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Rischgitz Collection

Remarkable and historic photographs of people and events that particularly interested Augustus Rischgitz

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Royal Engineers
circa 1850: An officer of the Royal Engineers gives orders to two privates. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: Ludwig Van Beethoven

Ludwig Van Beethoven
German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827). Original Artwork: Portrait August von Kloeber (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

HMS Vanguard
1st August 1798: Nelsons ship Vanguard at the head of the British fleet, with signal flags flying, faces the French at the Battle of the Nile in Aboukir Bay during the Napoleonic Wars

Gamo Captured
The capture of the Spanish frigate El Gamo by Commander Lord Thomas Cochrane in the HMS Speedy, off Barcelona, 6th May 1801. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: Bronte Sisters by Patrick Branwell Bronte

Bronte Sisters by Patrick Branwell Bronte
circa 1834: English writers Anne, Emily and Charlotte Bronte. Original Artwork: Painting by their brother, Patrick Branwell Bronte who painted himself among his sisters

Hamburg Cocks
circa 1900: Cockerels and chickens of the Hamburg breed, showing variations in colour and markings. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Game Of Billiards
circa 1850: Two couples playing a game of billiards at a private residence. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: Watching Cockfight

Watching Cockfight
A crowd of men watching a cockfighting contest in the Cock-Pit Royal, circa 1735. Original Artwork: By William Hogarth. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: Bull And Mouth Sign, Guild Hall Museum, London

Bull And Mouth Sign, Guild Hall Museum, London
1887: Sign of the Bull and Mouth in the Guild Hall Museum, London. Showing a bull standing over a face with a large mouth it is a corruption of Boulogne Mouth referring to the entrance to Boulogne

Unhappy Lot
1895: A policeman fending off an angry crowd in the east end of London. Graphic - Taking One Consideration with another a policemans lot is not a happy one - pub

Rischgitz Collection: Wagners Birthplace

Wagners Birthplace
circa 1910: The birthplace in Leipzig of German composer Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883). (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Pet Food
circa 1895: A woman sells pet food from a wheel barrow. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Dragoon Guard
circa 1900: An officer of the 1st Dragoon Guards in full uniform. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Mounted Soldier
circa 1910: A Sergeant Major in the Imperial Light Horse forces. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Small Love
circa 1890: Portrait of the dwarves, C Hester and Miss Wrigley. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

The Plate Room
circa 1900: The Plate Room in the Hotel Cecil, showing the cutlery and silverware. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Viking Remains
circa 1920: The remains of a Viking longship found at Gokstad in South Norway. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Newcomen Engine
circa 1908: The Newcomen engine at Farme Colliery, Rutherglen, which was made in the 1730s and was one of the first to use Thomas Newcomens steam engine. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Stage Wall
circa 1950: The wall of the stage at the Theatre of Dionysius, below the Acroplis, in Athens. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: Scottish Parliament

Scottish Parliament
circa 1900: Parliament Square and the Law Courts in the Old Town area of Edinburgh on the Royal Mile. Many of Edinburghs landmarks are found along the Royal Mile including the City Chambers

Guy De Maupassant
circa 1885: French writer Henry Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant (1850 - 1893), a master of the short story and author of the acclaimed Boule de Suif. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Domesday Chest
The ancient chest which contained the Domesday Book is still preserved in the Public Records Office. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

A Harpist
circa 1890: A harpist playing her instrument. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Glory Of God
29th December 1894: A painting, Give Me The Lowest Place, designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones dedicated to the Glory of God

Triple Camera
circa 1910: C W Lockes cinematograph house and triple dioramic apparatus. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Cervantes House
circa 1915: The house where Spanish novelist and poet Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra corrected the first proof of Don Quixote. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
1845: Open here I flung the shutter, when with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore....... From The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

Ladies Football

Car On Truck
October 1905: The Maxwell Briscon truck first used at the Vanderbilt Cup Race. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Dumas Birthplace
The Rue Alexandre Dumas in Villers-Cotterets in Picardy, showing the house, which was the birthplace of French writer, Alexandre Dumas (pere) (1802 - 1870). (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Row Of Medals
circa 1930: A row of medals, (left to right) the Victoria Cross, Crimea Medal, New Zealand Medal and the Legion of Honour. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

The Retreat
circa 1910: The drums of a military band beating at retreat. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: Railway Signals 1844

Railway Signals 1844
1844: British railway signals as they were at the birth of the age of steam. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: Westminster Cathedral

Westminster Cathedral
circa 1895: The Roman Catholic Cathedral in Westminster, London. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Haystack Boiler
circa 1908: The Newcomen haystack boiler at Farme Colliery, Rutherglen, which was made in the 1730s and was one of the first to use Thomas Newcomens steam engine. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Indian Christmas
circa 1900: A British family celebrating Christmas in India. Rischgitz Collection By E K Johnson (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Treasure Of Priam
1874: Treasures discovered by Heinrich Schliemann at Hisarlik and wrongly identified as belonging to Priam King of Troy. They actually came from an earlier, pre-Homeric site

Evening Gown
1916: An evening dress in brocaded crepe de chine, trimmed with velvet. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Sandy Combe Lodge
circa 1910: Sandy Combe Lodge in Twickenham, the former home of the English painetr, Joseph Turner. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Newcomen Engine
circa 1908: Details of the Newcomen engine at Farme Colliery, Rutherglen, which was made in the 1730s and was one of the first to use Thomas Newcomens steam engine. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Unifying Italy
March 1849: The Austrian army, led by Count Radetzky, defeats the Sardinians under King Charles Albert of Piedmont at the Battle of Novara

Rischgitz Collection: Presbyterian Prayer

Presbyterian Prayer
Circa 1670, A Presbyterian Minister blessing two chalices on a makeshift altar whilst congregation members take the Sacrament at a Covenanters Communion

Rischgitz Collection: Telegraph Machines

Telegraph Machines
1837: Two Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph machines which were used on the line between Paddington and Slough. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

A Writers Home
circa 1920: The house in Richmond, Surrey where English novelist Mary Ann Evans, aka George Eliot lived from September 1855 until January 1858

Bull Baiting
circa 1810: A tethered bull is baited with dogs and sticks. An engraving by I Clark after Henry Alken (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: D Alberts Quadrille

D Alberts Quadrille
circa 1775: The cover of a score for the Court of St James, a quadrille by composer Charles d Albert (1864 - 1932). (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Wedding Dress
circa 1878: A wedding dress with a bustle, decorated with flowers. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Spinning Machine
1769: Richard Arkwrights flyer spinning frame, also known as the throstle or roll drawing machine, which spun cotton fibre into thread

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