Observed Collection

Darwin / Finch / Galapagos
Finches from the Galapagos Islands observed by Darwin

Wind in Willows / Grahame
Wind in Willows/Grahame

Ufos / Belgian Wave
Triangle-shaped UFO observed by many over the outskirts of Brussels

Penicillin Culture / 1929
Original culture plate on which Sir Alexander Fleming first observed the growth of penicillin notatum in 1929

Anna Pavlova and Marius Petipa
Anna Pavlova (1881 -1931) elegantly striking a pose under the watchful eyes of her long running admirer the great Marius Petipa (1818 1910). Date: circa 1905

Saturn in 1874
Saturn observed by L. Trouvelot from a French observatory

Four young women walking along a street, London
Four young women in Central London walk together down a street, passing an older woman. Date: circa 1960s

The Observed Corps Mystery
An illustrated front cover for The Observed Corps Mystery, written by Rex Hardinge, no. 733 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library. Date: circa 1940s

King Charles I says farewell to his family, observed by Oliver Cromwell Date: 1649

Mock suns in the Arctic
Mock suns (parhelia) observed by Dutch polar bear hunters in the Arctic. Date: circa 1550

Brown bear, London Zoo
A brown bear observed by visitors to London Zoo. Date: circa 1950s

The haloed shadow: an aerial phenomenon. Often observed when flying over clouds on a sunny day: a circular shadow resembling the allied aeroplane-mark. Date: 1918

NOCTURNAL RAINBOW
Nocturnal rainbow observed at Compiegne, France. Date: circa 1870

DOUBLE RAINBOW AT NIGHT
Double rainbow observed at night Date: 1869

Eskimos Build Igloo 3
Esquimaux creeping into the passage of a Snow Hut - observed during Franklins Arctic expedition. Date: 1818-1819

Typical coronation procession
The Procession usually observed in the Coronation of our Kings and Queens, showing the hierarchy of dignitaries in English society. 18th century

ENDARA, Carlos Manuel (1827 - 1924). The Republic of Ecuador in 1860 foretold. 1900. Eloy Alfaro (with hat), future prime minister

In a British advanced observation post. How artillery fire is observed and corrected. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere

Lunar Corona (Arctic)
Lunar halo observed by Arctic explorers - a cross-like effect centred on the Moon, with a surrounding ring

2 Minute Silence, London
A two minute silence is observed in London

Eskimos Summer Tents
Summer tents of the Esquimaux at Igloolik, observed during Franklins Arctic expedition. Date: 1822

Eskimos Build Igloo 1
Esquimaux building a snow- hut - Eskimos build an igloo - observed by Franklins Arctic expedition. Date: 1818-1819

Magna Carta in a Museum
A Magna Carta behind glass in a display cabinet being observed by a gentleman. Date: circa 1960

Aristomachus
ARISTOMACHUS Greek writer of Solos, who observed, loved and wrote about bees : no one seems to know exactly when he lived Date: BC

Comet of Coggia, 1874
THE COMET OF COGGIA observed from the Pont-Neuf, Paris, France Date: 1874

Bolide meteorite observed by Padre Secchi
Bolide observed by padre Secchi, Italian astronomer, who stated that the body was brighter than Venus and the two tails changed colour in the course of combustion. Date: 14 November 1868

Suffragette Annie Kenney Character Sketch. A Character Sketch of Annie Kenney (1879-1953) written by Frederick Pethick-Lawrence with an article by Annie Kenney on Prison faces This recounts

COMET 1882
Observed by a British artillery officer near the Pyramids, Egypt. Date: 1882

Meteorite 1891
Observed at Oschansk, Russia. Date: 1891

Zodiacal Light
Observed in India. Date: end of December 1874

Young girl on Bank Holiday unhappy that a lady has same hat
Bank Holiday. " Just like Er. Been an copied my at!" Date: circa 1890s

Aerial view from balloon over Hyde Park, London
This photograph was taken when the balloon was situated over Hyde Park and is the view observed when looking in the direction of south east

Birds obserbed inhabiting the Coburg Peninsula, John Gilbert
Birds inhabiting the Coburg Peninsula. Article taken from the Gould Australian Collection 8/5/3. Written by Gilbert, John assistant to Gould, John (side 2 of 3 sides)

Blitz in London -- emergency water main, water bridge
Blitz in London -- firefighters, observed by fire officers, erecting a water bridge, an elevated emergency water main that allows traffic to flow underneath whilst the mains cross over road junctions

Lunar halo and luminescent cross observed during the balloon Zeniths long distance flight from Paris to Arcachon in March, 1875. Date between 1875 and 1880

Challenger Icebergs
Icebergs observed in the Antarctic by Her Majestys Research ship Challenger. Date: 1874

Scottish medium Helen Duncan during a sance
Photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan during a sance with her head covered with " ectoplasm" reaching down to her lap, May 1931. HPG/1/4/2 (xv)"

Display at Twilight
Remarkable aerial display observed at sunset at Paris- Auteuil : the sky was coloured

Mirage in the Desert
Mirage observed at Chott Melzhir, in the Sahara of southern Algeria

Aurora Borealis
Observed in Sweden

Mirage in the Baltic
Mirage of the English fleet in the Baltic, observed from the steam-frigate The Archer

Planet Saturn
Saturns rings observed from the surface of the planet

Mountain Mirage
Remarkable reflection observed on the Pic du Midi, in central France, at 15.30

Lear / Nonsense / Philae
There was an Old Person of Philae, whose conduct was scroobious and wily; He rushed up a Palm, when the weather was calm, and observed all the ruins of Philae

Norwegian Marine Life
Strange marine creatures observed off the coast of Norway

Donatis Comet
A spectacular view of Donatis Comet observed over woods. Date: 4 October 1858

Lunar Corona Arctic
Lunar corona observed by an Arctic expedition

Lunar Corona
Lunar corona observed at Moscow, to the alarm of the populace

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