1870s Collection (page 9)

Lieutenant W.H. May, 1875
1574549 Lieutenant W.H. May, 1875; (add.info.: Lieut W.H. May of HMS Alert British naval officer on the Britsh Arctic expedition of 1875 of HMS Alert and HMS Discovery led by George Strong Nares)

Departure of the Troops, 1870 (engraving)
1575643 Departure of the Troops, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving of Troops departing for war at a train station. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

Cards on the Prairil, 1870 (engraving)
1575634 Cards on the Prairil, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving of a group of men playing cards on the Prairil. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

New York Life Insurance Company, 1870
1575605 New York Life Insurance Company, 1870; (add.info.: Policies of the New York Life Insurance Company. The Policy covers up to £2, 665, 00. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

Portrait of Prince Alfonso XII of Spain, 1870 (engraving)
1575592 Portrait of Prince Alfonso XII of Spain, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving portrait of the young Prince Alfonso XII of Spain. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Neutral Ground at Gibraltar, 1870 (engraving)
1575590 The Neutral Ground at Gibraltar, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts the neutral ground at Gibraltar. The neutral ground was established due to disputes between the British)

The Grave of Charles Dickens, 1870
1575571 The Grave of Charles Dickens, 1870; (add.info.: Illustration depicts the grave of Charles Dickens (1812-1870) at Poets Corner, Westminster Abbey

Patent Disc Drill, 1872
1574810 Patent Disc Drill, 1872; (add.info.: Patent disc drill by Ben Reid & Co. of Aberdeen, Scotland. This used undulating rotating discs to distribute the seed)

Charge of French Cuirassiers, 1870 (engraving)
1580790 Charge of French Cuirassiers, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts the charge of French Cuirassiers, a mounted cavalry soldiers equipped with armour and firearms)

French Peasantry of the Vosges Fleeing From Their Homes, 1870 (engraving)
1580781 French Peasantry of the Vosges Fleeing From Their Homes, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts French peasants leaving Vosges with their possessions)

The Battlefield of Woerth, 1870 (engraving)
1580779 The Battlefield of Woerth, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Battle of Wœrth. Prussian troops were commanded by Frederick Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl III of Prussia (1831-1888)

Wounded Prussian Soldiers on Their Way to the Rear, 1870 (engraving)
1580774 Wounded Prussian Soldiers on Their Way to the Rear, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts wounded Prussian soldiers resting on their way to the rear)

The Volunteer Artillery at Shoeburyness, 1870 (engraving)
1580771 The Volunteer Artillery at Shoeburyness, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts the volunteers at Shoeburyness. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

Before the Attack, 1870 (engraving)
1580763 Before the Attack, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving of a painting by Paul Alexandre Protais (1825-1890) A French history painter. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

Jules Simon Reading Out the News of the Battle of Wesissenburg, 1870 (engraving)
1580762 Jules Simon Reading Out the News of the Battle of Wesissenburg, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving of Jules Simon (1814-1896) a French statesman and philosopher

Arrival of the Wounded, 1870 (engraving)
1580794 Arrival of the Wounded, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts a scene at a railway station on the arrival of a train with wounded soldiers. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

Portrait of Professor James Syme, 1870
1575645 Portrait of Professor James Syme, 1870; (add.info.: Engraving of Professor James Syme (1799 - 1870) a pioneering Scottish surgeon. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

Voices of the Night, 1870 (engraving)
1575629 Voices of the Night, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts a soldier awakening from a nightmare whilst the other men remain asleep. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

Wedding Present List, 1870
1575621 Wedding Present List, 1870; (add.info.: Article for a present list for Asser and Sherwin wedding. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Fete at the Crystal Palace, 1870 (engraving)
1575620 The Fete at the Crystal Palace, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting the fete at the Crystal Palace in honour of M. De Lesseps. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Prize, 1870 (engraving)
1575616 The Prize, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving of a young child dragging a large fish that he caught. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, 1870
1577203 Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, 1870; (add.info.: Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) Russian composer.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Flight of the French Peasants, 1870 (engraving)
1575745 Flight of the French Peasants, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts French peasants leaving Bazeilles with their possessions)

View of Paris, 1870 (engraving)
1575741 View of Paris, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving of a bird's-eye view of Paris from the roof of St Gervais. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

Sketch titled Driving Cattle for the Army, 1870
1575724 Sketch titled Driving Cattle for the Army, 1870; (add.info.: Sketch titled Driving the Cattle for the Army depicts cattle being herded down a country road)

Gemunden am Main, 1870 (engraving)
1575716 Gemunden am Main, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts part of Gemunden am Main a town in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany)

Portrait of Marshal MacMahon, 1870
1575681 Portrait of Marshal MacMahon, 1870; (add.info.: Engraving of Marshal Marie Esme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon, 1st Duke of Magenta (1808-1893)

Hyde Park in the Season, 1870
1575655 Hyde Park in the Season, 1870; (add.info.: Engraving depicts a group of wealthy women, men and children gathering in Hyde Park, London. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

President Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877
1576379 President Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877; (add.info.: President Rutherford B. Hayes. Hayes was the 19th President of the United States)

President Rutherford B. Hayes, 1871
1576330 President Rutherford B. Hayes, 1871; (add.info.: President Rutherford B. Hayes. Hayes was the 19th President of the United States)

President Rutherford B. Hayes and two sons, 1870
1576315 President Rutherford B. Hayes and two sons, 1870; (add.info.: President Rutherford B. Hayes and his two sons. Hayes was the 19th President of the United States)

Bridge at Frankfort, 1870 (engraving)
1575703 Bridge at Frankfort, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving of the Bridge in Frankfort (the old German name for Frankfurt). Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

On the Pier at Ryde, 1870
1575685 On the Pier at Ryde, 1870; (add.info.: Engraving depicts a scene on a pier at Ryde a British seaside town. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

Jules Simon Reading Out the News of the Battle of Wesissenburg, 1870
1575682 Jules Simon Reading Out the News of the Battle of Wesissenburg, 1870; (add.info.: Engraving of Jules Simon (1814-1896) a French statesman and philosopher

Early Lessons, 1870 (engraving)
1575670 Early Lessons, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts a young girl learning how to ride a pony. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

Her Ladyships Groom, 1870 (engraving)
1575666 Her Ladyships Groom, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts a formally dressed man riding a horse. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

Marshal Francois Achille Bazaine, 1870
1575755 Marshal Francois Achille Bazaine, 1870; (add.info.: Engraving of Marshal Francois Achille Bazaine (1811 - 1888) French General and from 1864, a Marshal of France

Portrait of Captain John Burgoyne, 1870
1575751 Portrait of Captain John Burgoyne, 1870; (add.info.: Engraving of Captain John Burgoyne (1722 - 1792) a British army officer, politician and dramatist

Soldiers at Point Lookout, 1873 (colout lithograph)
1579901 Soldiers at Point Lookout, 1873 (colout lithograph); (add.info.: Colour lithograph of soldiers at Point Lookout, Tennessee. Created by James Fuller Queen (1820-1886)

Paul Cezanne, 1877
1577077 Paul Cezanne, 1877; (add.info.: Photograph of Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) French artist and Post-Impressionist painter.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Male figure sitting on top of a water dam, 1871
1577009 Male figure sitting on top of a water dam, 1871; (add.info.: Image shows a male figure sitting on top of a water dam, in North Bloomfield, California)

Friedrich Goltz, 1879
1577005 Friedrich Goltz, 1879; (add.info.: Friedrich Goltz (14 August 1834 - 5 May 1902) was a German physiologist. Best know for his experiments in neurophysiology

Franco Prussian war, 1870
1583486 Franco Prussian war, 1870; (add.info.: The Stampede at Sedan.); Windmill/Robert Hunt Library/UIG

Francis Joseph, 1870 (b/w photo)
1583475 Francis Joseph, 1870 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria.); Windmill/Robert Hunt Library/UIG

The turst moat at Sedan, 1870
1583472 The turst moat at Sedan, 1870; (add.info.: The turst moat at Sedan on 1st Sept 1870.); Windmill/Robert Hunt Library/UIG

Attack on the Banking House of MM. Leon and Dreher, 1870 (engraving)
1580761 Attack on the Banking House of MM. Leon and Dreher, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts an attack on the banking house of MM. Leon and Dreher, Paris)

A Prussian Bivouac, 1870 (engraving)
1580759 A Prussian Bivouac, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts Prussian soldiers at a Prussian bivouac. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

A Prussian Outpost, 1870 (engraving)
1580757 A Prussian Outpost, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts Prussian soldiers at a Prussian outpost. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

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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.