1897 Collection

Peter the Cat by Louis Wain
Peter the Cat - Mr Louis Wain at Home. 1897

Brahms Photo
JOHANNES BRAHMS German musician with his autograph Date: 1833 - 1897

Amelia Earhart (1897-1937)
Amelia Earhart, 1897-1937. Date: 1937

Smithfield Market
Smithfield meat market

Nelsons Flagship Foudroyant - Blackpool, Lancashire
The decaying hulk of Horatio Nelsons Flagship Foudroyant wrecked on the beach at Blackpool, Lancashire. On 16 June 1897 during a violent storm when under tow

Tattooed Victorian lady, 1897
An example of American tattoo work on a Mrs. Williams. Date: 1897

The Battle of Trafalgar, H. M. S. Victory breaks the line
Illustration showing the moment during the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, that HMS Victory broke through the enemy line and also the moment of Nelsons mortal wounding

Advert / Exhib Pre-Raphael
Show of Pre-Raphaelite art at the Goupil Gallery, London : but the style of the poster is post-pre-Raphaelite even while paying homage to the pre- Raphaelite subject-matter

Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis, as design motif in wallpaper, borders and fabrics.. Lithograph by Verneuil with pochoir (stencil)

STEINLEN, Th鯰hile A Tourn饠du Chat Noir
STEINLEN, Th鯰 hile Alexandre (1859-1923). Reopening of the Chat Noir Cabaret. 1896. Advertisment of the tour of this cabaret from Montmartre founded by Rodolphe Salis. Art Nouveau. Litography

Johannes Brahms, German composer and musician. Seen here in profile, playing a grand piano

The Royal Family of Great Britain 1897 (the year of Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee). 1897

Tattooed masterpiece by Mr. Sutherland Macdonald of Jermyn S
A battle royal in mid-air: a tattooed masterpiece by Mr. Sutherland Macdonald of Hamman Studio, Jermyn Street, London. Date: 1897

SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, 1900
Photograph of the North German Lloyd Liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse at sea, 1900. This liner was built by the Vulcan Shipyards at Stettin with the aim of winning the Blue Riband

Army Nursing Sister
A nursing sister, together with Army medical staff and hospital corps, and army chaplain

Thames Embankment / Gas
The Thames Embankment, London, on a foggy evening - the lamplighter just lighting the gas lamps

Tuba on its Own
There are three sizes of tuba - the smallest is the Euphonium : the Bombardon is the most usual; there is also the Contrabass Tuba, used in military bands and by Wagner. Date: 1897

Steam turbine blades - Sir Charles Parsons
Steam turbine blades from an early sketch by Sir Charles Parsons, 1897 Date: 1897

Aerial view of Forest Gate Hospital, East London
An aerial view of the Forest Gate Hospital, London E7. The hospital was originally opened in 1854 by the Whitechapel Union as an industrial school for 800 children

Geo Roes Irish Whisky
This advert extols the medicinal benefits of whisky quoting the British Medical Journal for authority

Diagram of Ear / 1897
EAR Diagram of the front view of the ear

Valve Horn on its Own
The VALVE HORN (French : Cor a pistons) was introduced in the 1830s and completely replaced the Natural Horn used by Mozart and Beethoven

Rudyard Kipling at Desk
English writer, Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) working at his desk

Emma de Burgh, tattooed lady, 1897
Emma de Burgh, tattooed lady. The work on her back depicts the Last Supper, by Da Vinci, and was regarded at the time to be one of the finest piece of tattooing produced in America

Frank de Burgh, tattooed man, 1897
Frank de Burgh, tattooed man, displays his chest and forearms, which bear the name of his wife, Emma, and a forget-me-not motto, depicted on a scroll, held aloft by a maiden

Afghan War / Dargai
THE STORMING OF DARGAI The Gordon Highlanders, under Colonel Mathias, storm heights fiercely defended by a large force of Afridis

Queen Victoria
QUEEN VICTORIA Circa 1897

Queen Victoria and family, Diamond Jubilee
Queen Victoria (1819 - 1901) surrounded by some of her family to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee

Sebastian Kneipp
SEBASTIAN KNEIPP Bavarian priest, promoter of hydropathy (cold water cure) and herbalism

ADVERT / ENOs SALTS 1897
Enos Fruit Salt for digestive problems

Victoria Diamond Jubilee celebration bookmark
A beautifully embroidered silk bookmark to commemorate Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee

Victorian Women Cyclists Pushing their Bicycles, c. 1898
Photograph showing a group of women pushing their bicycles up a hill; probably somewhere in England in the summer of 1897

Jrm Chard / Woodbury Photo
JOHN ROUSE MERRIOTT CHARD Military, notably at Rorkes Drift

Lascelles / Mary / Ww1 Nurse
PRINCESS MARY later VISCOUNTESS LASCELLES as a nurse during the First World War, photographed at Buckingham Palace

Advert / Manders Inks
Manders Inks for Artistic Posters

Corno Di Bassetto
The CORNO DI BASSETTO (sometimes called the Bassett Horn) is virtually an alto clarinet

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD American composer and conductor, born in Austria (now Czech.)

Johannes Brahms, German composer and musician

Grand National Waterjump
Horses and riders leap over the water jump on the Grand National course at Aintree in 1897. The winner, Manifesto is seen in the lead

Johannes Brahms, German composer and musician, seen here as a young man, sitting at a grand piano

Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith 1897-1935
Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith, 1897-1935. This photo is regarded by his family as the best and most typical ever taken of Smithy. Date: 1935

Dancing on the pier at Blackpool, Lancashire
One of the piers at Blackpool, Lancashire, packed with dancing couples

From Pig to Pork 1897
The slaughter process from pig to pork at Armours Chicago plant

Earhart / Lockheed Vega
Amelia Mary Earhart (Mrs Putnam) and her Lockheed Vega: she was the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo (1932)

Cornet on its Own
The CORNET-A-PISTONS - usually known simply as the Cornet, has a tube half the length of the trumpet, and consequently plays an octave higher

Therese Martin Saint

Therese Martin
THERESE MARTIN as a Carmelite novice, in the nunnery at Lisieux circa 1890

Queen Victoria
QUEEN VICTORIA A family group at Windsor Castle, during her Diamond Jubilee year

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