1875 Collection

Barristers Called to Bar - Middle Temple Hall, London
Newly qualified Barristers called to the bar at Middle Temple Hall, London

Tools used in carpentry and joinery
Various tools used in carpentry and joinery, including a vice, saws, chisels, a plane, pliers, a compass and a hammer

Switzerland Reichenbach
The Reichenbach falls, where Sherlock Holmes and professor Moriarty are supposed to have fallen to their deaths

Bookbinding Tools 1875
Various tools used in bookbinding, including a pair of compasses, a mallet, presses, a knife, a set square, needle and thread, and a gouge

Carl Gustav Jung
CARL GUSTAV JUNG Swiss psychologist in 1940

CAILLEBOTTE: PLANERS, 1875. The Floor Planers. Oil on canvas by Gustave Caillebotte

Bookbinding Workshop
A bookbinders workshop, with the finished products in a domestic scene over on the right

Workshop of a carpenter and joiner
The workshop of a carpenter and joiner, with various activities taking place

Carl Gustav Jung
CARL GUSTAV JUNG Swiss psychologist at his desk

Various shoemaking tools
Various tools used by a shoemaker or cobbler, including scissors, pliers, hammers, a skewer, a ruler and strong thread

Fingerprint types, 17th century
Fingerprint types. 19th-century artwork showing three of the fingerprint types (arch, loop and whorl) identified by British scientist Francis Galton (1822-1911), who wrote on the subject from 1888

Blacksmith Tools 1875
A range of tools used by a blacksmith or ironsmith, including pincers, a hook, files, a hammer and a mallet. 1875

Aleister Crowley performing rites at his temple, with followers knelt before him

Building and masonry tools
Various building and masonry tools, including a saw, a mallet, chisels, hatchets, a trowel and a hammer

Workshop of a cooper (barrel maker)
The workshop of a cooper or barrel maker, with examples of the finished product out in the street

Licensed Victuallers Asylum
View of the The Licensed Victuallers National Asylum (now Caroline Gardens) in 1830, an extensive almshouse estate off Old Kent Road at Asylum Road, opened in 1827

Alexandra Palace, north London, England. The original 1873 building dramatically burnt down, only 16 days after it had opened. It was quickly rebuilt and re-opened in 1875

Tailoring tools
Tools used in tailoring, including scissors, needle and thread, chalk, measuring tape, a ruler and a smoothing iron

Leather making and tannery tools
Various tools used in tannery and leather making, including a knife, pincers and a hook

The Gullet, Stafford Street, Birmingham
Under the Artisans and Labourers dwellings Improvement Act, 1875, slum areas like the gullet were cleared and improved. Date: 16 December 1876

Various butchery tools
Tools used in butchery, including a mallet, a chopper, an axe, and various knives and cleavers

Various coopers tools
Various tools used by a cooper or barrel maker, including mallets, a hammer, a hatchet and a knife

Bear Waiter
Lord Suffield, having shot this bear in Russia, subjects it to the further indignity of being stuffed by Mr Ward and made to serve as a dumb waiter

Brunels SS Great Eastern, Milford Haven, South Wales
Brunels iron sailing steamship, the SS Great Eastern, berthed at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, during the 1870s. The ship is so large that it runs the length of Hamilton Terrace

Sandown Park Racecourse, 1875
Engraving showing the track and stands of the then newly constructed Sandown Park Racecourse, 1875

Feline Bell-Ringers 1875
These five cats have been taught - entirely by kindness - to ring bells in sequence, though whether they themselves enjoy the sound they make is open to question

Two violins and a viola by Stradivarius
Two violins and a viola by Antonius Stradivarius -- 1717 violin (Hart & Son), 1762 viola (Hart & Son), The Gillot Strad, 1715 (G Haddock). 1875

MILLET, Jean Franzois (1814-1875)
MILLET, Jean Franois (1814-1875). The Angelus (L Ang lus). Realism. Oil on canvas

Trumpers Barbers - Mayfair, London
Barbershop in Central London - Mayfair. G F Trumper & Sons. An elaborate belt-driven machinery above the mirror drives a head massaging brush. Established 1875

Jack Johnson and James Jeffries, 1910
Photographic montage showing Jack Johnson (1878-1946)(left) and James J. Jeffries (1875-1953), the heavyweight boxers who fought for the World Championship in 1910

Haiti Royal Palace
Citadelle Laferrire, the palace of Henri Christophe, ruler from 1807, king 1811-1818, committed suicide 1820

Tools used by a saddler and upholsterer
Various tools used by a saddler and upholsterer, including pliers, pincers, skewers, needles and a knife

Workshop of a saddler and upholsterer
The workshop of a saddler and upholsterer, with finished items including trunks, bags and a chair (top right)

Crimean War. The Balaklava Banquet, Survivors of the Light C
Portrait engraving of the suvivors of the Charge of the Light Brigade: Major General de Salis, 8th Hussars; Lieut

Freemasons at the Royal Albert Hall
The installation of his Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales as Grand Master of the freemasons of England at the Royal Albert Hall, London

Maurice Ravel / Photo
MAURICE RAVEL French musician

Captain Webb 1875
Captain Matthew WEBB is sustained with hot coffee during his first-ever Channel swim

John Buchan / Vanity Fair
JOHN BUCHAN Scottish author and administrator Date: 1875 - 1940

Le Linge (The Laundry), 1875. Creator: Manet, Edouard (1832-1883)
Le Linge (The Laundry), 1875. Found in the Collection of The Barnes Foundation

Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) observing a lunar eclipse in Rome, Italy, in 1500. Copernicus was a Polish astronomer who studied in both Poland and Italy

Commune Barricade
To the death ! Communards make a desperate sortie from behind a barricade in the rue Saint-Martin, Paris

Builders at work in the foreground, with partially completed buildings in the background

Range of bakery tools and ingredients
A range of bakery tools and ingredients, including a pair of scales, a bucket, a sieve, mixing paddles and a sack of flour

Mr. Justice Field
William Ventris Field(1813-1907), shown here in 1875 when newly appointed as one of the judges of the Court of Queens Bench

Schweitzer / Postcard
ALBERT SCHWEITZER French theologian, philosopher, missionary physician and music scholar

Costume / Boy on Tricycle
Picturesque foppish French boy in a pleated skirt in spotted fabric, floppy striped necktie & falling collar, checked socks, pumps with large ribbon bows & long flowing hair

Industrial Landscape
Factory smoke at Dowlais, South Wales

Maurice Ravel / Nauer
MAURICE RAVEL French musician

DONCASTER
Doncaster, south Yorkshire, seen from the northwest, across the river Don (hence its name) - famous for its races and butterscotch

Netherlands Amsterdam
Canal scene at the Mint

Alexandra Palace, north London, England. The original 1873 building dramatically burnt down, only 16 days after it had opened. It was quickly rebuilt and re-opened in 1875

Webb / Channel / Medals Cdv
MATTHEW WEBB Swimmer of the Channel in 1875, seen here wearing two medals

Fairy Queen
The Fairy Queen takes an airy drive in a light carriage

Prussian Royal Family, 1875
Crown Prince Frederick (Fritz) of Prussia, later Emperor Friedrich III, and his wife the Crown Princess, formerly Vicky

JUNG, Carl Gustav (1875-1961). Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist. Founder of analytical psychology. Oil

GERMANY: KULTURKAMPF, 1875. Pope Pius IX moving his game piece, the encyclical Quod nunquam, against Otto von Bismarcks anti-clerical moves on the chessboard of Kulturkampf. German cartoon, 1875

RENOIR: GARDEN, 1875. Woman with a Parasol in a Garden. Oil on canvas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1875

Hansom cab 1875
Two-wheeled Hanson cab, waiting for a fare. Date: 1875

France, Paris, Sketch of costume for flamenco dancers for Carmen by Georges Bizet
Sketch by Multzer of one of the costumes for the flamenco dancers for the first performance of Carmen, by Georges Bizet at the Opera Comique Theater in Paris (March 3rd 1875)

ITALY: BAGNI di LUCCA, c1875. View of the Devils Bridge at Bagni di Lucca, on the Lima River in the north of Tuscany, Italy. Wood engraving, c1875, after Harry Fenn

ROWING TEAM, c1875. The Paris Crew, a Canadian rowing team fron Saint John, New Brunswick, consisting of Robert Fulton, George Price, Samuel Hutton and Elijah Ross. Lithograph, Canadian, c1875

Princess Alices children in 1875
The children of Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and Grand Duke Louis (Ludwig) of Hesse: (l to r) Irene, Ernst Ludwig, Marie ( May ), Victoria

The three eldest Hesse Princesses
The three eldest daughters of Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and Grand Duke Ludwig of Hesse; Victoria (centre), Elisabeth (right) and Irene of Hesse in about 1875

Princess Alexandra with her sister Thyra
Alexandra, Princess of Wales, later Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) with her youngest sister, Princess Thyra of Denmark, later Duchess of Cumberland

Children of Edward VII circa. 1875
Photographic study of the five children of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, taken while Edward was still Prince of Wales

Busy tailors workshop
A busy tailors workshop, with a gentleman being fitted for a new suit

Survivors of the Battle of Balaklava, 1875
Series of engraved portraits showing the surviving British participants of the Charge of the Light Brigade of the Battle of Balaclave, Crimean War, pictured in 1875

CARMEN LIEBIG
Scenes from the opera, based on a story by Prosper Merimee

Couple at Opera C1875
Anticipation: an engaged couple in their box at the opera - she is still wondering whether he loves her

Wife Catches Husband 19C
Realisation: the wife finds her erring husband dining with two strange women

Mikhail Kalinin
MIKHAIL IVANOVICH KALININ Russian statesman, cofounder of Pravda, held many senior posts in Soviet government

Maskelyne & Cooks automaton, Psycho
Maskelyne & Cooks thought-reading, whist playing automaton, Psycho, as demonstrated at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London

Tompkins upright rotary knitting machine 1875
Tompkins American family company, showing upright rotary knitting machine. Date: 1875

Paganinis violin by Guarnerius
Three views of Paganinis violin by Joseph Guarnerius, 1743, in the Municipal Palace, Genoa, Italy. 1875

BUNKERs HILL MINE / 1875
Bunkers Hill mine, in North Staffordshire, the scene of a fatal explosion on April 30th 1875. Date: 1875

Bethnal Green
The newly-opened public recreation ground. Date: June 1875

SHIPWRECKS, 1875. The wreck of the Deutschland, inspiration of Gerard Manley Hopkins poem. Line engraving, English, 1875

Last of the Charlies -- watchman at Brixton Hill, London
The last of the Charlies (the traditional nickname for watchmen)

Rainer Maria Rilke / Photo
RAINER MARIA RILKE German poet sitting at a table in a garden

Eugene Manet on the Isle of Wight, 1875, by Berthe Morisot
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895). French Impressionist painter. Eug?¨ne Manet on the Isle of Wight, 1875. Marmottan Monet Museum. Paris. France

Battle of Salamanca, 1812 - The 88th Foot at the Battle of Salamanca, 1812. Watercolour by Christopher Clark (1875-1942), 1904.Associated with 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers). Date: 1812

France, Paris, Sketch of costume for Michaela for Carmen by Georges Bizet
Sketch by Multzer of one of the costumes for Michaela, for the first performance of Carmen, by Georges Bizet at the Opera Comique Theater in Paris (March 3rd 1875)

Wick Harbour
Wick harbour, Scotland, during the herring fishing Date: 1875

Asser and Sherwins Archery and Cricket Repository, London
Engraving showing the interior of Messrs. Asser and Sherwins Archery and Cricket repository, Strand, London, 1875

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In the year 1875, amidst a backdrop of significant events and notable figures, various industries thrived with their innovative tools and artistic creations. Carpentry and joinery craftsmen meticulously crafted intricate designs using their trusted tools, ensuring precision in every piece they created. Meanwhile, at Middle Temple Hall in London, barristers were called to the bar, marking a milestone in their legal careers. Amidst these developments, a visionary named Carl Gustav Jung was born in Switzerland's Reichenbach. Little did the world know that this brilliant mind would later revolutionize psychology with his theories on the collective unconscious and archetypes. Artists like Gustave Caillebotte captured scenes from everyday life through their masterful brushstrokes. In his painting "The Floor Planers, " he immortalized workers using planers - essential tools for smoothing surfaces during carpentry projects. Bookbinding also flourished during this era as skilled artisans utilized specialized tools to create beautifully bound volumes that would stand the test of time. These books became vessels of knowledge and imagination for generations to come. Meanwhile, Aleister Crowley made his mark on history as an influential occultist and writer. His enigmatic persona intrigued many while challenging societal norms. Shoemakers diligently employed various tools to fashion footwear that combined both style and comfort. Each tool had its purpose - stitching needles ensured durability while leather cutters shaped materials into elegant forms. In the realm of artistry, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot's masterpiece "Ville-d Avray" showcased nature's serene beauty through delicate brushwork on canvas. This French artist left an indelible mark on the art world before his passing in 1875. Even forensic science witnessed advancements during this period as fingerprint types from centuries past were studied further for identification purposes – paving the way for modern criminal investigations.