James Collection (page 47)

Newfoundland dog, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Bulldog, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Old English hound, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848

Wolf dog, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Greyhound, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Shepherds dog, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Scottish terrer, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Fat-rumped sheep of Tartary, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Lancashire ox, specimen of the long horned breeds, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Fat-tailed sheep of Syria, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Spanish sheep, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Wild boar, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Hampshire sow, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Native of the Papua Islands, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Head of a Woman of the Cafusos, 1848. Artist: Ebenezer Landells
Head of a Woman of the Cafusos, 1848. Cafuso is a derogatory term which meant the offspring of an African and an Indian, or a very dark-skinned, nearly black mulatto, (person of mixed race)

A Woman of the Tuda Race, 1848. A woman from Nilgiri, southern India. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Arrest of the Duke of Monmouth, 1685, (1860). Artist: T Sherratt
Arrest of the Duke of Monmouth, 1685, (1860). James Scott, Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch, (1649-1685), the illegitimate son of Charles II

The Death of General Wolfe, 1759, (1860). Artist:s Smith
The Death of General Wolfe, 1759, (1860). The final moments of James Wolfe during the Battle of Quebec

James Watt, Scottish engineer, (1833). Artist: CE Wagstaff
James Watt, Scottish engineer, (1833). Watts (1736-1819) improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution

Lady Douglas in the Garden, 18th century (1912). Artist: A James
Lady Douglas in the Garden, 18th century (1912). A print from The Connoisseur, (London, 1912)

James Ward, British painter and engraver, c1835 (1910). Artist: James Ward
James Ward, British painter and engraver, c1835 (1910). Ward, (1769-1859) was particularly noted as a painter of animals. A print from The Connoisseur, (London, 1910)

The Earl and Countess of Derby and Child, 1632-1641 (1910). Artist: Anthony van Dyck
The Earl and Countess of Derby and Child, 1632-1641 (1910). James, 7th Earl of Derby (1607-1651) and his wife Charlotte (1599-1664) and one of their four daughters

Prince James Francis Edward Stuart, (1907). Portrait of King James III, the Old Pretender (1688-1766), the son of James II and Mary of Modena

A letter written by James Crofts, 1st Duke of Monmouth, begging for his life, July 1685. Letter from James, Duke of Monmouth (1649-1685), Pretender to throne of Scotland and England

James, Duke of Monmouth, (19th century). Portrait of James Crofts, later Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch (1649-1685), Pretender to throne of Scotland and England

Mary of Modena, queen consort of King James II, (1907). Mary of Modena (1658-1718) was the second wife of King James II of England

James II of England and VII of Scotland, (1907). Portrait of James (1633-1701), the second surviving son of King Charles I, who became king on the death of his brother, Charles II

McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 19th century. The University was founded in 1821 from a bequest by James McGill, a Montreal businessman

Death of Captain Cook, 1779 (c1819). Artist: Jacques Etienne Victor Arago
Death of Captain Cook, 1779 (c1819). Captain James Cook, (1728-1779), English explorer, navigator and cartographer was killed by inhabitants of Hawaii during his third voyage of discovery

Fellah, c1825-1875. Artist: Emile Prisse D Avennes
Fellah, c1825-1875. Fellah is a peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East. Found in the collection of the Schuster Gallery

Palazzo Labia, Cannaregio Canal, c1750-1771. Artist: William James
Palazzo Labia, Cannaregio Canal, c1750-1780

James Dewar, Scottish chemist and physicist in his laboratory, c1890. In 1872 Dewar (1842-1923) invented the vacuum flask, one of which hs is shown holding

The Apparition of the Virgin to St James the Great, c1629-1630. Artist: Nicolas Poussin
The Apparition of the Virgin to St James the Great, c1629-1630. Tradition has it that the Virgin Mary appeared to James in 40 AD on the banks of the River Ebro while he was preaching in Spain

Fire in London, 1808. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Fire in London, 1808. Albion Mills, on the south side of Blackfriars Bridge, London, burning, on 3 March 1791, after the mills were set alight by arsonists

Hoxton Division, 1899. Artist: Stuff
Hoxton Division, 1899. James Stuart (1843-1913) British mathematician and engineer, champion of university education for women

James Hutton, Scottish geologist, 18th century, (1875). Hutton (1726-1797) first published his Theory of the Earth in 1785, then an expanded version in 1795

Henry Bells steam boat Comet of 1811, (1856). The Comet, 40ft long (12.19m), powered by a 3hp Boulton & Watt engine, was the first successful steam boat in Europe

James Rennell, British geographer, 1802. Rennell (1742-1839) was appointed the first surveyor-general of Bengal in 1764. He carried out a survey of Bengal 1765-1771. From The European Magazine

Watts First Experiment, 18th century, (c1870). Artist: Herbert Bourne
Watts First Experiment, 18th century, (c1870). James Watt (1736-1819) Scottish engineer, as a boy experimenting with the tea-kettle at the dining table of his childhood home at Greenock

The Tale of a Tea-kettle, 1844. Artist: Ebenezer Landells
The Tale of a Tea-kettle, 1844. James Watt as a boy watching the kettle boiling in the fire. Watt (1736-1819), Scottish engineer and inventor, was born at Greenock on the Clyde, Scotland

James Watts workshop at Heathfield Hall, Birmingham, 1886. It had not been disturbed since his death in 1819. Watt (1736-1819), Scottish engineer and inventor, was born at Greenock on the Clyde

James Watt, Scottish engineer and inventor, 1881. Watt (1736-1819) was born at Greenock on the Clyde, Scotland, and showed an interest in engineering and invention from an early age

James Watt, Scottish engineer and inventor, 1870. Watt (1736-1819) was born at Greenock on the Clyde, Scotland, and showed an interest in engineering and invention from an early age

James Watt, Scottish engineer and inventor, 1876. Watt (1736-1819) was born at Greenock on the Clyde, Scotland, and showed an interest in engineering and invention from an early age

Birthplace of James Watt shortly before it was demolished, 1887. Watt (1736-1819), Scottish engineer and inventor, was born at Greenock on the Clyde, Scotland

Amy Johnson, British aviator, about to set out for Cape Town, 1932. Johnson (1903-1941) saying goodbye to her husband, fellow pilot James Mollison, before starting off

James Graham, Scottish quack doctor, 1795. Artist: John Kay
James Graham, Scottish quack doctor, 1795. Graham (1745-1794) set up the Temple of Health in The Adelphi, London. He used milk baths, friction, electricity and magnetism in the treatments he offered

James Brindley, English civil engineer and canal builder, c1770 (1835). Brindley (1716-1772) rests a hand on a theodolite and points to the aqueduct over the Irwell on the Worsley to Manchester

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