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Background imageOrig Collection: Chrysopoeia Of Cleopatra

Chrysopoeia Of Cleopatra
Alchemical symbols from the Chrysopoeia of Cleopatra, an early Greek manuscript, circa 100 AD

Background imageOrig Collection: Cork Grand National

Cork Grand National
The Grand National Steeplechase at The Cork Park Races Original publication: Illustrated London News, 29th May 1869. (Photo by Illustrated London News/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Beer Street

Beer Street
A group of drinkers enjoying themselves at a public house in Beer Street, a print by English artist William Hogarth, 1751

Background imageOrig Collection: Jane Austen

Jane Austen
English novelist Jane Austen from an original family portrait. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Pheasant Family

Pheasant Family
Examples of the Mongolian Pheasant, Japanese Pheasant and Chinese Ring-necked Pheasant. Illustration by A. Thorburn, 1915. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Newcastle Upon Tyne

Newcastle Upon Tyne
circa 1800: The city of Newcastle upon Tyne, formerly the county town of Northumberland, situated on the River Tyne. Original Artwork: Engraving by Pelton. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: England Expects

England Expects
Admiral Horatio Nelsons flagship HMS Victory being towed into Gibraltar and also shown moored at Portsmouth

Background imageOrig Collection: Insectivorous Plants

Insectivorous Plants
Illustration entitled Insectivorous Plants, depicting carnivorous plants, plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans

Background imageOrig Collection: Smithfield Meat Market

Smithfield Meat Market
Meat porters shifting baskets, which have been unloaded from the early meat train to Smithfield Market, London, January 1870. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Poaching

Poaching
Two poachers with a sack. At their feet their lurcher dogs and the corpses of several hares. Original Artwork: Artist - Henry Alken (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: St Mary Abchurch

St Mary Abchurch
circa 1800: The Church of St Mary Abchurch, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Battle Of Naseby

Battle Of Naseby
The Battle of Naseby during the English Civil War, 14th June 1645. An engraving by Short. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: The Nun

The Nun
A portrait of a nun, circa 1850. Engraved by N Lecomte after a painting by J. G. Schoeffer. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Tam O Shanter

Tam O Shanter fleeing on horseback from the hellish legion, an episode from a verse-narrative by Robert Burns. Original Artwork: Artist - Abraham Cooper RA (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: New Slains Castle

New Slains Castle, near Cruden Bay in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, circa 1900. Now a ruin, the building overlooks the North Sea. (Photo by Alfred Hind Robinson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Coal Miner

Coal Miner
A miner pushing a coal truck, 1878. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Brixton Prison Cell

Brixton Prison Cell
A single cell in the old part of Brixton Prison, London, circa 1862

Background imageOrig Collection: Hunstanton Beach

Hunstanton Beach
Holidaymakers at the beach at Hunstanton, Norfolk, with the pier in the background, 1923. (Photo by Alfred Hind Robinson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Roman Temple

Roman Temple
A Roman temple, circa 100 BC. A lithograph by Charpentier for Firmin Didot. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Bolton Market

Bolton Market
Traders and customers at the Old Market Place on Deansgate, Bolton, Lancashire, circa 1840. Engraves by Watkins from a drawing by Harwood. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Scylla And Charybdis

Scylla And Charybdis
In Greek mythology, Jason and the Argonauts pass between the ravening monster Scylla (left) and the whirlpool Charybdis with the help of Thetis and her sea nymphs, circa 1200 BC

Background imageOrig Collection: Two British Druids

Two British Druids
Two druids stroll along a stretch of English coastline, circa 100 BC. Engraving by W. Walker after Susanna Duncombe, 1797. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Winchester High Street

Winchester High Street
The High Street in Winchester, Hampshire, March 1853. An engraving by G. S. Shepherd. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Gods Of Healing

Gods Of Healing
Asclepius or Aesculapius, the ancient Greek god of medicine, with the snake-entwined staff which has come to symbolise the medical profession, circa 1700

Background imageOrig Collection: Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace before the addition of Edward Blores east front, and with Marble Arch (centre, right) in its original location, London, 1840. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Lobster Jockey

Lobster Jockey
circa 1880: A mouse rides a lobster on this Victorian Christmas greetings card. The card wishes the recipient Paix, Joie, Sante, Bonheur or Peace, Joy, Health and Happiness

Background imageOrig Collection: Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell
English novelist and biographer of Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, nee Stevenson, (1810 - 1865). Original Artwork: Drawing by George Richmond. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Caernarvon Bridges

Caernarvon Bridges
The Menai Suspension Bridge, designed by Thomas Telford, and the Britannia Tubular Bridge, designed by Robert Stephenson, between mainland Wales and Anglesey. Original Artwork: Lithograph by Picken

Background imageOrig Collection: Sankey Viaduct

Sankey Viaduct
A view of Sankey Viaduct on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway line, 1831. Engraving by H. Pyall after T. Bury (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Ice-Bound Discovery

Ice-Bound Discovery
A dog team near the ice-bound British National Antarctic Expedition ship RRS Discovery, circa 1903. The expedition was led by Robert Falcon Scott and the third officer was Ernest Shackleton

Background imageOrig Collection: Sea Of Faces

Sea Of Faces
The sailor gazes down at the sea from the deck of his ship and sees the waves transformed into beautiful women

Background imageOrig Collection: Hexham Marketplace

Hexham Marketplace
The marketplace in Hexham, Northumberland, circa 1800. Engraving by J. Sands after T. Allom. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Krakatoa Erupts

Krakatoa Erupts
27th May 1883: Clouds pouring from the volcano on Krakatoa (aka Krakatau or Rakata) in south western Indonesia during the early stages of the eruption which eventually destroyed most of the island

Background imageOrig Collection: Match Girls

Match Girls
Members of the Matchmakers Union who went on strike at the Bryant and Mays factory in London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Battle Of Thermopylae

Battle Of Thermopylae
Persian archers kill the last of the Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae, August 480 BC

Background imageOrig Collection: Gordon Highlander

Gordon Highlander
1794: A Gordon Highlander in his regimental uniform and holding a gun and bayonet. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Port Glasgow

Port Glasgow from the South East, circa 1700. Drawn by J. Fleming, engraved by Joseph Swan. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Pilgrims At Mecca

Pilgrims At Mecca
18th July 1889: Crowds gathered on a pilgrimage at the Kaaba, the birthplace of Mohammed, Makkah. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Trevithicks Railway

Trevithicks Railway
Richard Trevithicks London Railway and Locomotive at Euston Square, run as an entertainment before the potential of his new high pressure steam engine became fully realised

Background imageOrig Collection: Chiswick House

Chiswick House
circa 1829: Chiswick House in London, Middlesex, designed by Richard Boyle, the 3rd Earl of Burlington. The building is inspired by Palladios Villa Rotonda, near Vicenza

Background imageOrig Collection: Gin Lane

Gin Lane
This print was published as a pair with Beer Street and contrasted the health and productivity benefits of drinking beer with the vice of gin drinking

Background imageOrig Collection: Huguenot Wedding

Huguenot Wedding
circa 1760: A Huguenot wedding taking place secretly in a forest. The minister raises his arms in blessing over a young couple. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Welsh Dragon

Welsh Dragon
circa 1900: The national emblem of Wales. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Hannibals Route

Hannibals Route
The route taken by Hannibal and the Carthaginian army through Spain, France and the Alps to Italy during the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage, 218 BC

Background imageOrig Collection: Maryport

Maryport, Cumberland, 1815. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Hedingham Castle

Hedingham Castle
The stone keep of Hedingham Castle, Essex, circa 1831. The building is a Norman motte and bailey castle dating from around 1135. Engraved by J. C. Armitage. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Claridges Hotel

Claridges Hotel
24th March 1925: The front entrance of the famous Claridges Hotel in London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Airship

Airship
July 1919: The arrival of the R34 airship at Pulham. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Dining At The Savoy

Dining At The Savoy
Diners at the Savoy Restaurant, London, circa 1890. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: The Human Brain

The Human Brain
circa 1830: The brain and nerves from an early 19th century book of anatomy. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough
Blast furnaces near the River Tees in Middlesbrough, 1912. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Samurai Visitor

Samurai Visitor
Two geishas receive a visiting samurai, Japan, circa 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Fox In The Arctic

Fox In The Arctic
The yacht Fox, under the command of Irish explorer Sir Francis Leopold McClintock (1819 - 1907), makes its way through arctic pack ice, circa 1858

Background imageOrig Collection: Two-headed Janus

Two-headed Janus
circa 1890: Two-headed Janus. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Chemical Elements

Chemical Elements
Lecture diagrams prepared by English scientist John Dalton, showing a list of elements (left) and the composition of organic acids, circa 1810

Background imageOrig Collection: Flint Castle

Flint Castle
South-east view of Flint Castle, Wales, circa 1700. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: The Original Jumbo

The Original Jumbo
Animal keeper Matthew Scott succeeds in persuading African Bush Elephant, Jumbo (1861 - 1885) to walk through his travelling crate outside the Elephant House at London Zoo, 20th February 1882

Background imageOrig Collection: Samurai

Samurai
1867: A Japanese Samurai General. (Photo by Felice Beato/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Watch This Space

Watch This Space
October 1919: Tottenham Court Road at the junction with Oxford Street and Charing Cross Road, London. The Court Playhouse is on the right, and the Underground station in front

Background imageOrig Collection: Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan
GENGHIS KHAN (variously spelt) (orig. Temujin) Mongol Conqueror He is fatally shot during a campaign against the Tangut kingdom of Hsi Hsia

Background imageOrig Collection: Christs College

Christs College
The gatehouse of Christs College, Cambridge, on St Andrews Street, circa 1800. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Cliffords Tower

Cliffords Tower in York, which is the stone keep of a larger castle complex built by Henry III in the thirteenth century. The moat can be seen in the foreground. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Australian Christmas

Australian Christmas
1st December 1881: Picnicking and fruit picking in the heat of an Australian Christmas. Original Publication: The Graphic - Christmas Number - pub

Background imageOrig Collection: Military Flogging

Military Flogging
1844: A doctor in a cocked hat supervises an army flogging. The drummer boys drown the sounds and a soldier on the right has fainted at the spectacle. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Chester-le-Street

Chester-le-Street, Durham, from behind the works of Mr, Thomas Murray, Engineer, & Co, circa 1650. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Chimney Smoke

Chimney Smoke
26th February 1951: A row of rooftops above a street of terraced houses in London. (Photo by Fred Morley/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: The Australian Club

The Australian Club
A hansom cab speeds past the Australian Club in Bent Street Sydney, Australia, 1880. The club is the oldest institution of its kind in Sydney. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Milford Haven

Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales, circa 1790. Published 1794, engraved by Thomas. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Victorian Christmas

Victorian Christmas
A family at their Christmas dinner, circa 1840. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Sail And Steam

Sail And Steam
September 1859: The Great Eastern designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel rounding the point opposite Blackwall on the Thames

Background imageOrig Collection: Three Samurai

Three Samurai
Three samurai warriors in armour, circa 1880. (Photo by Kusakabe Kimbei/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Clacton Pier

Clacton Pier
Holidaymakers on the beach at Clacton, Essex, circa 1925. (Photo by A. H. Robinson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Waterloo

Waterloo
18th June 1815: French cuirassiers charging a British square during the Battle of Waterloo. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Bricklayer

Bricklayer
A bricklayer and a hod carrier at work on a building site, circa 1860. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Great Exhibition

Great Exhibition
Waiting for Queen Victoria to arrive at the Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace. The glass and iron building was designed by Joseph Paxton and initially erected in Hyde Park, London

Background imageOrig Collection: Wine Tasters

Wine Tasters
A group of men tasting wine in a cellar. Original Artwork: Lithograph by Jacott from a painting by JP Hasenclever (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Fox And Hounds

Fox And Hounds
November 1851: A Victorian hunting party from The life of the late John Mylton (1608 - 1674) by Charles Apperley or Nimrod

Background imageOrig Collection: Storming The Bastille

Storming The Bastille
14th July 1789: French troops storming the Bastille during the French Revolution

Background imageOrig Collection: Woodstock Palace

Woodstock Palace
The remains of Henry IIs palace in Woodstock park, Oxfordshire, 1714. Henry IIs mistress Rosamund Pike lived here. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Colossus Solis

Colossus Solis
The Colossus Of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, straddles the harbour on the Greek island of Rhodes, circa 250 BC

Background imageOrig Collection: Domestic Violence - Plate VI of George Cruikshanks The Bottle

Domestic Violence - Plate VI of George Cruikshanks The Bottle
Plate VI of George Cruikshanks The Bottle, a series of eight etchings published in 1847 and depicting the effects of alcoholism

Background imageOrig Collection: Battle Of Bosworth Field

Battle Of Bosworth Field
King Richard IIIs Yorkist troops fight Lancastrians in the Battle of Bosworth Field, during the Wars of the Roses, 22nd August 1485

Background imageOrig Collection: Forres

Forres, Elgin, Moray, Scotland, circa 1700. Engraved by F. Carey after A. Grant, circa 1700. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Durham Castle

Durham Castle and Framwellgate Bridge, Durham, County Durham, circa 1820. Engraving by J. H. Le Keux after R. W. Billings, early 19th century print. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)



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Unveiling the enigmatic 'orig': a captivating journey through history and culture. From the mystical Chrysopoeia of Cleopatra to the majestic Pheasant Family, each hint unravels a fascinating tale. Step into the world of Jane Austen's literary brilliance or marvel at the intricate artistry of The Book Of Kells. England Expects, echoing with patriotic fervor, while the Welsh Dragon symbolizes strength and heritage. Raise your glass to Beer Street, where merriment flows freely, or delve into the intriguing realm of Insectivorous Plants. Traverse across Sankey Viaduct's architectural marvels or relive the fierce Battle Of Naseby that shaped nations. Pay homage to coal miners' resilience and sacrifice or admire Caernarvon Bridges' engineering prowess. In this mosaic of hints lies an invitation to explore untold stories and hidden gems from diverse realms. Let 'orig' be your guide as you embark on a quest for knowledge and inspiration. Discover ancient alchemy secrets alongside Cleopatra or immerse yourself in Regency-era elegance with Jane Austen's timeless works. Let these fragments ignite curiosity within you - for every clue holds a piece of our rich tapestry called history.

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