Nineteenth Collection (page 6)

Thomas Sidney Cooper, 1803 - 1902. English landscape painter. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June 1894

Sir Richard Temple II, 1st Baronet, 1826 - 1902. Seen here aged 68. Administrator in British India and a British politician. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June 1894

Looking north in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. After a watercolour by E. A. Wilson. Edward Adrian Wilson, 1872 - 1912. English physician, polar explorer, natural historian, painter and ornithologist

A relief party in search of Sir Jon Franklin. Sir John Franklin, 1786 - 1847. English Royal Navy officer, explorer of the Arctic and Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemens Land (now Tasmania)

Native Eskimos fishing in the ice, 19th century. From British Polar Explorers, published 1943

North Pole. After an imaginary sketch by Sir John Ross. Admiral Sir John Ross, 1777 - 1856. British naval officer and Arctic explorer. From British Polar Explorers, published 1943

Georges Benjamin Clemenceau, 1841 - 1929. French politician, physician, journalist and Prime Minister of France during the First World War. From The Pageant of the Century, published 1934

View of the arctic sea from the mouth of the Copper Mine River, midnight, July 1821. After a coloured aquatint from Sir John Franklins Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, 1788 - 1824, aka Lord Byron. English nobleman, poet, peer, politician, and leading figure in the Romantic movement

James Thomas Fields, 1817 - 1881. American publisher, editor, and poet. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Tolstoy in his study. Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, 1828 - 1910, aka Leo Tolstoy. Russian writer. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

John Milton Hay, 1838 - 1905. American statesman, 37th United States Secretary of State, author, poet and biographer. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Rev. John Watson, 1850 - 1907, known by his pen name Ian Maclaren. Scottish author and theologian. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Lucy Larcom, 1824 - 1893. American teacher, poet, and author. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Signor Valdes in his study. Armando Palacio Valdes, 1853 -1938. Spanish novelist and critic. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Bayard Taylor, 1825 - 1878. American poet, literary critic, translator, travel author, and diplomat. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Sir James Clark Ross, 1800 - 1862. British naval officer and explorer. From British Polar Explorers, published 1943

Interior of a Cree Indian Tent. After a coloured aquatint from Sir John Franklins Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, 1819-1822. From British Polar Explorers, published 1943

A gale in the Arctic ice pack, January 1842. After a lithograph by Davis, from Rosss Voyage of Discovery, 1839-1843. From British Polar Explorers, published 1943

Passage through the ice, June 1818. After a coloured aquatint from Sir John Rosss Voyage of Discovery, 1819. Admiral Sir John Ross, 1777 - 1856. British naval officer and Arctic explorer

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, 1844 - 1911. American author, essayist and activist. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, 1828 - 1910, aka Leo Tolstoy. Russian writer. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Eugene Field Sr. 1850 - 1895. American author, writer of childrens poetry. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett, 1849 - 1924. British-American novelist and playwright. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c. 1900

Kiplings home in Rottingdean, East Sussex, England. Joseph Rudyard Kipling, 1865 - 1936. English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist

James Bryce in his study. James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, 1838 - 1922. British academic, jurist, historian and Liberal politician. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c

The house of Harriet Beecher Stow, Hartford, Connecticut, America. Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe, 1811 - 1896. American abolitionist and author

A letter received by James Loveless from his brother George Loveless dated September 10, 1834. George Loveless, 1797-1874. Dorchester labourer and Tolpuddle martyr

Henrik Johan Ibsen, 1828 - 1906. 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. Seen here aged 43. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June 1894

Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, 1847 - 1935. Scottish composer, conductor and teacher. Seen here aged 21. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June 1894

Sir Alfred Wills, 1828 - 1912. Judge of the High Court of England and Wales and a well-known mountaineer. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June, 1894

Charles Dickens as Captain Coldstream in the Charles Mathews play Used Up. Charles John Huffam Dickens, 1812 - 1870. English writer and social critic of the Victorian era

Brigadier General Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, 1st Baron Wantage, 1832 - 1901. British soldier, politician, philanthropist, benefactor to Wantage

Louisa Starr, later Louisa Canziani, 1845- 1909. British painter. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June, 1894

John Lothrop Motley, 1814 - 1877. American author and diplomat. From International Library of Famous Literature, published c.1900

Henry Scott Holland, 1847 - 1918. Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford and a canon of Christ Church, Oxford. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June, 1894

Fern fossils in coal. From The Worlds Foundations or Geology for Beginners, published 1883

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian, 1847 - 1929. British Liberal politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, From The Strand Magazine

John James Stewart Perowne, 1823 - 1904. English Anglican bishop of Worcester. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June, 1894

Ernest Louis Charles Albert William, 1868 - 1937. The last Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June, 1894

Sir William Horne, 1774 - 1860. British barrister and Liberal politician. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934

Lieutenant Daniel Godfrey, 1831-1903, father of Sir Dan Godfrey, 1868 - 1939, British music conductor. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June, 1894

Edwin Berkeley Portman, 1830 -1921. English barrister and Liberal politician. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934

Charles John Huffam Dickens, 1812 - 1870. English writer and social critic. Seen here aged 23. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June, 1894

Facsimile of a letter from the wives of the Tolpuddle Martyrs to Lord John Russell thanking him for his part in bringing about the pardons for their husbands

Andrew Ernest Stoddart, 1863 - 1915. Sportsman who played international cricket and rugby union for England. From The Strand Magazine, published January to June, 1894

Le Pont Marie, Paris, France in the 19th century, After the painting by Charles Francois Daubigny. From L Illustration, published 1936

The Quai du Louvre and the Pont des Arts, Paris, France in the 19th century. After the painting by Richard Parkes Bonington. From L Illustration, published 1936

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