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The Illustrated London News 1885

• Gladstone's goverment falls and Lord Salisbury becomes Prime Minister
• July 6th - Louis Pasteur develops Rabies Vaccine
• Victor Hugo dies, aged 83
• The Canadian Pacific Railway is completed
• The first performance of Gilbert and Sullivans The Mikado in London
• General Gordon was killed by Dervishes two days before the relief of Khartoum

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January to June

• Colour - HRH Prince Edward of Wales - portrait, The Relief of Khartoum - Testing the Speadiness of Camels - tinted tan background, The Relief of Khartoum - From Korti to Mettameh on Road to Khartoum (2 page) - tinted tan background, Relief of Khartoum - Concert at Korti (tinted tan background), General Gordon - the Heroic Defender of Khartoum (portrait-tan tinted background), Birds Eye View of Country Around Herat Shewing Positions Occupied by Russia (topographic view - 2 page - tinted yellow), A Soldier’s Funeral (2 page tinted yellow), In the Row Hyde Park (2 page - tinted blueish gray), Leading Members of the Liberal Government (2 page - tinted grayish),

• The Nile Expedition,
• The Pantomimes,
• Dressing for the Charade,
• The War in the Soudan - an Affair With Outposts (2 page),
• The Earthquake in Spain, Nile Expedition - First Battalion,
• Naval Training of Prince Albert Victor of Wales and His Brother,
• British Navy - HMS Agamemnon, Nile - Departure of Lord Wolseley from Ambukol, Festivities of the Coming of Age of Prince Albert Victor of Wales, Proclaiming the British Protectorate of South East New Guinea tat Port Moresby (2 page), Nile Expedition - A Column of Troops Starting Across the Desert (2 page), Earthquake in Spain - People of Granada Taking Shelter in Wooden Huts and Tents, Skating Parties, The Earthquake in Spain, The Troubles in Bechuanaland South Africa, The Frozen Meat Trade of th e River Plate, Nile Expedition - An Alarm in the Desert (2 page), English Homes No. 1 - Windsor Castle (2 page plus others), The Late Colonel Frederick Burnaby - Royal Horse Guards Killed in the Soudan, The Late Colonel Burnaby in His Ride to Khiva, Nile Expedition - Advance on Khartoum (2 page), An Avalanche in Northern Italy (2 page vertical), The Dynamite Outrages - Westminster Hall and Scene of the Explosion in the Tower of London (several), The Relief of Khartoum - Major General Sir Herbert Stewart, Khartoum Relief Expedition (many), Convoy of Wounded, War in the Desert - A Running Fight (2 page - riding camels), Khartoum Expedition - Gakdul Wells, Khartoum Expedition - Officers, Gakdul Wells - Passing Water Down to the Troops, On the Desert March - Lower Well, Views of the Nile From Sketches by Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Grant, Views of Khartoum from Photographs, The Japanese Village, En Route to Bechanaland, With the Afghan Boundary Commission, Cossack Dance Before the Russian General Komaroff at Old Sarakis (half), Inspection of the Grenadier Guards by the Queen of Windsor Castle (2 page), The Blenheim Raphael Purchased From the Duke of Marlborough for the National Gallery, Sketches in the House of Commons During the Debate on the Vote of Censure, Afghan Boundary Commission (2 page), First Attempt to Take the Town of Metammeh (2 page), Sir Charles Wilson and His Party on the Island of Meruat After the Wreck of Their Steamer, Sir Charles Wilson’s Reconnaissance of Khartoum - Conflict With the Enemy Opposite Omdurman (2 page), The British Fleet - HMS Imperiuse Armed Cruiser, The Khan’s Kibitka - The Khan Starting for a Raid (half), Mussulman Pilgrims From Persia on the Way to the Holy City of Meshed (2 page), Bechuanaland Expedition, Ruler of Afghanistan (half), Sketches From the Mikado at the Savoy Theatre, The Afghan Question, The Ships of Our Navy - HMS Colussus, The Great Highway of Central Asia (camels), The Northwest Frontier of India, Carpet Weaving by Convicts in the Jail at Peshawur, Sketches on Board the Cunard Steamship Etruria, The Royal Visit to Ireland (2 page vertical), Preparations for War - Torpedo Boats, The Ships of the British Navy - HMS Collingwood, Map of Afghanistan and the Adjacent Territories of Russian Turkistan Prussia and India, View of Pulikhisti the Bridge of Brick Where the Russians Attacked the Afghan Outposts (2 page), Hillmen Travelling Through the Bolan Pass (half), Royal Visit to Ireland - The Drawingroom at Dublin Castle, The Prince and Princess of Wales in Ireland (2 page), Sketches from ‘The Magistrate’ at the Court Theatre, A St. Bernard Puppy - the Sleep of Innonence (half), Royal Party Passing Over Parnell Bridge Cork, State Ball at St. Patrick’s Hall Dublin Castle, Past Days on the Persian Border - Turkoman Raid the Tower of Refuge (2 page), Prince and Princess of Wales at Belfast - Festive Arches and Decorations, Procession Passing Along Castle Place Belfast, Prince and Princess of Wales at the Lakes of Killarney, Royal Party on the Lake at Killarney (half), Grand Durbar at Rawul Pindi - Arrival of the Viceroy of India (half page over 2 pages - panoramic view), Types of Russian Soldiery, Openings of the International Inventions Exhibition at South Kensington by the Prince of Wales, Russian Troops at Baku on Their Way to Central Asia (2 page), Sketches of Pictures at the Royal Academy (2 page), General Ghous ud Din Khan Commander of the Afghan Troops at Penideh With His Afghan Soldiers, Russian War Preparations - Firing Drill of a Sotnia of Circassian Cossacks, Sketches at the Rawul Pindi Durbar by Lieutenant Offley Shore, The Lakes of Killarney (several), The Lakes of Killarney (2 page), The Rebellion in the Northwest Territory of Canada - Captain French (Since Killed) Taking Three Indian Spies Prisoners, The Ameer of Afghanistan at the Rawul Pindi Durbar, The Rebellion in the Northwest Territory of Canada, The Artists Costume Ball at Princes Hall, Russian Military Positions in Asia - Krasnovodsk on the Caspian Sea, Funeral of the Late Sir Watkin William Wynn Bart, The New Opera ‘Manon’ at Drury Lane Theatre, The Rebellion in the Northwest Territory of Canada - Colonial Troops Marching Over the Ice of Nepigon Bay Lake Superior (2 page), Revisiting the Trenches of Tel-el-Kebir (2 page), Canadian Militia at Clarks Crossing on the South Saskatchewan, The Russian Advance in Asia From West to East, The Artist’s Costume Ball at Princes Hall Piccadilly , Rebellion in Northwest Territory of Canada - Indian Prisoners (half), Victor Hugo (2 page vertical portrait), Pastoral Play at Coombe House, Funeral of Victor Hugo in Paris, Rebellion in Northwest Territory of Canada - Battle of Fish Creek (2 page), The St. Petersburg and Cronstadt Maritime Canal Opened by the Emperor and Empress of Russia, Troubles of an Artis in Sketching From Nature, Asiatic Subjects of the Russian Empire - Kalmuck Tartars, North American Indians Attacking a Mail Coach (2 page), Opening of the Wareham and Swanage Railway, The Late Queen Emma of the Sandwich Islands, Melton the Winner of the Derby (half), Deer Shooting on a New York Lake, Prayer Procession for Rain in Germany, Ballooning in Bechuanaland, The Holloway Sanatorium Virginia Water, Lucerne and Neighborhood (2 page), The Fire at the Indian Museum South Kensington (half), Rambling Sketches Kentish Village Oxford, Sketches at the Ben Nevis Observatory, Campaign Against the Rebels in the Northwest Territory of Canada, Fishing Up Lost Anchors, The New Ministry (2 page - many portraits), Sketches in the West Pacific Islands (natives), etc.
• War in the Soudan illustrations - Bivouac in the Desert, The Desert March, Scene at the Wells of Abou Halfa (2 page), Making Clothes at Pimlico for the Troops Going to Souakim, Sketches by the Late Lieut. Col R. C. Coveny, The Late Major General William Earle, Death of Mr. Cameron Special Correspondent of the ‘Standard’ in the Battle of Jan. 18 (half), Burial of Mr. Cameron (half), Battle of Abou Klea - Repulse of the Arab Charge (2 page), The Battle of Abu Klea, Starting for Khartoum - Sir Charles Wilson With Escort of the Sussex Regiment Embarking at Gubat to Go Up the Nile (2 page), Afghan Boundary Commission (8 page section), Zereba and Advanced Redoubt Near Souakim, Sir Redvers Bullers Retreat From Mettameh to Korti, The Battle of Kerbekam (2 page), The Column on the March Between Gakdul and El Howeiyat, Gordons Native Soldiers Carrying the Wounded to Korti (half), A Night Attack on the Camp at Souakim (2 page), The Fight at Hasheen Near Soukim - the Lancers Charging on the Flank of Osman Digna’s Attack, The Fight of Sunday March 22 at McNeill’s Zereba (2 page), Facsimiles of Sketches in the Neighbourhood of Souakim, Australian Infantry Marching into Camp at Souakim, Facsimiles of Sketches at Souakim by our Special Artist Mr. Walter Paget, Destruction of Transport at Souakim, Departure of the Australian Contingent from Sydney New South Wales (half), March to Tamai - Inflating the Balloon, Amusements in Camp - A Menagerie Race (2 page), etc.

January 3rd

• Portrai and article of Mr George A Sala.
• The Nile Expedition: A Halt at Akasheh.
• Montage of the Christmas Pantomimes.
  3 portraits- Rev Lord Plunket, Bastien Lepage, Lt Col Labalmoniere.
  2 sketches of Sir Peter Lumsden at Meshed, Khorassan and Miandasht.
  Dressing for a Charade.
  A strange story: a tale told in 7 images.
  Article surrounding a map of the Nile as it was known.
  The War in the Sudan: An affair with outposts, by Caton Woodville.
  

January 10th

• The Earthquake in Spain
• Estipona, Port of Malaga, Cordova & and Malaga
• The Nile Expedition: 5 sketches by Melton Prior
• Portraits of Prince Henry of Battenberg and Princess Beatrice.
  The Nile Expedition: Inspection of Guards Camels at Dongola.
  The Nile Expedition: 1st Battalion Staffordshire regiment at Hannek Cataract,
  2 images of the Naval training of Prince Albert Victor and his Brother. Splicing a rope and portraits.
  The Nile Expedition: 4 sketches, Major Howard at Dongola, Lord Wolseley, Wadi Haifa, and an attack exercise.
  Portrait and Obituary of The Late Rt Rev Dr Jackson, Bishop of London.
  The German Annexation on the Coast of South Africa: Walvisch Bay
  The German Annexation on the Coast of South Africa: Angra Pequena.
  HMS AGAMEMNON.
  Shortnened Leave by Davidson Knowles.
  

January 17th

• Portrait and Obituary of The Late Major Brophy, 42nd Highlanders, drowned in the Nile.
• The Nile Expedition; The Guards Camel Corps.
• The Coming of Age of Prince Albert Victor.
  Proclaiming the British Protectorate of South-East New Guinea, at Port Moresby. (hoisting the Union Flag)
  6 pictures exhibited at the Wither Exhibition of the Royal Society.
  Sketches at the lord Mayors Juvenile Fancy dress
  COLOUR PLATE: HRH Prince of Wales.
  The Coming of Age of Prince Albert Victor: Ball at Sandringham.
  The Nile Expedition; A column of troops starting across the desert.
  

January 24th

• The Earthquake in Spain: People of Granada taking shelter.
• Afghanistan: The Boundary Commission: Gate of Matamai.
• Afghanistan: The Boundary Commission: Tomb of Omar Khayyoum, the Persian Poet, at Nishapore.
• Afghanistan: The Boundary Commission: Bazaar at Shahrud.
• Skating Parties.
• The Earthquake in Spain: 1) The Ruins of Alhama.2) Calle de Aquas, Alhama. 3) Procession of the Rose, Granada. 4) Street in Alhama. 5) Chapel of the High Church, Alhama. 6) The Tajo, Alhama.
• "Only that Rose" by W H Overend.
  The Troubles in Bechaunaland: Stopping the Traders` Waggons to take Toll in COSHEN.
  Boers of COSHEN sending their families away.
  The Frozen Meat Trade of the River Plate. 6 illustrations featuring, Colonia & Campana.
  Super Advertisement; C BRANDAEUR & Co Circular Ball Pointed Pens. With facsimile autographs of persons such as WM Thackeray, Anthony Trollope, George Cruikshanks, Sala and more.
  English homes Section: WINDSOR CASTLE
  The North Terrace, The 100 Steps, The Private Garden
  Superb Quality view of the Castle from a distance. By Montbard.
  

January 31st

• Portrait: The Late Colonel Frederick Burnaby, Guards, Killed in the Sudan.
• Portraits of Soldiers killed in the Sudan. Commander Alfred Pigott. Major W H Atherton. Lt Rudolph de Lisle.
• The Nile Expedition, Roya Engineers building a fort at Korti.
• The Late Col Burnaby in his "Ride to Khiva".
• The Nile Expedition, The advance on Khartoum.
  The Nile Expedition, Lord Wolseley`s HQ at Korti.
  The Nile Expedition, Unloading Boats.
  Portrait: The Late P C Asbjornsen, Norwegian writer and naturalist.
  Portrait: The Late Edmund About, French novelist and journalist.
  The Earthquake in Spain, ruins of Albunuelas.
  An Avalanche in Northern Italy. (Piedmont)
  The Dynamite Outrage, as follows on one page:
  Division lobby in the House of Commons, where the dynamite was placed.
  Effects of the explosion.
  The spot in Westminster Hall.
  The efects of the explosion in the House of Commons.
  Scene of the explosion in the Tower of London.
  The Bar in the House of Commons before the explosion.
  The Bar in the House of Commons after the explosion
  

February 7th

• The Relief of Khartoum: Major-General Sir Herbert Stewart, late commanding the advanced Brigade – (Front Page – Sudan)
• The Khartoum Relief Expedition – (2 s)
• The Khartoum Relief Expedition: Arrival of first Column at the Wells of Gakdui
• The Khartoum Expedition: A convoy of Wounded
• The Special correspondents camp at Korti
• The Dynamite Outrages: Police Constable Cole who carried the dynamite out of the crypt, Westminster Hall – James Gilber Cunningham taken into custody at the Tower
• The War in the Desert – A running fight – ( – Camels)
• The Relief of Khartoum: Testing the steadiness of Camels – 19th Hussars charging by a corner of the camel square
• The Relief of Khartoum: From Korti to Metammeh on the road to Khartoum: The start across the desert
• The Relief of Khartoum: Concert at Korti ‘ A sailor ‘at sea’ in the desert of Soudan –
  

February 21st

• Small portraits: The Late Lt Col R C Coveny (Black Watch) & The Late Col P H Eyre (South Staffs)
• The War in Sudan: Khartoum.
• Portrait: Lt Gen Sir Gerald Graham VC, Suakim, The Late Major L M Carmichael (Royal Irish).
• Sudan: View of the HQ at Korti.
  Desert March.
  Desert March At the Wells of Abou Halfa, Sudan
  Sudan: Sketches of clothes being made at Pimlico.
  Illustrated Article: The Japanese Village with 9 illustrations.
  Sketches on the "PEMBROKE CASTLE" by a Trooper of Methuen`s horse, on route to Bechuanaland.
  With The Afghan Boundary Commission; 5 images - 1) Shadrud. 2) Khorassan. 3) Chunar tree. 4) Meshed. 5) Damghan.
  Fine portrait: The Late Major General William Earle CB CSI, killed at the Battle if Kerbekan.
  WARWICK CASTLE, by Montbard
  The War in Sudan: Merawi, opposite Abou Dom.
  The War in Sudan: Camp at Handar.
  

February 28th

• Portrait: Maj Gen Sir Redvers Buller.
• Cheering after the arrival of Gordon`s Steamers at Metammeh.
• The War in Sudan: Death of Mr Cameron, correspondent for the Standard.
• The War in Sudan: Burial of Mr Cameron, correspondent for the Standard.
• With The Afghan Boundary Commission: Durbar at Kuhsan, delegates identified.
  With The Afghan Boundary Commission: Cossack dance before the Russian General Komaroff at Old Sarakhs.
  The War in Sudan: The Battle of Abou Klea.
  The War in Sudan: Inside the zereba.
  The War in Sudan: Nubian Soldiers under armed Effendi.
  Portrait: Ismail Pasha.
  The War in Sudan: The Fort at Abou Dom.
  Inspection of The Grenadier Guards at Windsor Castle.
  The War in Sudan: Merawi, opposite Abou Dom.
  The War in Sudan: Camp at Handar.
  

March 7th

• Sketches in the House of Commons during the debate on the Vote of Censure – (Front Page – Politics)
• The War in the Soudan: The eve of the Battle of Abou Klea / First view of the enemy of Abou Klea – ( – Sudan)
• The War in the Soudan: The Battle of Abou Klea: Our square advancing to the attack
• The War in the Soudan: Starting for Khartoum – Sir Charles Wilson with an escort of the Sussex Regiment, embarking at Gubat, to go up the Nile
• Map showing the disputed frontier between Russian Turkestan and Afghanistan
• The Afghan Boundary Commission: - (2 s – Afghanistan)
• The War in the Soudan: First Attempt to take the town of Metammeh

March 21st

• The War in the Soudan: Zereba and advanced redoubt near Souakim – (Front Page – Sudan)
• New Offices of the ‘Daily News’, Bouverie Street, Fleet Street – ( – London)
• The War in the Soudan: Sir Redvers Buller’s retreat from Mtammeh to Korti: The enemy pursuing and attacking at Abou Klea Wells
• The War in the Soudan: The Battle of Kerbekan: General Earle’s Troops attacking the enemy
• The War in the Soudan: Sir Bedvers Buller’s retreat from Metammer to Korti: The column on the march between Gakdul and El Howeiyat
• The Late Colonel Francis Lyon – Superintendent of the Royal Laboratory, Woolwich Arsenal – (1/4 Page - Portrait)
• The late Captain F.M.Goold-Adams, R.A. Superintendent of experiments at the School of Gunnery, Shouburyness – (1/4 Page – Portrait)
• With the Afghan boundary commission: The British Expedition fording the Murghab at Maruchak – ( – Afghanistan)
• The British Fleet: H.M.S. Imperieuse, armed cruiser, 7300 Tons, 8000 horse power, carrying ten guns – ( – Naval)
• ‘Those Laugh who Win’ by F DADD – ( – Art print)
• Various advertisements including ‘KANGAROO SAFETY BICYCLE’ – ‘NUBIAN HARNESS POLISH’ – ‘PARKINS & GOTTOS MAGIC PEN’ – ‘NESTLES MILK FOOD’ – ‘MAPLE & CO’ – ‘MAPPIN & WEBB’ – ‘MOUSON & CO CELEBRATED TOILET SOAPS’ etc
  

March 28th

• The War in the Soudan – (Front Page- Sudan)
• Three New Bishops – Right Rev E H Bickersteth, Bishop of Exeter / Right Rev Temple, Bishop of London / Right Rev E King, Bishop of Lincolnshire - ()
• The Khan’s Kibitka: The Khan starting for a raid
• With the Afghan Boundary Commission – ( – Afghanistan)
• Mussulman Pilgrims from Persia on the Way to the Holy City of Meshed – ( – Iran)
• The late Right Rev Christopher Wordsworth, Bishop of Lincoln – ( Portrait)
• Trinity Church, Bermuda – (1/4 Page)
• Presbyterian Church at Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand – (1/4 Page)
• The Late Mr Louis Haghe FormerPresident of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colour – (1/4 Page - Portrait)
• The Late Mr J J Jenkins former Secretary of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colour (1/4 Page – Portrait)
• The War in the Soudan: The Nile at the head of the Gerendid Cataract
• The Bechuanaland Expedition – ( – South Africa)
• Ophelia – from the picture by Maynard Brown – ( – Art Print)
• Many advertisements including ‘KANGAROO SAFETY BICYCLE’ – ‘PARKER UMBRELLA’ – MAPPIN & WEBB’ – ELLIMANS ROYAL EMBROCATION’ – ‘HEAL & SON’ – ‘LOUIS VELVETEEN’ – ‘MOUSON & CO CELEBRATED TOILET SOAPS’ etc

April 25th

• Cossack Artillery on the March.
• Sketches from "The Magistrate" at the Court Theatre
• Australian (NSW) Infantry marching into Souakim. War in the Sudan.
• Sketches at Souakim.
  Destruction of transport near Souakim.
  Departure of the Australian Contingent from Sydney, Australia.
  A St Bernard Puppy.
  Portrait: The Late Sir George Rose Sartorius, Admiral.
  Portrait: The Late Earl Cairns.
  1st Life Guards building their summer huts on the Nile. 2 images.
  Portrait: The Late Lt Col A E A Cross, 75th Gordon Highlanders
  Portrait: The Late Viscount Avonmore. 37th (Hampshire) Regiment.
  Portrait: The Late Lt A F T Edwards. 19th (Royal Irish) Regiment.
  CEAD MILE FAILTHI:- The Royal Visit to Ireland;
  Laying the foundation stone for the Museum of Dublin.
  Naming the "Alexanra" Basin. Dublin Docks.
  At Cork going on board for Queenstown.
  Passing over PARNELL Bridge, Cork.
  State ball at St Patrick`s Hall, Dublin.
  Presenting colours to the 32nd regt, Castle Gardens, Dublin.
  Lord Bandon proposing the Queen`s Health at Queenstown.
  Past days on the Persian Border - A Turkoman Raid: The Tower of refuge.
  

May 2nd

• Effects of the Explosion at the admiralty.
• The Battle of Hasheen, Sudan
• Royal Society Paintings: By Sir john Gilbert, Basil Bradley x 2 , Norman Taylor, H S Marks.
• Tinted in Colour Map: Birds Eye View of Country Around HEART, showing positions occupied by Russia.
• The March to TAMAI - inflating the balloon.
  CEAD MILE FAILTHI:- The Royal Visit to Ireland;
  A Belfast Montage Showing: Mechanics Arch, Arch in York Road, Albert memorial, Bicycle Arch, Arch in Glengall Street.
  The Procession passing along Castle Place, Belfast.
  The Royal Party at the Lakes of Killarney.
  The Royal Party on the Lakes of Killarney.
  Top Half The Grand Durbar at Rawalpindi
  Right Mounted Infantry burning Tamai.
  Left Sketches of the 31st Punjab Infantry
  

May 16th

• General Ghous-Ud-Din Khan, Commander of the Afghan Troops at Penjdeh.
• Trial of the Dynamite Conspirators at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey. Featuring the following personalities - Cunningham, Burton, Mr Justice Hawkins, Alderman Owden.
  The Nialsheni Pass, on the Heri Rud, with the Afgha Boundary Commission.
  The War in Sudan: 3 illustrations 1) The first train at Handoub Station. 2) The Scots Guards building a redoubt. 3) Monck`s redoubt.
  Russian War Preparations: Firing drill of a Sotnia of Circassian Cossacks.
  Mr Alexander Condie Stephen CB CMG, & Captain Yate, Bombay Staff Corps with the Afghan Boundary Commission.
  Captain Egerton A Denison. South Staffordshire Regiment - Commanding Canadian Volunteers on the Nile.
  Major J M W Beverhoudt, 17th Bengal N I & Lieutenant J B Richardson, 5th Lancers (Royal Irish), both killed in the Sudan.
  Sketches at the Rawlpindi Durbar,
  The Lakes of Killarney. By Montbard. from above Torc Waterfall. and muckross

June 6th

• Scene from As You Like It"
• Funeral of Victor Hugo at the Arc de Triomphe
• The Battle of Fish Creek, the rebellion in North West Canada
• The St Petersburg and Cronstadt Maritime Canal.
• Portrait: The Rev J E C Welldon, the new Head Master of Harow School.
  Portrait: The Late Rev G Currie,
  The New Liberal Club in Belfast.
  The Pantheon, Paris.
  The Time of Roses by Davidson Knowles.
  Troubles of an artist in Nature.
  North American Indians attacking a Mail Coach
  Asiatic Subjects of the Russian Empire, Kalmuck Tartars and Dwellings.
  

June 13th

• War in the Soudan and a Catch on the Nile
• Major general F D Middleton CB, Commander in Chies of the Colonial Militia in Canada.
• Opening of the Wareham and Swanage Railway. 4 views, as follows - 1) Swanage. 2) Corfe. 3) Wareham. 4) Swanage.
  The Fort at Bala Murghab, with the Afghan Boundary Commission.
  A surgical operation in the Murghab Valley, with the Afghan Boundary Commission.
  Super tinted engraving on quality paper. In The Row, Hyde Park. By R Caton Woodville.
  The Race for the Derby as in 1791
  Haysman`s New International College, Finchley Road, West Hampstead. London.
  The Late Sir Julius Benedict, Composer.
  Melton, Winner of the Derby.
  "Little Goods, Little Care" by Davidson Knowles.
  Prayer Procession for Rain in Germany, drawn by J Schonberg

• Portrait of General Gordon.
• The Khartoum Expedition Gaedul Wells.
• Khartoum from the Nile.
• Sketches by our Special artist Melton Prior. Khartoum.
• Gaedul Wells Passing Water Down to the Troops.from the Upper Well
• On the Desert March Lower Well at Gaedul.
• Four Sketches of Various Views of the Nile.
• Mounted Infantry Capturing the first Prisoner.
• The War in the Soudan A Bivouac in the Desert .

July to December

• There is a serialized fictional story "The Master of the Mine" by Robert Buchanan, with illustrations by W. H. Overend.
• The Royal Stag Hounds - 2 page
• There are special sections: The Royal Wedding Number - The Marriage of Princess Beatrice - engravings of the palaces, gifts, jewels, ceremony, portraits, etc.
• Inventions Exhibition - illustrations of machinery (printing press, watch factory) and musical instruments exhibits (Brinsmead pianofortes).
• A Buried Greek City in Egypt - Antiquities Discovered at Naukratis (3 pages).
• Some of the engravings (full page or 2-page size unless noted) are: The Pastoral Plays at Coomer House,
• Brown and Jones Go to Henley Regatta,
• Lugano and the Italian Lakes,
• Shadow and Sunlight - Drawn by Gunning King,
• Bass Fishing on the South Coast (2 page),
• Sketches of Sheffield,
• Last Sketches From the Soudan,
• The Evolutionary Squadron - Attack and Defense of Berehaven,
• Mr. H. M. Stanley the First Governor of the New Free State of the Congo (portrait), Rambling Sketches - Malvern, Sketches in Peshawar, The Queen of the Masque (2 page), An Eater Volunteer Review in New Zealand, Royal Visit to Leeds and Preston (2 page plus others), Excavation of the Great Temple of Luxor Upper Egypt (small engravings that look like photos), Sketches at the Wimbledon Rifle Meeting, Santa Lucia drawn by G. L. Seymour (brownish tinted), Over the Plains to Colorado - A Kansas Wheat field & A Roadside Station on the Plains, Musee Plantin at Antwerp, A River Picnic (2 page), The Marriage of Princess Beatrice (many, including some 2 page), Prince Henry of Battenburg in the Uniform of the Garde-du-Corps, Whippingham Church Isle of Wight, The Late General Ulysses S. Grant (portrait), Great Curling Match at the Glaciarium Southport, The Morning Ride (children on horses), National Liberal Club Whitehall Place, A Street in Tangier, Launch of the HMS Icarus at Devonport, The Genesta Eighty ton Cutter Yacht, ‘God Save the Queen’ at the Inventions Exhibition (2 page), The Invention and Music Exhibition, American Watch Company at Waltham Mass at the Inventions Exhibition, Brinsmead Pianofortes, The Afghan Boundary Question The Road Through the Bolan Pass, Industry (women sewing), Idleness (woman sleeping in hammock), Over the Plains to Colorado - Approaching a Station on the Plains & Cattle on the Arkansas River, Rambling Sketches the Isle of Thanet, Sketches of Herat - by Major Holdich and Captain Peacocke - Officers of the Survey Department Afghan Boundary Commission (5 views on 2 pages), At the Royal Yacht Squadron Club Cowes, Sketches of a Trip to Norway (2 page), Over the Plains to Colorado - Dead Over-driven Sheep & Emigrants on Their Way West, Rambling Sketches the Isle of Thanet Margate, Bolan Pass Road and Railway, The Funeral of General Grant New York (several), Sketches of a Stockman’s Life in Australia (2 page), English Homes - No. 11 Hatfield House the Seat of the Marquis of Salisbury (2 page plus others), Sketches in the Caroline Islands Disputed Between Germany and Spain, The Intended New Bridge Over the Thames at the Tower, The American Champion Yacht Puritan, Fishing on the Norfolk Broads, Cruise on the Norfolk Broads (2 page), Mr. Gladstone in Norway, At the Regatta, A Railway in Colorado (half page), Rambling Sketches Gower South Wales, Fountains Abbey Yorkshire, English Homes No. III - The Queen’s Highland Home Balmoral (2 page plus others), Our Autumn Cruise - Revictualizing the Yacht, Return of the Guards From the Soudan, Sir J. Everett Millais Bart R.A. portrait, Pilotage in the English Channel (2 page), Revolution in Eastern Roumelia - Prince Alexander with His Servant, Prince of Wales in Norway, Prince and Princess of Wales in Sweden and Denmark (several), Sketches in an English Hop Garden, A ‘Snorter’ in the Bay of Biscay (2 page of ship in storm), Hunting the Badger at Stanford Park, In the Plains of Roumelia, Bulgarian Bandits Brouts into Roumelia, Snow Skating in Norway (skiing), A Cruise on the Zuider Zee, The Coming Storm - Winding up the Boats, The Municipal Jubilee, The Late Earl of Shaftsbury (portrait), The Revolt in Albania, Rambling Sketches Abinger Surrey, The Irwell at Manchester, Wild Boar Hunting in Northern Albania (2 page), The Manchester Ship Canal Celebration (2 page), Lord Salisbury Addressing the Conservative Association at Newport Monmouthshire, Manchester Ship Canal Great Meeting, Views in the Fiji Islands, Sketches of Fijian Life (2 page), Sketches in Burmah, Preparing to Blow up Rocks at Hell Gate in the East River New York, Scene of the Blowing up of the Hell Gate Rocks as Viewed from Eighty Seventh Street New York (half page), Revolution in Roumelia - Turkish Redifs on Board a Transport, City of Dublin’s Steam Packet Company’s New Mail Steamer Ireland, Rambling Sketches Kemsing Kent, Re-opening of the Restored Nave of St. Alban’s Abbey, The Difficulty With Burmah (ambassadors in traditional dress), Turkey in Europe map, Lime Cutting in India, English Homes No. IV Blenheim (2 page plus others), Election Campaign in Scotland, Mandalay the Capital of the Kingdom of Burmah, The Mohurrum Festival in Bombay, Shoeing Oxen and Horses at a Servian Smithy, A Burmese Minister of State in Military Dress, Sketches in Brighton, Election Sketches - the Irish Party at the National Hall Glasgow, Expulsion of Jews From Eastern Roumelia, Rambling Sketches - Rustic Interiors in Surrey and Kent, Norwegian Lynx Killing a Reindeer, A Wood Nymph by Jean Baptiste Greuze (portrait tinted brown), Election Campaign - Mr. Gladstone in the Free Church at Edinburgh, Humours of Electioneering (2 page plus others), Election Campaign - Mr. Gladstone at the Albert Hall, Expedition to Burmah - An Elephant Battery in Action, Baku on the Caspian, Lady Students at the National Gallery (several), A Buried Greek City in Egypt, King Milan of Servia, Fire Temple at Baku on the Caspian, House of Commons in 1799 - Mr. Pitt Addressing the House (2 page), The War Between Servia and Bulgaria (many, including several 2 page), Sketches in Burmah - the Sacred White Elephant, Politics in the Nursery, The Greek Play at Cambridge University, Scindia’s Fortress of Gwalior Central India, Funeral of the Late King of Spain, Picturesque Canada, War in the East - Prince Alexander Decorating Bulgarian Troops, Members of the New House of Commons (several), The War in the East (many battle scenes), Priscilla - from a drawing by Florence Gravier (brownish tinted portrait - this has a few waterstains).

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  Photos include: On the Summit of Ben Nevis - From Photographs by Messrs Johnston & Mason of Glasgow, Photograph From Life - Our Girls and Our Boys by J. Thomson

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