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Harris Orphanage, Preston, LancashireThe Harris Orphanage at Fulwood, Preston. The orphanage, which opened in 1888, was founded as a result of a bequest by local solicitor Edmund Robert Harris. Date: Circa 1905
Latest Paris Fashions 1888Three women gossiping outside. 1888
th Huxley / Sambourne 1888THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY A satire on the English scientists discovery of a gelatinous substance on the seabed: he is discussing his findings with a mermaid
Music cover, Pas de Quatre, Faust Up To DateMusic cover, Pas de Quatre, invented and arranged by John d Auban from Faust Up To Date, a burlesque parody of Gounods opera Faust, performed at The Gaiety Theatre, London, composed by Meyer Lutz
Kingsway Hospital, DerbyAn aerial view of the now-demolished Kingsway Hospital, Derby. The hospital opened in 1888 as the Derby Borough Lunatic Asylum. Date: Date unknown
The Renshaw TwinsChampion tennis playing twins ERNEST (left, 1861 - 1899) and WILLIAM RENSHAW (1861 - 1904). William won Wimbledon 1881 - 1886 & 1889, Ernest in 1888. They won many doubles matches. Date: circa 1880
Danish BusinessmenDanish businessmen in Copenhagens stock exchange look pretty much like businessmen anywhere else. Date: 1888
Little Girl playing with her Sailor Doll, 1888Illustration showing a little Victorian girl playing with her doll, which was dressed as a sailor. This image was originally entitled Now Geraldine Maude
Penny Farthing Trick Cyclists at the Circus, c. 1888Engraving showing two acrobats performing tricks on a Penny Farthing bicycle during a circus show, c.1888
Glasgow Exhibition 1888View of the Exhibition buildings and Kelvin Grove of the Glasgow International Exhibition, opened by the Prince of Wales on 8 May 1888
Children / Seaside StoryChildren sitting on the beach listening to an old fisherman telling a story
Wilhelm I / G KochKAISER WILHELM I King of Prussia, later Emperor of Germany, with his generals in 1870 during the Franco-Prussia War
Nikolai ShvernikNIKOLAI SHVERNIK Russian statesman, trade union leader, realigned labour organisations to subordinate them to the Soviet state
Ts Eliot (Evans)THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT American writer
Edward LearEDWARD LEAR Artist and nonsense poet, showing a stranger who thought that Edward Lear was merely a pseudonym, the inside of his hat with his name in the lining
Ts Eliot / Anon PhotoT.S.ELIOT American-born writer, photographed in his early twenties
Where Did You Get That Hat? By James RolmazPromotional music sheet for Where Did You Get That Hat? music hall song of 1888 by James Rolmaz. Illustrated by noted artist H G Banks
Advert for Wm. Corns & Son, combination Coffee Mill 1888Combination mill for coffee and spices. Date: 1888
Party of people picnicking at Henley RegattaA party of people picnicking at the Henley Royal Regatta, an annual rowing event held on the River Thames near the town of Henley-on-Thames, South Oxfordshire. Date: July 1888
Dinah Craik (1826-1887). Engraving. ColoredDinah Craik (1826-1887). English novelist and poet. Engraving in The Iberian Illustration, 1888. Colored
M JEKYLL, O HYDEDr M Jekyll and Mr O Hyde - Tenniel uses Stevensons novel as an allegory of Irelands two faces - the one respectable, the other murderous. Date: 1888
Hubert Wilkins - 1SIR HUBERT WILKINS Australian explorer (on right) with Lincoln Ellsworth and Bernt Balchen at Peterboro airport, 1933. Date: 1888 - 1958
New Zealand / Dunedin 1888Dunedin: Princes Street
Celmisia Monroi, rock cotton plantCelmisia Monroi, a rock cotton plant with pink flowers. 1888
At the Oval / Ally SloperAlly Sloper bats at the Oval against Australia, dressed in medieval armour for protection
Darenth Schools and Training Colony, KentThe Darenth Schools (top left), near Dartford in Kent, were opened in 1878 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a residential institution for imbecile children from London
Californian redwood tree, 1888Engraving showing a cowboy and horse pass through a tunnel in a giant redwood tree, California, 1888
Farm Worker and Orange Tree, Southern California, 1888Illustration showing a young black farm worker collecting oranges from a heavily laden tree, Southern California, 1888
Happy Prince / Sans-SouciThe Palace of Sans-Souci
Pram Advert C1888A typical late Victorian perambulator, made by Lloyd & Hill, Birmingham
SAMUEL BUTLER (D. 1902)SAMUEL BUTLER author of Erewhon and The way of all flesh photo March 1888
W & M Howitt / Stereo CdvWILLIAM AND MARY HOWITT (Mary: nee BOTHAM) Writers - husband and wife
Julian GrenfellJULIAN GRENFELL World War One soldier and poet
Tintern Abbey / 1888WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Tintern Abbey, which inspired the poem of the same name
Girl Minds Baby 1888A little girl minds the baby and shells peas at the same time
Matthew ArnoldMATTHEW ARNOLD Writer and critic
Dispenser at London Hospital, WhitechapelA dispenser at the London Hospital, Whitechapel, East London, pouring some liquid from a jug into a smaller container
Liverpool / Street / StationA street scene in Liverpool, including Central Station
Branscombe Post Office probably taken in 1888
Branscombe probably taken in 1888
Branscombe haymaking probably taken in 1888
St Matthew Football Club, Denmark Hill, London in 1888
Football Club, St. Matthews, Denmark Hill, London in 1888
Intl. Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry, GlasgowInternational Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry, Glasgow in 1888
Painting, Camille Claudel Museum, Nogent-sur-Seine, AubeRodin's studio, oil painting, 1888, by Charles Weisser, 1864-1940, in the Camille Claudel Museum, opened 2017, in Nogent-sur-Seine, Aube, Grand Est, France
Historia General de Espana (General History of Spain), by Miguel Morayta. Cover. Volume I. Felipe Gonzalez Rojas, Publisher. Madrid, 1888
The 24th South Wales Borderers by Walter RichardsHer Majesty's Army by Walter Richards, The 24th South Wales Borderers Date: 1888
