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The Rosetta Stone, British Museum, London, 1874Engraving showing the scene at the British Museum, London, in 1874 with a large group of people crowding round the Rosetta Stone during the International Congress of Orientalists
Gurneys Steam CarriageGoldsworthy Gurneys steam carriage is one of the most successful of its kind and 15 are built : tested by the War Office one averages 15 mph on the round trip London to Bath
BreakdancingA breakdancer spins round on his back and stuns his teenage onlookers. Note the profusion of of white clothes and stilettos, slip-on shoes with white socks, perms and mullets
Drake Knighted / 1581 / ColQueen Elizabeth I knights Francis Drake on his ship, Golden Hind, after his round the world voyage
Galahad & Round TableSir Galahad is introduced to the Round Table
Mariner, WatersnakesThe Mariner, the dead albatross slung round his neck, watches the sea snakes and blesses them as living things in his desolate world
Lancashire WitchesTHE LANCASHIRE WITCHES The gathering of the witches, doing magic round their cauldron, watched by their sinister familiars
Mungo Park reaches Kamalia, AfricaThe Scottish explorer Mungo Park reaches Kamalia in Mandingo (Mandinka, Mandinko) country, West Africa
England / PiddinghoeThe Sussex village of Piddinghoe, England, on the River Ouse, between Lewes and Newhaven, with its fine old church and round tower
Lucy Locket / GreenawayLucy Locket lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it. There was not a penny in it but a ribbon round it
Dancing Round MaypoleGirls dance round a maypole
Amsterdam PlanA pre-railway plan showing how the streets and canals have been built concentrically round the city centre. Date: mid-19th century
Trade catalogue for copper moulds with tin lining 1911Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing round fluted copper moulds with tin inside. Date: 1911
Eccles Tower, Norfolk, England. Photograph of the tower, with silhouetted figure bottom right. Eccles Tower is the round tower, circa 12th of the church of Eccles St Mary next the Sea
Carbine, Self-Loading, . 30 In M1M1. 30 in self-loading carbine, 1942 (c); General Motors Incorporated, Inland Division. Developed as a carbine for issue to second-line troops and officers
Lusk Round Tower and Church - a close in view of the round tower and church together. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Dublin: Lusk). Date: circa early 1900s
Clondalkin Round Tower, Co Dublin - a rear view of a round tower with other buildings around it. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Dublin: Clondalkin). Date: circa early 1900s
Tatler cover - Gabrielle Chanel & Alain GerbaultFront cover of The Tatler featuring a snapshot taken at Eaton Hall, Cheshire seat of the Duke of Westminster, where Alain Gerbault, captain of the Firecrest and French lawn tennis star, was staying
France. Paris. Notre Dame. Rose window
Transport / Flight / AirshipSANTOS-DUMONT successfully flies round the Tour Eiffel, though he fails to complete the circuit in 30 minutes to win the offered prize Date: July 1901
Etruscan warrior. 4th c. BC. Etruscan art. Sculpture on bronze. ITALY. TUSCANY. Florence. National Museum of Archaeology
Stela of the royal scribe Ani. Egyptian art. New Kingdom. Relief. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Egyptian Museum
Gallo-Roman low-relief. Ferrying wine barrels and amphorae. Roman art. Early Empire. Relief on rock. FRANCE. PROVENCE ALPES CԔ E D AZUR. VAUCLUSE. Avignon. Mus饠 Calvet (Calvet Museum)
Statue of Djoser. Egyptian artSeated statue of King Djoser. 2611 BC. Detail. Egyptian art. Old Kingdom. Sculpture on rock. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Egyptian Museum. Proc: EGYPT. CAIRO. Saqqara
Ares and Aphrodite. Greek artVotive relief dedicated to Ares and Aphrodite. 5th c.BC. Classical Greek art. Relief on marble. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Archaeological Museum
Rene Lacoste in play at WimbledonRene Lacoste playing Hubert de Morpurgo in the fifth round of the mens singles. In 1926 and 1927 Lacoste was the top ranked player in the mens game
Ufos / Cussac, FranceTwo boys report seeing four aliens - they describe them as little devils - who fly round a spherical craft landed in a field
Chung Ling Soo (real name William Robinson). The other side of the previously shown circular flyer showing a portrait of Soo in the centre of a Willow Pattern Plate
Lobby, Union Terminal, Cincinnati, Ohio, USALobby of the Union Terminal railway station, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Date: circa 1940s
Tonbridge Castle, Tonbridge, Kent, dating back to the 11th century. 1809
Guan Yin. 10th c. - 13th c. Bodhisattva of compassion. Chinese art. Song period. Sculpture on wood. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Guimet Museum
NCH Home, Newton Hall, Frodsham, CheshireAn aerial view of the National Childrens Home Newton Hall site at Frodsham. The home comprised a number of cottage homes and other buildings arranged round a central green. Date: Date unknown
Argonauta hians, brown paper nautilusA pair of brown paper nautilus (Argonauta hians). This delicate-shelled cephalopod is distributed in warm seas globally
South Africa Round AfricaPoster advertising travel to South Africa or round Africa on the Union-Castle shipping line, which operated passenger and mail ships between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977
The Grave of Charles Dickens, Westminster Abbey, 1870Engraving showing a large group of Victorian visitors to Westminster Abbey crowding round the grave of Charles Dickens (1812-1870), to pay their last respects to the English writer
The Re-cut Koh-i-noor Diamond, 1852Engraving of the re-cut Koh-i-noor ( mountain of light ) diamond, 1852. Previously owned by the Mogul emperors, the Persian Shahs and Ranjit Singh, the Lion of the Punjab
Wimbledon / Semi-Final 81Lawford versus Renshaw in the fifth round of the all-comers match at the Lawn Tennis Championship at Wimbledon
Asklepios / AesculapiusGreek - Roman god of medicine and healing : the serpent twined round a staff was his attribute
Roanoid bakelite doorknob and keyhole cover in marbled cream and brown. Date: 1930s
Sandycove, Co. Dublin - a view of the village beside the sea with a round tower visible to the right. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Dublin; Sandycove). Date: circa early 1900s
Advert for Asprey mens leather wrist watches 1938Aspreys stock of mens watches is representative of finest work of the recognised leaders in the craft of watchmaking. Date: 1938
King David. Drawing for the rose window of the Cathedral of Leon. 14th century. Paper, gouache. Leon Cathedral Chapter. Castile and Leon. Spain
Queens Park bandstand, NW London. Date: circa 1905
Trade catalogue for jelly and cake moulds 1911Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing jelly and cake moulds in a variety of shapes. Date: 1911
Farm Workers and TractorA group of farm workers gathered round a tractor, some are waving at the camera, one gives a thumbs up. Date: late 1960s
Poster, All the year round the French Riviera calls youPoster, French National Railways, All the year round the French Riviera calls you. 1949
MAYPOLE DANCINGThe spirit of Merrie England still persists here in the village of Kingsteignton, Devon, England, dancing round the Maypole on May Day. Date: 1950s
Northern Ireland - three British soldiers in riot equipmentOfficial photograph of three British soldiers in riot equipment standing next to a one ton Humber. Two soldiers are armed with SLR Rifles, while the third is firing a baton round, Northern Ireland