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

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

Cervantes House
circa 1915: The house where Spanish novelist and poet Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra corrected the first proof of Don Quixote. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
1845: Open here I flung the shutter, when with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore....... From The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

Ladies Football

Car On Truck
October 1905: The Maxwell Briscon truck first used at the Vanderbilt Cup Race. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Dumas Birthplace
The Rue Alexandre Dumas in Villers-Cotterets in Picardy, showing the house, which was the birthplace of French writer, Alexandre Dumas (pere) (1802 - 1870). (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Row Of Medals
circa 1930: A row of medals, (left to right) the Victoria Cross, Crimea Medal, New Zealand Medal and the Legion of Honour. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

The Retreat
circa 1910: The drums of a military band beating at retreat. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: Railway Signals 1844

Railway Signals 1844
1844: British railway signals as they were at the birth of the age of steam. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: Westminster Cathedral

Westminster Cathedral
circa 1895: The Roman Catholic Cathedral in Westminster, London. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Haystack Boiler
circa 1908: The Newcomen haystack boiler 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)

Indian Christmas
circa 1900: A British family celebrating Christmas in India. Rischgitz Collection By E K Johnson (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Treasure Of Priam
1874: Treasures discovered by Heinrich Schliemann at Hisarlik and wrongly identified as belonging to Priam King of Troy. They actually came from an earlier, pre-Homeric site

Evening Gown
1916: An evening dress in brocaded crepe de chine, trimmed with velvet. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Sandy Combe Lodge
circa 1910: Sandy Combe Lodge in Twickenham, the former home of the English painetr, Joseph Turner. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: Watching Cockfight

Watching Cockfight
A crowd of men watching a cockfighting contest in the Cock-Pit Royal, circa 1735. Original Artwork: By William Hogarth. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Newcomen Engine
circa 1908: Details of 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)

Lawn Tennis
1881: Two couples meet for a friendly game of lawn tennis. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: Pantomime Audience

Pantomime Audience
8th January 1848: The audience for a pantomime, ranging from a beerswilling old woman in the gallery, to a superior young man and a family in a box and a mixed group in the pit

Game Of Billiards
circa 1850: Two couples playing a game of billiards at a private residence. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Unifying Italy
March 1849: The Austrian army, led by Count Radetzky, defeats the Sardinians under King Charles Albert of Piedmont at the Battle of Novara

Rischgitz Collection: Presbyterian Prayer

Presbyterian Prayer
Circa 1670, A Presbyterian Minister blessing two chalices on a makeshift altar whilst congregation members take the Sacrament at a Covenanters Communion

Rischgitz Collection: Telegraph Machines

Telegraph Machines
1837: Two Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph machines which were used on the line between Paddington and Slough. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

A Writers Home
circa 1920: The house in Richmond, Surrey where English novelist Mary Ann Evans, aka George Eliot lived from September 1855 until January 1858

Bull Baiting
circa 1810: A tethered bull is baited with dogs and sticks. An engraving by I Clark after Henry Alken (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: D Alberts Quadrille

D Alberts Quadrille
circa 1775: The cover of a score for the Court of St James, a quadrille by composer Charles d Albert (1864 - 1932). (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Wedding Dress
circa 1878: A wedding dress with a bustle, decorated with flowers. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Spinning Machine
1769: Richard Arkwrights flyer spinning frame, also known as the throstle or roll drawing machine, which spun cotton fibre into thread

Morning Gowns
Women wearing the latest in morning dresses with draped bodices, gigot sleeves and belted waists. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

German Occupation
Interior of the Gallery of Mirrors, Versailles, converted into a German hospital during the Franco-Prussian War. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

French Romance
15th century manuscript of the french poem La Roman de la Rose, circa 1490.(Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Egyptian Monolith
Cleopatras Needle at its original site in Alexandria before it was brought to England in the 1870 s. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Ark Royal
The Ark Royal, originally called Ark Raleigh, 1550. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Gambling Den
A group of ladies and gentlemen surround the table at a casino, while below, a poor man is escorted from the premises by two stewards. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

House Of Lords
The House of Lords, London. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Fashion Victims
Men and women wearing extreme fashions in 1818. Original Artwork: Engraving by George Cruikshank. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

To Bury Fair
A coach taking passengers to Bury Fair. Original Artwork: Artist - John Ogborne. Engraving - Joseph Strutt (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Battle of Zenta
An illustration commemorating the victory of the Austrian and Imperial forces, led by Prince Eugen of Savoy, over the Turks at the Battle of Zenta, 11th September 1697

Grape Harvest
Grape harvesters from local villages at work in the vineyards of Chateau Lafitte in the Medoc region of France. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: Loading The Magnolia

Loading The Magnolia
1861: Cottonbales being thrown into the riverboat Magnolia. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rochester Bridge
circa 1850: Sailing boats on either side of Rochester Bridge over the River Medway in Kent. Rochester Castle stands on the left. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Child Labour
circa 1800: A young chimney sweep dressed in rags and covered in soot. Original Publication: From Lower Orders of the Metropolis (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Armoury
circa 1860: A smith hammers out a hunk of metal in his workshop, watched by an anxious woman. Beside him stands a finished breastplate. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Pilgrims Progress
circa 1875: Angels giving the roll to Christian. From John Bunyans The Pilgrims Progress. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Poultry Farm
circa 1850: The tenant cock briskly crows. Original Artwork: After Charles Harvey Weigall, (British artist, op.1810-m.1877) (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: Military Craftsmen

Military Craftsmen
1794: Royal Military Artificers in working dress. Original Artwork: Printed by M & N Hanhart (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Military Craftsmen
1786: British soldiers of an artificer company in working dress. Original Artwork: Printed by Hullmandel & Walton (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rischgitz Collection: Eviction In Coloma

Eviction In Coloma
circa 1850: An eviction taking place in Coloma, California. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

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