The Past Collection (#9)

Russian Orthodox miniature depicting the Apocalypse of Saint John, c.1750
3666127 Russian Orthodox miniature depicting the Apocalypse of Saint John, c.1750; (add.info.: Russian Orthodox miniature depicting the Apocalypse of Saint John)

illustration showing the coronation of the Virgin Mary with Jesus, c.1820
3666123 illustration showing the coronation of the Virgin Mary with Jesus, c.1820; (add.info.: 19th century, French, illustration, showing the coronation of the Virgin Mary with Jesus)

Russian Orthodox miniature depicting the Apocalypse of Saint John, c.1750
3666116 Russian Orthodox miniature depicting the Apocalypse of Saint John, c.1750; (add.info.: Russian Orthodox miniature depicting the Apocalypse of Saint John)

woodcut illustration, showing the coronation of the Virgin Mary with Jesus
3666110 woodcut illustration, showing the coronation of the Virgin Mary with Jesus; (add.info.: 19th century woodcut illustration, showing the coronation of the Virgin Mary with Jesus)

Spanish, 19th century woodcut illustration, showing the Virgin Mary with Jesus, c.1810
3666104 Spanish, 19th century woodcut illustration, showing the Virgin Mary with Jesus, c.1810; (add.info.: Spanish, 19th century woodcut illustration, showing the Virgin Mary with Jesus)

Portrait of Friedrich Wohler
865145 Portrait of Friedrich Wohler; (add.info.: Friedrich Wohler (1800-1882) German organic chemist. Isolated aluminium (1827), synthesised urea (1828), discovered beryllium (1828)

Portrait of Andre-Marie Ampere, c1870 (engraving)
865141 Portrait of Andre-Marie Ampere, c1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Andre-Marie Ampere (1775-1836) French mathematician and physicist who established the relationship of electricity and magnetism

Portrait of Andre-Marie Ampere
865140 Portrait of Andre-Marie Ampere; (add.info.: Andre-Marie Ampere (1775-1836) French mathematician and physicist who established the relationship of electricity and magnetism

Portrait of Alexander Graham Bell, 1876 (engraving)
865127 Portrait of Alexander Graham Bell, 1876 (engraving); (add.info.: Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) Scottish-born American inventor. Patented his telephone in 1876

Portrait of Joseph Black
865120 Portrait of Joseph Black; (add.info.: Joseph Black (1728-1799) Scottish chemist, born in Bordeaux, France, son of a wine merchant. Professor of chemistry at Glasgow University

Sarah's Tiger, cartoon
865111 Sarah's Tiger, cartoon; (add.info.: Sarah's Tiger: Sarah Bernhardt (born Henriette Rosine Bernard - 1844-1923) the great French actress had a penchant for exotic pets

WJ von Bebber
865106 WJ von Bebber; (add.info.: WJ von Bebber, German meteorologist c1900. Engraving.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Electrostatic machine used by J.Priestley
865091 Electrostatic machine used by J.Priestley; (add.info.: Electrostatic machine used in his experiments by Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) English chemist, nonconformist clergyman and teacher

Verney Lovett Cameron (1844-1894)
865089 Verney Lovett Cameron (1844-1894); (add.info.: Verney Lovett Cameron (1844-1894) English explorer in Central Africa. Born at Radipole near Weymouth, Dorset

Portrait of C.E.S. Norton
864183 Portrait of C.E.S. Norton; (add.info.: Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (born Sheridan - 1808-1877) English poet, novelist and pamphleteer

Robinson Crusoe and Friday, c.1790 (engraving)
864179 Robinson Crusoe and Friday, c.1790 (engraving); (add.info.: Robinson Crusoe and his companion Friday, left, with the English Captain whom he has helped to subdue the mutiny on his ship)

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, 1719 (engraving)
864172 Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, 1719 (engraving); (add.info.: Robinson Crusoe, barefoot and dressed in goatskins, pictured on the island where he spent many years after his shipwreck)

Scutching or dressing flax by machine, 1880 (engraving)
864023 Scutching or dressing flax by machine, 1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Scutching or dressing flax by beating the stalks by machine)

William Buckland (1784-1856)
863927 William Buckland (1784-1856); (add.info.: Sectional view of a bone cavern showing debris of animal bones. William Buckland (1784-1856) English geologist and clergyman

Bone cavern, Gaylenreuth, Franconia, Germany
863926 Bone cavern, Gaylenreuth, Franconia, Germany; (add.info.: Section of the bone cavern at Gaylenreuth, Franconia, Germany)

Portrait of G.W.F. Charles
864168 Portrait of G.W.F. Charles; (add.info.: George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904); English soldier; cousin of Queen Victoria; field-marshal; commander-in-chief of

Clydesdale stallion and mare with plough
864159 Clydesdale stallion and mare with plough; (add.info.: Clydesdale stallion and mare harnessed to the plough with ploughboy in attendance)

Bandits ambushing train
864155 Bandits ambushing train; (add.info.: Bandits ambushing a train in the New Hampshire-Maine area of the United States)

Sweet and savory dishes
864143 Sweet and savory dishes; (add.info.: Sweet and savoury dishes for a buffet. The centrepiece is an epergne of flowers on a tray with fruit and custard glasses)

Oil derricks, Los Angeles, California, USA, illustration from The Practical Grocer London 1905 (halftone)
864139 Oil derricks, Los Angeles, California, USA, illustration from The Practical Grocer London 1905 (halftone); (add.info.: The oil region of Los Angeles, California, USA)

Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print)
864136 Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print); (add.info.: The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe)

Birdcatcher with small songbirds
864042 Birdcatcher with small songbirds; (add.info.: Birdcatcher with small songbirds such as Goldfinches and Robins which would be sold to be kept in cages as pets. England early 19th century)

Slubbing-billy, 1880 (engraving)
863953 Slubbing-billy, 1880 (engraving); (add.info.: The slubbing-billy, inventor uncertain, which came into use in about 1786. Used to spin carded wool into rovings)

Scene during Lower Oolite period
863933 Scene during Lower Oolite period; (add.info.: Scene during the Lower Oolite period showing reconstructions of Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus and a Marsupial)

Map of the Faroe Island, c.1900 (engraving)
533304 Map of the Faroe Island, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Map of Faroe Island, circa 1902, from the 10th edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica.); Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG

Map of Alaska, c.1900 (engraving)
533237 Map of Alaska, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Map of Alaska, United States, with inset maps of Sitka and the Aleutian Islands, circa 1902)

Map of Idaho and Wyoming, c.1900 (engraving)
533214 Map of Idaho and Wyoming, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Map of Idaho and Wyoming, United States, with an inset map of Yellowstone National Park, circa 1902)

Map of France, c.1900 (engraving)
532949 Map of France, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Map of north central France, in the vicinity of Paris, circa 1902, from the 10th edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica)

Map of Ireland, c.1900 (engraving)
532939 Map of Ireland, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Map of Ireland with inset map of Dublin, circa 1902, from the 10th edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica.); Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG

Map of the southern part of Michigan, c.1900 (engraving)
533184 Map of the southern part of Michigan, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Map of the southern part of Michigan, United States, with inset maps of Detroit and the St)

Map of western Tennessee, c.1900 (engraving)
533148 Map of western Tennessee, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Map of the western part of Tennessee, circa 1902, from the 10th edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica.); Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG

Map of West Virginia, c.1900 (engraving)
533127 Map of West Virginia, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Map of West Virginia, United States, circa 1902, from the 10th edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica.); Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG

Map of Virginia, c.1900 (engraving)
533124 Map of Virginia, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Map showing historical boundaries of Virginia, with inset maps of Richmond and Norfolk, circa 1902)

Map of New Jersey, c.1900 (engraving)
533112 Map of New Jersey, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Map of New Jersey with inset map of Jersey City, Newark and Paterson, circa 1902)

Map of Massachusetts, c.1900 (engraving)
533096 Map of Massachusetts, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: State map of Massachusetts, United States, with inset map of Boston, circa 1902)

Map of Lake Nicaragua, c.1900 (engraving)
532783 Map of Lake Nicaragua, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Map of Lake Nicaragua, circa 1900, from the 10th edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica.); Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG

Map of Hong Kong, c.1900 (engraving)
532770 Map of Hong Kong, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Map of Hong Kong, circa 1900, from the 10th edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica.); Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG

Map of Gibraltar, c.1900 (engraving)
532764 Map of Gibraltar, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Map of Gibraltar, circa 1900, from the 10th edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica.); Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG

Map of Buffalo and the Niagara Frontier, c.1900 (engraving)
532728 Map of Buffalo and the Niagara Frontier, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Map of Buffalo, New York, and the Niagara Frontier, circa 1900)

Historical flag of the United States of America. Authorized July 4, 1818, this flag had 20 stars and 13 stripes
535144 Historical flag of the United States of America. Authorized July 4, 1818, this flag had 20 stars and 13 stripes, the first flag to return to the 13 stripes of the original.; Encyclopaedia

Italy, Sicily, Agrigento: Temple Of Juno (Hera Lacinia). 5th Century B.C, Greek Doric (photo)
549372 Italy, Sicily, Agrigento: Temple Of Juno (Hera Lacinia). 5th Century B.C, Greek Doric (photo); Omniphoto/UIG

Tall apartment building with branch of local bank on ground level, 15th arrondissement, Rue Cambronne, Paris, France
547423 Tall apartment building with branch of local bank on ground level, 15th arrondissement, Rue Cambronne, Paris, France. 19th century (photo); Omniphoto/UIG

Portrait of Camillo Benso
673268 Portrait of Camillo Benso; (add.info.: Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, of Isolabella and of Leri (1810-1861)

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"The Past: A Journey Through Time and Wonder" Step into the depths of history as we explore the captivating remnants of our ancient world. From the enigmatic Lascaux cave paintings in Bordeaux, France, depicting bulls and horses with intricate detail, to the awe-inspiring ramparts of a prehistoric hill fort on Hambledon Hill above the Blackmore Vale. Nature's own masterpiece takes center stage as we witness the ethereal beauty of an Aurora Borealis dancing over Sycamore Gap along Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, England. The sky ablaze with vibrant colors, reminding us of the timeless wonders that grace our planet. In London's urban cemetery, ring-necked parakeets soar through the air on their way to roost, a mesmerizing sight captured by a finalist in the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of Year Awards 2014. These magnificent creatures bring life to even the most unexpected corners of our bustling cities. Journeying across continents and cultures, we find ourselves transported to Peru's majestic Andes mountains where ancient civilizations once thrived. Their legacy lives on through crumbling ruins that whisper tales from centuries past. Timekeeping devices like sundials stand as silent witnesses to human ingenuity throughout history. Perran Sands in Cornwall and Caernarfon Castle in Wales bear witness to this remarkable feat while Chimayo in New Mexico holds its own as America's holy Santuario - a place reminiscent of Lourdes' spiritual embrace. The petrified forest at Borth Beach stands frozen in time; trees turned into stone tell stories stretching back millions of years. Meanwhile, Pont du Gard Roman aqueduct stands tall as a testament to engineering brilliance near Nimes, France – an architectural marvel connecting past and present. Finally, Chillon Castle graces Lake Geneva’s shores against a backdrop adorned by majestic Alps peaks – an enchanting fusion between nature’s grandeur and man-made splendor.