Finds Collection (page 3)

Victorian Scrap - Aladdin finds the magic lamp. late 19th century

LORRIS, Guillaume. Roman de la Rose
The Romance of the Rose. s.XIV. The young lover, redeemer of the garden of delight, reaches a source and finds an inscription saying that there brother Narcissus died. Gothic art. Miniature Painting

Dividing the Finds - Iraq - Archaeology - Gertrude Bell

Suffragette, Down with Womens Rights. A Gentleman finds himself in the centre of a group of angry and combative suffragettes armed with umbrellas

Suffragettes and a Policeman, I Like em Both. A Policeman unusually finds two suffragettes most appealing. Date: circa 1908

Silhouette. Der Sterntaler. Der Sterntaler (Star Money). A young girl finds that stars fall to earth and turn into talers (gold coins) after she has done good deeds, and she becomes rich. German

British soldier asking directions in France, 1914
How Tommy Atkins finds his way in France. A British soldier with a bicycle, lost in the windmill country of France, receives directions from a French peasant in November 1914 in the First World War

France Meudon
The splendid chateau of Meudon now finds itself in the southwestern suburbs of Paris. Date: 1700

Sofya and Supporters
Sofya, Peters half-sister and regent during his youth, finds herself marginalised when she tries to seize power : she appeals to her supporters for help, but in vain. Date: 1688

Pompeii - Italy - Temple of Mercury Date: circa 1910s

The Romance of the Rose. s. XIV. The young boy
The Romance of the Rose. s.XIV. The young boy in love is in the garden of delight, and there he finds a fountain with an inscription explaining that Brother Narcissus died in there. Gothic art

Verdun : too Strong
The battle of Verdun : the German finds that the French defences are too solid for him to batter down ! Date: May 1916

He used to be A Menace - now he finds himself a fad. Illustration shows a man labeled Foreign Socialist being fated and toasted by high society; a vignette shows a jail cell full of the types of

1902 finds the helm in safe hands. Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt, dressed for rough seas, standing at the helm labeled Ship of State, with a firm grip on the wheel

Our government farm - President Cleveland finds an effectual

An American pineapple, of the kind the Axis finds hard to digest, is ready to leave the hand of an infantryman in training at Fort Belvoir, Va. American soldiers make good grenade throwers

Child & her new presents
A child finds her Christmas gifts while Santa looks on lovingly. Artist: Ada Leonora Bowley Date: circa 1921

LA Salle in the Heavens
JEAN-BAPTISTE DE LA SALLE French churchman, educator and benefactor, founder of the Freres Chretiens, finds himself surrounded by cherubs when he gets to Heaven. Date: 1651 - 1719

Milton / Comus / Lady Enters
Milton/Comus/Lady Enters

Alexander Keiller Museum
The splendid stone built building which houses the Alexander Keiller Museum of archaeological finds, founded in the 1930s, at Avebury, Wiltshire, England. Date: 1960s

Boy on beach with Sea Mine
" Look what I ve found Mummie!" A small boy discovers a mine on the beach whilst making a sandcastle. His Mother is fainting in shock at this explosive discovery. Date: 1940s

Gathering Limpets - Birsay, Orkney
An old man gathering Limpets from the rocks on the beach at Birsay, Orkney, Scotland Date: 1908

Lubaantun archaeology - mysterious Maya relics, 1924
Mysterious relics from the ruined Maya city of Lubaatun on the Columbia branch of the Rio Grande, British Honduras(today Belize)

Luther Finds the Bible
In the college library at Erfurt, Martin discovers the Bible in Latin Date: 1501 - 1503

Mime and Siglind

St Bernard Finds Someone
Saint Bernards discover a man buried in the snow Date: circa 1890

The Golden Calf
When he comes back from talking to God, he finds that the Israelites, encouraged by his brother Aaron, are worshipping a golden calf : he is not at all pleased

Voodoo Charm
A Louisiana planter finds a Voodoo charm, much to the alarm of his black workers who tell him if he takes the steamboat to New Orleans, it will surely sink (it didn t !) Date: 1886

Petruchio & Katharina
Act IV, Scene I Petruchio finds fault with everything the servants provide Date: 1911

The Only Way
A man who finds he is being mocked by his contemporaries after a day of golf. He secretly goes back on to the golf course at night to prove he can play and complete the course

Blighted Blighty
The sad sufferings of a subaltern on leave who finds that everyone on the Home Front is obsessed with the war and with " doing their bit" including girlfriends who have become nurses

The Wynaad Goldfields, Southern India. The Verandah
Engraving of verandah on grand Indian estate where gold has been found. Three servants in turbans are waiting on their master, one servant is leading a horse to the master

The Wynaad Goldfields of Southern India. Richmond Coffee Sto
Engraving of servants sweeping and carrying coffee to the store on the Richmond Estate, where gold was found. Wynaad in the Malabar district of Madras was subject to many gold finds between 1876

Coloured Cousins 2
At first dismayed when his coloured cousins turn up from the West Indies, Gladstone soon finds work for them

Etats-Generaux
Louis XII, though ruling as autocratically as most kings, finds it prudent to consult his subjects from time to time : he holds a seance of the states-general at Tours

Dry digging, Turon gold fields, Australia
Dry digging on the Turon, a sketch from the Turon gold fields, New South Wales. This proved to have the richest finds on the river yielding approximately 400 ounces

Discovery of Royal mummies at Thebes
Tomb of King Amen-Hotep I, Eighteenth Dynasty, Thebes in Egypt. During the 1870s and 1880s Thebes was targeted by antiquity thieves, who sold rare finds to travellers

Cippius Genutius, after winning a battle, finds horns on his head, signifying that when he enters Rome he will be made king : detesting royalty, he prefers exile

Thetis Taken by Surprise
Though wed to Peleus, the naiad resists his embraces, turning herself into a tree etc : but one day he finds her sleeping, seizes the chance, makes her mother of Achilles

Tom in the Bedroom
Tom the chimney sweep finds himself in the beautiful and very clean bedroom of Ellie, the Squires daughter, at Harthwood House

Fable / Partial Judge
THE PARTIAL JUDGE After an incident with an oxen and a bull, a farmer finds that a lawyer is keener to see justice done when its in his favour rather than against him

Countryman and the Snake
THE COUNTRYMAN AND THE SNAKE A charitable man finds a frozen serpent and warms it in front of the fire, but the snake bites him: a wretched creature cannot be raised up

Fable / Lion, Wolf & Fox
THE LION, THE WOLF AND THE FOX: An old lion, wishing to find a cure, summons his animals. The wolf slanders the fox, but finds he comes off worst in the end

Miser who Lost Fortune
THE MISER WHO LOST HIS FORTUNE: A miser finds that the gold he had buried in a hole in the ground has been taken

The Cobbler & Financier
THE COBBLER AND THE RICH MAN A rich financier gives a frugal cobbler a large sum of money; previously happy, the cobbler now finds he can t sleep for fear of thieves Date: circa 1870

Fable / Horse & the Stag
THE HORSE AND THE STAG A horse, who finds a stag has intruded into his domain, seeks help from a man; the man obliges, and the horse then finds he has been enslaved

Rubber : Columbus
Columbus, during his second voyage, finds the natives of Haiti playing games with rubber balls

Police Search Team
A Metropolitan Police search team finds a missing body

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