1888 Collection (page 5)

German Gewehr 88 rifle with face guard
German Gewehr 88 bolt-action rifle, in service from 1888 until the early part of the First World War. The face guard may be a later addition. (1 of 4) Date: 1888-1915

Colonel George E. Gouraud, Vanity Fair, Ape
Colonel GEORGE EDWARD GOURAUD (1841-1912) American Civil War soldier who later acted as agent for Thomas Edison, introducing the new Edison Phonograph cylinder audio recording technology to England

Sweet Anne Page by G. D. Leslie
Sweet Anne Page from The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare painted by George Dunlop Leslie RA (1835-1921), part of a series of Shakespearean heroines by well-known Victorian artists

KAISER VISITS ROME 1888
Umberto, king of Italy, is visited by Wilhelm II, emperor of Germany, at Rome. Date: 1888

Potato masher and fruit press 1888
Useful kitchen utensil for potato masher and fruit pressing. Date: 1888

BABY / NEGLECTED PETS 1888
A new mother sits up in bed nursing her baby, while two dogs and a cat feel somewhat neglected. Date: 1888

LORD ROSSES TELESCOPE
Built by the 3rd Earl of Rosse in 1842 and known as the Leviathan of Parsonstown. It was the largest telescope in the world for three-quarters of a century. Date: 1888

GAME / WINTER / SLIDING ICE
Children sliding on the ice Date: 1888

CRICKET / MITCHAM GREEN
A village cricket match on Mitcham Green. Date: 1888

A. E. STODDART, RUGBY MAN
A.E. Stoddart captained the Middlesex and England cricket teams before embarking on a rugby tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1888, switching sports with great success. Date: 1863-1915

LAWRENCE MYERS, ATHLETE
Lawrence Lon E. Myers was one of the greatest runners of the 19th century, winning 15 American National titles and holding three world records between 1880-1888. Date: 1858 - 1899

BOY AND PLOUGH HORSE
A farm boy leads a plough horse Date: 1888

BOY SCARING CROWS
A country boy and his dog scare away crows with a rattle Date: 1888

Denison Gold-Mines 1888
Gold prospectors washing and testing tailings at Denison mines. Date: 1888

Cartoon, The Grand Old Name of Gentleman
Cartoon, THE GRAND OLD NAME OF GENTLEMAN -- Me and another gentleman ere as just been avin a bet on the breed of yodog. Date: 1888

DUKE OF CLARENCE
ALBERT VICTOR, DUKE OF CLARENCE AND AVONDALE (1864 - 1892), Elder son of Edward VII, died of pneumonia aged 28. Date: 1888

EXHIBITION OF GLASGOW
GLASGOW EXHIBITION The opening of the exhibition on the 8th May by Prince and Princess of Wales Date: 1888

ALCOTT AND CHILDREN
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT American writer, depicted with some of the children to whom her books have given so much pleasure Date: 1832 - 1888

MADIS DESERTION / STANLEY
Emin Pasha relief expedition : the desertion of the Madis leads to a battle between them and those who remain loyal Date: 1888

BRYANT & MAY MATCHMAKERS BRYANT & MAY MATCHMAKERS
Women boxing wax vestas at the Bryant & May factory. Date: 1888

OBSERVATORY AT PULKOVO
Russian government observatory at Pulkovo Date: 1888

COMMUNITY / CHARITY / HOBOES
American Hoboes and a Railroad employee come to blows. Date: circa 1888

CATS MEAT MAN
The cats meat man pushes his barrow from door to door in a Victorian English street Date: 1888

WEAVING, ENGLAND
A young woman uses a small loom in the north of England Date: 1888

Anaesthesis of a patient before a medical operation 1888
Anaesthesising a patient before an operation-note the bare heads and primitive equipment. Date: 1888

Horse-drawn ambulance 1888
Horse-drawn ambulance in use in Paris. Date: 1888

THE KITCHEN GARDEN
A Morning Gossip Two girls working in a rural kitchen garden. Date: 1888

Book sale at Sothebys auction house, London
A book sale taking place at Sothebys auction house, London. Mr Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), the German-born British bookseller and collector, is seated just in front of the auctioneers desk

A country girl fetching water from a spring, in a matching pair of pots. Date: 1888

A sale of art works at Christies, London
A sale of art works at Christies in London. Date: 1888

Indian Mango Tree Trick Date: 1888

Peking Observatory
Chinese armillary sphere of the 13th century outside the Peking observatory Date: 1888

Bull & Mouth Inn
The yard of the Bull and mouth inn in St Martins-le-Grand. It was one of 20 inns in the City, that used to 51 coaches and a 700 underground horse stables and was demolished in 1888

Dr Guthries Boys Industrial School, Liberton, Edinburgh
Thomas Guthries Boys Industrial School opened in 1888 on Lasswade Road, Liberton, Edinburgh. Industrial Schools, often privately run

Portrait of Otto von Bismarck painted by Franz von Lenbach
Reproduction of a Portrait of Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg (1815-1898) painted by Franz von Lenbach (1836-1904). Date: 1888

Page of Victorian adverts for household items 1888
Selection page of Victorian household hardware items for everyday use. 1888

Advert for John Gardner & Son, sausage machine 1888
Simplex, silent sausage machine and pie-meat cutter, patentees and sole makers, Smithfield Works, Bradford Street, Birminham. 1888

Drink Cadburys Cocoa advertisement, 1888
Drink Cadburys Cocoa advertisement from 1888. A maid carries a cup of cocoa, which is proclaimed absolutely pure and soluble

Olivia, by Edmund Blair Leighton (from Twelfth Night). 1888

Lord Wolseley, Fir Grove House, Farnham, Surrey
Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833-1913), Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army. Seen here in the garden of Fir Grove House, Farnham, Surrey. 1888

St. Martin in the Fields by William Logsdail
The area around St. Martins in the Field, painted by William Logsdail in 1888. Horse drawn cabs form a background while in the foreground, the painter positions a young flower girl

Pope Leo XIII giving a blessing Urbi et Orbi, after the Pont
Leo XIII (1810-1903). Italian Pope (1878-1903), named Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci. Pope Leo XIII giving a blessing Urbi et Orbi, after the Pontifical Mass from the gestatorial chair

Advert for Martins patent hanging oil lamps 1888
Ceiling oil lamp. 1888

Advert for Wright & Butler Limited petroleum stoves 1888
Wright & Butlers decorative patent cast iron petroleum domestic stoves with pierced foliate caps, cleanliness and convenience in filling

Fortune Telling on Christmastide
Two Russian girls Fortune Telling on Christmastide. Date: 1888

Kaiser Wilhelm IIs sons
The six sons of Kaiser Wilhelm II pictured in 1900: (l to r standing) Eitel Friedrich (1883-1942), Crown Prince Wilhelm (1882-1951), Adalbert (1884-1948); (in front) Oskar (1888-1958)

FRANK HOLL Artist

Christmas card in the form of a railway ticket -- Wishing you a First Class time of it. Date: 1888

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