Images Dated 12th January 2009

Rolls-Royce with open touring body, c1910-1929(?). A print from the Thrupp and Maberly Ltds coachbuilding handbook or catalogue

Cats playing with a chessboard. Artist: Goupil and Co
Cats playing with a chessboard

Couple in love, c1900-1919(?). Postcard

Stuarts cavalry cutting telegraph wires, American Civil War, c1861-1864 (c1880)

Letter by Arabella Stuart to the Countess of Shrewsbury
Letter by Arabella Stuart to her aunt, the Countess of Shrewsbury, late 16th - early 17th century (1865)

Letter by Oliver Cromwell to General Fairfax, 1646 (1865). Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax were the two senior generals on the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War

Enclosed drive Rolls-Royce limousine with partition behind the driver, c1910-1929(?). A print from the Thrupp and Maberly Ltds coachbuilding handbook or catalogue

Burning the houses of evicted tenants at Glenbeigh, County Kerry, Ireland, 1887

No Place like Home Sweet Home at Christmas Time, greetings card, c1900-1919(?)

Joyeux Noel, c1900-1929(?). French Christmas postcard

Heureux Noel, (Happy Christmas), c1900-1919(?). Artist: Mesange
Heureux Noel, (Happy Christmas), c1900-1919(?). French postcard

Rolls-Royce enclosed drive landaulette with partition behind the driver, c1910-1929(?). A print from the Thrupp and Maberly Ltds coachbuilding handbook or catalogue

Advertisement for Beechams Pills, 1887. The pills were first introduced by Thomas Beecham in the early 1840s

The death of Lord Iddesleigh in Downing Street, London, 1887. Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh, held various ministerial posts in Conservative governemnts from 1866 until 1887

WH Smith, MP, First Lord of the Treasury, 1887. Artist: R Taylor
WH Smith, MP, First Lord of the Treasury, 1887

A Romp after Dinner, 1887. Artist: Henry Towneley Green
A Romp after Dinner, 1887. A man playing blind mans buff with a group of children. A print from The Illustrated London News, 15th January 1887

Scene at an Irish eviction in County Kerry, 1887. Artist: P Naumann
An Irish eviction in County Kerry, 1887. Scene during the Land War, the dispute between Irish tenant farmers and their landlords that lasted from 1880 until 1892

George Joachim Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1887. Artist: R Taylor
George Joachim Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1887

Reception of General Roberts in Mandalay at the east gate of the palace, Burma, 1887. General Frederick Sleigh Roberts was appointed Commander-in-Chief of British forces in India in 1885

Cheering Lord Randolph Churchills name on hearing of his resignation, Loughrea, Ireland, 1887. Churchill was a staunch supporter of the Unionist cause in Ireland. Sketches in Ireland

Constabulary guarding a government reporter at a plan of campaign meeting, Ireland, 1887

Views of Sandringham, Norfolk, 1887. Sandringham church, Old Oak, Sandringham Park, Lych Gate, Sandringham church, Sir Dighton Probyns house, the Bachelors cottages

East front and principal entrance, Sandringham, Norfolk, 1887

The Dairy, Sandringham, Norfolk, 1887. Queen Victoria purchased the Sandringham estate in 1862 as a home for her eldest son, the Prince of Wales, and his new bride, Princess Alexandra

Scene from the pantomime The Forty Thieves at Dury Lane Theatre, London, 1887. A print from The Illustrated London News, 1st January 1887

Outside the National Rent Office after the arrest of O Brien and Dillon, Loughrea, Ireland, 1887. A scene during the Irish Land League agitation

Police raid on the National Rent Offices at Loughrea, Ireland, 1887. A scene during the Irish Land League agitation

Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin, French politician, (1875)

Birthday card, c1900-1939(?)

Alfonso XII, King of Spain, 1875. A print from The Illustrated London News, 16th January 1875

Birthday card, c1931

Birthday card, c1910-1939(?)

For Sunday, birthday card, c1935

Birhday card, c1934

Birthday card, c1900-1929(?)

Many Happy Returns, birthday card, c1921

Birthday Greetings to My Dear Uncle, birthday card, c1940. Artist: Valentine
Birthday Greetings to My Dear Uncle, birthday card, c1940

Hearty Greetings, birthday card, c1918

Best Wishes for the New Year, greetings card, c1920s(?)

Birthday card, c1900-1929(?)

Easter Tidings, greetings card, c1923

Birthday card, 1928

Birthday card, c1900-1929(?)

Many Happy Returns, birthday card, c1900-1929(?)

La Roue de la Fortune, ( the Wheel of Fortune), 1906. French postcard

Beauty, c1890-1910(?). Artist: Schwerdffeger & Co
Beauty, c1890-1910(?). German postcard

Thoughts, c1890-1910(?). Artist: Schwerdffeger & Co
Thoughts, c1890-1910(?). German postcard

Love, c1890-1910(?). Artist: Schwerdffeger & Co
Love, c1890-1910(?). German postcard

Day Dreams, c1890-1910(?). Artist: Schwerdffeger & Co
Day Dreams, c1890-1910(?). German postcard

Strand and cricket ground, panorama of Calcutta, India, c1840s. Artist: Frederick Fiebig
Strand and cricket ground, panorama of Calcutta, India, c1840s

Esplanade Row and mosque, panorama of Calcutta, India, c1840s. Artist: Frederick Fiebig
Esplanade Row and mosque, panorama of Calcutta, India, c1840s

The Government House and Town Hall, Calcutta, India, c1840s. Artist: Frederick Fiebig
The Government House and Town Hall, Calcutta, India, c1840s

Chowringhee, Calcutta, India, c1840s. Artist: Frederick Fiebig
Chowringhee, Calcutta, India, c1840s

Panorama of Calcutta, India, c1840s. Artist: Frederick Fiebig
Panorama of Calcutta, India, c1840s. View showing Alipore, Kidderpore, Gardenreach and Fort William

A dance or theatre group, c1900-1929(?). Artist: Jerome Ltd
A dance or theatre group, c1900-1929(?). Postcard

Couple in love, early 20th century(?). Postcard

Sir Humphrey Davy, Cornish chemist and physicist, (1845). Artist: E Scriven
Sir Humphrey Davy, Cornish chemist and physicist, (1845). Davy (1778-1829) discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide)

William Robertson, 18th century Scottish historian and Principal of Edinburgh University, (1845)

David Hume, 18th century Scottish philosopher, economist and historian, (1845). Humes (1711-1776) most important work was A Treatise on Human Nature (1739)

Dinan, Brittany, France. People on the streets in traditional Breton costume

Elizabeth Ann Sheridan, 18th century English singer, (1816). Artist: Middlemist
Elizabeth Ann Sheridan, 18th century English singer, (1816). Born Elizabeth Ann Linley (1754-1792) was the second daughter of the composer Thomas Linley

Orleans, France, 1841. Artist: WCF
Orleans, France, 1841

Napoleon Bonaparte, French general and Emperor. Napoleon (1769-1821) enjoyed a meteoric rise through the ranks of the French Revolutionary army

Tomb of Caecilia Metella, Rome, Italy. Cecilia Metella was the daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, who was Roman Consul in 69 BC

Lucca, Tuscany, Italy, 1850(?). Artist: Gustavo Witting
Lucca, Tuscany, Italy, 1850(?)

Venice, Italy, late 19th or early 20th century(?). View showing the Doges Palace, built between 1309 and 1424

Rialto Bridge, Venice, Italy, 19th century(?). Artist: Kirchmayn
Rialto Bridge, Venice, Italy, 19th century(?). The Rialto Bridge, which spans the Grand Canal, was designed by Antonio da Ponte and Antonio Contino and built between 1588 and 1591

Rolls-Royce Three Quarter Coupe, 1910-1929(?). A print from the Thrupp and Maberly Ltds coachbuilding handbook or catalogue

The banks of the Mississippi, c1860s (c1880). A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume III, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880

Thomas Stonewall Jackson, Confederate general of the American Civil War, (c1880)

David Farragut, Union naval officer of the American Civil War, (c1880). A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume III, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880

Lieutenant Caldwell Slipping the chain, American Civil War, 1861-1865 (c1880)

A railroad battery, American Civil War, 1861-1865 (c1880). A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume III, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880

Arrival of General McClellan at Williamsburg, Virginia, 1862 (c1880)

The Confederate ironclad Merrimac sinking the USS Cumberland, 1862 (c1880). The Merrimac sank two Union ships in an attempt to break through their blockade, in Hampton Roads, Virginia

John Ericsson, Swedish-born American engineer and inventor, (c1880). Artist: Whymper
John Ericsson, Swedish-born American engineer and inventor, (c1880)

Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia, c1880. The oldest building in the town of Fairfax, the courthouse was used as a military headquarters by the Union Army during the American Civil War

Burnsides expedition crossing Hatteras Bar, North Carolina, 1861-1862 (c1880)

Commodore AH Foote, Union naval officer of the American Civil War, (c1880)

British troops conveyed through Canada in winter, c1860s (c1880). A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume III, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880

Guarding a bridge over the Potomac, American Civil War, c1861 (c1880). A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume III, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880

The Battle of Bull Run, Virginia, 1861 (c1880). Fought at Manassas, Virginia, on 21st July 1861, the First Battle of Bull Run was the first major land battle of the American Civil War

Robert E Lee, Confederate general of the American Civil War, (c1880)

Major Theodore Winthrop at Big Bethel, Virginia, 1861 (c1880). Winthrop (1828-1861) was killed at Great Bethel on 10th June 1861

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