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Rischgitz Collection

Remarkable and historic photographs of people and events that particularly interested Augustus Rischgitz

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Royal Engineers
circa 1850: An officer of the Royal Engineers gives orders to two privates. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: Ludwig Van Beethoven

Ludwig Van Beethoven
German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827). Original Artwork: Portrait August von Kloeber (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

HMS Vanguard
1st August 1798: Nelsons ship Vanguard at the head of the British fleet, with signal flags flying, faces the French at the Battle of the Nile in Aboukir Bay during the Napoleonic Wars

Gamo Captured
The capture of the Spanish frigate El Gamo by Commander Lord Thomas Cochrane in the HMS Speedy, off Barcelona, 6th May 1801. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: Bronte Sisters by Patrick Branwell Bronte

Bronte Sisters by Patrick Branwell Bronte
circa 1834: English writers Anne, Emily and Charlotte Bronte. Original Artwork: Painting by their brother, Patrick Branwell Bronte who painted himself among his sisters

Royal Hussar
circa 1847: An officer of the 10th Prince of Wales Own Royal regiment of Hussars in an ornate uniform, the horse also dressed. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Pickwick Papers
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickins, Vol 1, title page drawn by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

The Scots Guard
circa 1880: Uniforms of the Scots Guards. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: Trevithicks Railway

Trevithicks Railway
Richard Trevithicks London Railway and Locomotive at Euston Square, run as an entertainment before the potential of his new high pressure steam engine became fully realised

Charles Dickens
English novelist Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870). (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Sitting Dickens
English writer Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870), from the original wet-plate negative by Herbert Watkins. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: After The Earthquake

After The Earthquake
December 1908: Messina in Sicily after an earthquake that destroyed half the town and killed over 77, 000 people. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Hotel Kitchens
The chefs and staff in the restaurant kitchen of the Hotel Cecil. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Twin Steam-Ship
August 1875: The twin steamship Castalia a catamaran type passenger ship carrying passengers from Dover to Calais, seen from the bows. Original Publication: The Graphic - The Channel Passage - pub

Hindu Gods
circa 1800: Hindu gods Rama and Sita enthroned, attended by Ramals three brothers while the faithful monkey god Hanuman receives his orders. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

The Rocket
English railway engineer George Stephensons locomotive Rocket comes in first at the trials competition held at Rainhill Bridge, 1829. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Algerian Piracy
1st May 1681, The peaceful merchant ship Kingfisher being attacked by Algerian pirates. Original Artwork: Piracy by Monamy (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: Clerkenwell Tunnel

Clerkenwell Tunnel
January 1868: Entrance to Clerkenwell Tunnel on the Metropolitan railway. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rebecca Riots
Welsh men dressed as women destroying a fence, which lists their grievances brought about by the economic recession, during the Rebecca Riots in Wales. Punch - Rebecca And Her Daughters - pub

Coal Heaver
circa 1820: A coalman delivers a sack of coal to a domestic residence through a coal hole in the street. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: Battle Of Breitenfeld

Battle Of Breitenfeld
The First Battle of Breitenfeld, one of the battles fought during the Thirty Years War (1618 - 1648), fought 17th September 1631 near the village of Breitenfeld, Saxony, now a suburb of Leipzig

Garrett Submarine
The Garrett submarine torpedo boat, designed and built by Reverend George Garrett and named Resurgam, January 1880. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Moonlight Charge
The Moonlight Charge of the Household Cavalry at the Battle of Kassassin, during the Anglo-Egyptian War, 28th August 1882. By George Seymour, from a sketch by Frederic Villiers

Rischgitz Collection: Yeoman Of The Guard

Yeoman Of The Guard
Illustration of a Yeoman of the Guard, in uniform holding a pike, circa 1850. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Charlotte Bronte
circa 1840: English novelist Charlotte Bronte (1816 - 1855). Original Artwork: Portrait by Thompson. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Great Eastern
September 1865: The laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable on board Brunels steamship the Great Eastern. Original Publication: Illustrated London News

Fictional Shop
circa 1870: Victorians window shopping at the Old Curiosity Shop, 14 Portsmouth Street, Lincolns Inn. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: The Hulton Archives

The Hulton Archives
Fine Art Storehouse The Hulton Archives

Wagga Wagga
A hut in Wagga Wagga in New South Wales, Australia, 19th century. Butcher Arthur Orton, also known as Thomas Castrolate, subject of the famous Tichborne Claimant trial is said to have lived here

Rischgitz Collection: Nightingales House

Nightingales House
The town house of British nurse Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910) at 10 South Street (centre), Westminster, London, circa 1925. Nightingale died here in 1910, aged 90

Rischgitz Collection: Bull And Mouth Sign, Guild Hall Museum, London

Bull And Mouth Sign, Guild Hall Museum, London
1887: Sign of the Bull and Mouth in the Guild Hall Museum, London. Showing a bull standing over a face with a large mouth it is a corruption of Boulogne Mouth referring to the entrance to Boulogne

Unhappy Lot
1895: A policeman fending off an angry crowd in the east end of London. Graphic - Taking One Consideration with another a policemans lot is not a happy one - pub

Rischgitz Collection: Wagners Birthplace

Wagners Birthplace
circa 1910: The birthplace in Leipzig of German composer Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883). (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Pet Food
circa 1895: A woman sells pet food from a wheel barrow. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Dragoon Guard
circa 1900: An officer of the 1st Dragoon Guards in full uniform. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Mounted Soldier
circa 1910: A Sergeant Major in the Imperial Light Horse forces. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Small Love
circa 1890: Portrait of the dwarves, C Hester and Miss Wrigley. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

The Plate Room
circa 1900: The Plate Room in the Hotel Cecil, showing the cutlery and silverware. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Hamburg Cocks
circa 1900: Cockerels and chickens of the Hamburg breed, showing variations in colour and markings. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Viking Remains
circa 1920: The remains of a Viking longship found at Gokstad in South Norway. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Newcomen Engine
circa 1908: The Newcomen engine at Farme Colliery, Rutherglen, which was made in the 1730s and was one of the first to use Thomas Newcomens steam engine. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Stage Wall
circa 1950: The wall of the stage at the Theatre of Dionysius, below the Acroplis, in Athens. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: Scottish Parliament

Scottish Parliament
circa 1900: Parliament Square and the Law Courts in the Old Town area of Edinburgh on the Royal Mile. Many of Edinburghs landmarks are found along the Royal Mile including the City Chambers

Guy De Maupassant
circa 1885: French writer Henry Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant (1850 - 1893), a master of the short story and author of the acclaimed Boule de Suif. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Domesday Chest
The ancient chest which contained the Domesday Book is still preserved in the Public Records Office. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

A Harpist
circa 1890: A harpist playing her instrument. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Glory Of God
29th December 1894: A painting, Give Me The Lowest Place, designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones dedicated to the Glory of God

Triple Camera
circa 1910: C W Lockes cinematograph house and triple dioramic apparatus. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

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