Valuable Collection (page 2)

Gold specimens
A variety of gold specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London. Gold is an elemental metal. It occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits

Royal Wedding Presents at St Jamess Palace
A general view of the magnificent array of presents in the main salon, one of the three rooms in St. Jamess Palace to which the public were admitted

Admiralty Islands - decorated gourds
Decorated gourds from the Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. Pen & Ink with watercolour wash drawings by Raymond Sheppard

Loving Cup Presented to John Wilkes, 1772
Engraving of a Loving Cup presented to John Wilkes, MP and Lord Mayor of London, by the City Corporation on 24th January 1772 in commemoration of his valuable services in defending the freedom of

Lighthouse Chersonese
Cape Chersonese is close to Balaklava, and this lighthouse is a valuable seamark to Allied shipping during the Crimea War

James Anderson, Economist
JAMES ANDERSON - Scottish economist and inventor : actively concerned with the Scottish fisheries, and in agricultural reform, where he made valuable innovations

James Anderson, Botanist
JAMES ANDERSON - Physician- general to the East India Company, made valuable medical innovations in India, important studies of insects and crop introduction

Stephen Hales, Medical
STEPHEN HALES churchman who opposed the drinking of spirits and made valuable medical discoveries

Calendula Arvensis
Field calendula Souci des champs a valuable herb used in homeopathy

Kaffir Bull Sacrifice
Directed by their priest/witch doctor, Kaffirs sacrifice a valuable bull in hope of appeasing their tribal deity

Fragment of Sintrams Evangelium Longum
A fragment of Sintrams Evangelium Longum, a gospel book. It is one of the great treasures of the Monastery and Library of St Gall in Switzerland

Franklin / Trent in Floes
Lieutenant John Franklin on his first expedition: the Trent among ice floes which halted their expedition, although they did bring back some valuable charts

Franklin / Dorothea in Ice
Lieutenant John Franklin on his first expedition: the Dorothea icebound not far from Spitsbergen. The expedition did bring back some valuable charts

Events / Germany 1935
Saar demonstration outside the Reichstag. The valuable mines of the Saar Basin were under French control after WW1. The Saar population decided in 1935 to return to Germany

A Girls Education
A handsome girl is taught to dance, watched by her mother who knows how valuable this accomplishment is in making an advantageous marriage... the facial expressions are superb!

Short Mayo / Mercury
Flying-boat Maia takes off with Mercury on its back, then releases the seaplane, which has not had to expend valuable fuel to get airborne so has a much greater range

Directing Artillery
A French Farman F-40 comes under German fire as it directs artillery fire over Avocourt on the Western Front; this is a valuable but dangerous duty

Bear Baiting C 14
To make things fairer on the dogs - besides, they are valuable - the bear is muzzled so that he cannot bite them. Still, he can use his claws if not his jaws

Thomas Birch, Writer
THOMAS BIRCH Prolific historian and biographer whose works, though dull, are full of valuable information, despite the mockery of Horace Walpole

Archbishops Palace
The archbishops palace, close to Notre-Dame, is sacked by a Paris mob who do incalculable damage to books and manuscripts, artworks and other valuable items

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

3rd Earl Spencer
JOHN CHARLES SPENCER, third earl SPENCER; previously viscount ALTHORP. Statesman who despite his preference for country pursuits pursued a valuable political career

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