Images Dated 12th January 2009 (page 2)

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). Artist: H Meyer
William Robertson, 18th century Scottish historian and Principal of Edinburgh University, (1845). A print from Lives of Men of Letters and Science who Flourished in the Time of George III, by Henry

David Hume, 18th century Scottish philosopher, economist and historian, (1845). Artist: W Holl
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

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). One of the foremost Confederate generals of the Civil War

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 print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume III, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London

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). Williamsburg fell to McClellans Union army on 6th May 1862 during the Peninsula Campaign

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). On moving to the USA in 1839, Ericsson designed many warships including the Monitor (1861)

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). Union General Ambrose Burnside commanded an amphibious campaign that succeeded in closing most of the North Carolina

Commodore AH Foote, Union naval officer of the American Civil War, (c1880). Andrew Hull Foote (1806-1863) was seriously wounded commanding an attack on the Confederate stronghold of Fort Donelson in

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). The foremost Confederate general of the American Civil War

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

Night march on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, c1861 (c1880). Harpers Ferry was the site of a federal armoury. In 1859 the abolitionist John Brown attacked the armoury in an attempt to acquire weapons to

Defence of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, 1861 (c1880). Fort Sumter was the place where the opening shots of the American Civil War were fired, on 12 April 1861

A scene in the US House of Representatives, Washington DC, USA, c1860s (c1880). A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume III, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London

Inauguration of Jefferson Davis, Montgomery, Alabama, 1861 (c1880). Davis was named Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by a Constitutional convention in Montgomery, Alabama

A street in New Orleans on election day, 1860 (c1880). A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume III, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880

Loading a cotton steamer, USA, c1880. A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume III, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880

Capture of John Brown in the engine house, c1880
Capture of John Brown in the engine house, Harpers Ferry, Virginia, USA, 1859 (c1880). Brown (1800-1859) believed that armed insurrection was the only way to end slavery in the United States

John Brown, American abolitionist, (c1880). Brown (1800-1859) believed that armed insurrection was the only way to end slavery in the United States

Picking up the Atlantic cable, 1866 (c1880). An attempt in 1865 by Brunels giant steamship, the Great Eastern to lay a transatlantic telegraph cable ended in failure when the cable snapped

Lewis Cass, American soldier, statesman and historian, (c1880). Cass served in the US Army as a Brigadier-General in the War of 1812 against the British

Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States, (c1880). Pierce (1804-1869) was president from 1853-1857. He is widely regarded as having been one of the least effective presidents

Heber Kimball, leading member of the Mormon movement, (c1880). Kimball was one of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and a leading member of the First Presidency of the Mormon Church

George A Smith, Cousin of the The Prophet, c1880. A cousin of Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, George Smith was a leading member of the movement

Brigham Young, American Mormon leader, (c1880). The second President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormons

Murder of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, 1844 (c1880). The Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830

An encampment of Mormon converts in the desert, c1846 (c1880). The Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830

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