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Rischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection

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

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305 Photo Mugs

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Royal Engineers

Royal Engineers
circa 1850: An officer of the Royal Engineers gives orders to two privates. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Ludwig Van Beethoven

Ludwig Van Beethoven
German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827). Original Artwork: Portrait August von Kloeber (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: HMS Vanguard

HMS Vanguard
1st August 1798: Nelsons ship Vanguard at the head of the British fleet, with signal flags flying, faces the French at the Battle of the Nile in Aboukir Bay during the Napoleonic Wars

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Gamo Captured

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)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Bronte Sisters by Patrick Branwell Bronte

Bronte Sisters by Patrick Branwell Bronte
circa 1834: English writers Anne, Emily and Charlotte Bronte

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens
English novelist Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870). (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Sitting Dickens

Sitting Dickens
English writer Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870), from the original wet-plate negative by Herbert Watkins. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Dumas Birthplace

Dumas Birthplace
The Rue Alexandre Dumas in Villers-Cotterets in Picardy, showing the house, which was the birthplace of French writer, Alexandre Dumas (pere) (1802 - 1870). (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Bull Baiting

Bull Baiting
circa 1810: A tethered bull is baited with dogs and sticks. An engraving by I Clark after Henry Alken (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Pantomime Audience

Pantomime Audience
8th January 1848: The audience for a pantomime, ranging from a beerswilling old woman in the gallery, to a superior young man and a family in a box and a mixed group in the pit

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), the 16th President of the United States of America (1861 - 1865). (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Musical Mozarts

Musical Mozarts
German composer Leopold Mozart (1719 - 1787) playing the violin accompanied by his seven year old son Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) on the harpsichord

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Times Of The Day

Times Of The Day
A lady makes her way through Covent Garden in London, ignoring the scenes of public debauchery, 1736. An engraving of Morning from the Four Times of the Day series of paintings by William Hogarth

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Womens Vote

Womens Vote
1853: A cartoon about the effects of giving women the vote with the ladies candidate being a dashing young man and the mens just the opposite

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Bull And Mouth Sign, Guild Hall Museum, London

Bull And Mouth Sign, Guild Hall Museum, London
1887: Sign of the Bull and Mouth in the Guild Hall Museum, London

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Unhappy Lot

Unhappy Lot
1895: A policeman fending off an angry crowd in the east end of London. Graphic - Taking One Consideration with another a policemans lot is not a happy one - pub

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Wagners Birthplace

Wagners Birthplace
circa 1910: The birthplace in Leipzig of German composer Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883). (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Pet Food

Pet Food
circa 1895: A woman sells pet food from a wheel barrow. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Dragoon Guard

Dragoon Guard
circa 1900: An officer of the 1st Dragoon Guards in full uniform. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Mounted Soldier

Mounted Soldier
circa 1910: A Sergeant Major in the Imperial Light Horse forces. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Small Love

Small Love
circa 1890: Portrait of the dwarves, C Hester and Miss Wrigley. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: The Plate Room

The Plate Room
circa 1900: The Plate Room in the Hotel Cecil, showing the cutlery and silverware. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Hamburg Cocks

Hamburg Cocks
circa 1900: Cockerels and chickens of the Hamburg breed, showing variations in colour and markings. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Viking Remains

Viking Remains
circa 1920: The remains of a Viking longship found at Gokstad in South Norway. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Newcomen Engine

Newcomen Engine
circa 1908: The Newcomen engine at Farme Colliery, Rutherglen, which was made in the 1730s and was one of the first to use Thomas Newcomens steam engine. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Stage Wall

Stage Wall
circa 1950: The wall of the stage at the Theatre of Dionysius, below the Acroplis, in Athens. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Scottish Parliament

Scottish Parliament
circa 1900: Parliament Square and the Law Courts in the Old Town area of Edinburgh on the Royal Mile

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Guy De Maupassant

Guy De Maupassant
circa 1885: French writer Henry Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant (1850 - 1893), a master of the short story and author of the acclaimed Boule de Suif. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Domesday Chest

Domesday Chest
The ancient chest which contained the Domesday Book is still preserved in the Public Records Office. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: A Harpist

A Harpist
circa 1890: A harpist playing her instrument. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Glory Of God

Glory Of God
29th December 1894: A painting, Give Me The Lowest Place

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Triple Camera

Triple Camera
circa 1910: C W Lockes cinematograph house and triple dioramic apparatus. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Cervantes House

Cervantes House
circa 1915: The house where Spanish novelist and poet Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra corrected the first proof of Don Quixote. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
1845: Open here I flung the shutter, when with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore....... From The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Ladies Football

Ladies Football

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Car On Truck

Car On Truck
October 1905: The Maxwell Briscon truck first used at the Vanderbilt Cup Race. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Row Of Medals

Row Of Medals
circa 1930: A row of medals, (left to right) the Victoria Cross, Crimea Medal, New Zealand Medal and the Legion of Honour. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: The Retreat

The Retreat
circa 1910: The drums of a military band beating at retreat. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Railway Signals 1844

Railway Signals 1844
1844: British railway signals as they were at the birth of the age of steam. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Westminster Cathedral

Westminster Cathedral
circa 1895: The Roman Catholic Cathedral in Westminster, London. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Haystack Boiler

Haystack Boiler
circa 1908: The Newcomen haystack boiler at Farme Colliery, Rutherglen, which was made in the 1730s and was one of the first to use Thomas Newcomens steam engine. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Indian Christmas

Indian Christmas
circa 1900: A British family celebrating Christmas in India. Rischgitz Collection By E K Johnson (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Treasure Of Priam

Treasure Of Priam
1874: Treasures discovered by Heinrich Schliemann at Hisarlik and wrongly identified as belonging to Priam King of Troy. They actually came from an earlier, pre-Homeric site

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Evening Gown

Evening Gown
1916: An evening dress in brocaded crepe de chine, trimmed with velvet. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Sandy Combe Lodge

Sandy Combe Lodge
circa 1910: Sandy Combe Lodge in Twickenham, the former home of the English painetr, Joseph Turner. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Equality Of Race

Equality Of Race
1816: Governor Daveys proclamation of mutual friendship and justice printed in easily understood pictures for illiterate Aborigines

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Circle Of Serpents

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

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Newcomen Engine

Newcomen Engine
circa 1908: Details of the Newcomen engine at Farme Colliery, Rutherglen, which was made in the 1730s and was one of the first to use Thomas Newcomens steam engine. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Royal Hussar

Royal Hussar
circa 1847: An officer of the 10th Prince of Wales Own Royal regiment of Hussars in an ornate uniform, the horse also dressed. Rischgitz Collection (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Pickwick Papers

Pickwick Papers
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickins, Vol 1, title page drawn by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Game Of Billiards

Game Of Billiards
circa 1850: Two couples playing a game of billiards at a private residence. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Algerian Piracy

Algerian Piracy
1st May 1681, The peaceful merchant ship Kingfisher being attacked by Algerian pirates. Original Artwork: Piracy by Monamy (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: The Hulton Archives

The Hulton Archives
Fine Art Storehouse The Hulton Archives

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Victorian Courtship

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)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Franciscan Monk

Franciscan Monk
A Franciscan monk of the Arrabida Order, circa 1850. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Trevithicks Railway

Trevithicks Railway
Richard Trevithicks London Railway and Locomotive at Euston Square, run as an entertainment before the potential of his new high pressure steam engine became fully realised

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Unifying Italy

Unifying Italy
March 1849: The Austrian army, led by Count Radetzky, defeats the Sardinians under King Charles Albert of Piedmont at the Battle of Novara

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Presbyterian Prayer

Presbyterian Prayer
Circa 1670, A Presbyterian Minister blessing two chalices on a makeshift altar whilst congregation members take the Sacrament at a Covenanters Communion

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Telegraph Machines

Telegraph Machines
1837: Two Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph machines which were used on the line between Paddington and Slough. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: A Writers Home

A Writers Home
circa 1920: The house in Richmond, Surrey where English novelist Mary Ann Evans, aka George Eliot lived from September 1855 until January 1858

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: D Alberts Quadrille

D Alberts Quadrille
circa 1775: The cover of a score for the Court of St James, a quadrille by composer Charles d Albert (1864 - 1932). (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Wedding Dress

Wedding Dress
circa 1878: A wedding dress with a bustle, decorated with flowers. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Spinning Machine

Spinning Machine
1769: Richard Arkwrights flyer spinning frame, also known as the throstle or roll drawing machine

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Morning Gowns

Morning Gowns
Women wearing the latest in morning dresses with draped bodices, gigot sleeves and belted waists. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: German Occupation

German Occupation
Interior of the Gallery of Mirrors, Versailles, converted into a German hospital during the Franco-Prussian War. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: French Romance

French Romance
15th century manuscript of the french poem La Roman de la Rose, circa 1490.(Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Egyptian Monolith

Egyptian Monolith
Cleopatras Needle at its original site in Alexandria before it was brought to England in the 1870 s. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Ark Royal

Ark Royal
The Ark Royal, originally called Ark Raleigh, 1550. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Rebecca Riots

Rebecca Riots
Welsh men dressed as women destroying a fence, which lists their grievances brought about by the economic recession, during the Rebecca Riots in Wales. Punch - Rebecca And Her Daughters - pub

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Gambling Den

Gambling Den
A group of ladies and gentlemen surround the table at a casino, while below, a poor man is escorted from the premises by two stewards. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: House Of Lords

House Of Lords
The House of Lords, London. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Nelsons Cortege

Nelsons Cortege
The funeral cortege of English naval commander Horatio Nelson makes it way up Temple Bar in London on its way to St Pauls Cathedral. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Fashion Victims

Fashion Victims
Men and women wearing extreme fashions in 1818. Original Artwork: Engraving by George Cruikshank. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: To Bury Fair

To Bury Fair
A coach taking passengers to Bury Fair. Original Artwork: Artist - John Ogborne. Engraving - Joseph Strutt (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Battle of Zenta

Battle of Zenta
An illustration commemorating the victory of the Austrian and Imperial forces, led by Prince Eugen of Savoy, over the Turks at the Battle of Zenta, 11th September 1697

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Grape Harvest

Grape Harvest
Grape harvesters from local villages at work in the vineyards of Chateau Lafitte in the Medoc region of France. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Loading The Magnolia

Loading The Magnolia
1861: Cottonbales being thrown into the riverboat Magnolia. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Rochester Bridge

Rochester Bridge
circa 1850: Sailing boats on either side of Rochester Bridge over the River Medway in Kent. Rochester Castle stands on the left. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Child Labour

Child Labour
circa 1800: A young chimney sweep dressed in rags and covered in soot. Original Publication: From Lower Orders of the Metropolis (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Armoury

Armoury
circa 1860: A smith hammers out a hunk of metal in his workshop, watched by an anxious woman. Beside him stands a finished breastplate. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Pilgrims Progress

Pilgrims Progress
circa 1875: Angels giving the roll to Christian. From John Bunyans The Pilgrims Progress. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Poultry Farm

Poultry Farm
circa 1850: The tenant cock briskly crows. Original Artwork: After Charles Harvey Weigall, (British artist, op.1810-m.1877) (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Military Craftsmen

Military Craftsmen
1794: Royal Military Artificers in working dress. Original Artwork: Printed by M & N Hanhart (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageRischgitz Collection Photo Mug Collection: Military Craftsmen

Military Craftsmen
1786: British soldiers of an artificer company in working dress. Original Artwork: Printed by Hullmandel & Walton (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)



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