1885 Collection (page 29)

Beatrice / Postcard 1907
PRINCESS BEATRICE Daughter of Victoria, married Prince Heinrich of Battenberg in 1885

Beatrice / Cig Card 1910
PRINCESS BEATRICE Daughter of Victoria, married Prince Heinrich of Battenberg in 1885

Beatrice / Faustin / Figaro
PRINCESS BEATRICE Daughter of Victoria, married Prince Heinrich of Battenberg in 1885

Battenberg / Prince Henry
HENRY PRINCE OF BATTENBERG German royal, who became son- in-law to Victoria by marrying her daughter Beatrice in 1885

Matilda / Danish / Rosenborg
MATILDA, COUNTESS of ROSENBORG Wife of Aage, Count of Rosenborg, seen here with their son

Battle of Abu Klea
A melee during the battle of Abu Klea

Wt Stead / My Father 1885
WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD English journalist in prison at Coldbath-in-the-Fields, 10 November 1885: a result of his human rights campaign on behalf of women and children

Shaftesbury / 7Th / Cassell
ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER 7th EARL of SHAFTESBURY Politician and reformer

Nachtigal (Card)
GUSTAV NACHTIGAL German explorer in Africa, notably to Bornu (1869) and Baguirmi (1872) among others

Man Using Early Phone
A gentleman using an early instrument

MINE WORKINGS / 1880 S
The workings of a mine, showing miners at the coal face and the coal being transported by pony

The Sower (Millet)
THE SOWER

Tamara Karsavina / Ils 28
TAMARA KARSAVINA Russian ballet dancer dancing the polka in Les Vendredis

Russian Bear Warned Off
NO YOU DON T The British Lion warns the Russian Bear from attacking Afghanistan

Ida Rubinstein / Fantasio
IDA RUBINSTEIN Russian-French ballet dancer and actress

Morita Kanya / Ils 1929
MORITA KANYA Japanese Kabuki actor

Reyer / Sigurd Liebig
The warriors in their encampment

Indian Trappers / 1885
Native Canadian trappers of the Northwest, trudging through a snowy forest

Massenet / Cid / Liebig
Act four, 10th tableau : The confrontation between El Cid and Boabdil, king of the Moors

Massenet / Cid / Liebig 5
Act four, 10th tableau : The king, grateful to Rodrigo for delivering Spain from the Moors, bestows on him the name of El Cid, which means master warrior

Surgery / Chloroform / 1885
A surgical operation in the Murghab valley; the patient is under chloroform

French Rly Telegraph
The electric telegraph used on the French Railways

Jaquard Loom / C 1885
A family admiring a Jacquard loom

Gent and Dog by a Fire
The late captain of the First Eleven dreaming of old victories as he smokes his pipe and enjoys a roaring fire

Exmouth Drapers Card
Joseph Williams, draper, clothier, hosier and hatter of Exmouth

French Oil Lamps
A French lamplighter replenishes the oil in a street lamp, which he has pulled down to ground level for the purpose

Children Read in Garden
A girl sits on a wicker chair in the garden and reads to her three sisters. The youngest one sits on her lap and their puppy crouches on the ground

Wife Bought Sew Machine
Her husband stands over her, proud that he has been able to provide his little lady with a Household sewing machine to keep her usefully occupied

Dutch Printers Example
A splendid jeu d esprit from a Dutch printer, demonstrating his skill

Family Breakfast 1885
Presently her husband came into the room and she handed him the letter ; a typical Victorian husband examines a letter at the breakfast table

Girl on Swing C1885
A young girl swings with a doll in her lap

Paris Chemistry Lecture
A chemistry professor, holding a glass vessel, holds forth in a Parisian lecture hall

Chloroform Inhaler / 1885
Diagram of Junkers chloroform inhaler with an explanation of how it works

Ether / Anaesthetics / 1885
Using Dr. Ormsbys ether inhaler

Paul Bert / Anaesthetics
Dr. Paul Berts method of using compressed nitrous oxide

Hugo / Funeral / Concorde
VICTOR HUGO Place de La Concorde, Paris, on the day of the French novelists funeral

Victor Hugo / Vanity Fair
VICTOR HUGO French novelist in old age

Victor Hugo / Eichhorn
VICTOR HUGO French novelist in old age

Victor Hugo / Gill Globe
VICTOR HUGO French writer, sitting on top of the world

Insane Patients
Mental patients in the grounds of a French asylum - almost certainly the Hopital Saint- Anne, on the outskirts of Paris

French in Vietnam
FRENCH IN TONKIN The Foreign Legion, with Algerian and friendly Chinese troops, valiantly defend Tuyen-Quan against the Chinese besiegers

Shaftesbury / 7Th / Woodbury
FREDERICK THESIGER, first baron CHELMSFORD Statesman, Lord Chancellor

Ulyssess Grant
ULYSSESs GRANT American soldier and President

Gustav Nachtigal (Col)
GUSTAV NACHTIGAL German traveller in Africa

Gustav Nachtigal
GUSTAV NACHTIGAL German traveller in Africa

Zoroastrianism / Altar
A Zoroastrian worshipper prays before a small fire altar, in Baku

Rover Safety Bike
The Rover safety

Girls and Doll (Waugh)
One girl sits on a rocking chair; her little sister sits in her lap; and Dolly sits in little sisters lap

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