Preserved Collection (page 10)

The History of Hannibal: Hannibal in Italy. ca. 1570. Citizens handing the keys to your city to Hannibal. Detail. Third cloth preserved of the series. Brussels manufacture. Wool and silk

ROUGET, Georges (1784-1869); David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825). The Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon and the Coronation of the Empress Josephine, 2nd December 1804. 1808. Central detail

The Rendezvous

Stewkley, Bucks, St Michaels Church The finest and best preserved piece of Norman Architecture in the Kingdom. Date: 1907

Andrew Jackson, The Union must and shall be preserved
Andrew Jackson The Union must and shall be preserved /. Full-length portrait, standing, facing right, with left hand on book on table. Date between 1830 and 1870

A Flimsy Excuse
A red-haired young thing wearing the skimpiest of red lingerie is shocked at the arrival of an unexpected visitor. Her dignity is little preserved by the thinest of see through drapes

Barfreston Church
The South Door of the Church of St. Nicholas, Barfreston, Kent, England, famous for being one of Englands best preserved Norman churches. Date: 12th century

THE SHAMBLES BY NIGHT
THE SHAMBLES Often called Europes best preserved Medieval street; mentioned in the Doomsday book, York, England. Date: 1950s

Iron Age Houses
Well-preserved examples of Iron Age houses, at broch of Dun Carloway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Date: 1st Century BC

Bramley Apple Clamp
A clamp of Bramley Seedling apples in a clamp at Brantham, Suffolk, England. The apples are preserved by the straw clamp and made into fruit juice at a later date. Date: 1950s

Robert Adam Architecture
In 1774, Robert Adam completed the Adelphi development, created after 2 years abroad in Rome. No 7 Adam Street has well preserved Anthemion pilasters. Date: 1770s

Home Pickling 1930S
Jars full of home packed pickles with special safety lids. Date: 1930s

THE SHAMBLES, YORK
The Shambles, York, Yorkshire, England, often called Europes best-preserved Medieval street. Date: late 1950s

Tudor Staircase

Nic. Thomas Bremontier
NICOLAS-THOMAS BREMONTIER French engineer who preserved the Atlantic coast of France by planting trees to stabilise the sand-dunes. Date: 1738 - 1809

Roman amphitheatre at Pula, Croatia
External view of the Roman amphitheatre at Pula, on the western coast of Istria, Croatia. It was built in the first century AD and is the best preserved ancient monument in Croatia

Interior view of Roman amphitheatre at Pula, Croatia
Interior view of the Roman amphitheatre at Pula, on the western coast of Istria, Croatia. It was built in the first century AD and is the best preserved ancient monument in Croatia

The Tumacacori Mission, Arizona, USA - reputedly the oldest in the country. Mission San Jos頤 e Tumacᣯ ri is a historic Spanish mission preserved in its present form by Franciscans in

Zebra skin
Skin of zebra of modern Naturalists as preserved by Captain Harris, probably William Cornwallis Harris of the East India Company, a keen hunter in Africa

Replica Swedish Ten-Daler Coin, 1937
Photograph of a replica of an old Swedish Ten-Daler piece, measuring about 1 ft. by 2 ft. Made of copper, this coin weighed about 44 lbs

Ines De Castro & Alfonso
Ines de Castro, a noblewoman, having secretly wed Pedro I, begs Alfonso IV (his father) for mercy; he has her murdered so succession is preserved for his grandson

Making Apricot Jam
Home made jam, made from fresh apricots and lemons, sugar etc, beautifully preserved in well-labelled jars

Preserving Plums
If it is not necessary to preserve whole plums, it takes up less space in the jar if they are cut and stoned first

Ritchie and Mcalls Preserved Meat Establishment, Houndsditc
Scene showing Ritchie & M Calls preserved meat establishment in Houndsditch, London. Various workers wearing caps and aprons are tending vats while meat cuts and carcasses fill the tables and worktops

Algeria / Timgad
Timgad was constructed as a bastion against the Berbers in the Aures Mountains by Emperor Trajan in AD100. The town was laid out in the classic Roman plan and is superbly preserved

Hut of Cpt Scott
The hut of Robert Falcon Scott at Cape Evans on Ross Island which has been preserved in the state it was left in memory of the explorer

Gokstad Viking Ship
Excavated in 1880, a perfectly preserved Viking ship shown after its removal from a long barrow at Gokstad, Norway

Nimes Amphitheatre Ruins
The remains of this elliptical Roman amphitheatre as seen in the late 18th century. The best-preserved arena in France, which is still in use today

Pterodactyl Skeleton
PTERODACTYL skeleton preserved in a sandstone deposit

Canned & Bottled Foods
Bottled foods - onions, capers, chutney, petits pois and gherkins - and a can of Paysandu Ox Tongues, neatly arranged on a table

Housesteads Fort
The approach from the east towards the fort of Housteads, perched atop a limestone crag on Hadrians Wall. The fort is very well preserved, and housed an early Roman hospital

South Gate - Housesteads
The Southern Gateway of Housesteads Fort on Hadrians Wall. The Fort contains the only visible remains of a Roman hospital in Britain and superbly preserved latrines!

Part of the True Cross on which Jesus was crucified, ornamented with pearls and other precious stones and preserved in the cathedral at Tournai

Jesuss Robe
Jesuss robe, retrieved from the Holy Land in 326 by the empress Helena, and subsequently preserved in the cathedral at Trier, Germany

Dunkerque Preserved
When the English besiege Dunkerque (Dunkirk) Faulconnier, bailli of the town, sacrifices all his wealth and that of others to buy the English off

Ruins Dougga Tunisia
The Temple of Celestis at Dougga (or Thugga) is a fairly well-preserved relic of Roman days

Racial /s Africa / Hottentot
SaRTJE BaRTMAN, also known as The Hottentot Venus - African servant girl brought to London 1810 & exhibited there and in Paris, where she died 1815, her body preserved

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