Rupert Brooke 1887 1915 English poet From a photograph by Sherrill Schell Rupert Brooke in 1913 From the book The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke published 1926

Part of the collection of Panamint Indian baskets collected by Mr and Mrs Albert Johnson owners of Scottuys Castle Death Valley National Park California

Washing for gold by laying pieces of turf in a frame. Gold-bearing sand is placed in head of the frame at A, water is then allowed to wash over it. Gold collected on the turf at C. The pieces of turf then washed individually at E and the gold recovered. From De re metallica, by Agricola, pseudony

Reconstruction made with pieces collected in Mulhouse, of what could have been a small fortified residence in XII-XIIIth centuries in the Rhin valley. Reconstruction in Ungersheim ecomuseum. France.

The Rubbish Carter. Rubbish collected in the city would be put into carts and taken to dust yards to be sorted by women and children who would extract anything that could be sold for recycling. Engraving from London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew (London, 1861).

Rupert Brooke 1887 1915 English poet From a photograph by Sherrill Schell Rupert Brooke in 1913 From the book The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke published 1926

Edible red berries from the Breynia cernua, which have been collected near Kudjekbinj creek and community, Western Arnhem Land.

Rene Descartes' universe showing matter filling it collected in vortices with star at centre of each, often with orbiting planets. Path of comet shown by wavy line starting at N. From Descartes Epistolae, Amsterdam, 1668

Lower façade of Palazzo Bucelli (1648) studded with ancient Etruscan reliefs and funerary urns collected by its 18th-century antiquarian owner, Pietro Bucelli. Montepulciano. Tuscany, Italy

India,West Bengal, Darjeeling, Happy Valley Tea Estate, Woman tea picker holding example of high quality tea leaves _ two leaves and a bud which are collected for First Flush or Second Flush teas

Netherlands Otterlo Visitor looking at paintings of Vincent of Gogh in Museum called Kroller Muller in National Park De Hoge Veluwe

Shells and corals collected from pristine beach of Maputalan coast near Rocktail Bay Lodge, Kosi Bay. KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Crater Lake is the second deepest Inland Lake. The Lake is famous for its blue water reflecting the sky. The Lake was formed after water collected after a violent volcanic eruption about 7000 years ago which left a huge basin sealed by lava flows.

India, West Bengal, Darjeeling, Happy Valley Tea Estate, Woman tea picker holding example of high quality tea leaves _ two leaves and a bud which are collected for First Flush or Second Flush teas

India,West Bengal, Darjeeling, Happy Valley Tea Estate, Woman tea picker holding example of high quality tea leaves _ two leaves and a bud which are collected for First Flush or Second Flush teas

Rene Descartes (1596-1650) French philosopher and mathematician in his study Engraving from a 17th century edition of his collected works