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Restoration Collection (page 6)

Background imageRestoration Collection: Colonel Caron Arrested

Colonel Caron Arrested
The Belfort conspiracy is an early attempt to overthrow the Bourbon restoration : several are arrested, colonel Caron tries to rescue them but is captured and shot. Date: 1 January 1822

Background imageRestoration Collection: Buckfast Abbey

Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh, Devon, England. Parts of the present building are medieval, but most of it was rebuilt between 1907 and 1937, when the restoration was completed. Date: 1936

Background imageRestoration Collection: Hadleigh Guildhall

Hadleigh Guildhall
The ancient timber-framed Guild House - or Hall, at Hadleigh, Suffolk, England (Before restoration). Date: 15th century

Background imageRestoration Collection: Bell Tower, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Bell Tower, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
View from below of the partially ruined Bell Tower in The Pebbles, St David s, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. The Bell Tower has been restored since this photograph was taken

Background imageRestoration Collection: Maria Brunnlein church, Wemding, Germany

Maria Brunnlein church, Wemding, Germany
View (on the left) of the Maria Brunnlein Roman Catholic church in Wemding, Bavaria, Germany. The church contains a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary

Background imageRestoration Collection: Music sheet cover for I Would Not Have Thee, Call Me Back

Music sheet cover for I Would Not Have Thee, Call Me Back, a ballad with words by H Tolkien and music by G Tolkien. A lady of the Restoration period is depicted in a garden with her King Charles

Background imageRestoration Collection: Cathedral of San Lorenzo - Genoa, Italy

Cathedral of San Lorenzo - Genoa, Italy
Cathedral of San Lorenzo (Saint Lawrence) - Genoa, Italy. The dome and the medieval parts of the Cathedral were restored in 1894-1900, dating this photograph (if not the card!) to pre-1894!

Background imageRestoration Collection: Painting a boat, 1933

Painting a boat, 1933
A woman wearing shorts and a sleeveless top poses rather coquettishly with a brush and paint tin as she gives her boat, standing in dry dock, a lick of paint

Background imageRestoration Collection: Petra repairs 1962, Jordan

Petra repairs 1962, Jordan
Restorations in the desert: repair work among the monuments of Petra, Jordan. This picture shows the closing stages of repair to fallen column which is part of the facade of the Khazne(treasury)

Background imageRestoration Collection: Reigate Heath Windmill

Reigate Heath Windmill, a Grade II listed post mill with a single storey roundhouse at Reigate Heath, Surrey. In 1880 the roundhouse section was converted to a chapel of ease to St Marys Parish

Background imageRestoration Collection: The sleeping cabin of Lord Nelson

The sleeping cabin of Lord Nelson
The interior of the famous H.M.S. Victory as shown for the first time in colour after its redecoration and restoration as it would have appeared at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

Background imageRestoration Collection: Thirty-two pounders on the lower deck of H. M. S. Victory

Thirty-two pounders on the lower deck of H. M. S. Victory
The interior of the famous H.M.S. Victory after extensive redecoration and restoration shown for the first time in colour. This is the lower deck with canons called thirty-two pounders

Background imageRestoration Collection: Proposed Restoration of Wesminster Hall, London, 1884

Proposed Restoration of Wesminster Hall, London, 1884
Engraving showing the exterior of the proposed restoration of Westminster Hall, London, 1884

Background imageRestoration Collection: Westminster Hall, London, 1884

Westminster Hall, London, 1884
Engraving showing three views of the exterior of Westminster Hall, London, 1884. On the right is a view of the ancient buttressing of the building at that time

Background imageRestoration Collection: Tresures from Ur

Tresures from Ur
A restoration of a royal lyre from Ur, decorated with a gold head of a beared bull. Excavated by Leonard Wooley at Ur

Background imageRestoration Collection: W Wycherley / Lely / Smith

W Wycherley / Lely / Smith
WILLIAM WYCHERLEY English dramatist at the age of 28

Background imageRestoration Collection: Turkey Pergamom

Turkey Pergamom
Restoration of Pergamum (aka Pergamon), Greek city which flourished in the 3rd/2nd centuries BCE

Background imageRestoration Collection: The Zulu Wars. The restoration of Cetewayo (Cetshwayo)

The Zulu Wars. The restoration of Cetewayo (Cetshwayo)
Following negotiations in England with Queen Victoria and The Colonial Office, Cetshwayo was given back his throne and title King of the Zulus by the British 3 years after the war

Background imageRestoration Collection: Zulu wars; restoration of Cetshwayo, King of the Zulus

Zulu wars; restoration of Cetshwayo, King of the Zulus
Portrait of Dabulamanzi, Cetshwayos brother

Background imageRestoration Collection: The Zulu Wars. The restoration of Cetewayo(Cetshwayo)

The Zulu Wars. The restoration of Cetewayo(Cetshwayo)
Cetshwayo, King of the Zulus was reinstalled as King of the Zulus at a ceremony at Intonyanere by Sir Theophilus Shepstone on January 29th 1883

Background imageRestoration Collection: The Zulu wars. The restoration of Cetshwayo

The Zulu wars. The restoration of Cetshwayo
Cetshwayos son and his tutor. Dinuzulu at the age of 12 years old and weighing 14 stone. He succeeded his father as king of the Zulus and suffered imprisonment

Background imageRestoration Collection: The restoration of Cetshwayo

The restoration of Cetshwayo
One of Cetshwayos wives with her male attendant. The only royal zulu woman to be photographed, this was possibly Msweli, mother of Dinuzulu

Background imageRestoration Collection: Lace-Cleaning & Repair

Lace-Cleaning & Repair
A photograph showing a woman at work restoring and cleaning lace, a possible occupation a lady could do from home in the early 20th century

Background imageRestoration Collection: France Pierrfonds 3

France Pierrfonds 3
The chateau de Pierrefonds, in la foret de Compiegne, Picardie, is visited by Napoleon III in the course of its restoration by Viollet-le-duc

Background imageRestoration Collection: France Pierrfonds 1

France Pierrfonds 1
The chateau de Pierrefonds, in Picardie, before its restoration by Viollet-le-duc

Background imageRestoration Collection: France Pierrfonds 5

France Pierrfonds 5
The chateau de Pierrefonds, in la foret de Compiegne, Picardie, after its restoration by Viollet-le-duc

Background imageRestoration Collection: France Pierrfonds 2

France Pierrfonds 2
The chateau de Pierrefonds, in the foret de Compiegne, Picardie, is visited by Napoleon III during its restoration by Viollet-le-duc

Background imageRestoration Collection: France Carcassonne

France Carcassonne
The fortifications before the notorious restoration

Background imageRestoration Collection: French Take Rome - 5

French Take Rome - 5
The Capitol is illuminated in honour of the glorious restoration of Rome to papal authority after the defeat of the republicans by the French

Background imageRestoration Collection: Restoration Dressing Room

Restoration Dressing Room

Background imageRestoration Collection: Cutty Sark - Cpt Wallace

Cutty Sark - Cpt Wallace
The Captain of the tea clipper Cutty Sark in 1880, Captain Wallace. The Cutty Sark was badly damaged by fire whilst undergoing restoration on 21st May 2007

Background imageRestoration Collection: Cutty Sark at Sea 1924

Cutty Sark at Sea 1924
A view looking back toward the stern end of the Cutty Sark - the world famous tea clipper The ship was badly damaged by fire whilst under restoration in Greenwich on 21st May 2007

Background imageRestoration Collection: Ball Dresses 1819

Ball Dresses 1819
Frenchwomen in ball dresses during the restoration period following the Napoleonic era

Background imageRestoration Collection: Restoration Court Dress

Restoration Court Dress
Frenchwomen in court dress during the restoration period following the Napoleonic era

Background imageRestoration Collection: Congreve / Gucht

Congreve / Gucht
WILLIAM CONGREVE Restoration playwright

Background imageRestoration Collection: Richard 1 & Isaac / Cyprus

Richard 1 & Isaac / Cyprus
Isaac of Cyprus pleads with Richard I for the restoration of his daughter

Background imageRestoration Collection: DRUM MAJOR

DRUM MAJOR
Drum Major from the Coldstream Guards. Raised in 1650, it received its title at the time of the Restoration

Background imageRestoration Collection: W Wycherley / Lely / Meyer

W Wycherley / Lely / Meyer
WILLIAM WYCHERLEY English dramatist

Background imageRestoration Collection: Englishman of 1670

Englishman of 1670
The Restoration and the permissive society favoured by Charles II are reflected in a new extravagance in dress, as in this gentlemans fancy petticoat, full sleeves etc

Background imageRestoration Collection: Restoration Woman

Restoration Woman
A court beauty sits with her pet dog in her lap

Background imageRestoration Collection: Charles I Restoration

Charles I Restoration
CHARLES I OF ENGLAND The King is invited to return and redress the woes of his people

Background imageRestoration Collection: Restoration of Sphinx

Restoration of Sphinx
Restoring the Sphinx

Background imageRestoration Collection: Horse Prepared for Race

Horse Prepared for Race
Horse racing in the reign of Charles II: finely dressed gentlemen look on as horses are prepared for the race

Background imageRestoration Collection: Cistercian Monastery

Cistercian Monastery
Restoration of a Cistercian monastery in medieval Germany

Background imageRestoration Collection: John Cook, Regicide

John Cook, Regicide
JOHN COOK Solicitor General and chief prosecutor at the trial of King Charles I; upon the Restoration sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered

Background imageRestoration Collection: Military / Restoration

Military / Restoration
English soldiers of the Restoration period, after the return of Charles II

Background imageRestoration Collection: Charles 2 Lands at Dover

Charles 2 Lands at Dover
THE RESTORATION Charles II lands at Dover and is greeted by his supporters



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