1870 Collection

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West Ham Fire Brigade
A manual horse drawn fire pump belonging to West Ham Fire Brigade with a Victorian fire crew

Croydon Fire Brigade, South Norwood station
The firefighters of the Croydon Fire Brigade serving at South Norwood station, South Norwood High Street, together with their horse drawn manual fire engine

Bear Having A Glass Of Wine, Around 1870, Hungary, Wine, Wineglass, Wine Carafe, Soldier, Table, Interior, Liszt Gourmet Archive, Alcohol, Alcoholic, Drink, Drinking, Beverage, Caricature, Cartoon

Statue of Captain Sir Eyre Massey Shaw
Bronze statue of Captain Sir Eyre Massey Shaw (1828-1908) about 18 inches high, by Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

LCC-MFB Hackney fire station, E9
Built by the Metropolitan Board of Works (the forerunner of the London County Council) for the MFB, Hackney fire station was located at 2-2A Bodney Road, East London

Franco-prussian War: Needle Gun Of Dreyse, Engraving 1870

Little Dorrit moored at West Looe Quay, Pennylands area
Quay area yet to be re-built

Pennylands area, West Looe
Pennylands area before re-building & improvement, one building derelict

Millpool, West Looe, cottages & buildings
Buildings no longer there in that form

Mill buildings at the Millpool, West Looe
Wonderful detail of buildings no longer there

Quagga, London ZOO
Quagga (Equus quagga): Extinct South African mammal of the horse family. Engraving of photograph by Frederick York of London, c1870, of Quagga mare in London Zoo, England

Franco-prussian War: The Battle Of Sedan, France, 1870

Franco-prussian War: The Fortress Bitche 1870

Franco-prussian War: The North Side Of Mont D avron During The Bombardment By The Germans On 27 December 1870. From Left To Right: Noisy Le Grand, Avron, Villemomble, Fort De Rosny, France

Franco-prussian War: Attack On The Gare Aux Boeufs By Marine Fuseliere And The 103 And 106 Battalion Of The National Garde Of France, France

Franco-prussian War: Chassepot, Engraving 1870

Franco-prussian War: The Last In The Luxembourg Gardens Housed Sheep, France

Franco-prussian War: French Triumphal Train To Berlin, Germany

Franco-prussian War: Refuges In The Jardin Des Plantes In Paris For The Nutrition Of Cattle, France

Franco-prussian War: French Headlights Illuminating By Electric Lights The Vorterrain

Franco-prussian War: Camp Scene Within The City Walls Of Paris, France

Franco-prussian War: Prussians Unmask A Battery, After The Attack On Chatillon

Franco-prussian War: View Of Nuits, France

Franco-prussian War: The French Position On 21 December 1870. From Left To Right: Gournay
Franco-prussian War: The French Position On 21 December 1870

Franco-prussian War: Battle Of The Fifth Army Corps Near Wissembourg On The 4th August 1870th. General Von Kirchbach Commands The Storming Of The Gaisberg. France

Franco-prussian War: View Of The Plane At Le Bourget On 23 December 1870. From Left To Right: Dugny, Pont Iblon, German Troops, Le Bourget, Train To Goiffons, Blanc Mesnil, Road To Flanders, France

Franco-prussian War: The Bombardment Of Paris. General View Taken Of The German Positions From Chatillon To Meudon, Of The Paris Ramparts

The Harbour Of Annapolis Royal, Canada, 1870s Engraving

Plan Of The Confederate Retreat From Richmond And Petersburg, American Civil War, United States Of America, US, USA, 1870s Engraving

The Rebel Ram Tennessee Surrendering To The Federals, American Civil War, United States Of America, 1870s Engraving

Indian Pipe. From Schoolcrafts History Of The Indian Tribes. 1870s Engraving

Washingtons Sarcophagus, Mount Vernon, United States Of America, US, USA, 1870s Engraving

Facsimile Of The Original Headline Of The Boston Newsletter, United States Of America, US, USA, 1870s Engraving

Map To Show Position Of The Early Settlements In North America, 1870s Engraving

New York In The Middle Of The Eighteenth Century, United States Of America, US, USA, 1870s Engraving

American Soldier Under Arms, United States Of America, US, USA, 1870s Engraving

Map Of Lake Champlain, US, USA, 1870s Engraving

Plan Of The British Operations In New York, United States Of America, US, USA, 1870s Engraving

New York In The Middle Of The Eighteenth Century, United States Of America, US, USA, 1870s Engraving

Franco-prussian War: Tours, The Late Seat Of The Provisional Government, France, 1870

Tours Cathedral, France, 1870

Franco-prussian War: The Battle Of Amiens, France, 1870; 44th Prussian Infantry Storming Entrenchments, Retreating French Infantry, French Batteries, Villers Bretonneux

Franco-prussian War: The Last Sortie From Paris, France, 1870

Alt Breisach, On The Rhine, Germany, 1870

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietsche (1840-1900). German philospher and writer

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietsche (1840-1900). German philospher and writer

Portrait of Brigham Young American Mormon leader, 1870
Brigham Young (1801 - 1877) American Mormon leader. Wood engraving published circa 1870

T. S. Wells performing operation
Thomas Spencer Wells (1818 - 1897) British gynecologist who perfected ovariotomy, performing an operation on a patient anaesthetized by chloroform, c1870

John Milton (1608-74) English poet, imagined here in later life when blind seated by a small chamber organ. Wood engraving 1870

(Nicolas) Francois Appert (1749-1841) French chef and inventor of method of preserving food in glass bottles, then in tin-plated cans. Wood engraving c1870

Old Father Time with his scythe, carrying in the New Year. Wood engraving, 1870

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Prussian troops before Paris waiting for the sortie. One rifleman, bayonet fixed, sits on an upright piano keeping watch while his companions enjoy a meal and a smoke

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871. Bavarian troops of the Prussian army storming Bicetre. Wood engraving, October 1870

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871. A Landwehr regiment of the Prussian army on the march led by drummer. Wood engraving, September 1870

Balloon Ville d Orleans after leaving Gare du Nord at night, 24 November 1870, during siege of Paris during Franco-Prussian War

Henri Giffards (1825-1882) steam-powered steerable (dirigible) airship during its ascent of 25 September 1852: cigar shaped gasbag

Exploring The Styx, a subterranean river in the Mammoth Cave, the system of limestone caverns in Kentucky, USA. Wood engraving c1870

Loading bales of cotton for export, Savannah, Georgia, USA. Wood engraving c1870

Case and fitting department, Chappell & Companys piano works, Belmont Street, Chalk Farm Road, London. Wood engraving 1870

Princess Isabel and Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil 1870 A. D
Princess Isabel and Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil 1870

North American Indian hunting buffalo
North American Indians hunting buffalo (North American Bison) on prairies with bows and arrows and spears. Color - printed wood engraving, Paris, c1870

Chinese theatre, San Francisco. Wood engraving c1870

James Young Simpson (1811 - 1870) Scottish obstetrician. Pioneer of the use of Chloroform as an anesthetic. From an engraving published London, May 1870

Boudicca 1st century British queen of the Iceni
Boudicca (Boadicea) 1st century British queen of the Iceni after her defeat. Overwhelmed by the Romans under Suetonius, Boudicca is said to have taken poison

Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653 - 1716) Scottish writer, politician and patriot. He opposed the 1707 Act of Union between Scotland and England

David Stewart of Garth (1772 - 1829) Scottish soldier and author. Entered the 42nd Highlanders in 1787

William Forbes, 6th Baronet (1735 - 1806) Scottish banker and philanthropist. A founder of the Union Bank of Scotland

William Aikman (1682 - 1731) Scottish portrait painter. Engraving from " A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen" by Thomas Thomson (1870)

John Sinclair of Ulbster (1754 - 1835) Scottish politician, economist and writer on finance and agriculture, born at Thurso Castle, Caithness, Scotland

James Bruce of Kinnaird (1730 - 1805) Scottish traveler and writer called The Abyssinian Traveler. Engraving from " A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen" by Thomas Thomson (1870)

Hector Boece or Boyce (1465 - 1536) known as the Scottish Boethius. Scottish philosopher born in Dundee. A friend of Erasmus. First principal of Aberdeen University (1500)

Gilbert Burnet (1643 - 1715) Scottish theologian and historian. A brilliant linguist, as well as his native English, he was fluent in Dutch, French, Latin, Greek and Hebrew

Dugald Stewart (1853 - 1828) Scottish philosopher and mathematician born at Edinburgh. Professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh university (1785 - 1809)

Duncan Forbes of Culloden (1685 - 1747) Scottish politician who fought the Jacobite pretenders to the British throne and supported the Hanoverian succession

Joseph Black (1728 - 1799) Scottish chemist, born in Bordeaux, France, son of a wine merchant. Professor chemistry at Glasgow University. In 1757 he isolated carbon dioxide

John Gregory (1724 - 1773) Scottish physician

James Gregory (1638 - 75) Scottish mathematician. In 1663 he published " Optica Promota" describing his reflecting telescope. Corresponded with Isaac Newton

Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch (1750 - 1843) Scottish general who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. He served under Sir John Moore in Portugal in the Peninsular campaign. Victorious at Barossa 1811

James Boswell (1740 - 1795) Scottish diarist, man - of - letters and biographer of Dr Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

Children bringing food to parents who are Haymaking
Summer: Children with a little cart bringing food and drink to their parents who are Haymaking. Chomolithograph c1870

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