Imperialism Collection

Death to World Imperialism, poster, 1919. Artist: Dmitriy Stakhievich Moor
Death to World Imperialism, poster, 1919. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Of the Imperial Cadet Corps, 1903. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
Of the Imperial Cadet Corps, 1903. From The Durbar, by Mortimer Menpes. Text by Dorothy Menpes. [Adam and Charles Black, London, 1903]

Major General Sir Bindon Blood, British soldier, 1902. Artist: Elliott & Fry
Bindon Blood, British soldier, 1902. Blood (1842-1940), commanding Meerut District, Bengal, was one of the few officers to see action in both the Zulu and Afghan campaigns of 1879

Captain James Cook taking possession of New South Wales in the name of the British Crown, 1770. James Cook (1728-1779), English explorer, navigator and hydrographer, made three voyages of discovery

The Rhodes Colossus, 1892 Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
The Rhodes Colossus, 1892. Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902), English-born South African businessman and statesman, shown striding across Africa from Cape Town to Cairo with a telegraph wire

Map of Africa, 1902. Creator: Unknown
Map of Africa, 1902. Showing colonial possessions including French West Africa and German South West Africa, with insets of Table Bay in South Africa, and British and German East Africa

Isandhlwana: The Dash with the Colours, 1879, (c1880). Episode of the Anglo-Zulu Wars (1879-1896). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant

Plan of the Defences at Rorkes Drift, (Jan. 22, 1879), c1880
Plan of the Defences at Rorkes Drift (Jan. 22, 1879), c1880. Episode of the Anglo-Zulu Wars (1879-1896). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant

Plan of the Marches near Isandhlwana between Jan. 12th and 22nd, 1879, c1880. From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1880]

In the Temple of Amritsar, 1905. Artist: Mortimer Luddington Menpes
In the Temple of Amritsar, 1905. From India, by Mortimer Menpes. Text by Flora A. Steel. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1905]

A Native Bullock-cart, 1905. Artist: Mortimer Luddington Menpes
A Native Bullock-cart, 1905. From India, by Mortimer Menpes. Text by Flora A. Steel. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1905]

Leisure Hours, 1905. Artist: Mortimer Luddington Menpes
Leisure Hours, 1905. From India, by Mortimer Menpes. Text by Flora A. Steel. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1905]

The Red Shutter, 1905. Artist: Mortimer Luddington Menpes
The Red Shutter, 1905. From India, by Mortimer Menpes. Text by Flora A. Steel. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1905]

Insignia of the Order of the British Empire, 1953. The piece is part of the Royal Collection at the Tower of London. From The Crown Jewels, by Martin Holmes FSA

Juan Martin Diez El Empecinado (the Undaunted) defeats a column of French soldiers in the Battle of Retortillo, Spanish War of Independence 1808-1813

Plan of the Battle of Isandhlwana, (Jan. 22, 1879), c1880. From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1880]

There Was A Hand-To-Hand Struggle, 1902. Artist: WR Wollen
There Was A Hand-To-Hand Struggle, 1902. In the aftermath of their victory at the Battle of Isandlwana, the Zulus mounted an attack on the British border post at Rorkes Drift

Landing Troops at the Khedives Palace at Alexandria after the Bombardment, 1882, (c1882-1885)
Landing Troops at the Khedives Palace at Alexandria after the Bombardment, 1882, (c1882-85). Episode of the Anglo-Egyptian War (1882). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant

Massacre in the boats off Cawnpore, 1857, (c1860). Massacre of British civilians in what is now known as Kanpur, India. Illustration from The History of the Indian Mutiny, by Charles Ball, Volume I

Vice-Admiral Kuper, C.B., Commander-In-Chief of the East India and China Station, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Vice-Admiral Kuper, C.B., Commander-In-Chief of the East India and China Station, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by M. Beato in Japan

Embarkation at Cape Coast Castle of the troops recalled from the Ashantee War, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Embarkation at Cape Coast Castle of the troops recalled from the Ashantee War, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Dr. Eames of H.M.S

Arrival of the Governor-General of India at the Lahore railway station, 1864. Creator: C. R
Arrival of the Governor-General of India at the Lahore railway station, 1864. Engraving of a photograph by Messrs. Raybon and West

Sketches in British Columbia: Indian village, Douglas Lake, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in British Columbia: Indian village, Douglas Lake, 1864. Village '...inhabited by 200 or 300 people of the Quit-Squaws tribe, who, like all those to be met with on this route

Farewell banquet to the 109th Regiment at Kurrachee, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Farewell banquet to the 109th Regiment at Kurrachee, [modern Karachi, Pakistan], 1864. '...the European residents...gave a farewell entertainment to that gallant corps...the whole regiment

The Rajah of Kapoorthalla, Knight of the Order of the Star of India, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Rajah of Kapoorthalla, Knight of the Order of the Star of India, 1864. 'The Rajah Randhir Singh, of Kapoorthalla, is one of the Princes of the Punjaub whom Sir John Lawrence

Lawrence Hall, Lahore, founded in honour of Sir John Lawrence, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Lawrence Hall, Lahore, founded in honour of Sir John Lawrence, 1864. 'As a sequel to the Illustrations in our last Number of the visit of Sir John Lawrence, Governor-General of India

The boats of H.M.S. Sutlej and Devastation attacking an Indian village in Clayoquot..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The boats of H.M.S. Sutlej and Devastation attacking an Indian village in Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Lieutenant Edward C. Hall

Group of the Police Force newly organised in Bengal, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Group of the Police Force newly organised in Bengal, 1864. Engraving from a photograph. 'The group consists of the district Superintendent, two Inspectors, a head constable, a constable

A squad of elephants saluting the Commandant at Dinapore, India, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
A squad of elephants saluting the Commandant at Dinapore, India, 1864. 'The Illustration affords another evidence of the elephant's sagacity

The International Exhibition: the New Zealand Court..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: the New Zealand Court - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862. '...some articles of furniture

Baron Gros, the newly-appointed French Ambassador at the Court of St. James's, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Baron Gros, the newly-appointed French Ambassador at the Court of St. James's, 1862. Engraving of a photograph by M. Alophe, photographer to the Emperor

Testimonial to Major-General Sir Andrew Scott Waugh, late Surveyor-General of India, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Testimonial to Major-General Sir Andrew Scott Waugh, late Surveyor-General and Superintendent of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, 1862

The War in Japan: the Red Battery opening fire on the corvettes, Sept. 6, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The War in Japan: the Red Battery opening fire on the corvettes, Sept. 6, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. C. Wirgman

The War in Japan: action of Sept. 5, in the Strait of Simonosaki, 1864. Creator: Edwin Weedon
The War in Japan: action of Sept. 5, in the Strait of Simonosaki, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. C. Wirgman, '...our Special Artist

Views in Borneo: Government House, Sarawak, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Views in Borneo: Government House, Sarawak, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Frederick Boyle, '...of the scenery of Sarawak

Views in Borneo: Kucking Fort, Sarawak, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Views in Borneo: Kucking Fort, Sarawak, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Frederick Boyle, '...of the scenery of Sarawak

Peruvian bark tree plantations in the Neilgherry Hills, India..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
Peruvian bark tree plantations in the Neilgherry Hills, India: Sir William Denison, Governor of Madras, planting the first tree in a new plantation, 1862. 'Mr

Statue of Sir W. Stevenson, late Governor of the Mauritius, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Statue of Sir W. Stevenson, late Governor of the Mauritius, 1864. 'The model has just been completed, at Rome, of a statue about to be erected in bronze, at Port Louis

The War in New Zealand: Tauranga Harbour, with the camp of the head-quarters of the 68th..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in New Zealand: Tauranga Harbour, with the camp of the head-quarters of the 68th and 43rd regiments, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Colonel Carey of '...one of the finest natural havens

Dhurumsalla Churchyard, the burial-place of the late Viceroy of India, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Dhurumsalla Churchyard, the burial-place of the late Viceroy of India, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. G. D. Lyon

The house, at Dhurumsalla, in which the Earl of Elgin, Governor-General of India, died, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The house, at Dhurumsalla [in India], in which the Earl of Elgin, Governor-General of India, died, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. G. D. Lyon

The Punjaub Exhibition Building at Lahore, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Punjaub Exhibition Building at Lahore, [India], 1864. 'An exhibition of the products, manufactures and arts of the Punjaub is about to be held...The building is of brickwork...with two small

View of the town of Guzerat, in the Punjaub, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
View of the town of Guzerat, in the Punjaub, [India], 1864. 'We have been favoured by Captain Edward Paske, of the Bengal Staff Corps, and Deputy Commissioner of the District of Guzerat

Monument of the Battle of Chillianwalla, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Monument of the Battle of Chillianwalla, 1864. 'Captain A. E. Paske, the Deputy-Commissioner of the district [of Gujarat, has sent] a photograph, taken at his request by Messrs

Expedition against the hill tribes on the Punjaub Frontier, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Expedition against the hill tribes on the Punjaub Frontier: view of the Chumla Valley and village of Umbeylah from the position held by the British force on the Goroo Heights, 1864

Expedition against the hill tribes on the Punjaub Frontier, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Expedition against the hill tribes on the Punjaub Frontier: view of the Chumla Valley and village of Umbeylah from the position held by the British force on the Goroo Heights, 1864

Memorial Cross of the 8th (King's) Regiment, on the Grand Parade, Portsmouth, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Memorial Cross of the 8th (King's) Regiment, on the Grand Parade, Portsmouth, 1864. 'The cross, designed and constructed by Mr

The War in New Zealand: the gun-boat Pioneer at anchor off Meremere, on the Waikato River..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in New Zealand: the gun-boat Pioneer at anchor off Meremere, on the Waikato River, reconnoitring the native position, 1864. Engraving of a sketch by '...Mr

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