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1885 Collection (page 4)

"Step back in time to the year 1885, a fascinating era captured through various hints. D. H

Background image1885 Collection: The Afghan Boundary: Junction of the Murghab and Kushk Rivers, Ak-Tapa in the Distance

The Afghan Boundary: Junction of the Murghab and Kushk Rivers, Ak-Tapa in the Distance, 1885

Background image1885 Collection: Aberdeen, Water-Wheel at the Granholm Tweed Mills, 1885, UK

Aberdeen, Water-Wheel at the Granholm Tweed Mills, 1885, UK

Background image1885 Collection: Warehouses on an Amsterdam canal Uilenburg, The Netherlands, Willem Witsen, 1885 - 1922

Warehouses on an Amsterdam canal Uilenburg, The Netherlands, Willem Witsen, 1885 - 1922

Background image1885 Collection: Portrait of the author for 'Jocelyn and La Chute d'un ange' 1885 the story written in 1836

Portrait of the author for 'Jocelyn and La Chute d'un ange' 1885 the story written in 1836
5304632 Portrait of the author for 'Jocelyn and La Chute d'un ange' 1885 the story written in 1836, by Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine, Knight of Pratz (1790-1869)

Background image1885 Collection: The infamous hat known as the Cagliostro or the Queen's necklace

The infamous hat known as the Cagliostro or the Queen's necklace
5856316 The infamous hat known as the Cagliostro or the Queen's necklace.; (add.info.: The infamous hat known as the Cagliostro or the Queen's necklace)

Background image1885 Collection: The famous hairstyle inspired by the Belle Poule, a naval frigate that distinguished itself in

The famous hairstyle inspired by the Belle Poule, a naval frigate that distinguished itself in combat in 1778
5856315 The famous hairstyle inspired by the Belle Poule, a naval frigate that distinguished itself in combat in 1778.; (add.info.: The famous hairstyle inspired by the Belle Poule)

Background image1885 Collection: The Queen in grey-white half-mourning dress

The Queen in grey-white half-mourning dress
5856345 The Queen in grey-white half-mourning dress.; (add.info.: The Queen in grey-white half-mourning dress. Hand-colored lithograph from "Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette)

Background image1885 Collection: Cauchoise, woman of Caux in striped dress, 19th century (engraving)

Cauchoise, woman of Caux in striped dress, 19th century (engraving)
5855668 Cauchoise, woman of Caux in striped dress, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Woman of Caux in striped dress. She has removed the tall bonnet but wears its ties like a beguin)

Background image1885 Collection: Cauchoise

Cauchoise
5855666 Cauchoise; (add.info.: Woman of Caux in tall bonnet with long lace tails fixed with a large pin. Almost all the women of Caux wear hairpiece chignon)

Background image1885 Collection: Costume d'Yvetot

Costume d'Yvetot
5855660 Costume d'Yvetot; (add.info.: A woman in long plum dress with blue stole from the village of Yvetot, rear view, showing the long lace tails from her bonnet)

Background image1885 Collection: Costume of Coutances

Costume of Coutances
5855682 Costume of Coutances; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Coutances. The base of the bonnet is spread and the wings of the papillon (butterfly) are pulled far back behind the ears

Background image1885 Collection: Costume of Lisieux

Costume of Lisieux
5855675 Costume of Lisieux; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Lisieux, a town in Calvados. She wears a bonnet with a small base and surprisingly large "papillon" (butterfly) top

Background image1885 Collection: Woman in bottle-green petticoat and felt hat. Man in riding coat of the colour of London-chimney

Woman in bottle-green petticoat and felt hat. Man in riding coat of the colour of London-chimney soot
5856340 Woman in bottle-green petticoat and felt hat. Man in riding coat of the colour of London-chimney soot.; (add.info.: Woman in bottle-green petticoat and felt hat)

Background image1885 Collection: Woman in English-ingenue headdress with feathers, and woman with hedgehog hairstyle

Woman in English-ingenue headdress with feathers, and woman with hedgehog hairstyle and lazy-woman bonnet
5856339 Woman in English-ingenue headdress with feathers, and woman with hedgehog hairstyle and lazy-woman bonnet.; (add.info.: Woman in English-ingenue headdress with feathers)

Background image1885 Collection: Woman wearing a dress of English silk with hair in the councillor style

Woman wearing a dress of English silk with hair in the councillor style
5856335 Woman wearing a dress of English silk with hair in the councillor style.; (add.info.: Woman wearing a dress of English silk with hair in the councillor style)

Background image1885 Collection: Woman in puce taffeta caraco over a petticoat of pink taffeta

Woman in puce taffeta caraco over a petticoat of pink taffeta
5856334 Woman in puce taffeta caraco over a petticoat of pink taffeta.; (add.info.: Woman in puce taffeta caraco over a petticoat of pink taffeta)

Background image1885 Collection: Man in wool redingote in the colour of London-chimney soot with sailor sleeves

Man in wool redingote in the colour of London-chimney soot with sailor sleeves
5856323 Man in wool redingote in the colour of London-chimney soot with sailor sleeves.; (add.info.: Man in wool redingote in the colour of London-chimney soot with sailor sleeves)

Background image1885 Collection: Illustration depicting 19th century, punting on an English river 1885

Illustration depicting 19th century, punting on an English river 1885
5311084 Illustration depicting 19th century, punting on an English river 1885; (add.info.: Date: 1885); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background image1885 Collection: Title page, Illustration from 'Jocelyn and La Chute d'un ange' 1885 written by

Title page, Illustration from 'Jocelyn and La Chute d'un ange' 1885 written by
5304573 Title page, Illustration from 'Jocelyn and La Chute d'un ange' 1885 written by, Knight of Pratz (1790-1869), French writer

Background image1885 Collection: Frontispiece

Frontispiece
5855763 Frontispiece; (add.info.: Frontispiece: g105 Costumes of the departments of the lower Seine: Calvados, la Manche and lfOrne.h The artist has assembled all the different headdresses of)

Background image1885 Collection: Costume of Granville

Costume of Granville
5855759 Costume of Granville; (add.info.: Costume of Granville. This cape is called a capot: it is made of wool from Saint-Cyr)

Background image1885 Collection: Woman of Fecamp

Woman of Fecamp
5855754 Woman of Fecamp; (add.info.: Woman of Fecamp. Like the serre-tete of le Havre, this one too is decorated only to the temples. She wears a cape with hood, and stands in the port)

Background image1885 Collection: Servant of Fecamp

Servant of Fecamp
5855753 Servant of Fecamp; (add.info.: Servant of Fecamp. If the bonnet is simple, the cape with hood is very ornate with double collar and pleated decorated edges)

Background image1885 Collection: Servant from the Bayeux area

Servant from the Bayeux area
5855748 Servant from the Bayeux area; (add.info.: Servant from the Bayeux area. The wearer must have beautiful features to look pretty with this headdress)

Background image1885 Collection: Costume of Isigny

Costume of Isigny
5855747 Costume of Isigny; (add.info.: Costume of Isigny. Her bonnet is even larger than that of Bayeux, with wings that are lifted and folded to join in the middle before falling to the side)

Background image1885 Collection: Costume of Avranches

Costume of Avranches
5855742 Costume of Avranches; (add.info.: Costume of Avranches. Rear view of the bonnet in Plate 84, showing the small hairpiece chignon. Mont Saint Michel can be seen in the background)

Background image1885 Collection: Costume of Avranches

Costume of Avranches
5855741 Costume of Avranches; (add.info.: Costume of Avranches. She wears a bonnet with a larger top than we have seen previously)

Background image1885 Collection: Milkmaid of Cherbourg

Milkmaid of Cherbourg
5855739 Milkmaid of Cherbourg; (add.info.: Milkmaid of Cherbourg. In Normandy, the women usually carry goods on their shoulders, not on their heads or in their arms)

Background image1885 Collection: Costume of Carentan

Costume of Carentan
5855736 Costume of Carentan; (add.info.: Costume of a servant of Carentan. The only remarkable thing about her clothes is the square ends of the papillon (butterfly) wings of her bonnet

Background image1885 Collection: Woman of Coutances

Woman of Coutances
5855735 Woman of Coutances; (add.info.: Woman of Coutances, in casual home or night dress. The headdress is similar to the serre-tete worn in Paris, but with a different top)

Background image1885 Collection: Costume of Saint-Lo

Costume of Saint-Lo
5855731 Costume of Saint-Lo.; (add.info.: Costume of Saint-Lo. The hat is called a "bonnet rond." The background shows a view of one of the terraces next to the Champ-de-Mars)

Background image1885 Collection: Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe

Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe
5855726 Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe.; (add.info.: Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe. While the bonnet is not so special, the shoes are very elegant)

Background image1885 Collection: Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe

Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe
5855725 Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe; (add.info.: Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe. The folds in the bonnet are accidental, it is too large for her head)

Background image1885 Collection: Costume of the area of Dieppe

Costume of the area of Dieppe
5855723 Costume of the area of Dieppe.; (add.info.: Costume of the area of Dieppe. Side view of a bonnet with its papillon (butterfly) wings folded toward the front, giving it a very different air

Background image1885 Collection: Costume of the area of Dieppe

Costume of the area of Dieppe
5855722 Costume of the area of Dieppe; (add.info.: Costume of the area of Dieppe. The wings of the papillon (butterfly) on this bonnet are folded toward the front

Background image1885 Collection: Young woman of St. Aubin

Young woman of St. Aubin
5855720 Young woman of St. Aubin; (add.info.: Young woman of St. Aubin, a servant at Dieppe. Common women often wear a simple bonnet all day)

Background image1885 Collection: Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea

Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea
5855711 Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea.; (add.info.: Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea. Again the falling tails from the bonnet and the false sleeves in a contrasting colour)

Background image1885 Collection: Young woman of Bayeux

Young woman of Bayeux
5855707 Young woman of Bayeux; (add.info.: Young woman of Bayeux. A novel method of making a tie to fix the bonnet. The background show the entrance to the promenade in Bayeux)

Background image1885 Collection: Farmer of Harcourt, near Caen

Farmer of Harcourt, near Caen
5855705 Farmer of Harcourt, near Caen; (add.info.: Farmer of Harcourt, near Caen. Here is the mitre in profile. The women of Normandy are very fond of coarse red and blue colours)

Background image1885 Collection: Costume of the area of Caen

Costume of the area of Caen
5855703 Costume of the area of Caen; (add.info.: Woman in costume of the area of Caen. In the background are sailing ships docked at the quay)

Background image1885 Collection: Costume of Bolbec

Costume of Bolbec
5855696 Costume of Bolbec; (add.info.: Woman in costume of Bolbec, reading a book while resting against a chair. This bavolet bonnet is the most beautiful we have seen)

Background image1885 Collection: Costume of Rolleville, drawn at le Havre

Costume of Rolleville, drawn at le Havre
5855693 Costume of Rolleville, drawn at le Havre; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Rolleville, drawn at le Havre. She wears an elaborate tall bavolet hat of folded lace)

Background image1885 Collection: Young person of le Havre

Young person of le Havre
5855691 Young person of le Havre.; (add.info.: Young woman of the port of le Havre. She wears a bonnet that rises to a point, decorated with lace only to the ears. A silk ribbon is wrapped around it)

Background image1885 Collection: Costume of the Dieppe area

Costume of the Dieppe area
5855687 Costume of the Dieppe area; (add.info.: Woman in costume of the Dieppe area. Rear view of the tall bavolet bonnet with two long lace tails reaching to the shoulder)

Background image1885 Collection: Costume of the Coutances area

Costume of the Coutances area
5855685 Costume of the Coutances area; (add.info.: A young woman from the Coutances area who could not help but sacrifice most of her hair)

Background image1885 Collection: Costume of Coutances

Costume of Coutances
5855683 Costume of Coutances; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Coutances. Here is a really large bavolet bonnet, with the most luxurious decoration)

Background image1885 Collection: Laundry woman of fine linen at Rouen

Laundry woman of fine linen at Rouen
5855679 Laundry woman of fine linen at Rouen.; (add.info.: Laundry woman of fine linen at Rouen. It's not the tall bavolet bonnet that is remarkable here so much as the hair chignon held up in)

Background image1885 Collection: Illustration by Andre Gill (17 October 1840-1 May 1885), French caricaturist

Illustration by Andre Gill (17 October 1840-1 May 1885), French caricaturist. 19th century (engraving)
5669280 Illustration by Andre Gill (17 October 1840-1 May 1885), French caricaturist. 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Born Louis-Alexandre Gosset de Guines at Paris)



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"Step back in time to the year 1885, a fascinating era captured through various hints. D. H. Lawrence's literary genius begins to blossom as he takes his first steps towards becoming an iconic writer. A photograph freezes a moment in time, preserving memories for generations to come. General C Gordon's courageous spirit shines through a captivating color lithograph, showcasing his remarkable leadership skills. Amidst the vastness of the sea, the majestic Cutty Sark sails gracefully, symbolizing adventure and exploration. At Box Station in 1885, bustling with activity and anticipation, people embark on journeys that will shape their lives forever. The Native American warrior Geronimo stands tall as a symbol of strength and resilience against adversity. Lady Fern, True Maidenhair, and Holly Fern add beauty and elegance to nature's tapestry. In Scotland, curling enthusiasts gather on icy rinks to engage in friendly competition while honing their skills at this beloved winter sport. Women take aim with precision during archery practice; determination etched upon their faces. The Battle of Abu Klea unfolds on January 17th - a historic clash where bravery meets sacrifice amidst desert sands. A regrettable reminder of our past is seen in a racist Pear's advertisement that serves as a stark contrast to progress made since then. Fast forward sixty years later; General George S Patton emerges onto the stage of history as an influential military leader during World War II. The enchanting melodies from Mikado fill the air as music sheets transport us into another world. " Note.