Sociology Collection

Half-length portrait of man, facing right, between 1880 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Half-length portrait of man, facing right, between 1880 and 1886. Inscribed on verso: Lesevitch

Portrait of Lord Lytton, c1891. Creator: James Grant
Portrait of Lord Lytton, c1891. From " Cassells Illustrated History of India Vol. II.", by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York]

Japanese Marriage Customs, pub. 1824. Creator: Japanese School (19th century)
Japanese Marriage Customs, plate from Bijzonderheden over Japan published 1824 (colour litho). A plate for Illustrations of Japan by Isaac Titsingh (1745-1812)

Japanese Marriage: the two families meeting, with mediator; pub. 1824. Creator: Japanese School
Japanese Marriage: the two families meeting, with mediator; plate from Bijzonderheden over Japan published 1824 (colour lithograph)

An execution by an elephant, pub. 1681. Creator: Robert Knox (1641-1720)
An execution by an elephant, from An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, pub. 1681 (engraving). An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon ; an account of Robert Knoxs (1641-1720)

Weaver of cloth, 1782. Creator: Pierre Sonnerat (after) (1745-1814)
Weaver of cloth, from Voyage aux Indes et a la Chine, engraved by Poisson, 1782 (colour engraving). Hindu man seen sitting outside at a loom weaving cloth

Tycoons halting place on the Tocaido Hasa, 1868. Creator: Felice Beato (1825-c. 1908)
Tycoons halting place on the Tocaido Hasa, 1868 (b/w photo)

Ladies at Home, 1890 s. Creator: Japanese Photographer (19th Century)
Ladies at Home, 1890s (hand coloured photo). A group of three young women, all dressed in the traditional costume of geishas

Women picking tea, with male overseer, 1890 s. Creator: Japanese Photographer (19th Century)
Women picking tea, with male overseer, 1890s (hand coloured photo). A large group of women are seen toiling on a tea plantation

The famous cherry tree at Maruyama, Kyoto 1890 s. Creator: Japanese Photographer (19th Century)
The famous cherry tree at Maruyama, Kyoto 1890s (hand coloured photo). An unknown photographer captures a moment in a park in Japan where groups of figures admire an impressive cherry tree in

Girl arranging flowers, 1890 s. Creator: Japanese Photographer (19th Century)
Girl arranging flowers, 1890s (hand coloured photo). A geisha is seen in a highly traditional interior setting preparing tea and arranging irises in a vase

Five peasants re-planting rice in a paddy field, 1890 s. Creator: Japanese Photographer
Five peasants re-planting rice in a paddy field, 1890s (hand coloured photo)

The death of the Marquis de Condorcet, 1794 (1882-1884). Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794) was a French Enlightenment philosopher and sociologist

Herbert Spencer, English philosopher and sociologist, 1897. Born in Derby, Spencer (1820-1903) put forward the idea and coined the term survival of the fittest and was an advocate of social Darwinism

Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1798), French Enlightenment philosopher and sociologist, 1874
Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794), French Enlightenment philosopher and sociologist

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