British Empire Collection (page 2)

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Louisbourg, Canada, besieged by New Englanders under the British flag, 1745. Hand-colored woodcut of a contemporary chart

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Montreal, Canada, seen from the St. Lawrence River, 1760. Hand-colored woodcut

Gatling-gun fired by British sailors, 1870s
Gatling-gun in use by the Royal Navy, 1878. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Unwrapping an Egyptian mummy, Cairo, 1880s
British and Egyptian officials unwrapping an Egyptian mummy in the Boulak Museum, Cairo, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Charles Cornwallis, British general who surrendered at Yorktown in the American Revolution. Hand-colored engraving of a painting

Lord North, English prime minister during the American Revolution
Frederick North, known as Lord North, prime minister to King George III. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Swan Hotel in the diamond-mining region of South Africa, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century photograph

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Prospectors working the diamond diggings near Colesberg, South Africa, 1872. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Native workers descending into a diamond mine near Johannesburg, South Africa, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Lunch for visitors to an ancient Egyptian temple, 1800s
Tourists having lunch in the remains of an ancient Egyptian temple at Medinet, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Boer marksmen in battle against the British in the Transvaal, 1881. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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British 92nd Highlanders skirmish with Boers in the Transvaal War, South Africa, 1881. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Fantee huts, Ashanti Colony in Africa, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Queen of Uganda receiving British explorers Speke and Grant
John Speke introduces James Grant to the Queen of Uganda. Hand-colored woodcut from Spekes Journal, 1864

British surround Cronjes camp at Paardeberg, Boer War
English bombardment of Paardeberg to capture Cronje in the Boer War, 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an eyewitness illustration

Western Australia province, 1800s
Map of Western Australia, 1870s. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Sailing-ship firing on a fort in Jamaica during colonial times. Hand-colored woodcut

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Jamaican women carrying bananas to a seaport, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Leonard Parkinson, a captain of Maroons during a Negro insurrection in Jamaica, 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a contemporary illustration

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Native people on their way to market in Kingston, Jamaica, circa 1890. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Plantation coffee-mill, surrounded by stone terraces, Jamaica, circa 1890. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Native women carrying coal onto a steamship at Kingston, Jamaica, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Map of Asia, circa 1870. Printed color lithograph, 19th century

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Goorkahs serving in the British military during Sepoy Mutiny, India, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Brirish Royal Horse Artillery charge against unmounted natives near Allahbad, India, during the Sepoy Rebellion, 1857. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Papuan natives, 1800s
Group of Koyari chiefs and their families, southeast New Guinea, 1800s. Hand-colored engraving reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

Ruler of Delhi and his attendants, 1800s
King of Delhi and his court, including a Brahaman student (right). Antique hand-colored print

Men from Kashmir and the Himalayas, India
Men from the Himalayan region of India, and a soldier of the maharajah of Kashmir. Antique hand-colored print

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British official reading the Decree of Expulsion to Acadians in Canada, 1755. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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British removing Acadians from Canada in 1755. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Deportation of the Acadians by the British, 1755. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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A fleet of tea-ships in the China Sea, 1880s. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Shah Allum, Mogul of Hindostan, reviewing troops of the British East India Company, 1781. Hand-colored woodcut

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Unloading tea-ships in the British East India Companys docks, London, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Front of the old British East India House. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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British administrator of Gambia meeting with a native chief, 1889. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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British tourists ascending the Great Pyramid in Egypt, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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British naval brigade using a Gatling gun to occupy Alexandria, Egypt, 1882. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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British officer Sir Garnet Wolseley receiving news during the Ashanti War in Africa, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Native soldiers playing at " warry" in Ashanti Colony, Africa, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Village of European settlers in the Orange Free State, South Africa, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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