Illumination Collection (page 5)

Electricity Exhib. Paris
Electrical exhibition - this is Room 15, demonstrating the electrical systems of J.Jaspar of Liege. Date: 1881

An oil field at night - Middle East
A view across an oil field at night with fires and explosions of light illuminating the scene - definitely in the Middle East, likely to be in Iran or Iraq

Electric Lighting at Alexandra Palace Lakes, 1880
Engraving showing a large crowd of Victorian holiday-makers enjoying the illumination of the Alexandra Palace lakes, London, by electric light, 1880. Date: 21 August 1880

The Illumination of Edinburgh Old Town to celebrate the Marr
Engraving showing the illumination of the Old Town, Edinburgh, 23rd January 1874. This grand display was to celebrate the marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria

St Mark / Evangelist / Codex
SAINT MARK THE EVANGELIST Saint Mark shown writing his gospel with his symbol the lion in the pannel above

Paris Exhib. / Chateau Eau
The fountains outside the Palace of Electricity illuminated at night

Manuscript depicting the visit of the Three Kings
Page from an illuminated manuscript, Leben der Maria, by the Bavarian priest Wernher (c 1170), depicting the visit of the Three Kings to the newly born Christ child. Date: 12th century

Page from a religious manuscript in Latin
An illuminated page from a religious manuscript written in Latin

Ms - Book of Hours
Illumination from an Italian Book of Hours

Ms - Cii Illumination
Page from an English psalter

Electric Light Comes
Coming events cast their shadows before - and none more so than the electric light, which promises to make all other forms of illumination obsolete

ROMAN LAMP
In a well-to-do Roman household, oil lamps provide the illumination

Observing Sea Depths
Observation of the Sea-Bed from Transparent-Bottomed Boats, Using Atom-Ray Illumination

Electric Street Lights
By the start of the 20th century, electricity has become the standard form of street illumination

Oil Lamps C19
By the middle of the 19th century, oil lamps are the standard form of illumination in middle-class homes

Page from Gutenbergs first Bible
A page from Gutenbergs first Bible, which contained 42 pages

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