European Collection (page 5)

The landing of Nuno Tristao in Guinea
Portuguese Colonial History Series - The landing of Nuno Tristao (15th century Portuguese explorer and slave trader) in Guinea - purported to be the first European visitor to the country

Adeline, Duchess of Bedford (1852-1920), formerly Lady Adeline Mary Somers-Cocks, George Sackville Russell, 10th Duke of Bedford

Phoenicurus phoenicurus, P. ochruros, Luscinia megarhynchos
Plate 4 from Archibald Thorburns first edition of British Birds, Vol.1 (1915)

Phalacrocorax aristotelis, European shag
Plate 53 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Tonguestone (sharks tooth) with lateral denticles
Tooth of the extinct shark (Lamna obliqua Agassiz). Specimen orgininating from the London Clay (Eocene), Sheppey, Kent

Erithacus rubecula, European robin
Watercolour by Paul Barruel (c. 1970). From Birds The Art of Ornithology by Jonathan Elphick, 2004

WUNDT, Wilhelm (1832-1920)

Alhambra. SPAIN. Granada. Alhambra. Comares Palace. Court of the Myrtles. Mosaics. Hispano-Moresque art. Nasrid dynasty. Mosaic

TERESA of JESUS, Saint (1515-1582). Santa Teresa s
TERESA of JESUS, Saint (1515-1582). Santa Teresas autographic letter. SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON. Avila. Convent of Saint Teresa

CROATIA. Pula. Roman amphitheatre. Roman art. Early Empire. Architecture

Greece. Southern Aegean. Cyclades. Delos. House
GREECE. SOUTHERN AEGEAN. CYCLADES. Delos. House of the Trident. Mosaic of the impluvium depicting a dolphin and an anchor. Mosaic

Corner shop in Vienna, Austria
A large corner shop, Hammerbrot, on a street in Vienna, Austria, with parked cars and people out shopping. Date: 1953

Poster advertising Royal Mail Line Mediterranean Cruises, with Venice and gondolas. 20th century

Tzu-Hsi Dowager Empress
TZU-HSI, aka HSIAO-CH IN &c, generally known as the dowager empress : Manchu ruler who resisted reform, European influences etc, supported the Boxer rising. 1835 - 1908

Street with tram in Vienna, Austria
View of a street in Vienna, Austria, with a red and white tram on the right, in front of the Central Hotel. Date: 1953

Richard von Kuhlmann signing Peace Treaty, Romania
Richard von Kuhlmann (1873-1948), German Foreign Secretary, signing a Peace Treaty (known as the Treaty of Bucharest) with Romania in the Cotroceni Palace, near Bucharest

Winged Victoria figure, Siegessaule, Berlin, Germany
The winged bronze Victoria figure on the top of the Siegessaeule (Pillar of Victory). The Victory Column (Siegessaule) in Berlin, Germany

Policemen guarding house in Sidney Street, East London
Policemen guarding the devastated house in Sidney Street, East London, after the Sidney Street Siege (popularly known as the Battle of Stepney) in East London

Prussian Royal Wedding
VIKTORIA LUISE, only daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II marries Prince Ernst of Cumberland in the Chapel Royal in Berlin - the last gathering of European royalty before WWI

Landing in a Surf-boat at Accra, Ghana, 1891
Engraving of a native surf boat heading through the breakers, to bring its cargo of two European officers to land at Accra, Ghana

Kells : Evangel Symbols
the Evangelical Symbols

Croydon Aerodrome is Britains largest and most prestigious airport, with regular flights to the European Continent. Note the wind-sock which tells pilots the prevailing wind

Potosi, Bolivia / Mallet
Looking down towards the mountain surmounted by a cross. At the foot is a road & settlement with houses, huts & churches & men in European dress

Nigerian Jujuh House
A Jujuh house, or house of worship, in Biafra (present-day Nigeria). To European visitors this was magic rather than religion - and black magic at that !

Polish revolt against Russian domination
During the November Uprising, also known as the Cadet Revolution (1830-1831), Polish patriots attempt (unsuccessfully) to throw off Russian domination

Passage of the Issel (Ijssel), a river which runs through Germany and the Netherlands, by British troops, winter of 1794-1795, during the French Revolutionary Wars. Date: 1794

Portrait of the dancers Myrio and Desha, 1931 who have played Europe and have been at the Roxy Theatre, New York Date: 1931

European sea sturgeon and skate
European sea sturgeon, Acipenser sturio, critically endangered, and skate, Dipturus batis (Raia gaimardi). Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys

European pilchard, Sardina pilchardus (Pilchard, Clupea pilchardus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Luigi Fagioli, Italian motor racing driver, runner-up in the European Championship. 1935

The Rock of Gibraltar from the beach. Date: 1935

BEA - European Class Aeroplane
BEA - " European" Class Aeroplane. Date: circa 1970s

Room of Martin Luther (1483-1546) at Wartburg. Engraving. Co
Martin Luther (1483-1546). German reformer. Luthers room at Wartburg. Engraving by Hurel. The Religious Revolution, 1880. Colored

View of the Oosterpark, Amsterdam, in the Snow, 1892, by Geo
George Hendrik Breitner (1857-1923). Dutch painter. View of the Oosterpark, Amsterdam, in the Snow, 1892. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Socrates (470-399 BC). Bust
Socrates (470-399 BC). Athenian philosopher. Bust. Marble. Roman copy of 2nd century after a greek original of 4th century. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

The output of the Duke of Choiseul (1719-1785) of St. Peter
Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691-1765). Italian painter. The output of the Duke of Choiseul (1719-1785) of St. Peters Square in Rome, 1754. Gemaldegalerie. Berlin. Germany

Dinah Craik (1826-1887). Engraving. Colored
Dinah Craik (1826-1887). English novelist and poet. Engraving in The Iberian Illustration, 1888. Colored

Italy. Cremona Cathedral. Main facade
Cremona Cathedral. 12th - 15th centuries. Main facade

Senate House London
The Senate House, University of London, was designed by the architect Charles Holden in 1932. Some say it owes its lines to the USA skyscraper, others to European Modernism. Date: 1950s

Hospiz St Christoph am Arlberg, Tyrol, Austria. Date: circa 1908

Hotel Furberg, St Gilgen, Salzburg, Austria. Date: circa 1905

Locals in the Old Square, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Locals in the Old Square, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands, with the Weigh House behind them. Date: circa 1900s

HENRY the Navigator (1394-1460). Portuguese prince, son of John I. Monument by Tom᳠ Costa (1894). Sculpture on bronze. PORTUGAL. Porto. Infante Dom Enrique Square

Map of Yugoslavia by G. H. Davis
Map of Yugoslavia, Britains latest ally in the Second World War: her defensive mountains and valleys. Mountainous Yugoslavia, her valleys and airfields. Date: 1941

Temnocidaris sceptrifera, fossil echinoid
Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) sceptrifera, 5.5 cm in diameter, from the Cretaceous Chalk of Hertfordshire, England, apical view

SPAIN. Amaral is an award-winning music group. 20/04/2012

PALLADIO, Andrea di Pietro dalla Gondola, called Andrea (1508-1580). Villa Capra. 1566. ITALY. Vicenza. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Venetian school. Architecture

Church of San Salvador de Valdedi󳮠SPAIN. ASTURIAS
Church of San Salvador de Valdedi󳮠 SPAIN. ASTURIAS. Villaviciosa. Asturian Pre-Romanesque art. Architecture

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