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Nicholas Ridley, 16th century English Protestant reformer and martyr. Appointed Bishop of London in 1550, Ridley (c1500-1555)

British troops parading on the esplanade, Calcutta, India, mid 19th century

Robert Nivelle, French general, 1917. Nivelle (1857-1924) was Commander-in-Chief of the French army from December 1916 to May 1917

Pope Gregory I, the Great, c1540-1567. Artist: Adriaen Collaert
Pope Gregory I, the Great, c1540-1567. Pope from 590, St Gregory (c540-604) sent Augustine as a missionary to England in 596

St George killing the dragon, 1598. Perhaps a Roman centurion beheaded near modern Tel Aviv, St George (dc303) is the patron saint of England, Catalonia, Genoa, Greece, Portugal, Russia, Venice

St John in the Isle of Patmos, 1826. St John the Evangelist in exile on the isle of Patmos, having been accused of being a magician. Whilst there he wrote the Book of Revelations

St George killing the dragon, 1884. Artist: George Heywood Maunoir Sumner
St George killing the dragon, 1884. Perhaps a Roman centurion beheaded near modern Tel Aviv, St George (dc303) is the patron saint of England, Catalonia, Genoa, Greece, Portugal, Russia, Venice

St Simeon Stylites, Hermit of the Pillar, 5th century (1825). St Simeon Stylites (387-459) spent 7 years self-imposed solitude in a Syrian monastery

St Vincent de Paul, French priest and philanthropist, 1663. A Franciscan monk, St Vincent de Paul (c1581-1660) is the patron saint of charitable societies

St Jerome, c1540-1567. Artist: Adriaen Collaert
St Jerome, c1540-1567. St Jerome (c342-420) was a leading father of the Christian church. He prepared the first Latin translation of the Bible from Hebrew into Latin, the Vulgate

St Paul the Apostle who took the Christian message to the Gentiles, 19th century. In the background is his conversion on the road to Damascus

St Peter holding his symbol of a key, c1490-1550. Artist: Hans Baldung
St Peter holding his symbol of a key, c1490-1550

Peter and John at the Beautiful Gate. Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have give I to thee.... From the Bible (Acts 3.6)

The Manciple, from Geoffrey Chaucers Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer (c1345-1400) English poet. A manciple was a man who bought provisions for a college, monastery or inn of court

Canterbury pilgrims, c1420 (19th century). From John Lydgates (1370-1451?) Story of Thebes written c1420 and designed as an addition to Chaucers Canterbury Tales

The Parson, from Geoffrey Chaucers Canterbury Tales. After an illustration in the Ellesmere manuscript of Chaucers (c1345-1400) work, 14th century

Henry IV of France watching the departure of the Spaniards from Paris, 22 March 1594
Henry IV of France watching the departure of the Spaniards from Porte Saint-Denis, Paris 22 March 1594. Although Henry (1553-1610) became King of France in 1589

Procession of the League (la Ligue), Paris, 24 May 1590. Typical soldiers and civic guards armed with pikes and harquebuses leaving Notre Dame

The Duke of Wellington at the taking of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain, Peninsular War, 1812 (c1818). Artist: William Heath
The Duke of Wellington at the taking of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain, Peninsular War, 1812 (c1818). The French tricolour is pulled down and the Union Jack run up the flagpole in its place

St Thomas Aquinas, Italian theologian and philosopher. Also known as Doctor Angelicus, St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) was a member of the Dominican order who attempted to reconcile Aristotles science

Self portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, engineer and architect, c1513. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Self portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, engineer and architect, c1513. Da Vincis (1452-1519) scientific drawings featured ideas such as a spinning wheel and a flying machine

Harrys Truman, 33rd President of the USA, 1945-1953. Truman (1884-1972) took over as President when Franklin D Roosevelt died in April 1945

Fidgety Joe, 1903. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
Fidgety Joe, 1903. The troubles of coalition government. Two parents representing the Duke of Devonshire and Arthur Balfour (centre)

Entrance to the bullion vaults of the Bank of England, London, 1872. Scene showing ingots of precious metals, each of which would be checked for weight on the balance in the centre

Poster paying tribute to the war effort, French, World War I, 1914-1918. A wounded French soldier saying that civilians are also supporting the war effort by making their individual financial

Policy Verso, 1906. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
Policy Verso, 1906. A gladiator representing Free Trade triumphant in the arena, appeals to the crowd for their verdict. With the return of Liberal government in Britain in December 1905

Exterior view of the New York Stock Exchange, 1885

J Edward Simmons, President of the New York Stock Exchange, 1885

The Big Push, 1916. Artist: Leonard Raven-Hill
The Big Push, 1916. A munitions worker with a trolley of new shells sending them of for a little trip to the continent (Europe) for use against the Germans

Exterior view of the National Bank, Glasgow, Scotland, c1850

Telling room, National Bank of Scotland, Glasgow, c1860

Washington E Connor, partner and broker of the Jay Gould stochbroking firm, 1885. Jay Gould was thought to do the largest brokerage business in the New York Stock Exchange at the time

Floor of the New York Stock Exchange, 1885

London Dockers Strike, September 1889. Among the aims of the strike was the establishment of a minimum wage of 6d (2.5 pence per hour) but it failed

Children of the Sklodowski family, Polish, c1870-1875. Left to right: Zosia, Hela, Maria (Marie Curie 1867-1934), Joseph and Bronya

Radium experiment, 1904. Artist: Poyet
Radium experiment, 1904. Paths of alpha, beta, and gamma particles from a radium sample placed between the poles of an electromagnet, as used in Marie and Pierre Curies laboratory, Paris

Gatling rapid fire guns, 1862. Artist: William George Armstrong
Gatling rapid fire guns, 1862. Various models of the machine gun patented by American inventor Richard J Gatling in 1862. The weapon, a hand-cranked multiple-barrelled rotary gun

Battle of Sedan, France, Franco-Prussian War, 1870. View of the battlefield from where Wilhelm I, King of Prussia, stood. Sedan was a national humiliation for the French

Phoenician gold jewellery, 5th century BC. Originating from the area of modern Lebanon, the Phoenicians were notable traders in the Mediterranean in the 1st Millenium BC

Painted relief showing a Ra sun boat carried in a procession, Ancient Egyptian. Part of a temple relief from Luxor, Egypt

Cuneiform tablet relating part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Neo-Assyrian, 7th century BC. A tablet from the library of the Assyrian King Ashurbanipal (reigned 669-631 BC)

Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor. Head from a gigantic statue, now fragmented. Constantine (c273-337) became emperor in 306

Mammoth skeleton, 1823. Skeleton of a mammoth discovered in 1817 by Dr Mitchell of New York at Goschen, Orange County and later assembled in the Philadelphia Museum

Giant mastodon skeleton, 1830. Skeleton of a giant mastodon excavated by Wilson Peale of Philadelphia at Newburgh on the Hudson River in 1801

Sheep treading in seed, Ancient Egyptian tomb relief carving, c2000 BC. The man on the left is leading the sheep by offering the foremost ram food. From the tomb of Urarna, Sheik Said, Egypt

Pont du Gard, Nimes, southern France, 19th century. This Roman aqueduct was built in c18 BC. No cement was used in its construction

Egyptian tomb figure of a woman grinding corn using a saddle quern, c2500 BC. Photograph taken c1910

Man reaping barley with a sickle, probably of wood set with flint, Ancient Egyptian, c240 BC. From the west wall of the tomb of Urarna, Sheik Safd, Egypt. Photograph taken c1910

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