Imperialism Collection (page 9)

The Trouble in China, 1900-1901: The Bluejackets on their way to Tientsin, (1901). British sailors travelling to Tientsin (Tianjin) in northern China, during the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion

Map of India, Showing the British Possessions in 1780, 1800, and at the Present Time, 1890. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol. IV - Modern History", by Edmund Ollier

The World in the Elizabethan Era, 1926. Creators: Unknown, Emery Walker Ltd
The World in the Elizabethan Era, 1926. Map of the world during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603). The key shows: Mediaeval Trade routes, (the shipping in Asiatic seas was oriental)

A Portion of the Sadar Bazar, Rawalpindi - Taken from the Massy Gate, c1918-c1939. From an album of postcards

Defeat and Death of Dhoondiah at Conaghull, 1800, (early-mid 19th century). Creator: J Rogers
Defeat and Death of Dhoondiah at Conaghull, 1800, (early-mid 19th century). Indian military leader Dhondia Wagh (also known as Malik Jahan Khan)

Advertisement for Naraindas & Company, suppliers of motor cars, 1936. Creator: Unknown
Advertisement for Naraindas & Company, suppliers of motor cars, 1936. Naraindas, based in Lahore and Karachi (at that time part of British India)

Statue of Lord Cornwallis, 1925. Creator: Unknown
Statue of Lord Cornwallis, 1925. From British Government in India, Volume Two, by Lord Curzon of Kedleston. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne, 1925]

China - the cake of kings and... of emperors (Caricature), 1898. Artist: Meyer (Reyem), Henri (1844-1899)
China - the cake of kings and... of emperors (Caricature), 1898. Private Collection

President Krugers Country House, c1880. Episode of the First Boer War, (1880-1881). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant

Plan of the Road from the Shutargardan Pass to Cabul, c1880. From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1880]

Van Riebeck Entertains the Hottentots, 1909. Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton
Van Riebeck Entertains the Hottentots, 1909. In 1651 Van Riebeck (1619-1677), volunteered to undertake the command of the initial Dutch settlement in the future South Africa

Ballymaclinton, Irish village, Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908. Artist: R Welch
Ballymaclinton, Irish village, Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908. The Franco-British Exhibition of 1908 celebrated the Entente Cordiale which had been signed by the United Kingdom

Sher Ali Khan, Emir of Afghanistan, (1900). Sher Ali Khan (1824-1879) was the ruler of Afghanistan when the Second Anglo-Afghan War broke out in 1878

The dash with the colours, Battle of Isandlwana, Anglo-Zulu War, 22 January 1879, (1900)
The dash with the colours, Battle of Isandlwana, Anglo-Zulu War, South Africa, 22 January 1879, (1900). Illustration from The Life and Times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, Volume IV

Letter from Napoleon Bonaparte to his brother Joseph, 25th July 1798. Artist: Napoleon Bonaparte I
Letter from Napoleon Bonaparte to his brother in Paris, 7 Thermidor (25th July 1798). Letter written from Cairo when in command of the French expedition to Egypt

The Capture of Marovoay, Madagascar, 1895. France invaded Madagascar in 1883 in what became known as the first Franco-Hova War (Hova being the name of the islands Merina aristocrats)

The Capture of Acre, c1191, (15th century). Artist: Vincent of Beauvais
The Capture of Acre, c1191, (15th century). Illuminated text page showing the Capture of Acre, (now part of Israel) during the 1st Crusade (c1191)

British army entering the Bolan Pass from Dadur, First Anglo-Afghan War, 1838-1842. Artist: James Atkinson
British army entering the Bolan Pass from Dadur, First Anglo-Afghan War, 1838-1842. The British fought the Anglo-Afghan Wars in an attempt to block the expansion of Russias sphere of influence

Hernan Cortes (1485-1547), Spanish conquistador who conquered Mexico
Hernan Cortes, Spanish conquistador who conquered Mexico. Cortes (1485-1547) landed in Mexico in 1519. With a force of only some 600 men, he succeeded in overthrowing the empire of the Aztecs

Cape to Cairo, 1899. Artist: John Tenniel
Cape to Cairo, 1899. Cecil Rhodes asking the German Emperor Wilhelm II for permission for the Cape to Cairo telegraph line to be laid across German territories in Africa

St. Thomas's School, Howrah, Calcutta, 1864. Creator: Unknown
St. Thomas's School, Howrah, Calcutta, 1864. '...the Anglo-Indian population of Howrah has been variously estimated at from 800 to 1000

English church at Guzerat, 1864. Creator: Unknown
English church in the civil station of Guzerat, [India], 1864. 'In 1860, Sir Robert Montgomery, K.C.B., the present lieutenant Governor of the Punjaub

Tombs of English officers at Guzerat, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Tombs of English officers at Guzerat, [India], 1864. 'The Guzerat district is distinguished as being the battle-field of British conquest in the Punjaub

A Souvenir of the Mutiny in India, 1858. Creator: Unknown
A Souvenir of the Mutiny in India, 1858. Pendant of a waistcoat-chain commemorating...the extraordinary escape of Lieutenant Henry Edward Hall...On the 6th of April 1858, a desperate engagement

Tablet in Amblecote Church to the Memory of Ensign Lyndon J. Grier, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Tablet in Amblecote Church to the Memory of Ensign Lyndon J. Grier, 1858. Monument to a British soldier who died in the Great Sepoy Rebellion

General Jacobs, of the Scinde Horse, 1858. Creator: Unknown
General Jacobs, of the Scinde Horse, 1858. When the first Affghan war broke out Lieutenant Jacob accompanied the army of Lord Keane as far as Upper Scinde

Sir John Lawrence, Bart. G.C.B. Chief Commissioner of the Punjaub, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sir John Lawrence, Bart. G.C.B. Chief Commissioner of the Punjaub, 1858. Sir John Mair Laird Lawrence...[who] has recently been raised to the dignity of a Baronet...is a man who has won his way to

Testimonial presented to Capt. Fitzgerald, Ex-Governor of Western Australia, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Testimonial presented to Capt. Fitzgerald, Ex-Governor of Western Australia, 1857. Candelabrum made by Messrs. Hunt and Roskell

The Late Capt. Montriou, of the Indian Navy, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Late Capt. Montriou, of the Indian Navy, 1857. This meritorious officer, who had served continuously for thirty-two years in the service of Government in India

Plan of the City of Canton, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Plan of the City of Canton, 1857. Map showing the city wall, pagoda, foreign factories, Choo Keang or Pearl River, old city, foundling hospital, treasure house, governor's house, new city, ditch

The Late General Neill - from a photograph, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Late General Neill - from a photograph, 1857. Portrait of Brigadier-General James George Smith Neill....young Neill sailed for India at the age of sixteen

The Late Brigadier-General Nicholson - from a photograph by Kilburn, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Late Brigadier-General Nicholson - from a photograph by Kilburn, 1857. British Army officer and colonial administrator who died during the Indian Rebellion

Kundey Ras, the Guicowar of Goojerat, and his Daughter - from a photograph, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Kundey Ras, the Guicowar of Goojerat, and his Daughter - from a photograph, 1857. Kundey Ras [Khanderao II Gaekwad] has a pleasing

The Santhal Rebel, Singra, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Santhal Rebel, Singra, 1856....the regular troops arrived; they soon came into collision with the rebels, and of course wherever they met them the rebels were dispersed with great loss of life

The late Lord Frederick Fitzclarence - from a daguerreotype by Claudet, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The late Lord Frederick Fitzclarence - from a daguerreotype by Claudet, 1854. Portrait of the illegitimate son of King William IV:..Commander-in-Chief at Bombay [Mumbai, India]

The International Exhibition - Prize Medal - obverse, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - Prize Medal - obverse, 1862. Design by Maclise, made by Leonard C. Wyon. The ill effect of crowding the composition is particularly observable in the lion

My Domestics; Notes of a Naturalist in the North-Western Provinces of India, 1875. Creator: Charles Horne
My Domestics; Notes of a Naturalist in the North-Western Provinces of India, 1875. [Servants of the author, including a woman who is possibly an ayah, employed to look after children]

Travelling in India; A Naturalists Ramble in the Sub-Himalaya, 1875. Creator: Charles Horne
Travelling in India; A Naturalists Ramble in the Sub-Himalaya, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C

The Chin-Lushai Expedition--The Meean Mir Coolie Corps at Calcutta Waiting to be Shipped, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Chin-Lushai Expedition--The Meean Mir Coolie Corps at Calcutta Waiting to be Shipped, 1890

Scenes on the Railway from Bombay to Khandalla, Bhor Ghats, India, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Scenes on the Railway from Bombay to Khandalla, Bhor Ghats, India, 1890

Prince Albert Victor with the "Elephant King"in a Jungle Waggon in Mysore, India, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Prince Albert Victor with the " Elephant King" in a Jungle Waggon in Mysore, India, 1890

Farewell Review before H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught at Quetta; The 5th Bombay Native... 1890. Creator: Unknown
Farewell Review before H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught at Quetta; The 5th Bombay Native Cavalry galloping past under the command of Major James, 1890

Prince Albert Victor in India--Elephant catching in Mysore, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Prince Albert Victor in India--Elephant catching in Mysore, 1890

Prince Albert Victor in India--Statue of the Queen at Oudipur, recently unveiled by... 1890. Creator: Unknown
Prince Albert Victor in India--Statue of the Queen at Oudipur, recently unveiled by His Highness, 1890

Celebrating the Centenary of 2nd (The Prince of Wales Own) Bombay Grenadiers, at Poonah, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Celebrating the Centenary of 2nd (The Prince of Wales Own) Bombay Grenadiers, at Poonah, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

An Indian Prince at Home; The Palace and Grounds of the Maharajah of Dharbhanga, K. C. I. E. In the P Creator: Unknown
An Indian Prince at Home; The Palace and Grounds of the Maharajah of Dharbhanga, K.C.I.E.In the Patna Division of Behar; The Maharajah, 1888. From, The Graphic

New Hospitals in India; The Dufferin Hospital, Nagpur, built by the Central Province Branch, 1888 Creator: Unknown
New Hospitals in India; The Dufferin Hospital, Nagpur, built by the Central Province Branch, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

New Hospitals in India; The Walter Hospital, built by H. H. the Maharajah of Udaipur, Rajputana, 1 Creator: Unknown
New Hospitals in India; The Walter Hospital, built by H.H. the Maharajah of Udaipur, Rajputana, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

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