Colonialist Collection

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

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

Massacre of a mission party of the "Alan Gardiner" by the natives at Woolya, Tierra del Fuego, 1860. Engraving after a sketch by Mr. Havers

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

Massacre of a mission party of the "Alan Gardiner" by the natives at Woolya, Tierra del Fuego, 1860. Engraving after a sketch by Mr. Havers

The Battle of Plassey, (1757), 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Battle of Plassey, (1757), 1890. The Battle of Plassey, a decisive victory for the British East India Company over the Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757

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

Ishapoor, 1858-61. Creator: Unknown
Ishapoor, 1858-61

Planter, from Worlds Dudes series (N31) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

Dr Leander Starr Jameson, 1900. Creator: Elliot & Fry
Dr Leander Starr Jameson, 1900. From " South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. I", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1900]

Sir W. Raleigh, (c1552-1618), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Sir W. Raleigh, (c1552-1618), 1830. Sir Walter Raleigh (c1552-1618) English gentleman, writer, poet, soldier, politician, Elizabethan courtier

Going To Service By The Dark Entry : Colonial and Indian Visitors at Canterbury
Going To Service By The " Dark Entry" : Colonial and Indian Visitors at Canterbury, 1886. A large party of Colonists

The Visitors Being Introduced To The Dean: Colonial and Indian Visitors at Canterbury, 1886. A large party of Colonists and Indians connected with the Colinderies visited Canterbury [in Kent] on July

Gordon Sprigg, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Gordon Sprigg, c1900. Sir John Gordon Sprigg, (1830- 1913) was a British administrator, politician and four-time prime minister of the Cape Colony

James Bruce, Lord Elgin, (1811-1863), 19th century. British colonial administrator and diplomat. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, (1900)

Dr. Carl Peters 1856-1918, 1934. Carl Peters (1856-1918), German colonial ruler, explorer, politician and author, the prime mover behind the foundation of the German colony of East Africa

1820 Settlers and their Boer Convoys, 1909. Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton
1820 Settlers and their Boer Convoys, 1909. From Romance of Empire - South Africa by Ian D. Colwin. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, London, 1909]

The Landing of Van Riebeck, 1909. Artist: GS Smithard
The Landing of Van Riebeck, 1909. In 1651 Van Riebeck (1619-1677), volunteered to undertake the command of the initial Dutch settlement in the future South Africa

Anthony van Diemen, Dutch colonial governor, (1886). Artist: J Johnson
Anthony van Diemen, Dutch colonial governor, (1886). Van Diemen (1593-1645) was Governer-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1636

The Death Of Kennedy, Queensland, Australia, 1848, (1886). British-born explorer Edmund Kennedy (1818-1848) was killed by an aboriginals spear during his attempt to travel from Rockingham Bay to Cape

A band of exiles moor d their bark on the wild New England shore, 1620, (1905). Artist: As Forrest
A band of exiles moor d their bark on the wild New England shore, 1620, (1905). The Puritans land on Plymouth Rock to found the first Quaker colony in America

William Penn, 19th century. Artist: John Sartain
William Penn, 19th century. William Penn, English member of the Society of Friends, popularly known as Quakers. Penn (1644-1718)

William Penn, after 1666, (19th century). Artist: John Sartain
William Penn, after 1666, (19th century). William Penn (1644-1718), English member of the Society of Friends, popularly known as Quakers who established the colony of Pennsylvania

Two East Indiamen off a Coast, Thomas Whitcombe, c1850. Artist: Thomas Whitcombe
Two East Indiamen off a Coast, Thomas Whitcombe, c1850. At this time the East India Company still governed India. The company was founded in 1600 to challenge the Dutch

William Penn (1644-1718) English Quaker and colonialist, founder of Pennsylvania, 1682
William Penn (1644-1718) English Quaker and colonialist, founder of Pennsylvania, in conference with Colonialists, 1682. From Harpers Weekly, 1883

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