Finding Collection

Mycenae - the Lion Gate
The Lion Gate at Mycenae. This early citadel was extensively excavated in the mid 19th century by Schliemann, who dug the Royal shaft graves, finding many treasures

The Good Shepherd
The parable of THE GOOD SHEPHERD finding the lost sheep

Fox-Hunting, the Find. Date: ca. 1865

Tennis Court Oath
Representatives of the non- privileged classes held a meeting in a tennis court after finding themselves locked out of their usual meeting hall in Versailles

Bali seashell gleaner, Kuta
Bali seashell gleaner. Silhouette of woman with head scarf bending over to gather shells in the shallow seawater near Kuta Date: 1989

Fossil trees in coal mine
Fossilised trees and plants found in a coal mine. Date: C.1870

Use of the Naval Rangefinder for Merchant Navy Navigation, 1
Illustration showing how a Naval Barrster or rangefinder could be used for Merchant Navigation. In this instance the officer of the merchant ship is finding his distance from the lighthouse in order

Zulu War - Recovery of the Colours of the 24th in the Buffalo River after Battle of Isandlwana (of 22 January 1879) and honouring the graves of Lts Melville and Coghill Date: 1879

Bonzo congratulates Chee-Kee by George Studdy
Bonzo congratulates Chee-Kee on finding her ancestors -- they can be seen as monsters on Chinese vases and plates. Date: 1924

The Princess Mary Caravan. The Girls Friendly Society supported young women by help in finding work, providing hostels etc

National Coal Strike of 1912 - searching through slag heap
The National Coal Strike of 1912 - searching through slag heap for pieces of coal to burn.. The national coal strike of 1912 was the first national strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom

Finding a Golf Ball
Illustration of a young golfer recovering his golf ball from a stream. Date: 1933

King Bunker Looks Into The Nest
A childrens short story illustration which shows King Bunker finding his lost golf ball in a bird's nest. Date: circa 1944

Lockheed EC-121T 52-3418
United States Air Force - Lockheed EC-121T 52-3418 (msn 1049A-4336, Model 1049A-55-86), at the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center, Davis-Monthan AFB

Alice, Where Art Thou, Christmas card
Alice, Where Art Thou, comic interpretation of a popular song on a Christmas card, with a frog finding his lost love, who is now an angel frog with wings up in the clouds. (3 of 3) Date: circa 1890s

Illustration, White-Ear discovers a dead fox in the coach house. Date: 1912

Cartoon, The happy meeting, WW1
Cartoon, The happy meeting, showing a French soldier in a tattered uniform finding a dead German soldier lying on the ground, and deciding he could help himself to some of his clothes. Date: 1915

German soldiers spotting buildings far in the distance, not realising that it's a setup consisting of a miniature country town coursing the perspective to be all wrong. Date: 1941

Two members of Gibraltar's police force questioning a Spanish boy on the gang-way of a refugee boat, August 1936. The Spanish Civil War, which started in the summer of 1936

Maeterlinck Bluebird Theatre Plays Oiseau Bleu
maeterlinck, bluebird, theatre, plays, oiseau, bleu, 1908, land, memory, children, meet, dead, grandparents, finding, quiet, happy, well, old, age, history, historical, 10172529

X-ray had proven useful in World War One, for locating bullets and foreign bodies in wounded men and also detection of any contraband

New Ideas for using X-Rays for Medical use WWI
Used in the British, French and Russian military hospitals the Kompact, apparatus, to find foreign bodies in wounded soldiers

The Infant St George
Woodcut. Finding of the infant St George. Artist: Charles Gere Date: 1893

Lilian Braithwaite as Nancy Thistleton 1902
Miss Lilian Braithwaite in the part which made her famous, as Nancy Thistleton in The Finding of Nancy by Netta Syrett. 1902 1902

Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold with Dame Bewley
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales and her husband Prince Leopold of Belgium finding Dame Bewley at her cottage door reading her old Bible. circa 1816

Searching for Hidden Presents on Christmas Day
A household has fun searching for Christmas presents hidden away in various parts of the house on Christmas Day. Date: 1903

One more unfortunate 1870
Policeman beaming a torch over the body of a woman found at the side of a canel in the streets of London. Date: 1870

BABY UNDER CABBAGE LEAF
Finding a baby beneath a cabbage leaf Date: circa 1820

Duchess of Gloucesters penance
Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester (1400-1452). Having consulted astrologers to divine the future, they predicted that Henry VI would suffer a life-threatening illness

The Princess Mary Caravan - The Caravaners at work. The Girls Friendly Society supported young women by help in finding work, providing hostels etc

Alice in Wonderland, Alice finds a key
Alice in Wonderland -- Alice finds a key on a table in the Hall of Tears. Date: early 20th century

Mr Pickwick addresses the Club
" Samuel Pickwick addresses the club to propose that it form a " corresponding society" which will travel about the country and report its finding to the entire club back in London

Good-Morning, Mr Frog! by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl finds a frog in the garden. Date: 1936

Deep Sea Diver
A deep sea diver finds a bottle from a shipwreck. 1892

Finding of the body of Saint Thomas in India
The Portuguese in India find the body of Saint Thomas at Meliapur (near Madras) and take it to Goa

Flock of seagulls on a ploughed field
Seagulls swoop onto a newly ploughed field in the hope of finding food. 1960s

Professors T Child dowsing for Water, Pemfega, Portugal
Professors T Child of Ipswich dowsing for water in a vineyard, Pemfega, Portugal.. In 1902 twelve residents of Flowton (a small village near Ipswich)

Susi - finding a bone with her name on it
Susi - finding a large bone with her name on it. 1950s

Susi - finding a frog. 1950s

Moses rescued from the Nile. Engraving
Moses rescued from the Nile by the daughter of Pharaoh of Egypt. Exodus. Chapter 2, Verse 5. Engraving

Helicopter search and rescue using thermal camera
Helicopter search and rescue, early use of a thermal infrared camera to find missing people. A woman sits to the left of the pilot, with the camera in front of her. Date: 1972

Finding in the Temple. Miniature. 15th century. France
Finding in the Temple. Miniature. 15th century. Chateau of Chantilly. France

St. Peter finding the tribute money or The Ferry Boat to Ant
Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678). Flemish painter. St. Peter finding the tribute money or The Ferry Boat to Antwerp, 1623. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Illustrated London News cover - the Diamond Diggers
Front cover of The Illustrated London News showing two diamond diggers in South Africa, in the valley of the Vaal river, Orange Free State

Frog and egg on a comic card
A frog finds a duck egg -- Eggspectation. (1 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Female Type / Flirt 1914
A pretty young woman in a maroon shepherdess-style dress, finding a pretext to flirt by checking her stockings. Date: 1914

Speke / Grant / Cartoon
Speke and Grant confirmed the source of the Nile (1860-63). Britannia finds the Nile: " Ah, Mr Nile! So I ve found you at last!" Date: 1862-63

Dionysos & Ariadne
Dionysos is carried in procession with his wife Ariadne, whom he married after finding her on the island of Naxos, deserted by her lover Theseus

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