Maxim Collection

Pilgrims on the way to Sarov Monastery, Russia, 1904. Artist: Maxim Dmitriev
Pilgrims on the way to Sarov Monastery, Russia, 1904. The monastery is asociated with St Seraphim

John Nevil Maskelyne performs a spirit cabinet illusion, c1910. Creator: Unknown
John Nevil Maskelyne performs a spirit cabinet illusion, c1910

Hiram Maxim (1840-1916) presents the first automatic machine gun, 1884. Private Collection

Types of Arms - The Maxim Gun, 1900. Creator: Gregory & Co
Types of Arms - The Maxim Gun, 1900. From " South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. II", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1900]

Francis Nicholson (1753-1844), (c1900). Creator: Unknown
Francis Nicholson (1753-1844), (c1900). Portrait of British landscape artist Francis Nicholson who worked in Yorkshire and London

Broom sellers, London, c1825. Artist: Charles Joseph Hullmandel
Broom sellers, London, c1825. Cover of a song sheet with a view of broom sellers outside the premises of Mori & Leverne at 28 New Bond Street, Westminster

Maxim Gorky, Russian author, c1930 (1956). Gorky (1868-1936) was one of the pioneers of socialist realism in literature

Maxim machine gun, c1895. The engineer Hiram Maxim developed the first fully automatic machine gun (1884) which he offered to the United States War and Navy departments

17th Regiment, Drum Major (1830), 1830 (1909). Artist: Maxim Gauci
17th Regiment, Drum Major (1830), 1830 (1909). From British Military Prints, by Ralph Nevill. [The Connoisseur, London, 1909]

87th Regiment or Royal Irish Fusiliers, Drum Major (1828), 1828 (1909). From British Military Prints, by Ralph Nevill. [The Connoisseur, London, 1909]

Grenadier Guards, Drummer (1829), 1829 (1909). Artist: Maxim Gauci
Grenadier Guards, Drummer (1829), 1829 (1909). After E. Hull. From British Military Prints, by Ralph Nevill. [The Connoisseur, London, 1909]

Royal Marines, Master of the Band (1830), 1830 (1909). Artist: Maxim Gauci
Royal Marines, Master of the Band (1830), 1830 (1909). After E. Hull. From British Military Prints, by Ralph Nevill. [The Connoisseur, London, 1909]

Hiram Stevens Maxim, (1840-1916). American-born British inventor and engineer, 1894-1907
Hiram Stevens Maxim, (1840-1916). American-born British inventor and engineer, Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor of the Maxim Gun, the first portable, fully automatic machine gun in 1884

Three 19th century ladies. Artist: Maxim Gauci
Three 19th century ladies. Featured are Lady L, Lady D and Countess D

Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor of the Maxim Gun, (c1924). Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840-1916) invented the first portable, fully automatic machine gun in 1884

Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and author Maxim Gorky, Moscow, USSR, 1931. Gorky (1868-1936) was one of the pioneers of socialist realism in literature

Pilgrims, Solovetsky Monastery, Russia, 1904. Artist: Maxim Dmitriev
Pilgrims, Solovetsky Monastery, Russia, 1904. Situated on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea in northern Russia, Solovetsky Monastery was founded in 1429

Anton Chekhov and Maxim Gorky, Russian authors, 1900. Artist: Leonid Sredin
Anton Chekhov and Maxim Gorky, Russian authors, 1900. Chekhov (1860-1904) and Gorky (1868-1936) in Yalta, Crimea, where Chekhov lived from 1899

Ryabushinsky House, Malaya Nikitskaya Street, Moscow, Russia, 1902. Ryabushinsky House was designed in Art Nouveau style by Fyodor Schechtel and was built in 1900

May Day meeting, Russia, 1920. Among those present are Bolshevik leader Grigory Zinoviev (1883-1936), writer Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) and opera singer Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938)

Senior Soviet figures on the tribune of Lenins mausoleum, Red Square, Moscow, USSR, 1931

The Saviour Cathedral (the Old Fair Cathedral), Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896

Minins Tomb in the Saviour Cathedral in the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, Russia, 1896

The Virgins Nativity Church (Stroganov Church), Nizhny Novogorod, Russia, 1896

Tsars Pavilion, the All-Russia Exhibition
Tsars Pavilion, the All-Russian Exhibition, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896

General view, the All-Russia Exhibition
General view, the All-Russian Exhibition, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896

Northern Pavilion, the All-Russia Exhibition
Northern Pavilion, the All-Russian Exhibition, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896

Main fair building, the All-Russia Exhibition, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896

Panorama of the Nobel Company, the All-Russia Exhibition
Panorama of the Nobel Company, the All-Russian Exhibition, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896

Concrete bridge, the All-Russia Exhibition
Concrete Bridge, the All-Russian Exhibition, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896

City Theatre, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896. Artist: Maxim Dmitriev
City Theatre, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896. Found in the collection of the Institute for the History of Material Culture, St Petersburg

Arts corner, the All-Russia Exhibition
Arts Corner, the All-Russian Exhibition, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896

Machines corner, the All-Russia Exhibition
Machines corner, the All-Russian Exhibition, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896

China Pavilion, the All-Russia Exhibition
China Pavilion, the All-Russian Exhibition, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896

Naval Corner, the All-Russia Exhibition, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896

Strelka, confluence of the Volga and Oka rivers, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896. Found in the collection of the Institute for the History of Material Culture, St Petersburg

The Church of the Nativity of John the Precursor, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896. The church was built in the late 17th century

The Imperial Palace in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896. Artist: Maxim Dmitriev
The Imperial Palace in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896. Found in the collection of the Institute for the History of Material Culture, St Petersburg

Smyrna, 1820. Artist: Maxim Vorobyov
Smyrna, 1820. Smyrna (no called Izmir), covering an area more that 4 miles, is the third largest city of Turkey and has also largest natural harbor of western Turkey

Soviet politician Andrei Zhdanov and Russian author Maxim Gorky, 1934. Zhdanov (1896-1948) and Gorky (1868-1936) attending the First Congress of Soviet Writers

Maxim Gorky, Russian author, c1901-c1902. Gorky (1868-1936) was one of the pioneers of socialist realism in literature

Author Maxim Gorky and Anton Chekhov between the actors of the Moscow Art Theatre, 1900
Maxim Gorky and Anton Chekhov with actors of the Moscow Art Theatre, Russia, 1900. Russian author Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) was one of the pioneers of socialist realism in literature

Russian author Maxim Gorky in the Sreda (Wednesday) literature group, 1902

Russian author Maxim Gorky and singer Feodor Chaliapin, 1901. Gorky (1868-1936) was one of the pioneers of socialist realism in literature

Henry Morton Stanleys African expedition to relieve Emin Pasha, 1886-1889 (1887)

Hiram Stevens Maxim, American-born British inventor and engineer, 1904. Artist: Spy
Hiram Stevens Maxim, American-born British inventor and engineer, 1904. Whilst resident in America, Maxim (1840-1916) took out patents for, among other things, gas apparatus and electric lamps

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