Rischgitz Collection

Gamo Captured
The capture of the Spanish frigate El Gamo by Commander Lord Thomas Cochrane in the HMS Speedy, off Barcelona, 6th May 1801. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Battle Of Breitenfeld
The First Battle of Breitenfeld, one of the battles fought during the Thirty Years War (1618 - 1648), fought 17th September 1631 near the village of Breitenfeld, Saxony, now a suburb of Leipzig

Victorian Courtship
circa 1860: A teasing tussle over a card, at a gathering on St Valentines Day. London Stereoscopic Company Comic Series - 444 (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Circle Of Serpents
The other two looked on, exclaiming Ah! How does thou change, Agnello!. An engraving by Gustave Dore, illustrating Canto XXV of Dantes Inferno, written circa 1310

Bathing Belle
1894: A Victorian woman dressed for the beach. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Valentines Day
circa 1860: Two victorian women admiring Valentine cards, in a domestic setting. London Stereoscopic Company Comic Series - 75 (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Guardian Angel
circa 1865: The ghost of a woman appears to a girl at prayer by her bedside. London Stereoscopic Company Comic Series - 183 (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

City Policeman
1896: Policeman on duty near Bank station, London. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

The Bumps
A group of boys using a sheet to toss and catch one of their fellows, circa 1850. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Junior Escapologists
One boy watches as two others race each-other to escape from their bonds, circa 1850. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Moscow Shop
The staff of a Moscow grocers store enjoy a quiet cup of tea before closing up, 1874. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Dragging Coal
A shackled woman and child dragging a container of coal along a mineshaft, 1842. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Dawn To Sunset
From Dawn to Sunset, a grim view of the life of a poor man and his family in Victorian Scotland, circa 1861. A painting by Thomas Faed. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cotton Factory
Textile workers in a British cotton factory, where processes include carding, drawing and roving. Engraving by J Cart after an original work by T Allom, circa 1840

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