Finds Collection (page 6)

Luther Finds the Bible
In the college library at Erfurt, Martin discovers the Bible in Latin Date: 1501 - 1503

Mime and Siglind

St Bernard Finds Someone
Saint Bernards discover a man buried in the snow Date: circa 1890

The Golden Calf
When he comes back from talking to God, he finds that the Israelites, encouraged by his brother Aaron, are worshipping a golden calf : he is not at all pleased

Voodoo Charm
A Louisiana planter finds a Voodoo charm, much to the alarm of his black workers who tell him if he takes the steamboat to New Orleans, it will surely sink (it didn t !) Date: 1886

Petruchio & Katharina
Act IV, Scene I Petruchio finds fault with everything the servants provide Date: 1911

The Only Way
A man who finds he is being mocked by his contemporaries after a day of golf. He secretly goes back on to the golf course at night to prove he can play and complete the course

Blighted Blighty
The sad sufferings of a subaltern on leave who finds that everyone on the Home Front is obsessed with the war and with " doing their bit" including girlfriends who have become nurses

The Wynaad Goldfields, Southern India. The Verandah
Engraving of verandah on grand Indian estate where gold has been found. Three servants in turbans are waiting on their master, one servant is leading a horse to the master

The Wynaad Goldfields of Southern India. Richmond Coffee Sto
Engraving of servants sweeping and carrying coffee to the store on the Richmond Estate, where gold was found. Wynaad in the Malabar district of Madras was subject to many gold finds between 1876

Coloured Cousins 2
At first dismayed when his coloured cousins turn up from the West Indies, Gladstone soon finds work for them

Etats-Generaux
Louis XII, though ruling as autocratically as most kings, finds it prudent to consult his subjects from time to time : he holds a seance of the states-general at Tours

Dry digging, Turon gold fields, Australia
Dry digging on the Turon, a sketch from the Turon gold fields, New South Wales. This proved to have the richest finds on the river yielding approximately 400 ounces

Discovery of Royal mummies at Thebes
Tomb of King Amen-Hotep I, Eighteenth Dynasty, Thebes in Egypt. During the 1870s and 1880s Thebes was targeted by antiquity thieves, who sold rare finds to travellers

Cippius Genutius, after winning a battle, finds horns on his head, signifying that when he enters Rome he will be made king : detesting royalty, he prefers exile

Thetis Taken by Surprise
Though wed to Peleus, the naiad resists his embraces, turning herself into a tree etc : but one day he finds her sleeping, seizes the chance, makes her mother of Achilles

Tom in the Bedroom
Tom the chimney sweep finds himself in the beautiful and very clean bedroom of Ellie, the Squires daughter, at Harthwood House

Fable / Partial Judge
THE PARTIAL JUDGE After an incident with an oxen and a bull, a farmer finds that a lawyer is keener to see justice done when its in his favour rather than against him

Countryman and the Snake
THE COUNTRYMAN AND THE SNAKE A charitable man finds a frozen serpent and warms it in front of the fire, but the snake bites him: a wretched creature cannot be raised up

Fable / Lion, Wolf & Fox
THE LION, THE WOLF AND THE FOX: An old lion, wishing to find a cure, summons his animals. The wolf slanders the fox, but finds he comes off worst in the end

Miser who Lost Fortune
THE MISER WHO LOST HIS FORTUNE: A miser finds that the gold he had buried in a hole in the ground has been taken

The Cobbler & Financier
THE COBBLER AND THE RICH MAN A rich financier gives a frugal cobbler a large sum of money; previously happy, the cobbler now finds he can t sleep for fear of thieves Date: circa 1870

Fable / Horse & the Stag
THE HORSE AND THE STAG A horse, who finds a stag has intruded into his domain, seeks help from a man; the man obliges, and the horse then finds he has been enslaved

Rubber : Columbus
Columbus, during his second voyage, finds the natives of Haiti playing games with rubber balls

Police Search Team
A Metropolitan Police search team finds a missing body

Pilgrims Progress 28
Mr Brisk finds Mercy yet again sewing clothes for the poor - What, always at it ?

Finds from Hissarlik
Some of the finds from Heinrich Schliemanns excavations at the site of Ancient Troy at Hissarlik. These include hair-pins and an ivory arrowhead

Wizard of Oz / Lion and Oz
When the Cowardly Lion enters the Throne Room to see the Great and Terrible Oz, he finds that the Wizard has taken the form of a ball of fire

Snow Queen (Carse)
Gerda (well wrapped up in a fine winter coat !) finds Kay at last among the icebergs

Godwin / Caleb Williams
Caleb Williams finds himself in varying predicaments

Child at Play 1922
A young child finds an ingenious use for a collection of books from the shelf. They make wonderful bridges and roads for toys to travel along!

Facing the Music 1923
A burly drummer with a bad temper finds that someone has tampered with his drum. He has words with a small drummer. Someone has to face the music

Maxim Gun - Stanley
THE MAXIM GUN The explorer H M Stanley finds it useful during the Emin Pasha relief expedition in central Africa

Tregeagles Ghost
The ghost of Tregeagle, an evil-doing Cornishman, seeks nightly to escape his prison, Dozmary Pool; but every night he finds the Hounds of Hell awaiting him

African Servant 1
An Englishwoman in Cape Colony, South Africa, finds that the servant problem is even more acute here than home in England ! 1 of 15

African Servants 6
An Englishwoman in Cape Colony, South Africa, finds that the servant problem is even more acute here than home in England ! 6 of 15

African Servants 4
An Englishwoman in Cape Colony, South Africa, finds that the servant problem is even more acute here than home in England ! 4 of 15

African Servants 7
An Englishwoman in Cape Colony, South Africa, finds that the servant problem is even more acute here than home in England ! 7 of 15

African Servants 3
An Englishwoman in Cape Colony, South Africa, finds that the servant problem is even more acute here than home in England ! 3 of 15

African Servants 15
An Englishwoman in Cape Colony, South Africa, finds that the servant problem is even more acute here than home in England ! 15 of 15

African Servants 11
An Englishwoman in Cape Colony, South Africa, finds that the servant problem is even more acute here than home in England ! 11 of 15

African Servants 5
An Englishwoman in Cape Colony, South Africa, finds that the servant problem is even more acute here than home in England ! 5 of 15

African Servants 9
An Englishwoman in Cape Colony, South Africa, finds that the servant problem is even more acute here than home in England ! 9 of 15

African Servants 2
An Englishwoman in Cape Colony, South Africa, finds that the servant problem is even more acute here than home in England ! 2 of 15

African Servants 8
An Englishwoman in Cape Colony, South Africa, finds that the servant problem is even more acute here than home in England ! 8 of 15 Date: 1885

African Servants 12
An Englishwoman in Cape Colony, South Africa, finds that the servant problem is even more acute here than home in England ! 12 of 15

African Servants 14
An Englishwoman in Cape Colony, South Africa, finds that the servant problem is even more acute here than home in England ! 14 of 15

African Servants 13
An Englishwoman in Cape Colony, South Africa, finds that the servant problem is even more acute here than home in England ! 13 of 15

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