Called Collection (#22)

The room in which Dr. Livingstone was born
The room in which Dr. Livingstone, explorer, was born. David Livingstone was born at Blantyre, eight miles south of Glasgow, on 19 March 1813

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - On board hospital ship
The so-called bird cage walk. On board the hospital ship Victor Emmanuel. Two invalids read while recuperating during the Ashanti expedition

The New Trafalgar Fan - souvenir of Nelsons victory
This was a contemporary souvenir of Nelsons victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and was called The New Trafalgar Fan and dedicated to Lady Collingwood

Thirty-two pounders on the lower deck of H. M. S. Victory
The interior of the famous H.M.S. Victory after extensive redecoration and restoration shown for the first time in colour. This is the lower deck with canons called thirty-two pounders

Little Girl Playing with her Dolls, 1888
Illustration showing a little girl nursing her collection of dolls. This image was originally entitled Dear, dear; what it is to be a mother of a family

Little Girl playing with her doll, 1888
Illustration showing a little Victorian girl playing with her baby doll. This image was originally entitled Just the image of his dear pa

Trial of the Pyroleter Fire Extinguisher, River Thames, 18
Engraving showing the trial of a fire extinguisher designed for boats, called a Pyroleter, on board a barge in the River Thames at Greenhithe, 1875

France Les Baux
General view of the so-called esplanade in this renowned archaeological site in Provence

Rioting Miners - 3
Mademoiselle Gerard halts the revolting miners at the charbonnage du Hazard, at Charleroi : troops are called in and ten deaths result

Ojibway and Potawatamie native American Indians, 1856
Engraving showing a family group of Indians who visited England from the Walpole Islands, Lake Huron, Canada. They are shown in full ceremonial dress, fringed and embroidered

British troops charging at Loos
An illustration showing British troops charging over German trenches at the Battle of Loos. Between September 25th and October 13th, the British lost over 8000 out of 30, 000 men

Teton Mountains, Wyoming, 1883
Engraving showing the Teton Mountains (also called the Grand Tetons), Wyoming, USA, 1883. These mountains are now part of the Grand Teton National Park

The patent Impoulsoria, horse powered engine
An ingenious means of applying animal power to the working of railways, to supersede the costly locomotive engine. The engine, called Impulsoria

Earl of Derby
Photograph of The Earl of Derby, director of recruiting for Great Britain in 1915 and Minister of War from 1916-1918. Derby introduced a voluntary recruitment policy called the Derby Scheme

French Defensive Outpost near Paris; Franco-Prussian War, 18
Engraving showing French Gardes Mobiles, territorial soldiers called up for the war, on patrol between Forts Bicetre and Ivry, near Paris, during the Franco-Prussian War, 1870

Amreica. Photographs from America. Sicard, on the Yuba
The town of Sicard was set up on the banks of the Yuba by an old provencal sailor called Sicard, one of the first successful gold miners in the region

Jcp Bonaparte / Van Fair
JOSEPH-CHARLES-PAUL BONAPARTE Called Prince Napoleon, and nicknamed Plon-Plon, second son of Jerome

Oath of the Barons 1214
The oath of the English Barons to restore the liberties of the land, taken at the council called by Archbishop Stephen Langton at the abbey at Bury-St-Edmunds

Jcp Bonaparte / Horseback
JOSEPH-CHARLES-PAUL BONAPARTE Called Prince Napoleon, and nicknamed Plon-Plon, second son of Jerome

The Yorkshire Terrier Ashton Ted 95, 1895
Photograph of a tiny blue-and-silver Yorkshire Terrier, called Ashton Ted 95 ; an award-winning animal at the Brighton and Ealing Dog shows of 1896

The Civil War in America. Claiming exemption from the draugh
During the American Civil War, the rich could pay $300 or find a substitute willing to serve in the army in his place, the so-called rich mans law was used by many notable Americans

Woman Exercising
A woman exercising and touching her toes in a chapter called " How To Preserve a Youthful Figure"

Sunday magazine Xmas cover
Front cover illustration for the Christmas number of Sunday magazine, entitled " Paths of Peace Xmas Number". The magazine features a story called " A Brave, Poor Thing" by L.T

Chinese Infantryman
A Chinese Fantassin (foot soldier) called the Tiger of War with his brightly coloured tiger-stripe costume and fierce shield motif

England / Ospinge
Ospinge, a small village in Kent, England, notable for containing a stream flowing down the road, called, most appropriately, Water Lane

Goblin Tower, Chester
Goblin Tower, once called Pembertons Parlour, after a ropemaker whose works were once beneath the city walls at Chester, Cheshire, England

The General Election: On the way to the Poll
Engraving by R.Caton Woodville showing people occupying horse-drawn carriages making their way to the poll to vote. 1886 saw Salisbury

Political Rioting
Cavalry are called in when anti-government rioting in Paris leads to an attack on the palais Bourbon

Celebrating the Jubilee on Board a Man of War - Extra Ration
Engraving showing the distribution of grog (watered down rum) on board HMS Sultan to celebrate the Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887

Taking the veil in the Red Cross Service
A French nurse entering her novitiate, preparing for her probationary training. Nurses went through initial training examinations to qualify as a infirmiere

Le Creusot Strike 7
Strike at Le Creusot ironworks - the army are called in to suppress the strike : they occupy the factory

Le Creusot Strike 5
Strike at Le Creusot ironworks - the army are called in to suppress the strike : the arrival of the lancers

Le Creusot Strike 6
Strike at Le Creusot ironworks - the army are called in to suppress the strike : they occupy the factory

A Knife and Fork Tea at Bill s
The first of two pictures by Edmund Blampied in a series called, Leaves from Life, showing a lower middle class family enjoying a simple dinner in a house

A Club Dinner
The second of two pictures in a series by Edmund Blampied, called Leaves from Life, showing a fine dinner taken by upper class men and women at a club wearing black tie and evening dress

Mexico / Quintanaroo / Tulum
Quintana Roo, Tulum. View of the Mayan temple called El Castillo on the Caribbean coastline. This large pyramid has two columns depicting serpents

Baalbek / Archaeology
The head of a lion and the six columns of the GREAT TEMPLE of JUPITER built by the Romans On the site of the ancient archaeological city of Baalbek once called Heliopolis

Electropathic belt
Advertisement from 1885 for the Pall Mall Electric Associations Electropathic Belt. Claiming to cure a wide range of ailments, including rheumatism, indigestion, lumbago, sciatica

Pilgrims Progress 16
Christian and his companions look down from the top of the hill called Error

Testing the recovered Atlantic telegraph cable
Group of engineers testing the recovered 1865 Atlantic cable. The first attempt at laying a transatlantic cable had been in 1858

The Electric Light
Engraving of electric light apparatus, known as the Dynamo-Electrical machine. Made by the Russian engineer M. Jablochkoff

LINCOLNs INN, 1940S
Lincolns Inn, London, one of the four Inns of Court (the others being Middle Temple, Inner Temple and Grays Inn), where English barristers are called to the Bar

Amasya Rock-Cut Tomb
Rock-cut tombs at Amasya, formerly in West Asia Minor, on the river Gats. Amasya, and the capital Sardis, were both in the empire of Lydia, which was called Maeonia by Homer

Stacking Willow Rods
A man, in Athelney, Somerset, stacks bundles of dried willow rods called withes on a cart to be used for wickerwork and basket-making

Brevitt Bounder Shoes
A flat soled shoe called the Brevitt Bounder with buckle and strap detail

Memnon Statues 2
The so-called Memnon statues of Amenophis III, which emit a sound like the snapping of a cord at daybreak, attributed to Memnons mother Eos, goddess of the Dawn, weeping

Foot in Chamber-Pot
Ragotin, a careless child, gets his foot stuck in a metal chamber-pot. Break the pot or amputate the foot ? A lock- smith is called in to cut the pot, to everyones relief

Abbas Ii / Egypt / Van Bosch
ABBAS II called ABBAS HILMI PASHA Last Khedive of Egypt, attempted to rule independently of British influence

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