Discovered Collection

The Capture Of Guy Fawkes, 1605, (c1850). Fawkes was an English conspirator who attempted to blow up the houses of Parliament on November 5th

Illustration for History of the First Crusades, 1800. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for History of the First Crusades, 1800. Peter Bartholomew finds the Sacred Lance

The Battle of La Malmaison; A German 150 gun in the park of the Castle of Pinon... 1917 Creator: Unknown
The Battle of La Malmaison; A German 150 gun in the park of the Castle of Pinon, taken with all its servants; in the foreground, shells fitted with their fuses, 1917

Finding the Body of King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden after the Battle of Lütze, 1855. Creator: Carl Wahlbom
Finding the Body of King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden after the Battle of Lutze, 1855

The Graphic Stanley Number; The Meeting of Livingstone and Stanley in Central Africa, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Graphic Stanley Number; The Meeting of Livingstone and Stanley in Central Africa, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 41. January to June, 1890

Paul and Virginia or the very Last of the Smugglers, 1886. Creator: Randolph Caldecott
Paul and Virginia or the very Last of the Smugglers, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

The Mayor of Casterbridge, by Thomas Hardy, 1886. Creator: Robert Barnes
The Mayor of Casterbridge, by Thomas Hardy, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

A rum-running boat caught smuggling in 2000 bottles, USA, 1920s. The sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol for consumption were banned in the United States under the Eighteenth Amendment

Clodius Disguised as a Woman from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, Flanders, c. 1680
Clodius Disguised as a Woman, from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, Flanders, c. 1680. Woven at the workshop of Gerard Peemans, after a design by Justus van Egmont

(Scene from Don Quixote), 1816. Creator: John Ritto Penniman
(Scene from Don Quixote), 1816

Venus Discovering the Death of Adonis, 17th century. Creator: Anon
Venus Discovering the Death of Adonis, 17th century

Pictography, Faical, San Ignacio, Cajamarca, Peru, 2015. Creator: Luis Rosendo
Pictography, Rock Painting, Pictograms, despicting hunting scenes, antropomorphic and zoomorphic figures, symbols and other graphics

Imogen in the Cave (Cymbeline), c1870. Artist: David Desvachez
Imogen in the Cave (Cymbeline), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Enforcing prohibition, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, 1920s. Law enforcement agents examining at a cache of 191 pint bottles found underneath a sailors mattress on a steamer putting in at Norfolk, Virginia

Guy Fawkes, caught in the act of preparing the Gunpowder Plot, 1605 (c1900). Artist
Guy Fawkes, caught in the act of preparing the Gunpowder Plot, 1605 (c1900). Fawkes (1570-1606) was an English conspirator who attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament on November 5th 1605

Ferdinand Magellan (c1480-c1521), Portugese navigator. The first explorer to circumnavigate the globe and cross the Pacific Ocean

At My Cry He Dropped It, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
At My Cry He Dropped It, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

Contemporary painting of King Richard III (1452-1485), 2013. Artist: Karen Humpage
Contemporary painting of King Richard III (1452-1485), 2013. Based on the facial reconstruction, which was created after the discovery of the Kings body at the site of the former Greyfriars Church in

Queen Mary surprising Courtenay and the Princess Elizabeth, 1553-1555 (1840). Artist: George Cruikshank
Queen Mary surprising Courtenay and the Princess Elizabeth, 1553-1555 (1840). During Marys reign her half-sister Elizabeth came under suspicion of plotting against her

Paolo and Francesca, 1819. Artist: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Paolo and Francesca, 1819. Found in the collection of the Musee Turpin de Crisse, Angers

Mars and Venus discovered by Vulcan, 1768. Artist: Louis Jean Francois Lagrenee
Mars and Venus discovered by Vulcan, 1768. In the Roman pantheon Mars was the god of War, Venus goddess of beauty and love whose husband, Vulcan, was god of fire and metal working

Joseph Priestley, English chemist and Presbyterian minister, 1791. Artist: William Bromley
Joseph Priestley, English Chemist and Presbyterian minister, 1791. Priestley (1733-1804) was a pioneer in the study of gases and is recognised as one of the discoverers of oxygen

Marie (1867-1934) and Pierre (1859-1906) Curie. With their daughter Irene in the garden of their house on Boulevard Kellermann, Paris

Britannia Discovering The Source of The Nile, 1863. Artist: John Tenniel
Britannia Discovering The Source of The Nile, 1863. Britannia says: Ah, Mr. Nilus! So I ve Found You At Last! In July 1862, two British explorers, Speke and Grant

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