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Scenes in the AmericasLumberjack felling a tree in the Bay of Honduras 40, view of the town of Acapulco, Mexico, 41, and interior of a Native American Nuu-chah-nulth house in Nootka Sound 42
People of Northwest CanadaInterior of an underground Aleut house in Unalaska 43, native methods of starting a fire 44, and Tlicho or Dogrib people in front of their huts 45. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Scenes from the West IndiesOverseer whipping slaves on a sugar cane plantation in Jamaica 37, free man and woman of Jamaica in their finery 38, and King Henri Christophe of Haiti in 1807 39
Scenes from Pizarros exploration of PeruFrancisco Pizarro founding the city of Lima, Peru 25, Pizarro slain by supporters of Diego de Almagro II 26, and view of Chimborazo mountain in the Andes 27
Scenes of the exploration of PatagoniaPenguins in South America 28, Patagonian giants in animal skins 29, and Patagonians delighted by the sight of a mirror on Captain Samuel Wallis ship 30. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Balboa and Pizarro exploring Central and South AmericaVasco Nunez de Balboa reaching the Pacific 19, Francisco Pizarro separating his men by a line in the sand on the Isle of Gallo 20, and Peruvians afraid of a lunar eclipse 21
Hernan Cortez in MexicoHernan Cortez landing at Tabasco, Mexico 10, presented with 20 women including Marina by the Mayans 11, and destroying a Mayan temple and idols 12. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Christopher Columbus on HispaniolaChristopher Columbus firing the cannon for the Taino chieftain or cacique Guacanagar??x on Hispaniola 4, Columbus attacking the Native American army on Hispaniola 5
Christopher Columbus exploring the West IndiesPortrait of Christopher Columbus 1, Columbuss first landing on San Salvador (Bahamas) 2, and Columbus dining with a Taino chieftain or Cacique on Hispaniola 3
Map of the Americas, circa 1821. Showing Labrador, Canada, the United States, Louisiana, Mexico, Brazil, Amazonia, Paraguay, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Title page with vignette of Native American woman and childTitle page with vignette of Native American woman in feather headdress with small child. Copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylors Scenes in America
Scenes from western Africa, 1820Snakes hunting fowl in a west African village 25, Mumbo Jumbo ritual at night in a village 26 and view of Freetown founded in 1792 in Sierra Leone 26. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Grave monument of Theodore I of Corsica, Theodor Stephan Freiherr von Neuhoff, 1694-1756, in St. Ann, Westminster. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of
Young English gentleman leaving his family to go on the Grand Tour. About to get into a horse-drawn carriage to go to Europe
Young student graduating from a boys school. A tutor reading lessons from a lectern to boys on benches in a large hall. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson
Young boy at lessons with a tutor and his grandmotherYoung boy at lessons in a parlour with a tutor in wig and his grandmother. A footman brings refreshment and a maid watches
Nurse showing a baby to an old man and womanNurse showing a baby to old man and woman seated in front of a fireplace in a parlour, while the young mother and her daughters enter
Regency gentleman riding a horse that barely lifts its feet. He loses his bicorne when the horse hits a pig while a woman screams from a thatched cottage. A Daisy Cutter with his Varieties
English gentleman being shown into a drawing room for a musical night, 19th century. Facey Romford in tweeds playing the flute, Cassandra Cleoptra holding a music score. Mr
Iris, Iris gemanica, and sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Charles Malos Guirlande de Flore, Garland of Flowers
Adana, Turkey - Halkevi (Community Centre) - October, 1949. Date: 1949
Group of schoolchildren with teacher, nurse and catA group of schoolchildren of a small school (mostly girls, but two young boys) with their teacher (holding the class cat) and rather stern-faced nurse. Date: circa 1910s
Charles Martin, a working miner from Dinnington Colliery who was also a successful artist, having painted in oils 270 pictures, many of which he had sold
Motto frontispiece in a bound volume of The British Workman, an improving magazine aimed at the industrial classes, advocating temperance and education. Laborare est Orare - To Work is to Worship
Spiddal Orphan Home, Nead le Farrige, Galway - GirlsGirls at the Spiddal Orphan Home, Nead le Farrige, Galway, Ireland. Date: circa 1902
Stafford Prison and County AsylumAn aerial view of Stafford Prison (centre) and County Asylum (upper centre). Date: 1920s
Girls Industrial Home, Barton Vale, AdelaideBoys at the Spiddal Orphan Home, Nead le Farrige, Galway, Ireland. Date: Date unknown
Spiddal Orphan Home, Nead le Farrige, GalwayThe Spiddal Orphan Home, Nead le Farrige, Galway. Date: circa 1902
Spiddal Orphan Home, Galway - BoysBoys at the Spiddal Orphan Home, Nead le Farrige, Galway, Ireland. Date: circa 1902
Barnardo s, Barkingside - Brownies with Lady Baden PowellThe Brownie Pack at Barnardos Girls Village Home, Barkingside, with Lady Baden Powell. Date: 1930s
Swiss Cottage and Institution for the Blind, LondonThe main street at Londons Swiss Cottage, north London. The scene includes the Institution for the Blind (far left), the old Swiss Cottage inn (far right), and men and women on bicycles
Industrial School, Lansing, Michigan - DrillBoys at drill at the Industrial School, Lansing, Michigan, USA Date: circa 1917
GFS Camp, ShapGirls outside a hut at the Girls Friendly Society camp at Shap, Westmorland. Date: Date unknown
Childrens Convalescent Home, WilbyChildrens Convalescent Home, Brookhill, Wilby, near Wellingborough, Northamptonshire Date: Date unknown
Soldiers Daughters Home, HampsteadPart of the Soldiers Daughters Home, Hampstead. Date: circa 1905
Spurgeons Orphanage, StockwellStockwell orphanage, founded by Charles Spurgeon, opened in 1869 off Stockwell Park Road, on a site which is now part of the Stockwell Park Estate. The building was bombed in World War Two
Leicester Poor Childrens Holiday Homes, Girls HomeChildren outside one of the girls homes, part of Leicester Poor Childrens Holiday Homes. Date: Date unknown
Leicester Poor Childrens Holiday Home, MablethorpeGirls in a dormitory at the Leicester Poor Childrens Holiday Home, Mablethorpe. Date: circa 1950
St Gabriels Childrens Home, Westgate-on-Sea - SchoolroomWindows open wide in the schoolroom of St Gabriels convalescent home and open air school, Westgate-on-Sea, Kent. Date: Date unknown
Wanstead Infant Orphan Asylum - Election Lobby CardA card lobbying for support for Robert Wilfrid Dickson, a candidate in an election for new admissions to the Wanstead Infant Orphan Asylum. Date: 1848
The Actors Orphanage, Barrowford, LangleyA view across a pond to the Actors Orphanage, Barrowford, Langley, Berkshire. Date: circa 1920
Ruysselede Reformatory, West Flanders - Inmates ParadeInmates on parade at the Boys Agricultural Reform School at Ruysselede Reformatory at Ruysselede, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: circa 1909
Girls Industrial Home, Stratford-upon-AvonStaff on the doorstep of the Girls Industrial Home, Stratford-upon-Avon. Date: circa 1908
Working Boys Home SheffieldThe frontage of Working Boys Home, Broomspring Lane, Sheffield
Ruysselede Reformatory, West Flanders - Apprentice WorkshopsBoys with bicycles outside the apprentice workshops of the Boys Agricultural Reform School at Ruysselede, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: circa 1909
Ruysselede Reformatory, West Flanders - RefectoryInmates lay tables in the refectory at the Boys Agricultural Reform School at Ruysselede, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: circa 1909
Royal Caledonian Orphan Asylum, Bushey - Candidate ListDetails of boy candidates being proposed for election for admission to the Royal Caledonian Orphan Asylum, Bushey, Hertfordshire. Date: 1908
Royal Caledonian Orphan Asylum, Bushey - Polling PaperPolling paper issued to electors choosing applicants to be admitted to the Royal Caledonian Orphan Asylum, Bushey, Hertfordshire. Date: 1908
