chobham. The troops returning to their encampment after a field-day, 1853.Coloured tinted lithograph by Edmund Walker after Louis Haghe (1806-1885)

Henry Irving as Mephistopheles in Faust by W G Wills, adapted from Goethes play. circa 1885

Elisabeth of Wied (1843-1916). Queen consort of Romania. Carmen Sylva in his study. Engraving by Jonnard. The Iberian Illustration, 1885. Colored

Advert for Hudsons Soap 1885
Hudsons Soap insures the luxury of pure clean clothes. Woman scrubbing some clothes in some soapy water. 1885

Lord Edward Herbert Gascoyne-Cecil - Distinguished and highly decorated soldier. As colonial administrator in Egypt and advisor to the Liberal government he helped to implement Army reforms (18671918)

Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel - British Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1895. He was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1884 until 1895 when he was raised

Spencer Cavendish, Marquis of Hartingdon - 8th Duke of Devonshire - English Liberal politician (1833-1908). Part of Box 63 Boswell collection. Celebrities of the day. Date: circa 1885

William Henry Smith PC - English bookseller and newsagent of the family firm W H Smith Elected a Member of Parliament in 1868

Leonard Henry Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith - British politician, academic and man of letters (18321918). Part of Box 63 Boswell collection. Celebrities of the day. Date: circa 1885

Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby - Statesman (1826-1893). Part of Box 63 Boswell collection. Celebrities of the day. Date: circa 1885

Cardinal Henry Edward Manning - English Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal (18081892). Part of Box 63 Boswell collection. Celebrities of the day. Date: circa 1885

Hugh Culling Eardley Childers - British and Australian Liberal statesman (18271896). Part of Box 63 Boswell collection. Celebrities of the day. Date: circa 1885

Granville George Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville - English politician (1815-1891). Part of Box 63 Boswell collection. Celebrities of the day. Date: circa 1885

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