Colorised Collection (page 3)

Pierre and Marie Curie, French physicists, preparing to go cycling. Polish-born Marie Curie and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Lombroso, , c1893
Lombroso, c1893. Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909) born Ezechia Marco Lombroso, an Italian criminologist and physician, founder of the Italian School of Positivist Criminology

Florence Nightingale in the hospital at Scutari, c1860. In 1854, during the Crimean War (1853-1856), Sidney Herbert, Secretary of State for War

Charles Lamb, English essayist, (1903). Lamb (1775-1834) is best known for his Essays of Elia and for the childrens book Tales from Shakespeare. Supplement to The Bookman, 1903

Martyrdom of St Peter, Rome, c64 (1493). St Peter is said to have been crucified at Rome with his head, not his feet, nearest the ground

Dr Barnardo at one of his homes, 1905 (1951). In 1867 Irish-born physician and philanthropist Thomas John Barnardo (1845-1905) founded the East End Mission for destitute children in London

Clara Barton (1821-1912), founder of the American branch of the Red Cross. She founded the American Red Cross in 1881 and served as its first president from 1881-1904

French troops in the trench system of Calonne, France, July 1915. (Colorised black and white print)

Interrogating a German prisoner to obtain information, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Interrogating a German prisoner to obtain information, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail. (Colorised black and white print)

Carrying a wounded soldier to a first aid post, Passchendaele, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail. (Colorised black and white print)

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, c1850. Hamlet in the graveyard with Horatio and the clown, examining Yoricks skull. From Hamlet Act V, Sc 1, by William Shakespeare

Observation officer and signallers keep a sharp lookout, St Quentin, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail. (Colorised black and white print)

Machine gun nest, Poelcappelle, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Machine gun nest, Poelcappelle, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Poelcappelle was the site of a battle during the larger Battle of Passchendaele (Third Battle of Ypres) in 1917

Macbeth and Banquo encountering the three witches, 1858. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Macbeth and Banquo encountering the three witches, 1858. Macbeth and Banquo meeting the witches for the first time and hearing their prophetic greeting

Battle of Polygon Wood, near Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, World War I, September 1917. British North Country troops attacking a German lair

Hans Sloane, English physician and naturalist. Sloane (1660-1753) founded the Chelsea Physic Garden. He was Secretary to the Royal Society from 1693-1713 and donated his library of 50

Captured German blockhouse, Poelecappelle, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Captured German blockhouse, Poelecappelle, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. The Battle of Poelcappelle was part of the larger Battle of Passchendaele (Third Battle of Ypres)

General Gordon, c1885. Charles George Gordon, (1833-1885), British Army officer. After a photograph by Adams & Scanlan. From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant

William Wallace, c1270-1305, (c1880). Sir William Wallace (c1270- 23 August 1305) was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish Independence in the late 13th

The End of Julius Caesar, 1852. Artist: John Leech
The End of Julius Caesar, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]. (Colorised black and white print)

Edward, Prince of Wales, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). The Prince (1894-1972) later became King Edward VIII but abdicated to marry a divorced woman

Banknote store in the vaults of the Bank of England, c1870. The man is holding a candle lantern. (Colorised black and white print)

Spiritualist meeting in Leipzig, Germany, 1893. Communicating with spirits by table-turning. From L Illustration. (Paris, 1853). (Colorised black and white print)

Hannibal, the Carthaginian General, c1823, (1912). Artist: John Chapman
Hannibal, the Carthaginian General, c1823, (1912). Hannibal (247-c181 bc) a Punic Carthaginian military commander. From Bibbys Annual 1912, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1912]

Gustave Eiffel, French engineer, 1880. Artist: Eugene Pirou
Gustave Eiffel, French engineer, 1880. Eiffels (1832-1923) most historic and best-known work is the Eiffel Tower, built for the Paris Exposition of 1889

Noahs Ark, 1483, (1947). Artist: William Caxton
Noahs Ark, 1483, (1947). Illustration from Caxtons Golden Legend. From The English Bible, by Sir Herbert Grierson [Collins, London, 1947]. (Colorised black and white print)

Maxim Gorky, Russian author, c1930 (1956). Gorky (1868-1936) was one of the pioneers of socialist realism in literature. A print from People

Marie Sklodowska Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1904. Marie Curie (1867-1934) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904, together with her husband Pierre and Henri Becquerel

Planchette or Ouija board, 1885
Planchette or Ouija board, c1880. Method of using the Planchette for spirit writing during a seance. From The Practical Dictionary of Mechanics, edited by Edward H Knight

Steerage passengers on an Atlantic steamer bound for America, c1850. Engraving. (Colorised black and white print)

Chinese portraits of Confucius and his great follower Mencius, 1907. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 1, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A. [Carmelite House, London, 1907]

Prince Albert, 1886. Artist: G Levy
Prince Albert, 1886. Albert, Queen Victorias Prince Consort (1819-1861). After Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873). From Illustration of English and Scottish History, Volume I by Thomas Archer

Mrs. Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845), c1843, (1912). Artist: George Richmond
Mrs. Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845), c1843, (1912). Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845), an English prison reformer, social reformer, Quaker, and Christian philanthropist

James Abram Garfield, 20th President of the United States, c1881. Garfield (1831-1881) was the second US president to be assassinated

The Martyrdome of Master William Tindall in Flanders by Vilvord Castle, 1563, (1947). Part of the Foxes Act and Monuments of Martyrs, 1563

Dan Leno, 1942. From Fairs, Circuses and Music Halls, by M. Wilson Disher. [Collins, London, 1942]. (Colorised black and white print)

Sir Henry Segrave, 1937. Sir Henry O Neil de Hane Segrave (1896-1930). From Sir Malcolm Campbells Book of Famous Motorists, edited by Sir Malcolm Campbell

The Memorial Panel to Sir Henry Birkin at Brooklands, 1937. Artist: Gordon Crosby
The Memorial Panel to Sir Henry Birkin at Brooklands, 1937. From Sir Malcolm Campbells Book of Famous Motorists, edited by Sir Malcolm Campbell. [Blackie & Son Limited, London and Glasgow, 1937]

Sir Malcolm Campbell, 1937. Sir Malcolm Campbell (1885-1948), British motorist and journalist. From Sir Malcolm Campbells Book of Famous Motorists, edited by Sir Malcolm Campbell

Land Girl, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Land Girl, 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]. (Colorised black and white print)

Covering the road block, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Covering the road block, 1941. Men of the Home Guard in a dug-out, protected by sandbags, aim their rifles ready for action. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton

George Bernard Shaw, c1925. George Bernard Shaw, (1856-1950), Irish playwright and Nobel Prize in Literature. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 2 by Harold Wheeler

A Chinese official, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]. (Colorised black and white print)

Edward III, c1880. Edward III (1312-1377), King of England. From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, c1880]

Henry VIII, 1788. Henry VIII (1491-1547), King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. From The History of England, by David Hume. [T. Cadell, Edinburgh, 1788]

Othello. Act 4. Scene 2. An Apartment in the Castle. Desdemona & Othello, 1801. Artist: Andrew Michel
Othello. Act 4. Scene 2. An Apartment in the Castle. Desdemona & Othello, 1801. After R. K. Porter. From Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, 1795, by John Boydell. [J. & J. Boydell, London, 1795]

King Richard II, 1735. Artist: George Vertue
King Richard II, 1735. King of England from 1377 until deposition on 30 September 1399, House of Plantagenet. Took revenge on the Lord Appellants, whom he had executed or exiled

Dr Johnsons House, City of London, c1900 (1911). Artist: Pictorial Agency
Dr Johnsons House, City of London, c1900 (1911). Dr Johnsons House is a house museum in London, in the former home of the 18th century English writer Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

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