Finnish Collection (page 2)

The Grand Duchy of Finland, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Grand Duchy of Finland, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Vaasa Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Vaasa Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Uleaborg Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Uleaborg Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Kuopio Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Kuopio Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Tavastia Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Tavastia Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856

Finnish runners Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Finnish runners Ville Ritola and Paavo Nurmi, 1928. Ritola (1896-1982) won five Olympic gold medals and three Olympic silver medals

Summer Evening at Hammar's Repair Yard, 1885. Creator: Albert Edelfelt
Summer Evening at Hammar's Repair Yard, 1885

Russian Prisoners, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Russian Prisoners, 1854. Soldiers captured during the Crimean War, and held on prison hulks on the River Medway in Kent. During the voyage they held entirely aloof from each other - the Finlanders

Farm owned by James Pompey, who 20 years ago came from Italy... Southington, Connecticut, 1942
Farm owned by James Pompey, who 20 years ago came from Italy on the advice of a brother, Southington, Connecticut. People of Finnish, Slav, German, and Polish extraction help him to farm it

Ad Astra, 1894 / 96. Creator: Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Ad Astra, 1894/96. [" To the stars" ]

A. E. Nordenskiold (Swedish geologist and mineralogist, born Finland, 1832-1901), c. 1880. Woodburytype, from the periodical "Galerie Contemporaine Litteraire, Artistique" (1880), volume 1

[La Finlandaise], 1861-67. Creator: Pierre-Louis Pierson
[La Finlandaise], 1861-67

Finland, 50 Pennia, from the series Coins of All Nations (N72, variation 2) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1889

Mr. Bullocks Exhibition of Laplanders, February 8, 1822. February 8, 1822
Mr. Bullocks Exhibition of Laplanders, February 8, 1822

Lancia 037, Henri Toivenen, 1985 Monte Carlo Rally. Creator: Unknown
Lancia 037, Henri Toivenen, 1985 Monte Carlo Rally

Finland, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Finland, c1935. From " An Album of National Flags and Arms". [John Player & Sons, c1935]

Finnish speed skater Clas Thunberg, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Finnish speed skater Clas Thunberg, 1928. Clas Thunberg (1893-1973) won gold medal in the 500 metres and in the 1500 metres speed skating events at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Dining Room with Finnish furniture, 1938. Arranged by Finmar Ltd, furniture designed by Alvar Aalto, made of cellulosed birch. Table legs and trolley framework bent from single pieces

Going aloft on board the Archibald Russell, square-riggers under Finnish flag, 1937
Going aloft on board the Archibald Russell, one of the famous square-riggers under the Finnish flag, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. II, edited by Clarence Winchester

Grippenberg, c1893. Artist: Sergei Levitsky
Grippenberg, c1893. Oskar-Ferdinand Kazimirovich Gripenberg (1838-1916), general of the Russian Imperial Army. From the 2e collection [Felix Potin, c1893]

Finland, c1910

Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiold, (1832-1901), arctic explorer, 1893
Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiold (1832-1901), arctic explorer, 1893. Nordenskiold was a Finnish baron, botanist, geologist, mineralogist and arctic explorer of Finland-Swedish origin

Market boats, Helsinki, Finland. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Market boats, Helsinki, Finland. Stereoscopic card detail

The attack on Bomarsund, during the Crimean War, 1854 (1857). Artist: W Hulland
The attack on Bomarsund, during the Crimean War, 1854 (1857). From Englands Battles by Sea and Land, volume IV: Russia and Turkey, by Lieutenant Colonel Williams

Finns playing Kykka, the national game, 1936. Artist: ENA
Finns playing Kykka, the national game, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Types and costumes in Finland, 1879. Artist: C Laplante
Types and costumes in Finland, 1879

The Finish pavilion at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, Paris, 1900. The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France

Ancient Cimbrian, Esthonian Finn, Lappe, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

People stranded on ice floes, Finland, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 5th March 1894

Finnish or Russian bath, 19th century. Men and women in a steam bath or sauna. On the left men are throwing water into a furnace to create steam while on the right a woman is having cold water poured

Flight of locks on the Saima Canal, Finland, c1900. A ship is descending the flight. On the left is a typical boatman. This canal, completed in 1856, linked Saima Lake to the Gulf of Finland

Neolithic bear-headed stone club from Finland

Illustration of the Triumph of death over chastity from Petrarch, 16th century
Illustration of the Triumph of death over chastity from Petrarch. The three ladies are the fates, Atropos, Lachesis and Clotho, conquering chastity at their feet

Equestrian Statue of Marshal Mannerheim, 1960s. Artist: Aimo Johan Kustaa Tukiainen
Equestrian Statue of Marshal Mannerheim, who cimmanded the Finnish armies in the Russian wars of 1939-40 and 1941-44, and was President of Finland 1944-6, 1960s

Havis Amanda Fountain, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. Artist: Sheldon Marshall
Havis Amanda Fountain, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. The Art Nouveau female nude statue at the centre of the fountain was sculpted in Paris in 1906 by Finnish sculptor Ville Valgren

Pool, Esplanadi Park, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. Artist: Sheldon Marshall
Pool, Esplanadi Park, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. Esplanadi Park opened in 1812

Cafe in Esplanadi Park, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. Artist: Sheldon Marshall
Cafe in Esplanadi Park, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. Esplanadi Park opened in 1812

Esplanadi Park, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. Artist: Sheldon Marshall
Esplanadi Park, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. Esplanadi Park opened in 1812

Savotta, Finnish restaurant, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. Artist: Sheldon Marshall
Savotta, Finnish restaurant, Helsinki, Finland, 2011

Lightship Relandersgrund, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. Artist: Sheldon Marshall
Lightship Relandersgrund, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. Built in 1888, this lightship was decommissioned in 1937, after which it was renamed the Vuolle and served as an expedition vessel

Dining room on board the lightship Relandersgrund, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. Artist: Sheldon Marshall
Dining room on board the lightship Relandersgrund, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. Built in 1888, this lightship was decommissioned in 1937

Street scene, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. Artist: Sheldon Marshall
Street scene, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. The dome of the citys LutheranCathedral can be seen in the background

The iconostasis, Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. Artist: Sheldon Marshall
The iconostasis, Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. The cathedral was built in the Russian Byzantine style in the 1860s, and is said to be the largest Orthodox church in western Europe

Interior, Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. Artist: Sheldon Marshall
Interior, Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. The cathedral was built in the Russian Byzantine style in the 1860s, and is said to be the largest Orthodox church in western Europe

Interior of the dome, Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. Artist: Sheldon Marshall
Interior of the dome, Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. The cathedral was built in the Russian Byzantine style in the 1860s

Interior detail, Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. Artist: Sheldon Marshall
Interior detail, Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. The cathedral was built in the Russian Byzantine style in the 1860s, and is said to be the largest Orthodox church in western Europe

Entrance, Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. Artist: Sheldon Marshall
Entrance, Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. The cathedral was built in the Russian Byzantine style in the 1860s, and is said to be the largest Orthodox church in western Europe

Dome, Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. Artist: Sheldon Marshall
Dome, Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. The cathedral was built in the Russian Byzantine style in the 1860s, and is said to be the largest Orthodox church in western Europe

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