Colourised Collection (page 9)

Marble portrait bust of Homer, Roman, from Baiae, Campania, Italy, 1st-2nd century. The blind poet, Homer, is thought to have lived in Greece around 750 to 700 BC

Joseph Wilson Swan, British physicist and chemist, demonstrating electromagnetism, 1889. Swan (1828-1914) was the inventor of bromide paper for photography and of an incandescent light bulb

Edgar Allan Poe, c1840, (1939). Artist: Mathew Brady
Edgar Allan Poe, c1840, (1939). Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), American author and poet. From Verve - Nos. 5-6, July-October 1939. [Verve, France, 1939]. (Colorised black and white print)

Charles Andre Joseph Marie De Gaulle, 1940. De Gaulle (1890-1970}, French soldier, statesman and author in uniform as a General)

Christopher Columbus Discovering America, woodcut, 1493
Discovering America, woodcut, 1493. Ferdinand II of Aragon points to Columbus in Santa Maria as she approaches land with the Pinta and Nina. Said to be earliest depiction of Columbus

Ferdinand Magellan (c1480-c1521), Portugese navigator. The first explorer to circumnavigate the globe and cross the Pacific Ocean

Edward Jenner, English physician, vaccinating his son, c1796 (c1900). Artist: Giulio Monteverde
Edward Jenner, English physician, vaccinating his son, c1796 (c1900). Edward Jenner (1749-1823) practiced as a country doctor in his native Gloucestershire

The arrest of the Cato Street conspirators, 1820 (c1895). The Cato Street Conspiracy was an attempt to murder all the British cabinet ministers and Prime Minister Lord Liverpool in 1820

Ben Jonson, English dramatist, poet and actor, (1785). Artist: Goldar
Ben Jonson, English dramatist, poet and actor, (1785). Jonson (c1572-1637) is best known for his plays Volpone and The Alchemist, and for his lyric poems. (Colorised black and white print)

Alexander Pope, English poet of the early eighteenth century, (c1850). Pope (1688-1744) is considered one of the greatest English poets of the eighteenth century

Richmond at Bosworth, 1902. Artist: Patten Wilson
Richmond at Bosworth, 1902. Battle of Bosworth Field, 22 August 1485. Richard III (1452-1485), last Yorkist king of England from 1483

An evening in the reserve trenches at Beaumont Hamel, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail. (Colorised black and white print)

Soon he was a dashing subaltern in the 4th Hussars, 1895, (1945). 2nd Lt Winston Churchill in 1895. From Winston Churchill: His Life in Pictures, by Ben Tucker. [Sagall Press, Ltd. London, 1945]

Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, c1906, (1907). Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431-1477) posthumously dubbed Vlad the Impaler, Voivode of Wallachia (1456-1462)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), Russian composer. Artist: Charles Reutlinger
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), Russian composer. A print from Les Musiciens Celebres, Lucien Mazenod, Paris, 1948. (Colorised black and white print)

Theodore Roosevelt, American soldier and politician, c1898. Roosevelt (1858-1919) in what is supposedly the uniform of Roosevelts Roughriders

Queen Elizabeth with Princess Elizabeth in 1926, (1937). Artist: John Saint-Helier Lander
Queen Elizabeth with Princess Elizabeth in 1926, (1937). The future Queen Elizabeth II with her mother (1900-2002). A print from the Illustrated London News: Coronation Record Number, (London, 1937)

Off They Whirled At A Pace That Took Bobbies Breath Away, 1901. From The Sunday Strand Vol. IV, [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1901]. (Colorised black and white print)

Isaac Newton, English mathematician, astronomer and physicist, (1818). Artist: R Page
Isaac Newton, English mathematician, astronomer and physicist, (1818). Newtons (1643-1727) discoveries were prolific and exerted a huge influence on science and thought

Roald Engelbrecht Gravning Amundsen, Norwegian explorer. Amundsen (1872-1928) led the first expedition to reach the South Pole, arriving at the Pole in December 1911

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), British nurse. Florence Nightingale made her reputation by her organisation of nursing service during the Crimean War

Claude Monet, Giverny, 1905. Artist: Jacques-Ernest Bulloz
Claude Monet, Giverny, 1905. Claude Monet, French Impressionist painter. Monet (1840-1926) in his garden at Giverny where he painted in the last years of his life. From The Studio Volume 43

Bust of Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell, 1860. Artist: Matthew Noble
Bust of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), 1860. Oliver Cromwell ruled England from the time of the execution of Charles I to his death as Lord Protector. From the V&As Collection

Statue of the Roman Emperor Augustus, 1st century BC
Statue of the Roman Emperor Augustus from Prima Porta, Rome, 1st century BC. (Colorised artwork based on an original sculpture)

Martha Corey and her prosecutors, Salem, Massachusetts, c1692 (c1880). Martha Corey (c1627-1692) was one of the accused at the notorious Salem Witch Trials of 1692

Captain Morgan, 17th century buccaneer, c1880. Born in Wales, Captain Henry Morgan (1635-1688) was a notorious pirate and buccaneer who, with the tacit support of the English government

Jesse Owens at the start of the 200 metres at the Berlin Olympic Games, 1936. Owens setting off on the way to one of his four gold medals at the 1936 games

Guy Fawkes Preparing The Slow Match, 1902. Artist: Patten Wilson
Guy Fawkes Preparing The Slow Match, 1902. Fawkes (1570-1606) was an English conspirator who attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament on November 5th 1605 during the State Opening of Parliament

His Majesty King George VI, c1936. Artist: Captain P North
His Majesty King George VI, c1936. King George VI (1895-1952), King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11th December 1936 until his death

Michael Faraday, British chemist and physicist, c1845. Artist: J Cook
Michael Faraday, British chemist and physicist, c1845. Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century

The Queen Mother at seven years old, 1907 (1937). Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002) became the mother of Queen Elizabeth II

Captain Scott, British polar explorer, on the Terra Nova, c1900s-c1910s (1936)
Captain Scott (1868-1912) on the Terra Nova, c1900s-c1910s (1936). It was during the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) that Scott and four companions reached the South Pole

John Henry Newman, British cardinal, late 19th century. Newman (1801-1890) was a leading priest in the Church of England whose conversion to Catholicism was a major event of the 1840s

At The Battle of Agincourt, 1902. Artist: Patten Wilson
At The Battle of Agincourt, 1902. The Battle of Agincourt, fought between the English and French, took place on 25 October 1415, in northern France. After a work by Patten Wilson (1869-1934)

A Game of Chess, 1948. Artist: George Cruikshank
A Game of Chess, 1948. From British Chess, by Kenneth Matthews. [Collins, London, 1948]. (Colorised black and white print)

Auction in progress at Phillips auctioneers, London, c1901 (1901). Phillips is an auction house founded in 1796 in London by Harry Phillips, a former clerk to James Christie

Woman using a Spinning Jenny, c1880. The Spinning Jenny was invented by James Hargreaves (c1720-1778) in 1764. On his original machine

Anne of Cleves (1515-1557), fourth wife of Henry VIII of England, 19th century. Henry VIII married Anne, a German Protestant princess, in 1540 for political reasons at the urging of his Chancellor

The Act of Union between England and Scotland being read before Queen Anne, 1826
The Act of Union between England and Scotland being read before Queen Anne, 1707 (1826). Anne (1665-1714) was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702

Frederick Douglass (1817-1895), American diplomat, abolitionist and writer, 1875. Son of a slave, a mulatto, he fled from slavery at 21. (Colorised black and white print)

Four or the species of finch observed by Darwin on the Galapagos Islands, showing variation of beak.The study of the flora of the Islands contributed to Darwins theory of evolution

William Tyndale, English translator, 1536 (late 19th century). English translator of the Bible on morning of his death, giving jailer packet for John Rogers (pseud)

Mohondas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), as a young man
Mohondas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), known as Mahatma (Great Soul), as a young man. Indian Nationalist leader and organiser of the non-cooperative movement against British rule in India

Martin Luther burning the Papal Bull, 1520
Martin Luther (1483-1546) German Protestant reformer, burning the Papal Bull excommunicating him. Wittenberg, 1520. (Colorised black and white print). (Colorised black and white print)

Blackfriars, London, decoarted for King George VIs coronation, 1937
A street in Blackfriars, London, decoarted for King George VIs coronation, 1937. From The Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. [Odhams Press Ltd. London, 1937]

A move in Slumopolis, London, c1901 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

An operation at Charing Cross Hospital, London, 1901 (1903). Artist: Time Life Pictures
An operation at Charing Cross Hospital, London, 1901 (1903). A team of surgeons work on a patient in the operating theatre of Charing Cross Hospital while men in the gallery observe the procedure

Waiting for parcels of food, Cheapside, c1903 (1903). From Living London, Vol. III, by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

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