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"Provisions: Nourishing the Body, Sustaining the Soul" Step into Chez Auguste on Old Compton Street, Soho, and be transported to a world of delectable flavors

Background imageProvisions Collection: Chez Auguste on Old Compton Street, Soho

Chez Auguste on Old Compton Street, Soho
Chez Auguste at 38 Old Compton Street, Soho, London; next to Coiffure Internationale, the international shaving saloon and hairdressers; on the end is F Gennari Ltd, wines and provisions. 1947

Background imageProvisions Collection: A First Rate Taking in Stores, 1818. Artist: JMW Turner

A First Rate Taking in Stores, 1818. Artist: JMW Turner
A First Rate Taking in Stores, 1818. Painting held at the Tate, London. From The Studio Volume 120 [The Studio Ltd. London & New York, 1940]

Background imageProvisions Collection: Soho, London - 66 Old Compton Street W1

Soho, London - 66 Old Compton Street W1 - Del Monico continental delicacies. 1973

Background imageProvisions Collection: Fortnum & Masons Christmas Box for soldiers, WW1

Fortnum & Masons Christmas Box for soldiers, WW1
Advertisement for quintessential London department store, Fortnum & Mason, in particular their Thirty Shilling Xmas Box of selected provisions which could be sent to the front for lucky soldiers

Background imageProvisions Collection: Inside Shackletons Hut

Inside Shackletons Hut
The interior of the hut of Ernest Shackleton (1907-9), which has been preserved in exactly the same state as left by Shackleton Date: 2005

Background imageProvisions Collection: Sainsburys Shop 1914

Sainsburys Shop 1914
The store of J Sainsbury - Purveyors of High Class Provisions

Background imageProvisions Collection: Herdwick Sheep feeding on hay during a cold snap near Tarn Hows in the Lake district UK

Herdwick Sheep feeding on hay during a cold snap near Tarn Hows in the Lake district UK
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Background imageProvisions Collection: Discovery of America. Second Voyage of Columbus. Jamaica. 15

Discovery of America. Second Voyage of Columbus. Jamaica. 15
Jamaica. 15th century. Second Voyage of Columbus. Jamaicans refuse to give food to Columbus and he, knowing that there will be a lunar eclipse, tells them that God will deny the light

Background imageProvisions Collection: Brewers Quay, Chester Quay and Galley Quay, Lower Thames Street, City of London, 1846

Brewers Quay, Chester Quay and Galley Quay, Lower Thames Street, City of London, 1846. The scene includes the unloading of foreign provisions from vessels on the River Thames using winching

Background imageProvisions Collection: On board the Indus emigrant ship

On board the Indus emigrant ship
The cover of The Graphic, 29 June 1872, including five illustrations of life on board the Indus emigrant ship, one of the London Line of Queensland Packets, which set sail from Gravesend

Background imageProvisions Collection: S. Parmiciani and Italian produce store at 8 Old Compton Street, Soho, London, England

S. Parmiciani and Italian produce store at 8 Old Compton Street, Soho, London, England. undated

Background imageProvisions Collection: Progress supply vessel approaching ISS

Progress supply vessel approaching ISS
Progress supply vehicle approaching the International Space Station. This unmanned vehicle launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on 28th February 2005, carrying two tons of food, water

Background imageProvisions Collection: Robinson Crusoe after the shipwreck (chromolitho)

Robinson Crusoe after the shipwreck (chromolitho)
735900 Robinson Crusoe after the shipwreck (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robinson Crusoe after the shipwreck)

Background imageProvisions Collection: The Provision Shop

The Provision Shop. A General Grocers store selling rabbits, turkeys, chops, butter and tinned foods

Background imageProvisions Collection: Maid returning from market, 1640 (etching)

Maid returning from market, 1640 (etching)
XJF407363 Maid returning from market, 1640 (etching) by Hollar, Wenceslaus (1607-77); Private Collection; (add.info.: illustration from Ornatus Muliebris Anglicanus or The Severall Habits of English)

Background imageProvisions Collection: Boer War 25 December 1901 (print)

Boer War 25 December 1901 (print)
533165 Boer War 25 December 1901 (print); (add.info.: Boer War: Boer forces under General Dewet surprising encampment of British soldiers at Tweefontein, 25 December 1901)

Background imageProvisions Collection: We cast off and moved away from the wreck

We cast off and moved away from the wreck
5614281 We cast off and moved away from the wreck; (add.info.: "We cast off and moved away from the wreck". Illustration from the novel The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss)

Background imageProvisions Collection: The Marche Couvert at Metz-Soldiers Buying Provisions, 1870 (engraving)

The Marche Couvert at Metz-Soldiers Buying Provisions, 1870 (engraving)
1580773 The Marche Couvert at Metz-Soldiers Buying Provisions, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts French soldiers buying provisions in Metz. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageProvisions Collection: Geoffrey Chaucer (c1345-1400) English poet. The Manciple, man who buys provisions for a college

Geoffrey Chaucer (c1345-1400) English poet. The Manciple, man who buys provisions for a college
536698 Geoffrey Chaucer (c1345-1400) English poet. The Manciple, man who buys provisions for a college, monastery or inn of court

Background imageProvisions Collection: German field gun in action, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

German field gun in action, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German field gun in action, between 1914 and c1915. German soldiers firing field gun during World War I.

Background imageProvisions Collection: Ostyatsky village on the Vakh River - Unloading the boat, 1928

Ostyatsky village on the Vakh River - Unloading the boat, 1928. Creator: Dmitrii Innokent'evich Karatanov
Ostyatsky village on the Vakh River - Unloading the boat, 1928. V. I. Surikov Museum of Art in Krasnoiarsk

Background imageProvisions Collection: 'Caught!', 1860. Creator: Unknown. 'Caught!', 1860. Creator: Unknown

"Caught!", 1860. Creator: Unknown. "Caught!", 1860. Creator: Unknown
"Caught!", 1860. Stolen kisses! stolen kisses! O what precious spoil they are! Whether cheek of sleeping miss is Walnut-brown or lily-fair

Background imageProvisions Collection: Kitchen Scene, with Jesus in the House of Martha and Mary in the background, 1569. Creator: Unknown

Kitchen Scene, with Jesus in the House of Martha and Mary in the background, 1569. Creator: Unknown
Kitchen Scene, with Jesus in the House of Martha and Mary in the background, 1569

Background imageProvisions Collection: The Well-stocked Kitchen, with Jesus in the House of Martha and Mary in the Background, 1566

The Well-stocked Kitchen, with Jesus in the House of Martha and Mary in the Background, 1566. It is not the profusion of vegetables, fruit, meat

Background imageProvisions Collection: The Meeting of David and Abigail, 1583. Creator: Christiaen Jansz van Bieselingen

The Meeting of David and Abigail, 1583. Creator: Christiaen Jansz van Bieselingen
The Meeting of David and Abigail, 1583

Background imageProvisions Collection: Provision store, Caracas, Venezuela, between 1900 and 1906. Creator: Unknown

Provision store, Caracas, Venezuela, between 1900 and 1906. Creator: Unknown
Provision store, Caracas, Venezuela, between 1900 and 1906

Background imageProvisions Collection: Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

Background imageProvisions Collection: Les ravitailleuses, 1916. Creator: L Sabattier

Les ravitailleuses, 1916. Creator: L Sabattier
Les ravitailleuses, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916"

Background imageProvisions Collection: Une base Allemande en Adriatique: L'occupation de Corfou; les Corfiotes assistant... 1916

Une base Allemande en Adriatique: L'occupation de Corfou; les Corfiotes assistant... 1916. Creator: Dr. Coupe
Une base Allemande en Adriatique: L'occupation de Corfou; les Corfiotes assistant au debarquement des approvisionnements, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Background imageProvisions Collection: Le Ravitaillement des prisonniers à la prison de Saint-Lazare, c1794. Creator: Hubert Robert

Le Ravitaillement des prisonniers à la prison de Saint-Lazare, c1794. Creator: Hubert Robert
Le Ravitaillement des prisonniers a la prison de Saint-Lazare, c1794

Background imageProvisions Collection: Tens of thousands in good times and bad move ceaselessly from place to place... 1937

Tens of thousands in good times and bad move ceaselessly from place to place... 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tens of thousands in good times and bad move ceaselessly from place to place in order to eke out a living following the crops of California

Background imageProvisions Collection: Wife and child of sharecropper near Gaffney, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Wife and child of sharecropper near Gaffney, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wife and child of sharecropper near Gaffney, South Carolina. The farmer does a little day labor for his landlord. He received fifty cents a day in 1936, sixty to seventy-five cents in 1937

Background imageProvisions Collection: Dog team ready to start with provisions, between c1900 and 1927. Creator: Unknown

Dog team ready to start with provisions, between c1900 and 1927. Creator: Unknown
Dog team ready to start with provisions, between c1900 and 1927

Background imageProvisions Collection: Prospector and dog ready for the summer trail, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown

Prospector and dog ready for the summer trail, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown
Prospector and dog ready for the summer trail, between c1900 and c1930

Background imageProvisions Collection: Prospector and dog ready for the summer trail, between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown

Prospector and dog ready for the summer trail, between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown
Prospector and dog ready for the summer trail, between c1900 and 1916

Background imageProvisions Collection: Russian wheat warehouse, Chemulpo, c1904. Creator: Robert Lee Dunn

Russian wheat warehouse, Chemulpo, c1904. Creator: Robert Lee Dunn
Russian wheat warehouse, Chemulpo, c1904. Koreans and Japanese laborers filling bags with wheat(?) at a warehouse

Background imageProvisions Collection: Japanese officers directing the unloading of supplies, Chemulpo, c1904. Creator: Robert Lee Dunn

Japanese officers directing the unloading of supplies, Chemulpo, c1904. Creator: Robert Lee Dunn
Japanese officers directing the unloading of supplies, Chemulpo, c1904

Background imageProvisions Collection: Japanese Hospital Corps landing medical and surgical supplies at Chemulpo, c1904

Japanese Hospital Corps landing medical and surgical supplies at Chemulpo, c1904. Creator: Robert Lee Dunn
Japanese Hospital Corps landing medical and surgical supplies at Chemulpo, c1904

Background imageProvisions Collection: Taking a government load to Copper Center, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Hunt, Phinney S

Taking a government load to Copper Center, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Hunt, Phinney S
Taking a government load to Copper Center, between c1900 and c1930

Background imageProvisions Collection: Taking a government load to Copper Center, between c1900 and 1927. Creator: Hunt, Phinney S

Taking a government load to Copper Center, between c1900 and 1927. Creator: Hunt, Phinney S
Taking a government load to Copper Center, between c1900 and 1927

Background imageProvisions Collection: Unloading of the Provisions, 20 July, 1889. Creator: Unknown

Unloading of the Provisions, 20 July, 1889. Creator: Unknown
Unloading of the Provisions, 20 July, 1889. From a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs that document the Arctic voyage in 1889 of the clipper ship Razboinik (Pirate)

Background imageProvisions Collection: The Left Side of the Quarterdeck with Cargo for the Anadyr Expedition, 1889. Creator: Unknown

The Left Side of the Quarterdeck with Cargo for the Anadyr Expedition, 1889. Creator: Unknown
The Left Side of the Quarterdeck with Cargo for the Anadyr Expedition, 1889. From a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs that document the Arctic voyage in 1889 of the clipper

Background imageProvisions Collection: Prison Provisions Depot for the Derbinsky Prison in the Tym River Valley, 1880-1899

Prison Provisions Depot for the Derbinsky Prison in the Tym River Valley, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Background imageProvisions Collection: Prospector with dog team, between c1900 and 1923. Creator: Unknown

Prospector with dog team, between c1900 and 1923. Creator: Unknown
Prospector with dog team, between c1900 and 1923

Background imageProvisions Collection: Sledges, 1856. Creator: Ivan Dem'ianovich Bulychev

Sledges, 1856. Creator: Ivan Dem'ianovich Bulychev
Sledges, 1856. From Puteshestviye po Vostochnoy Sibiri I. Bulychova. Chast 1-ya. Poyezdka v Kamchatku (A journey across eastern Siberia: Part 1, Trip to Kamchatka)

Background imageProvisions Collection: Yakut Winter Yurt, 1856. Creator: Ivan Dem'ianovich Bulychev

Yakut Winter Yurt, 1856. Creator: Ivan Dem'ianovich Bulychev
Yakut Winter Yurt, 1856. From Puteshestviye po Vostochnoy Sibiri I. Bulychova. Chast 1-ya. Poyezdka v Kamchatku (A journey across eastern Siberia: Part 1, Trip to Kamchatka)

Background imageProvisions Collection: Pack Horses, 1856. Creator: Ivan Dem'ianovich Bulychev

Pack Horses, 1856. Creator: Ivan Dem'ianovich Bulychev
Pack Horses, 1856. From Puteshestviye po Vostochnoy Sibiri I. Bulychova. Chast 1-ya. Poyezdka v Kamchatku (A journey across eastern Siberia: Part 1, Trip to Kamchatka)

Background imageProvisions Collection: World War 1: Hot soup for French soldiers

World War 1: Hot soup for French soldiers
3787033 World War 1: Hot soup for French soldiers; (add.info.: World War 1: Hot soup for French soldiers in the trenches. English version of official photograph of Le Section Photographique de)



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"Provisions: Nourishing the Body, Sustaining the Soul" Step into Chez Auguste on Old Compton Street, Soho, and be transported to a world of delectable flavors. Here, they can crafted with love and served with passion. In 1818, JMW Turner's masterpiece "A First Rate Taking in Stores" depicted the importance for sailors embarking on long voyages. These supplies were their lifeline amidst treacherous waters. During WW1, Fortnum & Masons created Christmas boxes filled with essential items for soldiers. These thoughtful provisions brought comfort and joy during times of war. Soho's vibrant streets tell tales of provision gathering at every corner. At 66 Old Compton Street W1, locals flock to find sustenance that nourishes both body and soul. Inside Shackleton's Hut lies a testament to survival against all odds. Provisions meticulously stored ensured his team's endurance in the harshest Antarctic conditions. In 1914, Sainsbury's shop became a beacon of hope as it provided rations during World War I. Their commitment to supplying essentials united communities in times of uncertainty. Herdwick Sheep seek solace from biting cold near Tarn Hows in the Lake District UK by feeding on hay - nature’s own provision ensuring their survival through harsh winters. On board the Indus emigrant ship, dreams intertwined with provisions as families embarked on new beginnings across distant shores. The promise of better days lay within these carefully packed supplies. At S. Parmiciani and Italian produce store at 8 Old Compton Street, Soho; Londoners indulge in culinary delights sourced from Italy – an abundance of Mediterranean provisions tantalizing taste buds far from home. Witnessing progress unfold before our eyes is awe-inspiring; like seeing a supply vessel approach ISS delivering vital provisions that sustain life beyond Earth's boundaries - humanity reaching new frontiers.