Imported Collection

Landing foreign cattle at the British and Foreign Wharf, near the London Docks, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Landing foreign cattle at the British and Foreign Wharf, near the London Docks, 1865. Illustration of '...the process of unloading a mixed cargo of sheep and cattle from the Magnet

Foreign cattle on board the Batavier, London and Rotterdam steamer, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Foreign cattle on board the Batavier, London and Rotterdam steamer, 1865. 'The importation of foreign bullocks and sheep for the immense consumption of London has lately been a subject of so much

Oda Harunaga and a Page with a Lantern, 1865. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Oda Harunaga and a Page with a Lantern, 1865. From 100 Ghost Tales from China and Japan

The musk deer, 1862. Creator: Pearson
The musk deer, 1862. The true musk perfume has been brought to Europe for many years, but the animal which yields it has never yet been seen alive in this hemisphere...Musk is contained in an

Advertisement for Naraindas & Company, suppliers of motor cars, 1936. Creator: Unknown
Advertisement for Naraindas & Company, suppliers of motor cars, 1936. Naraindas, based in Lahore and Karachi (at that time part of British India)

A box of fish shipped from Port Dover, Ontario, New York, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
New York, New York. A box of fish shipped from Port Dover, Ontario

Foreign Goods in Osaka (Osaka hikita karamono), from the series "Three Cities (Santo)
Foreign Goods in Osaka (Osaka hikita karamono), from the series " Three Cities (Santo no uchi)", c. 1818/30

Fruit Piece, 1860. Creator: Hannah Brown Skeele
Fruit Piece, 1860. A fly has settled on the sugar bowl

Bringing Cedar from Lebanon, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Bringing Cedar from Lebanon, 1890. Lebanese cedar (Cedrus libani), a valued source timber, imported for ancient woodworking. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol

French Milk Being Landed at Southampton, 1902. Creator: Unknown
French Milk Being Landed at Southampton, 1902. From " The Windsor Magazine Vol. XVI - June to November 1902". [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London, 1902]

Waithmans Shop, (1897). Creator: Unknown
Waithmans Shop, (1897). Waithman & Bristow, linen drapers shop in Fleet Street, London, as it might have looked in the 18th century. The sign says Importers of Irish Linens Calico Prints

A selection of Danish cheeses and a bottle of Aalborg aquavit, 1963. An advertising image taken to promote the sale of Danish products

A selection of Danish cheeses, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
A selection of Danish cheeses, 1963. An advertising image taken to promote the sale of Danish products, in this case a range of cheeses including Danish Blue and Esrom cheese from Jutland

Bacon delivery from Denmark, Kilnhurst, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters
Bacon delivery from Denmark, Kilnhurst, South Yorkshire, 1964. A Danish Bacon Company warehouseman checks in a lorry delivering imported bacon to their South Yorkshire depot

Shopkeeper unpacking canned gammon joints, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Shopkeeper unpacking canned gammon joints, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1963. The meat has just been imported from Denmark by the Danish Bacon Company

Advertising image for Daneland Lard, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Advertising image for Daneland Lard, 1963. Daneland Lard was imported by the Danish Bacon Company in the early sixties and distributed from their depot in Kilnhurst in South Yorkshire

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