Sepia Collection

ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL (1806-1859). English engineer

The Angel at the Tomb, 1869. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron
The Angel at the Tomb, 1869

Old view of Omaha, Nebraska Old view of Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Created by Lancelot and Connon-Smeeton, published on L'Illustration, Journal Universel, Paris, 1868

sisyphus
Jeffrey Hummel

EMMELINE PANKHURST (1858-1928). English woman-suffrage advocate. Mrs. Pankhurst arrested outside Buckingham Palace, London, while trying to present a petition to King George V, 21 May 1914

Da Vincis crossbow. Late 19th Century reproduction of a page from a notebook written by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), showing his design for a giant crossbow. Published circa 1894-1904

ROWING TEAM, c1913. The Cambridge rowing team on a river. Photograph, c1913

Dark stairs at night, Montmartre, Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Newmarket Race Course, 1940. Racing in Newmarket was first recorded in the time of James I. Charles II was known to attend races on Newmarket Heath with his brother, the future James II

SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPH, 1863. French illusionist Henri Robin with a ghost, in a double exposed publicity photograph by Eug├¿ne Thi© bault, 1863

Our Ladye of Walsingham, Mary and Jesus
Our Ladye of Walsingham - Mary and Jesus

La paresse (Laziness), 1896. Creator: Felix Vallotton
La paresse (Laziness), 1896

Pomona, 1872. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron
Pomona, 1872. The twenty-year-old Alice Liddell (1852-1934) as the embodiment of fruitful abundance, Pomona, Roman goddess of gardens and fruit trees

Group photo, Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, USA
Group photo of the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

MAUDE ADAMS (1872-1953). American actress. Photographed in the role of Peter Pan, 1906

Horse-drawn fish and chips wagon - Cornwall
A horse-drawn hot fish and chips wagon in Cornwall, close to St Austell

Vintage Racing Car
A vintage racing car hurtling along a country lane

Bridge On the River Tamar
The Royal Albert Bridge, over the River Tamar at Saltash, Cornwall, 1869. Designed by British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it was completed in 1859. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Dance: Charleston, 1920S
DANCE: CHARLESTON, 1920s

LITTLE BIGHORN MONUMENT. Monument on Custers Hill, containing all the bones found at the site of the Battle of Little Bighorn. Photograph by Stanley Morrow, c1876

Churchill / Iwn May 1915
WINSTON CHURCHILL As First Lord of the Admiralty during the political crisis in the early months of the First World War

Butchers Shop, High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex
W Snelling Butchers Shop, 11 High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. circa 1900

Westminster Bridge and Parliament on a Christmas card
Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament, with Big Ben, inside a Christmas card from Stanley Baldwin (at that time British Prime Minister). (2 of 2) Date: 1928

CRIMEAN WAR: VALLEY OF DEATH. The Valley of the Shadow of Death

CHINA: WOMAN, 1860s. Woman of the Working Class, Canton, China: photographed by John Thomson, 1868-72

WWI: CARRIER PIGEONS. British motorcyclists taking carrier pigeons to front line trenches during World War I. Photograph, c1916

Ebbw Vale Colliery
A stereoscopic image of a freight train at Ebbw Vale Colliery in South Wales, 1856. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

WALT WHITMAN (1819-1892). American poet. Photographed in 1881

Biomechanics, historical artwork
Biomechanics. Historical artwork of two humans bearing loads. This illustration is taken from De Motu Animalium (On Animal Motion, 1680) by Alfonso Borelli (1608-1679)

Stanley Steamer car, 1906
Stanley Steamer car. This is the 1906 model of the steam-powered car produced by the Stanley Motor Carriage Company, a US company that operated from 1902-1917

Astrology and medicine, artwork
The Astrology and the Medicine. Organs are connected with special zodiac signs

WALL STREET CRASH, 1929. An unlucky speculator, one Walter Thornton of New York, offering to sell his roadster, October 30, 1929

GEORGE H. RUTH (1895-1948). Known as Babe Ruth. American baseball player. Ruth talking to a group of children, while playing for the New York Yankees. Photograph, 1924

NARRAGANSETT BAY, c1880. Aerial view of Narragansett Bay seen from above Providence, Rhode Island. Lithograph, c1880

BOSTON MAP, 1722. Engraved facsimile by George G. Smith, 1835, of a map of Boston, Massachusetts, by John Bonner, first printed in 1722, showing changes in the citys topography through 1769

Princess Alice of Great Britain & Grand Duke Louis of Hesse
Princess Alice (1843-1878), third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert pictured here around the time of her marriage with her husband Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse-Darmstadt

Pyramids of Gizeh, Egypt
The Pyramids of Gizeh in Egypt, with water, trees, and camels in the foreground

RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883). German composer. Photographed c1868 at his villa, Triebschen, near Lucerne, Switzerland

ROME: CHURCHES, 1575. Pilgrims visiting churches in Rome. Line engraving, 1575

Calthorpe Racing Car
1908 Tourist Trophy Race, 24th Sept, Calthorpe 4-cylinder racing car. Known as the Four Inch Race because that was the maximum size of cylinder bore allowed for entry. Race heId on Isle of Man

Siegfried Sassoon / Philpo
SIEGFRIED SASSOON English writer of poetry and prose

Thomas Hardy / Library
THOMAS HARDY Thomas Hardys home at Max Gate - the Library

Jerome K Jerome / 1890 Pho
Jerome K. Jerome Writer

Britain poster, Culzean Castle, Scotland, by Alfred Furness for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1948

SIR HENRY MORTON STANLEY (1841-1904). English journalist and explorer

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897). German composer and pianist. Original cabinet photograph, 1893

FOXHALL KEENE (1867-1941). American polo player

Pregnant woman holding her aching back

Vostok 1 Soviet spacecraft
Vostok (Russian осток)

GROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER (1887-1950). American baseball pitcher. Photographed while with the Philadelphia Phillies, early 20th century

Singer SM 1500 Roadster
Taking out the Singer SM 1500 Roadster for a spin on a very sunny day

Hm Stanley / Cdv Photo
HENRY MORTON STANLEY British journalist and explorer, in the clothes he wore to meet Livingstone in 1871

Ww Gull / Cabinet Portrait
CHARLES DARWIN English naturalist

Herodotus / Gooch / Sepia
HERODOTUS Greek historian

Richard Burton / Woodbury
SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON Traveller and writer

Eliz Gaskell / Richmond
ELIZABETH CLEGHORN GASKELL Writer, in 1851

Suffragette magazine gives angelic status to Emily Davison

Christian and Hopeful in the Dungeon, c1916. Artist: William Strang
Christian and Hopeful in the Dungeon, c1916. An illustration from John Bunyans The Pilgrims Progress

Skinning the Lamb, c1910. An American cartoon depicting three African American men playing cards. Two of the men are skinning or fleecing the third. The barman looks on with a knowing smile

Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, UK
People on the beach on Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, UK. Date: circa 1910

Music cover, When I Fall in Love, Nat King Cole
Music cover, When I Fall in Love, music by Victor Young, words by Edward Heyman, recorded by Nat King Cole on Capitol Records. 1952

ELLIS ISLAND: WOMAN, 1906. Portrait of a Ruthenian woman, possibly from Ukraine or Belarus, at Ellis Island. Photograph by Augustus Sherman, 1906

ELLIS ISLAND: FAMILY, c1910. Portrait of a mother with her two daughters from the Netherlands, at Ellis Island. Photograph by Augustus Sherman, c1910

THE UNIVERSAL FAVORITE. Lithograph, 1889

ALGERIA: ROMAN SARCOPHAGUS. Sarcophagus at the Roman Temple of Minerva in Tebessa, Algeria, built in the 3rd century A.D. Photograph, late 19th century

COLDSTREAM GUARD, c1855. Colonel Michael Walker Heneage of the Coldstream Guard. Photographed during the Crimean War by Roger Fenton, c1855

WORLD WAR I: CAMOUFLAGE. The zebra-striped British transport ship Osterly decked out in flags in New York Harbor to celebrate the signing of the armistice, 11 November 1918. Photograph

FAT LADY, 19th CENTURY. Hannah Battersby, a 700-lb. American circus fat lady. Photograph, 19th century

BARBER SHOP, 1920. American barber shop

All Saints Church, Herstmonceux
Sepia tinted postcard print of church and churchyard. Hordern Collection General Photographic Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No PH5533

NATIVE AMERICAN CHIEFS. Six tribal chiefs, in ceremonial attire

Christmas card printed with a sepia photograph of Haytor Rocks, Dartmoor, with a printed verse and a picture of two ponies, sent from the Lynches, printed in the United Kingdom, c.1920-1950

Embouchure De La Seine A Honfleur, c1865. Artist: Claude Monet
Embouchure De La Seine A Honfleur, c1865. From The Studio Volume 65. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1915]

USS Maine, 1911. The USS Maine, a pre-dreadnought battleship, exploded and sank in Havana harbour, Cuba, on 15 February 1898, with the loss of 274 of her crew

Three American soldiers, Camp Dodge, Iowa, WW1
Three American soldiers (known as Doughboys) at Camp Dodge, Iowa, USA, during the First World War, with 1917 Enfield rifles

Cornwall Gardens, South Kensington, SW London
View of Cornwall Gardens (north side looking west), South Kensington, SW London. circa 1910

NEW YORK WORLDs FAIR. Aerial view of the Unisphere at New York Worlds Fair in Queens. Photograph by Roger Higgins, 1964 or 1965

WWI: OSTEND, c1914. British Royal Marines marching through Ostend, Belgium. Photograph, c1914

Bridge Over The Avon
The Clifton suspension bridge, which spans the river Avon near Bristol, circa 1880. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it was completed in 1864. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

St Marys Church, Stoughton
Sepia print, poor quality c1894. Full view of church and churchyard. Hordern Collection General Photographic Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. PH6029

SPAGHETTI VENDOR, c1908. Spaghetti vendor serving food in Naples, Italy. Photograph, c1908

Dr Christopher Dresser on a rickshaw, Japan
Dr Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) - English designer and theorist - best known as a pivotal figure in the Aesthetic Movement

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"Sepia: A Glimpse into the Past" Step back in time and immerse yourself in the captivating world of sepia. This nostalgic filter transports us to a bygone era, where history comes alive through faded photographs. Isambard Kingdom Brunel, an English engineer whose innovative designs shaped the landscape, stands tall amidst his creations. His visionary mind forever etched in sepia tones. Dark stairs at night in Montmartre, Paris evoke a sense of mystery and intrigue. The cobblestone streets whisper tales of artists and bohemians who once roamed these very steps. A rowing team from Cambridge freezes their momentous victory on the river with a click of the camera shutter. Sepia captures their determination and camaraderie as they conquer waves together. Da Vinci's crossbow takes center stage, showcasing Leonardo's genius craftsmanship. Sepia adds an air of antiquity to this weapon that once held both power and precision. Emmeline Pankhurst, an advocate for women's suffrage, faces arrest outside Buckingham Palace while fighting for equality. In sepia hues, her unwavering spirit shines through as she challenges societal norms. Roundhay Park's folly stands proudly against nature's backdrop; its architectural beauty preserved through albumen prints drenched in sepia tones. A testament to human creativity standing against time itself. In Cornwall, a horse-drawn fish and chips wagon brings delight to locals with its savory offerings. The nostalgia captured by sepia reminds us of simpler times when culinary delights were delivered on wheels. Vintage racing cars speed across dusty tracks; their engines roaring with adrenaline-fueled excitement frozen within sepia frames. Each photograph tells stories of daring drivers pushing boundaries beyond imagination. James Cellan Jones Season at BFI Southbank beckons cinephiles to indulge in classic films from yesteryears during October 2010—a cinematic journey tinted with warm sepia hues.