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Richard March HoeGeneral RICHARD MARCH HOE American inventor of printing machinery, including the rotary or lightning press 1847, the web press and the web-perfecting press. Date: 1812 - 1886
Chester ArthurGeneral CHESTER ARTHUR President of the United States of America, at the time of his election. Date: 1830 - 1886
French Soldiers-BridgeFrench civil engineering corps construct a temporary wooden bridge out of staves and brushwood on a training mission. Date: 1886
Working Class Mp- SatireELEVATION (Wife of newly-elected Working-man MP): " Ow D e Do, Mrs Fuzbush? Though I ham a Lady, won t change my manners Date: 1886
Samuel Morley / Col LithSAMUEL MORLEY Statesman and philanthropist Date: 1809 - 1886
American Officers DressJOHN ALEXANDER LOGAN military commander in the U.S. Army Date: 1826 - 1886
Voodoo CharmA Louisiana planter finds a Voodoo charm, much to the alarm of his black workers who tell him if he takes the steamboat to New Orleans, it will surely sink (it didn t !) Date: 1886
Queen Victoria opening Parliament, processing through Westminster Palace on her way to the House of Lords. Date: 1886
Nile Paddle SteamerStern-wheeler paddle steamer for use on the Nile, built in England by the Yarrow company. Date: 1886
Making MacaroniMaking macaroni in Napoli - the strings of paste hanging out to dry Date: 1886
Frank DobsonFRANK OWEN DOBSON English sculptor, with one of his sculptures of a woman. Date: 1886 - 1963
Horse in SlingA horse is placed in a sling by the vet, in order that he can examine and treat it more easily. Date: 1886
The Squires BallTHE SQUIREs BALL dance in a country house Date: 1886
The Colonial and Indian ExhibitionThe Gwalior gateway, entrance to the courtyard of the Indian Palace, during the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, held in South Kensington, London during Queen Victorias golden jubilee year
The Irish parliamentary partyThe Irish Parliamentary party (also called the Irish Party or Home Rule Party) was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell
Malby family group photo in their gardenMembers of the Malby family (five adults and a baby) pose for a group photo in their garden at Woodford, Essex. On the far right is Reginald Malby (1882-1924)
Waifs and strays of LondonA group of London waifs and strays or street arabs
Childrens Ward, Wandsworth & Clapham Union InfirmaryA childrens ward in the Wandsworth & Clapham Union infirmary, St Johns Hill, south west London. The children sleep in metal-framed cots
Union Workhouse, Burton-on-Trent, StaffordshireIn 1884, the Burton-upon-Trent Union opened a new workhouse on Belvedere Road at Outwoods. The building was designed by JH Morton of South Shields and built by the Messrs Walker and Slater of Derby
Wandsworth Union Infirmary, St Johns Hill, LondonEntrance to Wandsworth Union workhouse infirmary, St Johns Hill, south west London. Originally opened in 1840 as the Wandsworth workhouse, it was designed by George Ledwell Taylor
Magician / Ally SloperAlly Sloper makes his debut on the boards at a London Music Hall in the roll of a professional trickster, where he sits on an unsuspecting woman in an attempt to make her disappear
Music cover for See Me Dance the Polka, based on George Grossmiths popular song, arranged by Edward Solomon (1855-1895). George Grossmith (1847-1912) was an English comedian, writer, composer, actor
Two men walking through a villageTwo men walk hand-in-hand along a village street, watched by neighbours and the local goose population
At the ConservatoireA student practices her singing and oratory at a Conservatoire in France
Pierre-Jules Hetzel / GillPierre-Jules Hetzel (1814 -1886) French editor and publisher, best known for his lavishly illustrated editions of Jules Vernes novels so highly prized by collectors today
Alices Adventures Underground: Alice in the pool of tearsAlice swims in the pool of tears with a mouse and a fish. Hand drawn illustrations by Lewis Carroll from Alices Adventures Underground, his story that pre-dated Alices Adventures in Wonderland
Alices Adventures Underground: Alice swimsAlice swims in the pool of tears, followed by birds and animals. Hand drawn illustrations by Lewis Carroll from Alices Adventures Underground, his story that pre-dated Alices Adventures in Wonderland
Alices Adventures Underground: the door in the treeAlice approaches a door in the trunk of a tree. Hand drawn illustrations by Lewis Carroll from Alices Adventures Underground, his story that pre-dated Alices Adventures in Wonderland
Alices Adventures Underground: Alice watches creatures goAlice watches as birds and animals hurry away from her, leaving her alone. Hand drawn illustrations by Lewis Carroll from Alices Adventures Underground
Ferdinand Le Lievre / DemareFerdinand Le Lievre (1799-1886) Prussian born, French Senator in Algeria (Algiers) between 1876-1885
Lon Laurent-Pichat / GillLon Laurent-Pichat (1823-1886) French politician, poet and man of letters, helping to publish the first edition of Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert in 1857
Sion College LibrarySion College is an Anglican theological establishment, and its famous Library is mostly comprised of theological books
Sion College is an Anglican theological establishment; its new buildings are on the Thames Embankment
Maharaja of Gwalior / StampMADHO RAO SCINDIA (1875 - 1925), was the 5th Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior. He acceded to the throne in 1886 and ruled to his death in 1925
Princess Patricia of Connaught / StampPRINCESS PATRICIA OF CONNAUGHT (Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth; later Lady Patricia Ramsay) A Granddaughter of Queen Victoria, she later relinquished her title of a British princess upon marriage
Eugene Henri Brisson / GillEugene Henri Brisson (1835-1912) French statesman, Prime Minister of France for a short period in 1885-1886 and again in 1898. Date: 1835-1912
Theodore Aubanel / GillTheodore Aubanel. Provencal poet, influenced by Joseph Roumanille
HENDON, LondonThe main street of Hendon, London
Sketches at Leeds Music Festival 1886This engraving illustrates events at the Leeds Music Festival in 1886, depicting the conductors and concert. In the centre Sir Arthur Sullivan is shown
Princesses Daisy and Patricia of ConnaughtPrincess Margaret Daisy of Connaught on the left (1882-1920), later Crown Princess of Sweden with her sister Princess Patricia Patsy of Connaught, later Lady Patricia Ramsey (1886-1974)
Henry and Beatrice of BattenbergPrincess Beatrice, youngest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Henry of Battenberg with their first child, Alexander, born at Windsor on 23 November 1886
Duke of Connaught and familyPrince Arthur, Duke of Connaught with his wife and family, from left: Princess Patricia of Connaught, later Lady Patricia Ramsey (1886-1974), the Duchess of Connaught (1860-1917)
Queen Victoria with Alexander BattenbergQueen Victoria holding her grandson, Prince Alexander of Battenberg, later Marquess of Carisbrooke(1886-1960), eldest son of Priness Beatrice and Prince Henry of Battenberg
Prince of Wales 1886Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII (1841-1910), at Abergeldie in September 1886
Crown Prince and Princess of PrussiaCrown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, (1882-1951), eldest son of Kaiser Wilhelm II, with his wife, Cecilie of Mecklenberg-Schwerin (1886-1954)
Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884-1948), third son of Kaiser Wilhelm II and grandson of Vicky, Princess Royal of Great Britain and Empress of Prussia
A piano lessonA young girl sits her doll on her lap and teaches it to play the piano