Supposed Collection (page 3)

Saint James the Great
SAINT JAMES THE GREAT the patron of pilgrims, supposed to be buried at Compostella, Spain

Ships in the Ice
The brig Renovation sights two vessels on an iceberg, which are supposed to be Franklins Erebus and Terror, last heard of in July 1845

Spontaneous Geese -2
Barnacle Geese have been supposed to grow spontaneously from barnacle shells growing on anatiferous trees : their development is shown here figure 2 of 2

Haida Woman
A Haida woman of Queen Charlotte Island, northwest America : note the lip-plug, an ornament supposed to be attractive

Little Bo-Peep (Bell)
Foolishly, Bo-Peep has fallen asleep while she is supposed to be minding the sheep : in her dreams she hears them bleating but this, alas, is an illusion; they are lost

Saint Petronilla
SAINT PETRONILLA Roman martyr, sometimes supposed to be the daughter of St Peter : she was martyred when she preferred virginity to an aristocratic marriage

Insurance Stamps
A comment on Lloyd Georges National Insurance Act : a maidservant asks her mistress if she is supposed to stick the insurance stamps on herself... ?

Joseph of Arimathea
JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA supposed wealthy follower of Jesus who requested his body after the crucifixion : the subject of many pious legends

Ternate Bat
Vespertilio vampyrus : the TERNATE BAT, one of several varieties of South American bats supposed to be given to sucking blood

Suppressing the Sioux
General Miles leads a cavalry column against the Sioux, who are staging a rebellion on account of supposed grievances against the kindly and benevolent government

DUC D ORLEANS (-1793)
Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d ORLEANS (known as Philippe Egalite ) despite his revolutionary sympathies, he was guillotined for supposed treason

ELF SHOT
ELF-SHOT These flint arrow-heads were supposed to be of fairy origin, and a valuable protection against the Evil Eye

Pierres-Sottes
Les PIERRES-SOTTES [also known as pierres caillasses - rocks in Berry, Central France, popularly supposed to be animated

MARTIANS
The inhabitants of Mars seek to communicate with the Earth (apparently their technology isn t as advanced as Wells supposed)

Sarcophagus / Alexander
SARCOPHAGUS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, supposed to have been deposited by Ptolemy - from the ruins of the Soma in Alexandria

Bladud, King of England
BLADUD, King of England, credited with founding the city of Bath and with magical feats, supposed to have died in London while attempting to fly Date: - 463 BC

Supposed landscape on the planet Mars
A supposed landscape on the planet Mars, showing the canals

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