Images Dated 19th February 2008 (page 2)

Manuel Seybano, Santo Domingo, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Washing clothes, Santo Domingo, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Crossing the Isabella, Santo Domingo, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Old Santo Domingo city, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Town and bay of Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo, 1873. Puerto Plata is a town on the northern coast of the island of Hispaniola, in what is today the Dominican Republic

A slave market in Martinique, early 19th century

The Commandante, Santo Domingo, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Punishment of Negroes, Santo Domingo, 1873
Punishment of Negroes, 1873. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

Vaslav Nijinsky, Russian ballet dancer, in Petrushka, Paris, 1912, (1930). From La Revue Musicale, 1st December 1930

Lake, Scotland, 1801-1802. Artist: JMW Turner
Lake, Scotland, 1801-1802. From the Tate collection

San Giorgio Maggiore from the Dogana, 1819. Artist: JMW Turner
San Giorgio Maggiore from the Dogana, 1819. From the Tate collection

Venice, the Piazzetta with the Ceremony of the Doge Marrying the Sea, c1835. Artist: JMW Turner
Venice, the Piazzetta with the Ceremony of the Doge Marrying the Sea, c1835. From the Tate collection

Portrait of Mlle L L, (Young Lady in a Red Jacket), 1864. Artist: James Tissot
Portrait of Mlle L L, (Young Lady in a Red Jacket), 1864. From the collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris, France

The Ball, c1878. Artist: James Tissot
The Ball, c1878. From the collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris, France

Reaping and socking-up corn to dry, Lake Drie, Canada, 1880. A print from The Graphic, 29th May 1880

Model T Ford with Stephenson agricultural conversion, Sussex, 1917. D Gordon, Chodds Farmhouse, Handcross, West Sussex

Dr Heinrich Schliemann, German explorer and archaeologist, 19th century. Schliemann (1822-1890) pioneered prehistoric Greek archaeology

Grand saloon of the steamship Atlantic, 1850

Head of Achilles. From the picture of Achilles delivering Briseis to the Heralds

Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale, on the US mail boat Atlantic, Liverpool, August 1850. Opera singer Jenny lind, being given an enthusiastic send-off on her journey to America

The Grand Saloon on board the Great Eastern, 1859. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel with John Scott Russell, the Great Eastern was lauched in 1858

A Misnomer, Surely!, 1880. Artist: George du Maurier
A Misnomer, Surely!, 1880. A large party of Cooks Tourists queueing outside a restaurant. Cartoon from Punch, 25th September 1880

Isambard Kingdom Brunels Great Western, 1882. The Great Western was launched in 1837 for the Great Western Steamship Co as the first of three steamships designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel

White Star Lines steamer Oceanic, 1871. Built in 1870 by Harland and Wolff at Belfast, the Oceanic was the first liner built for the White Star Line

Dinner time in the first class dining saloon of an Atlantic steamer on a stormy day, c1890. From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril & Heroism by F Whymper

Descending the Mont Cenis pass in winter by horse-drawn sledge, 19th century

Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Johann Vogelin, Vienna, 1529. From the title page of the De Sphaericus of Theodosius of Tripoli, 2nd century

Air filters, Maginot Line, France, 1939. Conceived by Andre Maginot (1877-1932) as an impegnable wall on Frances eastern frontier, the Maginot Line was a vast linked set of fortifications

Electric light plant, Maginot Line, France, 1939. Conceived by Andre Maginot (1877-1932) as an impegnable wall on Frances eastern frontier, the Maginot Line was a vast linked set of fortifications

Cooks Tourists, 1889. An illustration from Punch, March 1889. Thomas Cook founded the travel company that bore his name in 1841. By the late 1880s the company had offices around the world

Cunard Lines first transatlantic liner Britannia leaving Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1847. Artist: Smyth
Cunard Lines first transatlantic liner Britannia leaving Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1847. The Britannia made her first transatlantic voyage in 1840, travelling from Halifax, Nova Scotia

The United States mail steam ship Atlantic entering the Mersey, 1850. Artist: Smyth
The United States mail steam ship Atlantic entering the Mersey, 1850. A print from The Illustrated London News, 25th May 1850

Lord Byron, English poet. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824) was a leading figure in the Romantic movement

Husking, 1861. Artist: Currier and Ives
Husking, 1861. Farm workers in a barn removing the husks from corn

Maize, c1900. Trade card for Liebig meat extract, one of a series relating to useful exotic plants

Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, 1806. Artist: Rea
Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, 1806. Dessalines joined the 1791 slave uprising that began the Haitian Revolution, going on to become one of its leaders

Vaslav Nijinsky, Russian ballet dancer, in Le Spectre de la Rose, Paris, 1911, (1930). From La Revue Musicale, 1st December 1930

Vaslav Nijinsky, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer. Vaslav Nijinsky (1889-1950) as the Golden Slave in Scheherazade

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet, dramatist and scientist, in 1791. Goethe (1749-1832) was a novelist, dramatist, poet, humanist, scientist, philosopher

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet, dramatist and scientist, c1830. Goethe (1749-1832) was a novelist, dramatist, poet, humanist, scientist, philosopher

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