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1894 Collection (page 7)

Background image1894 Collection: Marshall steam traction engine TA2758

Marshall steam traction engine TA2758 (msn 23368), built in 1894, at Upton Pyne. (Marshall, Sons & Co. was a British agricultural machinery manufacturer founded in 1848)

Background image1894 Collection: Lily Langtry in A Society Butterfly - photograph by Downey

Lily Langtry in A Society Butterfly - photograph by Downey
Lily Langtry as Aphrodite in A Society Butterfly at the Opera Comique, London. Date: 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Finishing Touches - Madame Sarah Bernhardt in Dressing Room

Finishing Touches - Madame Sarah Bernhardt in Dressing Room
Finishing Touches - Madame Sarah Bernhardt in her Dressing Room Date: 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Madame Sarah Bernhardt in Izeyl at Dalys Theatre

Madame Sarah Bernhardt in Izeyl at Dalys Theatre - Izeyl watching Prince Siddartha from the porch of her house. Date: 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Frontispiece to plays by John Davidson by Aubrey Beardsley

Frontispiece to plays by John Davidson by Aubrey Beardsley
Design for a frontispiece to John Davidsons plays by Aubrey Beardsley, featuring caricatures of Sir Augustus Harris, theatre manager; Oscar Wilde; Beardsleys sister Mabel (nude woman); Henry Harland

Background image1894 Collection: Sunderland Association Football Club, 1894-95

Sunderland Association Football Club, 1894-95
Sunderland Association Football Club committee and players, league champions in the 1894-95 season: Wallace (Financial Secretary), Dodds (Trainer), McNeil, Doig, Wilson, Gow, McCreadie, Henderson

Background image1894 Collection: Household Horse Guard Cavalry 1894

Household Horse Guard Cavalry 1894
A Life Guard, part of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, one of the senior regiments of the British Army. Date: 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Battle of Ping-Yang, 1894. Engraving

Battle of Ping-Yang, 1894. Engraving
First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895). Battle of Ping-Yang (September 15, 1894). The Japanese take a Chinese position. Colored engraving

Background image1894 Collection: Lucky Dip / The Bran Tub

Lucky Dip / The Bran Tub
Three girls in beautiful white lace dresses and hats try their luck in the bran tub. They peek over the edge to try and win a good prize... Date: 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Christening of Edward VIII

Christening of Edward VIII
Queen Victoria with her son Edward VII, grandson George V and great-grandson the baby Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor) at his christening. Date: 1894

Background image1894 Collection: King Edward VIII in his coronation robes

King Edward VIII in his coronation robes
King Edward VIII (1894-1972), later Duke of Windsor, fictitiously pictured in his coronation robes, a painting by Albert Collings which was to appear in the pre-prepared Coronation Record Number of

Background image1894 Collection: An Irish Idyll

An Irish Idyll (c.1894). Purser, Sarah Henrietta 1848-1943. Date: 1894 (circa)

Background image1894 Collection: Design for Textile or Wallpaper with yellow roses

Design for Textile or Wallpaper with yellow roses. Pencil, coloured chalk and Gouache on detail paper. Silver Studio. 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Marriage of Princess Victoria Melita & Ernst Ludwig of Hesse

Marriage of Princess Victoria Melita & Ernst Ludwig of Hesse
Front-cover wedding portrait of the Grand Duke and Duchess of the Hesse-Darmstadt at Coburg. Princess Victoria Melita was daughter of Alfred

Background image1894 Collection: Salome title page by Aubrey Beardsley

Salome title page by Aubrey Beardsley
Title page designed by Aubrey Beardsley illustrating the English translation of Oscar Wildes play Salome. The more obscene details were suppressed. Date: 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Rowton House, Kings Cross, London

Rowton House, Kings Cross, London
The Kings Cross Rowton House (built in 1894) at the corner of Kings Cross Road and Calthorpe Street, Central London. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose built

Background image1894 Collection: George Vs children

George Vs children
The children of King George V and Queen Mary in about 1916: (l to r behind) Prince Albert (1895-1952), later King George VI, Prince Edward (1894-1972), later King Edward VIII

Background image1894 Collection: Edward VIII, Princess Mary and George VI when children, c. 19

Edward VIII, Princess Mary and George VI when children, c. 19
Photograph showing (from left) Prince Edward of York (1894-1972), later King Edward VIII; Princess Victoria of York (1897-1965), later Princess Mary

Background image1894 Collection: Georges Carpentier (1894-1975)

Georges Carpentier (1894-1975)
Photograph showing Georges Carpentier, the French boxer, pictured c.1912. Carpentier was European Champion in both welterweight and middleweight in 1912

Background image1894 Collection: BRAN TUB

BRAN TUB
Children plunge their arms into the Bran Tub to obtain their present at a party

Background image1894 Collection: Sir Henry Colville

Sir Henry Colville
Sir HENRY EDWARD COLVILLE Military, and commissioner of Uganda when declared a British Protectorate in 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Austen Henry Layard

Austen Henry Layard
AUSTEN HENRY LAYARD Archaeologist and diplomat

Background image1894 Collection: Lady with Lady Spirit

Lady with Lady Spirit
From: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Lady with Lady Spirit in front of her. Apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Lady Spirit

Lady Spirit
From: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Lady Spirit wearing shroud and holding flowers. Apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Spirit child

Spirit child
From: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Spirit child wearing shroud. Apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Advertisement for Pears Soap

Advertisement for Pears Soap from Illustrated London News. 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Uganda, The Black Baby

Uganda, The Black Baby
Uganda portrayed as a baby on John Bulls doorstep. Date: 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Woman jester

Woman jester
Front cover of The Sketch showing a female jester. 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Battle of Ping-Yang, 1894. Engraving. Colored

Battle of Ping-Yang, 1894. Engraving. Colored
First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895). Battle of Ping-Yang (September 15, 1894). The Japanese take a Chinese position. Engraving. Colored

Background image1894 Collection: Coldstream guards

Coldstream guards, oldest regiment in the Regular Army in continuous active service. Date: 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Sadi Carnot, Young

Sadi Carnot, Young
MARIE-FRANCOIS-SADI CARNOT President of France, while a young man. Date: 1837 - 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Variety of birds eggs

Variety of birds eggs
1- swallow, 2- cuckoo, 3- rook, 4- crow, 5- jackdaw, 6- jay, 7- sparrowhawk, 8- kestrel, 9- ringed plover, 10- snipe, 11- black tern, 12- common tern. Date: 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Lily Langtry

Lily Langtry (1853 - 1929), British actress. Date: 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Advert for Wilson & Gill jewellery 1894

Advert for Wilson & Gill jewellery 1894
Selection of novelty jewellery from Wilson & Gill, in Regent Street, London. 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Introduction to Mwanga III of Uganda

Introduction to Mwanga III of Uganda
Introduction to Mwanga, from The Rise of Our East African Empire, by Lord Frederick J.D. Lugard, 1893 Date: 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Watkins Tower - Proposed Design - Wembley Park, London

Watkins Tower - Proposed Design - Wembley Park, London
Programme for a series of musical concerts and entertainments at Wembley Park, London in July 1894 (Wembley Park officially opened to the public in May 1894)

Background image1894 Collection: Karl Anton Werther

Karl Anton Werther
KARL ANTON baron von WERTHER Prussian ambassador to France in 1869 : in less than a year the two countries would be at war... Date: 1809 - 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Egyptian souvenir postcard - Sphinx, Oasis and Woman

Egyptian souvenir postcard - Sphinx, Oasis and Woman
Early pictorial Egyptian souvenir postcard featuring deictions of the Sphinx, an Oasis and an Egyptian bedouin woman from Cairo, wearing an Arousa el Burqa (literally the Bride of the Veil)

Background image1894 Collection: Irascible old man leaning forward to rise from his chair

Irascible old man leaning forward to rise from his chair
A study of an irascible old man leaning forward to rise from his chair. He may have had a little too much to drink. Date: 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Prince Edward of Wales in Indian military uniform

Prince Edward of Wales in Indian military uniform
Prince Edward of Wales (1894-1972), later King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor, dressed in Indian military uniform. Date: c. 1925

Background image1894 Collection: Edward VIII in military uniform

Edward VIII in military uniform
Prince Edward of Wales (1894-1972), later King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor, as second lieutenant of the Grenadier Guards in 1914. Date: 1914

Background image1894 Collection: Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburghs wedding dress

Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburghs wedding dress
A sketch showing the profusely embroidered wedding dress worn by Princess Victoria Melita for her marriage to Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse on 19th April 1894 at Coburg

Background image1894 Collection: Salome Contents page by Aubrey Beardsley

Salome Contents page by Aubrey Beardsley
Design by Aubrey Beardsley for the Contents page of the English translation of Oscar Wildes play Salome. A masked, winged, hermaphroditic satyr gestures to a lady in a long gown. Date: 1894

Background image1894 Collection: Princess Victoria Melita & Prince Ernst Ludwig of Hesse

Princess Victoria Melita & Prince Ernst Ludwig of Hesse
A portrait of the recently married Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and her husband, Prince Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse

Background image1894 Collection: Edward VIII in full dress uniform on a blotter

Edward VIII in full dress uniform on a blotter
King Edward VIII (1894-1972) in full dress uniform on a Family Journal Coronation Year Blotter. Date: 1937

Background image1894 Collection: Latvia - Liepaja - The Nicolai Gymnasium

Latvia - Liepaja - The Nicolai Gymnasium
Liepaja (Libau) - a city in western Latvia on the Baltic sea and the administrative center of Liepaja district. The largest city in the Kurzeme (Courland)

Background image1894 Collection: Union Workhouse, Grimsby, Lincolnshire

Union Workhouse, Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Entrance gateway to the Grimsby Union workhouse on Scartho Road, Grimsby (then in Lincolnshire, now in South Humberside). The buildings, opened in 1894, were designed by H.C. Scaping

Background image1894 Collection: Front view of the Reichstag building, Berlin, Germany

Front view of the Reichstag building, Berlin, Germany
View from the front of the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany. The building opened in 1894 to house the German parliament



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