Staple Collection

Staple Inn, High Holborn, London, on a wet winter's day. Artist: Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) Date: 1905

Staple Inn, Holborn, London - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Staple's Inn, Holborn, by night Date: 1905

Staple Inn Buildings, Chancery Lane, London Date: circa 1900

London Stone in Cannon Street, London
London Stone in Cannon Street, supposed to be the milestone or Milliarium of the Romans. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of the Society of Antiquaries

Edward Pink & Sons, Wholesalers and Manufacturers
Edward Pink & Sons, London, Wholesalers and Manufacturers, Staple Street, Long Lane and Borough, London. 1888

STAPLES INN / HOLBORN 1884
Staples Inn, Holborn: a row of 16th century shops Date: 1884

LONDON / HOLBORN / STAPLES
Staples Inn Date: 1884

Sorghum bicolor, sorghum
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Taro Plantation - Samoa - Pacific Ocean. Taro is a root vegetable native to Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. Taro features in traditional desserts such as Samoan " fa ausi"

Old Staple Inn, Holborn, London
Old Staple Inn and the Roneo Building, Holborn, London c. 1910

Staple Inn - Courtyard with trees - people on seat. Part of Box 318 Boswell Collection - Dickens. Date: circa 1900

Garden, Staple Inn - Narrow, tree-filled garden. Part of Box 318 Boswell Collection - Dickens. Date: circa 1900

Englishman 1205
Over his flowing gown he wears a surcoat : originally worn over armour, it has now become a staple item of dress, cut without sleeves and slit up the sides Date: circa 1205

South Africa - Women carrying mealie-meal - a relatively coarse flour made from maize (called mielies or mealies). A staple food in South Africa, Lesotho, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi

Japan - Japanese woman carrying bunch of daikon and package
Japan - Japanese woman carrying bunch of daikon and a package wrapped in brown paper. Daikon (white radish), is a traditional Japanese staple vegetable used for takuan or bettarazuke dishes

Hawaii, USA - Making Poi - Staple food from the Taro Plant
Hawaii, USA - Making Poi. Primary Polynesian staple food mad fom the underground stem of the Taro Plant - known in Hawaii as Kalo. Date: circa 1910s

Staple Inn - High Holborn, London, England
Dating from 1585, Staple Inn on the south side of High Holborn, London, England. Located near Chancery Lane tube station, it is used as the London office of the Institute of Actuaries

Zea mais, maize
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Eleusine coracana, finger millet
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

London, Staple Inn, Holborn. Date: 1907

Staple Inn, Holborn
The half-timbered structure of Staple Inn in Holborn, one of the few surviving Tudor buildings in central London. Dating from 1581, it was formerly an Inn of Chancery. Date: 16th century

Gathering seaweed for food, Ireland
Scenes showing men, women and children gathering seaweed for food on the coast of Clare, west of Ireland. They are also shown picking, drying and selling d hlisk, and gathering corrigan

Cassava / Manioc
Cultivating cassava (also known as manioc) (manihot utilissima) in South America where it is a staple food

Julliens Polka
The polka, introduced in 1844, is danced at the soirees du haut ton in London, Paris, Vienna etc and rapidly becomes a staple of every fashionable ballroom

Cooking the Cabbage
The cabbage is - or was once - the staple vegetable of English cuisine, and its cooking - whole - is an important part of any meal worthy of the name

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