February Collection

1 Feb 1880 Collection
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Garinis cremation furnace used in Milan
Cut-away view of Garinis cremation furnace used in Milan. Wood engraving, Paris, 1880

The Boneshaker, the type of pedal-driven bicycle popular c1870. Wood engraving c1880

Johann Friedrich Oberlin (1740-1826) Lutheran philanthropist and pastor in Vosges region of France, encouraging his parishioners to construct road to decrease their isolation. Established schools

Johann Friedrich Oberlin (1740-1826) Lutheran philanthropist and pastor in Vosges region of France, encouraging his parishioners to construct road to decrease their isolation

School House, Fishponds, Bristol, birthplace of Hannah More (1745-1833). English religious writer and playwright and member of the Blue Stocking circle of Learned intelligent women. Engraving c1880

Education: Robert Raikes (1735-1811) English philanthropist and publisher. Began Sunday School movement in his native Gloucester in 1780. Wood engraving, London, 1880

Johann Friedrich Oberlin (1740-1826) Lutheran philanthropist and pastor in the Vosges region of France, cooking a frugal meal and reading. Wood engraving c1880

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: German troops marching into Paris. Wood engraving c1880

Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) British poet, critic and educationalist. Eldest son of Thomas Arnold, headmaster of Rugby School. Lithograph after portrait of Arnold c1880

William George Armstrong (1810-1900) British industrialist and inventor: Elswick Engine Works, Newcastle: Armstrong Gun. Built Cragside, his home, which he fitted with electricity

Henry Hugh Armstead (1828-1905) British sculptor. Worked on Albert Memorial (1864). Royal Academician 1879. Photograph published c1880. Woodburytype

George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823-1900) British Whig (Liberal) politician and scientist. Supported cataclysmic school of geology rather than uniformitarianism

George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823-1900) British Whig (Liberal) politician and scientist. Supported cataclysmic school of geology rather than uniformitarianism

Anne Boleyn (c1504-1536) second wife of Henry VIII of England: mother of Elizabeth I: found guilty of high treason on grounds of adultery: charges almost certainly fabricated

Anne (1665-1714), Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702. Second daughter of James II and sister of Mary II. Engraving after portrait by Godfrey Kneller

Anne Boleyn (c1504-1536) second wife of Henry VIII of England: mother of Elizabeth I: found guilty of high treason on grounds of adultery: charges almost certainly fabricated. Engraving c1880

Anne (1665-1714) Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702. Second daughter of James II and sister of Mary II. Wood engraving 1880

Henry Allon (1818-1592) English Congregational divine. Tinted lithograph published London c1880

Michel Adanson (1727-1806) French botanist and naturalist; early exponent of classification of plants by natural orders; pre-Linnaeus. Engraving published c1880

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn (1811-1885). British courtier and statesman; Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland 1866-1868, 1874-1876. Tinted lithograph published London c1880

Cotama Buddha, Sri Lanka. Engraving 1880

Pickerings crank-pedal driven bicycle, an American design. Wood engraving c1880

St Gothard railway tunnel: Workmen from the Swiss and Italian sides of the tunnel meeting on Sunday morning, 27 February 1880. Wood engraving, London, March 1880

Lewis Gompertzs (1783 / 4-1861)
Lewis Gompertzs (1783/4-1861) improvement on Baron von Draiss bicycle, powered by a rack-and-pinion on the front wheel. Wood engraving c1880

The Dandy-Horse, introduced c1818, called the Draisen in Paris and the Drais Laufmashin in Germany. Wood engraving c1880

Primitive bicycle, a form of Dandy-Horse. Wood engraving c1880

Blood Transfusion: blood flowed from arm of donor, left, into cup, and was then pumped from the bottom of cup and forced through canula into patient

St Gothard Tunnel linking Italy and Switzerland by rail. View of Swiss end of tunnel during construction showing workmen man-handling wagons used to remove debris

St Gothard Tunnel linking Italy and Switzerland by rail. Workmen from the two ends of the tunnel breaking through last piece of rock and meeting, 29 February 1880. Wood engraving March 1880

Sewing machine by Isaac Merritt Singer (1811-1875): Treadle version. From " Genius Rewarded or the Story of the Sewing Machine", New York, 1880. Wood engraving

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Germans leaving Paris. Wood engraving c1880

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Occupation of Paris - the first German in Paris, February 1871. Wood engraving c1880

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Battle of St Quentin, January 1871. Hand-to-hand fighting between French (right) and Prussian (left) troops. Wood engraving c1880

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871. Prussian guns trained on besieged city of Paris, January 1871. Wood engraving c1880

Franco-Prussian War: 1870-1871. Prussian troops hoisting the German standard at Valerien. Wood engraving.1880

Indian Mutiny (Sepoy Mutiny) 1857-59: Desperate defence of the fort at Futtegurgh where 150 British, of whom only one quarter could bear arms, were under siege

Indian Mutiny (Sepoy Mutiny) 1857-1859: Lt. De Kantzow at Mynpooree holding the mutineering 9th Sepoys at bay for three hours until rescued by an influential Indian

Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-1880: Capture of Ghunzee by British forces, March 1880. Tinted lithograph

First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842: Rescue of British prisoners from the Afghans after the defeat of Akbar Khan, April 1842. Wood engraving c. 1880

Dost Mohammad Khan (1793-1863) ruler of Afghanistan 1826-1863. Founder of Barakzai (Barakzay) dynasty. Wood engraving c.1880

First Public Reading of the Declaration of Independence. Passed by Congress in Philadelphia, 2 July, 1776, adopted on 4 July. Engraving from " Harpers Weekly", 1880. Engraving

Vishnu, one of gods of the Hindu Trinity (Trimurti) in his ten incarnations or avatars. Engraving c1880

Indra, principal of the Vedic gods of India mounted on his elephant. Engraving c1880

Temple of Ten Thousand Idols, Japan. Engraving 1880

Isaac Merritt Singer (1811-1875) American inventor and manufacturer

Home and family transformed into models of comfort and smartness by the housewifes industry with the help of the Singer sewing machine

Isaac Merrit Singer (1811-1875), American inventor, while his friend George Zieber holds the candle

Isaac Merrit Singers (American inventor) first sewing machine, patented 1851. From " Genius Rewarded or the Story of the Sewing Machine", New York, 1880.Wood engraving

Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880): A block in the Jugdulluk Pass: British troops having difficulties on their way to reinforce General Roberts at Cabul (Kabul). December 1879

Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880): General Frederick Roberts (1832-1914) at his headquarters at Sherpore Cantonments, February 1880. Wood engraving March 1880

Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880): British troops reconnoitring in mountains between Cabul valley and plain of Jellalabad. Wood engraving February 1880

Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1900): British position at Sherpore, Cabul (Kabul). Gatling gun bastion making ready to repel attack by the Ghazis, 23 December 1879. Wood engraving February 1880

First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842: British troops from the besieged city of Jellalabad, under the leadership of Henry Havelock, attacking the camp of Akbar Khan

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