Refurbishment Collection

Ceiling of Astley's Theatre, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Ceiling of Astley's Theatre, 1858. Refurbished building in London. This theatre, on its reopening, has presented new attractions which deserve express notice

Sir Philip Sassoons home, 25 Park Lane: the upper landing
The Park Lane home of British politician Sir Philip Sassoon(1888-1939), decorated in the French style. Pictured here is the upper landing

Sir Philip Sassoons home, 25 Park Lane: the boudoir
The Park Lane home of British politician Sir Philip Sassoon(1888-1939), decorated in the French style. Pictured here is the the Boudoir opening into the Dining Room, featuring a vista effect

Mr Alan Pegler pictured cleaning the wheels of The Flying Scotsman engine, of which he owns. Alan Pegler bought the Flying Scotsman engine in 1963, for £ 3, 000, to save it from the scrap yard

Alan Pegler, (right on his ladder), cleans and polishes The Flying Scotsman. Alan Pegler bought the Flying Scotsman engine in 1963, for £ 3, 000, to save it from the scrap yard

The Flying Scotsman, designed by Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley, is an express passenger train service that has operated between Edinburgh and London, the capitals of Scotland and England

Mr Alan Pegler pictured cleaning The Flying Scotsman Engine window of the drivers cabin. Alan Pegler bought the Flying Scotsman engine in 1963, for £ 3, 000, to save it from the scrap yard

The restoration of Crathorne Hall. The Crathorne Hall Hotels General Manager Phillip Newman Hall and Dawn Holding in the Ormesby suite, once a nursery

Liscard shops, the new look shopping centre nearly complete. Liscard is an area of the town of Wallasey, in Merseyside. 25th October 1991

West Middlesbrough Scouts at work doing up the old Marchesi Charity Centre on Middlesbroughs Tollesby Road in time for its September opening as a community centre

Coach No. 5189 in the Carriage Body Shop, 1946
Great Western coach No. 5189 is featured in this photograph undergoing refurbishment in the Carriage Body Shop at Swindon Works in the summer of 1946

The Bridge della Maddalena or del Diavolo, near Lucca, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th
1900s, 19th-century, black, black-and-white, black-white, bridge, bridges, central italy, copy, deserted, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, historic, historic illustration

View of Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
1900s, 19th-century, 4 people, black, black-and-white, black-white, copy, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, facing, historic, historic illustration, historic illustrations

Moliere reading a just written comedy to his maid, Moliere, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, 1622, 1673, France, Historical
1, 1900s, 19th-century, 1st, 2 people, black, black-and-white, black-white, books, copy, digital, digitally, dramatist, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, historic, historic illustration

A fire pump, built by Hans Haetsch in Nuremberg, Germany, 1658, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th
1900s, 19th-century, bayern, black, black-and-white, black-white, copy, deserted, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, frg, german, german federal republic, historic

De Moreau, Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Malon Government, Belgium, de Moreau
1900s, 19th-century, belgian, belgien, benelux countries, black, black-and-white, black-white, copy, deserted, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, governments, historic

The traditional traditional costume in the 16th century, Germany, Historical
16th c. 1900s, 19th-century, 5 people, attire, black, black-and-white, black-white, centuries, century, characteristic, clothes, copy, culture, custom, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn

The traditional costume in the 17th century, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century
17th-century, 1900s, 19th-century, attire, black, black-and-white, black-white, centuries, century, characteristic, clothes, copy, culture, custom, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn

Landscape at the Strait of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego, Chile, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a
1900s, 19th-century, america, black, black-and-white, black-white, chilean, copy, countryside, deserted, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, fireland, historic, historic illustration

Medieval town seal from the 13th to 15th century, here Speyer, Germany, Historical
13, 15th c. 15th century, 1900s, 19th-century, black, black-and-white, black-white, centuries, century, cities, copy, deserted, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, frg

The Congress of Vienna in 1815, Austria, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
1900s, 19th-century, black, black-and-white, black-white, copy, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, historic, historic illustration, historic illustrations, historical

Preacher in Berlin, Germany, in the 18th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century
1900s, 19th-century, black, black-and-white, black-white, centuries, century, copy, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, eighteenth century, europe's, frg, german

The Casino, Casino, of Monte Carlo, Monaco, in 1885, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century
1900s, 19th-century, black, black-and-white, black-white, casinos, copy, deserted, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, historic, historic illustration, historic illustrations

The Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1885, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century
1900s, 19th-century, black, black-and-white, black-white, copy, deserted, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, historic, historic illustration, historic illustrations, historical

The New Rhine Bridge near Mainz, 1885, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century
1900s, 19th-century, black, black-and-white, black-white, body of water, bridge, bridges, copy, countryside, deserted, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, frg, german

A Weissbierstube in Berlin, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
1900s, 19th-century, black, black-and-white, black-white, copy, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, frg, german, german federal republic, historic, historic illustration

Truffle hunt with a truffle pig in Perigord, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century
1900s, 19th-century, 2 people, black, black-and-white, black-white, copy, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, eatable, edible, edible mushrooms, fungi, historic, historic illustration

Attack on the railway station of Nuits, France, Situation from the time of the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, attack, attacks, battles, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, copy, dangerous, dangers, depiction, depictions, digital, digitally, drawing

Battle of the railway embankment near Bethoncourt, France, Situation from the time of the Franco-Prussian War or
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, battles, black, black-and-white, black-white, copy, depiction, depictions, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, franco-prussian war, historic

The Lower Rhine Fusilier Regiment No. 59 at Gravelotte, France, situation from the time of the Franco-Prussian War
1900s, 19th-century, black, black-and-white, black-white, copy, depiction, depictions, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, franco-prussian war, historic

Storm on St. Privat, France, Situation from the time of the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871, Historical
1900s, 19th-century, bad weather, black, black-and-white, black-white, copy, depiction, depictions, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, franco-prussian war, historic

Retreat of the French at Gravelotte, France, Situation from the time of the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871, Historical
1900s, 19th-century, 3 people, black, black-and-white, black-white, copy, depiction, depictions, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, franco-prussian war, french, frenchman

The Zwinger in Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
1900s, 19th-century, black, black-and-white, black-white, copy, deserted, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, dresden, eastern germany, europe's, frg, german, german federal republic

The Port of Cherbourg, 1800, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
1900s, 19th-century, arts, black, black-and-white, black-white, copy, creative, creatively, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, harbors

Silkworm breeding in Friuli, Italy, collecting the cocoons, mulberry leaves as fodder, delivery of the cocoons
1900s, 19th-century, animal feed, animal feeds, black, black-and-white, black-white, copy, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, fodder, historic, historic illustration

The viaduct of the Arlbergbahn near Dalaas, Austria, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century
1900s, 19th-century, arch bridges, arched bridge, black, black-and-white, black-white, bridge, bridges, copy, deserted, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, historic

Sausage Fair at the Vogelsberg in Hesse, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century
1900s, 19th-century, black, black-and-white, black-white, copy, digital, digitally, dish, dishes, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, food photographies, food photography, food still-life, frg

Childrens playground in the Tiergarten in Berlin, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th
1900s, 19th-century, berlin tiergarten, berlin-tiergarten, black, black-and-white, black-white, copy, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, frg, german, german federal republic

View of Sion, Sion, Switzerland, Valais, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
1900s, 19th-century, black, black-and-white, black-white, canton of valais, canton valais, copy, deserted, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, facing, historic

Oberstein an der Nahe, Idar-Oberstein is a town in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Historic
1900s, 19th-century, black, black-and-white, black-white, copy, deserted, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, frg, german, german federal republic, historic

World exposition, The Worlds Fair in New Orleans, USA, 1884, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th
1900s, 19th-century, america, american, black, black-and-white, black-white, copy, departement loire, deserted, digital, digitally, display, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, exhibitions, expo

Sudanese warriors, Sudan, On a tour as exhibits in Europe, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, black, black-and-white, black-white, copy, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, historic, historic illustration, historic illustrations

Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov, 1798 to 1883, was a Russian diplomat and statesman, Russia, Historic
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, accurate, archive, black, black-and-white, black-white, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, digital, digitally, diplomat, diplomats, drawing, drawings, drawn

Friedrich Anton Hermann Schievelbein, 1817 to 1867, was a German sculptor, Germany, Historical
1900s, 19th-century, 2 people, accurate, archive, artists, black, black-and-white, black-white, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's

Karl Friedrich Lessing, 1808 to 1880. was a German history and landscape painter, Germany, Historic
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, accurate, archive, black, black-and-white, black-white, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, exact

Gustav Friedrich Waagen, 1794 to 1868, was a German art historian, Germany, Historic
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, accurate, archive, black, black-and-white, black-white, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, exact

Official opening of the Kuenstlerhaus in Vienna, Austria, by the Emperor, Historic
1900s, 19th-century, accurate, archive, black, black-and-white, black-white, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, emperors, europe's, exact

Market day in a village in the Puszta, c. 1885, Hungary, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century
1900s, 19th-century, accurate, archive, black, black-and-white, black-white, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, exact, formerly

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"Reviving the Past: The Art of Refurbishment" Step into history with QANTAS Maintenance as they bring iconic artifacts back to life. From the majestic Bridge della Maddalena in Italy to the breathtaking view of Palermo, Sicily, witness historical wonders through digitally restored reproductions from 19th-century originals. Transport yourself to France and join Moliere as he captivates his maid with a just-written comedy. This glimpse into the past, digitally restored from a 19th-century reproduction, showcases the brilliance of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin's work. Marvel at Hans Haetsch's fire pump, an engineering marvel built in Nuremberg, Germany in 1658. Through meticulous refurbishment and digital restoration from a 19th-century original, this historic artifact comes alive once again. Delve into politics with de Moreau, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Belgium's Malon Government. A fascinating figure brought back to life through digital restoration from a 19th-century reproduction - witness his influence on Belgian diplomacy. Uncover dark chapters of history like witch burnings described in a chilling leaflet from Regenstein am Harz, Germany dating back to 1555. Digitally restored from a 19th-century original, this haunting reminder sheds light on humanity's past atrocities. Explore German fashion across centuries with digitally restored reproductions showcasing traditional costumes worn during the vibrant eras of both the 16th and 17th centuries. Immerse yourself in their intricate designs and cultural significance. Embark on an adventure through Tierra del Fuego as you gaze upon landscapes at the Strait of Magellan. These stunning vistas are resurrected through digital restoration techniques applied to century-old originals - capturing nature's timeless beauty. Travel back further still with medieval town seals such as Speyer's dating between the13th and15th centuries. Witness these exquisite relics come alive once more, digitally restored from 19th-century reproductions.