Imperialist Collection (page 3)

The Varyag steaming out to fight the Japanese fleet at the Battle of Chemulpo Bay, 1904 (litho)
8655630 The Varyag steaming out to fight the Japanese fleet at the Battle of Chemulpo Bay, 1904 (litho) by Wigfull, William Edward (1875-1939) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Scuttling of the Korietz, Battle of Chemulpo Bay, 1904 (litho)
8655627 Scuttling of the Korietz, Battle of Chemulpo Bay, 1904 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scuttling of the Russian gunboat Korietz)

Scuttling of the Varyag, Battle of Chemulpo Bay, 1904 (litho)
8655626 Scuttling of the Varyag, Battle of Chemulpo Bay, 1904 (litho) by Lacy, Charles John de (c.1860-1936) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scuttling of the Russian cruiser Varyag)

Japanese soldiers crossing the Yalu River under fire, 1904 (litho)
8655608 Japanese soldiers crossing the Yalu River under fire, 1904 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Japanese soldiers crossing the Yalu River under fire)

Oku Yasukata, Japanese general (b/w photo)
8655604 Oku Yasukata, Japanese general (b/w photo) by Japanese Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oku Yasukata (1847-1930), Japanese general

Russian trenches in Manchuria, Russo-Japanese War, 1904 (litho)
8655591 Russian trenches in Manchuria, Russo-Japanese War, 1904 (litho) by Woodville, Richard Caton II (1856-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Russian trenches in Manchuria)

Last sortie of the Russian fleet from Port Arthur, Russo-Japanese War, 1904 (litho)
8655584 Last sortie of the Russian fleet from Port Arthur, Russo-Japanese War, 1904 (litho) by Dixon, Charles Edward (1872-1934) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Warships of the Russian Baltic Fleet attacking British fisshing boats in the North Sea, 1904 (litho)
8655568 Warships of the Russian Baltic Fleet attacking British fisshing boats in the North Sea, 1904 (litho) by Jackson, Albert Edward (1873-1952); Private Collection; (add.info)

Peace negotiations to end the Russo-Japanese War, 1905 (litho)
8655562 Peace negotiations to end the Russo-Japanese War, 1905 (litho) by Sabattier, Louis Remy (1863-1935); Private Collection; (add.info)

Russian naval officers making fun of the attack on British fishing boats in the North Sea, 1904 (litho)
8655529 Russian naval officers making fun of the attack on British fishing boats in the North Sea, 1904 (litho) by Jackson

Battle of Pyongyang, 1894 (litho)
8655645 Battle of Pyongyang, 1894 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Capture of Pyongyang by the Japanese army, 1894)

Sinking of the Russian warship Varyag, 1904 (litho)
8655635 Sinking of the Russian warship Varyag, 1904 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sinking of the Russian warship Varyag, Chemulpo, Russo-Japanese War)

Russian artillery retreating across the River Taitzu after the Battle of Liaoyang, Russo-Japanese War, 1904 (litho)
8655577 Russian artillery retreating across the River Taitzu after the Battle of Liaoyang, Russo-Japanese War, 1904 (litho) by English School

Russian troops leaving Port Arthur after their surrender to the Japanese, 1905 (litho)
8655540 Russian troops leaving Port Arthur after their surrender to the Japanese, 1905 (litho) by Hatherell, William (1855-1928) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Map of Tonkin, Annam, Cochinchine (coloured engraving)
8651484 Map of Tonkin, Annam, Cochinchine (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Map of Tonkin, Annam, Cochinchine)

Statue of Sir W. Stevenson, late Governor of the Mauritius, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Statue of Sir W. Stevenson, late Governor of the Mauritius, 1864. 'The model has just been completed, at Rome, of a statue about to be erected in bronze, at Port Louis

Conflict between the Natives of Samoa and the Crew of H.M.S. Barracouta, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Conflict between the Natives of Samoa and the Crew of H.M.S. Barracouta, 1876. Engraving after a sketch by Assistant Paymaster Rudge....the King, Captain Stevens, the Consuls

The Prince of Wales in the Terai: Tiffin in the Jungle...1876. Creator: C.R
The Prince of Wales in the Terai: Tiffin in the Jungle, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The future King Edward VII in...the Terai, or forest wilderness, on the frontier of Nepaul

The late General Sir H. Taylor, G.C.B. 1876. Creator: Unknown
The late General Sir H. Taylor, G.C.B. 1876. Engraving from a photograph by Maull and Co. British army officer who died...in the ninety-third year of his age

Lieutenant Cameron and some of his African followers, 1876. Creator: W. J. P
Lieutenant Cameron and some of his African followers, 1876. Portrait of Verney Lovett Cameron, a...brave and clever young naval officer

The Grand Chapter of the Star of India at Calcutta: the Prince of Wales...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Grand Chapter of the Star of India at Calcutta: the Prince of Wales passing from his tent to the Grand Chapter Tent, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Vasco da Gama on board ship, late 15th-early 16th century, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Vasco da Gama on board ship, late 15th-early 16th century, (2023). Vasco da Gama, (c1460s-1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Vasco da Gama, late 15th-early 16th century, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Vasco da Gama, late 15th-early 16th century, (2023). Vasco da Gama, (c1460s-1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea

Interview at Sealkote, on the 9th March, between the Maharajah Runjeet Singh of Cashmere... 1860. Creator: Unknown
Interview at Sealkote, on the 9th March, between the Maharajah Runjeet [sic] Singh of Cashmere and His Excellency Lord Canning - from a sketch by Mr. Simpson, 1860

Colonel Sir James Willcocks, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Colonel Sir James Willcocks, c1900. British Army officer who served in Africa and India during the period of the British Empire: Second Afghan War, the Second Boer War and the First World War

Field-Marshal Earl Roberts, c1900. Creator: Robinson
Field-Marshal Earl Roberts, c1900. Portrait of Sir Frederick Roberts, British officer, Commander-in-Chief of the Army. From "Cassell's History of England, Vol. IX"

Sir George Goldie, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Sir George Goldie, c1900. Portrait of George Taubman Goldie, British colonial administrator, Governor of the Royal Niger Company and President of the Royal Geographical Society

Major Marchand, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Major Marchand, c1900. Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863-1934), French General and explorer in Africa. Marchand is best known for commanding the French expeditionary force during the Fashoda

Mr. Rhodes Before the South Africa Committee, c1897, (c1900). Creator: Unknown
Mr. Rhodes Before the South Africa Committee, c1897, (c1900). British imperialist, businessman and politician who played a dominant role in southern Africa

Reception of the envoys of the King of Kandy by Governor Imam Falck, 1772. Creator: Carel Frederik Reimer
Reception of the envoys of the King of Kandy by Governor Imam [sic] Falck, 1772. Iman Willem Falck, Governor of Zeylan (Dutch Ceylon, now Sri Lanka)

Group of school children in front of statue of George Washington, Washington, D.C. (1899?). [African American children on a school trip

H.M.S. "Antelope" at Fernando Po - Election of a New Sovereign, 1854. Creator: Unknown. H.M.S
H.M.S. "Antelope" at Fernando Po - Election of a New Sovereign, 1854. The [Antelope], during her late visit to the different rivers in the Bight of Biafra

Bust of Viscount Gough, by G. G. Adams, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Bust of Viscount Gough, by G. G. Adams, 1850. On Saturday evening last, the Hon. the East India Company entertained General Lord Gough and a distinguished party at the London Tavern

Cecil John Rhodes, portrait c. 1900
3782928 Cecil John Rhodes, portrait c. 1900; (add.info.: Cecil John Rhodes, portrait c. 1900. Cecil Rhodes was an English-born businessman, mining magnate, and politician in South Africa)

Italian Propaganda postcard - Invasion of Albania by Italian Tank Regiment (this card is celebrating the brave tank drivers) 7-12 April 1939

Map of India, Showing the British Possessions in 1780, 1800, and at the Present Time, 1890. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol. IV - Modern History", by Edmund Ollier

Cape to Cairo, 1899. Artist: John Tenniel
Cape to Cairo, 1899. Cecil Rhodes asking the German Emperor Wilhelm II for permission for the Cape to Cairo telegraph line to be laid across German territories in Africa

General Jacobs, of the Scinde Horse, 1858. Creator: Unknown
General Jacobs, of the Scinde Horse, 1858. When the first Affghan war broke out Lieutenant Jacob accompanied the army of Lord Keane as far as Upper Scinde

Sir John Lawrence, Bart. G.C.B. Chief Commissioner of the Punjaub, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sir John Lawrence, Bart. G.C.B. Chief Commissioner of the Punjaub, 1858. Sir John Mair Laird Lawrence...[who] has recently been raised to the dignity of a Baronet...is a man who has won his way to

Colonialism. Africa. Anglo-Egyptian troops fighting against the Sudanese army (1896-1898). Drawing by Wollen, 1898. Colored

BELTRAME, Achille (1871-1945). Battle in Transwaal in October 1899, during the Second Boer War. Engraving

Cecil Rhodes (1853 - 1902), British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. Date: 1898

Building of Schoolsinfra After Operation Jumelles, Kabylia, Algeria, 24th August 1959 (b/w photo)
1741701 Building of Schoolsinfra After Operation Jumelles, Kabylia, Algeria, 24th August 1959 (b/w photo) by French Photographer (20th century); (add.info)

The Palace of General Governor of Indochina, Saigon, c. 1920 (b/w photo)
1702210 The Palace of General Governor of Indochina, Saigon, c.1920 (b/w photo) by French Photographer (20th century); (add.info.: The palace of general governor of Indochina in Saigon, c1920)

French and Portuguese Officers, Operation Jumelles in Kabylia, Algeria, August 1959 (b/w photo)
1741702 French and Portuguese Officers, Operation Jumelles in Kabylia, Algeria, August 1959 (b/w photo) by French Photographer (20th century); (add.info.: Operation "Jumelles" in Kabylia)

Marchand mission arriving in Fashoda, 10th July 1898 (engraving)
1728881 Marchand mission arriving in Fashoda, 10th July 1898 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Marchand mission (Jean Baptiste Marchand) aka "mission Congo Nil"

Honour to the Heros of Colonial Expansion, front cover of an illustrated supplement to Le Petit Journal
CHT189320 Honour to the Heros of Colonial Expansion, front cover of an illustrated supplement to Le Petit Journal, 6th March 1910 (colour litho) by Jones, Thomas (1742-1803) & Mortimer

French Soldiers during war in Madagascar in 1895 (engraving)
1702549 French Soldiers during war in Madagascar in 1895 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: The Second Madagascar expedition was a French military intervention which took place)

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Imperialist: Unveiling the Complex Legacy of Cecil Rhodes Cecil Rhodes, a name that evokes both admiration and condemnation, was an influential figure in the era of imperialism. Born in 1853, this British mining magnate and politician left an indelible mark on southern Africa's history as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. However, his actions have sparked intense debates about colonialism and its consequences. Rhodes' grand vision for expanding British influence is epitomized by Edward Linley Sambourne's iconic artwork "The Rhodes Colossus" (1892). This colossal figure straddling continents symbolizes the immense power wielded by imperialists like Rhodes during this period. To some, he was a hero paving the way for progress; to others, he represented oppression and exploitation. Soviet propaganda poster "Death to the World Imperialist Monster" (1919) by Dmitry Moor reflects how imperialists were vilified during times of revolution. The poster portrays them as monstrous figures trampling over humanity with their insatiable greed. It captures the sentiment prevalent among those who sought liberation from foreign rule. In Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace built for London's Great Exhibition in 1851, we witness another manifestation of imperialistic ambitions. This architectural marvel showcased Britain's industrial might while simultaneously highlighting its dominance over other nations – a testament to Victorian-era imperialism. Achille Beltrame's painting "Battle in Transwaal" depicts Anglo-Egyptian troops fighting against local resistance forces in Africa - a stark reminder of how imperialism often led to violent conflicts between colonizers and indigenous populations seeking autonomy. However, it is important not to overlook alternative perspectives within these historical narratives. Davie Menpes' portrait captures Cecil Rhodes as a man admired by many contemporaries despite his controversial legacy. Some viewed him as an enlightened visionary whose efforts brought progress and development to Africa. The cartoon "My Boys.