Unusual Collection (page 13)

The International Exhibition: "Ino and Bacchus", marble group by J. H. Foley, R.A. 1862. Creator: E. Skill
The International Exhibition: "Ino and Bacchus", marble group by J. H. Foley, R.A. 1862. Engraving of a sculpture in the Earl of Ellesmere's Bridgewater Collection

The International Exhibition: "Venus", a coloured marble statue, by J. Gibson, R.A. 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: "Venus", a coloured marble statue, by J. Gibson, R.A. 1862. An idea seems to be current that the statue is painted in imitation of flesh

Chinese magpies in the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Chinese magpies in the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, [London], 1862. The building in the northern part of the Zoological Society's Gardens in Regents Park

The International Exhibition: Gwynne's Centrifugal Pump, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Gwynne's Centrifugal Pump, 1862.... the patented pump of Messrs. Gwynne...is a large and important affair...the cascade produced being a veritable waterfall...This

The Prince of Wales in Egypt: the Royal Party landing on the Arabian coast, on their... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales in Egypt: the Royal Party landing on the Arabian coast, on their way to the Wells of Moses, 1862. The future King Edward VII in Africa

The explosion at Millfield Ironworks: portion of the boiler hurled to a distance of 250 yards, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The explosion at Millfield Ironworks: portion of the boiler hurled to a distance of 250 yards, 1862. Engraving from a photograph by W. H. Dodds, photographer, Railway-street, Wolverhampton

The Prince of Wales Visit to Egypt: His Royal Highness examining the negatives taken by... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales Visit to Egypt: His Royal Highness examining the negatives taken by Mr. Bedford, photographist, at Philae, 1862

Blondin's Pantomimic Drama at the Crystal Palace: Planter's House on the coast of Brazil... 1862
Blondin's Pantomimic Drama at the Crystal Palace: Planter's House on the coast of Brazil - Blondin, as an ape, nursing the Planter's Child, 1862

Japanese Pigs, 1862. Creator: Harrison Weir
Japanese Pigs, 1862....some very curious specimens of the porcine tribe which are now in the possession of Mr. Charles Jamrach, of Ratcliff-highway, a well-known importer of wild and rare animals

Progress of the International Exhibition building: finial of the Eastern Dome, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Progress of the International Exhibition building: finial of the Eastern Dome, [South Kensington, London], 1862. A ceremony something in the nature of a coronation has taken place...by the erection

Prize Pigeons at the recent show of the Halifax Fancy Pigeon Association, 1862. Creator: Harrison Weir
Prize Pigeons at the recent show of the Halifax Fancy Pigeon Association, 1862. Engravings...(from a sketch by Mr. H. Crossley)

The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius: the Craters at Midnight, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius: the Craters at Midnight, 1862. The volcano...in all its terrible grandeur, from a sketch by Colonel Peard...a black column rose majestically

The Great Python Serpent incubating at the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, 1862. Creator: Pearson
The Great Python Serpent incubating at the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, 1862....the keeper, on going to the compartment where the Python sebae from Western Africa is kept

Pllate 60 from Los Caprichos : Trials (Ensayos. ), 1799. Creator: Francisco Goya
Pllate 60 from Los Caprichos : Trials (Ensayos.), 1799

Recovering the Stolen Jewel from the Palace of the Dragon King, 1853

The meeting of Diogenes of Sinope and Alexander the Great, 1784. Creator: Quirin Mark
The meeting of Diogenes of Sinope and Alexander the Great, 1784

Cleopatras Needle, Devils Lake, Wisconsin, 1874. Creator: Alfred Waud
Cleopatras Needle, Devils Lake, Wisconsin, 1874. Rock formation in Wisconsin, USA. Cleopatras Needle is another of the curious monuments of Natures freaks...it is an isolated column of rock

Flood waters in the moat at the Tower of London, 1928, (1935). Creator: Unknown
Flood waters in the moat at the Tower of London, 1928, (1935). The worst Thames flood within living memory...the Tower moat - ordinarily used as a football ground - filled with water

The caterpillar on his mushroom, c1900. After the illustrations by John Tenniel. From Coloured Lantern Slides - Primus Junior Lecturers Series: No. 776. Alice in Wonderland. Chapter I

She grew and grew, c1900. After the illustrations by John Tenniel. From Coloured Lantern Slides - Primus Junior Lecturers Series: No. 776. Alice in Wonderland. Chapter I. Down The Rabbit Hole. [W

One Dollar Silver Certificate, 1898 / 1900. Creator: Victor Dubreuil
One Dollar Silver Certificate, 1898/1900. Trompe l oeil dollar bill. Some of bank clerk Dubreuils paintings were confiscated by the Secret Service in the 1890s

Portrait of a Woman, 1638-39. Creator: Guido Reni
Portrait of a Woman, 1638-39 [Also known as Artemisia or Lady with a Lapis Lazuli Bowl]. The subject may represent Artemisia II of Caria (d.350 BC) wife of Mausolus

Chopines, Italian, 1550-1650. Creator: Unknown
Chopines, Italian, 1550-1650

Holy Family, 1612. Creator: Werner Jacobsz. van den Valckert
Holy Family, 1612

Madan-Bhasma (Shiva Turns Kama to Ashes), 1890. Creator: Unknown
Madan-Bhasma (Shiva Turns Kama to Ashes), 1890

Plate 35: Philip of Spain as Neptune, riding in a chariot drawn by two sea horses; from Guillielmus Becanuss Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis... 1636

Hercules and the Hydra; wielding a torch he attacks the winged, multi-headed Hydr... ca
Hercules and the Hydra; wielding a torch he attacks the winged, multi-headed Hydra in rocky landscape, a hawk attacks a heron in the sky, ca. 1500-1520

Cimon and Pero, ca. 1650-80. Creator: Cornelis van Caukercken
Cimon and Pero, ca. 1650-80

The Goddess Bhairavi Devi with Shiva, ca. 1630-35. Creator: Attributed to Payag
The Goddess Bhairavi Devi with Shiva, ca. 1630-35

Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin, Folio 74 from a Khamsa (Quintet)... A.H. 931 / A
Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin, Folio 74 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami, A.H. 931/A.D. 1524-25

Robert Dickey, 1807-10. Creator: John Wesley Jarvis
Robert Dickey, 1807-10

Studies of people, Colombo, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Studies of people, Colombo, Ceylon, 1898. Roman Catholic Tamil man, Sinhalese man, Muslim man. Tscheddy Mam (Tamile) (Romische Katholik), Singhalese, Mohamedaner

Albert Frederick Calvert in the Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 1907. Creator: Unknown
Albert Frederick Calvert in the Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 1907. Portrait of Australian traveller and author Calvert (1872-1946) wearing oriental dress and smoking a huqqa

Ceiling in the Grande Singerie, Chateau de Chantilly, France, (1928). Creator: Unknown
Ceiling in the Grande Singerie, Chateau de Chantilly, France, (1928). About 1735...Ceiling-painting in the " Salons des Singes" in Chantilly Castle...Ascribed...to Christophe Huet (d)

Prince Maximilian of Baden, c1890, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Prince Maximilian of Baden, c1890, (c1920). Portrait of Prince Max of Baden, who succeeded Count Hertling as German Chancellor, wearing military uniform and a helmet with an eagle on the top

John Nevil Maskelyne performs a spirit cabinet illusion, c1910. Creator: Unknown
John Nevil Maskelyne performs a spirit cabinet illusion, c1910. How the tricks are performed - " A coach-horn or megaphone is useful for picking things up

General Francis Marion, in coat with high collar and waistcoat, c1770, (1937). Creator: Unknown
General Francis Marion, showing coat with high collar and peculiar waistcoat, c1770, (1937). Francis Marion (1732-1795) military officer in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)

Queen Victorias first train journey, from Slough to Paddington, June 13, 1842, (1901). Victoria (1819-1901) travelled on the Great Western Railway from Slough in Berkshire to Paddington in London

King George V and Queen Mary... British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, London, 1925, (1935)
King George V and Queen Mary riding on a model railway at the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, London, 9 May 1925, (1935). George V (1865-1936) and Mary of Teck (1867-1953) on a miniature train

Feeding Rota, The Pinner Lion, 1940s, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Feeding Rota, The " Pinner Lion", 1940s, (1945). British Prime Minister Winston Churchill feeding a lion at London Zoo

A Double Locomotive, 1922. Creator: Unknown
A Double Locomotive, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

The Vale of Rest, 1858-1859, (c1902). Creator: Unknown
The Vale of Rest, 1858-1859, (c1902). After a painting in the Tate Gallery, London. Subtitled, Where the weary find repose

La Comparaison, (Comparison), 1786, (1913). Artist: Jean Francois Janinet
La Comparaison, (Comparison), 1786, (1913). After Niklas Lafrensen (1737-1807). From French Colour-Prints of the XVIII Century. [William Heinemann, London, 1913]

Kensington Palace. The Sussex Library, c1841. Artist: Henry Melville
Kensington Palace. The Sussex Library, c1841. The Duke of Sussex sat in a specially designed library chair. From London Interiors with their Costumes & Ceremonies from Drawings made by permission of

Persian hedgehog mounted on a wheeled carriage
Hedgehog mounted on a wheeled carriage made of calcite and bitumen, from Susa

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Hemispherical cat's-eye, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'Large hemispherical cat's-eye (supposed to. be the largest known). It is mounted in massive pure gold

The Loan Collection, South-Kensington: Largest known pearl, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Loan Collection, South-Kensington, 1862. 'A very large pearl, straight-sided, widening towards the lower part, which has a dark opalised tint

Fakir, or Mussulman saint, of Hoshungabad, Central India, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Fakir, or Mussulman saint, of Hoshungabad, Central India, 1864. 'The extraordinary figure delineated in our Engraving is the reverend Wuzzeer Alee Shah Mulung, a well-known Fakir

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