Discovered Collection

Laocoon Sculpture 2
The Laocoon, antique marble sculpture by Hagesander, Polydorus and Athenodorus, of Rhodes: it was rediscovered in a vineyard in Rome in 1506, and is now in the Vatican. Date: 1st century BCE

Theatre, A Cuckoo in the Nest 1925, Nerman
A scene from A Cuckoo in the Nest, a popular farce playing in London in 1925. Here, the impeccable husband is discovered by his wife and in-laws in a ladys bedroom (equally impeccable)

Alexandre Yersin
ALEXANDRE EMILE JOHN YERSIN Swiss medical, associated with Roux, discovered plague virus, directed Pasteur Institute in Vietnam

Roman Bath, London
Roman bath discovered in 1800 in Strand Lane, London

Nydam Viking Ship
The 007 Nydam ship, one of three vessels discovered in the 19th century, and dating from the late Iron Age. Preservation was aided by the ships peat bog deposit site

Badoit Discovered
A druidess of Ancient Gaul, holding the sacred mistletoe, reveals to a group of warriors the spring which to this day gives us naturally sparkling BADOIT MINERAL WATER

Wilfrid Michael Voynich
WILFRID MICHAEL VOYNICH Lithuanian bookseller who 1912 discovered a coded manuscript, still undeciphered, supposed by some to contain information of great occult significance

Extinct / Dinornis / Moa
dinornis giganteis - a reconstruction based on bones discovered

Valentine Greatrakes
Irish healer who, after a dream in 1662, discovered that he could heal many ailments simply by passing his hands and stroking the patient

Melusine Revealed
Melusines fairy nature is discovered by her husband, Raymond de Lusignan, and she has to leave him for ever

The Golden Bough
The GOLDEN BOUGH, discovered by Aeneas, was a focal point of Roman belief; for the full story, read Sir James Frazers multi-volumed investigation into its significance

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Engraving. Colored
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Explorer and navigator genoese. Columbus taking possession of the island of San Salvador. Engraving by Martin Rico after a painting of Isidro Gil

Bristol - Cabot Tower, Brandon Hill. The tower was built in the 1890s to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the journey of the Genoese explorer John Cabot from Bristol to lands which later became

Droitwich Spa
The Brine Baths at Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire; they were first discovered by the Romans

Sea monster discovered in British Columbia
Possibly the last specimen that survived of Behrings sea cow (Rhytina Stelleri) discovered on the shores of the Henry Island, British Columbia

Alexandre-Henri Mouhot
HENRI MOUHOT French naturalist and explorer; discovered the ruins of Angkor in Cambodia in 1858

Vasco Nunez De Balboa
VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA Spanish explorer Explored Colombian coast and discovered Pacific Ocean 1513

Gunpowder / Discovery
Guy Fawkes is discovered under the House of Lords

Tuberculosis Bacillus
Bacillus of tuberculosis, discovered by Koch, 1884

Sumerian Jewellery Bc
The jewels of a Sumerian lady of the court, discovered during the excavations at Ur - evidence that feminine adornment was customary in the worlds oldest civilisation

Pithos (plural - pithoi) - a large ancient Greek storage container. Some very fine examples excavated from within the Minoan palace at Knossos on Crete. Date: circa 1920s

Unusual period lifeboat davit block, discovered in a Southampton salvage yard. 18 inches

RMS Titanic - Shipping Casualties report and letter
RMS Titanic, Shipping Casualties report and letter from Matson Life Raft Company of Boston, USA. From a collection of documents and newspapers discovered at the old school of Sir Arthur Rostron

Courtaulds Courgette Advertisement
An advertisement for Courtaulds Ltd, promoting Courgette, a very dainty crepe fabric with full surface weave. Image shows a stylish woman at a formal gathering with the quotation Joan dear

Three natives tying a gazelle carcass for transportation
This scene is from a journey across the Sahara taken by Lt D.R.G. Cameron of the Royal Scots. The caption says that the gazelle was a Dama's Gazelle a new subspecies discovered during

Cartoon, The Man who Discovered the First Brew - medieval types drinking beer. Date: 1930

Coffin of a daughter of King Canute, Bosham Church
Coffin of a daughter of King Canute, discovered at Bosham Church, Sussex, on 4 August 1865 Date: 1865

St Agnes Place, Camberwell, south east London
A terrace of houses in St Agnes Place, Camberwell, south east London, boarded up prior to demolition by Lambeth Council after the eviction of squatters, 19 January 1977

PETER, PAUL RETOMBED
The bodies of saints Peter and Paul are discovered, and re- housed in the Vatican in a more suitable tomb. Date: 15th or 16th century

Tartar Tombs St Lucia Death Cemeteries Castries
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EGYPT/ARCHAEOLOGY/MUMMIE
Mummies discovered by Denon, an orientalist attached to Napoleon's Egyptian expedition Date: circa 1799

Antique Roman mosaic discovered in Yverdon-les-bains
Antique Roman mosaic discovered in Orbe, near Yverdon-les-bains, Switzerland. Mosaic with man playing a lyre, with horse, lion, birds, etc. Antico Mosaico scoperto in Yverdun

Large marble mosaic discovered in Pompeii, October 24, 1801
Large marble mosaic discovered near the Casa del Fauno, House of the Faun, Pompeii, October 24 1801. It shows a battle scene between two armies on horseback in chariots armed with lances

Polish Memorial, Cloth Hall, Ypres, Belgium
The memorial, which is on an outside wall, commemorates the Polish Forces who liberated Ypres in September 1944. In September 2016 researcher Chris Lock discovered that three Polish soldiers were not

London Hippodrome posters revealed after air raid
Posters for the London Hippodrome revealed after a bomb blast stripped away hoardings in October 1940. The poster dates from 1900 and in the centre is one for Miss Mary Arnotis

Ruins discovered, Whitcomb Street, London
Ruins discovered at the corner of Whitcomb Street, near Charing Cross, London, December 1821. 1821

The Lovers Discovered Hiding Place by Honore Fragonard

America - Joseph Hays Body Discovered
Joseph Hays Body Discovered During The American War of Independence 1780

Jonathans Latest 1896
Shade of Columbus (aside): " Had I forseen it would have come to this -Caramba! - I would never have discovered America

Sir William Ramsey (1852 - 1916), Scottish chemist who discovered the noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904

CHINA CLAY / DOCKYARD
Transporting China Clay from Charlestown, near St Austell, Cornwall, to the docks. Discovered in the UK in the 1740s, St Austell is one of the main sources of China Clay. Date: 1930s

CHINA CLAY / UNLOADED
Shooting a lorry-load of china clay into the hold of a waiting steamer. Discovered in the UK in the 1740s, St. Austell is one of the main sources of China Clay. Date: 1930s

TYPHUS BACILLUS
Typhus bacillus, discovered by Eberth, 1880, and studied by Gaffky, 1884 - - left, infected intestine - right, culture

LAOCOON AND HIS SONS
Laocoon, a priest of Apollo at Troy, is strangled, together with his sons, by serpents : this famous sculpture, probably 2nd century BC, was discovered at Rome in 1506

Coldbath House. From a view published in 1811. Now demolished, it was a privately run hydropathic establishment opened around 1700

Java Man or Pithecanthropus erectus (Homo Erectus erectus). Early human fossills discovered on island Java (Indonesia). Paleolithic

Peru / Massive Olmec Head
Massive Olmec head discovered at Lake Titicaca on the Peru- Bolivia boundary

Carl Auer Welsbach
CARL AUER baron von WELSBACH Austrian chemist who discovered two rare-earth elements and invented the incandescent gas mantle. Date: 1858 - 1929

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