Lucretia Roman heroine who comitted suicide after being raped Engraved by B Eyles after G Staal From the book World Noted Women by Mary Cowden Clarke published 1858

Queen Margot Margeurite de Valois 1553 1615 1st wife of Henry IV daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de Medicis From an engraving by Merger after the painting by Vincent

Battle of Valmy near the town of Sainte Menehould in northeastern France 20th September 1792 Engraved by Maurand after De La Charlerie From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

GRUNER SEE STMK TRAGOSS AUSTRIA Scuba diver and unk bridge Each year after the thaw rises everything is covered with glass clear drinking water

Maria Theresa Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia 1717 1780 Engraved by W H Mote after G Staal From the book World Noted Women by Mary Cowden Clarke published 1858

Battle of Jemmapes or Jemappes Jemappes in Hainaut Belgium 6 November 1792 Engraved by Hurel after De La Charlerie From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Louis XVI before the convention December 1792 Louis XVI 1754 1793 King of France 1774 1792 Engraved by Meyer Heine after De La Charlerie From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Adrienne Lecouvreur 1692 1730 French actress Photo etching after the painting by Coypel From the book Lady Jackson s Works III The Old Rgime I Court Salons and Theatres Published London 1899

Winter in most of Canada means snow Snow means you can ski snowmobile skate photograph and enjoy the pristine outdoors Forests and fields are at their most beautiful after a fresh snowfall which creates sensuous shapes and patterns

Half Dome and the Sierra Nevada taken from Glacier Point after sunset Yosemite National Park California USA United States of America

Sir William Carr Beresford Viscount Beresford Baron Beresford Of Albuera And Dungarvan Duke duque De Elvas 1768 1854 British General Engraved by PWTomkins after Sir W Beechey From the book National Portrait Gallery Volume I published 1830

French troops attack Bezalu Besalu Girona Spain during the Napoleonic Wars in 1808 19th century lithograph by Engelmann after Langlois

Model Released Young attractive brunette mixed race woman with a towel on her head applying cream on her face skin after a bath

Kids gazing up from underneath umbrellas to Leaning Tower of Pisa The Leaning Tower of Pisa no longer leans quite so much after a 20 million project to save it was hailed a complete success in June07 ITALY Tuscany

Margaret of Anjou 1429 1482 French Queen of King Henry VI of England Engraved by W H Mote after G Staal From the book World Noted Women by Mary Cowden Clarke published 1858

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Perigord 1754 1838 French politician and diplomat Engraved by Launy Marchand after E Parmentier From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

View of NW highland area The northwest of the country the Nicoya Peninsula was the southernmost point of Nahuatl named after Nitin cultural influence when the Spanish conquerors conquistadores came in the sixteenth century COSTA RICA Guanacaste province

African adolscent Initiate (abakwetha). After ritual circumcision the initiates live in isolation for up to several weeks painted in white clay.

Matilda of Scotland aka Edith c 1079 80 1118 Queen of Henry I of England Engraved by W H Mote after J W Wright From the book The Queens of England Volume I by Sydney Wilmot Published London circa 1890

Wild Flowers in Cape Columbine, West Coast National Park, South Africa (known as the Flower Route). Carpets of wild flowers appear after the winter rains have fallen in Jume/July.

Jean Baptiste Klber 1753 1800 French general of the Revolutionary wars Engraved by Pannemaker Ligny after Linard From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

His Holiness XIVth Dalai Lama visits Barcelona after 10 years of his last visit for the conference Art of Happiness and other official acts 9th of September 2007

His Holiness XIVth Dalai Lama visits Barcelona after 10 years of his last visit for the conference Art of Happiness and other official acts 9th of September 2007

After the bath woman drying herself painted by Edgar Degas pastel on paper 1895-1900 Courtauld Institute Gallery interior Somerset House London England

House of Tibet or Casa del Tibet in Barcelona preparing for His Holiness XIVth Dalai Lama visit to Barcelona after 10 years of his last visit for the conference Art of Happiness and other official acts 8th of September 2007

House of Tibet or Casa del Tibet in Barcelona preparing for His Holiness XIVth Dalai Lama visit to Barcelona after 10 years of his last visit for the conference Art of Happiness and other official acts 8th of September 2007

Winter in most of Canada means snow Snow means you can ski snowmobile skate photograph and enjoy the pristine outdoors Forests and fields are at their most beautiful after a fresh snowfall which creates sensuous shapes and patterns

GRUNER SEE STMK TRAGOSS AUSTRIA Scuba diver in a Sunk meadow Each year after the thaw rises everything is covered with glass clear drinking water

Washington at Mount Vernon USA George Washington 1732 1799 First President of the United States From a 19th century print engraved by J Rogers after Mc Nevin

Maximilien Robespierre 1758 1794 Jacobin leader during French Revolution Engraved by Pannemaker after E Viollat From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Gabrielle D Estrees Duchess of Beaufort 1573 I599 mistress of Henry IV From an engraving after a drawing attributed to Franois Quesnel

Sea lions Zalopus californianis swimming back to land after feeding off shore trying to not be eaten by white sharks in the area Farallon Islands Great white shark diving destination

Winter in most of Canada means snow Snow means you can ski snowmobile skate photograph and enjoy the pristine outdoors Forests and fields are at their most beautiful after a fresh snowfall which creates sensuous shapes and patterns

William Hyde Wollaston 1766 1828 British scientist and philosopher Engraved by J Thomson after J Jackson From the book National Portrait Gallery Volume I published 1830

Louis XIII 1601 1643 king of France 1610 1643 Photo etching after the painting by Lestang From the book Lady Jackson s Works Old Paris I It s Court and Literary Salons Published London 1899

William Penns treaty with the Indians 1682 William Penn 1644 1718 English Quaker colonizer in America founder of Pennsylvania From a 19th century print engraved by J C Armytage after B West

Model Released Young attractive brunette mixed race woman with a towel on her head applying cream on her face skin after a bath

Washington taking command of the army at Cambridge Massachusetts USA 1775 George Washington 1732 1799 First President of the United States From a 19th century print engraved by J Rogers after Wageman

General Charles George Gordon aka Chinese Gordon and Gordon Pasha 1833 1885 British General Engraved by O Lacour after a photograph by Adams and Scanlan From the book Charles George Gordon by Colonel Sir William F Butler published 1889

George William Frederick Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon 1800 1870 British statesman and diplomat after Sir Thomas Lawrence From the book The Letters of Queen Victoria 1854 1861 Vol III published 1907

Wild Flowers in Cape Columbine, West Coast National Park, South Africa (known as the Flower Route). Carpets of wild flowers appear after the winter rains have fallen in Jume/July.

Gobel resigns his episcopal office 1793 Jean Baptiste Joseph Gobel 1727 1794 French ecclesiastic politician and archbishop of Paris Engraved by Launy Marchand after Renaud From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Polar Bear Hunting 19th century lithograph after Biard by Em Baerentzen Co From the book Figaro Journal of Literature Art and Music by Georg Garstensen Published 1841

Wild Flowers in Cape Columbine, West Coast National Park, South Africa (known as the Flower Route). Carpets of wild flowers appear after the winter rains have fallen in Jume/July.

His Holiness XIVth Dalai Lama visits Barcelona after 10 years of his last visit for the conference Art of Happiness and other official acts 9th of September 2007

Washington resigning his commission at Annapolis 23 December 1783 George Washington 1732 1799 First President of the United States From a 19th century print engraved by Rogers after Trumbull

Mademoiselle Sophie Arnould 1740 1802 French soprano operatic actress Phot etching after the painting by La Tour From the book Lady Jackson s Works IV The Old Rgime II Court Salons and Theatres Published London 1899

Napoleon Bonaparte at the seige of Toulon December 1793 Napoleon Bonaparte 1769 1821 Emperor of the French Engraved by Pannemaker Ligny after Viollat From Histoire de la Revolution Francaise by Louis Blanc

Joan of Arc 1412 1431 aka Jeanne d Arc or Jeanne la Pucelle French heroine and Saint of the Catholic church Engraved by W H Mote after G Staal From the book World Noted Women by Mary Cowden Clarke published 1858

John Julius Angerstein 1735 1823 Russian born British merchant and picture collector Engraved by Scriven after Sir T Lawrence From the book National Portrait Gallery Volume I published 1830