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Cutting the First Turf of the Great Southern Railway at Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Cutting the First Turf of the Great Southern Railway at Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, 1865. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. W. B. Jones

Opening of a new graving-dock at Jarrow, on the Tyne, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Opening of a new graving-dock at Jarrow, on the Tyne, 1865. 'A large graving-dock, in connection with Messrs. Palmer and Co.'s iron shipbuilding establishment at Jarrow, was opened...by Mrs

The International Naval Festival at Cherbourg: the British Admiral's flagship..., 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Cherbourg: the British Admiral's flagship, fleet of yachts, etc., dressed in honour of the Emperor's Fete Day - from a sketch by our special artist, 1865

The British Channel Squadron entering Cherbourg Harbour, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The British Channel Squadron entering Cherbourg Harbour, [northern France], 1865. View '...from a sketch by our special artist...The first to round the point was the Royal yacht Osborne, while

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the Reine Hortense leaving Portsmouth Harbour, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the Reine Hortense leaving Portsmouth Harbour, 1865. On the return of the '...French Minister of Marine

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the British Admiral's flagship...salute..., 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the British Admiral's flagship returning the salute of the French fleet, 1865

The Royal Yacht Osborne passing through...English squadrons of ironclads in Plymouth Sound, 1865. Creator: Smyth
The visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Plymouth: the Royal Yacht Osborne passing through the French and English squadrons of ironclads in Plymouth Sound, 1865

The Lady Godiva procession at Coventry, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Lady Godiva procession at Coventry, 1862. 'Lady Godiva was represented by Mdme. Letitia. The lady was dressed in silk fleshings [to simulate nudity]

The Earl...placing the memorial stone of the Devonport, Stonehouse, and Cornwall Hospital, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe placing the memorial stone of the Devonport, Stonehouse, and Cornwall Hospital, [Plymouth], 1862. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. W

Schooner match of the Royal Thames Yacht Club on June 16: rounding the Water Lily off Shoebury, 1864 Creator: Smyth
Schooner match of the Royal Thames Yacht Club on June 16: rounding the Water Lily off Shoebury, 1864. 'Among the spectators of the schooner-race, from Tilbury to the Nore and back again

Mrs. Howard Paul's Beehive, at the Royal Dramatic College Festival, in the Crystal Palace, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Mrs. Howard Paul's Beehive, at the Royal Dramatic College Festival, in the Crystal Palace, [Sydenham], 1865. 'The annual festival

Exhibition of the West of England Agricultural Society at Clifton, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Exhibition of the West of England Agricultural Society at Clifton, 1864. 'No less than 88,138 people visited the Bath and West of England Exhibition at Bristol

Foot-Races at the annual festival of the Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Foot-Races at the annual festival of the Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood, 1864. 'The annual festival provided by a kind and judicious management for the inmates of the Earlswood Asylum

Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: landing the shore end of the cable...Valencia, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: landing the shore end of the cable from the Caroline at Foilhommerum, Valencia, 1865

Inspection of Civil Service Volunteers by the Prince of Wales...Quadrangle of Somerset House, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Inspection of Civil Service Volunteers by the Prince of Wales in the Quadrangle of Somerset House, [London], 1864. '...a vast quantity of coloured bunting had been employed in...the decoration of

Scene at the Kilkenny Election, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Scene at the Kilkenny Election, 1865. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Edmund Fitzpatrick. 'The Irish elections...are usually made the occasion, in almost every town

The siege operations in St. Mary's Creek, Chatham: boats advancing to the assault, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The siege operations in St. Mary's Creek, Chatham: boats advancing to the assault, 1864. Mock battle. View of '...the advance of the Royal Marines in the boats which conveyed them up St

The Prince and Princess of Wales landing at Penzance, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Prince and Princess of Wales landing at Penzance, [Cornwall]. 1865. The Prince and Princess [future King Edward VII and queen Alexandra], having reached the top of the stairs

New building for the Masonic Institution for Boys, opened on Saturday last, 1865. Creator: Unknown
New building for the Masonic Institution for Boys, opened on Saturday last, [Tottenham, London], 1865. A '...spacious school-house...for the education of the sons of decayed or deceased

Ball on board H.M.S. Victory, At Portsmouth, at the Centenary Festival of the ship, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Ball on board H.M.S. Victory, at Portsmouth, at the Centenary Festival of the ship, 1865. 'The Victory, Nelson's flagship in the Battle of Trafalgar, hallowed by the memory of his death

The Royal Visit to Cambridge: procession on the Cam in honour of the Prince and Princess..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Visit to Cambridge: the boat procession on the Cam in honour of the Prince and Princess of Wales, 1864. 'In the grounds of St

Opening of the Punjaub Exhibition of Arts and Industry at Lahore, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Punjaub Exhibition of Arts and Industry at Lahore, [India], 1864. The exhibition '...was opened by Sir Robert Montgomery, K.C.B., the Lieutenant-Governor of the province

Turning the first turf of the Buenos Ayres Great Southern Railway, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Turning the first turf of the Buenos Ayres Great Southern Railway, 1864. The line '...will go from the capital city to Chascomus

The Shakspeare Commemoration in London: monument of Shakspeare at the Crystal Palace, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Commemoration in London: monument of Shakspeare at the Crystal Palace, 1864. Event celebrating the tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth

The Shakspeare Commemoration in London: planting an oak on Primrose Hill, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Commemoration in London: planting an oak on Primrose Hill, [London], 1864. The Working Men's Committee plants an oak tree '...in honour of the English poet...Mr

Garibaldi in England: presentation of the freedom of the City of London...at Guildhall, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Garibaldi in England: presentation of the freedom of the City of London...at Guildhall, 1864. View of '...the interior of the Council Chamber at Guildhall

Garibaldi in England: Garibaldi receiving addresses at the Crystal Palace, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Garibaldi in England: Garibaldi receiving addresses at the Crystal Palace, 1864. '...we see the dais erected in front of the great orchestra, in the north transept

Marriage of the Count de Paris with the Princess Isabelle d'Orleans: triumphal arch at Esher, 1864. '...Louis Philippe Albert d'Orleans, the Count de Paris

Garibaldi in England: Garibaldi at the Crystal Palace on Saturday last, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Garibaldi in England: Garibaldi at the Crystal Palace on Saturday last, 1864. The Italian patriot in a '...box erected at the north-west comer of the great transept

Laying the foundation-stone of the new building in connection with Freemasons' Hall, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the foundation-stone of the new building in connection with Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen-street, [London], 1864

Garibaldi's visit to London: arrival at Charing-Cross, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Garibaldi's visit to London: arrival at Charing-Cross, [London], 1864. View of '...the scene which took place at Charing Cross...when Garibaldi had arrived so far on his way to Stafford

The Shakspeare Commemoration: scene from..."King Henry IV.", Part I, played at Drury Lane..., 1864
The Shakspeare Commemoration: scene from Shakspeare's play of "King Henry IV.", Part I, as played at Drury Lane - Battle of Shrewsbury, in the last act, 1864

Garibaldi in England: Garibaldi receiving an address at the Nine Elms railway station, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Garibaldi in England: Garibaldi receiving an address at the Nine Elms railway station, 1864. View of '...the interior of the large goods' shed at the Nine Elms station of the London

The Start for the Derby - from a photograph by Mr. Herbert Watkins, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Start for the Derby - from a photograph by Mr. Herbert Watkins, 1864. 'It is a singular Turf anomaly that the greatest race in the world should be run over perhaps the worst

Garibaldi in England: the meeting of Garibaldi and Tennyson at Faringford House, Isle of Wight, 1864. Italian hero General Garibaldi at Tennyson's house in Freshwater

Garibaldi in England: Garibaldi in the balcony of the townhall of Newport, Isle of Wight, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Garibaldi in England: Garibaldi in the balcony of the townhall of Newport, Isle of Wight, 1864. View of '...the scene in front of the Townhall at Newport

Garibaldi in England: arrival of Garibaldi at the townhall, Bargate, Southampton, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Garibaldi in England: arrival of Garibaldi at the townhall, Bargate, Southampton, 1864. View of '...the picturesque old Bargate, in Southampton, at eleven o'clock on the Monday

The King of Denmark visiting the North-Sea Squadron on its return to Copenhagen, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The King of Denmark visiting the North-Sea Squadron on its return to Copenhagen, 1864. Engraving from a sketch 'by Mr. Simonsen, our Danish Artist

The Royal Sovereign turret-ship, 1864. Creators: Edwin Weedon, Smyth
The Royal Sovereign turret-ship, 1864. 'The first turret-ship of the British Navy, the Royal Sovereign, which has been converted from an ordinary three-decker into her present form under

The arrival of Garibaldi at Southampton on board the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ripon, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The arrival of Garibaldi at Southampton on board the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ripon, 1864. Giuseppe Garibaldi, the popular hero of Italian Unification

The Volunteer Review: the High-Street of Guildford on Easter Sunday, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Volunteer Review: the High-Street of Guildford on Easter Sunday, 1864. 'The town consists principally of this main street, which runs up the steep hill on the east bank of the River Wey

Scenes in Japan: the Governor of Kanagawa and suite going to a fire - by our special artist, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scenes in Japan: the Governor of Kanagawa and suite going to a fire - by our special artist, 1864. Engraving from '...a Sketch by Mr

Launch of the Knight Commander, iron screw steam-ship, built at Dublin, 1864. Creator: Smyth
Launch of the Knight Commander, iron screw steam-ship, built at Dublin, 1864. View of '...the first large iron vessel ever built in the port of Dublin as she glided off her cradle into

The Taeping Rebellion in China: troops of the Quinsan Garrison..., forming square, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Taeping Rebellion in China: troops of the Quinsan Garrison, under Major Gordon, forming square, 1864. Engraving from a photograph

Opening of the first railway in New Zealand, at Christchurch, Canterbury Province, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the first railway in New Zealand, at Christchurch, Canterbury Province, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. R. Kelly

Royal barges at Ayutthaya, Kingdom of Siam, Thailand. Adapted from Simon de la Loubere
FLO4624200 Royal barges at Ayutthaya, Kingdom of Siam, Thailand. Adapted from Simon de la Loubere. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Antoni Carboni from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient

A Scottish color bearer, Early 18th Century
3056348 A Scottish color bearer, Early 18th Century; Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: An Austrian print of a Scottish soldier with a King's Standard)

Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Army snowed under the Retreat from Moscow, 1812
FLO4608628 Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Army snowed under the Retreat from Moscow, 1812. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a Hudibrastic Poem by

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