George Newnes Collection (page 5)

Restauradores Square, Lisbon, Portugal, 1895. Creator: W &s Ltd
Restauradores Square, Lisbon, Portugal, 1895. The Monument to the Restorers, inaugurated in 1886, commemorates the restoration of Portuguese independence in 1640

General view of Niagara Falls, 1895. Creator: Unknown
General view of Niagara Falls, 1895. The Falls at Niagara which straddle the border between the USA and Canada. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs

Panorama of the city of Oporto, Portugal, 1895. Creator: W &s Ltd
Panorama of the city of Oporto, Portugal, 1895. Porto, (or Oporto), on the Douro River estuary, lies 2 miles from the rivers mouth on the Atlantic Ocean

King Street looking west, Toronto, Canada, 1895. Creator: W &s Ltd
King Street looking west, Toronto, Canada, 1895. Trams in one of Torontos main throroughfares. King Street was one of the first streets laid out in the 1793 plan of the town of York

The Market Place, Zaragoza, Spain, 1895. Creator: W &s Ltd
The Market Place, Zaragoza, Spain, 1895. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs: From London Bridge to Charing Cross via Yokohama and Chicago". [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1895]

The Rockies: Mount Stephen, Canada, 1895. Creator: William Notman & Son
The Rockies: Mount Stephen, Canada, 1895. View of Mount Stephen, a 3, 199 metre (10, 495 foot), mountain in the Kicking Horse River Valley, Yoho National Park, British Columbia

Part of the old city with cathedral, Barcelona, Spain, 1895. ?? NOT? Creator: W &s Ltd
Part of the old city with cathedral, Barcelona, Spain, 1895. Barcelona Cathedral was built principally between the 13th-15th centuries, with a neo-Gothic facade added in the late 19th century

The Rockies: Asulkan Glacier, Hermit Range, Canada, 1895. Creator: William Notman & Son
The Rockies: Asulkan Glacier, Hermit Range, Canada, 1895. Mountaineer between two crevasses of a glacier in British Columbia

Lisbon, Portugal, 1895. Creator: W &s Ltd
Lisbon, Portugal, 1895. The city and port with ships on the river Tagus, viewed from Sao Jorge Castle. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs

The Rockies: ice cave in the Great Glacier, Mount Sir Donald, Canada, 1895. Creator
The Rockies: ice cave in the Great Glacier, Mount Sir Donald, Canada, 1895. People standing at the entrance to a cave in the ice of a glacier on Mount Sir Donald in the Rogers Pass area of British

The Puerta del Sol, Madrid, Spain, 1895. Creator: W &s Ltd
The Puerta del Sol, Madrid, Spain, 1895. Large square in the centre of Spains capital. On the right is the Royal House of the Post Office, built in the 18th century

The River Min and the Great Bridge, Foochow, China, 1895. Creator: W &s Ltd
The River Min and the Great Bridge, Foochow, China, 1895. View of Fuzhou, formerly romanized as Foochow, the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province

The city and harbour of Malaga, Spain, 1895. Creator: W &s Ltd
The city and harbour of Malaga, Spain, 1895. Port city on the Mediterranean, with the Castle of Gibralfaro in the distance

The Rockies: the Frazer Canyon and Cariboo Road Bridge, near Spuzzum, Canada, 1895. The Alexandra Bridge, suspension bridge over the Frazer river built in 1863, near Spuzzum in British Columbia

The interior of the Bullring, Madrid, Spain, 1895. Creator: Unknown
The interior of the Bullring, Madrid, Spain, 1895. Crowds watching the bullfight at the Plaza de toros de la Fuente del Berro, opened in 1874

Street in Tunis, Tunisia, 1895. Creator: W &s Ltd
Street in Tunis, Tunisia, 1895. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs: From London Bridge to Charing Cross via Yokohama and Chicago". [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1895]

Theatre Street, Yokohama, Japan, 1895. Creator: Unknown
Theatre Street, Yokohama, Japan, 1895. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs: From London Bridge to Charing Cross via Yokohama and Chicago". [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1895]

Toledo, Spain, 1895. Creator: W &s Ltd
Toledo, Spain, 1895. The Alcazar, viewed from the Western Approach, with the Roman Puente de Alcantara over the river Tagus in the foreground

The Shinji-No-Ike Pond and wisteria, Kameido, Tokyo, Japan, 1895. Creator: Unknown
The Shinji-No-Ike Pond and wisteria, Kameido, Tokyo, Japan, 1895. Hanging plants and bridge over water at a garden in Tokyo

The Roman bridge, Cordoba, Spain, 1895. Creator: W &s Ltd
The Roman bridge, Cordoba, Spain, 1895. The bridge over the Guadalquivir river was built in the early 1st century BC. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs

The Yebisu Bashi, Osaka, Japan, 1895. Creator: Unknown
The Yebisu Bashi, Osaka, Japan, 1895. View of the Ebisubashi bridge. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs: From London Bridge to Charing Cross via Yokohama and Chicago"

The Cathedral, Seville, Spain, 1895. Creator: W &s Ltd
The Cathedral, Seville, Spain, 1895. The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See supplanted the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople as the largest cathedral in the world when it was completed in the early 16th

View from the hills, Kyoto, Japan, 1895. Creator: Unknown
View from the hills, Kyoto, Japan, 1895. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs: From London Bridge to Charing Cross via Yokohama and Chicago". [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1895]

View of the town, Gibraltar, 1895. Creator: W &s Ltd
View of the town, Gibraltar, 1895. Disputed piece of land that sits on a narrow strait connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, bordered to the north by Spain

Panoramic view of the city, Nagasaki, Japan, 1895. Creator: Unknown
Panoramic view of the city, Nagasaki, Japan, 1895. Ships in the harbour of the port city of Nagasaki at the southern end of Japan

The city and the Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 1895. Creator: W &s Ltd
The city and the Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 1895. 13th century Moorish palace and fortress, built on the remains of Roman fortifications

Some Instruments on top of the Observatory, Pekin, China, 1895. Creator: W &s Ltd
Some Instruments on top of the Observatory, Pekin, China, 1895. The Beijing Ancient Observatory was built in 1442 during the Ming dynasty

View of the Rock from the sea, Gibraltar, 1895. Creator: W &s Ltd
View of the Rock from the sea, Gibraltar, 1895. Disputed piece of land that sits on a narrow strait connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, bordered to the north by Spain

The approach to the City, Nankin, China, 1895. Creator: W &s Ltd
The approach to the City, Nankin, China, 1895. Monumental stone statues lining the Sacred Way, Ming dynasty tombs at Ming Xiaoling, Nanjing

Arab fair and market, Boufarik, Algeria, 1895. Creator: Poulton & Co
Arab fair and market, Boufarik, Algeria, 1895. Merchants and livestock in a tree-lined street. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs

The Docks, Southampton, 1895. Creator: Poulton & Co
The Docks, Southampton, 1895. Ships in the port of Southampton on the coast of Hampshire, with a railway for transporting goods in the foreground

General view of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 1895. Creator: Unknown
General view of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 1895. The town and harbour on the island of Madeira in the Atlantic Ocean. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs

General view showing the Peak, Tenerife, Canaries, Spain, 1895. Creator: Unknown
General view showing the Peak, Tenerife, Canaries, Spain, 1895. The town with Mount Teide in the distance. Teides most recent eruption was in 1909

Place d Armes, Port Louis, Mauritius, 1895. Creator: Unknown
Place d Armes, Port Louis, Mauritius, 1895. Statue of French naval officer and administrator Bertrand-Francois Mahe, comte de la Bourdonnais (1699-1753), with ships in the harbour beyond

Imbabani, the spot where the Prince Imperial fell, 1895. Creator: Unknown
Imbabani, the spot where the Prince Imperial fell, 1895. This is possibly the grave of King Mbandzeni at Mbabane in Swaziland

The Market Place, Antananarivo, Madagascar, 1895. Creator: Colonel Stewart
The Market Place, Antananarivo, Madagascar, 1895. Crowds at the market in the capital city of Madagascar. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs

Looking up West Street, Durban, South Africa, 1895. Creator: William Laws Caney
Looking up West Street, Durban, South Africa, 1895. The first horsecars, (horse-drawn trams), in the city of Durban began operating in 1880

Church Street, Maritzburg, South Africa, 1895. Creator: Unknown
Church Street, Maritzburg, South Africa, 1895. Unpaved street in the town of Pietermaritzburg, founded in 1838, in what was to briefly become the Natalia Republic

Adderley Street, with the Commercial Exchange and Standard Bank, Cape Town, South Africa, 1895. View of the main street in the business district of Cape Town

Interior of the House of Assembly, Cape Town, South Africa, 1895. Creator: Unknown
Interior of the House of Assembly, Cape Town, South Africa, 1895. MPs in Parliament House which was finally opened in 1884 after many delays

View of the city and the river, Brisbane, Australia, 1895. Creator: Unknown
View of the city and the river, Brisbane, Australia, 1895. The city of Brisbane and the Brisbane River, Queensland. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs

King William Street looking south, Adelaide, Australia, 1895. Creator: York & Son
King William Street looking south, Adelaide, Australia, 1895. On the left-hand side of the street is the clock tower of Adelaide Town Hall, completed in 1866

View from the North Shore, Sydney, Australia, 1895. Creator: York & Son
View from the North Shore, Sydney, Australia, 1895. The city and harbour, before the bridge was built. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs

Rundle Street, Adelaide, Australia, 1895. Creator: York & Son
Rundle Street, Adelaide, Australia, 1895. The building with the dome is the Adelaide Arcade which opened in 1885. The first electric street lighting in South Australia was installed in Rundle Street

Milford Sound, New Zealand, 1895. Creator: Burton Brothers
Milford Sound, New Zealand, 1895. The fjord of Milford Sound, or Piopiotahi, on the South Island, was called the eighth Wonder of the World by Rudyard Kipling

View from Maitland Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1895. Creator: Unknown
View from Maitland Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1895. The town of Dunedin, on the South Island, lies on Otago Harbour. Whalers established the town in the 1830s

General view of Ouray and the Rockies, USA, 1895. Creator: Unknown
General view of Ouray and the Rockies, USA, 1895. The town of Ouray, Colorado, was established by miners looking for silver and gold in the surrounding mountains

Typical Hawaiian yard, Honolulu, USA, 1895. Creator: Unknown
Typical Hawaiian yard, Honolulu, USA, 1895. Palm trees and tropical plants in a garden in the capital of Hawaii. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs

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George Newnes was a man of many interests and talents. He had an eye for art, as evidenced by his impressive collection of paintings from various artists. One such piece is "A Studio in Montparnasse" by CRW Nevinson, which captures the vibrant atmosphere of the artistic community in 1920s Paris. Newnes also appreciated works that depicted everyday life, like Walter Richard Sickert's "Ennui. " This painting from 1914 portrays a sense of boredom and restlessness that many can relate to even today. But Newnes didn't limit himself to modern art; he also admired older pieces such as Giovanni Segantini's "The Punishment of Luxury" from 1891. This striking work explores themes of excess and indulgence, reminding viewers of the consequences that come with a lavish lifestyle. Nature was another subject close to Newnes' heart, evident in Paul Nash's "Savernake Forest. " The artist beautifully captured the serene beauty and tranquility found within this woodland setting. Newnes had a fondness for coastal scenes too, as seen in his acquisitions like "Dartmouth - Dartmouth and Kingswear Castles" and "Pwllheli - A Sheltered Corner. " These paintings transport us to idyllic seaside locations, inviting us to imagine ourselves strolling along sandy shores or exploring ancient castle ruins. One painting that particularly caught Newnes' attention was William Nicholson's "The Girl with the Tattered Glove. " Created in 1909 but acquired by him later on, this portrait exudes both vulnerability and strength through its depiction of a young woman wearing worn-out gloves. Newnes also appreciated landscapes beyond Britain's shores. His collection included works like Sir John Lavery's "Evening At Tangier, " which transports viewers to exotic Moroccan streets bathed in warm hues. In addition to these diverse artworks, George Clausen's painting titled "Ploughing" caught Newnes' eye.