Cambridgeshire Collection (page 4)

Kings College, Cambridge, 1900. Kings was founded in 1441 by King Henry VI. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson, (1900)

St Johns College, Cambridge, 1900. The college was founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort in 1511. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson, (1900)

Procession of boats at Cambridge, 1870. A print from the Illustrated London News, (11 June 1870)

Fossil hunting in Cherry Hinton chalk pit, Cambridgeshire, 1822. One of the quarry workers is handing a find, an ammonite perhaps, to a gentleman collector

Volunteer women drivers in a Wolseley, donated towards the war effort, Cambridge, World War I, 1915

Volunteer English woman driver washing down her ambulance, Cambridge, World War I, 1915. The ambulance, a converted Wolseley, was donated towards the war effort

Theatre of Anatomy, Cambridge, 1815. From The History of the University of Cambridge, published by Ackermann. (London, 1815)

Copper alloy figure of Mars with silver inlay, Roman Britain, 2nd century
Copper alloy figure of Mars with silver inlay, wearing the armour of a general, Roman Britain, 2nd century. From Earith, Cambridgeshire and the finest bronze figurine of Mars from Roman Britain

Hereward the Wake, Anglo-Saxon rebel, attacking Peterborough Abbey, 1070 (early 20th century). Hereward attacking the abbey in protest at William Is imposition of a Norman abbot

Isaac Newton, English scientist and mathematician, (1666) 1874. Newton (1642-1727) using a prism to separate white light into the colours of the spectrum

JJ Thomson, British physicist, at work in the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940) discovered the electron and was a pioneer of nuclear physics

Huntingdon County Gaol and House of Correction, England, built c1828 to design by William Wilkins. Radiating principle Treadmills for grinding corn and raising water worked by prisoners. Woodcut

The George, Huntingdon, 1936. Creator: Unknown
The George, Huntingdon, 1936. The George Hotel named after St George in 1574, bought by Henry Cromwell, grandfather of Oliver Cromwell

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