Colourised Collection (#10)

JJ Thomson, British physicist, c1896-c1915
JJ Thomson, British physicist, 1896-1916. Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940) discovered the electron and was a pioneer of nuclear physics

The Mock Turtle, Alice and The Gryphon, 1889. Artist: John Tenniel
The Mock Turtle, Alice and The Gryphon, 1889. Lewis Carrolls (1832-1898) Alice in Wonderland as illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914). From Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

A Rabbit as court official blowing a trumpet for an announcement, 1889. Artist: John Tenniel
A Rabbit as court official blowing a trumpet for an announcement, 1889. Lewis Carrolls (1832-1898) Alice in Wonderland as illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914)

Alice and the Cheshire Cat, 1889. Artist: John Tenniel
Alice and the Cheshire Cat, 1889. Lewis Carrolls (1832-1898) Alice in Wonderland as illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914). From Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. [Macmillan & Co

Alice, the Duchess, and the Baby, 1889. Artist: John Tenniel
Alice, the Duchess, and the Baby, 1889. Lewis Carrolls (1832-1898) Alice in Wonderland as illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914). From Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on their Coronation Day, 1937; with Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret. From The Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

The Christmas Tree, 1903 (1903). Artist: Maurice Greiffenhagen
The Christmas Tree, 1903 (1903). From The Pall Mall Magazine Volume XXXI, edited by George R. Halkett. [Editorial and Publishing Offices, London, 1903]. (Colorised black and white print)

Fred Perry, 1934. Artist: London News Agency
Fred Perry, 1934. A print from Wimbledon Story, by Norah Gordon Cleather, Sporting Handbooks Ltd, London, 1947. (Colorised black and white print)

The Wild Bunch, American outlaw gang, 1901 (1954). Left to right, standing, William Carver (News Carver), Harvey Logan (Kid Curry); sitting, Harry Longabaugh (Sundance Kid)

Harold Lloyd (1893-1971), American actor and filmmaker, c1920s. (Colorised black and white print). (Colorised black and white print)

Chart of the Spanish Armadas course, 1588 (1893). Pines engraving of 1739, of a tapestry then in the House of Lords. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

The queen leaving Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, 1886, (1900). Queen Victoria leaves one of the royal residences. Illustration from The Life and Times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, Volume IV

The Chartist Demonstration on Kennington Common, 1848, (1900). Artist: William Barnes Wollen
The Chartist Demonstration on Kennington Common, 1848, (1900). Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson, (1900). (Colorised black and white print)

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and King George V of Great Britain. Nicholas II (1868-1918) (left) became Emperor of Russia in 1894

Woman and a boy working in a coal mine, Bolton, Lancashire, 1848. A woman and boy underground in a coal mine moving a basket containing 3-4 cwt of coal

Alice and animals. Chaos and the court, 1889. Artist: John Tenniel
Alice and animals. Chaos and the court, 1889. Lewis Carrolls (1832-1898) Alice in Wonderland as illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914). From Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Paper seller down in the underground, London, c. 1940
Paper seller down in the underground, London. c.1940. (Colorised black and white print)

Lewis Carroll, English author, 19th century (1951). Lewis Carroll was the pen-name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898)

Love Conquered Fear, 1840. Michael Armstrong, adopted by a mill owner, embracing his brother Edward who is one of the ragged factory boys working amongst the spinning mules

The Sidney Street siege, Whitechapel, London, 1911, (1935). Winston Churchill, then Home Secretary, the left of the top-hatted figures

George V and Queen Mary in Delhi, India, 1911, (1935). The King and Queen travelled to India to attend the Delhi Durbar, held to celebrate their coronation

Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet leader, c1940s. Stalin was secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922-53) and premier of the Soviet state (1941-53)

A tall job for Joseph Brigden, 75 as he gives the yearly trim to a giant yew tree hedge which runs down the side of a garden at Manor House, Betsham, Kent

The unofficial strike of petrol tanker men is now seriously affecting London garages, many of which are today displaying Sold Out notices

Soldier receiving first aid from a sergeant in a sap, Battle of Peronne, World War I, 1914-1918
Soldier receiving first aid from a sergeant in a sap, Battle of Peronne, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail. (Colorised black and white print)

James Prescott Joule, English physicist, 1889. Joule (1818-1889) was born at Salford near Manchester and studied chemistry under John Dalton

Mozart, 19th century. Artist: C Cook
Mozart, 19th century. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (c1784-1827). (Colorised black and white print)

St Francis of Assisi, Italian priest and founder of the Franciscan order, 1493. St Francis (1182-1226) holding up his hands to show stigmata

Amy Johnson, British aviator, about to set out for Cape Town, 1932. Artists: Unknown, James Mollison
Amy Johnson, British aviator, about to set out for Cape Town, 1932. Johnson (1903-1941) saying goodbye to her husband, fellow pilot James Mollison, before starting off

Mars, Roman god of war, 1569. Mars (Greek Ares) riding in his chariot pulled by dogs (the dogs of war). Mars was regarded as a male planet, hot and fiery

Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish clergyman, satirist and poet. Swift (1667-1746) was the author of Gullivers Travels, Battle of the Books and A Tale of the Tub. (Colorised black and white print)

Hypnotism, 1891. Male hypnotist putting a young woman into an hypnotic trance. Animal magnetism or hypnotism had a revival at the end of the 19th century

Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist, c1930s. Fleming (1881-1955) discovered the first antibiotic drug, penicillin, in 1928

Marcel Proust, French intellectual, novelist, essayist and critic, late 19th-early 20th century. Artist: Otto
Marcel Proust, French intellectual, novelist, essayist and critic, late 19th-early 20th century. Portrait of Proust, (1871-1922), author of A la recherche du temps perdu

John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399)
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (1340-99). Fourth son of Edward II of England, father of Henry IV. Shakespeares Time-honoured Lancaster. Engraving from window, All Souls, 0xford

Pierre and Marie Curie, French physicists, preparing to go cycling. Polish-born Marie Curie and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Lombroso, , c1893
Lombroso, c1893. Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909) born Ezechia Marco Lombroso, an Italian criminologist and physician, founder of the Italian School of Positivist Criminology

Florence Nightingale in the hospital at Scutari, c1860. In 1854, during the Crimean War (1853-1856), Sidney Herbert, Secretary of State for War

Charles Lamb, English essayist, (1903). Lamb (1775-1834) is best known for his Essays of Elia and for the childrens book Tales from Shakespeare. Supplement to The Bookman, 1903

Dr Barnardo at one of his homes, 1905 (1951). In 1867 Irish-born physician and philanthropist Thomas John Barnardo (1845-1905) founded the East End Mission for destitute children in London

Clara Barton (1821-1912), founder of the American branch of the Red Cross. She founded the American Red Cross in 1881 and served as its first president from 1881-1904

French troops in the trench system of Calonne, France, July 1915. (Colorised black and white print)

Carrying a wounded soldier to a first aid post, Passchendaele, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail. (Colorised black and white print)

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, c1850. Hamlet in the graveyard with Horatio and the clown, examining Yoricks skull. From Hamlet Act V, Sc 1, by William Shakespeare

Observation officer and signallers keep a sharp lookout, St Quentin, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail. (Colorised black and white print)

Machine gun nest, Poelcappelle, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Machine gun nest, Poelcappelle, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Poelcappelle was the site of a battle during the larger Battle of Passchendaele (Third Battle of Ypres) in 1917

Macbeth and Banquo encountering the three witches, 1858. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Macbeth and Banquo encountering the three witches, 1858. Macbeth and Banquo meeting the witches for the first time and hearing their prophetic greeting

Battle of Polygon Wood, near Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, World War I, September 1917. British North Country troops attacking a German lair

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