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1893 Collection

Background image1893 Collection: Flat Earth map of the world showing it to be a plane

Flat Earth map of the world showing it to be a plane
A MAP OF THE WORLD SHOWING IT TO BE A PLANE - and those of us who suppose it to be a globe are clearly mistaken. Date: 1893

Background image1893 Collection: Carbolic Smoke Ball / 1893

Carbolic Smoke Ball / 1893
Advertisement for The Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. which claimed to offer a cure for a wide variety of ailments. This led to a court case on grounds of deception & a landmark ruling

Background image1893 Collection: Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty struggle

Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty struggle
THE FINAL PROBLEM The death of Sherlock Holmes; Holmes & Moriarty struggle at the Reichenbach Falls: apparently, both are killed. Date: First published: 1893

Background image1893 Collection: Queen Victoria with King George and Queen Mary, 1893

Queen Victoria with King George and Queen Mary, 1893
Photographic portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India, with her grandson King George V and his wife Queen Mary, pictured at Osborne House, 1893

Background image1893 Collection: Chicago World Fair 1893

Chicago World Fair 1893
View from the air of the Chicago World Fair

Background image1893 Collection: Dorothy Parker / Iln 1930

Dorothy Parker / Iln 1930
DOROTHY PARKER American writer

Background image1893 Collection: Map Siam / Thailand 1893

Map Siam / Thailand 1893
Map showing the Kingdom of Siam, now Thailand

Background image1893 Collection: An Enthusiastic Lawyer

An Enthusiastic Lawyer
BRITAIN A barrister in court is carried away by his feelings, to the astonishment of his colleagues

Background image1893 Collection: Gladstone / Home Rule Bill

Gladstone / Home Rule Bill
The House of Commons, February 13 1893. William Gladstone, Liberal Prime Minister, introduces the Second Home Rule Bill

Background image1893 Collection: Scottish Toast 1893

Scottish Toast 1893
Scotsmen make a toast with thistle shaped glasses full of John Robertson & Sons whisky Date: 1893

Background image1893 Collection: Mayakovsky (Seated)

Mayakovsky (Seated)
VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY - Russian poet and supporter of the Communist party in Russia (this photograph is dated 1927)

Background image1893 Collection: Barton Swing Bridge

Barton Swing Bridge
The Barton Swing Aqueduct is a feat of Victorian civil engineering, at Barton upon Irwell, England. It carries the Bridgewater Canal over the Manchester Ship Canal. Date: completed 1893

Background image1893 Collection: Mayakovsky (H / S)

Mayakovsky (H / S)
Mayakovsky (H/S)

Background image1893 Collection: Dursley-Pedersen Bike

Dursley-Pedersen Bike
The Dursley-Pedersen cantilever bicycle

Background image1893 Collection: Restaurant Chef / Marchett

Restaurant Chef / Marchett
Restaurant chefs at work

Background image1893 Collection: Guy de Maupassant, French writer

Guy de Maupassant, French writer
Guy de Maupassant ( Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant ), French writer of novels, short stories and poems

Background image1893 Collection: Wedding of George V

Wedding of George V
Wedding of King George V, then Duke of York, to Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, later Queen Mary on 6 July 1893. The couple are attended by numerous bridesmaids

Background image1893 Collection: Tsar Alexander III and family

Tsar Alexander III and family
Tsar Alexander III (1845-1894) at the Livadia Palace, Yalta with his family. From left; the Tsarevich Nicholas (later Tsar Nicholas II), Grand Prince Georgi Alexandrovich, Tsaritsa Maria Feodorovna

Background image1893 Collection: Vladimir Mayakovsky

Vladimir Mayakovsky
VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY Russian poet, futurist : supported communism from 1907, after 1917 sought to depoetize poetry by use of technical innovations

Background image1893 Collection: Men Evening Dress 1893

Men Evening Dress 1893
Three variations of evening dress for 1893-4: dress tail coats with roll collar or step collar & a dress jacket. One man wears a black waistcoat & pumps the others wear white

Background image1893 Collection: In the Old Belfry -- bellringers in action

In the Old Belfry -- bellringers in action. 1893

Background image1893 Collection: Golf at Wimbledon 1893

Golf at Wimbledon 1893
A group of male golfers putt out during a round at Wimbledon. Date: 1893

Background image1893 Collection: Victorian Train Station

Victorian Train Station
The little railway station at Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland, a typical small late Victorian station. Date: 1893

Background image1893 Collection: Aussie Cricketers 1893

Aussie Cricketers 1893
The Eighth Australian Cricketing Team of 1893 pose in their cricket whites and a variety of caps and blazers

Background image1893 Collection: Kensington Infirmary, West London

Kensington Infirmary, West London
The entrance to Kensington Infirmary on Wrights Lane (now Marloes Road) in West London. The infirmary, designed by Thomas W Aldwinckle, was built in 1893 by the poor law parish of St Mary Abbots

Background image1893 Collection: Airing Court at Fountain Mental Hospital, Tooting, Surrey

Airing Court at Fountain Mental Hospital, Tooting, Surrey
Children and nurses enjoy playing with toys in an airing court at the Fountain Hospital at Tooting in Surrey (now South London)

Background image1893 Collection: Pier Head Station, Liverpool Docks, 1893

Pier Head Station, Liverpool Docks, 1893
Engraving showing the Pier Head Station of the Liverpool Docks Overhead Electric Railway, 1893. This passenger railway, which ran for seven miles through Liverpools docks

Background image1893 Collection: PWLLHELI - 1893

PWLLHELI - 1893
Pwllheli, Llyn Peninsula, Gwynedd

Background image1893 Collection: J-M Charcot / Maitres

J-M Charcot / Maitres
JEAN-MARTIN CHARCOT French neurologist

Background image1893 Collection: Excalibur / Beardsley

Excalibur / Beardsley
Arthur learns of the sword Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake

Background image1893 Collection: Holmes & Watson / In Lab

Holmes & Watson / In Lab
THE NAVAL TREATY Holmes busy with his chemistry apparatus at Baker St. watched by Dr. Watson

Background image1893 Collection: Mormon Temple

Mormon Temple
The Mormon Temple, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah built 1893 at a cost of nearly $4 million !!!

Background image1893 Collection: PROFESSOR MORIARTY

PROFESSOR MORIARTY
THE FINAL PROBLEM The evil professor Moriarty; named by Holmes the Napoleon of Crime'. Date: First published: 1893

Background image1893 Collection: Puccini Mascagni Franche

Puccini Mascagni Franche
GIACOMO PUCCINI with Mascagni (left) and Franchetti (centre) at Milan in 1893

Background image1893 Collection: NANSENs FRAM (COLOUR)

NANSENs FRAM (COLOUR)
his ship, the Fram

Background image1893 Collection: Queen Victoria & Empress Frederick of Prussia

Queen Victoria & Empress Frederick of Prussia
Queen Victoria seated, together with her eldest daughter, Victoria, (affectionately known as Vicky ), Empress Frederick of Prussia, mother to Kaiser Wilhelm II. Taken 1893

Background image1893 Collection: Wedding of George, Duke of York, and Princess Mary of Teck

Wedding of George, Duke of York, and Princess Mary of Teck
The Wedding of Prince George, Duke of York (later King George V), and Princess Mary of Teck on 6th July 1893 at the Chapel Royal, St. Jamess Palace in London

Background image1893 Collection: Illustration, A Song of the English, Lighthouse

Illustration, A Song of the English, Lighthouse
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

Background image1893 Collection: Royal wedding 1893 - Queen Victoria congratulates the bride

Royal wedding 1893 - Queen Victoria congratulates the bride
Princess May of Teck(later the Duchess of York, then Queen Mary)(1867-1953) receives congratulations from her husbands grandmother, Queen Victoria

Background image1893 Collection: Statue of Eros

Statue of Eros
The famous statue of the Greek god of love, Eros, Piccadilly Circus, London, was sculpted by Alfred Gilbert in 1893. It was originally called the Shaftesbury Monument. Date: 1893

Background image1893 Collection: Childrens Ward, Fountain Mental Hospital, Tooting, Surrey

Childrens Ward, Fountain Mental Hospital, Tooting, Surrey
Children in cots and nurses in a ward of the Fountain Hospital at Tooting in Surrey (now South London). The hospital was opened in 1893 as a fever hospital by the Metropolitan Asylums Board

Background image1893 Collection: Alfred Rosenberg

Alfred Rosenberg
ALFRED ROSENBERG Leading proponent of National Socialist ideology. In 1941 he was appointed Minister for the Eastern Occupied Territories

Background image1893 Collection: Thailand / Bangkok 1893

Thailand / Bangkok 1893
Bangkok: viewed across the river

Background image1893 Collection: Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903). Engraving. Colored

Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903). Engraving. Colored
Leo XIII (1810-1903). Italian Pope (1878-1903), named Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci. Engraving by Knesing in The Catalan Illustration, 1893. Colored

Background image1893 Collection: Coventinas well

Coventinas well (Roman) Carrawborough, Northumberland Date: 1893

Background image1893 Collection: Herbert Vaughan

Herbert Vaughan
Herbert Alfred Vaughan (1832 1903), English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Westminster from 1892 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1893

Background image1893 Collection: Alexander I / Bulgaria

Alexander I / Bulgaria
ALEXANDER I Prince Alexander of Battenberg, who was briefly Alexander I of Bulgaria (First Prince) from 1879-86. Known as Sandro

Background image1893 Collection: Harry Pollitt, Communist Party leader, with Mao Zedong

Harry Pollitt, Communist Party leader, with Mao Zedong
Harry Pollitt (1890-1960), Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain, and head of its trade union department. Seen here shaking hands with the Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong (1893-1976)

Background image1893 Collection: LAWYERS BORED

LAWYERS BORED
A sketch in the Law Courts, showing the patient and respectful attention of the Counsel for the Plaintiff during the speech of Counsel for Defendant Date: circa 1893

Background image1893 Collection: Robert Louis Stevenson - at Vailima, Samoa - last portrait

Robert Louis Stevenson - at Vailima, Samoa - last portrait
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) - British novelist - the Scottish novelist at Vailima - this is said to be the last portrait taken of him. Date: circa 1893

Background image1893 Collection: Barge and windmill, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex

Barge and windmill, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
A picturesque view of a sailing barge and Archers Windmill at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. The Georgiana, a spritsail barge owned by Smeed Dean & Co of Kent

Background image1893 Collection: The little house at Arrah

The little house at Arrah
The fortified house at Arrah, refuge for a small party of British officers and 50 sikh soldiers during the Indian Rebellion of 1857

Background image1893 Collection: Fountain Hospital, Tooting, Surrey

Fountain Hospital, Tooting, Surrey
The Fountain Hospital at Tooting in Surrey (now South London) was opened in 1893 as a fever hospital by the Metropolitan Asylums Board

Background image1893 Collection: Notebook and wig of Justice Hawkins

Notebook and wig of Justice Hawkins
A notebook and wig once belonging to the English Judge, Justice Hawkins (Henry Hawkins, 1st Baron Brampton), given to Horatio William Bottomley, Liberal MP

Background image1893 Collection: The End of the Henley Regatta, 1893

The End of the Henley Regatta, 1893
Engraving showing the melee of punts taking place at the end of the Henley Regatta, on the River Thames, 1893. Henley Regatta was part of the British social scene

Background image1893 Collection: Tchaikovsky / Rimsky Book

Tchaikovsky / Rimsky Book
PYOTR ILICH TCHAIKOVSKY Russian composer

Background image1893 Collection: Mayakovsky (3 / 4)

Mayakovsky (3 / 4)
VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY - Russian poet and supporter of the Communist party in Russia (this photograph is dated 1927)

Background image1893 Collection: Ivor Novello / Profile

Ivor Novello / Profile
IVOR NOVELLO (Ivor Davies) Welsh actor of stage and screen, playwright and composer

Background image1893 Collection: Tchaikovsky / Russian

Tchaikovsky / Russian
PYOTR ILICH TCHAIKOVSKY Russian composer

Background image1893 Collection: William Price as Druid

William Price as Druid
WILLIAM PRICE Welsh eccentric and druid

Background image1893 Collection: Sherlock Holmes / Doyle

Sherlock Holmes / Doyle
THE ADVENTURE OF THE STOCKBROKERs CLERK. Pycroft shakes his clenched hands in the air

Background image1893 Collection: Morgan Le Fay / Tristram

Morgan Le Fay / Tristram
Morgan le Fay gives a shield to Sir Tristram

Background image1893 Collection: Maharani of Kutch Behar

Maharani of Kutch Behar

Background image1893 Collection: Father Christmas / Sleigh

Father Christmas / Sleigh
Father Christmas ringing a bell as he sleighs down a hill

Background image1893 Collection: Tower Bridge from the south west, March 1893

Tower Bridge from the south west, March 1893 Date: 1893

Background image1893 Collection: Daisy Bell Waltz by Karl Kaps

Daisy Bell Waltz by Karl Kaps
Promotional music sheet for the Daisy Bell Waltz by Karl Kaps, based on the popular song Daisy Bell by Harry Dacres famous song

Background image1893 Collection: Carl Hertz, illusionist and conjurer

Carl Hertz, illusionist and conjurer. 1893

Background image1893 Collection: Peter Jones, London

Peter Jones, London
MR. PETER JONES, GENERAL DRAPER, SILK MERCER, OUT FITTER AND FURNISHER. The Sloane Square shopping emporium in the late 19th century

Background image1893 Collection: Scots Guards Pipe Major

Scots Guards Pipe Major
Pipe Major of the Scots Guards

Background image1893 Collection: Sher. Holmes in Disguise

Sher. Holmes in Disguise
THE FINAL PROBLEM Holmes travels disguised as a Catholic priest. Date: First published: 1893

Background image1893 Collection: American Politician Hamilton Fish

American Politician Hamilton Fish
Hamilton Fish- United States politician. Date: circa 1860s

Background image1893 Collection: Chepstow Castle, Wales - Viewed from the Bridge

Chepstow Castle, Wales - Viewed from the Bridge
Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales - Viewed from the Bridge Date: 1893

Background image1893 Collection: Victoria / Camperdown 4

Victoria / Camperdown 4
Error and obstinacy on Admiral Tryons part lead to his flagship Victoria and the Camperdown colliding : Victoria sinks, Camperdown is damaged, 300+ drown

Background image1893 Collection: Mrs Patrick Campbell

Mrs Patrick Campbell
Beatrice Stella Campbell (nee Tanner), 1865-1940, stage name Mrs Patrick Campbell, posing for a photograph while acting in the melodrama The Black Domino at the Adelphi Theatre

Background image1893 Collection: Biscuit Tins for Xmas

Biscuit Tins for Xmas
A selection of biscuit tins for Christmas, offered by Huntley and Palmers of Reading, England

Background image1893 Collection: Tchaikovsky / Eichhorn

Tchaikovsky / Eichhorn
PYOTR ILICH TCHAIKOVSKY Russian composer

Background image1893 Collection: Tchaikovsky / Cig Card

Tchaikovsky / Cig Card
PYOTR ILICH TCHAIKOVSKY Russian composer

Background image1893 Collection: Victoria / Camperdown 2

Victoria / Camperdown 2
Owing to error and obstinacy on Admiral Tryons part, the battleships Victoria and Camperdown collide : the flagship Victoria sinks, Camperdown is damaged

Background image1893 Collection: Whist Party at Athenaeum

Whist Party at Athenaeum
Anthony Trollope, Abraham Hayward, W E Forster and Sir George Jessel play whist at the Athenaeum Club, London

Background image1893 Collection: Boytons Water Show / Suit

Boytons Water Show / Suit
Captain Paul Boyton demonstrates his life-saving suit at the Worlds Water Show at Earls Court, London

Background image1893 Collection: Boytons Water Show / Race

Boytons Water Show / Race
A race between Wallace Ross and George Bubear, American and British sculling champions, at Captain Boytons World Water Show at Earls Court, London

Background image1893 Collection: Lab at Pratt Institute

Lab at Pratt Institute
The Department of Domestic Science (Chemistry) at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn

Background image1893 Collection: FENNEC

FENNEC
Canis zerda. Fox-like creature from Africa, notable for its very long ears. All the better to hear you with

Background image1893 Collection: Stephen King-Hall

Stephen King-Hall
STEPHEN KING-HALL Writer and commentator



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