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Coral reef surrounding a lagoon. Slow accumulation of substance from generations of corals was a phenomenon which
530405 Coral reef surrounding a lagoon. Slow accumulation of substance from generations of corals was a phenomenon which Darwin used to support they theory of a long geological timescale

The Boneshaker, the type of pedal-driven bicycle popular c1870. Wood engraving c1880
530691 The Boneshaker, the type of pedal-driven bicycle popular c1870. Wood engraving c1880.; Universal History Archive/UIG

North London Cemetery, Highgate, 1838 (engraving)
536401 North London Cemetery, Highgate, 1838 (engraving); (add.info.: North London Cemetery, Highgate. The Lebanon Catacombs)

Napoleon's Grande Armee retreating from Russia across the Beresina, 26-28 November 1812
543880 Napoleon's Grande Armee retreating from Russia across the Beresina, 26-28 November 1812. 19th century (french popular hand-coloured woodcut); Universal History Archive/UIG

Prussian Lancers and Cossacks fighting French troops. 19th century (french popular hand-coloured woodcut)
543825 Prussian Lancers and Cossacks fighting French troops. 19th century (french popular hand-coloured woodcut); Universal History Archive/UIG

Illustration of an incident during the Peninsular Campaign demonstrating the humanity of French soldiers
543813 Illustration of an incident during the Peninsular Campaign demonstrating the humanity of French soldiers. 19th century (popular hand-coloured woodcut); (add.info)

Mounted Musketeers of the French Army in the 17th and 18th centuries. Mid-19th century (popular print)
543209 Mounted Musketeers of the French Army in the 17th and 18th centuries. Mid-19th century (popular print); Universal History Archive/UIG

In the Snow, Victorian card
BAL10168 In the Snow, Victorian card; Private Collection

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 19th century (engraving)
3697229 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. November and December 1842)

Visitor of the Colombian exhibition walking in the main axis, at night, Chicago 1893. She's people in a wheelchair
NWI4960575 Visitor of the Colombian exhibition walking in the main axis, at night, Chicago 1893. She's people in a wheelchair

"Street life in London": "Hookey Alf" of Whitechapel, 1877 (print on double-weight paper)
3570770 "Street life in London": "Hookey Alf" of Whitechapel, 1877 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: London, Great Britain 1877 Photographer: Thomson, John;Sampson Low)

"Street life in London": Covent garden labourers, 1877 (print on double-weight paper)
3570760 "Street life in London": Covent garden labourers, 1877 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: London, Great Britain 1877 Photographer: Thomson, John;Sampson Low, Marston)

Farmers preparing bales of hay
3569213 Farmers preparing bales of hay; (add.info.: Great Britain 1867 Photographer: Hobson); Alinari Archives, Florence

"Departure of the Conscript" and "The Return". 19th century (french popular hand-coloured woodcut)
543892 "Departure of the Conscript" and "The Return". 19th century (french popular hand-coloured woodcut); Universal History Archive/UIG

Napoleon in Egypt, 1798, visiting the Pyramids. 19th century (french popular hand-coloured woodcut)
543877 Napoleon in Egypt, 1798, visiting the Pyramids. 19th century (french popular hand-coloured woodcut); Universal History Archive/UIG

Napoleon I at the Battle of Ulm, 16-19 October 1805. 19th century (popular hand-coloured woodcut)
543810 Napoleon I at the Battle of Ulm, 16-19 October 1805. 19th century (popular hand-coloured woodcut); (add.info.: The outcome was a resounding French victory the capture of the entire Austrian)

Facsimile of the traditional old Northumbrian round Sumer is icumen in'. Mid-13th century (English manuscript)
528011 Facsimile of the traditional old Northumbrian round Sumer is icumen in'. Mid-13th century (English manuscript); (add.info.: Written using Staff and proportional notation)

Women embroiderers
3568988 Women embroiderers by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Belgium 1890 - 1900 ca. Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Pulperia Argentina, 1902-21 (engraving)
CUL4892589 Pulperia Argentina, 1902-21 (engraving); (add.info.: Pulperia Argentina. Traditional commercial Establishment and social center of the popular classes typical in South America)

"Street life in London": the "crawlers", 1877 (print on double-weight paper)
3570773 "Street life in London": the "crawlers", 1877 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: London, Great Britain 1877 Photographer: Thomson, John;Sampson Low, Marston)

"Street life in London": "mush-fakers" and ginger-beer makers, 1877 (print on double-weight paper)
3570769 "Street life in London": "mush-fakers" and ginger-beer makers, 1877 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: London, Great Britain 1877 Photographer: Thomson)

The Powerful Hand, showing hand with nail wound, Jesus, the all-seeing eye of God
542812 The Powerful Hand, showing hand with nail wound, Jesus, the all-seeing eye of God, and holy justice represented by the balance and the sword

Napoleon I taking his leave at Fontainbleau of the Old Guard before going into exile onSt Helena, 20 April 1814
543857 Napoleon I taking his leave at Fontainbleau of the Old Guard before going into exile onSt Helena, 20 April 1814. 19th century (french popular hand-coloured woodcut)

The Last Hours of Marshal Duroc (23 May 1813), fatally wounded at the Batle of Bautzen 20-21 May 1813
543837 The Last Hours of Marshal Duroc (23 May 1813), fatally wounded at the Batle of Bautzen 20-21 May 1813, Duroc died on 23 May. French victory of Prussian and Russian army

Lavoisier's apparatus for synthesizing water from hydrogen (left) and oxygen (right)
539942 Lavoisier's apparatus for synthesizing water from hydrogen (left) and oxygen (right). From Robert Routledge A Popular History of Science, London, 1881

Souls released from purgatory welcomed into the presence of the Trinity, God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost (dove)
542806 Souls released from purgatory welcomed into the presence of the Trinity, God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost (dove), by the Virgin Mary

NapoleonI (Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821) in exile on St Helena. 19th century (french popular print)
542790 NapoleonI (Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821) in exile on St Helena. 19th century (french popular print); Universal History Archive/UIG

Cartoon commenting on the growing popularity of roller-skates in Great Britain, 19th century
5308711 Cartoon commenting on the growing popularity of roller-skates in Great Britain, 19th century; (add.info.: Cartoon commenting on the growing popularity of roller-skates in Great Britain)

Russian, Lubock with image of a tree. 19th century (print)
5669532 Russian, Lubock with image of a tree. 19th century (print); (add.info.: 19th century, Russian, Lubock with image of a tree)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-1882, the most popular American poet in the 19th century. Illustrated by A.S. Hartrick
3052763 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-1882, the most popular American poet in the 19th century. Illustrated by A.S. Hartrick; Private Collection

Handwritten score to a popular 19th century Spanish Song by Blas de Laserna Nieva
3118633 Handwritten score to a popular 19th century Spanish Song by Blas de Laserna Nieva; (add.info.: Handwritten score to a popular 19th century Spanish Song by Blas de Laserna Nieva (1751 - 1816)

Portrait of a woman wearing traditional folk costume, Scanno, 1907 (print on double-weight paper)
3563557 Portrait of a woman wearing traditional folk costume, Scanno, 1907 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: Scanno 1907 Photographer: Howells Vincenzo); Alinari Archives, Florence

Fisherman repairing fishing nets, Bordighera, 1880 (print on double-weight paper)
3570598 Fisherman repairing fishing nets, Bordighera, 1880 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: Bordighera 1880 ca. Photographer: Noack, Alfred); Alinari Archives, Florence

"Street life in London": the street locksmith, 1877 (print on double-weight paper)
3570774 "Street life in London": the street locksmith, 1877 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: London, Great Britain 1877 Photographer: Thomson, John;Sampson Low, Marston)

"Street life in London": cheap fish of St. Giles's, 1877 (print on double-weight paper)
3570763 "Street life in London": cheap fish of St. Giles's, 1877 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: London, Great Britain 1877 Photographer: Thomson, John;Sampson Low, Marston)

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) French chemist
539137 Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) French chemist.; (add.info.: Bacteriology. Hydrophobia. Inoculation by attenuated culture)

Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821) returning to France from exile in Elba, 26 February 1815
542555 Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821) returning to France from exile in Elba, 26 February 1815, welcomed by his supporters

Interior of the church of Les Invalides, Paris, France, the reception the remains of Napoleon I after its return
543854 Interior of the church of Les Invalides, Paris, France, the reception the remains of Napoleon I after its return from St Helena: 15 December 1840

Napoleon I (1769-1821). 19th century (french popular hand-coloured woodcut)
543828 Napoleon I (1769-1821). 19th century (french popular hand-coloured woodcut); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Life of Napoleon I (1769-1821). 19th century (spanish popular coloured woodcut)
543822 The Life of Napoleon I (1769-1821). 19th century (spanish popular coloured woodcut); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Travels and Exploits of General Bonaparte in Various Countries. Napoleon Bonaparte (1760-1821)
543787 The Travels and Exploits of General Bonaparte in Various Countries. Napoleon Bonaparte (1760-1821). French popular coloured engraving.; (add.info.: France)

Episodes in the life of Napoleon I (1769-1821). 19th century (popular coloured woodcut)
543772 Episodes in the life of Napoleon I (1769-1821). 19th century (popular coloured woodcut); Universal History Archive/UIG

Seaham Colliery, County Durham, England, showing the head gear above the shaft, and work in an active coal seam
526813 Seaham Colliery, County Durham, England, showing the head gear above the shaft, and work in an active coal seam. The central vignettes show two models of miner's lamp, the Davy, left

A group of children who eat the spaghetti, Naples, c.1896 (print on double-weight paper)
3562911 A group of children who eat the spaghetti, Naples, c.1896 (print on double-weight paper); Alinari Archives, Florence

Popular errors and assumptions, a serie created by Pellerin printer, 1860 (Epinal print)
5669759 Popular errors and assumptions, a serie created by Pellerin printer, 1860 (Epinal print); (add.info.: Jean-Charles Pellerin (1756-1836), French draftsman, illustrator and printer

Shipyard Sally (1939 film) - score cover
3855106 Shipyard Sally (1939 film) - score cover; (add.info.: Shipyard Sally (1939 film) - score cover to song Wish Me Luck (As you Wave Me Goodbye)'. Performed by Gracie Fields

Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821) returning to France from exile in Elba, 26 February 1815
542500 Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821) returning to France from exile in Elba, 26 February 1815, welcomed by his supporters

Departure and Return of a Conscript. 19th century (french popular hand-coloured woodcut)
543834 Departure and Return of a Conscript. 19th century (french popular hand-coloured woodcut); Universal History Archive/UIG

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