Discovery Collection (page 10)

A galley, London, 1926-1927. Artist: Field
A galley, London, 1926-1927. This galley, probably Roman, was found when the foundations for County Hall were being dug up in 1910

X-ray photograph of a hand, 1926. Also featured is an inset of Wilhelm Rontgen (1845-1913) who discovered x-rays in 1895. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation

Marie Curie (1867-1934), Polish-born French physicist, 1926. In 1898, Curie and her husband Pierre discovered two new elements, polonium and radium

Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French navigator and military commander, 1898. Artist: Gilbert
Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French navigator and military commander, 1898. A print from Les Francais Illustres, by Gustave Demoulin, Hachette, Paris, 1898

Lady Easys Steinkirk: A Scene from The Fearless Husband by Colley Cibber (Act V, Scene 5), c1787, (1938). Depicts the last scene from Cibbers 1704 comedy, The Careless Husband

Captain James Cook, 18th century British navigator and explorer. Captain Cook (1728-1779) in naval uniform, seated, with his hand resting on a map of the world. Cook made three voyages of discovery

Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596), English sailor, 1924
Sir Francis Drake, 16th century English navigator. Drake (1540-1596) was the most renowned seaman of the Elizabethan Age. He circumnavigated the globe (1577-1580)

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), Genoese navigator and explorer, 1924
Christopher Columbus, Genoese navigator and explorer. Sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, Columbus (1451-1506) set out in 1492 to discover a westward route to Asia

Sir Walter Raleigh, English writer, poet, courtier, adventurer and explorer, 1924
Sir Walter Raleigh, English writer, poet, courtier, adventurer and explorer, (1821). Raleigh (1554-1618) was a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, who knighted him in 1585

The landing of Christopher Columbus on Hispaniola, 1901. Sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, Columbus set out to discover a westward route to Asia

Christopher Columbus, Genoese navigator and explorer, (1901). Sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, Columbus (1451-1506) set out in 1492 to discover a westward route to Asia

Antoine Lavoisier, 18th century French chemist, 19th century. Artist: CE Wagstaff
Antoine Lavoisier, 18th century French chemist, 19th century. Among other achievements, Lavoisier (1743-1794) was one of the discoverers of oxygen, and established the laws of chemical combination

Aysgarth Falls, Wensleydale, Yorkshire Dales, 1937. Sights of Britain, third series of 48 cigarette cards, issued with Senior Service, Junior Member, and Illingworth cigarettes

Alphonse Laveran, French physician, 1917. In 1880 Laveran (1845-1922) made the discovery that malaria were caused by protozoa

Lord Rosses telescope, Birr, Offaly, Ireland, 1924-1926. Artist: W Lawrence
Lord Rosses telescope, Birr, Offaly, Ireland, 1924-1926. William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800-1867), Irish astronomer and engineer

Christopher Columbus and his sons Diego and Ferdinand, 15th century. Columbus (1451-1506) was a navigator, colonizer and one of the first Europeans to explore the Americas after the Vikings

Columbus discovering America, 1492, (19th century). Artist: Holhs
Columbus discovering America, 1492, (19th century). Sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, Christopher Columbus set out to discover a westward route to Asia

Young Rubens surprised by his master, Van Noort, 1875. Artist: Steven Arad Allen
Young Rubens surprised by his master, Van Noort, 1875. Print from The Illustrated London News (23 January 1875)

August Wilhelm von Hofmann, 19th century German organic chemist, (1900). Through his work on coal-tar derivatives, Hofmann (1818-1892)

Louis Pasteur, 19th century French microbiologist and chemist, (1900). Pasteur (1822-1895) developed the pasteurisation process which kills pathogens in milk, wine and foods

Karl Ernst von Baer, 19th century German biologist, (1900). Born in Estonia, Baer (1792-1876) is regarded as one of the founding fathers of embryology. He discovered the mammalian ovum (egg) in 1827

Christian Friedrich Schoenbein (1799-1868), German-Swiss chemist, 1900. Schoebein is perhaps best known his discovery of guncotton

Sir Isaac Newton under the apple tree, (20th century). Newton under the apple tree where, according to popular legend, a falling apple prompted him to devise his theory of gravity

Landing of Columbus, AD 1492, (1877). Christopher Columbus arriving in America, 12 May 1492. Sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, Columbus set out to discover a westward route to Asia

Justus von Liebig (1803-1873), German chemist, 1900. Von Liebig was one of the most illustrious chemists of his age; he was the founder of agricultural chemistry

Right Hon Austen Henry Layard DCL, British Ambassador to Constantinople, 1877. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Right Hon Austen Henry Layard DCL, British Ambassador to Constantinople, 1877. Between 1845 and 1851, Layard (1817-1894) excavated the remains of the ancient Assyrian capitals of Nimrud

The first landing place, Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Artist: W Macleod
The first landing place, Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Botany Bay is a bay near Sydney. It is the place where Captain Cook made his first landfall in Australia in 1770

Relics from Cooks expeditions, 1886. Artist: W Macleod
Relics from Cooks expeditions, 1886. These items are now in the Sydney Museum. Captain James Cook, British naval officer and explorer, made three voyages of discovery between 1768 and 1779

Sir Joseph Banks, English naturalist and botanist, (1886). Artist: W Macleod
Sir Joseph Banks, English naturalist and botanist, (1886). Banks (1743-1820) took part in Captain James Cooks first great voyage of discovery (1768-1771)

Captain Cooks landing place, Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Botany Bay is a bay near Sydney where James Cook made his first landfall on Australian soil in 1770

Captain Cook claims Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 1770 (1886). James Cook proclaiming New South Wales a British possession after landing there on his first voyage of discovery

Tasmans Carpenter Landing, 1644 (1886). Dutch explorer Abel Tasman mapped the north coast of Australia in 1644. He is best known for his discovery of Tasmania two years previously

The Duyfken in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, 1606 (1886). Artist: W Mollier
The Duyfken in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, 1606 (1886). The ship commanded by the Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon, who in 1606 became the first European known to have seen Australia

Captain James Cook, English explorer, navigator and cartographer, (1886). Cook (1728-1779) claimed Australia for Britain after he arrived there in 1770 on the first of this three voyages of

Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River, Africa, c1890
Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River, on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, Africa, c1890. Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone (1813-1873)

Edward Jenner, English country doctor, 19th century. Artist: E Scriven
Edward Jenner, English country doctor, 19th century. Jenner (1749-1823) is famous for his discovery of the smallpox vaccine

From the series Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets: Yamabe no Akahito, c1830. Artist: Hokusai
From the series Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets: Yamabe no Akahito, c1830. Hokusai, Katsushika (1760-1849). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Jons Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist, 1830s. Berzelius (1779-1848) introduced modern chemical symbols. He discovered the elements selenium, thorium and cerium, and was first to isolate others

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

Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, c1900s(?). Artist: Nadar
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, c1900s(?). Mechnikov (1845-1916) continued the work of Louis Pasteur, specialising in the study of the immune system

Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist, c1880-c1882. Artist: Andrei Osipovich Karelin
Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist, c1880-c1882. One of the greatest figures in the history of chemistry, Mendeleev (1834-1907)

The Age of the Reformation, (1872), 1900. Artist: Benoist
The Age of the Reformation, (1872), 1900

Illustration for Louis Henri Boussenard and Henri Makins book Orphelin, 1894. Artist: Frederic Lix
Illustration for Louis Henri Boussenard and Henri Makins book Orphelin, 1894. From Le Petit Journal, 14th May 1894

Sir William Herschel, German-born British astronomer. Artist: E Scriven
Sir William Herschel, German-born British astronomer. Holding a diagram of planets and their planetry rings. Herschel (1738-1822) constructed his own telescope after taking up astronomy as a hobby

Sir Isaac Newton, 1774. Artist: William Sharp
Sir Isaac Newton, 1774. Isaac Newton (1642-1727), English mathematician, astronomer and physicist. Newtons discoveries were prolific and exerted a huge influence on science and thought

Inventions and Discoveries, 19th century

At Home in the Forest, c1880. Artist: Henri-Joseph Harpignies
At Home in the Forest, c1880. Located in the collection at, Louvre, Paris

Tomb of Sethi I, Valley of the Kings, Egypt, 13th century BC
Tomb of Seti I, Valley of the Kings, Egypt, 13th century BC. Wall painting in the tomb of the 19th Dynasty Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Seti I who ruled Egypt from c1290 until 1279 BC

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