1865 Collection (page 6)

War of the Triple Alliance, in the Paraguayan War 1865-1870 March 24, 1866 Battle of Tuyuti paraguaniana the cavalry
5315151 War of the Triple Alliance, in the Paraguayan War 1865-1870 March 24, 1866 Battle of Tuyuti paraguaniana the cavalry under the command of General Isidoro Resquin; (add.info)

Decorative botanical print with rosemary grevillea, silky oak, guzmania and gloxinia
5855567 Decorative botanical print with rosemary grevillea, silky oak, guzmania and gloxinia; (add.info.: Five shrubs, including scarlet rosemary grevillea (Grevillea rosmarinfoila)

Decorative botanical print with forget-me-not, grass, knotweed, and water violet
5855546 Decorative botanical print with forget-me-not, grass, knotweed, and water violet; (add.info.: Five aquatic plants including forget-me-nots (Myosotis), grass (Phalaris)

Decorative botanical print with arrowhead, plantain lily, waterlily and iris
5855543 Decorative botanical print with arrowhead, plantain lily, waterlily and iris; (add.info.: Five aquatic plants including white arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia), plantain lily (Hosta)

Decorative botanical print with chironia, daisy, sweet leaf, blanket flower and anemone
5855535 Decorative botanical print with chironia, daisy, sweet leaf, blanket flower and anemone; (add.info.: Five ornamental plants including pink chironia, blue michaelmas daisy (Aster amellus)

Decorative botanical print with jasmine, cassava, hummingbird bush and shrimp plant
5855568 Decorative botanical print with jasmine, cassava, hummingbird bush and shrimp plant; (add.info.: Five shrubs, including white jasmine (Jasminum), cassava (Manihot esculenta)

Decorative botanical print with gandasuli, morning glory and inga
5855565 Decorative botanical print with gandasuli, morning glory and inga; (add.info.: Five ornamental shrubs including yellow flowered gandasuli, orange gandasuli, pink morning glory (Ipomoea)

Decorative botanical print with laurel, azalea, heather, camellia and rhododendrum
5855559 Decorative botanical print with laurel, azalea, heather, camellia and rhododendrum; (add.info.: Five ornamental shrubs, including white mountain laurel, scarlet azalea)

Decorative botanical print with rubber tree, dogwood, loquat and spotted laurel
5855558 Decorative botanical print with rubber tree, dogwood, loquat and spotted laurel; (add.info.: Five shrubs, including caoutchouc or rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis), dogwood (Cornus sanguinea)

Decorative botanical print with chestnut, Judas tree, laburnum, trumpetvine and paulownia
5855550 Decorative botanical print with chestnut, Judas tree, laburnum, trumpetvine and paulownia; (add.info.: Five ornamental trees including chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)

Decorative botanical print with valerian, heliotrope, toadflax, bellflower and bugloss
5855534 Decorative botanical print with valerian, heliotrope, toadflax, bellflower and bugloss; (add.info.: Five ornamental plants including scarlet valerian (Centranthus ruber)

The death bed of President Abraham Lincoln, 19th century (engraving)
2601205 The death bed of President Abraham Lincoln, 19th century (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A heroes' welcome for the astronauts, 1865 (engraving)
538420 A heroes' welcome for the astronauts, 1865 (engraving); (add.info.: A heroes' welcome for the astronauts. From Jules Verne Autour de la Lune, Paris, 1865)

Occupants of the space capsule experiencing zero gravity conditions. From Jules Verne Autour de la Lune, Paris, 1865
539704 Occupants of the space capsule experiencing zero gravity conditions. From Jules Verne Autour de la Lune, Paris, 1865

Reflecting telescope on top of the Rocky Mountains which the Director of the Cambridge Observatory, Massachusett
538393 Reflecting telescope on top of the Rocky Mountains which the Director of the Cambridge Observatory, Massachusett, 1865 (engraving); (add.info)

Astronomical observatory at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1865 (engraving)
538149 Astronomical observatory at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1865 (engraving); (add.info.: Astronomical observatory at Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Elihu Whitney's (1765-1825) saw-gin for cleaning cotton. Wood engraving 1865
531567 Elihu Whitney's (1765-1825) saw-gin for cleaning cotton. Wood engraving 1865; (add.info.: Elihu Whitney's (1765-1825) saw-gin for cleaning cotton

The pool of Tears from Alice in Wonderland, 1865 (engraving)
537906 The pool of Tears from Alice in Wonderland, 1865 (engraving) by Tenniel, John (1820-1914); (add.info.: Illustration by John Tenniel); Universal History Archive/UIG.

19th century illustration showing The Grand Hotel, Paris, France. Circa 1865
5616858 19th century illustration showing The Grand Hotel, Paris, France. Circa 1865; (add.info.: 02/02/1865); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Decorative botanical print with eranthemum, gesneria, globba and Jambose
5855564 Decorative botanical print with eranthemum, gesneria, globba and Jambose; (add.info.: Five ornamental shrubs including blue and pink eranthemum, pale purple gesneria)

Decorative botanical print with foxglove, angel's trumpet, clematis and passionflower
5855545 Decorative botanical print with foxglove, angel's trumpet, clematis and passionflower; (add.info.: Five climbing plants including pink foxglove (Lophospermum)

Decorative botanical print with snowdrop, lily of the valley, squill and bluebell
5855539 Decorative botanical print with snowdrop, lily of the valley, squill and bluebell; (add.info.: Five bulbous plants including snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)

Decorative botanical print with nemophila, babystars, larkspur, crepin and purslane
5855532 Decorative botanical print with nemophila, babystars, larkspur, crepin and purslane; (add.info.: Five border plants including blue nemophila, blue false babystars)

Decorative botanical print with Virginia stock, poor man's orchid, wallcress and sea pink
5855531 Decorative botanical print with Virginia stock, poor man's orchid, wallcress and sea pink; (add.info.: Border plants including Virginia stock (Hesperis maritima)

Five annuals: xeranthemum, large purple poppy, purple ragwort, French marigold and pansy
5855528 Five annuals: xeranthemum, large purple poppy, purple ragwort, French marigold and pansy.; (add.info.: Five annuals: xeranthemum, large purple poppy (Papaver)

Decorative botanical print with tickseed, zinnia, amaranth, jalapa and impatiens
5855522 Decorative botanical print with tickseed, zinnia, amaranth, jalapa and impatiens; (add.info.: Five annual plants including yellow tickseed (Coreopsis), crimson zinnia (Zinnia elegans)

Emergency in the padded interior of the space capsule, 1865 (engraving)
538608 Emergency in the padded interior of the space capsule, 1865 (engraving); (add.info.: Emergency in the padded interior of the space capsule)

Goldspring ironworks near New York where the materials for the great gun for launching the space craft Columbiad were
538402 Goldspring ironworks near New York where the materials for the great gun for launching the space craft Columbiad were produced

Excavating and lining the pit for casting the great gun for launching the space craft Columbiad, 1865 (engraving)
538399 Excavating and lining the pit for casting the great gun for launching the space craft Columbiad, 1865 (engraving); (add.info)

Tidal wave caused by the launch of the space capsule Columbiad, 1865 (engraving)
538396 Tidal wave caused by the launch of the space capsule Columbiad, 1865 (engraving); (add.info.: Tidal wave caused by the launch of the space capsule Columbiad)

Space capsule dwarfed by the disc of the Moon. From Jules Verne Autour de la Lune, Paris, 1865 (engraving)
538390 Space capsule dwarfed by the disc of the Moon. From Jules Verne Autour de la Lune, Paris, 1865 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

In the space capsule: calculations making the narrator's head spin. From Jules Verne Autour de la Lune, Paris
538385 In the space capsule: calculations making the narrator's head spin. From Jules Verne Autour de la Lune, Paris, 1865

Title page to "Horticulture: Vegetaux d'Ornement" by A. Dupuis and F
5855575 Title page to "Horticulture: Vegetaux d'Ornement" by A. Dupuis and F. Herincq from "Le Regne Vegetaux" 1865; (add.info.: Title page to "Horticulture)

Five ornamental plants, including Japanese coralberry, pink ardisia, blue achimenes, crimson achimenes
5855561 Five ornamental plants, including Japanese coralberry, pink ardisia, blue achimenes, crimson achimenes, and golden dewdrop; (add.info.: Five ornamental plants, including Japanese coralberry)

Decorative botanical print with juniper, cedar and spruce
5855560 Decorative botanical print with juniper, cedar and spruce; (add.info.: Five evergreen trees, including juniper tree with berries (Juniperus communis), Lebanon cedar (Cidri lebani)

Decorative botanical print with abuliton, globeflower, deutzia and gloxinia
5855554 Decorative botanical print with abuliton, globeflower, deutzia and gloxinia; (add.info.: Ornamental shrubs, including a white abuliton (boule de neige, or snowball)

Decorative botanical print with deutzia, almond, mahonia and coronilla
5855553 Decorative botanical print with deutzia, almond, mahonia and coronilla; (add.info.: Five ornamental shrubs, including white Deutzia, pink flowering almond tree (Prunus japonica)

Decorative botanical print with rose, sweetpea, wisterea, honeysuckle and cathedral bell
5855547 Decorative botanical print with rose, sweetpea, wisterea, honeysuckle and cathedral bell; (add.info.: Five climbing plants including yellow Banks rose (Rosa Banksia)

Decorative botanical print with gladiolus, crocus, lily, amaryllis and superb lily
5855541 Decorative botanical print with gladiolus, crocus, lily, amaryllis and superb lily; (add.info.: Five bulbous plants including scarlet gladiolus (Gladiolus cardinalis)

Five border plants: golden queen, large self-heal, primrose, clove pink and daisies
5855529 Five border plants: golden queen, large self-heal, primrose, clove pink and daisies.; (add.info.: Five border plants: golden queen (Alyssum saxatile), large self-heal (Prunella grandiflora)

Five annuals: pink thlaspi, calandrina, silene coeli-rosa, everlasting, and love in a mist
5855526 Five annuals: pink thlaspi, calandrina, silene coeli-rosa, everlasting, and love in a mist.; (add.info.: Five annuals: pink thlaspi (Thlaspi), calandrina (Calandrina), silene coeli-rosa

Five annuals: scarlet arnoglossum, teasel, pot marigold, painted tongue and rhodanthe
5855525 Five annuals: scarlet arnoglossum, teasel, pot marigold, painted tongue and rhodanthe.; (add.info.: Five annuals: scarlet arnoglossum (Cacalia hastata), teasel (Scabiosa)

Decorative botanical print with sweet william, primrose, aster, goat's rue and lupin
5855523 Decorative botanical print with sweet william, primrose, aster, goat's rue and lupin; (add.info.: Five ornamental annuals including pink sweet william catchfly (Silene armeria)

19th century illustration showing The Grand Hotel de la Terrasse Jouffroy, Paris, France
5616855 19th century illustration showing The Grand Hotel de la Terrasse Jouffroy, Paris, France. Circa 1865 (Now called Hotel Ronceray); (add.info.: 02/02/1865); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Decorative botanical print with banksia, caladium, bougainvillea and begonia
5855562 Decorative botanical print with banksia, caladium, bougainvillea and begonia; (add.info.: Five ornamental plants, including yellow banksia, purple and green-leaved caladium)

Decorative botanical print with spearwort, clover, marsh marigold, bulrush, loosestrife
5855544 Decorative botanical print with spearwort, clover, marsh marigold, bulrush, loosestrife; (add.info.: Five aquatic plants including yellow greater spearwort (Ranunculus lingua)

The space capsule Columbiad orbiting close to the Moon, 1865 (engraving)
538417 The space capsule Columbiad orbiting close to the Moon, 1865 (engraving); (add.info.: The space capsule Columbiad orbiting close to the Moon. From Jules Verne Autour de la Lune, Paris, 1865)

Examining the space craft 'Columbiad' at Goldspring Ironworks near New Yor, 1865 (engraving)
538414 Examining the space craft 'Columbiad' at Goldspring Ironworks near New Yor, 1865 (engraving); (add.info.: Examining the space craft 'Columbiad' at Goldspring Ironworks near New)

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"1865: A Year of Surreal Moments and Historical Milestones" Step into the whimsical world of 1865, where reality blends with imagination. In Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot's mesmerizing painting "Ville-d Avray, " created around this time, we catch a glimpse of a Mad Hatter's Tea Party, an enchanting gathering that seems to defy logic. Meanwhile, across the pond at the Langham Hotel in London, significant events were unfolding. It was here in 1865 that William Butler Yeats, future Nobel laureate in Literature, took his first breath. Little did the world know then how his words would shape generations to come. In Lewis Carroll's timeless tale "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, " published in 1865, we meet unforgettable characters like Alice herself and her encounters with peculiar creatures such as the Flamingo-wielding Alice or the enigmatic Cheshire Cat perched on a tree branch. While young Alice navigates her surreal wonderland, another momentous event takes place – General Lee surrenders to General Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9th. Thomas Nast captures this historic scene through his poignant painting titled "LEEs SURRENDER 1865: Peace in Union. " The end of one chapter brings hope for unity and peace within a divided nation. Returning to Carroll's masterpiece, we witness more curious scenes unfold – from Alice stumbling upon a slumbering Griffin to finding herself face-to-face with a dormouse nestled inside a teapot. John Tenniel immortalizes these moments through captivating illustrations that have become synonymous with "Alice in Wonderland. " As we reflect on the year 1865, it becomes clear that it was not just an ordinary year but rather one filled with extraordinary occurrences. From artistic masterpieces capturing fantastical tea parties and iconic surrealist characters to historical milestones shaping nations' destinies – this year truly left an indelible mark on our collective memory.