Modernisation Collection

Railway Encroachment, 1864. Creator: Francis Seymour Haden
Railway Encroachment, 1864

Satta Pass on the Tokaido, 11th month, late 19th century. Creator: Kobayashi Kiyochika
Satta Pass on the Tokaido, 11th month, late 19th century. Series: Sketches of the Famous Sights of Japan

Picture of the Steam Engine Railway in Yatsuyama, Tokyo, 1871. Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige II
Picture of the Steam Engine Railway in Yatsuyama, Tokyo, 1871

Colbert. Creator: Maurin
Colbert. Portrait of French statesman Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683), Louis XIVs Chief Minister. He was responsible for reforming the chaotic financial administration

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938), Turkish statesman. Ataturk was leader of the Turkish nationalist movement from 1909. He was responsible for the modernisation of Turkey as a secular Islamic state

Modernisation of the South Yorkshire coalfields, Cadeby Colliery, near Doncaster, 1955. Civil engineers make preparations for a concrete pour on the site of the new heapstead at Cadeby Colliery

The Big Push - E. Hamel & Co. advert, 1916. Artist: E Hamel & Co
The Big Push - E. Hamel & Co. advert, 1916. From The British Printer Vol. XXIX. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1916]

Opening of the first railway in Japan, 1872 (1907). From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 1, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A. [Carmelite House, London, 1907]

The busy interior of a flourishing silk factory in Japan, 1907. The striking progress of industry in modern Japan. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 1, by Arthur Mee, J.A

Count Sergei Yulyevich Witte (1849-1915), Russian Prime Minister, 1906
Count Sergei Yulyevich Witte, Russian Prime Minister, during his trip to USA, 1905. Russias Minister of Finance from 1892-1903

Peter I, the Great (1672-1725), Tsar of Russia, 1924
Peter I, the Great (1672-1725), Tsar of Russia. Peter became Tsar in 1682. He embarked on a campaign to modernise and Europeanise Russia, socially, economically and militarily

Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, (1906). From the original painting by Jean-Marc Nattier, in the Versailles Museum, France. Peter (1672-1725) became Tsar in 1682

Tsar Peter I of Russia working on an East Indiaman, Amsterdam docks, Netherlands, 1697 (c1870). Artist: W Steelink
Tsar Peter I of Russia working on an East Indiaman, Amsterdam docks, Netherlands, 1697 (c1870). The Tsar was given the opportunity to gain practical experience in the largest shipyard in the world

Modern costumes of Japanese officers, 1866. A print from The Illustrated London News, 7th April 1866

Progress of civilisation in Japan, 1875. Several Japanese people wearing Western dress, while others are dressed in traditional costume

Count Okuma, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, leader of the Progressive Party, Tokyo, Japan, 1904. Okuma Shigenobu (1838-1922) went on to become Prime Minister of Japan from 1914-1916

Japanese soldiers at drill, 1864. A print from The Illustrated London News, 13th August 1864

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 17th century French statesman, (1836). Artist: W Holl
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 17th century French statesman, (1836). Colbert (1619-1683) served as Louis XIVs Chief Minister. He was responsible for reforming the chaotic financial administration

The Modernisation of the Street Traders: the Knife-Grinders Car, 1911. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 3rd September 1911

Peter I, the Great (1672-1725), Tsar of Russia, cutting a Boyars (nobleman) beard. Peter became Tsar in 1682. He embarked on a campaign to modernise and Europeanise Russia, socially

Sergey Yulyevich Witte, First constitutional prime minister of tsarist Russia, c1905
Sergey Yulyevich Witte (1849-1915), First constitutional prime minister of tsarist Russia, c1905. Peace plenipotentiary after Russo-Japanese War (1905). Russian modernisation

L Agriculture Moderne, 1897. Scene showing harvest time with a steam powered threshing machine in the background. In the foreground an adviser, holding a copy of L Agriculture Moderne

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French statesman, 17th century. Artist: Claude Lefebvre
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French statesman, 17th century. Colbert (1619-1683) was Louis XIVs Chief Minister. He was responsible for reforming the chaotic financial administration

George Stephensons locomotive Rocket, c1875

Portrait of Peter the Great, mid 19th century. Artist: Enrico Belli
Portrait of Peter the Great, mid 19th century. Peter I (1672-1725) succeeded his father Alexis I as Tsar in 1682, initially ruling jointly with his half-brother, Ivan V

Portrait of Peter the Great, first half of 19th century. Detail. Peter I (1672-1725) succeeded his father Alexis I as Tsar in 1682, initially ruling jointly with his half-brother, Ivan V

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