C1879 Collection

National Line's SS Egypt under sail and steam, flying Red Ensign. Launched at Liverpool, England, 1871
528390 National Line's SS Egypt under sail and steam, flying Red Ensign. Launched at Liverpool, England, 1871, one of her routes was Liverpool/New York. Currier & Ives print c1879

Isaac Newton English scientist and mathematician, c.1879 (engraving)
533413 Isaac Newton English scientist and mathematician, c.1879 (engraving); (add.info.: Isaac Newton (1642-1727) English scientist and mathematician. 'Newton Investigating Light'

Milwaukee, Wis. 1879;Beck & Pauli, lithographer;c1879
Milwaukee, Wis. 1879; Beck & Pauli, lithographer; c1879.; 1 print : lithograph, 1 tint stone; 42 1/4 x 28 in

The Red Shoes, one of Hans Christian Andersens Fairy stories Karen being given her first pair of red shoes by the shoemakers wife on the day her mother is buried. Dalziel chromolithograph c1879

Self-portrait in a Black Hat, c1879. Oil on canvas. Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) French Post-Impressionist painter

Joseph Black visiting James Watt in his Glasgow workshop, c1760. Artists impression of Joseph Black (1729-1799), Scottish chemist, visiting James Watt (1736-1819), Scottish inventor and engineer

Isaac Newton (1642-1727) English scientist and mathematician. Newton Investigating Light. Engraving after picture by J A Houston published c1879

National Lines SS Egypt under sail and steam, flying Red Ensign. Launched at Liverpool, England, 1871, one of her routes was Liverpool/New York. Currier & Ives print c1879

Verney Lovett Cameron (1844-1894) English explorer in Central Africa, born at Radipole near Weymouth, Dorset. Camerons expedition to Africa (1872-1875). His party being attacked by a buffalo

A maid pouring a jug of water on a fire in an attempt to prevent it setting the chimney alight. Engraving from Le Journal de la Jeunesse (Paris, c1879)

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1879: A Year in Review - Milwaukee, Wis. Witnessed the publication of "The Red Shoes," a lithograph by Beck & Pauli, based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale. In art, Paul Cezanne painted a self-portrait in a black hat, while Isaac Newton continued his groundbreaking investigations into light. Across the Atlantic, the National Lines SS Egypt set sail from Liverpool, flying the Red Ensign under both sail and steam. In Scotland, James Watt's workshop welcomed a visit from Joseph Black. Meanwhile, Frederick Douglass, born a slave as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, continued his fight for civil rights. Elsewhere, English explorer Verney Lovett Cameron, born at Radipole, embarked on his Central African expeditions. And back home, a maid's desperate attempt to prevent a chimney fire with a jug of water was a common household scene. A year full of contrasts and progress.