Skip to main content

Home > Photo Libraries > Rischgitz Collection

Rischgitz Collection (page 7)

Remarkable and historic photographs of people and events that particularly interested Augustus Rischgitz

305 items

Background imageRischgitz Collection: Anti-Corn Law

Anti-Corn Law
A cartoon showing the floor of Covent garden being scrubbed clean of the words Anti-Corn Law whilst a top-hatted man and his assistants purify the air

Background imageRischgitz Collection: Sea Bathing

Sea Bathing
A huddle of bathing machines trundle into the sea at Scarborough, allowing demure tourists to swim in total privacy. Original Artwork

Background imageRischgitz Collection: Junks At War

Junks At War
The Honourable East India Cos steamer Nemesis and the boats of the Sulphur, Calliope, Larne and Starling destroying Chinese war junks at Ansons Bay during the First Opium War

Background imageRischgitz Collection: The Milkmaid

The Milkmaid
circa 1800: A young girl with a milking stool and bucket prepares to draw milk from the cows. Original Artwork: Painting by William Pearce, (British artist)

Background imageRischgitz Collection: Drury Lane Theatre

Drury Lane Theatre
1840: The wrestling scene in a performance of Shakespeares As You Like It at Drury Lane Theatre. Original Artwork: Engraving by T H Ellis after T H Shepherd (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection: Ojibwa War Dance

Ojibwa War Dance
circa 1800: Four members of the Ojibwa tribe perform a war dance. From left to right, they are Pat-au-a-quot-a-wee-be (Flying Cloud), Sa-Mah (Tobacco)

Background imageRischgitz Collection: The Arrival

The Arrival
1824: Western Entrance into Cockney Land. Smart carriages and elegant horsemen flock past the western gate of Londons Hyde Park

Background imageRischgitz Collection: Henley Regatta

Henley Regatta
circa 1880: Spectators in punts and enclosures at the Henley Royal Regatta. Original Artwork: Drawn by Arthur Hopkins (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection: Britannia Bridge

Britannia Bridge
23rd March 1850: The entrance to the Britannia Tubular Bridge, designed by Robert Stephenson. Original Publication: Illustrated London News (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection: Charlotte Bronte

Charlotte Bronte
circa 1840: English novelist Charlotte Bronte (1816 - 1855). Original Artwork: Portrait by Thompson. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection: Battle Charge

Battle Charge
18th June 1815: Curassiers charging the Highlanders at the Battle of Waterloo, Belgium, during the Napoleonic Wars. Original Artwork: Painting by Francois Fleming. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection: Emily Bronte

Emily Bronte
circa 1835: English poet and author of Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte (1818 - 1848). Original Artwork: Painting by Charlotte Bronte. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection: Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll
circa 1875: English nonsense writer and versifier, author of Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll ( 1832 - 1998)

Background imageRischgitz Collection: Busy Fleet Street

Busy Fleet Street
1894: A policeman directs traffic and pedestrians on Londons Fleet Street, on a rainy day. A paperboy crosses the road selling copies of the Globe. Original Artist: By Marcus, from Modern Art

Background imageRischgitz Collection: Clerkenwell Tunnel

Clerkenwell Tunnel
January 1868: Entrance to Clerkenwell Tunnel on the Metropolitan railway. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection: Mobile Cafe

Mobile Cafe
The London Supperette Car Company opens a refreshment car near Brixton Station. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection: Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving
23rd April 1789: A thanksgiving service for the recovery of King George III of Great Britain in St Pauls Cathedral, London

Background imageRischgitz Collection: Watching Cockfight

Watching Cockfight
A crowd of men watching a cockfighting contest in the Cock-Pit Royal, circa 1735. Original Artwork: By William Hogarth. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)



All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping