Colourised Collection (page 6)

Osborne House, Isle of Wight, 1900. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert bought Osborne House and its estate from Lady Isabella Blachford in 1845

The Prince of Wales with his brothers, c1930s. The future King Edward VIII with the Duke of York (the future King George VI), Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Prince George, Duke of Kent

Interview between Francis I and Henry VIII, on the Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1520, (1870). A wood engraving after bas-reliefs in the Hotel of the Bourg Herold, Rouen

Columbus breaking the egg, 1753, (1833). Artist: William Hogarth
Columbus breaking the egg, 1753, (1833). Explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) demonstrates how an egg can be made to stand upright on a table. (Colorised black and white print)

Florence Nightingale in the barrack hospital at Scutari, c1880. Engraving made c1880 showing the barrack hospital during the 1850s

Guglielmo Marconi and David Sarnoff, 1933. Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) Italian radio pioneer, right, and David Sarnoff (1891-1971)

Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist, demonstrating his electric pile (battery), c1800 (c1870). Voltas (1745-1827) voltaic pile, an early form of battery, was the first source of current electricity

Slaves harvesting sugar cane in Louisiana, 1833. Note the serrated sickle being used. From Scenes of American Wealth and Industry. (Boston, 1833). (Colorised black and white print)

Coronation of Richard I in Westminster Abbey 1189, (c1880). Richard the Lionheart processing down the aisle. Eldest son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, he reigned as King of England 1189-1199

Immigrants to the USA landing at Ellis Island, New York, c1900. They head for the processing centre, each carrying a paper with an entry number which they hope will soon be traded for a visa

Cotton manufacture, c1845. An adult hand with a boy assistant, forming cotton into laps so that it could be put into the carding machine in a uniform amounts

Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst, English suffragettes, in prison dress, 1908. Emmeline Pankhurst (1857-1918) and her daughter Christabel (1880-1958)

Thomas a Becket (1118-1170), English churchman, saint and martyr, 1493. Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162, Becket clashed almost incessantly with King Henry II over the question of the independence

Jane Austen (1775-1817), English novelist. Austen is remembered for her six great novels Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1815)

Clerk using a Pascal adding machine, 1835
Clerk using an adding machine of the type developed by Blaise Pascal (1623-1664), 1835. (Colorised black and white print)

A Dandy-Horse or Draisienne of the type fashionable c1820. (Colorised black and white print)

JJ Thomson, British physicist, c1896-c1915
JJ Thomson, British physicist, 1896-1916. Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940) discovered the electron and was a pioneer of nuclear physics

Witch raising a storm, 1562. From Olaus Magnus Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus, Antwerp. (Colorised black and white print)

American troops disembark onto the sands of Normandy, 1944. (Colorised black and white print). (Colorised black and white print)

The King and Queen survey bomb damage, Buckingham Palace, London, WWII, 1940. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth looking at the aftermath of a German bombing raid on 11 September 1940 which destroyed

The More Family, from the Sketch by Holbein at Basle Museum, 1527, (1903). Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
The More Family, from the Sketch by Holbein at Basle Museum, 1527, (1903). Sir Thomas More (1478- 1535), venerated by Roman Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher

Alice, the Duchess, and the Baby, 1889. Artist: John Tenniel
Alice, the Duchess, and the Baby, 1889. Lewis Carrolls (1832-1898) Alice in Wonderland as illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914). From Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Alice looking at the bottle with the sign drink me, 1889. Artist: John Tenniel
Alice looking at the bottle with the sign drink me, 1889. Lewis Carrolls (1832-1898) Alice in Wonderland as illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914)

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

A boat of soldiers rescued from Dunkirk, 1940, (1945). The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France

Byron, c1800, (1911). Artist: Richard Westall
Byron, c1800, (1911). George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) commonly known as Lord Byron, was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement

Girl workers in a munitions factory, 1915. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War Vol. III - 1915.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1915]. (Colorised black and white print)

Willliam III. At the Boyne, 1690, (c1880). The Battle of the Boyne was a battle in 1690 between the English King James II, and the Dutch Prince William of Orange, who, with his wife

Sir Hans Sloane, English physician, naturalist and collector, c1793 (1878). Hans Sloane (1660-1753) is notable for bequeathing his collection to the nation

Children of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, c1910. Grand Duchesses Maria (1899-1918), Tatiana (1897-1918), Anastasia (1901-1918) and Olga (1895-1918) and the Tsarevich Alexei (1904-1918)

Prisoners going to dinner, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, London, c1903 (1903). HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs is a Category B mens prison opened in 1891

Cotton is king - plantation scene with pickers at work. Georgia, c1900. [Underwood & Underwood, New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas, 1900]. (Colorised black and white print)

Braves of a Zulu Village holding a Council, near the Umlaloose River, Zululand, S. A. 1901
Braves of a Zulu Village holding a Council, near the Umlaloose River, Zululand, S.A. 1901. [Underwood & Underwood, New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas, 1901]

A childrens tea party in an East End Street in London, to celebrate the Treaty of Versailles at the end of the First World War, 1919, (1938). From These Tremendous Years 1919-1938

1st Tee, 18th Green & Clubhouse, Old Course, St. Andrews, c1955. The Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, is one of the oldest golf courses in the world

Victory celebrations underneath Eros, Piccadilly, London, 1918, (1938). The First World War victory parade, Sunday 19th July 1919. From These Tremendous Years 1919-1938

Plan of London and Westminster, 1749 (1903). A plan of London published in The Gentlemans Magazine in June 1749 showing the 1643 defences for the Civil War

Derby Day, 1926: His Majesty, Ryder Cup contest at Southport, (1936) Artists: Unknown, King George V
Derby Day, 1926: His Majesty followng the keenest enjoyment the progress of a Ryder Cup contest at Southport, 1936. From The Sphere - The Funeral of King George V. [The Sphere, London, 1936]

The trial of King Charles I, 1649 (1905). From Cassells History of England, Vol. III, [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1905]. (Colorised black and white print)

Rioters and petroleuses firing public buildings in Paris during the Paris Commune, 1871 (1906). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. VII

A Christmas Carol, c1898. Artist: James Allan Duncan
A Christmas Carol, c1898. From The Studio Volume 15. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1898-9]. (Colorised black and white print)

Galvanis discovery, 1780 (1894). Italian physiologist Luigi Galvani experimenting on frogs. A professor working in Bologna

They were seen to fall evenly, c1918. In 1589 the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) dropped two balls of different masses from the Leaning Tower of Pisa to demonstrate that their time of

Ivan IV, c1601, (1907). Ivan IV Vasilyevich (1530 -1584) known as Ivan the Terrible, the Grand Prince of Moscow (1533-1547) and Tsar of All the Russias (1547-1584)

An illusttration of a 1930s railway station, 1937
An illustration of a 1930s railway station, 1937. From The Childrens Golden Treasure Book for 1937, edited by John R. Crossland and J. M. Parrish. [Odhams Press Ltd. London, 1937]

The crypt under the chancel of St Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle, 1910 (1911)
The crypt under the chancel of St Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle, where the body of King Edward VII lies, 1910 (1911). From Edward VII: His Life and Times, Volume II Edited by Sir Richard Holmes

Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon and the Duke of York upon the announcement of their engagement, 1923. Artist: Vandyk
Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon and the Duke of York upon the announcement of their engagement, 1923. From Our King & Queen and the Royal Princesses. [Odhams Press Ltd. London, 1937]

Sir Malcolm Campbell at high speed in `Blue Bird`, 1935. Campbell set a new land speed record of over 276 miles per hour on 12 March at Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah

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