1893 Collection (page 19)

Maharajah Takhtsingjie, Maharajah of Bhownugar, 1893
Engraved portrait of His Highness Maharajah Takhtsingjie, G.C.S.I. the Maharajah of Bhownugar, 1893. The Maharajah was a vistor to London that year

Hyde Park 1893
fashionable people in the Park

Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855)
Engraved portrait of Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855), the English writer who used the pseudonym Currer Bell

Rev. Patrick Bronte (1777-1861)
Engraved portrait of the Reverend Patrick Bronte (1777-1861), the father of Anne, Charlotte and Emily Bronte

Afternoon Bowling at an English Country House, c. 1893
Engraving showing two young couples enjoying a game of bowls on the lawn of an English country house, c.1893

Miss Rosita Forbes (1893-1967) British traveller and author (later Mrs. McGrath)

Baby Elephant Pickpocket at Olympia, London, 1893
Sketch showing one of Barnum and Baileys elephants investigating the pocket of a female visitor to the circus, Olympia, London, 1893

Water pump
An advertisement from 1893 for Marryweathers hand fire-engines, a device which doubles up as both a fire extinguisher and plant watering machine

Fridtjof Nansen, Franz Josef Land, 1896
Engraving showing Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), the Norwegian explorer, biologist and oceanographer, pictured at Cape Flora, Franz Josef Land, 1896

Sir Samuel Baker (1821-1893)
Engraving of Sir Samuel White Baker, the English explorer, pictured in 1873. Baker undertook extensive exploration of Central Africa, in search of the source of the Nile River, in the early 1860 s

A Land-rush in the United States. A Minute after the signal
Horses and wagons of all sorts take the participants in the land-rush to stake a claim for their plot. The land on which Arkansas City was to be built had belonged to the Cherokees until they were

A Land-rush in the United States. The crowd waiting to take
Once the Cherokee Indians had been taken off their lands, a land rush was organised where settlers would race to take possession of the land, sometimes shooting rivals in the process

The Fram leaving Christiania, Norway, 1893
Engraving showing Fridtjof Nansens ship Fram, leaving the harbour of Christiania for the Arctic, 24th June 1893. Nansen embarked with 12 crew for a three-year expedition

The Marquis of Salisbury opening the Liverpool Docks Overhea
Engraving showing the Marquis of Salisbury (1830-1903) turning on the current at the generating station, Bramley-Moore Dock, Liverpool, 4th February 1893

Queen Mary at the Royal Free Hospital, taking over royal duties during George Vs illness. Formerly Princess May of Teck, she married King George V in 1893 and devoted much of her time to charity

London Family heading for Epping Forest on WhitMonday, 1893
Engraving showing a London family heading to Epping Forest on a donkey cart on the WhitMonday holiday, c.1893

The Fram released from the Ice, Greenland Sea, 1896
Illustration showing Fridtjof Nansens ship the Fram as it was released from the Arctic ice pack, by detonating an explosive charge in the ice underneath the vessel, 1896

Matabele / On the War Path
The Matabele tribe on the war path (literally)

Matabele / Call to Arms
A Matabele call to arms

J-M Charcot / Luque / Hommes
JEAN-MARTIN CHARCOT A satire on the French neurologist

Alain Gerbault / Ils 1929
ALAIN GERBAULT French solo sailor on the Firecrest

Italian Salt Workers
French attack Italian salt workers at Aigues-Mortes

Universal Suffrage comes to the people of France - well, to French men, anyway

UMBERTO I / ILZ / 1893
UMBERTO I King of Italy from 1878, pictured here in 1893

H Von Helmholtz / Johnson
HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ German physicist, anatomist and physiologist in 1893

Mallarme / Harpers 1893
STEPHANE MALLARME French poet

Chekhov / Stephina / Iavorsk
ANTON CHEKHOV Russian writer with TL Stephina and LB Iavorskaia in 1893

Arthur Carr Batting, 1926
Photograph of Arthur W. Carr (1893-1963), the Nottinghamshire and England batsman, playing a strong shot in 1926. Carr was appointed England Captain in 1926, but played only 11 matches for England

K. S. Ranjitsinhji (1872-1933)
Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, the famous Indian-born cricketer, who played for England, Sussex and the MCC between 1893 and 1920

Northwich Viaduct - 1893
Northwich Viaduct River Weaver Cheshire

Edward Maitland 1824-97
Edawrd Maitland (1824 - 1897) - English humanitarian writer. A supporter for the rights of higher education for women, a spiritualist and founder of The Hermetic Society in 1884

Rear-Admiral Markham, of HMS Camperdown, 1893
Photograph of Rear-Admiral Markham of the Royal Navy, c.1893. Markham was in command of the Second Division of the Mediterranean Squadron on board HMS Camperdown

Blackburn Boulevards
The Boulevards, Blackburn in winter

The Rex shirt, 1893
An advertisement for a gentlemans shirt

Girl in Hope and Fear
A little girl looks out of a round window in hope and fear

Cricketer, Scotton
William Scotton Cricketer - Nottinghamshire

Melancholy France
Surrounded with troubles on all sides, France has ample reasons to give way to melancholia

Jean Daniel Colladon
JEAN DANIEL COLLADON Swiss engineer

Children / Look out to Sea
Two little girls look out across the beach for their father, who is somewhere out at sea

Girl and Naughty Cat
A little girl holds a kitten under her arm and reprimands a naughty cat, who looks unrepentant

SS Umbria, 1893
Engraving of the Cunard steamship Umbria. During a crossing from Queenstown to New York in December 1892, the Umbrias propellor shaft broke and she was disabled

Ford Madox Brown
FORD MADOX BROWN Artist, in 1876

Ford Madox Brown 1893
FORD MADOX BROWN Artist, at the end of his life

Corinth Canal Works
Construction of the CORINTH CANAL : this striking view shows the enormous operation of literally cutting through Greece from coast to coast

Victoria / Camperdown 3
Admiral Tryon, whose error and obstinacy have caused his flagship Victoria to be rammed by the Camperdown, goes down with his ship, thus avoiding a court-martial

Sir John J C Abbott
SIR JOHN J C ABBOTT Canadian statesman, premier

Christmas Eve at Maxim s
Christmas Eve at the Parisian restaurant, Maxim s. Maxims was founded by Maxime Gaillard on April 23rd 1893 becoming Paris most celebrated and fashionable restaurant

Alexander Baron Bach
ALEXANDER, freiherr von BACH Austrian statesman

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