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Running', Alexander Alexandrovich Deyneka (Dieneka - 1899-1969) Russian modernist figurative painter, sculptor and graphic ar...
Running', Alexander Alexandrovich Deyneka (Dieneka - 1899-1969) Russian modernist figurative painter, sculptor and graphic artist. Five male athletes on running track watched by young woman. Sport Athletics Race





Bayeux Tapestry 1067: In 1064 messengers from William of Normandy demand of Count Guy the release of Earl Harold Godwinson (l...
Bayeux Tapestry 1067: In 1064 messengers from William of Normandy demand of Count Guy the release of Earl Harold Godwinson (later Harold II, Anglo-Saxon king of England). Sowing and harrowing field in bottom border. Textile Linen





A woman from Prince William's Sound, Alaska. Engraving from Captain Cook's Original Voyages Round the World (Woodbridge, Suff...
A woman from Prince William's Sound, Alaska. Engraving from Captain Cook's Original Voyages Round the World (Woodbridge, Suffolk, c1815).





Tom and Jerry sporting their blunt on the phenomenon Monkey Jaco Macacco at the Westminster Westminster Pit. In the centre of...
Tom and Jerry sporting their blunt on the phenomenon Monkey Jaco Macacco at the Westminster Westminster Pit. In the centre of the picture Tom and Jerry are placing cash bets (sporting their blunt) on the outcome of the fight between a monkey and a bull terrier. The scene is lit by candles. Illustration by (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank and George Cruikshank Snr. for Life in London by Pierce Egan (London, 1821). Aquatint.





The Siege of La Rochelle, Henri-Paul Motte, 1846-1922, French, Stronghold of Huguenots, La Rochelle was starved into surrende...
The Siege of La Rochelle, Henri-Paul Motte, 1846-1922, French, Stronghold of Huguenots, La Rochelle was starved into surrender during Cardinal Richelieu's campaign to break their power in France





The Assumption of the Virgin Francesco Botticini (ca.1446-1497 Italian) National Gallery, London, England





Heidji Rising, Japan. Abduction of former Emperor Go-Shirakawa by Fusiwara No Nobuyari 1159. Chromolithograph after illustrat...
Heidji Rising, Japan. Abduction of former Emperor Go-Shirakawa by Fusiwara No Nobuyari 1159. Chromolithograph after illustration by the monk Keion in Heidju-monogatari (Tales of the Year Heidji) 13th century





Pope Leo X supervising the burning of Martin Luther's books after the first Diet of Worms, 1521 Woodcut





St. Mark the Evangelist Valentin de Boulogne (1591-1632 French) Oil on canvas Private collection





Charles I (1600-1649), King of Great Britain, 1631, Daniel Mytens the Elder, (ca, 1590-bef, 1648/Dutch)





Blast furnaces for production of iron at Coalbrookdale, Monmouthshire, c1830. This scene is on the river Severn a few miles f...
Blast furnaces for production of iron at Coalbrookdale, Monmouthshire, c1830. This scene is on the river Severn a few miles from Ironbridge. On the left, behind the tall chimney, it is possible to see the iron walkway giving access to the two blast furnaces in order to charge them with ore and fuel.





Jean-Marie Coutelle, Appointed Commander of Les Aerostiers, 1794. Below right, varnishing balloon at School of Military Ballo...
Jean-Marie Coutelle, Appointed Commander of Les Aerostiers, 1794. Below right, varnishing balloon at School of Military Ballooning, Meudon. Background: Soldiers transporting inflated balloon l'Entreprenant. French Aviation





Roman troops under Julius Caesar landing on the shores of Britain and meeting resistance from the natives during invasion of ...
Roman troops under Julius Caesar landing on the shores of Britain and meeting resistance from the natives during invasion of 55 or 54 BC. Copperplate engraving c1820





English suffragettes Edith New and Mary Leigh being carried through London streets after release from Holloway Prison, August...
English suffragettes Edith New and Mary Leigh being carried through London streets after release from Holloway Prison, August 22, 1908 From "Le Petit Journal", Paris September 6, 1908





Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) English social reformer and philosopher (Utilitarianism) A founder of University College, London. ...
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) English social reformer and philosopher (Utilitarianism) A founder of University College, London. Engraving





Wreckers in Cornwall, England, collecting anything useful they can from the wreck of a ship they have lured to destruction on...
Wreckers in Cornwall, England, collecting anything useful they can from the wreck of a ship they have lured to destruction on the shore. From Scenes in England by the Rev. Isaac Taylor, London, 1822. Hand-coloured engraving.





Tondabayashi, Old Sugiyama Iezmitac, Important cultural asset, Important traditional Groups of buildings preservation distric...
Tondabayashi, Old Sugiyama Iezmitac, Important cultural asset, Important traditional Groups of buildings preservation district, Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan





John Knox (1505-1572) Scottish Protestant (Calvinist) reformer. Engraving from "A Biographic Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen" ...
John Knox (1505-1572) Scottish Protestant (Calvinist) reformer. Engraving from "A Biographic Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen" by Thomas Thomson (Edinburgh and London 1870).





Teaching girls to read in The Ragged School Union (formed 1844) school, Lambeth, London. From The Illustrated London News 11 ...
Teaching girls to read in The Ragged School Union (formed 1844) school, Lambeth, London. From The Illustrated London News 11 April 1868. Wood engraving.





Queen Victoria and family receiving the Guards at Buckingham Palace on their return from the Crimean War Engraving





Ferdinand Magellan's ship Victoria, Magellan led the first voyage of circumnavigation (1519-1522)





William Wilberforce (1759-1833) English philanthropist, Evengelical Christian and campaigner for abolition of slavery, Hand-c...
William Wilberforce (1759-1833) English philanthropist, Evengelical Christian and campaigner for abolition of slavery, Hand-coloured engraving 1821





Women and girls and a young boy at work in Bryant & May's match factory, Fairfield Road, Bow, London, From The Illustrated Lo...
Women and girls and a young boy at work in Bryant & May's match factory, Fairfield Road, Bow, London, From The Illustrated London News (London, 1871), Engraving





Opening words of St Luke's Gospel Quoniam. Book of Kells 6th century manuscript of the Four Gospels





Emily Davison (1872-1913), English suffragette throwing herself in front of George V's horse Anmer at the Epsom Derby, Surrey...
Emily Davison (1872-1913), English suffragette throwing herself in front of George V's horse Anmer at the Epsom Derby, Surrey, England, June 4, 1913





Sour Cherry (Cerasus vulgaris or Prunus cerasus), from Amedee Masclef Atlas des Plantes de France





London and Greenwich Railway, wood engraving, Illustration from 'The Penny Magazine', London, 9 January 1836





Running', Alexander Alexandrovich Deyneka (Dieneka - 1899-1969) Russian modernist figurative painter, sculptor and graphic ar...
Running', Alexander Alexandrovich Deyneka (Dieneka - 1899-1969) Russian modernist figurative painter, sculptor and graphic artist. Seventeen male athletes on running . Sport Athletics Race





Alexander Graham Bell, (1847-1922), Scottish-born American inventor, patented telephone, 1876. Picture published 1907





Scene from Kabuki theatre performance by Utagawa Kunisada, 1786-1864, colored woodblock print





Anonymous: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) in Egypt, 1798-99. Engraving. Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.





Miners washing for gold in the Californian gold fields. The apparatus they are using is called a Long Tom. From "L'Illustrati...
Miners washing for gold in the Californian gold fields. The apparatus they are using is called a Long Tom. From "L'Illustration" Paris 18 June 1853. Wood engraving





Jade statue of Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered Snake, god of fertility and creator of mankind. Aztec 1350-1321.





Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace, London. Queen Victoria opening exhibition 1 May 1851. Engraving.





The Battle of Grunwald (1st Battle of Tannenberg) July 15, 1410. king Jogaila (Wladyslaw II Jagiello) led Kingdom of Poland a...
The Battle of Grunwald (1st Battle of Tannenberg) July 15, 1410. king Jogaila (Wladyslaw II Jagiello) led Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in alliance against the knights of the Teutonic Order who were led by the Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen. Death of Ulrich von Jungingen in battle of Grunwald. deatail from the Battle of Grunwald by Jan Matejko (1838 1893)





The Preliminary Trial of a Western Horse Thief - Scene of a Western Judge's Court', 1877. After John Mulvany (1844-1906) Iris...
The Preliminary Trial of a Western Horse Thief - Scene of a Western Judge's Court', 1877. After John Mulvany (1844-1906) Irish-born American painter. America USA Frontier Wild West Pioneers Justice Building Wood





Tabira church, cathedral, papistry, important cultural asset, Yosuke Tetsukawa, Hirado, Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan, December





(Henry) Bartle (Edward) Frere (1815-84) British colonial administrator, born at Clydach, Breckonshire, Wales. Governor of Bom...
(Henry) Bartle (Edward) Frere (1815-84) British colonial administrator, born at Clydach, Breckonshire, Wales. Governor of Bombay (Mumbai) 1862-1867. Appointed governor of the Cape and High Commissioner in South Africa in 1877, recalled in 1880 because of his treatment of the Zulus. Engraving from The Illustrated London News (London, 7 June 1884).





Ur-Nanshe, king of Lagash, Sumeria. Ur Dynasty I (2650-2350 BC) Detail of limestone relief showing Ur-Nanshe wearing traditio...
Ur-Nanshe, king of Lagash, Sumeria. Ur Dynasty I (2650-2350 BC) Detail of limestone relief showing Ur-Nanshe wearing traditional fur skirt or Kaunakes. Louvre, Paris





The Dream of Saint Joseph c1636 Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674 French) Oil on canvas National Gallery, London





Indian Shell-cutter holding the shell with his feet and cutting with blade mounted on handle, Hand-coloured engraving publish...
Indian Shell-cutter holding the shell with his feet and cutting with blade mounted on handle, Hand-coloured engraving published Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1822





Prostration in prayer Illustration From "La Vie de Mohammed, Prophete d'Allah" Etienne Dinet (1861-1929 French)





William Huggins (1824-1910) British astronomer and spectroscopist. Inventor of solar spectroscope. 'Spy' (Leslie Ward) cartoo...
William Huggins (1824-1910) British astronomer and spectroscopist. Inventor of solar spectroscope. 'Spy' (Leslie Ward) cartoon from Vanity Fair London 1903





Emile Zola (1840-1902) French journalist and novelist of the Naturalistic school, addressing the conference of the Institute ...
Emile Zola (1840-1902) French journalist and novelist of the Naturalistic school, addressing the conference of the Institute of Journalists in London, 1893. The title of the paper he gave was 'L'Anonymat dans la Presse' (Anonymity in Journalism). Engraving.





Edward Montagu, lst Earl of Sandwich, (1625-72) English naval commander, After portrait by Peter Lely, Engraving





Sioux (Dakota, North American Plains Indians) War Dance: Usually 4 days of ceremonies before departure for battle. Ceremonies...
Sioux (Dakota, North American Plains Indians) War Dance: Usually 4 days of ceremonies before departure for battle. Ceremonies such as this induce a state of self hypnosis. Chromolithograph 1888.





Income Tax: John Bull scratches his head at William Pitt's (1759-1806) introduction of Income Tax. Pitt is shown as angel pla...
Income Tax: John Bull scratches his head at William Pitt's (1759-1806) introduction of Income Tax. Pitt is shown as angel playing harp. Hand-coloured cartoon in style of Gillray: 1798.





Trajan's column, Rome, Italy. Erected by emperor Trajan 106-113 and carved in low relief with narrative of his two campaigns ...
Trajan's column, Rome, Italy. Erected by emperor Trajan 106-113 and carved in low relief with narrative of his two campaigns in Dacia. Now topped with statue of St Peter.

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