1870s Collection

Newfoundland, 1870s
Map of Newfoundland, Canada, 1870s. Printed color lithograph

Antique map of Britain under the Anglo Saxons

Antique map of the Roman Empire, with a detail on Rome

CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870). English novelist. Dickens Dream. Unfinished oil painting by Robert William Buss, 1870s

Vancouver Island map, 1870s
Map of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, 1870s. Lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Scotland map, 1870s
Map of Scotland, 1870s. Printed color lithograph

Map of England, 1800s
Map of England and Wales, 1870s. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1870s
Bowdoin College in Maine, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ireland map, 1870s
Map of Ireland, or Eire, 1870s. Printed color lithograph

Celestial mechanics, medieval artwork
Celestial mechanics. Coloured historical artwork depicting a medieval pilgrim looking out from the sky (blue) to see the mechanics of the heavens (upper left)

Thomas Nast cartoon about Boss Tweed corruption
" Who stole the peoples money? Twas him" cartoon about Tammany Hall scandal, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a Thomas Nast cartoon

Map of Europe, 1870s
Map of Europe in the 1870s. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Caribbean islands, 1870s
Map of West Indies and the Caribbean Sea, 1800s. Printed color lithograph

Antique map of New Zealand in the 19th Century, 1873
Vintage engraving of a Antique map of New Zealand in the 19th Century, 1873

Map of Hawaii, 1870s
Map of the Hawaiian islands, 1870s. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Map of Madras (Chennai), India, 19th Century
Vintage engraving of Map of Madras (Chennai), India, 19th Century

Map of Saint Lucia, 19th Century
Vintage engraving of Map of Saint Lucia, 19th Century

Marietta on the Ohio River, 1870s
Steamboats on the Ohio River at Marietta, Ohio, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Hares, 1878 (oil on canvas)
659635 Hares, 1878 (oil on canvas) by Hermansen, Olaf August (1849-97); 62x52 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Hares. Olaf August Hermansen (1849-1897). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1878

Mormons cutting stone for their temple, Utah
Quarrying stone for the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

South Street docks in New York City, 1870s
Merchant ships unloading along South Street, New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ontario, 1870s
Map of Ontario, Canada, 1870s. Printed color lithograph

Antique map of Ancient Greece

Erie Canal locks
Boat in the Erie Canal locks at Lockport, New York, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Bristol and Exeter Railway Station, Bristol, 1870
Based at Bristol Temple Meads, this was the Headquarters for the Bristol and Exeter Railway. The GWR Station can be seen to the right of the image

Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician
Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (1850-1891), Russian mathematician. Kovalevskaya was the first female member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences

Library of Congress, 1870s
Law library within the old Library of Congress, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Riverboats at Shreveport, Louisiana, 1870s
Stevedores loading barrels at the Red River levee at Shreveport, Louisiana, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Mississippi River and the city of Minneapolis, 1870s
Minneapolis, village of St. Anthony, and St. Anthonys Falls on the Mississippi River, Minnesota, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Baltimore in the 1870s
Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, looking from Federal Hill, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Seaport of Galveston, Texas, 1800s
Galveston bar and roadstead on the Gulf Coast, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Leadville, a Colorado boom town, 1870s
Chestnut Street in Leadville, Colorado, during the mining boom, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

GASI2A-00067
Map of Siam (now Thailand) and the independent Shan States, 1870s. Printed color lithograph, 19th century

New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, 1870s
Map of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick, 1870s. Printed color lithograph

Canada map, 1870s
Map of British North America, or the Dominion of Canada, 1870s. Printed color lithograph

United States in the 1870s
United States map, 1870s. Color lithograph

US Army survivors of Custers Last Stand - horse and scout, Curley
Horse " Comanche" and Custers scout Curley, the only US Army survivors of the Battle of Little Bighorn, 1876. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a photograph

GMDE2A-00054
Map of Arabia, 1870s. Printed color lithograph, 19th century

Russia under the tsars
Map of Russia, 1870s. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Jelly fish, artwork
Jelly fish (Leonura terminalis). Historical artwork of a deep sea jelly fish observed by Ernst Haeckel during an expedition on HMS Challenger (1873-1876)

GRANGER MOVEMENT. The Grange Awakening the Sleepers. American cartoon, 1873, inspired by the Vanderbilt system of secret rebates, showing a farmer trying to rouse the country to the railroad menace

AD: PENS, c1870. They come as a boon and a blessing to men, the Pickwick, the Owl and the Waverley Pen. Advertisement for MacNiven & Cameron pen nibs. Lithograph, c1870

"Here I am gentlemen, "said he, from
3501816 " Here I am gentlemen, " said he, from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (1828-1905) engraved by Henri-Theophile Hildebrand (1824-97), 1873 (engraving) by Benett

Map of Sudan, late 19th Century
Vintage engraving of a Map of Sudan, late 19th Century

Hawaiians in the mid-1800s
Diamond Head and Waikiki in the Hawaiian Islands, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Building the railroad to Bismarck, North Dakota, 1870s
Laying railroad track in winter across the Missouri River at Bismarck, North Dakota, 1879. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Lighting the gas lamps for a dinner party, 1800s
Guests awaiting the return of gas-light during a Christmas dinner-party, New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Map of Liverpool and its environs, England, 1870s
Vintage engraving of Map of Liverpool and its environs, England, 1870s, 19th Century

Victorian London boys begging and sweeping street, 1870
Vintage engraving of Victorian London boys begging and sweeping street. Mothers Last Words, Mrs Sewell, c.1870

Victorian London orphan boy begging on the street, 1870
Vintage engraving of Victorian London orphan boy begging on the street, 1870. Mothers Last Words, Mrs Sewell

0008627
RAILWAY POSTER, 1870s. A Chicago and North-Western Railway poster of the 1870s promoting free homestead lands in the Dakota Territory

WYATT EARP (1848-1929). American lawman. Detail of Earp from a group photograph of the Dodge City, Kansas, Peace Commission, late 1870s; at right, partially obscured, is Frank McLain

Nantucket fishing village in the 1800s
Pony cart hauling water in Siasconset village, Nantucket Island, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

St. Louis on the Mississippi River, 1870s
Steamboat traffic on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri, 1870s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Virginia City, Nevada, 1870s
Main street of Virginia City, a mining boomtown in Nevada, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Knoxville, Tennessee, 1870s
Bridge across the Tennessee River at Knoxville, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

American yacht Mohawk
Americas Cup contender " Mohawk" under full sail, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Towing Erie Canal barges on the Hudson River
Erie Canal grain-boats towed down the Hudson River to New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Railroad land for sale in Iowa and Minnesota
Farmland in Minnesota and Iowa for sale by the St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad Company, 1870s. Handset type advertisement with a watercolor wash

Spaceship to the Moon imagined in the 1870s
Projectile train to the moon, a suggested form of space travel, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Wichita, Kansas, 1870s
Main street in Wichita, Kansas, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HOUS2A-00030
Large turkey strutting in front of an admiring family at Thanksgiving season, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Serbia map
Map of Servia in the 1870s. Printed color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Victorian era picnic
Families having a summer picnic, England, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Site of Ancient Troy excavated by Schliemann
Schliemanns excavation of the acropolis walls of ancient Troy, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Dr Livingstones African servants, 1800s
Chuma and Susi, David Livingstones loyal African servants, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

EXPL2A-00366
Map of equatorial Africa as known in the 1870s. Printed color lithograph, 19th century

Old Saw Mills, Newburn Crescent, c1870
Before No 1 Sawmills opened in the far west of the Works wood was cut at a mill on Newburn Crescent. The men in this image have been busy cutting length of timber

Fish From the Boat, 1867-68 (oil on canvas)
6199000 Fish From the Boat, 1867-68 (oil on canvas) by McTaggart, William (1835-1910); 44.5x59.7 cm; The McManus, Dundee, UK; (add.info)

Halt of Prince Charles Edward on the Banks of the Nairne, 1878 (oil on canvas)
1199561 Halt of Prince Charles Edward on the Banks of the Nairne, 1878 (oil on canvas) by Beavis, Richard (1824-96); 115.5x178 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English

La Commune arretee par l Ignorance et le Reaction, 1871. Satirical cartoon depicting an allegorical figure representing the Paris Commune arrested by Ignorance and Reaction. From a private collection

Antique damaged map of India 19th Century
Vintage engraving of a Antique damaged map of India in the 19th Century, 1873

WYATT EARP (1848-1929). American lawman. Photograph, mid 1870s

Old Windsor Lock CC72_01845
Old Windsor Lock, Old Windsor, Windsor And Maidenhead, Berkshire. Looking towards the old lock on the River Thames with some weatherboarded outbuildings belonging to the lock-keeper to the right

Within the Seraglio, 1879 (oil on canvas)
822685 Within the Seraglio, 1879 (oil on canvas) by Bridgman, Frederick Arthur (1847-1928); 54.6x73.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Within the Seraglio. Fredrick Arthur Bridgman (1847-1928)

A Question of Propriety, 1875 (oil on canvas)
658474 A Question of Propriety, 1875 (oil on canvas) by Long, Edwin Longsden (1829-91); 132x215 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Question of Propriety. Edwin Long (1829-1891). Oil on canvas

Map of Madeira, 19th Century
Vintage engraving of a Map of Madeira, 19th Century a Portuguese archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal

Early telephone, historical artwork
Early telephone. Historical artwork of three men gathered around an early telephone. The man at right is talking into the speaking tube

Visitors arriving at the White House in carriages, 1870s
Winter carriage traffic at the White House the final days of the Grant Administration, 1877. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

GEUR2A-00088
Cafe patrons enjoying an evening on a Paris boulevard, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Saint Moritz, Switzerland, 1800s
Village of Saint Moritz, Switzerland in the 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

AGRI2A-00072
Milking-time in a dairy barn, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

EVNT2A-00075
General Oliver Otis Howard pursuing the Nez Perce tribe on the Dead Mule Trail in Idaho, 1877. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Edward Burne Jones and William Morris, 1874 (b / w photo)
2625505 Edward Burne Jones and William Morris, 1874 (b/w photo) by Hollyer, Frederick (1837-1933); (add.info.: British 19th century artists Edward Burne Jones and William Morris)

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Step back in time with these captivating glimpses into the 1870s. Delve into history as you explore an antique map of the Roman Empire, tracing the footsteps of ancient civilizations. Transport yourself to Britain under the Anglo Saxons, discovering their rich heritage through another vintage map. Immerse yourself in literature as you encounter Charles Dickens, a literary genius whose legacy lives on. Marvel at "Dickens Dream, " an unfinished oil painting by Robert William Buss that captures the essence of this iconic English novelist. Embark on a journey through Scotland and England with maps from the 1870s, witnessing how landscapes have evolved over centuries. Discover Vancouver Island's allure through a mesmerizing map that reveals its unspoiled beauty during this era. Education takes center stage as we glimpse into Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine during the 1870s—a hub of knowledge and intellectual growth. Explore Ireland's intricate geography through yet another fascinating map from this decade. Marvel at celestial mechanics depicted in medieval artwork—an awe-inspiring fusion of science and artistry that showcases humanity's fascination with the cosmos throughout history. Travel across oceans to New Zealand and Newfoundland—two distant lands brought closer by antique maps from the 19th century. Witness Europe's dynamic political landscape unfold before your eyes with a detailed map capturing its intricacies during this transformative period. They were an era brimming with exploration, creativity, and intellectual pursuits—a time when cartography merged artistry and science to create timeless artifacts that continue to captivate us today.