Carved stone corbel N090336
RIEVAULX ABBEY, North Yorkshire. Detailed view of a decorated stone corbel showing a grotesque head.
Carlisle Castle wall carvings N071976
CARLISLE CASTLE, Cumbria. View of the wall carvings found on the second floor in the Keep. These are thought to date back to c.1480.
Canova - Bust of Napoleon N080945
APSLEY HOUSE, London. Neo-Classical bust of Napoleon Bonaparte by Antonio CANOVA (1757-1822) from Wellington Museum.
Roman gemstone K910213
LULLINGSTONE ROMAN VILLA, Kent. Cornelian intaglio depicting Victory writing on a shield.
Roman tile with dog paw imprint K030449
LULLINGSTONE ROMAN VILLA, Kent. Tile fragment with dog paw marks imprinted into it.
Lindisfarne Priory Stone J880193
LINDISFARNE PRIORY, Holy Island, Northumberland. Viking stone. 9th century grave marker with seven warriors carved into the surface.
Lindisfarne Priory Stone J880194
LINDISFARNE PRIORY, Holy Island, Northumberland. The reverse of a 9th century Viking grave marker. Possibly referring to the Day of Judgement, Domesday.
Darwin's Compass J970126
DOWN HOUSE, Downe, Kent. Compass in box used by Charles Darwin on the Beagle.
Bust of Emperor Hadrian K000206
CORBRIDGE ROMAN SITE, Northumberland. Bust of Emperor Hadrian. 18th century porphyry copy after Roman original.
Bronze age arrow head J930088
ANCIENT MONUMENTS LABORATORY. Early Bronze Age Conygar Hill type barbed and tanged arrow head found at Irthlingborough.
Portuguese Service, Apsley House N100202
APSLEY HOUSE, London. The Portuguese Service. Detail of the figure with laurel wreath undergoing restoration. The silver gilt centrepiece was presented to the Duke of Wellington in 1816 by the Portuguese government in gratitude for his help in liberating the country from the French.
Battle of Waterloo map J020089
WALMER CASTLE, Kent. "Battle of Waterloo &c" map "Exhibiting the Situation of the Armies on the 16th, 17th & 18th of June 1815". Battle of Ligny, Battle of Quatre Bras, Battle of Waterloo and Battle of Wavre.
Ice pail depicting English and Spanish soldiers N081112
APSLEY HOUSE, London. Ice pail from the Duke of Wellington's Prussian Service, made in Berlin 1817-19. This was a gift to the Duke from the King of Prussia, and here depicts scenes from the Peninsular War. Here shown are English infantryman and Spanish irregular (guerilla). WM1058_1948.
Ice pail depicting a Highlander with Spanish militia N081111
APSLEY HOUSE, London. Ice pail from the Duke of Wellington's Prussian Service, made in Berlin 1817-19. This was a gift to the Duke from the King of Prussia, and here depicts scenes from the Peninsular War. Here shown are a British Highlander (42nd Foot - Black Watch) and Spanish Miquelet (militia from Catalonia or Valencia). WM1057_1948.
Wine cooler depicting British Foot Guards N081106
APSLEY HOUSE, London. Wine cooler from the Duke of Wellington's Prussian Service, made in Berlin 1817-19. This was a gift to the Duke from the King of Prussia, and here depicts troops commanded by the Duke in France in 1815, in this case British Foot Guards: 2nd (Coldstream) Guards (left) and 1st Grenadier Guards. WM943_1948.
Anglo-Saxon grave marker J910076
LINDISFARNE PRIORY, Northumberland. Grave marker or name stone commemorating one Osgyth c.700 . Anglo Saxon.
An Oriental Beauty J920144
MARBLE HILL HOUSE, Richmond-Upon-Thames. "An Oriental Beauty" Enamel on silvered glass. Chinese circa 1760. Referred to as Ch'ien-lung (Qianlong) era after the Ching (Qing) Dynasty Emperor who ruled between 1735 and 1796.
Roman pottery J940078
ALDBOROUGH ROMAN TOWN, North Yorkshire. Assorted group of Roman pottery vessels.
Ice pail showing the Storming of Ciudad Rodrigo N080942
APSLEY HOUSE, London. Prussian Service. Berlin Porcelain Factory. Ice pail showing the Storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, during the Peninsular War. Part of a gift from the King of Prussia. Aquatint by T. Sutherland. WM 1057-1948.
Urn showing the Battle of Vitoria N080941
APSLEY HOUSE, London. Prussian Service. Berlin Porcelain Factory. Large urn showing the Battle of Vitoria, 1813, during the Peninsular War. Part of a gift from the King of Prussia. WM 939-1948.