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Nutters Orphanage, Bradford, West YorkshireBoys stand in front of the orphanage founded in 1889 by Joseph Nutter at Bradford, West Yorkshire. Date: Date unknown
Dr T. B. Stephenson, Found of the National Childrens HomeDr Thomas Burchell Stephenson who in 1869 founded the National Childrens Home. Its first premises were a disused stable in Lambeth. In 1994, the NCH was renamed Action For Children. Date: Circa 1905
Waifs and Strays Society Corporate SealThe corporate seal of the Church of Englands Waifs and Strays Society, founded in 1881 by Edward Rolf. Date: Circa 1921
Bermondsey AbbeyThe remains of Bermondsey Abbey, a Benedictine house founded in 1082. Date: 1772
A portrait of Sidney WebbSidney James Webb (1859-1947) founded the Fabian Society in 1884 and became an active member of the Labour Party between 1924-1931. Date: 6th June 1894
London Zoo GiraffesAn 1885 photograph showing a pair of giraffes in London Zoo. London Zoo was founded in 1828 and opened to the public for the first time in 1847. Date: 1885
Abbaye De LivryThe abbaye Notre-Dame de Livry was founded in 1197 : among its notable visitors was madame de Sevigne, circa 1667. Date: circa 1800
Escorial MonasteryThe Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, Spain, was founded by Philip II and built between 1563 and 1584. Date: 16th century
Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, founded in 1030. The present ruins, built by King Harold Godwinson, date from 1060. He was buried here after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Date: 11th century
Boxley Abbey, near Maidstone, Kent, England, was founded by William de Ypres, King Stephens military commander of the whole of Kent during the civil disorder. Date: founded 1146
Hillborough ChurchThe little flint church of St. Mary at Hillborough, Kent, England, built from the ruins of Reculver Church in 1809. Only the twin towers were left behind at Reculver. Date: founded 13th century
Ernest Cognacq PhotoERNEST COGNACQ Paris shopkeeper who with his wife Louise Jay founded the Samaritaine department store : art collector and philanthropist photo 1912. Date: 1839 - 1928
India SuratSurat is the location of the first British trading station in India, founded circa 1608 : it can be seen as the first element in the British Empire. Date: circa 1770
Grevin PhotoALFRED GREVIN French artist who founded the Musee Grevin at Paris, a celebrated waxworks. Photo 1887. Date: 1827 - 1892
Ecole MilitaireFounded in the 1750s by Louis XV : located southeast of the Champs de Mars. Date: circa 1830
Rape of the SabinesThe abduction of Sabine women by the Romans provides Rubens with the occasion to depict lots of well-founded ladies. Date: circa 749 BCE
Rugby School, Warwickshire, England, was founded by a bequest from Lawrence Sheriff, wealthy grocer to Elizabeth I. The famous Victorian parts are by William Butterfield (1875). Date: founded 1567
William ShipleyWILLIAM SHIPLEY public-spirited gent who founded the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Date: 1714 - 1803
Laurence OliphantLAURENCE OLIPHANT Writer, war correspondent and mystic who for a while was a disciple of Thomas Lake Harris, later founded his own commune in Palestine. Date: 1829 - 1888
Jan Pieterszoon Coen 2JAN PIETERSZOON COEN (or Koen) Dutch merchant, pioneer in the (Dutch) East Indies, where he founded Batavia. Date: 1587 - 1629
EMERY HILL London merchant, probably, who founded the Alms Houses and Free School in Rochester Row, Tothill Fields, Westminster. Date: ? - 1677
The Patron, or the Festival of St Kevin at the Seven Churches, Glendalough (1813). Peacock, Joseph c.1783-1837. This work shows the festivities surrounding the feast day of St Kevin
Samuel Edward Saunders with his wife about the time of t?Samuel Edward Saunders with his wife about the time of their golden wedding anniversary. Samuel Saunders founded Saunders-Roe with Alliot Verdon Roe
Alexander Nevsky Monastery (Lavra), St Petersburg, RussiaView of the Alexander Nevsky Monastery (Lavra), St Petersburg, Russia. It was founded by Peter the Great in 1710 at the eastern end of the Nevski Prospekt to house the relics of Alexander Nevsky
The Holy Monastery of the Virgin of Kykkos, CyprusThe Holy, Royal and Stavropegic Monastery of Kykkos, Cyprus - founded around the end of the 11th century by the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos (1081 - 1118). Date: circa 1910s
Geneva - Palais de Nations - Woodrow Wilson plaqueGeneva, Switzerland - Palais de Nations - plaque commemorating Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, who founded the League of Nations in 1919 following WW1. Date: circa 1920s
Chudov Monastery, Kremlin complex, Moscow, RussiaView of the Chudov Monastery (also known as Alexius Archangel Michael Monastery) in the Kremlin complex, Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1358 by Metropolitan Alexius of Moscow
Bermuda - The Grave of Sir George Somers - St George sBermuda, a Brtish Overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean - The Grave of Sir George Somers (15541610), an English naval hero - at St George s
Lester Durand Gardner (1876-1956) founded the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences which became the AIa. Date: 1956
Australia (1880). The life of the gold diggers in Botany-Bay (founded in 1788). Engraving
BARCENA, Catalina (1896-1977). Soanish theatre" BARCENA, Catalina (1896-1977). Soanish theatre actress.; MARTINEZ SIERRA, Gregorio (1881-1947). Spanish writer. He founded the first " Teatro del Arte"
Document of July 20th 1810s revolution, when Republic of Colombia was founded. COLOMBIA. Bogotᮠ Quinta de Bol r House Museum
SPAIN. AlcaCalatrava Castle. Detail of theSPAIN. Alca Calatrava Castle. Detail of the wall painting depicting Capture of Valencia (1229-1245) by James I. Soldiers from Order de Calatrava
ARGENTINA. San Ignacio Mini. Jesuit Mission, founded at the beginning of 17th c. Masonry stone with the Greek initials of the name of Jesus
ARGENTINA. MISIONES. San Ignacio Mini. Jesuit
SPAIN. CASTILE-LA MANCHA. Toledo. Church of Santa Maric la Blanca. Founded in 1180, it was synagogue between 12th and 16th c. Mudejar art. Architecture
University CollegeThe Large Quadrangle of University College, Oxford, England, founded by William of Durham in 1249. Date: founded 1249
Romulus & Remus StatueThe golden statue in the Vatican, Rome, of Romulus and Remus being suckled by a she-wolf. Legend has it that when Romulus grew up he founded Rome (circa 753 BC). Date: early 1930s
Thomas Barnardo and ChildrenA promotional picture showing Thomas Barnardo and some of the typical children helped by the homes he founded, beginning in 1870 at Stepney Causeway, London Date: Date unknown
William Penns treaty with the Indians, when he founded the province of Pennsylvania in North America 1681. Illustration shows William Penn standing with a group of settlers and Native Americans
Ruins of Ulverscroft Priory, Swithland, LeicestershireSketch of the ruins of Ulverscroft Priory, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell
The Childrens Home and Orphanage, Lancashire Branch, EdgewoBoys constructing a reservoir at the Childrens Home on the Moor at Edgworth near Bolton. Founded in 1872 by Methodist minister Thomas Bowman Stephenson
National Childrens Home, EdgworthInmates and staff at the Childrens Home on the Moor at Edgworth near Bolton, founded in 1872 by Methodist minister Thomas Bowman Stephenson
William Penn - Treaty with the Indians 1661
Religious statue, Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, GermanyA religious statue on display at Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany. This Benedictine monastery was founded in 1330, the first phase of building took place between 1330 and 1370
Two Metropolitan Police officers on graveyard patrolTwo Metropolitan Police officers on the so-called graveyard patrol, in the year the Metropolitan Police Force was founded
Pulpit, Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, GermanyView of an ornate pulpit at Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany. This Benedictine monastery was founded in 1330, the first phase of building took place between 1330 and 1370
Stamford PrioryThe remains of St. Leonards Priory, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. It was founded in the early 12th century by the Benedictines of Durham Abbey. Date: founded 12th century