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Dominique Francois Jean Arago (1786-1853) French astronomer, physicist and politician. Lithograph after portrait by Julien Boilly
Dominique Francois Jean Arago (1786-1853) French astronomer, physicist and politician. Lithograph published Paris c1820
George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860). Scottish statesman: British Prime Minister 1852-1855 during Crimean War. Wood engraving 1860
George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860). Scottish statesman. British Prime Minister 1852-55. Supported Free Trade. Engraving published London c1860
Wreckage of the plane in which the British pilot Flight-Lieutenant Warneford was killed on 17 June 1915. Awarded Victoria Cross for shooting down Zeppelin LZ 37 on 7 June 1915
British pilot Albert Ball posing with trophies from his 43rd victory. Shot down and killed 7 May 1917 after his 47th victory. World War I
Flight-Sergeant Frantz and his mechanic Guenault who, on 5 October 1914, shot down a German Aviatik from their voisin biplane. First aerial victory of World War I
Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: German troops marching into Paris. Wood engraving c1880
Woman carrying a load of coal up a turnpike spiral stair - Scotland. From Matthias Dunn A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1848. Engraving
Jainism - Indian religion. Jain cosmos
Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700-1760), German theologian, pupil of Francke and convert to pietism. Revived the Moravian Church, and aided its establishment in America. Wood engraving
India: Great Stupa at Sanchi, 75-50 BC, south gate (torana) architraves
Henri de la Tour d Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne (1611-75). Protestant soldier. Marshal of France. Thirty Years War. After an engraving by Nanteuil
Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Battery of Japanese siege guns bombarding Port Arthur, 8 October 1904
Heiachiro Togo (1847-1934) Japanese naval commander. Commander-in-Chief during Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905
Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Generals Stoessel (Russian) and Nogi (Japanese) meeting to arrange terms for the capitulation of Port Arthur by the Russians. January 1905
Cimmerian Sibyl: (Nuremberg Chronicle) Nuremberg 1493. WoodcutCimmerian Sibyl: From Hartmann Schedel " Liber chronicarum mundi" (Nuremberg Chronicle) Nuremberg 1493. Woodcut
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish dramatist, critic and Fabian. Photograph published London 1890-1894. Woodburytype
Indians consulting his magician (shaman) before going into battleChief of the Florida Indians consulting his magician (shaman) before going into battle. From John Hamilton Moore " A New and Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels" late 18th century
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish dramatist, critic and Fabian. After a photograph published London c1930
The Angel with the Book. Bible Revelation 10: 1-6. Wood engraving c1860The Angel with the Book. " Bible" Revelation 10:1-6. Wood engraving c1860
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (The Younger) c5 BC-65 AD. Ancient Roman Stoic philosopher, committing suicide in his bath, having antagonised Nero
Micah the Moreshtite prophet telling the Israelites " For, behold, the Lord cometh forth... and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth." Bible" Micah I:3
Magi making their symbolic offerings of Gold for royalty, Frankincense for divinity, and Myrrh for bitterness and suffering, to the infant Jesus
Giralomo Savonarola (1452-1498) Italian political and religious reformer, a member of the Dominican Order
Shabbetai Zevi (1626-1676) Turkish-born Jew who claimed to be the Messiah. Here blessing Jewish congregation at Smyrna c1665. From " The Counterfeit Messiah or False Christ of the Jews"
Page from Dresden Maya manuscript showing section of a tonalamatl, a sacred season of 260 days. God Quetalcoatl is represented to left and right, centre ferrying a woman, and bottom left with an axe
Magi presenting gifts to infant Jesus. Overhead is star (novaja) said to have led them to Bethlehem. From Stanislaus de Lubienietski " Historia Universalis Omulum Cometarum" Amsterdam 1666
Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza used as astronomical observatory by ancient Egyptian priests. Illustration of Piazzi Smyths theory. Artists reconstruction 1891. Engraving
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) German abbess and mystic, bottom left; looking up at her vision of Man, the microcosm, embraced by God and the macrocosm. Engraving
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) German abbess and mystic. Her vision of the Fall of the Angels, by some considered to be evidence that Hildegard suffered from migraine
Country girl having her hand read by an itinerant fortune tellerChiromancy: Country girl having her hand read by an itinerant fortune teller who sees misfortunes ahead. Illustration by William Marshall Craig (c1765-c1834). Engraving
Michel Nostradamus (1503-1556) French physician and astrologer. 17th century copperplate engraving
Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza as astronomical observatory, showing how the passage to the subterranean chamber (not shown) acted as an observing tube
Title page of chapter on Chiromancy from Robert Fludd " Utriusque cosmi... historia" Oppenheim 1617-1619 showing the lines of the hand. Copperplate engraving
Chiromancy: Lines of the closed hand from Andre Corvo " L Art de Chyromance" Lyons c1545. Woodcut
Peter Christian Asbjornsen (1812-1885) Norwegian folklorist and naturalist. Inspector of Forests for Trondheim. " Norske Folkeeventyr" (1841-1844 with Jorgen Moe)
Thomas Arnold (1795-1842) British educationalist and scholar, headmaster of Rugby School, speaking to one of the schoolboys
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) British poet, critic and educationalist. Eldest son of Thomas Arnold, headmaster of Rugby School. Engraving after drawing by Frederick Augustus Sandys
Svante August Arrhenius (1859-1927) Swedish physicist and chemist; Nobel prize for Chemistry 1902; Director of Nobel Institute 1905. Picture of Arrhenius in his laboratory published 1909
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) British poet, critic and educationalist. Eldest son of Thomas Arnold, headmaster of Rugby School
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) Swedish physicist and chemist. Nobel prize for chemistry 1902. Director of Nobel Institute 1905. Arrhenius in 1903
William George Armstrong (1810-1900) British industrialist and inventor: Elswick Engine Works, Newcastle: Armstrong Gun. Built Cragside, his home, which he fitted with electricity. Engraving of 1874
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) British poet, critic and educationalist. Eldest son of Thomas Arnold, headmaster of Rugby School. Lithograph after portrait of Arnold c1880
Edwin Arnold (1832-1904) British orientalist, poet and journalist. Leader writer for " The Daily Telegraph" 1861: Chief editor 1873. Photograph published London c1890. Woodburytype
William George Armstrong (1810-1900) British industrialist, inventor and scientist. Elswick Engine Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Armstrong gun
Henry Harley Arnold (1886-1950) American air force officer: chief of US Army Air Forces 1941, with British Field Marshal John Dill during World War II
Henry Harley Arnold (1886-1950) American air force officer. Chief of US Army Air Forces (1941), Wolrd War II
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