Found Collection (page 4)

TRUFFLE HUNTING PIG 1939
A man with his truffle-hunting pig. He digs with a spade where the pig has found truffles - the hardest part is stopping the pig eating them before he can dig them up! Date: 1939

EFFIGY OF EARL OF OXFORD
Effigy of Robert De Vere, Earl of Oxford ( -1221), found on the north side of the chancel of Halfield Broad Oak Church Date: 1221

MADAME SCHLIEMANN wife of archeologist Heinrich Schliemann, wearing ornaments found at Mycenae and supposed by her husband to be the property of Helen of Troy Date: circa 1877

CARTHAGE INSCRIPTION
Punic inscription found at Carthage

Saint Helena of Constantinople
Saint Helena, also known as Saint Helen, Helena Augusta or Helena of Constantinople. She was the consort of Emperor Constantius, and according to tradition she found the relics of the True Cross

Pavement
A specimen of pavement found in Threadneedle Street in 1841. Date: 19th century

Seaside holidays
I found apartments without the slightest difficulty. A humorous Edwardian double entendre. Date: 1903

Avro York C. 1 LV639
Avro York C.1 LV639, the fourth prototype York, used for paratroop dropping trials from a hatch in the belly, but was found unsuitable due to slipstream effects. Date: circa 1943

Oil in Dorset
Night photograph of the 80 ft high B.P. Exploration Companys drilling rig near Kimmeridge in Dorset where a show of oil had been encountered at a depth of about 1800 feet in limestone in

Ruins found in the property of M. Le Marquis de Longvilliers at Montreuil-sur-Mer, France. Date: late 1910

Skeleton of early man found at Goughs Cave, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset. In 1903 the remains of a human male, since named Cheddar Man, were found a short distance inside Goughs Cave

Earliest known carved heads in Syria, at Tell Brak
The earliest known carved heads in Syria, found at Tell Brak. This page from the Illustrated London News in May 1939, reporting on excavations at Brak

Ara Casali. View of the back, with the legend of Romulus and Remus. Roman art. Relief on rock. VATICAN CITY. Pius-Clementine Museum (Vatican Museums)

Painted chest depicting a king on his chariot attacking an enemy. ca. 1340 BC. Detail, the Pharaoh fighting against the Nubians. Found at the Treasure of Tutankhamun. Painted wood

Lowering the Titanic life boats
A view of the mechanism by which the Titanic lifeboats were lowered, showing a pair of Welin Davits on board. The Davit, an invention by Mr Axel Welin, could be found on most passenger liners

Animalcules
At this time, it is thought that all living things - even including sperm and beasties found in dunghill water - are creatures in their own right, little animals or animalcules

Nylghau (Bewick)
An antelope found in central India

Photograph of an old anvil found in Kent and probably in use in 1660s at Bugsell Forge. Shown alongside a ruler. The relics were found on the site of an old iron works about 1 mile north of

Old tilt hammerhead found in Kent
Photograph of an old tilt hammerhead found in Kent and probably in use in 1660s at Bugsell Forge. Shown alongside a ruler

Lalla Rookh, long narrative poem by Thomas Moore
She found that the short dream of happiness was over -- the title character of Lalla Rookh, a long narrative poem by Thomas Moore, first published in 1817. 19th century

Drawing of Chinese soldier with sword and shield
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of Chinese soldier with pike
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Animals at a French Zoo - Blackfaced kangeroos - kangeroos sitting on Straw. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo

Moses and Joshua descend from Mount Sinai with the tablets of the Law broken and found the Israelites worshiping the golden fleece. Engraving in Liber Chronicarum by Hartman Schedel, 15th century

UFO & OUTER SPACE
Found ! An ancient tomb - for cavemen or spacemen story tells of a strange 1938 archeological discovery on the China/Tibet border of tombs containing strange skeletons Date: 1979

Supposed foot of the Loch Ness Monster, Castle Urquhart
Supposed foot of the Loch Ness Monster, found on the shore of the loch near Castle Urquhart, Scotland. Date: circa 1935

Heavy dragoon carbine, 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, Waterlo
Heavy dragoon carbine, 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, found on Waterloo battlefield 1815.One of 190 supplied by Grice and Morris, 1800.Inscribed on butt plate

Casket on wood depicting... Egyptian art
Painted chest depicting a king on his chariot attacking an enemy. ca. 1340 BC. Found at the Treasure of Tutankhamun. Painted wood. Small chest for sandals. Egyptian art. New Kingdom. Furniture

Suffragette Arson Teddington. Suffragette militants were blamed for an arson attack on a railway train at Teddington, Middlesex on 26th April 1913

William Stainton Moses, spirit medium
Rev William Stainton Moses (1839-1892), Anglican clergyman, spiritualist, spirit medium and writer (under the pen name M A Oxon)

Picea Grandis
A species of SILVER FIR native to north west America and found notably on the slopes of Mount Shasta. Date: 1857

Joseph Hopkinson
JOSEPH HOPKINSON American judge and jurist who found time in his leisure moments to write Hail Columbia, happy land ! in 1798. Date: 1770 - 1842

There Was a Crooked Man, and he walked a crooked mile. He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile. He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse

Rackham / Snow White Found
Snow White (Snowdrop) found by the seven dwarfs

Amazing Stories Scifi magazine cover - Ocean Vortex
Mysterious areas are found in the Atlantic where ships are wrecked - illustration for The non-gravitational vortex& Date: 1930

Dona Maria De Jesus
Dona Maria de Jesus, a patriotic heroine of the Peninsula War. We have found no further information about her, but she certainly looks jolly smart in her uniform

A Stowaway found on a Victorian Ship, 1884
Engraving showing the scene as a freshly discovered child stowaway is taken by the crew to see the Captain of the ship. The ships passengers are also keen to inspect the poor little child

Police Officer & Stray
Police officer walking stray dog to lost and found home in London Metropolitan Police

Andreas Bobola
ANDREAS BOBOLA Polish Jesuit saint and martyr, whose body, exhumed in 1730, was found not to be corrupted

Roman Rotary Quern
A Rotary Quern used by the Romans for grinding corn. A number were found intact at the bakery in Pompeii

Gulliver & Farmer
Gulliver is found by a countryman

Abu Simbel 1855
The colossal Speos of Athor, some 20 metres high, is depicted here pretty much as it was found by travellers in 1812

Achilles and Aeneas
He overpowers Aeneas and is just about to dispatch him to the Underworld when Poseidon intervenes to protect the Trojan hero who will found the dynasty of Romulus & Remus

Thomas Sutton
THOMAS SUTTON - statesman and merchant venturer, which earned him enough to found the Charterhouse, at first a Carthusian monastery but later a school - with his autograph

Drawing of Chinese guard leading prisoner on chain
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of Chinese market traders arranging fruit
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of 2 Chinese men playing mahjong
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

Drawing of Chinese seamstress sewing, bound feet
One of a set of 12 coloured drawings on paper found and carried off from one of the forts of Woosung by Captain (then Lieutenant) Henry Eden, R.N. on 18 June 1842

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