Unusual Collection (page 14)

Great Meteor on Nov. 27. - track of the Meteor, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Great Meteor on Nov. 27. - track of the Meteor, 1862. One of the brightest meteors which has been seen for many years appeared on the night of Nov

Ancient Celtic rings found in the Hebrides, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Ancient Celtic rings found in the Hebrides, 1864. Our Engraving represents some remarkable ancient relics, probably belonging to the early Celtic period

Scene from the Genpei Wars (image 1 of 3), 19th century. Creator: Chikanobu Yoshu
Scene from the Genpei Wars (image 1 of 3), 19th century

A Souvenir of the Mutiny in India, 1858. Creator: Unknown
A Souvenir of the Mutiny in India, 1858. Pendant of a waistcoat-chain commemorating...the extraordinary escape of Lieutenant Henry Edward Hall...On the 6th of April 1858, a desperate engagement

Telescopic Appearances of Donati's Comet, as seen from the Cambridge Observatory, Oct 5, 6.30pm
Telescopic Appearances of Donati's Comet, as seen from the Cambridge Observatory, Oct. 5, 6.30p.m, 1858. As it but seldom happens that such a favourable opportunity occurs for examining

Telescopic Appearances of Donati's Comet, as seen from the Cambridge Observatory, Sept 30, 8pm
Telescopic Appearances of Donati's Comet, as seen from the Cambridge Observatory, Sept. 30, 8p.m, 1858. As it but seldom happens that such a favourable opportunity occurs for examining

Telescopic Appearances of Donati's Comet, as seen from the Cambridge Observatory, Sept 27, 7pm
Telescopic Appearances of Donati's Comet, as seen from the Cambridge Observatory, Sept. 27, 7p.m, 1858. As it but seldom happens that such a favourable opportunity occurs for examining

Telescopic Appearances of Donati's Comet, as seen from the Cambridge Observatory, Sept 25... 1858. Creator: Unknown
Telescopic Appearances of Donati's Comet, as seen from the Cambridge Observatory, Sept. 25, 7.30p.m, 1858. As it but seldom happens that such a favourable opportunity occurs for examining

Telescopic Appearances of Donati's Comet, as seen from the Cambridge Observatory, Sept 24, 8pm
Telescopic Appearances of Donati's Comet, as seen from the Cambridge Observatory, Sept. 24, 8p.m, 1858. As it but seldom happens that such a favourable opportunity occurs for examining

Telescopic Appearances of Donati's Comet, as seen from the Cambridge Observatory, Sept 21, 8pm
Telescopic Appearances of Donati's Comet, as seen from the Cambridge Observatory, Sept. 21, 8p.m, 1858. As it but seldom happens that such a favourable opportunity occurs for examining

Louis Paulsen, the Blindfold American Chessplayer - from a photograph by Hesler, of Chicago, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Louis Paulsen, the Blindfold American Chessplayer - from a photograph by Hesler, of Chicago, 1858. Child prodigy who emigrated to America from Germany:.to the delight and astonishment of all present

St. Michel, 1858. Creator: Unknown
St. Michel, 1858. Mont St. Michel...[is in] Lower Normandy, in the department of La Manche. There is something mysterious and almost awful in the aspect of this solitary cone of granite

The Late Madame Ida Pfeiffer - from a painting, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Late Madame Ida Pfeiffer, 1858. Engraving after a painting by Miss Emily Marie Schmack, a relative. The record of [Madame Pfeiffer's] adventurous career reads like a story in the Arabian

Seal of the First King of Siam, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Seal of the First King of Siam, 1858. This curious piece of workmanship has just been executed by Mr. J. W. Benson, of Ludgate-hill, by command of his Imperial Majesty the First King of Siam

Snake Pine at Taga Bay, 1863. Creator: Kawanabe Kyosai
Snake Pine at Taga Bay, 1863. Series: Famous Places on the Tokaido

The Cowthorpe Oak, near Wetherby, York, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Cowthorpe Oak, near Wetherby, York, 1857. Loudon's Gardener's Magazine states the Cowthorpe oak (Quercus pedunculata)

Queen Christina in Palazzo Corsini, 1908. Creator: Kristian Zahrtmann
Queen Christina in Palazzo Corsini, 1908. Christina, Queen of Sweden abdicated and moved to Rome. Here she is smoking a pipe and lifting up her dress to warm her behind by the fire

The Meteor, as seen near Corfe Castle, Wareham, Dorset, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Meteor, as seen near Corfe Castle, Wareham, Dorset, 1856...a very large and beautiful meteor was seen to descend rapidly from the zenith...a small streak of vapoury light was seen to rush from a

Sketches in the Persian Gulf - the Hon. Mr. Murray and his suite - from a photograph, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in the Persian Gulf - the Hon. Mr. Murray and his suite - from a photograph, 1857. Engraving after a photograph by Major H

"On Echo River" (boat with tourists), Mammoth Cave, Edmondson County, Kentucky, c1891
Ky. - Mammoth Cave: "On Echo River" (boat with tourists), c1891

"The Bridal Altar" (stalactites), Mammoth Cave, Edmondson County, Kentucky, c1891
Ky. - Mammoth Cave: "The Bridal Altar" (stalactites), c1891

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 1902?: going aboard the training submarine, (1902?)

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, (1902?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, (1902?). 2 women seated on cannon barrel, with midshipmen and guests

Standing rocks, Mammoth Cave, Edmondson County, Kentucky, c1893. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Mammoth Cave, Edmondson Co. Ky: Standing rocks, c1893. African American man alongside

The horsecar "Cherrelyn" with a horse aboard - Denver, Colorado, 1903. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
The horsecar "Cherrelyn" with a horse aboard - Denver, Colorado, 1903

Mills Thompson, 1875-1944, c1895. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Mills Thompson, 1875-1944, c1895. Full length portrait, standing, facing front, holding knife in teeth and large club in hand

Margaret Preston Draper, c1903. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Margaret Preston Draper, c1903. Full-length portrait, standing facing front in shepherdess costume. Daughter of General William F. Draper and Susan Preston Draper

Mills Thompson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, with cherry... between c1890 and c1910
Mills Thompson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, with cherry blossoms in hair, between c1890 and c1910. [Artist, painter and designer Mills Thompson enjoyed cross-dressing]

Mills Thompson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, posed as toothless... c1890 to c1910
Mills Thompson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, posed as toothless old man, between c1890 and c1910

Theodore Roosevelt & "Eli Yale" blue macaw, c1902 June 17. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Theodore Roosevelt & "Eli Yale" blue macaw, c1902 June 17. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. son of President Theodore and Edith Roosevelt]

Teddy, Jr. & "Eli Yale", c1902 June 17. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston. Teddy, Jr
Teddy, Jr. & "Eli Yale", c1902 June 17. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. posed with a blue macaw. [Son of President Theodore and Edith Roosevelt]

Georgetown Convent, Washington, D.C. between 1890 and 1910(?) Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Georgetown Convent, Washington, D.C. between 1890 and 1910(?). [Pupils and nuns either side of a grille at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, a Roman Catholic school for girls, founded in 1799]

Woman of Tonning, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Woman of Tonning, 1854. Traditional costume of Schleswig-Holstein. From "Illustrated London News", 1854

Russian Prisoners, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Russian Prisoners, 1854. Russian women in Britain during the Crimean War. The wives of the Russian soldiers, who have been brought to England along with their husbands

Waiting in the forest-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Waiting in the forest-Cheyenne, c1910. Cheyenne man, standing in forest, is covered with white blanket except for eyes and nose, hoping to meet his girlfriend

The International Exhibition: umbrella-stand in the Court of the Coalbrookdale Company, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: umbrella-stand in the Court of the Coalbrookdale Company, 1862. This little work is admirably suited to its purpose

The International Exhibition: garden-chair of the Coalbrookdale Company, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: garden-chair of the Coalbrookdale Company, 1862. Garden-chair...wrought of fem-leaves...The garden-chair is formed chiefly of cast iron

The International Exhibition: drinking-cup formed from a human skull... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: drinking-cup formed from a human skull, in the Chinese Court, 1862. This object...was taken from the Summer Palace of Pekin...by an officer of Fane's Horse [a

"Ancient London": Flogging a Nonconformist in Cheapside, 1862. Creator: Unknown
"Ancient London": Flogging a Nonconformist in Cheapside, 1862....a scene which the text of the book shows to have been not infrequent

A Woman of Lazestan; Adventures in Lazestan, 1875. Creator: Frederick A. Lyons
A Woman of Lazestan; Adventures in Lazestan, 1875. [Woman from an area near the Black Sea]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

The Pump-Fish of Florida; A Flying Visit to Florida, 1875. Creator: Thomas Mayne Reid
The Pump-Fish of Florida; A Flying Visit to Florida, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C

Bait of the Florida Fisherman; A Flying Visit to Florida, 1875. Creator: Thomas Mayne Reid
Bait of the Florida Fisherman; A Flying Visit to Florida, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C

Flying Fish and their Foes; A Flying Visit to Florida, 1875. Creator: Thomas Mayne Reid
Flying Fish and their Foes; A Flying Visit to Florida, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C

A Devout Native; A Ride Round the Valley of Mexico, 1875. Creator: Frederick A. Lyons
A Devout Native; A Ride Round the Valley of Mexico, 1875. [Indigenous man carrying a crucifix]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

Village of Eyvango, near Abomey; An Excursion in Dahomey, 1871. Creator: J. Alfred Skertchly
Village of Eyvango, near Abomey; An Excursion in Dahomey, 1871. [Scene in what is now Benin; note skeletons in foreground]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

Zumate Indians of the Upper Trombetas; A Trip up the Trombetas, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Zumate Indians of the Upper Trombetas; A Trip up the Trombetas, 1875. [Indigenous people from the Trombetas River region of the Amazon in South America

An Arctic scene; A Boat adventure in the Behrings Sea, 1875. Creator: Unknown
An Arctic scene; A Boat adventure in the Behrings Sea, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C

A River Canon; An Ascent of the Cofre de Perote, Mexico, 1875. Creator: Unknown
A River Canon; An Ascent of the Cofre de Perote, Mexico, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C

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