Obtained Collection

Defence of Chateau de Hougoumont - Battle of Waterloo
Defence of the Chateau de Hougoumont by the flank company, Coldstream GuardsWatercolour by Denis Dighton, 1815Associated with Napoleonic Wars

Sister Hilda Hope McMaugh, AIF, in an aircraft at the C?
Sister Hilda Hope McMaugh, AIF, in an aircraft at the Central Aircraft Co at Northolt, having just obtained her pilot?s certificate, becoming the first Australian woman to do so on 15 November 1919

Attack on the British Squares by French Cavalry, Waterloo
Attack on the British Squares by French Cavalry, Battle of Waterloo, 1815.Watercolour by Denis Dighton, 1815. Associated with the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleonic Wars

Telling time at night using a nocturnal. The hour is obtained by measuring the angular position of the imaginary line joining the pointers in the constellation of the Plough to the Pole Star

Testing Rasmussen
Apparatus used by Christian Winther to test Danish medium Anna Melloni Rasmussen (born 1898) at Copenhagen : positive results were obtained

Male Mandrake plant.Woodcut from Johannis de Cuba Ortus Sanitatis, Strasbourg, 1483
527503 Male Mandrake plant.Woodcut from Johannis de Cuba Ortus Sanitatis, Strasbourg, 1483. A soporific was obtained from the root and its properties were probably known to the Babylonians

The Scots Holding Their Young King's Nose to the Grindstone'. After a broadside of 1651
527990 The Scots Holding Their Young King's Nose to the Grindstone'. After a broadside of 1651.; (add.info.: The Presbyterian church in Scotland was determined that under Charles II they)

Refining copper by Hungarian process, 1580 (engraving)
534632 Refining copper by Hungarian process, 1580 (engraving); (add.info.: Refining copper by Hungarian process. Cupellation cakes roasted, releasing heat. At 5: lead obtained being smelted)

A Lirong warrior of the Baram District, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia. His coat was made of goat skin
3033730 A Lirong warrior of the Baram District, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia. His coat was made of goat skin and his shield covered with human hair obtained from his enemies

Blowing cylinder or sheet glass (engraving)
538647 Blowing cylinder or sheet glass (engraving); (add.info.: Blowing cylinder or sheet glass. Method of making sheet glass introduced into England by Lucas Chance in 1832)

Gregory Blaxland
A portrait of Gregory Blaxland, who in 1813, obtained approval from Governor Lachlan Macquarie to lead an expedition, consisting of William Lawson

Iyeyasu, the greatest ruler of Japan in peace and war (litho)
6005004 Iyeyasu, the greatest ruler of Japan in peace and war (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Iyeyasu, the greatest ruler of Japan in peace and war)

1751 Local Act St Margaret and St John, Westminster
The front page of 1751 Local Act obtained by the joint parishes of St Margaret and St John, Westminster for the better relief and employment of the poor Date: 1751

Plaque to 3rd Parachute Squadron RE, Troarn, Normandy
This is on the wall of the Tourist Office and was put up by the citizens of Troarn in honour of the officers and men of the Squadron who at dawn on the 6 June 1944

Runney Mead, or Magna Charta Island, near Egham, Surrey (engraving)
3649006 Runney Mead, or Magna Charta Island, near Egham, Surrey (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Runney Mead, or Magna Charta Island, near Egham, Surrey)

St Marys Church, Woodstock (b / w photo)
3092508 St Marys Church, Woodstock (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Marys Church, Woodstock)

The Sydney Exhibition, Mineral Trophy, showing the Amount of Gold obtained in Australasia up to the Present Time
1054343 The Sydney Exhibition, Mineral Trophy, showing the Amount of Gold obtained in Australasia up to the Present Time (engraving) by English School

The Glorious First of June (1st June 1794), pub. 2nd June 1894 (litho)
1604918 The Glorious First of June (1st June 1794), pub. 2nd June 1894 (litho) by Loutherbourg, Philippe de (1740-1812) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: " The Glorious First of June)

The Military Tournament at the Agricultural Hall, the Soldiers Quarters in the Galleries (engraving)
1056197 The Military Tournament at the Agricultural Hall, the Soldiers Quarters in the Galleries (engraving) by Dadd, Frank (1851-1929) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

How I obtained Two Curates, and how I lost Two Daughters (engraving)
1062193 How I obtained Two Curates, and how I lost Two Daughters (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: How I obtained Two Curates)

Summerhouse, Groote Schuur (b / w photo)
3092333 Summerhouse, Groote Schuur (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Summerhouse, Groote Schuur)

Old Ruin at Hout Bay (b / w photo)
3092317 Old Ruin at Hout Bay (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Old Ruin at Hout Bay)

Professor Beresford Pite, Architect (b / w photo)
3652288 Professor Beresford Pite, Architect (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Professor Beresford Pite, Architect)

The Alfred Docks (b / w photo)
3092298 The Alfred Docks (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Alfred Docks)

Faulty Posture in Sitting, Faulty Posture in Writing, Improved Posture (b / w photo)
3633314 Faulty Posture in Sitting, Faulty Posture in Writing, Improved Posture (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Faulty Posture in Sitting)

The Hundredth Anniversary of Smithfield Club Cattle Show (b / w photo)
1606810 The Hundredth Anniversary of Smithfield Club Cattle Show (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Scaffolding & observatory on St Pauls
It was when the cross of St Pauls was taken down in 1821 to be repaired and reguilt, that the noted surveyor, Thomas Hornor

Bagh-nakh
Bagh Nakh, Tigers Claw. Two brass rings (for the fingers) attached to a brass plate with four steel claws. For the left hand. Obtained from a dacoit in Belgaum District, india, 1945

Fanny and Dora Watson, Kent / 178
Fanny (right) and Dora (left) Watson. Taken at the Houghton photographic studio. The Watson Fanny Watson is wearing three War Service Bar stripes on her left arm

Cones of salt - The Great Salt Mines, Oasis of Bilma, Sahara
Cones of salt obtained from The Great Salt Mines, Oasis of Bilma, Niger, Sahara. Taken during the expedition led by Captain Angus Buchanan to the Sahel region of the Sahara in 1922-23

Fake Spirit Photo
The usual " spirit photograph", obtained by photographing the sitter with a positive of the ghost concealed in the dark-slide

The Scots Holding Their Young Kings Nose to the Grindstone. The Presbyterian church in Scotland was determined that under Charles II they would keep their independence from the Anglican church which

Laurence Eusden
LAURENCE EUSDEN Churchman who obtained the post of Poet Laureate by addressing verses of obsequious flattery to influential persons. Date: 1688 - 1730

Taylors Calico Loom
W G Taylors POWER LOOM CALICO MACHINE which obtained a prize medal at the 1862 International Exhibition, London Date: 1862

GAOS GONZALEZ POLA, Jose (1902-1969). Spanish philosopher who obtained political asylum in Mexico during the Spanish Civil War. Portrait by A. Martinez Anaya. Oil on canvas

Andreas Zeillner
ANDREAS WILHELM ZEILLNER German military commander whose motto was rien sans peine (nothing is obtained without difficulty) Date: CIRCA 1649

George Mealmaker
GEORGE MEALMAKER Scottish radical, transported to Australia where he set up a successful weaving establishment and obtained his pardon. Date: 1768 - 1808

Source Size = 3814 x 2575
THE GALES ON THE SOUTH COAST, DRAGGING THE LIFEBOAT FROM BRIGHTON TO PORTSLADE: The lifeboat had been dragged a mile and a-half before two horses were obtained

The Military Tournament at the Agricultural Hall: the Soldiers Quarters in The
THE MILITARY TOURNAMENT AT THE AGRICULTURAL HALL: THE SOLDIERS QUARTERS IN THE GALLERIES, The magnificent appearance presented by the troopers in the arena is not obtained without some trouble

Interior of the Hall of the Art Is Obtained by Labor Society in Leiden, The Netherlands, Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, 1780

(Jesuit Tree) Jesuits Bark, also called Peruvian Bark, is the historical name of the most celebrated specific remedy for all forms of malaria

August Wilhelm Hofmann (1818-1892), German organic chemist. Through his work on coal-tar derivatives, in 1858 obtained aniline dye magenta or fuschine

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1894) French chemist, investigating the existence of oxygen in the air: experiment in which he obtained mercuric oxide

Francois Rabelais (1495-1553) French satirist. Obtained medical degree at Montpellier

Refining copper by Hungarian process. Cupellation cakes roasted, releasing heat. At 5: lead obtained being smelted. From 1683 English edition of Lazarus Ercker Beschreibung allerfurnemisten

Typical enlarged spleen of a Malaria patient. Malaria is caused by a parasitic protozoa transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito, Until the 1930s the only effective treatment was the drug Quinine

Image of Uranus obtained by the Hubble Telescope. The first planet discovered in modern times, it was first observed by William Herschel in 1781. Credit NASA. Science Astronomy Planetary Space

World map of 1502 showing the continent of Africa in the centre. Named after Alberto Cantino, Italian diplomatic agent in Lisbon, who obtained it for the Duke of Ferrara

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