Boxing Day Hunt, Castle Square, Haverfordwest, South WalesThe Boxing Day Hunt, with riders, horses and hounds, meeting outside the Castle Hotel in Castle Square, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales
The Lady With The Lamp Florence NightingaleA colour illustration from the 1890s depicting Florence Nightingale, English nurse and hospital reformer (1820-1910) at the barracks hospital, Scutari, in 1854 during the Crimean War
Holmes Smoking PipeTHE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP Holmes ponders the problem
Margaret Morris, 1931Photographic portrait of Margaret Morris (1891-1980), the English dancer and teacher, in costume for her Hungarian Rhapsody, 1931
Sherlock HolmesA SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA Holmes requests the photograph of Irene Adler: she is always THE woman. Date: First published: 1891
Agatha Christie 1891-1976Agatha Christie (1891-1976) English novelist and crime fiction writer, photographed C.1925
Plants / Atropa BelladonnaDEADLY NIGHTSHADE
Near Zebug, Gozo, Malta. 4 July 1891
Mr and Mrs W. E. GladstoneColour illustration of William Ewart Gladstone, English Liberal statesman, (1809-98) together with his wife, Catherine Gladstone (1812-1900), nee Glynne, enjoying tea in the garden at their home
Blackburn Rovers vs. Notts County F. A. Cup Final, 1891Engraving of the Football Association Cup Final between Blackburn Rovers and Notts County, played at the Kennington Oval, London, on 21st March 1891. The game was won by Blackburn Rovers 3-1
Sir Stanley Spencer, c. 1926Photograph of Sir Stanley Spencer (1891-1959), the English painter, standing in front of his painting The Resurrection, c.1926
Herman Melville / CenturyHERMAN MELVILLE American writer
Salisbury Cathedral 1891Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire
Sir Joseph BazalgetteSIR WILLIAM GEORGE ARMSTRONG, Baron Armstrong Engineer, inventor and arms manufacturer
Dorian Gray by CurtainDorian Gray
Hardy / Tess D urbervillesTesss first encounter with Alec D Urberville
Arthur Rimbaud / LuqueJEAN-NICOLAS-ARTHUR RIMBAUD Cartoon of the French poet and leading influence on Symbolist movement
TRURO - 1938The Cathedral from the Square, Truro, Cornwall
Ellen Cicely WilkinsonELLEN CICELY WILKINSON Trade union and womens rights activist, who led the march of workers to London on the Jarrow Crusade
New Zealand / Dunedin 1891Dunedin: the Town Hall with street scene
Princess May of Teck, c. 1885Photographic portrait of Princess May of Teck (1867-1953), later Queen Mary, pictured c.1885. In 1891 she married the Duke of York
Phonograph RecordingRecording a man playing the piano using Edisons improved model phonograph
Arthur RimbaudARTHUR RIMBAUD French writer, trader in Africa
Sir Jospeh BazalgetteSIR JOSEPH WILLIAM BAZALGETTE engineer who embanked the Thames, and gave London its drains
Blavatsky 1889HELENA PETROVNA BLAVATSKY Russian mystic, writer &c at age 58
Holmes & Watson / Baker StA SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA Holmes and Watson at Baker Street
Dorian Gray / Wilde / BooksDorian goes upstairs to the locked room where his portrait is kept
Morel mushrooms: Morchella esculenta, M conicaMorel mushrooms: Morchella esculenta, M. conica and Gyromitra esculenta.. Chromolithograph from Leon Dufours Atlas des Champignons Comestibles et Veneneux (1891)
Suffragette Lilian Lenton in Court 1913A newspaper placard dated Wednesday, June 11, 1913, with the headline, Miss. Lentons Reappearance. Lilian Lenton (1891-1972)
Female Initiation - 6A candidate is initiated as Mistress of the Temple, lying on a supposed corpse and restoring him to life with the warmth of her body. Date: 1891
Princess May of Teck, c. 1885Photographic portrait of Princess May of Teck (1867-1953), later Queen Mary, pictured c.1885, in her coming out year. In 1891 she married the Duke of York
Prince George of Wales and the Edinburgh familyPrince George of Wales (1865-1936), later King George V (pictured centre) with his cousins, the children of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg
Queen Mary, c. 1911Photographic portrait of Queen Mary, previously Princess May of Teck (1867-1953), pictured c.1911, wearing robes of the Order of the Garter
Adamski and PaintingProfessor Adamski stands in front of a painting by Gay Betts depicting the Venusian space pilot he met in the Mojave Desert, California, 20 November 1952
Nautilus Swim Club 1Fixture card of the Nautilus Swimming Club, a London club based at Camberwell Baths in south-east London. (see two subsequent items for their 1891 river picnic)
A Native Australian with his WOOMERA - throwing stick Date: 1891
Mr Howard CarterHoward Carter (1874-1939) British egyptologist, famed for his discovery of Tutankhamens tomb. Born in 1874, he went to Egypt as a draughtsman in 1891 and studied the inscriptions
My Hats A Brown un, by E W RogersPromotional music sheet for My Hats A Brown Un music hall song of 1891 by E. W. Rogers, sung by George Robey. The song suggests that the singers brown hat makes him famous
Jumbo the elephant giving a ride at the zooJumbo the elephant giving children a ride at the zoo. 1891
Houston, Texas (looking south) 1891. Date c1892
Maharaja of Patiala / StampMAHARAJA BHUPINDER SINGH (1891 - 1938) Ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Patiala from 1900 to 1938. He served on the General Staff in France, Belgium
Princesses of Schleswig-HolsteinPrincess Marie-Louise and Princess Helena Victoria (Thora) of Schleswig-Holstein, the daughters of Princess Helena and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
44th Gurkha Light Infantry leaving Shillong, Assam, 1891Engraving showing the troops of the 44th Gurkha Light Infantry, of the British Army, leaving Shillong, Assam Frontier, for an expedition to Manipur, 1891
George Parr, English cricketer, circa 1845Illustration of George Parr (1826-1891), the cricketer who represented Nottinghamshire, Surrey, Sussex, Kent and the MCC between 1844 and 1870
Croatia ZadarThe place of the Seigneurie
Landing in a Surf-boat at Accra, Ghana, 1891Engraving of a native surf boat heading through the breakers, to bring its cargo of two European officers to land at Accra, Ghana
Wt Sherman / Ritchie EngWILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN American army commander
Joseph & Louisa RhineJoseph Banks Rhine and his wife Louisa, prominent American parapsychologists; he is known for clinical experiments with ESP, she studied spontaneous cases
