Account Collection (#8)

Charles Plumier (1646-1704) French friar, botanist and botanical explorer, was born at Marseilles. Appointed royal botanist by Louis XIV in 1693

Keplers concept of an attractive force from the sun - a virtue. His idea of gravity by which he hoped to account for his elliptical planetary orbits was to some extent analogous to magnetism

Shabaka stone, 25th dynasty, 710 BC, from Memphis. Contains account of the Creation. Text damaged after use of stone as a millstone. Ancient Egypt

Bayeux Tapestry 1067: A pictorial narrative account of the conquest of England by William of Normandy and death of Harold II at Battle of Hastings in 1066. Woman and child fleeing from burning house

Willem Barents (d1597) Dutch navigator who led expeditions in search of the Northeast Passage. Barents expedition in winter quarters off Novaya Zemlya

Robert Cedric (RC) Sherriff (1896-1975), English playwright, novelist and scriptwriter, born at Kingston upon Thames, Surrey

Praetor-urbanus, Inauguration Of The Coptic Mayor Of Cairo, Preceded By The Procureur De La Commune, Gillray, James, 1756-1815, Engraving 1799, An Obese, Copt, Holding A Mace Or Staff

Settling His Account, A Scene Outside A Pub

African Exploration : Lieut. Cameron Reading an Account of his Adventures in Central
AFRICAN EXPLORATION : LIEUT. CAMERON READING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS ADVENTURES IN CENTRAL AFRICA BEFORE THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, AT ST. JAMESs HALL, ON TUESDAY, APRIL 11TH

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Title page of William Hubbards Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in New England, published in Boston in 1677
TROUBLES WITH INDIANS, 1677. Title page of William Hubbards Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in New England, published in Boston in 1677

Robert Browns diary
A record by Robert Brown of the Endeavour voyage, 14 June-31 July 1801

Frontispiece of Sir Hans Sloanes voyage of Jamaica
Account of the natural history of Jamaica and its neighbouring islands by Sir Hans Sloane. Published London 1707

Tarquinius Priscus. ca. 1475. History of the founder and fifth king of Rome according to the account of Livy. Possible manufacturing in Brussels. Silk and wool. 6 threads per cm. Flemish art

A page from the account book of James Madison (1751-1836), showing an entry from 1756
MADISON: ACCOUNT BOOK. A page from the account book of James Madison (1751-1836), showing an entry from 1756

Madison: Account Book
MADISON: ACCOUNT BOOK. A page from the account book of James Madison (1751-1836), showing an entry from 1762

SIX NATIONS TREATY, 1742. Title page of an account of The Treaty Held with the Indians of the Six Nations at Philadelphia in July 1742. Printed and sold by Benjamin Franklin

Cambrian Railways Staff
Cambrian Railways Company Staff Register Date: 19th century

Keeping account. Illustration shows Uncle Sam preparing a list of places in China where Americans have been killed by Chinese

Trapper Boy, Turkey Knob Mine, Macdonald, W. Va. Boy had to stoop on account of low roof, photo taken more than a mile inside the mine. Witness E. N. Clopper. Location: MacDonald, West Virginia

James Greenwood
A portrait of James Greenwood who rose to prominence in 1866 after his colourful account of an incognito stay in the Lambeth workhouse tramps ward was published in the Pall Mall Gazette

Lady Brassey on Deck
LADY ANNA BRASSEY, first wife of Thomas Brassey, on the deck of the Sunbeam, of a voyage aboard which she will write an account. Date: 1839 - 1887

Title page, Account of the Kingdom of Caubul
Title page, An account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its dependencies in Persia Tartary, and India; comprising a view of the Afghaun nation, and a history of the Dooraunee Monarchy

Poster, Join the Thrift Column (a play on words -- not the Fifth Column!). Advertising the Post Office Savings Bank. Showing a long queue of people waiting to open their accounts. 20th century

Poster, To the Women of Britain. Some of your menfolk are holding back on your account. Won t you prove your love for your Country by persuading them to go? circa 1915

Fludds account of creation
The Creation. A diagram depicting the Creation of the Universe as the interplay of darkness and light. At the top is God. On the right is divine volunty

SUMER TABLET OF ACCOUNTS from the reign of Enentarzi, c2350 B. C
SUMER TABLET OF ACCOUNTS from the reign of Enentarzi, c2350 B.C

Post Office Savings Bank
A coal carter opening an account with Her Majesty at the Post Office Savings Bank. In 1861 the Palmerston government set up the Post Office Savings Bank

Cartoon on Stock Exchange Settlement Terms
Until Big Bang in the City of London (1986), there was a settlement day (every fortnight) for the payment of stocks and shares - this period was known as The Account

Zeitoun Apparitions
Les Apparitions de la Vierge en Egypte - account by Michel Nil of alleged apparitions of Mary in Zeitoun, Cairo - shortly after the disastrous Seven-Day War with Israel

Captain Frederick Burnaby on the Road to Khiva, 1875
Engraving showing Captain Frederick Burnaby (1842-1885), the English soldier and explorer, travelling, with a companion, across the Russian Steppes in the winter of 1875

William Ball, also known as John Bull, 1851
Engraving showing William Ball (1795-1852), an Englishman from Shropshire, who came to be nicknamed John Bull on account of his weight - 40st

John Gauden, Bishop
JOHN GAUDEN, bishop of Worcester : he claimed to be the author of Eikon Basilike which purports to be Charles Is account of his fall, done from his private papers

Santos Dumont Book
Brazilian aviation pioneer Santos-Dumonts own account of his flying career : the cover depicts his successful circuit of the Tour Eiffel, Paris, on 13 July 1901

Cephalus & Procris
Procris is inordinately jealous of her husband, and deserts him on account of suspected infidelity, but welcomes him back with gifts of a dog and a javelin

Coronis (Ma Aesculapius)
Coronis, mother of Aesculapius, is slain by Apollo on account of her infidelity (don t confuse Coronises)

Gulliver / King / Brobdingna
Gulliver appalls the King wth his account of life in England

Baron George Anson
BARON GEORGE ANSON Anson in attending George II, with an account of his world voyage

Witchcraft / Book
THE WONDERFULL DISCOVERIE OF WITCHES IN THE COUNTIE OF LANCASTER Title-page of the original account

Amundsen / Account / Cover
Roald Amundsen, the first to reach the South Pole, did so on 14 December 1911 and returned home safely

Robinson Downs Zeppelin
Zeppelin L21 falls from the sky after being attacked by Lieutenant Robinson; this image was based on an account by an eyewitness 20 miles away

Mussorgsky / Boris Godunov
Act Four : Prince Shuisky terrifies Boris with his account of Dmitris rebellion

Hunting with Airships
We can be sure that Man, by instinct a hunter, will turn the airship to good account and pursue the fowls of the air as eagerly as he chases the creatures of the land

Schliemann in London
Heinrich Schliemann gives an account of his discoveries at Mycenae before the Society of Antiquaries at Burlington House

Angels of Mons Advert
Advertisement for Phyllis Campbells account of the vision of Angels at Mons who protected the British retreat and turned the tide of the German advance into France

Henry Iv / Falstaff / Gadshl
Falstaff giving his account of the affair at Gadshill Act II Scene IV

Womens Rights / Satire
Wishful thinking: " The ladies Trying a Contemptible Scoundrel for a Breach of Promise". Indigant mothers & jilted brides hold the would- be husband to account

Abraham Stanyan
ABRAHAM STANYAN diplomat and statesman, who wrote an account of Switzerland

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