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Pedro II 2 December, 1825 - 5 December, 1891) second and last ruler of the Empire of Brazil, reigning for over 58 years
Photograph by Gertrude Kasebier
Sandro Botticelli, Venus and Mars 1483
Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet, PRA (8 June 1829 - 13 August 1896) Mariana in the Moated Grange 1850 - 1851
Mohondas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), known as Mahatma (Great Soul). Indian Nationalist leader. Gandhi on his way to Congress, 1932
Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536) queen of England, first wife of Henry VIII, mother of Mary I. Marriage annulled 1533
Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) Italian-born American nuclear physicist. Constructor of first American nuclear reactor, Chicago, 1942. Nobel prize for physics 1938. Signature
Charles Stuart Parnell, 19th century Irish Politician, c1874-1891. Parnell (1846-1891) was a supporter of the Irish Land League
Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) English entrepreneur, industrialist and engineer. From medal struck to mark his death
Elizabeth I (1533-1603) Queen of England and Ireland from 1558, last Tudor monarch. The Phoenix portrait attributed to Nicholas Hilliard (1537-1619) 1575
Joseph Black (1728-99) Scottish chemist, taking a walk. Theory of latent heat : pneumatic chemistry. Black in 1787. Etching by John Kay
View of Forum, Rome, with ruins of temple of Castor and Pollux and the Basilica of Maximus. Shepherds, swineherds and cattle drovers and their beasts bring their flocks to the pool
James Alfred Van Allen (b1914) American physicist. Discoverer of Magnetosphere (Van Allen belts)
Family of Darius before Alexander. After battle of Issus (333 BC) Darius IIIs family were at mercy of Alexander the Great who treated them with magnanimity
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-Swiss-American mathematician and physicist. Tinted photograph c1925
Prince Joseph (1741-1790), the future Emperor Joseph II of Germany and Austria. Son Francis I and Maria Theresa. He is shown holding the Order of the Golden Fleece
Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz (1829-1896), German organic chemist, c1885
Puffing Billy, William Hedleys railway locomotive patented 1813. It began work in that year and continued in use until 1872. Chromolithograph 1901
Philip II of Macedon (382-336 BC) father of Alexander the Great. This medallion shows left side of his face. Right side disfigured when struck in eye at siege of Methone in 354 BC
Central alley of the great temple at Karnak. Anonymous photograph 1878
Income Tax: John Bull scratches his head at William Pitts (1759-1806) introduction of Income Tax. Pitt is shown as angel playing harp. Hand-coloured cartoon in style of Gillray: 1798
Cook & Wheatstones 5-needle telegraph, patented 1837, first installed 1837. From a card issued 1915. Chromolithograph
The Sacrifice of Abraham. Angel preventing Abraham sacrificing Isaac. Sheep for sacrifice at top left. Giuseppe Vermiglio (1585-1635) Italian artist. Private Collection
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) Alexander III of Macedon. Portrait bust showing Alexander wearing lion head-dress
Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) Scottish bacteriologist. Discovered penicillin 1928. Photograph
The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius 1486, Carlo Crivelli
Rooks are back again by Alexei Kondratyevich Savrasov 1871
Portrait of Pope Clement XIII by Anton Raphael Mengs 1759. Pope Clement XIII (1693 - 1769 in Rome), Pope from 16 July 1758 to 2 February 1769
North America, satellite image
Qin Shi Huangdi First Emperor of Qin Dynasty
The Battle of Alexander at Issus (German: Alexanderschlacht) is a 1529 oil painting by the German artist Albrecht Altdorfer (c. 1480-1538)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) La Ghirlandata, 1871-1874
Natalia goncharova, Portrait of Bronislava Nijinsky, Watercolour and ink on paper
Ranks of Warriors in the Aztec Army
Portrait of Meiji emperor
Prophet Daniel from the painted frescos within the Sistine Chapel Rome by Michelangelo 1508-1512
Sigismondo Malatesta (1417 - 1468), known as the Wolf of Rimini, Italian condottiero and nobleman, a member of the House of Malatesta
portrait of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, dated 1518, is by Albrecht Durer (1471 - 1528
Sargon II reigned 722 - 705 BC) Assyrian king
Frederick Grant Banting (1891-1941) Canadian physiologist who with his assistant, CH Best, discovered Insulin (1921). Nobel prize for medicine 1923. Photograph courtesy of The Nobel Foundation
Francisco Pizarro (c1478-1541) Spanish conquistador. Pizarro and his soldiers on the island of Gallo. Mosaic from Pizarros tomb in Lima Cathedral
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp. 1632 Oil on canvas
North American Indian artifact: Ceremonial basket. Wappo, California
Queen Tiye, Egyptian, Medinet el Ghurob, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1355 BC
Alfred Austin (1835-1913) British poet laureate from 1896. Austin at home at Swinford Old Manor, Ashford, Kent, c1903
William Edward Ayrton (1847-1908) British physicist, electrical engineer and inventor. Professor of electrical engineering, South Kensington. Photograph published c1890. Woodburytype
Horemheb (reigned c1348-c1320 BC) last king of 18th dynasty, flanked by goddess Isis (horns and solar disc on head) and her son the falcon headed god Horus. Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt
William Penn (1644-1718) English Quaker colonist, treating with native North Americans on the site of Philadelphia, November, 1682. Indian sitting on left is holding a pipe of peace
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