Canadian destroyer 'Fraser' off Spanish coast with Basque fishing boats full of British subjects and allied refugees to be embarked on British cargo boat 'Baron Nairn'. 'Fraser' was sunk in a collision on 25 June 1941.
Louis XVI (1754-1793) king of France from 1774 until guillotined during the French Revolution. Louis while still Dauphin. Portrait by Charles Andre van Loo (1705-1765) French painter. Oil on canvas.
Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin von Bulow (1849-1929) German Foreign Secretary 1897-1909. Responsible for Weltpolitik - colonial expansion. Reichschancellor 1900-1909. "Stay with us, Uncle Berhnard, ... " cartoon from "Simplicissimus" 23 December 1907.
Heihachiro Togo (1847-1934) Japanese naval commander. Commander-in-Chief of Japanese Navy during Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905. Admiral Togo on the bridge of his flagship.
The Good Bourgeois' (middle-class) after Henri Brispot (1846-1928). Frenchman sits in his town garden while bricklayers work on garden step. From 'Le Petit Journal', Paris, 17 May 1893. France, Class, Labourer, Bourgeoisie
Death of Jules Ferry (1832-1893) in his armchair. Ferry 44th and 49th Prime Minister of France 1880-1881, 1883-1885, is said to have died of 1887 assassination attempt. From 'Le Petit Journal', Paris, 1 April 1893. French, Politician
Hupa man with spear, standing on rock midstream, in background, fog partially obscures trees on mountainsides, 1923. Photograph by Edward Curtis (1868-1952).
Philip of Orleans, Count of Paris (1838-1894), Grandson of Louis Philippe of France, Orleanist pretender to French throne, on his deathbed at Stowe House, Buckinghamshire, England. From 'Le Petit Journal', 17 September 1894.
French Alpine Chasseurs recovering the body of Lieutenant Bujon. From 'Le Petit Journal' 12 September 1891. France, Military, Army, Moutaineering, Climbing, Accident
Saint Charlemagne': Students toasting Charlemagne (742-814) King of the Franks from 768, Holy Roman Emperor from 800, Patron Saint of Paris University. From 'Le Petit Journal', Paris, 30 January 1892. France, Educatioin
?Temple of Dendera', 1845. Lithograph after Henry Pilleau (1813-1899) English artist. Hippostyle hall of the Temple of Hathor, mother goddess of Ancient Egypt. Archaeology Architecture Religion Mythology?
World War II 1939-1945: 'Tossing the Cans - Atlantic Patrol', 1941. Tom Lea (1907-2001) American painter. Naval gunnery crew firing depth charges. German submarines took a heavy toll of Allied shipping in the Atlantic.
?Denderah, interior of the Great Temple', 1843. Lithograph after Owen Jones and Jules Goury. Hippostyle hall of the Temple of Hathor, mother goddess of Ancient Egypt.?
Interior of a tomb. Lithograph after Jules Goury (1803-1834) French Architect. On either side a man is reclining on a divan and smoking a hookah. Ancient Egypt
World War I 1914-1918. French marines at Moudros, a small Greek port on the island of Lemnos in the Eastern Aegean. From 'Le Pays de France, 12 August 1915.
The Cadoudal Plot to assassinate Napoleon I: The Royalist conspirators disembarking on the cliffs at Biville, near Dieppe, 16 Jan 1804. Plot failed. Prince de Polignac imprisoned until 1814 for involvement. France Watercolour
World War I 1914-1918: German horse-drawn machine gun unit pausing beside a road, 1915. Military, Army, Artillery, Weapon, Gun, Automatic, Gun carriage
?View of an Ideal City, or the City of God' post 1470. Luciano Laurana (c1420-1479) Croatian (Dalmatia) architect and engineer who worked in Italyparticularly fro the Duke of Urbino 1466-1472..
Battle of Britain 10 July-31 October 1940: Hawker Hurricane of Fighter Command, as first line of defence, on its way to engage German bombers as they crossed the south coast of England. First major battle fought and won in the air. World War II.
Baker's and Finnemore's Pen Factory, St Paul's Square, Birmingham, England. On left, blanks are being stamped from strips of steel with machines powered through shaft and belting, while women round sides of the piercing room are making a hole in the centre of each nib. Wood engraving, 1870
Alexander I Russia and Napoleon I (Bonaparte) of France meeting on a raft in the middle of the river Nieman, 25 June 1807. Napoleonic Wars; Treaty of Tilsit. Wood engraving c1880
Mrs Bancroft (born Marie Wilton - 1840-1921) English actress. Famous for partnership with her husband Squire Bancroft. Believed in ensemble work rather than star system of Henry Irving, et al. Photograph published London c1890.
Florence Austral (1894-1968) Australian soprano specialising in Wagnerian roles; real name Wilson. Austral as Brunnhilde in Wagner Die Walkure, part in which she made her Covent Garden debut in 1922
Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) heretic pharaoh, reigned from c150 BC, here with Nefertiti and their two daughters offering gifts to the Sun. Relief originally in Temple of Sun, Thebes. Linen garments
Boudicca (Boadicea) lst century British queen of Iceni, standing in her chariot with her weeping, dishonoured daughters raped by the Romans, haranguing her troops. Finally overwhelmed by Romans, Boudicca is said to have taken poison. Copperplate engraving 1824
200-inch Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory shown at night. Built in 1948 and named for George Ellery Hale (1868-1938) Courtesy of Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories.
Casting cannon: tapping furnace to allow molten metal to run into the moulds a feet of workmen on left. On right, puddler is skimming off impurities. From Denis Diderot Encyclopedie, Paris, 1751-1780.
Alphonso XIII (1886-1941) King of Spain, posthumous son of Alfonso XII. Refused to abdicate when elections returned overwhelming vote for a republic. Died in exile.
Alexander I (1888-1934) King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1921-1929), King of Yugoslavia (1929-1934). Assassinated at Marseilles on state visit to France, 9 October 1934. Inset is Peter II (1923-1970), his son and King of Yugoslavia (1934-1945).
Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence (1864-1892) Eldest son of Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward VII) in military uniform. English prince, grandson of Queen Victoria. Photograph published c1890. Woodburytype
Italy; Unification; Nationalism; Popularity; Nineteenth century; 19th century
Description
Guiseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) Italian patriot. Crowds cheering Garibaldi as he passed the foot of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London, on his visit to Britain in 1864. Engraving.
Repeat of Foucault's demonstration of the Earth's rotation made at the Polytechnic Institution, London in May 1851 by Dr Bachhoffner. Leon Foucault (1819-1861) French physicist. Engraving c1890.
Torchlight parade in New York using Edison incandescent lamps. Generating truck drawn by horses is in centre of parade of men. Inset picture shows how current passed to each man. From Scientific American, New York, 1884.
Savoy Theatre, London. House, not stage, lit by Swan incandescent electric lamps. Built by Richard D'Oyly Carte in 1881, it was the home of the Gilbert and Sullivan operattas. Wood engraving, 1881
Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1900): British position at Sherpore, Cabul (Kabul). Gatling gun bastion making ready to repel attack by the Ghazis, 23 December 1879. Wood engraving February 1880
American War of Independence: Lexington Green - 38 American patriots making a stand against 600 to 800 British troops. 7 Americans killed, 9 wounded. Wood engraving 1875.
John Howard (1726-1790) English prison reformer, inspecting French galley prisoners at work. Howard League for Prison Reform named after him. Wood engraving c1880.
Telecommunications; Labour; Employment; Female; Women
Description
Central Telephone Exchange, rue de Lafayette, Paris, staffed by female telephonists. From Louis Figuier Les Nouvelles Conquetes de la Science, Paris, 1883. Engraving.
Green (Edible) turtles - Chelonia mydas - and Loggerhead turtles captured on coast of Cuba as the females came ashore to lay their eggs. Turtle meat much prized, and Edible turtles were imported live into Europe as a table delicacy. Woodcut, London, 1832.
Huntingdon County Gaol and House of Correction, England, built c1828 to design by William Wilkins. Radiating principle: Treadmills for grinding corn and raising water worked by prisoners: Prison uniform: Chaplain, The Rev. HA Maule. Woodcut, London, 1836.
British; Writer; Religion; Christian; Protestant; Feminist; Literature; English
Description
Hannah More (1745-1833) English religious writer and playwright, and member of the Blue Stocking circle of intelligent educated women, being introduced to Society by the Duchess of Gloucester. Wood engraving.
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) gymnasium, Longacre, London, opened by the Prince of Wales, 16 June 1888. Men exercising using various apparatus. Wood engraving.
Cree North American Indian squaw with her papoose on her back, standing outside her tepee with an older child and two dogs. From photograph taken c1885-1890
Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) German zoologist and evolutionist. Recapitulation theory Ontology recapitulates phylogeny. Haeckel in the Canaries in 1867 with his assistant Miklucho-Maclay.
World War I 1914-1918: Field Marshal Allenby's entry into, Jerusalem, 11 December 1917. Haddad Bey reading the proclamation in Arabic. Allenby, British soldier and administrator, Commander of Egyptian Expeditionary Force.
Loss of White Star Line's Olympic-class RMS Titanic which struck an iceberg on 12 April 1912 on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. A Titanic lifeboat reaching the Carpathia. More than 1,500 lives lost. Disaster
Gate to Amaterasu's cave. Warrior moves the stone gate in front of A cave while woman dances in hope of enticing Amaterasu, Shinto sun goddess, to make an appearance. Anonymous Japanese print c1900.
Spanish-American War 1898: Battle of Manila Bay, Philippines, 1 May 1898, the first major engagement of the conflict. Commodore George Dewey's cruiser leading action. Overwhelming US victory. Print c1900 Naval Warfare .
Bayeux Tapestry 1067. Death of Edward the Confessor, King of England from 1042, on 5 January 1066. Above on his deathbed talking to courtiers including Harold. Below, dead with priest in attendance. Anglo-Saxon Textile Linen
British Empire, 1886, a Federation of Britain, dominions, colonies, protectorates, and mandates spread throughout the world and controlled by Britannia's naval and military power. Colonialism Jingoism Chromolithograph
?Samuel American Horse, Native American Indian, probably a member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Photographic half-length portrait facing front, wearing native dress, c1900.
James II of England VII of Scotland (1633-1701). Reigned 1685-1688. Coronation of James II and his queen Mary (of Modena), 1685. Scene in Westminster Abbey, London, during the ceremony. Engraving.
Britain; England; Transport; Rail; Nineteenth century; 19th century
Description
London and Greenwich Railway, Projector and engineer Lieut-Col George Thomas Landmann (1779-1854). Viaduct near Bermondsey New Church cutting across the landscape, obscuring the view of the church and completely at odds with the garden scene in the foreground. Wood engraving from The Penny Magazine, London, 9 January 1836.
Gaston de Foix, Duke of Nemours (1489-1512) French military commander. War of the League of Cambrai. Killed at the Battle of Ravenna 11 April 1512. French engraving 1655.
Photograph showing Attorney General Robert F Kennedy speaking to a crowd of African Americans and whites through a megaphone outside the Justice Department; sign for Congress of Racial Equality is prominently displayed. 1963 June 14. Photographer: Warren K Leffler.
German; Germany; Nazi; Fascist; Anti-Semitic; Holocaust; World War II; Twentieth century; 20th century
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Aerial view of Auschwitz I concentration camp, 4 April 1944. Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, was the largest of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camps during the Second World War.
