1897 Collection (page 8)

Advert for Victorian Era Exhibition, 1897, at Earls Court (engraving)
608410 Advert for Victorian Era Exhibition, 1897, at Earls Court (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advert for Victorian Era Exhibition, 1897)

Passage North side of Holborn, 1897 (colour litho)
2794013 Passage North side of Holborn, 1897 (colour litho) by Norman, Philip (1842-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: Passage North side of Holborn, 1897)

Old Bell Inn and Black Bull, from Holborn, 1897 (colour litho)
2794011 Old Bell Inn and Black Bull, from Holborn, 1897 (colour litho) by Norman, Philip (1842-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: Old Bell Inn and Black Bull, from Holborn, 1897)

Yard of Old Bell Inn, Holborn, from North, 1897 (colour litho)
2794008 Yard of Old Bell Inn, Holborn, from North, 1897 (colour litho) by Norman, Philip (1842-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: Yard of Old Bell Inn, Holborn, from North, 1897)

Andrees Polar Balloon, 1897 (chromolitho)
2790413 Andrees Polar Balloon, 1897 (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Andrees Polar Balloon, 1897)

In the Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliotheque Nationale, the search for bygone fashions, 1897 (colour litho)
2794401 In the Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliotheque Nationale, the search for bygone fashions, 1897 (colour litho) by Courboin

The Grand Duchess (of Gerolstein), Savoy Theatre, London, English version of the operetta by Offenbach, Meilhac and Halevy, words by C H Brookfield, lyrics by Adrian Ross. Date: 1897

On the way to Valentia - A welcome from local peasant girls
The Royal Visit to Ireland - On the way to Valentia - A welcome from local peasant girls. Date: 1897

Madame Sans-Gene by Victorien Sardou and Emile Moreau. First produced Theatre du Vaudeville, Paris, 27th October 1893.Henry Irving starred in J

The Singer Building of 1897 was an office building and early skyscraper in Manhattan, New York City and demolished in 1968

Eros at Piccadilly Circus
A line drawing by Reginald Buchanan Urquhart

Three Child Faces - From sketches by Paul Helleu (1859-1927). A French oil painter, pastel artist, drypoint etcher, and designer

Piano Lesson
Ellen et sa Grandmere. From a drypoint by Paul Helleu (1859-1927). A French oil painter, pastel artist, drypoint etcher, and designer

PS Kroyer
Peder Severin Kroyer (1851-1909). Self-portrait of the prominent Danish artist

Henry H La Thangue
A sketch of Henry Herbert La Thangue (1859-1929). An English realist rural landscape painter associated with the Newlyn School

Bjornstjerne Bjornson
A portrait of Bjornstjerne Bjornson (1832-1910). A Norwegian writer and winner of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry

New Somerset Hospital, Cape Town (b / w photo)
3092336 New Somerset Hospital, Cape Town (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: New Somerset Hospital, Cape Town)

Photograph of Grapes PH, Southwark (Old), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub

With the distressed hop pickers in Kent - a series of drawings by ILN Special Artist Mr H. C. Seppings Wright showing the poor conditions for hop pickers in Kent during bad wet weather

The Benin Expedition (litho)
1597317 The Benin Expedition (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Benin Expedition, rescuing the Wounded from the Fire at the Temporary Hospital)

The Benin Expedition, a Trader returning to the Coast (litho)
1597138 The Benin Expedition, a Trader returning to the Coast (litho) by Woodville, Richard Caton II (1856-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Benin Expedition)

Queen Victoria in Private Life (litho)
1593857 Queen Victoria in Private Life (litho) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queen Victoria in Private Life)

Fashionable guests at a masquerade ball, 1800. Woman in medival headdress, man in hussar uniform, man in striped breeches and bicorn, woman in mask and hooded habit. An opera ball, Year VIII, 1800

In the Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliotheque Nationale, 1897. The search for bygone fashions. Two women in dresses with corseted waists

Carved figures from Benin placed at the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill, SE London, thought to be associated with the hideous sacrificial rites of Benin. Date: 1897

Black Prince - Crewe Works
Black Prince, 7ft 0ins 4 wheels coupled compound passenger engine, side elevation, Crewe Works. Scale 1.5 inches: 1 foot. Signed FW Webb 1/5/97. Date: 1897

Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis, as design motif in wallpaper, borders and fabrics, 1897 (lithograph)
5855517 Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis, as design motif in wallpaper, borders and fabrics, 1897 (lithograph) by Grasset, Eugene (1841-1917); (add.info.: Lithograph by J)

Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis, as design motif in wallpaper, borders and fabrics, 1897 (lithograph)
5855516 Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis, as design motif in wallpaper, borders and fabrics, 1897 (lithograph) by Grasset, Eugene (1841-1917); (add.info)

Arrowhead, Sagittaria sagittifolia, as a design motif in wallpaper and fabric patterns, 1897 (lithograph)
5855511 Arrowhead, Sagittaria sagittifolia, as a design motif in wallpaper and fabric patterns, 1897 (lithograph) by Grasset

Geranium motif in wallpaper, border and fabric patterns, 1897 (lithograph)
5855505 Geranium motif in wallpaper, border and fabric patterns, 1897 (lithograph) by Grasset, Eugene (1841-1917); (add.info)

Botanical illustration of a geranium flower, petals, leaves, 1897 (lithograph)
5855503 Botanical illustration of a geranium flower, petals, leaves, 1897 (lithograph) by Grasset, Eugene (1841-1917); (add.info.: Lithograph by J)

Columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris, flower in patterns for wallpaper, stained glass and tiles, 1897 (lithograph)
5855496 Columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris, flower in patterns for wallpaper, stained glass and tiles, 1897 (lithograph) by Grasset

Periwinkle botanical study, 1897 (lithograph)
FLO4637909 Periwinkle botanical study, 1897 (lithograph) by Grasset, Eugene (1841-1917); (add.info.: Lithograph by Marcelle Gaudin with stencil handcoloring from Eugene Grassets Plants)

Chestnut tree botanical study, 1897 (lithograph)
FLO4637889 Chestnut tree botanical study, 1897 (lithograph) by Grasset, Eugene (1841-1917); (add.info.: Lithograph by M. P)

A Summer Evening, 1897 (oil on canvas)
987312 A Summer Evening, 1897 (oil on canvas) by Knight, Daniel Ridgway (1839-1924); 180x144 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Summer Evening. Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839-1924). Oil on canvas

Floreal, c. 1895-97 (oil on canvas)
985463 Floreal, c.1895-97 (oil on canvas) by Mowbray, Henry Siddons (1858-1928); 63.5x51 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Floreal. Henry Siddons Mowbray (1858-1928). Oil on canvas

Beauty Seeing the Image of her Home in the Fountain, 1897-8 (tempera on panel)
657112 Beauty Seeing the Image of her Home in the Fountain, 1897-8 (tempera on panel) by Southall, Joseph Edward (1861-1944); 46x46 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Portrait of Otto von Bismarck in Hunting Clothes with his Dog and a Dead Pheasant
824409 Portrait of Otto von Bismarck in Hunting Clothes with his Dog and a Dead Pheasant, 1897 (oil on canvas) by Heyden, Otto Johann Heinrich (1820-97); 110.5x78.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Madame Misia Natanson, 1897 (huile a l essence on board )
1768483 Madame Misia Natanson, 1897 (huile a l essence on board ) by Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901); 53x40.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Madame Misia Natanson)

Eve After the Fall, 1881; 1897 (bronze with brown patina)
1768438 Eve After the Fall, 1881; 1897 (bronze with brown patina) by Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917); 173 (height) cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Eve After the Fall. Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

Louis Francais (1814-1897) (b / w photo)
5220026 Louis Francais (1814-1897) (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Louis Francais (1814-1897)

Jean Poilloue De Saint-Mars (1832-1897) (b / w photo)
5219810 Jean Poilloue De Saint-Mars (1832-1897) (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jean Poilloue De Saint-Mars (1832-1897)

Antonio Canovas Del Castillo (1828-1897) (b / w photo)
5219781 Antonio Canovas Del Castillo (1828-1897) (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Antonio Canovas Del Castillo (1828-1897)

Girl at Shinnecock Hills, c. 1897 (oil on canvas)
1767398 Girl at Shinnecock Hills, c.1897 (oil on canvas) by Chase, William Merritt (1849-1916); 61x45.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl at Shinnecock Hills)

Byzantine head of a blond maiden; Tete byzantine d une femme blonde, c
1195295 Byzantine head of a blond maiden; Tete byzantine d une femme blonde, c.1897 (lithograph in colours) by Mucha, Alphonse Marie (1860-1939)

Female nude with grapes, 1897 (original) (etching)
1194948 Female nude with grapes, 1897 (original) (etching) by Rassenfosse, Armand (1862-1934); 28x21.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Belgian, out of copyright

Bathing Nymphs, 1897 (oil on canvas)
658995 Bathing Nymphs, 1897 (oil on canvas) by Bussiere, Gaston (1862-1929); 99x72 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Bathing Nymphs. Gaston Bussiere (1862-1928/29). Oil on canvas

A Sea Nymph Seated on a Rock with a Ribbon of Seaweed, 1897 (watercolour)
652098 A Sea Nymph Seated on a Rock with a Ribbon of Seaweed, 1897 (watercolour) by Glendening, Alfred, Jr. (1861-1907); 76.2x50.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

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In the year 1897, a myriad of remarkable events and creations unfolded, leaving an indelible mark on history. The guardian angel watched over humanity with unwavering devotion, offering solace and protection in times of need. Meanwhile, Peter the Cat by Louis Wain enchanted readers with its whimsical illustrations that brought joy to hearts young and old. Captured through the lens of Brahms' camera was a moment frozen in time, forever preserving memories for generations to come. In that same year, Amelia Earhart came into this world – a trailblazing aviator who would go on to defy societal expectations and inspire countless others with her daring spirit. Smithfield Market buzzed with activity as traders bartered their wares amidst the hustle and bustle of daily life. Across distant shores in Blackpool, Lancashire stood Nelson's Flagship Foudroyant - a majestic vessel steeped in maritime history that symbolized Britain's naval prowess. Edvard Munch unveiled his iconic woodcut masterpiece "The Kiss" during this transformative era; its raw emotion resonating deeply within all who beheld it. As H. M. S Victory broke through enemy lines at the Battle of Trafalgar, it etched itself into the annals of military triumphs forevermore. Tattooing emerged as an art form like no other when Mr. Sutherland Macdonald crafted his intricate designs upon willing canvases; one such Victorian lady proudly displayed her tattooed body as a testament to personal expression and individuality. Advertisements promoting Pre-Raphaelite exhibitions adorned city streets while gas lamps illuminated London's Thames Embankment – casting ethereal shadows upon those strolling along its banks. Thus, 1897 became an unforgettable chapter in history where guardian angels watched over us from above while artistic masterpieces captivated our souls. It was a time when pioneers like Amelia Earhart soared high above societal constraints and where the echoes of battle and triumph reverberated through the seas.