1873 Collection (page 6)

A Canton Lady; The Ladys Maid; A Bride and Bridegroom, c. 1868. Creator: John Thomson
A Canton Lady; The Ladys Maid; A Bride and Bridegroom, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl. xv from the album " illustrations of china and its people, volume i" (1873)

A Canton Pawn Shop; Honam Temple, Canton; Temple of Five Hundred Gods, Canton... c. 1868
A Canton Pawn Shop; Honam Temple, Canton; Temple of Five Hundred Gods, Canton; The Abbot of the Temple, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl

The Sedan; A Military Officer; The Plough; A North China Pony, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl. xxii from the album " illustrations of china and its people, volume ii" (1873)

Tartar Soldiers, c. 1868. Creator: John Thomson
Tartar Soldiers, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl. xiv from the album " illustrations of china and its people, volume i" (1873)

The Old Factory Site, Canton, c. 1868. Creator: John Thomson
The Old Factory Site, Canton, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl. xvi from the album " illustrations of china and its people, volume i" (1873)

Prince Kung, c. 1868. Creator: John Thomson
Prince Kung, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl. i from the album " illustrations of china and its people, volume i" (1873)

The British Consular Yamun, Canton, c. 1868. Creator: John Thomson
The British Consular Yamun, Canton, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl. xvii from the album " illustrations of china and its people, volume i" (1873)

Rolling Scented Caper and Gunpowder Teas; Weighing Tea for Exportation; A Tea House... c
Rolling Scented Caper and Gunpowder Teas; Weighing Tea for Exportation; A Tea House, Canton; A Tea-Tasting Room, Canton, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl

Physic Street, Canton, c. 1868. Creator: John Thomson
Physic Street, Canton, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl. xx from the album " illustrations of china and its people, volume i" (1873)

Headdress of Cantonese Girl; Winter Headdress; Coiffure of Swatow Woman; Coiffure of Swatow Woman; Coiffure of Ningpo Woman; Coiffure of Shanghai Woman, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl

Yuenfu Monastery, c. 1868. Creator: John Thomson
Yuenfu Monastery, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl. xvii from the album " illustrations of china and its people, volume ii" (1873)

The Praya, Hong-Kong, c. 1868. Creator: John Thomson
The Praya, Hong-Kong, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl. vi from the album " illustrations of china and its people, volume i" (1873)

The Abbot and Monks of Kushan, c. 1868. Creator: John Thomson
The Abbot and Monks of Kushan, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl. xviii from the album " illustrations of china and its people, volume ii" (1873)

Part of Foochow Foreign Settlement; Terracing Hills; Foochow Field Women; A Memorial Arch, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl

Island of Kulangsu, c. 1868. Creator: John Thomson
Island of Kulangsu, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl. xii from the album " illustrations of china and its people, volume ii" (1873)

Foochow Foreign Settlement, c. 1868. Creator: John Thomson
Foochow Foreign Settlement, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl. xvi from the album " illustrations of china and its people, volume ii" (1873)

City Victoria, Hong-Kong, c. 1868. Creator: John Thomson
City Victoria, Hong-Kong, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl. ii from the album " illustrations of china and its people, volume i" (1873)

Bamboos at Baksa, Formosa, c. 1868. Creator: John Thomson
Bamboos at Baksa, Formosa, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl. i from the album " illustrations of china and its people, volume ii" (1873)

A Mountain Pass in Formosa, c. 1868. Creator: John Thomson
A Mountain Pass in Formosa, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl. xxiv from the album " illustrations of china and its people, volume i" (1873)

A Canton Trading Junk, c. 1868. Creator: John Thomson
A Canton Trading Junk, c. 1868. A work made of collotype, pl. viii from the album " illustrations of china and its people, volume i" (1873)

Self-portrait, 1873 (pencil on paper)
1195561 Self-portrait, 1873 (pencil on paper) by Repin, Ilya Efimovich (1844-1930); 21.5x18.1 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Russian, out of copyright

The Railway Bridge, Pontoise, c. 1873 (oil on canvas)
989084 The Railway Bridge, Pontoise, c.1873 (oil on canvas) by Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903); 50x65 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Railway Bridge, Pontoise; Le Pont de Chemin de fer)

Upupa Epops (Hoopoe), 1862-1873 (hand-coloured lithograph)
986076 Upupa Epops (Hoopoe), 1862-1873 (hand-coloured lithograph) by Gould, John (1804-81); Private Collection; (add.info.: Upupa Epops (Hoopoe). From The Birds of Great Britain

Winter, c. 1873 (oil on canvas)
989729 Winter, c.1873 (oil on canvas) by Courbet, Gustave (1819-77); 73x60 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Winter; L Hiver. Gustave Courbet (1819-1877). Oil on canvas. Painted circa 1873

Children Playing in an Interior, 1873 (oil on canvas)
659647 Children Playing in an Interior, 1873 (oil on canvas) by Nordenberg, Bengt (1822-1902); 65x81 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Children Playing in an Interior. Bengt Nordenberg (1822-1902)

Ladies on the Bosphorous with Rumeli Hisar Beyond, 1873 (pencil and watercolour on paper)
651532 Ladies on the Bosphorous with Rumeli Hisar Beyond, 1873 (pencil and watercolour on paper) by Preziosi, Amadeo (1816-82); 29.2x46.4

Venice from the Lagoon at Sunset, 1873 (oil on canvas)
651517 Venice from the Lagoon at Sunset, 1873 (oil on canvas) by Aivazovsky, Ivan Konstantinovich (1817-1900); Private Collection; (add.info.: Venice from the Lagoon at Sunset)

Passepartout went out muffled up in an old Japanese robe
3501821 Passepartout went out muffled up in an old Japanese robe, from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (1828-1905), engraved by Louis Prevost, 1873 (engraving) by Benett

And sometimes a pack of prairie wolves, from Around the World in Eighty Days
3501813 And sometimes a pack of prairie wolves, from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (1828-1905) engraved by Louis, 1873 (engraving) by Benett

An enormous shadow, preceded by a flickering yellow glare
3501812 An enormous shadow, preceded by a flickering yellow glare, from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (1828-1905) engraved by Adolphe FranAzois Pannemaker (1822-1900)

Hanging by one hand between the tender and the luggage-van, he
3501811 Hanging by one hand between the tender and the luggage-van, he... from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (1828-1905) engraved by Louis, 1873 (engraving) by Benett

The Great Salt Lake, from Around the World in Eighty Days
3501807 The Great Salt Lake, from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (1828-1905) engraved by Prevost, 1873 (engraving) by Benett

In his stroll Passepartout came across a number of old natives
3501797 In his stroll Passepartout came across a number of old natives, from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (1828-1905), engraved by Adolphe FranAzois Pannemaker (1822-1900)

The Rajahs guards, from Around the World in Eighty Days
3501783 The Rajahs guards, from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (1828-1905), engraved by Adolphe FranAzois Pannemaker (1822-1900), 1873 (engraving) by Benett

Bands of Hindoos of both sexes, from Around the World in Eighty Days
3501780 Bands of Hindoos of both sexes, from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (1828-1905), 1873 (engraving) by Benett

Jean Passepartout, from Around the World in Eighty Days
3501766 Jean Passepartout, from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (1828-1905), engraved by Louis Dumont (b.1822) 1873 (engraving) by Neuville

Alphonse-Nicolas-Simon Kirchoffer, Escrisme, 1873 (b / w photo)
5201796 Alphonse-Nicolas-Simon Kirchoffer, Escrisme, 1873 (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alphonse-Nicolas-Simon Kirchoffer, Escrisme, 1873)

Lucien Lesna, Cyclisme, 1873 (b / w photo)
5201772 Lucien Lesna, Cyclisme, 1873 (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lucien Lesna, Cyclisme, 1873)

Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus scotica, 1873 (lithograph)
6266124 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus scotica, 1873 (lithograph) by Gould, John (1804-81); (add.info.: From his book The Birds of Great Britain, published 1873.); Photo eKen Welsh; English

The Proposed Universal Exhibition of 1873 at Vienna (engraving)
1058125 The Proposed Universal Exhibition of 1873 at Vienna (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Proposed Universal Exhibition of 1873 at Vienna)

Russian Pavilion, Vienna Exhibition, 1873 (engraving)
1092671 Russian Pavilion, Vienna Exhibition, 1873 (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Russian Pavilion, Vienna Exhibition, 1873)

Self devotion of a seaman
LLM456451 Self devotion of a seaman by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Self devotion of a seaman)

The life boat Bradford saving the crew of the barque Scott
LLM456456 The life boat Bradford saving the crew of the barque Scott by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The life boat Bradford saving the crew of the barque Scott)

"How not to say it"(engraving)
2777115 " How not to say it" (engraving) by Tenniel, John (1820-1914) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: " How not to say it." Cartoon, 29 November 1873)

Fight at Abracrampa, Third Anglo-Ashanti War or First Ashanti Expedition (1873-1874, to rescue European missionary captives held in Kumasi), West Africa (Ghana). Date: 1873

A Skirmish in the Forest, Third Anglo-Ashanti War or First Ashanti Expedition (1873-1874, to rescue European missionary captives held in Kumasi), West Africa (Ghana). Date: 1873

A Cape Coast King and His Court, Third Anglo-Ashanti War or First Ashanti Expedition (1873-1874, to rescue European missionary captives held in Kumasi), West Africa (Ghana). Date: 1873

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