1862 Collection (#69)

Photo, Edward German
EDWARD GERMAN English composer, violinist and theatre conductor, with musical passage from the incidental music of Irvings production of Henry VIII

The flooded fens around the Coffer Dam. Farmland drowned in
The flooded fens of the Eastern Counties. The flooding caused by numerous high tides which was hoped to be resolved by the building of the Coffer Dam The dam would act as a barrier to the assaults of

Sir Jm De Robeck
Sir John Michael De Robeck Naval Officer

Cottonworkers Read News
Manchester cotton workers study the news from America - whose civil war is causing distress to the textile industry - in the public library

Claude Debussy
CLAUDE DEBUSSY French composer in Rome in 1884

Japan Hyogo
In the Tsuda Nada, opened to British trade in 1862

Ostrich (Darwinii)
RHEA DARWINII A species of American ostrich

Birds-Nests Seller
Street-seller of birds-nests

Castellucio Captured
Castellucio is captured by the insurgents, sacked and fired

Vit. Em. in Milano
Vittorio Emanuele II, now crowned king of Italy, makes a triumphal entry into Milano

Vit. Em. and his Army
Vittorio Emanuele II, now crowned king of Italy, reviews his army at Milano

Naples Prisoners
Neapolitan prisoners after the collapse of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Patriot Partisans
Patriot partisans in Garibaldis on-going attempts to take Rome from the pope

Thomas Wyse
THOMAS WYSE diplomat

2nd Earl Yarborough
Charles Anderson Pelham, Second Earl of Yarborough

French Officers / Civ. War
French Officers at dinner, from left: Capt. Le Clerc, Duc de Chartres, Comte de Paris, Prince de Joinville and Capt. Mohain

Mexico Guarding Wagon
Workers guarding a wagon during a period of civil unrest

Mexico Guadalupe
Bird s-eye view of the town, with the cathedral which is a place of popular pilgrimage because it houses a miraculous portrait of the Virgin Mary

Mexico Borrego
Distant view

Guadeloupe Point a Pitre
The harbour, with steamships and sailing vessels

Vondel Honoured
The Dutch poet Joost van den Vondel is honoured with a literary and musical fete at Ruremonde, Netherlands

Canada Kingston Ontario
General view of the town, with steamboat and sailing vessels in the harbour

Alberto Vizentini
ALBERTO VIZENTINI Italian composer in 1862 Director of several theatres including the Theatre National de L Opera-Comique Date: 1841 - 1906

Glaisher Coxwell Balloon
Glaisher and Coxwell are affected by the altitude during their ascent at Wolverhampton for the purpose of scientific study

Croquet Match 1862
A croquet match during the crinoline period

New York Reservoir
South Gate House, New Reservoir, during construction showing the pipes which will carry water to the people of New York

Battle Chantilly 1862
At Chantilly, Virginia, one of the Union commanders, general Kearney, makes a gallant charge which, though it costs him his life, helps to stop the Confederate advance

Folklore / Phooka
The PHOOKA is an Irish spirit horse which is apt to take its rider to places they would rather not go to

Folklore / Banshees
An Irish BANSHEE sits dolefully by a river, sometimes weeping, sometimes wailing

Harvest Moon / 1862
Harvesting by moonlight

Holloway Prison / Mayhew
The treadmill (treadwheel) and oakum shed with a detachment of prisoners at work at the wheel, and those who have been relieved, are employed to pick oakum

Military / Usa Jackson
The Confederate General on his horse

Loie Fuller / Rire 1904
LOIE FULLER (Mary Louise Fuller) American dancer doing her Serpentine Dance

MOXONs CARPET LOOM 1862
Moxon & Co Patent Carpet Loom, which won the Prize Medal at the 1862 Exhibition, London

Maurice Barres
MAURICE BARRES French writer and politician

Country road at Juthas, Sweden
A country road at Juthas, Sweden

Eden Phillpotts, English novelist, poet and dramatist
Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960), English novelist, poet and dramatist

Swedish mothers bring children to be vaccinated
Swedish mothers bring their children to the doctor to be vaccinated

Preparing a Swedish bride for her wedding, at Bleckinge, in southern Sweden

A depiction of Gluttony, with people feasting greedily at a table, while a poor old man begs for a few coins. Some have too much, others have too little

Train with a snow plough in Canada
A train with a snow plough, making its way across a snow-covered Canadian landscape

International Exhibition in London, 1862
View of the Palace of Industry at the International Exhibition, which took place in London in 1862

Country people from the district of Skane, Sweden
Country people from Ingelstad in the district of Skane, Sweden

Turks Quit Montenegro
Turkish bashi-bazouks evacuate Montenegro picturesquely, in barges towed by steamers

Aristide Briand / Nobel 26
ARISTIDE BRIAND French statesman

Emil Sauer / Postcard
EMIL SAUER German musician

Jean-Baptiste Biot 3
JEAN-BAPTISTE BIOT French mathematician

Maeterlinck / Postcard
MAURICE MAETERLINCK Belgian poet, dramatist and essayist

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