Lead Collection (page 3)

Hound Trailing, one of Cumbrias oldest and most popular sports, Keswick, 2nd July 1962
Hound Trailing, one of Cumbrias oldest and most popular sports, 2nd July 1962. Hound Trailing takes place over moorland, fields and fells

Cutting off lead from a manganese chain casting, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965
Cutting off lead from a manganese chain casting, Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965

Seal of Grand prince Vsevolod III Yuryevich the Big Nest. Found in the Collection of State Museum of Architecture, History and Art, Vladimir

Seal of Grand prince Sviatoslav III of Vladimir. Found in the Collection of State Museum of Architecture, History and Art, Vladimir

The Sinaia lead plate. Artist: Hasdeu, Bogdan Petriceicu (1838-1907)
The Sinaia lead plate. Found in the collection of Muzeu de arheologie, Bucharest

Drakes Funeral, January 1596, (c1880). Sir Francis Drake (c1540- 27 January 1596) was an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era

Five Studies of Horses and Riders, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Five Studies of Horses and Riders, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Two Studies of Horses and Riders and Smaller Studies of Horses, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Two Studies of Horses and Riders and Smaller Studies of Horses, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Two Studies of a Horse and one of a Horse and Rider, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Two Studies of a Horse and one of a Horse and Rider, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Studies of Violas and of Methods of Soldering Lead Roofs, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Studies of Violas and of Methods of Soldering Lead Roofs, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Judging cats at the Royal Botanic Gardens show, Kew, London, c1900 (1901). Harrison Weir arranged the first formal cat show in England in 1871 at the Crystal Palace

Gold, silver, and lead tickets admitting to Vauxhall Gardens, c1740, (1912). Artist: James Stow
Gold, silver, and lead tickets admitting to Vauxhall Gardens, c1740, (1912). Originally from designs by William Hogarth (1697-1764). From London - South of the Thames, by Sir Walter Besant

A Blind Girl of Rome, c18th century. Artist: Thomas Gaugain
A Blind Girl of Rome, c18th century. From The Connoisseur Vol. XX. [Otto Limited, London, 1908]

Heaving the lead, 1937. Cigarette card from The Navy series, produced by Senior Service Cigarettes, 1937

Christ, Man of Sorrow, with Durer?s Features, 1522, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Durer
Christ, Man of Sorrow, with Durer?s Features, 1522, (1936). Found in the collection of the Bremen, Kunsthalle (lost during World War II)

The Banquet of the Black Dolls, 19th century. Artist: George Cruikshank
The Banquet of the Black Dolls - In commemoration of the Reduction of the Duty on Rags, 19th century. Pate de Horse Shoes, Omelette de Old Iron, Bones Boile, Plomb (ie Lead) Pudding

Diana of the Uplands, c1903-1904, (1912). Artist: Charles Wellington Furse
Diana of the Uplands, c1903-1904, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

Sectional view of lead chambers for large-scale production of sulphuric acid, 1870. Also known as Oil of Vitriol or H2S04, sulphuric acid was one of the most important of industrial chemicals

Sectional view of Gay-Lussacs lead chambers and absorption towers, 1870. These were for the large-scale production of sulphuric acid also (Oil of Vitriol or H2SO4)

Lead chambers for large-scale production of sulphuric acid, 1874. Sectional view showing the process from beginning to end from the furnace (left) to the denitrating (or Glover) tower (right)

Production of sulphuric acid (Oil of Vitriol or H2S04), 1844. View of the passage between two lead chambers, Felling Chemical Works, Newcastle, England. From The Penny Magazine. (London 1844)

Smelting of ores (gold, silver, copper and lead), 1556. A workman beats clay to make lute to line a furnace. On the floor are various tools needed during the smelting process

Lead smelting, 1556. From De re metallica by Agricola (Georg Bauer). (Basel, 1556)

Separating lead from silver or gold in a cupellation furnace, 1556. The Foreman consumed quantities of butter to avoid being poisoned (to prevent absorption of lead in the stomach)

Chinese Pottery Model of Pigs in a Pigsty, 1st-3rd century. Glazed with Lead and Copper Oxide, Eastern Han, Zhujuan, Chou Kuan

Roman Lead Water-Pipe with inscription, c2nd century. Emperor Antominus and Commodia. Rome, Terme Museum

Roman Leadwater Pipes from Colchester, Essex, c2nd-3rd century

Lead plaque asking questions of an oracle at Dodona, reading Hermon asks to which god he should pray to have useful children by his wife Kretma, apart from those he already has

Lead tablet from the Sanctuary of Zeus at Dodona, c. 4th century BC
Lead tablet from the Sanctuary of Zeus at Dodona. Some of the Korkyrians and Orikioi ask to which god or hero they should sacrifice so as to govern the land in the best way

Detail of Zuni tribe Native American hunting magic on pottery. Note the line to lead the hunters arrow to the buffalos heart

Lead figure from the Urartu culture, with an inlay of ivory and glass. From Toprak Kale, from the British Museums collection

Cast lead-alloy disc brooch from New Market Street, York. The decoration is related to a brooch from the Beeston Tor Hoard

Constable of the Watch with his dog from Much Ado About Nothing Act3 Sc3, 17th century
The Constable of the Watch with his dog. In Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing Act 3 Sc 3 Dogberry is such a officer. Early 17th century illustration

Lead plaque from Sanctuary at Altar of Zeus, Dobona, Epirus, Greece, c214 BC. Some of the Kirkyrians (Corfu) ask the oracle to which god or hero they should sacrifice to govern their province well

Refining copper using the Hungarian process, 1683. Copperplate engraving showing cupellation cakes being roasted, releasing lead. The lead obtained is smelted at top left

Lead figures of golfers, c1920s

The Dogs of War, 1876. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Dogs of War, 1876. A Russian struggles to control a group of dogs, representing the Balkans, which are pulling at their leashes, eager to chase Murad V, the new Sultan of the Ottoman empire

Pipe, Mid-late 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Wood pipe with high relief of a snake which extends along the stem and wraps around the bowl. Inlaid lead forms the pattern on the snake and the second snake on the pipe bowl

A woman in profile pulling back on a rope tied around the horns of a young bull, ca. 1660

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