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Map of the HMS Endeavour's path through the Endeavour Strait.
"Track of H.M.S. Endeavour and the passage through Endeavour Strait, 21 August–23 August 1770. Reproduced from 'The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks, 1768–1771'." -
Map of north-eastern India and the Kangchenjunga area.
"Map of north-eastern India and the Kangchenjunga area (inset) where Joseph Hooker did much collecting." -
View of the Queens Garden behind Kew Palace.
Built as tribute for Queen Charlotte, it showcases the style of plants that flourished during her era. -
Himalayan Plant bed in the Temperate House at Kew gardens.
A photo of a plant bed in the Temperate House showcasing a collection of plants from the Himalayas. From 1847-1851, J.D. Hooker collected over 5,000 specimens from the Himalayan range. -
Feather-leaved banksia plant bed at Kew gardens.
A photo of Banksia Brownii (the feather-leaved banksia), a plant indigenous to the far south-western corner of Western Australia. It is currently listed as critically endangered with an estimate of only 1,000 plants in the wild. -
Map of J.D. Hooker's travels in the Southern Hemisphere.
"Map to illustrate Hooker's travels in the Southern Hemisphere, the black line with arrows showing the route taken by Erebus and Terror under the command of Captain James Clark Ross." -
Eastern Pediment Parthenon Sculpture
Eastern pedimental sculpture from the Parthenon depicts the birth of Athena from the head of Zeus. Much of the sculpture from the ancient structure is severely damaged from the passage of time, as well as an explosion, which occurred inside the Parthenon in 1687, as a result of the Turks storing gunpowder inside of the structure. The freestanding sculptures are currently on display in Room 18 of the British Museum in London, England. -
Frieze from the Parthenon
The British Museum currently has 247 feet (75 m.) of the original Parthenon frieze within their permanent collection. The frieze was the sculpted high-relief, which adorned the upper part, or naos of the Parthenon. In the exhibit space, each section of the frieze has a placard, which describes the scene depicted on the section of frieze as well as the cardinal direction and number in the frieze series. The marble frieze, which dates c. 438- 432 BC, depicts a Panathenaic procession. -
East Frieze V, 36- 37 Museum Label
In the exhibit space, each section of the frieze has a placard, which describes the scene depicted on the section of frieze as well as the cardinal direction and number in the frieze series. The marble frieze, which dates c. 438- 432 BC, depicts a Panathenaic procession. The label for the east frieze V, 36- 37 reads as follows: "Athena sits looking in the direction of the procession. Her right hand held a bronze spear, which was attached separately but is not missing. Next to her is the smith-god Hephaistos. He has a crutch places under his right armpit." -
Metopes from the Parthenon
The British Museum currently has fifteen of the ninety-two the original Parthenon metopes within their permanent collection. The metopes, which decorated the exterior of the temple, just above the exterior colonnade depicted a mythological battle between the Lapiths and the centaurs. Many of the metopes are missing hands, feet, knees, arms, and legs. -
Parthenon Metope Detail
This metope, one of fifteen in the British Museum's permanent collection depicts chaos erupting between a Lapith and a centaur. The metope is severely damaged, with the Lapith missing both his head and his right leg, below the knee. The centaur is missing both his head, as well as his front right leg. -
Advertisement for quinine treatments for malaria.
An advertisement for two different quinine treatments for malaria; quinine bisulphate and quinine sulphate. Marketed as of "exceptional purity". -
Mary Shelley
Portrait of Mary Shelley, oil on canvas, c. 1831-1840. -
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Down Street Station
Map location of Down Street Station -
Convolutional Neural Net Loss Plot
A loss plot for the letter convolutional neural net classifier. -
Convolutional Neural Network Architecture
The architecture for the letter recognition convolutional neural network. -
Table of Results from Automated Transcription Pipeline
A table that holds the results from testing for the automated transcription pipeline. -
Layout for Letter Recognition Pipeline
The layout of the pipeline for the automated transcriber. It shows the input from a 1613 Bible, object detected, cropped, then transposed to a letter. -
Object Detection Bounding Box Loss Plot
The loss plot for the bounding boxes from a YOLOv12 object detection model. Used to detect letters in a word.