Images Dated 24th February 2021

Krakatoa volanic eruption, 1883

Cover of The Illustrated London News, 8th September 1883 with three pictures about the volcanic eruption of the island of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait which began on the afternoon of Sunday, 26 August 1883 and peaked on the late morning of Monday, 27 August 1883, when over 70% of the island of Krakatoa and its surrounding archipelago were destroyed

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Willem Roelofs

Willem Roelofs (1822-1897). A Dutch painter, water-colourist, etcher, lithographer and draughtsman. Roelofs was one of the forerunners of the Dutch Revival art

© Mary Evans / Peter & Dawn Cope Collection

1822 1897, 1892, Art, Circa, Draughtsman, Dutch, Etcher, Forerunners, Illustration, Lithographer, Painter, Revival, Roelofs, Unattributed, Water Colourist, Willem

Cadwallader Washburn

Cadwallader Colden Washburn (1818-1882). An American businessman, politician and soldier who founded a mill that later became General Mills. He was a US Congressman and governor of Wisconsin and served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War

© Mary Evans / Peter & Dawn Cope Collection

1818 1882, 1875, American, Army, Businessman, Cadwallader, Circa, Civil, Colden, Congressman, Founded, General, Governor, Illustration, Mill, Mills, Politician, Served, Soldier, Unattributed, Union, War, Washburn, Who, Wisconsin