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Background imageBrought Collection: NAPOLEON I/ASHES/INSIDE

NAPOLEON I/ASHES/INSIDE
His ashes are brought to Paris and are taken to Les Invalides. This interior scene shows where they were placed. Date: 15 December 1840

Background imageBrought Collection: PEER GYNT Peer Gynt brought before the King of the Trolls

PEER GYNT Peer Gynt brought before the King of the Trolls

Background imageBrought Collection: NICOLAS II TO SIBERIA

NICOLAS II TO SIBERIA
NICOLAS II OF RUSSIA his way to exile is lined by those whose death he brought about Date: 1917

Background imageBrought Collection: CONCEPTS/ANGELS

CONCEPTS/ANGELS
A mother dreams that her dead child is brought to her by an angel

Background imageBrought Collection: A new hot spring at Bad Nauheim, Germany

A new hot spring at Bad Nauheim, Germany - brought to the surface in March 1900 Date: 1900

Background imageBrought Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - The Home Front

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - The Home Front
The Caption is The Home Front. WW2 was the first war in which all the people back at home were directly involved. Bombing raids brought death and destruction

Background imageBrought Collection: Tropical Gardens Battersea

Tropical Gardens Battersea
in 1863, John Gibson, Battersea Parks first Superintendent, created a mixture of exotic plants and colourful carpet bedding that started a fashion that swept across England

Background imageBrought Collection: The corpse of Hector brought into Troy

The corpse of Hector brought into Troy. The Trojan soldiers wear helmets that resemble Phrygian caps. Priam kneels at the left, and Hectors wife Andromache and son Astyanax mourn at right

Background imageBrought Collection: Photograph of Old Face Plate Lathe

Photograph of Old Face Plate Lathe, originally installed in the Soho Foundry of Boulton and Watt, Birmingham which was purchased by Avery in 1895. The lathe taking work up to 26 feet diameter

Background imageBrought Collection: Return of the remains of Napoleon I on board ship

Return of the remains of Napoleon I on board ship
Return of the remains of Napoleon I on board the Belle Poule. Date: 1840

Background imageBrought Collection: Return of the remains of Napoleon I to Paris

Return of the remains of Napoleon I to Paris. Date: 1840

Background imageBrought Collection: Columbus with Ferdinand and Isabella on his return

Columbus with Ferdinand and Isabella on his return
Columbus stands before Ferdinand and Isabella and the royal court at Barcelona, having brought back weapons, valuable cloth and jewellery, and several captured native people. Date: 1493

Background imageBrought Collection: Pets brought home by men of HMS Thetis from St Helena

Pets brought home by men of HMS Thetis from St Helena - the monkey Jack salutes from the capstan. Date: 1901

Background imageBrought Collection: GERMAN SACRIFICES

GERMAN SACRIFICES
An ancient German priestess from the Jutland region waits with her knife as captured enemies are brought to be sacrificed beneath the sacred oak

Background imageBrought Collection: Westland WS. 51 Srs. 2 Widgeon G-APPS

Westland WS. 51 Srs. 2 Widgeon G-APPS
Westland WS.51 Srs.2 Widgeon G-APPS (msn WA/H/3), of British United Airways 1960-1961. The first prototype, G-ALIK, was brought up to full Widgeon standard

Background imageBrought Collection: Hanriot HD-1 flown by Charles Nungesser

Hanriot HD-1 flown by Charles Nungesser
The Hanriot HD-1 flown by famed World War I French Ace Charles Nungesser in the 1925 movie The Sky Raider, with Nungessers distinctive badge on the fuselage side

Background imageBrought Collection: Royal Aircraft Factory F. E. 2 (second aircraft)

Royal Aircraft Factory F. E. 2 (second aircraft)
Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2, powered by an air-cooled 70hp Renault V-8 engine, (R.A.F. - Royal Aircraft Factory), (F.E. - Farman Experimental)

Background imageBrought Collection: Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together

Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men - an act of vandalism for which it is difficult to forgive them

Background imageBrought Collection: The pigeon post : messages from outside Paris are brought in by the birds

The pigeon post : messages from outside Paris are brought in by the birds, magnified by a projector and transcribed Date: Jan - Feb 1871

Background imageBrought Collection: Bringing in the boars head at Christmas

Bringing in the boars head at Christmas
A Christmas party in Elizabethan times: the traditional ringing in the boars head at Christmas time. Date: circa 16th century

Background imageBrought Collection: INDIAN CLOTH MERCHANT

INDIAN CLOTH MERCHANT
A white European woman looks carefully through piles of fabrics, brought to her home by a cloth merchant in colonial India. Date: 1930s

Background imageBrought Collection: VICTIMS OF HASHISH

VICTIMS OF HASHISH
Four North African victims of hashish, driven out of their minds by the drug and brought under the care of Dr Auguste Voisin of the Salpetriere, Paris. Date: 1876

Background imageBrought Collection: LODGED IN STATION HOUSE

LODGED IN STATION HOUSE
New York : Brought in off the street, a homeless mother is offered a place in the lodging-room of the station house (police station). Date: 1878

Background imageBrought Collection: CLEANERS DELIVERY VAN

CLEANERS DELIVERY VAN
Achille Serre is THE cleaner for LOndons fashionable crowd, and this is the van in which your gowns and dress suits will be brought to you. Date: 1912

Background imageBrought Collection: BABY BROUGHT BY STORK

BABY BROUGHT BY STORK
A stork surprises a couple with a baby - again! Date: 1912

Background imageBrought Collection: GERMAN PEASANTS 1512

GERMAN PEASANTS 1512
Durer made this etching shortly before the Reformation brought civil strife to Germany, making the peasants lot even harsher than before Date: 1512

Background imageBrought Collection: PROTESTANT CHILD TAKEN

PROTESTANT CHILD TAKEN
Protestant children are abducted from their families and brought up as Catholics. Date: 1686

Background imageBrought Collection: OT / MOSES / PHARS DTR

OT / MOSES / PHARS DTR
Moses is brought before Pharaohs daughter, who adopts him as her son

Background imageBrought Collection: CHICAGO EXHIBITION - 4

CHICAGO EXHIBITION - 4
The Liberty Bell is brought to the Exhibition from Philadelphia, crack and all Date: Summer 1893

Background imageBrought Collection: CONVICTS CLEAR RUBBLE

CONVICTS CLEAR RUBBLE
After a German raid on London, convicts are brought from the prisons to clear the rubble - at pistol point ! Date: October 1940

Background imageBrought Collection: A POACHER IS CAUGHT

A POACHER IS CAUGHT
A country lad has been caught poaching a hare, and now he is brought before the owner of the estate Date: circa 1830

Background imageBrought Collection: HESTIA / TOOKE

HESTIA / TOOKE
The virgin goddess of the hearth, custodian of the sacred fire brought by Aeneas from Troy, and served by the Vestal Virgins

Background imageBrought Collection: HESTIA / VESTA

HESTIA / VESTA
The Greek-Roman virgin goddess of the hearth, custodian of the sacred fire which Aeneas brought to Rome from Troy and which must never go out, lest a great calamity should occur

Background imageBrought Collection: FLIGHT TO VARENNES

FLIGHT TO VARENNES
Louis XVI tries to leave France with his family, but they are detected at an inn at Varennes, and brought ignominiously back to Paris Date: 22 June 1791

Background imageBrought Collection: Cartoon, Pic-nic

Cartoon, Pic-nic
How very fortunate we are with the weather; it would have been so provoking to have brought our umbrellas and then to have had a fine day! Date: 1851

Background imageBrought Collection: FRENCH STRAYS DESTROYED

FRENCH STRAYS DESTROYED
Stray dogs brought in from the streets of Paris are destroyed at the Prefeture de police. Date: 1874

Background imageBrought Collection: FARMING / WINTER / VIRGIL

FARMING / WINTER / VIRGIL
The farm in winter: the sheep & goats are brought in from pasture. Date: First published: 29 BC

Background imageBrought Collection: Water Babies - Fairies

Water Babies - Fairies
The fairies came flying in at the window & brought her such a pretty pair of wings. Date: First published: 1863

Background imageBrought Collection: 16th century Banquet

16th century Banquet
Trumpeters announce the arrival of the Boars Head, brought in procession to the Christmas diners in an Elizabethan hall Date: 16th century

Background imageBrought Collection: Wild Beast Shop

Wild Beast Shop
One of many shops in the area of Ratcliff Cross, East London, where wild animals of all kinds were brought off ships, stored and sold as pets

Background imageBrought Collection: Boer War / Kaffir Spies

Boer War / Kaffir Spies
Kaffir spies brought up for interrogation at General Wolfe Murrays headquarters at Estcourt. Date: 1899

Background imageBrought Collection: German bomber crashes in Victoria Station, Blitz 1940

German bomber crashes in Victoria Station, Blitz 1940
Central Londons First Aeroplane - Blitz 1940. Page from The Sphere magazine reporting on German bombers brought down over the UK during the Blitz of September 1940

Background imageBrought Collection: Pierre Louis Manuel

Pierre Louis Manuel
PIERRE LOUIS MANUEL French writer who supported the revolution but favoured Louis XVI : retired to the country, he was brought back to Paris and guillotined. Date: 1751 - 1793

Background imageBrought Collection: Tunku Abdul Rahman, Harold Macmillan, Duncan Sandys and Lee

Tunku Abdul Rahman, Harold Macmillan, Duncan Sandys and Lee
Photograph showing (left to right): Tunku Abdul Rahman, Prime Minister of the Federation of Malaya; Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of Great Britain; Duncan Sandys

Background imageBrought Collection: Shipping Beef on Board HMS Alexandra, 1878

Shipping Beef on Board HMS Alexandra, 1878
Engraving showing the crew of HMS Alexandra taking beef aboard ship from a small supply boat, off Tuzla, in the Sea of Marmora. The supply ship has also brought fish, barrels and the washing

Background imageBrought Collection: Krao the Hairy Girl - 1

Krao the Hairy Girl - 1
When KRAO was brought from Burma to London, aged about 6/7, some thought she might be the missing link between apes & men : but in fact she was simply a very hairy girl

Background imageBrought Collection: Flight to Varennes

Flight to Varennes
Louis XVI tries to leave France with his family, but they are detected at an inn at Varennes, and brought ignominiously back to Paris

Background imageBrought Collection: French royal family are brought back from Varennes

French royal family are brought back from Varennes
During the French Revolution, the French royal family are brought back to Paris from Varennes, after their unsuccessful attempt to escape the country. Date: 22 June 1791



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