1869 Collection

Variety Theatre, Dr. Walford Bodie
Dr. Walford Bodie 1869 - 1939, One of the most famed and controversial Music Hall performers of his day. Known as the Electrical Wizzard

Manchester Warehousemen Orphan Schools, Cheadle Hulme
The Manchester Warehousemen Orphan Schools, on Claremont Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire. The school was founded in 1855 by a group of Manchester businessmen to care for and educate orphans

THANKSGIVING CARTOON, 1869. Uncle Sams Thanksgiving Dinner: cartoon, 1869, by Thomas Nast depicting a Thanksgiving table at which all comers are welcome

Curling in Scotland 1869
A curling match in Scotland

Houseless and Hungry by Luke Fildes
A study entitled Houseless and Hungry by Luke Fildes depicting homeless paupers queuing outside the casual ward of a London workhouse. A policeman stands at the left of the scene

Walton Hospital, Liverpool
Walton Hospital, Rice Lane, Walton on the Hill, Liverpool. The central clock tower concealed a large water storage tank. The building was designed by William Culshaw

Riot at Mold in Flintshire
A huge mob, assembled at the railway station at Mold in Flintshire, Scotland to protest against the imprisonment of miners, employees of the Leeswood Coal Company

Wreck Chart of the British Isles For 1868
Chart showing the positions of all 2131 vessels wrecked around the British Isles during 1868, compiled from the Board of Trade records

COAL MINE / PENITENT
A penitent, so named because his clothing resembled that of religious orders, rids the air of explosive gas by setting fire to it. A dangerous task, that often ended unhappily

Christmas Bell Ringers
Christmas bell ringers Date: 1869

Krupskaya (Lenins Wife)
NADEZHDA KONSTANTINOVNA KRUPSKAYA Russian Revolutionary - married Lenin in 1898

Mahatma Gandhi spinning at his wheel
Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist and spiritual leader, spinning at his wheel (Charakha) in 1931, demonstrating his strong work ethic

Neville Chamberlain PM, 1938
Portrait of (Arthur) Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940), British Prime Minister, photographed in 1938

King Victor Emmanuel III
Photographic portrait of Victor Emanuel III, King of Italy (1869-1947). A constitutional monarch, he defied parliamentary majorities in bringing Italy into World War I on the side of the Allies

CUTTY SARK CLIPPER
China clipper, though she only made 8 voyages to China before steamships destroyed the clipper business : she then became a wool carrier, then a training ship

At the Coal Face / 1869
Two men mining for coal

The great international university boat race On the river Thames (England) from Putney to Mortlake 4 miles 2 furlongs August 27th 1869

Central / Union Pacific
Joining of the Central and Union Pacific; the formal ceremony of driving the last spike at Promontory Point, Utah

Devon / Doone Valley 1919
Devon inland scenery: Doone Valley

CUTTY SARK IN 1924
Moored at Falmouth circa 1924

CALIPH CHINA CLIPPER
Aberdeen-built clipper for the China tea trade

Mahatma Gandhi sailing from Boulogne to Folkestone
Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist and spiritual leader, sailing from Boulogne to Folkestone on 12 September 1931

The Finish of the Race for Doggetts Coat and Badge, London
Engraving showing the finish of the Race for Thames Watermen for Doggetts Coat and Badge, Chelsea, 1869. This race, held on the River Thames, between the Old Swan, London Bridge, and the White Swan

General Aide-de-camp 1869 Oil wood 7 3 / 4 x 10 7 / 8
Artokoloro

La Grenouillere, 1869, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919). French painter. La Grenouillere, 1869. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

New Archangel, Russian town in Alaska, now called Sitka
Sitka, or New Archangel, capital of Alaska in 1869, when purchased from Russia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

ALLAN KARDEC
Allan Kardec - real name Hyppolyte Leon Denizard Rivail French medium and occult theorist, father of modern spiritism

Advert, Atkinson & Barkers Royal Infants Preservative
Atkinson & Barkers Royal Infants Preservative, claimed to be the best medicine in the world, by royal appointment, with portraits of Queen Victoria and Princess Alexandra in their bridal dresses

Gandhi in England 1931
MAHATMA GANDHI with enthusiastically supportive factory workers in Lancashire, 1931. Date: 1869 - 1948

An American phrenological chart of 1869
PHRENOLOGY, 1869. An American phrenological chart of 1869

Western Ambulance Station, Seagrave Road, Fulham
Entrance to the ambulance station at the Western Fever Hospital on Seagrave Road, Fulham. Opened in 1877, it was the fourth such hospital to be erected by the Metropolitan Asylums Board which in 1869

Workers cheering the first train over the mountains from California
Snowsheds protecting a transcontinental railroad train in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Transcontinental railroad in a Wyoming frontier town
Union Pacific Railroad at Sherman Station, Wyoming Territory, 1869. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Royal Wedding 1896 -- Princess Maud of Wales
Prince Charles (or Carl) of Denmark, later King Haakon VII, King of Norway, and Princess Maud of Wales (1869-1938), youngest daughter of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra

Inkerman Barracks, Woking, Surrey
A view of the entrance to Inkerman Barracks, Woking, Surrey. The buildings were originally opened in 1860 as an invalid prison for convicts not fit enough to be sent to Dartmoor

Typhoid Mary
MARY MALLON, (1869-1938) known as Typhoid Mary; though herself healthy, she is a carrier of typhoid and, employed as a cook, infects 22, one of whom dies

Harvest Mice 1869
Two harvest mice among the ears of corn and poppies

Queen Maud of Norway
QUEEN MAUD OF NORWAY wife of king Haakon VII daughter of Edward VII of England

Christmas scene at the Evelina Childrens Hospital
Christmas comes but once a year -- a scene at the Evelina Childrens Hospital, founded in Southwark, London, in 1869. A sick little girl is visited by her mother and younger sister

Tranquility Holy Family Flight Egypt 1869 oil
The Tranquility of the Holy Family on the Flight to Egypt, 1869, oil on canvas, 119 x 158.5 cm, signed lower left: R. Zund, Robert Zund, Luzern 1827-1909 Luzern

Columbia Market, London 1869
Columbia Market, Bethnal Green, east London, built by Angela Burdett-Coutts as a covered food market. It opened in 1869, and adjoined a set of model dwellings for working class families also built by

NAPLES: PEASANT, 1869. A man and two boys, peasants of Naples, Italy, eating macaroni. Photograph, 1869

Training Ship Formidable, Portishead, Bristol
The Training Ship Formidable, moored in the Bristol Channel at Portishead, was established in 1869 as an Industrial Training establishment

Cartoon, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Byron -- Byron's reputation is besmirched by Harriet Beecher Stowe in her biography : England rises to the defence of its beloved poet. Date: 1869

George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
GEORGE DOUGLAS CAMPBELL, 8TH DUKE OF ARGYLL (1823 - 1900), Statesman and scientist Date: 1869

Copper and tin mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall
A copper and tin mine at Botallack, St Just, Cornwall -- the workings extend beneath the sea for about 1 km. Date: 1869

Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist C018 / 7037
Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890). 1869 engraving of the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann. Schliemann is best known as the discoverer of the ruins of the legendary city of Troy

Queen Victorias procession in Smithfield
The Royal procession of Queen Victoria in Smithfield, passing the Metropolitan Meat Market. The Queens visit to the City of London was for the purpose of opening the new bridge over the Thames at

Marine worms, artwork
Marine worms. Historical artwork of a variety of marine polychaetes, also known as bristleworms. Illustration from The Sea (1869) by Matthias Jakob Schleiden

Union Workhouse, Hertford
A view of Hertford Union workhouse, Hertfordshire, opened in around 1869 on Ware Road, Hertford. The imposing three-storey building has a clock tower at its centre

Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, music sheet
Music sheet cover design, The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, written and sung by Mr Harry Clifton. Various scenes are depicted, with the discovery of the footprint in the sand at the centre

Digging for gold in Scotland
The Sutherlandshire gold diggings in Scotland. A sketch of men searching for gold at Kildonan Burn

A Fish Auction in Columbia Market
In 1869 Baroness Burdett-Coutts paid for the building of the great Columbia Market (for fish) between Hackney and Bethnal Green Roads on the site of Nova Scotia Gardens

Plants / Ophrys Apifera
BEE ORCHID

Emma Goldman - 1
EMMA GOLDMAN Lithuanian-born American anarchist politician and agitator

Dalys Theatre / Broadway
Augustin Daly, American theatrical manager & dramatist, opened his first theatre on Broadway in 1869. This picture shows a full house enjoying a performance

Andromeda, 1869 (oil on canvas)
989658 Andromeda, 1869 (oil on canvas) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); 255.2x171.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Andromeda. Gustave Dore (1832-1883). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1869

CORNISH TIN ORE DRESSERS
Cornish ore-dressers. Date: 1869

INDIGO MANUFACTURE, 1869. In Tirhoot, Lower Bengal; wood engraving, English, 1869

Finsbury Park
The opening of Finsbury Park

Hector Berlioz
HECTOR BERLIOZ French musician, who wrote the Symphonie fantastique, Les nuits d ete, The Trojans and much more. Date: 1803 -1869

Edwin McMasters Stanton
EDWIN MCMASTERS STANTON American lawyer and statesman Date: 1814 - 1869

London Orphan Asylum, Watford, Boys House
London Orphan Asylum, Watford. Architects design for a Boys House. Date: 1869

The Sutherlandshire Gold Diggings: Baile n Oir, Kildonan, 1869

Rembrandts Hundred Guilder Piece, christ Healing the Sick, 1869
Rembrandts Hundred Guilder Piece, " christ Healing the Sick", 1869

Silk Mill
Thomas Lombes silk mill in Derby, circa 1720. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

GRANTs INAUGURATION, 1869. Ulysses S. Grant entering the White House after his inauguration as 18th President of the United States on 4 March 1869. Wood engraving from a contemporary newspaper

ENGLAND: BOAT RACE, 1869. The start, at Putney, of the yearly Oxford and Cambridge Universities boat race on the Thames River. Wood engraving, English, 1869

A WINTERs TALE. A Winters Tale by William Shakespeare performed at the Princes Theatre, Manchester, England. Wood engraving, c1869

BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO. Wood engraving, 1869, American

Training Ship Mars, Woodhaven, Fife, Scotland
The Training Ship Mars, moored off Woodhaven on the River Tay at Fife, Scotland, was founded in 1869 as an Industrial Training establishment

Esmond as Touchstone
HARRY VERNON ESMOND English actor in the roll of Touchstone in Shakespeares As You Like It

The Earl of Derbys Cabinet, 1867
Engraving showing the Cabinet of then Prime Minister, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869)

Opening of the Alexandra Dock at Kings Lynn, Norfolk by the Prince and Princess of Wales, showing the Mary entering the dock

Edmund Y. W Henderson
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL SIR EDMUND YEAMANS WALCOTT HENDERSON shown soon after he was appointed as Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in 1869. He succeed the late Sir Richard Mayne in this post

N Chamberlain / Postcard
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN British Prime Minister in 1939

Princess Victoria / Maud
PRINCESS VICTORIA Daughter of Edward VII with her younger sister Maud (1869-1938) in 1901

1869 / Gladstone / Peerages
Gladstones Magic Change! or How to make a silk purse out of a sows ear. Satire on Gladstones appointments to the peerage

Funghi / Mushrooms 1869
Seven varieties of mushroom: beef-steak, latticed, boletus, hedgehog, fly agaric, clavaria, birds-nest, and sporangium (magnified)

Andrew Johnson (Chappel)
ANDREW JOHNSON American statesman, president 1865-1869

Berlioz Photo
HECTOR BERLIOZ the French composer in middle age

Christmas in Norway
Jultid [yuletide] fun and games on a Norwegian farm - children dress up as gnomes and other grotesques

Colonel Shadforth & 57th Regiment Roger Fenton
Colonel Shadforth & the 57th Regiment; Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869); 1855; published March 25, 1856; Salted paper print; 16.8 × 25.1 cm (6 5, 8 × 9 7, 8 in.)

A View of Oxford, William Turner of Oxford, 1789-1862, British

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"1869: A Year of Unity and Resilience" In the spirit of gratitude, Thomas Nast's Thanksgiving cartoon from 1869 reminds us that Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner was a symbol of inclusivity, where all were welcome to gather around a bountiful table. This heartwarming depiction captures the essence of unity during this era. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic in Cheadle Hulme, England, the Manchester Warehousemen Orphan Schools provided hope and education for children who had faced adversity. Their commitment to nurturing young minds exemplified resilience in 1869. Entertainment took center stage as well with Dr. Walford Bodie captivating audiences at the Variety Theatre. His mesmerizing performances left spectators spellbound and showcased the power of imagination during this vibrant period. In Scotland, curling enthusiasts embraced their winter traditions on frozen lakes and ponds in 1869. The timeless sport brought communities together as they gracefully glided across icy surfaces while fostering camaraderie amidst chilly temperatures. Across continents, Mahatma Gandhi spun his wheel in India—a powerful symbol of self-sufficiency and resistance against oppression. Gandhi's dedication to peaceful protest inspired countless individuals worldwide throughout history. As Christmas approached, bell ringers filled streets with joyful melodies—spreading cheer even among challenging times. These festive sounds echoed through cities like beacons of hope amid uncertainty. Yet not all experienced such warmth; Luke Fildes' poignant artwork "Houseless and Hungry" shed light on societal struggles faced by many during this era—an important reminder that compassion should always prevail over indifference. Tensions simmered elsewhere when a riot erupted in Mold, Flintshire—a stark reminder that progress often comes hand-in-hand with social unrest. Such events served as catalysts for change within communities striving for justice and equality. Navigating treacherous waters became an art form aboard ships like Cutty Sark Clipper—the epitome of grace and speed.