Blackie Son Collection (page 2)

Sir Malcolm Campbell at the wheel of Bluebird, 1937. From Sir Malcolm Campbells Book of Famous Motorists, edited by Sir Malcolm Campbell. [Blackie & Son Limited, London and Glasgow, 1937]

Captain Cook Landing in Australia, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Captain Cook Landing in Australia, 1912. Captain Cook (1728-1779) in naval uniform landing at Botany Bay on Sunday 29 April 1770. Cook made three voyages of discovery

Sunday in the Backwoods of Canada, 1886. Artist: F Lefrancq
Sunday in the Backwoods of Canada, 1886. After Thomas Faed (1826-1900). From Illustration of English and Scottish History, Volume I by Thomas Archer

The Death of General Wolfe on the Heights of Abraham, Quebec, 13th September 1759, 1886. Artist: Thomas Brown
The Death of General Wolfe on the Heights of Abraham, Quebec, 13th September 1759, 1886. Major General James Wolfe (1727-1759) was a British Army officer. After Benjamin West (1738-1820)

The Escape of Lord Nithsdale from the Tower, 1716, 1886. Artist: P Fraenkel
The Escape of Lord Nithsdale from the Tower, 1716, 1886. William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale (1676-1744) a Catholic nobleman, who took part in the Jacobite Rising of 1715

The Crown Offered to William and Mary, 1689, 1886. Artist: Herbert Bourne
The Crown Offered to William and Mary by the Lords and Commons at Whitehall, February 12th, 1689, 1886. After Edgar Melville Ward (1839-1915)

James II, 1886. Artist: Thomas Browne
James II, 1886. King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685 until he was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688

Arrest of Alice Lisle for sheltering fugitives from the Battle of Sedgemoor, 1685, 1886. Artist: Charles Lawrie
Arrest of Alice Lisle for sheltering fugitives from the Battle of Sedgemoor, 1685, 1886. After Edgar Melville Ward (1839-1915)

Lord William Russell Receiving the Sacrament, 1886. Artist: Robert Anderson
Lord William Russell Receiving the Sacrament, 1886. Lord Russell (1639-1683), English politician, was among the founders of the Whig Party

Charles II, 1886. Artist: Herbert Bourne
Charles II, 1886. Charles II (1630-1685), King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1660. After the execution of his father, Charles I, in 1649 during the English Civil War, Charles II went into exile

Charles I. in the Guard-Room, 1886. Artist: Herbert K Bourne
Charles I. in the Guard-Room, 1886. Insulted by the Soldiers of Cromwell. January 27th, 1649. Charles I 1600-1649) was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland

Cromwell at the Battle of Marston Moor, 1886. Artist: John J Crew
Cromwell at the Battle of Marston Moor, 1886. Leading a Charge after Being Wounded in his Right Arm. Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) commanded the forces of Parliament during the English Civil War

The Gunpowder Plot, 1886. Artist: CF Merckel
The Gunpowder Plot, 1886. Guy Fawkes Interrogated by James I and his Council in the Kings Red-Chamber, Whitehall. Fawkes (1570-1606)

Relics Associated with Queen Elizabeth, 1886. Artist: William Home Lizars
Relics Associated with Queen Elizabeth, 1886. Elizabeth (1533-1603) was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn

Cranmer at the Traitors Gate, 1886. Artist: CW Sharpe
Cranmer at the Traitors Gate, 1886. Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) was the Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of the English kings Henry VIII and Edward VI

Relics Associated with Henry VIII, 1882, (1886). Artists: Robert Anderson, Charles Lawrie
Relics Associated with Henry VIII, 1882, (1886). After J. L. Williams. From Illustration of English and Scottish History, Volume I by Thomas Archer

Wycliffe on his Sick-Bed Assailed by the Friars, 1886. Artist: Herbert K Bourne
Wycliffe on his Sick-Bed Assailed by the Friars, 1886. Wycliffe (c1329-1384) embarked on a translation of the Bible into English in order to bypass the established Church

Introduction of the Art of Printing, 1886. Artist: W Ridgway
Introduction of the Art of Printing, 1886. After Edward Henry Wehnert (1813-1868). From Illustration of English and Scottish History, Volume I by Thomas Archer

Lord Saye and Sele Brought Before Jack Cade, 1886. Artist: W Ridgway
Lord Saye and Sele Brought Before Jack Cade, 1886. Jack Cade (d1450) was leader of the Kentish Rebellion during the reign of Henry VI

Relics Associated with Thomas A Becket, 1886. Artist: Charles Lawrie
Relics Associated with Thomas A Becket, 1886. Thomas a Becket (1118-1170), English churchman, saint and martyr, 1493. Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162

Richard Coeur De Lion Forgiving Bertrand De Gurdun, 1886. Artist: Thomas Brown
Richard Coeur De Lion Forgiving Bertrand De Gurdun, 1886. Richard I, King of England from 1189, (1932). Known as the Lionheart, Richard (1157-1199) spent little of his reign in England

Anglo-Saxon Relics. Personal Ornaments of Gold and Bronze, 1886. Artist: Robert Anderson
Anglo-Saxon Relics. Personal Ornaments of Gold and Bronze, 1886. After J. L. Williams. From Illustration of English and Scottish History, Volume I by Thomas Archer

Celtic Relics. Personal Ornaments of Gold and Bronze, 1886. Artist: Charles Lawrie
Celtic Relics. Personal Ornaments of Gold and Bronze, 1886. After J. L. Williams. From Illustration of English and Scottish History, Volume I by Thomas Archer

Going to Market, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Going to Market, 1912. Going to market in the West Indies. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

The Flying Fish, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
The Flying Fish, 1912. A flying fish of the West Indies. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Drying the Cocoa, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Drying the Cocoa, 1912. Cocoa production in the West Indies. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

At Work Among The Sugar-Canes, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
At Work Among The Sugar-Canes, 1912. Harvesting sugar cane in the West Indies. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Gathering Pineapples, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Gathering Pineapples, 1912. Harvesting pineapples in the West Indies. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Port Antonio, Jamaica, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Port Antonio, Jamaica, 1912. Port Antonio is the capital of the parish of Portland on the northeastern coast of Jamaica. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris

A Garden in the Sea, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
A Garden in the Sea, 1912. Children playing in the Bahamas. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

A Christmas Dinner in New Zealand, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
A Christmas Dinner in New Zealand, 1912. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Most of these animals are hunted, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Most of these animals are hunted, 1912. Hunting in New Zealand. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

The Maoris Home, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
The Maoris Home, 1912. A wharenui is a communal house of the Maori people of New Zealand. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

A Kauri Tree, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
A Kauri Tree, 1912. Agathis australis, commonly known by its Maori name kauri, is a coniferous tree of Araucariaceae in the genus Agathis

A Geyser, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
A Geyser, 1912. A geyser in New Zealnd. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Picking the Fruit, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Picking the Fruit, 1912. Picking fruit in New Zealnd. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

A Settler Clearing His Land, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
A Settler Clearing His Land, 1912. European settlement, in New Zealand, increased through the early decades of the 19th century, with numerous trading stations established, especially in the North

Going to School in New Zealand, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Going to School in New Zealand, 1912. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Wellington, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Wellington, 1912. Wellington was originally established in 1823 by Lieutenant Percy Simpson in as an agricultural station

The Kangaroo, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
The Kangaroo, 1912. The kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning large foot). From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris

The Dam, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
The Dam, 1912. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

An Australian Dairy Farm, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
An Australian Dairy Farm, 1912. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

A Sheep-Station in Australia, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
A Sheep-Station in Australia, 1912. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Off to the Gold-Fields, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Off to the Gold-Fields, 1912. During the Australian gold rushes, significant numbers of workers from other areas within Australia

A Settlers Home, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
A Settlers Home, 1912. When the Bellona transport came to anchor in Sydney Cove on 16th January, 1793, she brought with her the first immigrant free settlers to to Australia

The Governor-Generals House, Melbourne, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
The Governor-Generals House, Melbourne, 1912. Government House, Melbourne is the office and official residence of the Governor of Victoria

Early Settlers in Australia, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Early Settlers in Australia, 1912. When the Bellona transport came to anchor in Sydney Cove on 16th January, 1793, she brought with her the first immigrant free settlers

Aboriginal men approaching a settlers farm, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Aboriginal men approaching a settlers farm, 1912. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

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