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France; Russia; Invasion; Napoleonic; Wars

Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's the Grand Armee catching sight of Moscow, 1812 . Early 20th century book illustration.

Labour; Male; Slave; Negro

African slave trade. Slaves unloaded from slave ship at their destination. From Amelia Opie The Black Man's Lament; or How to Make Sugar, London, 1826

Ancient; Egypt

Obelisks at Alexandria called Cleopatra's Needles. Aquatint of 1802 after original by Luigi Mayer.

Transport; Water

River landscape with ferry. Hendrik Avercamp (1585-1634) Dutch artist. Watercolour, pen brown ink and white highlights.

literature; Allegory; American art

North Reading Room, west wall. Detail of mural by Ezra Winter illustrating the characters in the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]

world war I; First World war

Treat ?em Rough! Join the Tanks World War I propaganda poster by Angiet Hutaf 1918

British

Isaac Newton (1642-1727) English scientist and mathematician. Title page of his Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica London 1687.

Art; Advertising

?Battle of Hastings, 14 October 1066. William of Normandy (William the Conqueror) defeating Harold II of England. Nineteenth century Trade Card Chromolithograph?

Lanzarote, sea fishing, rowing boat, fishing, fishing rod, Fuerteventura,

Britain; England; Civil; Engineering; Transport; Railroad; Locomotive; Steam

Train Crossing Chat Moss Bog. From T T Bury Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831. Engineer: George Stephenson.

WHOWWW, Elephant, animals

Art; French; Archaeology

?The Great Sphinx of Giza. Watercolour. Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) French architect, engineer and orientalist. Ancient Egyptian statue of mythical figure of lion with human head, Fourth Dynasty (1723-1563 BC).

animal animals domestic cat cats close-up day eye eyes face feline felines garden grass grey gray indoor kitten laying look looking one mouse pet pets portrait play playing playful toy pazit ror WHOCAT WHOTEW WHOCUP

Eden valley, Cumbria, Westmorland, tourism, trees, Pennines, winter, Ormside, snow on hills, misty Winter landscape, winter trees in mist, sheep in mist

Baby's Catalogue; Janet and Allan Ahlberg; Ahlberg; 1001 Children's Books

19th Century; hand coloured; print; Lady; young woman; Reading; writing mirror; private; correspondence; calm; tranquillity; serene; peaceful;

Civil; Engineering; North; America

Niagara suspension bridge (railway). Engineers JA and WA Roebling. Coloured engraving.

Geography; Cartography; Trade; Exploration; Seventeenth century; 17th century

Nautical world map of 1634 by Jean Guerard. Australia is suggested but still unknown territory and , California is shown as an island.

Russian history; Russian art

Illarion Michajlowitsch Prjanischnikow (Russian artist) The Easter procession 1893

History; European; 19th; cntury; Napoleonic; Wars

Peninsular Campaign. Battle of Corunna (La Coruna) Spain 16 January 1809. British under Sir John Moore defeated French under Soult. Moore mortally wounded but lived to hear of victory. Aquatint after William Heath 1815.

Ancient; Roman; Art; Sculpture

Hadrian: Publius Aelius Hadrianus (76-138) Roman emperor from 117. Founder of Adrianopolis. Portrait bust.

Art; Chromolithograph

First manned free balloon flight, Pilatre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes, 21 November 1783, in Montgolfier (hot air) balloon from the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France, travelling 9km in 25 minutes. Aeronautics Aviation Ballooning

Science; Astronomy; Stellar; Mythology; Ancient; Greek

Constellation of Perseus, showing him carrying the head of Medusa. From Urania's Mirror London c1820. Hand-coloured engraving

Medicine; Disease; Infectious; Protozoa; Parasite; Insect; Transmission

Advertisement for a cure for Malaria issued by the Mississippi State Board of Health. The standard treatment of an adult was 10 grains of Quinine Sulphate 3 times a day for 3 days, then 10 grains every night for 8 weeks. The poster shows the Anopheles mosquito.

USA; Carnegie; Libraries

Andrew Carnegie (1835-1918) Scottish-born American philanthropist and industrialist who gave ?70,000.000 to good causes. Spy cartoon from Vanity Fair London 1903.

Ancient; Egypt; Craftsmen; Funerary; Burial; Practices

Carpenters at work: wall painting from the mastaba (tomb) of Ti. Early 5th Dynasty. Sakkara (Saqqara)

Brewing; Beer

Woman brewing beer. Ancient Egyptian tomb model. Cairo Museum, Egypt

Natural; History; Botany; Nineteenth century; 19th century

Gladiolus: Watercolour by George Sand (1804-1876) pseudonym of Amandine Aurora Lucie Dupin, Baronne Dudevant. French novelist.

Music; Theatre; Drama

Costume design for Papegeno, 1913. Papegeno, the bird catcher, a character in 'The Magic Flute' ('Die Zauberflote'), opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) with libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder (1751-1812) was first produced in Vienna in 1791. The plot has overtones of Freemasonry. Some say Queen of the Night is based on the Empress Maria Theresa (1717-1780). Design for a 1913 production at the s Opera.

snow, white, garden, design, landscaping, sunny day, fence, bench, wooden, yellow, green, conifers, ornamental, plants, shrub, shrubs, window, gate, shadow, shade, Enfield, London, UK, Kasia Ociepa

Louisiana, New Orleans, St. Charles Avenue, Garden District, Audubon Hotel, renovation, construction site, windows, architecture, fence, no trespassing, damage, Hurricane Katrina, facade, windows,

Art; Embroidery

Bayeux Tapestry 1067: William of Normandy's (William the Conqueror) fleet setting sail for England. They landed at Pevensey on the south coast on 28 September 1066. Defeated Harold II at Battle of Hastings on 14 October. Textile

Art; Suprematism; Geometric; Abstract

?Design, 1918. Watercolour and ink on paper. Kasimir Severinovich Malevich (1879-1935) and Lazar Lissitzky (1890-1941) Russian artists.

Royalty; Capital; Punishment; Regicide; French; Revolution

Execution by guillotine of Louis XVI of France, 21 January 1793. Louis lying bound on guillotine waiting for blade to fall and decapitate him. Basket ready to receive his head. Oil on copper. Carnavalet, Paris.

Transport; Water

Transitional ship. Sectional view of vessel fitted with both sails and a steam engine driving a screw. From Physics in Pictures by Theodore Eckardt. (London, 1886). Chromolithograph.

The New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) is an 'eared' seal, as can be seen by its ear flaps. It differs from earless or 'true' seals such as leopard seals, which have no external ear flaps and cannot use their hind legs when on land – they have to wriggle instead. New Zealand fur seal has a more pointed snout than the Australian sea lion and is a darker grey to brown colour. The bulls have mane can weigh 120-180 kilograms and reach up to 2.5 metres in length and are much larger than the cows, which are only 35 to 50 kilograms and only one to 1.5 metres long. hey have only bred in the Kaikoura area since about 1985, the population here being a transient one of approximately 2, 000 with the greatest numbers occurring in winter. There are four main haul out areas along the Kaikoura coast ( Haumuri Bluff, Riley's Lookout or Barney's Rock, Kaikoura Peninsula and Ohau Point sign information Kaimakeku Peninsula Colony

Let sleeping pup lie... New Zealand Fur

War; Weapon; Lance; Shield

Byzantine cavalrymen overwhelming enemy cavalry and footsoldiers. Illustrated manuscript.

Art; Illustration

Title page of 'Histoire des corps de troupes de la ville de Paris' , 1887. From 1254-1791 the Guet Royal was responsible for order in the city, a role taken over at the Revolutiion by the National Guard in each city. France

Slavery; Slave; Slave; master; Slave; labour; Whip; Punishment; Exhaustion; Exploitation; Agriculture; Sugar; Abolition; Britain; Nineteenth century; 19th century

The Exhausted Slave Whipped. 'But woe to all, both old and young,/Women and men, or strong or weak,/Worn out or fresh, those gangs among, That dare the toilsome line to break!' From Ameilia Opie The Black Man's Lament; or How to Make Sugar, London, 1826.

Canada, Ontario, Toronto, Yonge Street, Dundas Square, public plaza, Toronto's Time Square, street peformer, fire juggler, busker, AMC theater, theatre, movies, billboard, ad, multi ethnic crowd, Black, man, woman, family, audience, performing for tips,

Slavery; Slave; Slave; master; Slave; labour; Whip; Exploitation; Abolition; Agriculture; Sugar; Britain; Nineteenth century; 19th century

Clearing Away the Weeds. 'Then we in gangs, like beasts in droves,/Swift to the cane fields driven are;/There first our toil the weeds remove,/And next we holes for plants prepare.' From Ameilia Opie The Black Man's Lament; or How to Make Sugar, London, 1826.

Green Iguana; head; reptile; tropical; captive; frill; crest; scales; arboreal; herbivorous; Iguana iguana; poikilothermic

1930s front cover illustration showing two delightfully healthy children enjoying the alphabet book. ephemera, youth, education, reading, learning, school, work, language, writing, knowledge, instruction, training, study, teaching, pedagogics, freshness, vigour, spirit, young, childhood,

Victorian; Pop Goes the Weasel; Sheet Music Cover; The Spanish; country dances; Terpsichorean; Terpsichore; dancing; dance craze; dance tune; popular dance;

A newspaper advertisement from 1854 records:The new country dance 'Pop goes the weasel', introduced by her Majesty Queen Victoria.

Communication; Signal; Military

Aerial Telegraph. Roman signal towers. A basket containing fire was hung from an arm near the top of the tower and used to signal a message which was passed along a chain of similar towers. Liebig trade card c.1900. Chromolithograph

anti-semitism; german history

Pedestrians glance at the broken windows of a Jewish owned shop in Berlin after the attacks of Kristallnacht, November 1938

French; Revolutionary; Wars

The French Reserve Army under Napoleon Bonaparte crossing theAlps by the St Bernard Pass. Spring 1800. Lithograph.

CHILDREN, Spain, LA ATUNARA, GIBRALTAR, CHURCH, SEA, BEACH, Spanish CHURCH, TRADITIONAL Spain, Andalucia, CHURCH Andalucia, CHILDREN FOOTBALL, FOOTBALL Spain, CHURCH AND SEA,

Spanish BOYS PLAY FOOTBALL OUTSIDE A TYPICAL Spanish CHURCH. LA ATUNARA, NEAR GIBRALTAR Andalucia. LA ATUNARA IS FAMOUS FOR ITS TAPAS restaurants.

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Geology; Vulcanology; Volcano

Island of Thera (Santorin) in eruption of 1866. Horseshoe shape created during cataclysmic eruption c1500 BC. May have created tidal wave destroying Knossus. Perhaps gave rise to Atlantis legend. Colour-printed engraving 1874.

Art; Supremetism; Russia; Communist; Communism; Abstract; Geometric

?Design by Lazar Lissitzky for the cover of the catalogue for the First Exhibition of Russian Art , Berlin, 1922. Watercolour on paper.

Natural; History; Botany; Nineteenth century; 19th century

Charlock or Wild Mustard ( Sinapis arvensis) annual plant of the Brassica family, native of Europe. From Amedee Masclef Atlas des Plantes de France, Paris, 1893.

British; English; Transport; Shipping

'Victoria and Albert' the first steam-driven royal yacht. Queen Victoria being cheered as yacht carries her to naval review at Spithead. Baxter needlebox print c1855. Oleograph

Ancient; Egypt; Funerary; Practices; Measurement; Weight; Scales

Falcon-headed god Horus weighing the heart of the dead in a balance. Tomb of Menna, 28th Dynasty. Tombs of the Nobles, west bank at Luxor, Thebes.

Victorian, parents, family, at home, Educating, education, learning, Children, drawing, sketching, piano lesson, playing piano, boy, girl, brother, sister, drawing room, artistic, fashion, costume, clothes, mother, father, music, art,

Flight; Flying; Aviation; Aeroplane; Airplane; Aircraft; Clothing; Helmet

Samuel Franklin Cody (1862-1913) American-born British aviation pioneer. Kite flying instructor to British army. Cody box kite. Died in flying accident. Cartoon from Vanity Fair, London, 1 November 1911.

British; English; Government

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.

World War II; Halftone

RMS 'Lusitania', Cunard Line, built by John Brown & Co., Clydebank, Scotland. Left Liverpool 7 September 1907 on her maiden voyage to New York, sunk by German U-boat 7 March 1915 with loss of 1,198 lives. Tug, Colour, Postcard

Food; Bread

Model of a baker kneading dough and forming loaves. Ancient Egyptian

Mythology; Ancient; Roman

Arch of Titus, Forum, Rome. Titus (39-81).

Ancient; Egypt; Transport; Shipping

Wall painting from tomb of Sennefer, Abydos, 18th Dynasty, showing boat on the Nile with square-rigged sail and oarsmen.

Canada, Ontario, Toronto, Yorkville, Cumbereland Street, Sassafraz, restaurant, cuisine, fine dining, alfresco, sidewalk table, business, man, woman, couple, patron, streetlamp, planter, flowers,

Halftone

RMS 'Mauretania', Cunard Line, built by Swan Hunter at Wallsend, Tyne and Wear. Left Liverpool 16 November 1907 for maiden voyage to New York, scrapped 1935. Served as a troop ship in World War I. Tugs, Postcard, Colour

Religion; Christian; Jesus; Saviour; Miracle; Healing; Healer

'Christ Healing the Blind Man'. Duccio di Buoninsegna (1278-1318) Italian painter. Sienese school. Byzantine tradition.

Scientist; Gases

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) French chemist. Among other achievements, Lavoisier was one of the discoverers of oxygen, and established the laws of chemical combination. He improved the manufacture of gunpowder when director of government powder mills. He was guillotined during the French Revolution. From The Temple of Flora by Robert John Thornton. (London, 1801).

Art; Egypt

View of Grand Cairo', aquatint, 1809, after Henry Salt (1780-1827) English traveller, artist and Egyptologist. Egypt

Sailor

Edmund Lyons, lst Baron Lyons (1790-1858) British naval commander, 1857. Rear-Admiral of British fleet in Black Sea during Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-56. Coloured lithograph

Japan; World War II

World War II 1939-1945: Australian propaganda poster c1941-1943 emphasising the Japanese threat, and showing a map of Australia and the face of Hirohito.

photograph; Coloured; Dutch history

Dam Square with the Royal Palace, centre, and Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) Amsterdam, Holland 1890-1900. Church mainly rebuilt in Gothic style after a fire in 1645. Netherlands Transport Horse Tram Pedestrian Street Cobbles

Environmental pollution caused by heavy chemical industry, with birds and fishes struggling to survive. In late 19th century industrial pollution was a growing problem and in La Vie Electrique Paris 1895 Robida guessed how things would be in the 20th c

Photograph

On the airfield at Amman, Jordan, April 1921: T E Lawrence, Sir Herbert Samuel (British High Commissioner of Palestine), Emir Abdullah. Woman far left, possibly Gertrude Bell. Sheik Majid Pasha el Adwan, far right.

Edwardian; Christmas; postcard; red robed; Santa Claus; Father Christmas; chimney; sack; presents; gift bearer; snow; winter; holly;

Biritsh; English; Trade; Language

A Sub-Lime Character. Building labourer carrying hod of mortar. Pun. Early 19th century aquatint

Politics

Joseph Chamberlain (8 July 1836 ? 2 July 1914) British businessman, politician, and statesman

English, ; Politician

Herbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928) British Liberal statesman. Prime Minister 1908-1916. Cartoon by 'Spy' (Leslie Ward) from Vanity Fair, London, July 1904.

Victorian Christmas and New Year greeting card issued by Girls' Friendly Society (GFS). A pioneering youth organisation the GFS was formed in 1875 for the preservation of chastity among working-class girls. At its peak, on the eve of World War One, it had nearly 200, 000 members and claimed to be the largest girls' society of the day.

Calendar; medieval art

'Melothesia' (zodiac man) from the Tr?s Riches Heures 1413-1416, the Duc de Berry. Illumination on parchment, Chantilly, Mus?e Cond?

Religion; Hindu; Medicine; Epidemic; Self-hypnosis

Man suspended by hooks, swung through air at ceremony honouring Mariatale, goddess of Smallpox at her temple at Negapattam, Southern India. Maritale was mother of Parasurama (Vishnu's 6th Avatar or incarnation) From Charles Gold Oriental Drawings London, 1806.

Canada, Ontario, Toronto, Yonge Street, Grosvenor Street, street scene, corner, traffic light, intersection, crossing, car, building, commercial district, high-rise, A&W restaurant, business, American fast food, pedestrian, urban,

Canada, Ontario, Toronto, Yonge Street, Grosvenor Street, street scene, corner, traffic light, intersection, crossing, car, building, commercial district, high-rise, A&W restaurant, business, American fast food, pedestrian, urban,

Poster, WWII, propaganda, German, Nazi

Canada, Ontario, Toronto, Yonge Street, shopping, business, storefront, Mexican, Italian, restaurant, boutique, tatoo shop, sign, variety, pedestrian, street scene, shopping, urban,

Florida, Miami Beach, Fifth & and Alton, building, design, architecture, shopping complex, Fifth 5th Street, traffic, cars, automobiles,

Religion; Christian; Bishop; Mitre

St Augustine of Hippo (350-430) one of the great fathers of early Christian church. Second figure is his son Ambrose. Hand-coloured woodcut of 1493

Flight; Flying; Aviation; Aeronautics; Sportsman; Scientist; Airplane; Plane; Pioneer; Experiment; Aircraft; France

Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) Brazilian aviation pioneer: aeroplanes and dirigibles. Santos-Dumont flying his plane in the Bois du Boulogne, Paris. First powered plane flight in Europe. Antoinette engine. Man in car is throwing out plates so that distance of flight could be measured. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 25 November 1906.

Art; Cartoon; Political

The Tree of Liberty - with the Devil tempting John Bull', James Gillray, 1798. Serpent, tail in Cap of Liberty, face of Charles James Fox, coiled round dying oak, offers damaged apple reform to John Bull, pockets full of golden fruit.

Art; Chromolithograph

The Language of Flowers. Nasturtium - Tropaeolum majus. Indifference. Trade Card for chocolate c1900.

Religion; Hindu; Medicine; Epidemic; Self-hypnosis

Ceremony in honour of Mariatale, goddess of Smallpox, temple at Negapattam, S.India. Man with hooks in back, self-hypnosis. Aquatint, 1806

Louisiana, New Orleans, French Quarter, National Historic Landmark, architecture, Muriel's Bistro, ironwork gallery, balcony, mule drawn carriage, animal, tour guide, man, woman,

Britain; England; Gas; Coal; Town; Fuel; Industrial; Chemistry

Gas works for lighting a town or large district. 1: Collapsing gas holder. 2: Retort House. 3: Purifying House with lime machine. 4: Director's Office. From Frederick Accum Coal Gas, London, 1819. Aquatint.

Dorset, steam, fair, Blandford, annual, event, summer, traction, engine, smoke, people, working, wheels, September

elephant bull, hwange, Zimbabwe, elephant

sport, horse racing at Chepstow racecourse in Gwent, South Wales, UK, Ladies day

Edwardian postcard, Brockwell Park, South East London; ;

arabic business document contract signature sign signing

Dubai arabic Arab architucture

Dubai FZ free sone port aerial view jebel ali

arabic Country UAE sharjah

Dubai aerial airborne sky December 2006