Colourised Collection (page 7)

Launch of the Cunard ocean liner `Queen Mary`, 1934 (1935). The British giant liner, Cunarder No. 534, was launched on September 26th by Her Majesty, who christened the boat Queen Mary, 1909

Oliver Cromwell, 1640. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXX. [The Connoisseur Ltd. London, 1928]. (Colorised black and white print)

Auguste Rodin Among His Books At 77 Rue De Varenne, c1900. French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). From The Studio Volume 72. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1917-18]

Rivetting the last bolts on The Morning Mast of the Empire State building, c1931. Artist: Lewis Wickes Hine
Rivetting the last bolts on The Morning Mast of the Empire State building, c1931. Rivetting the last bolts on The Morning Mast of the Empire State building

The Peasants Revolt, c1895. Artist: Joseph Kaspar Sattler
The Peasants Revolt, c1895. From The Studio Volume 4. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1894]. (Colorised black and white print)

A woodcut of a ship which is believed to be The Ark Royal, c1587. From The Connoisseur Volume XCI, edited by F. Gordon Roe. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1933]. (Colorised black and white print)

Hollars plan of Oxford, c1643. Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar
Hollars plan of Oxford, c1643. From The Connoisseur Volume XCII, edited by F. Gordon Roe. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1933]. (Colorised black and white print)

Fencers, 1900. Artist: Frederick Henry Townsend
Fencers, by T. H. Townsend. 1900-01. From Modern Pen Drawings: European and American, Edited by Charles Holme. [The Offices of the Studio, London, Paris, New York, 1900-01]

General Louis Botha, (1862-1919), Afrikaner soldier and statesman, 1894-1907. Botha was Commander-in-chief of the Boer forces from 1900 during the 2nd Boer War (1899-1902)

Richard Wagner, 1870, (1939). Artist: Franz Seraph Hanfstaengl
Richard Wagner, 1870, (1939). Richard Wagner (1813-1883), German composer, conductor, and essayist. From Verve - Nos. 5-6, July-October 1939. [Verve, France, 1939]. (Colorised black and white print)

Emile Zola and Jeanne Rozerat, c1890, (1939). Artist: Pierre Petit
Emile Zola and Jeanne Rozerat, c1890, (1939). Emile Zola (1840-1902), French novellist with his wife Eleonore-Alexandrine Meley. From Verve - Nos. 5-6, July-October 1939. [Verve, France, 1939]

The Burial of Wellington, c1890. Artist: Henry Marriott Paget
The Burial of Wellington, c1890. From Cassells History of England, Vol. VI. by John Cassell. [A. W. Cowan, Cassell & Company Limited, London, Paris, Melbourne, c1890]

The Building of the Ark Superintended by Noah, (1493), 1903
The Building of the Ark Superintended by Noah, 1493. After an original illustration from Hartmann Schedels (1440 -1514), Nuremberg Chronicle. Also known as the Liber Chronicarum

Elizabeth at Traitors Gate, 1902. Artist: Patten Wilson
Elizabeth at Traitors Gate, 1902. Princess Elizabeth later Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) was imprisoned from 18th March to 22nd May 1554 for an alleged plot against her sister Queen Mary I (1516-1558)

The Arrest of Cardinal Wolsey, 1902. Artist: Patten Wilson
The Arrest of Cardinal Wolsey, 1902. Wolsey (c1475-1530), was an English statesman and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

The First Cannon at Crecy, 1902. Artist: Patten Wilson
The First Cannon at Crecy, 1902. A major engagement of the Hundred Years War between England and France (1337-1453). Edward III of England and his son Edward, the Black Prince

Comyn Stabbed By Bruce, 1902. Artist: Patten Wilson
Comyn Stabbed By Bruce, 1902. John III Red Comyn, Lord of Badenoch and Lord of Lochaber, also known simply as the Red Comyn (died 1306)

Murdered Archduke Francis Ferdinand with his wife and children, c1910
The murdered Archduke Francis Ferdinand with his wife and children c1910. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his family, c1910 (c1920)

Some cheerful wounded from the Neuve Chapelle fighting, wearing captured German helmets, 1915. The Battle of Neuve Chapelle (10-13 March 1915) was a British offensive in the Artois region of France

At The Derby, 1938. King George VI (1895-1952), Queen Elizabeth (1900-2002) and Lord Lonsdale (1857-1944) at the Epsom Derby, 1938. From Flat Racing published by Seeley, Service & Co, Ltd

Battle of Flodden, (1513), c1910
The Battle of Flodden or Flodden Field was a conflict between England and Scotland. The battle was fought in the county of Northumberland in northern England on 9 September 1513

Brothers Polo set out from Constantinople with, Marco for China (c1300), 1912)
How the Brothers Polo set out from Constantinople with their nephew Marco for China c1300. After a work from the Book of the Marvels of the World (Livre des merveilles du monde)

Knights Templar on the Field of Battle, c1910. The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, commonly known as the Knights Templar or Templars

The King Visits Vasco da Gama, 1904
King Manuel I of Portugal (1469-1521) visiting Vasco da Gama and his expedition. Vasco da Gama was the first European to reach India by sea

Stanley Matthews (1915-2000), Stoke City football player, 1935
Stanley Matthews (1915-2000), Stoke City and England football player. Referred to as The Wizard of the Dribble and The Magician Matthews is regarded as one of the greatest players of the English

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921), French composer, organist, conductor, and pianist of the Romanti Artist: Nadar
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921), French composer, organist, conductor, and pianist of the Romantic era. A print from Les Musiciens Celebres, Lucien Mazenod, Paris, 1948

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), Italian composer, 1910. A print from Les Musiciens Celebres, Lucien Mazenod, Paris, 1948. (Colorised black and white print)

The Guards Brigade on the march to Kroonstadt, South Africa, Boer War, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The Guards Brigade on the march to Kroonstadt, South Africa, Boer War, 1900. Stereoscopic card. Detail. (Colorised black and white print)

Lower Broadway, New York City, USA, 20th century. Artist: J Dearden Holmes
Lower Broadway, New York City, USA, 20th century. Sunbeam Tours stereoscopic card detail. (Colorised black and white print)

Erasmus Darwin, English physician and naturalist, (c1819). Artist: Holl
Erasmus Darwin, English physician and naturalist, (c1819). Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) was the grandfather of Charles Darwin and Francis Galton

The Royal Martyrdom, from a ballad of 1648 (1964). A print from A History of Wood Engraving, by Douglas Percy Bliss, Spring Books, London, 1964. (Colorised black and white print)

Execution of Louis XVI of France, Paris, 21st January 1793 (1882-1884). After the monarchy was overthrown by the French Revolution in 1789, Louis, his Queen, Marie Antoinette

Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer, 1886 (1951). A print from 100 Years in Pictures, A panorama of History in the Making, text by DC Somervell, Odhams press Limited, London, 1951

Edward Whymper, British mountaineer, 1865 (1956). Whymper is best known for his involvement in the first ascent of the Matterhorn, accomplished in 1865

Superman : Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher, 19th century (1956). Nietzsche (1844-1900) put forward the idea of the Ubermensch (Superman)

Game and play of chess, 1474 (1956). A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union

A soldier writing a letter in hospital, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
A soldier writing a letter in hospital, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail. (Colorised black and white print)

Thames Tunnel, London, 19th century. The Thames Tunnel from Rotherhithe to Wapping was the most remarkable undertaking by the engineer and inventor Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849)

Queen Anne, c1702 (1906). From the original painting by John Closterman, in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Anne (1665-1714) was the daughter of James II

George Washington at the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, 1781 (c1880). The Defeat of the British at Yorktown proved decisive in the American Revolutionary War

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), 1882. Galileo was a Tuscan (Italian) physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the scientific revolution

Jane Seymour (1509-1537), the third wife of King Henry VIII, 1851. Artist: B Eyles
Jane Seymour (1509-1537), the third wife of King Henry VIII, 1851. From Biographical Sketches of the Queens of Great Britain, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of Victoria

Football in the East End, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926-1927)

Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, London, 1926-1927. Oxford just ahead by Hammersmith Bridge. The traditional university rowing race on the River Thames starts at Putney and finishes at Mortlake

Ascension of a Montgolfier balloon, late 18th century, (1910). Illustration from The Connoisseur, (August 1910). (Colorised black and white print)

Kelmscott Manor, Gloucestershire, frontispiece to News from Nowhere, c1892 (1901). Artist: William Morris
Kelmscott Manor, Gloucestershire, frontispiece to News from Nowhere, c1892 (1901). This is the picture of the old house by the Thames to which the people of this story went

James Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937), British Prime Minister, 1926. MacDonald was a British politician and twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Front of the old East India House, London, 1894. Founded in 1600, the British East India Company effectively ruled India from 1757 until after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 when the administration of

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