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O wilt thou be my Valentine? by W. Heath RobinsonTableau staged by a member of the Stock Exchange as a pleasant surprise on Valentines Day. Man dressed as cupid on grandfather clock Please note
Sir Francis Drakes burial at sea, near Portobelo, Panama. He died of dysentery in January 1596, after an unsuccessful attack on San Juan, Puerto Rico. Date: 1596
Moses by MichaelangeloThe Moses (c. 15131515) is a masterpiece of High Renaissance sculpture by the renowned artist Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in the church of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome
Christ on the cold stone. Eastern Netherlands, around 1510. Museum Catharijneconvent. Utrecht. Netherlands
San Pietro in Montorio. The Tempietto built by Donato BramanRenaissance Art. Italy. San Pietro in Montorio. The Tempietto built by Donato Bramante (1444-1514). Drawing by Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). Elevation
Nativity of Christ. 16th century, by OnufriNativity of Christ. 16th century. Painted by Onufri. National Museum of Medieval Art. Korce. Republic of Albania
The Strife of Lent with Shrovetide, c. 1550, by Pieter BrueghPieter Brueghel the Elder (c.1525-1569). Flemish painter. The Strife of Lent with Shrovetide, c.1550. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark
The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist by Pieter Brueghel thePieter Brueghel the Elder (c.1525-1569). Flemish painter. The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist. Detail. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary
Moctezuma II, Hernan Cortes, Pedro de Alvarado, Gonzalo deConquerors and conquered. Moctezuma II (1467-1520), Hernan Cortes (1485-1547), Pedro de Alvarado (1485-1541), Gonzalo de Sandoval (1497-1527) and Cristobal de Olid (1488-1524). Colored engraving
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591). Italian Jesuit. ColoredSaint Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591). Italian Jesuit seminarian and student at the Roman college. He died in Rome, at the service of persons infected by the plague
Shahnameh. The Book of Kings. 16th c. Kay Kavus orders his soldiers to capture Rostam. Gouache on paper. 16th c. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Chantilly
ARCIMBOLDO, Giuseppe (1527-1593). The Spring. mid. 16th c. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Oil. ITALY. Brescia. Civic Pinacotheca Tosio Martinengo
Nautical chart entitled King Hamy. 1502. Parchment" Nautical chart entitled " King Hamy". 1502. Parchment. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. Barcelona. Barcelona Maritime Museum."
Evening Dress by David Wright, showing a model admiring herself in a mirror. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s
Jester Playing FluteA French jester with his flute
Brass rubbing, Ralph Hamsterley, rector of Oddington, OxonMonumental brass rubbing, Ralph Hamsterley, rector of Oddington, Oxfordshire. circa 1518
Queen Elizabeths Hunting Lodge, Epping Forest, Essex, England. This splendid timber- framed three-storey building was used by royalty when on hunting trips in the forest. Date: 16th century
Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603). Queen of England and Ireland. The Virgin Queen. Portrait. Engraving. 19th century. Colored
Marie de Medici (1575-1642). Queen of France. Portrait. EngMarie de Medici (1575-1642). Queen of France as the second wife of King Henry IV of France, of the House of Bourbon. Portrait. Engaving from a painting of F. Porbus at Historia Universal, 1885
Saint Mary Magdalene of Pazzi (1566-1607). Italian Carmelite mystic and saint. Engraving by Capuz, 1852. Colored
Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543)The Ambassadors, 1533. Portrays Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve, the ambassadors of Francis I of France. National Gallery. London. England
Sir Martin Frobisher (1535-1594). Engraving. ColoredSir Martin Frobisher (1535-1594). English seaman. Engraving. 19th century. Colored
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Engraving. ColoredChristopher Columbus (1451-1506). Explorer and navigator genoese. Columbus taking possession of the island of San Salvador. Engraving by Martin Rico after a painting of Isidro Gil
Map of Germany and current Netherlands. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598). First Edition. Antwerp, 1574. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain
Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556). Priest since 1537. Founded tIgnatius of Loyola (1491-1556). Spanish knight, priest since 1537. Founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Was Superior General. Saint Ignatius levitating. Engraving, 1693. Episcopal Library
Pere Mates (1500-1558). Reinassance Spanish painter. Altarpiece of Mary Magdalene(1526). Detail. Chapterhouse Museum. Cathedral of Girona. Catalonia. Spain
Lutheran satirical print against the sale of indulgences byProtestant Reformation. 16th century. Germany. Lutheran satirical print against the sale of indulgences by the papacy. Colored engraving
Satires by JuvenalJuvenal (Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis). 1st - 2nd centuries AD. Roman poet. Satires. Start of the First Satire. Leyden, 1532
Fernando de Rojas (1465-1541). Spanish writer. Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea or La Celestina. Engraving. Burgos, 1531
Italy. Venice. Church of San Giorgio Maggiore by Palladio built between 1565 and 1568. The facade is made of white marble from Istria
Acrobat. Minoian artAcrobat. 16th c. BC. Minoan art / Cretan art. Sculpture on ivory. GREECE. CRETE. IRAKLION. Iraklion. Archaeological Museum. Proc: GREECE. CRETE. IRAKLION. Knossos. Knossos Palace
Denver Dry Goods Co. Building - Denver, Colorado, USA Date: circa 1910
America (16th). La Noche Triste (Sad night" America (16th). " La Noche Triste" (Sad night, 30th June 1520). Painting belonging to the series " Conquista de M鸩 co" (" The Conquest of Mexico" )
The Summer Car of the River: Motor-launching on the ThamesAn illustration by C.E. Turner depicting the fashion for motor-boats or motor-launches during the 1920s among the upper classes
The Mohne Dam Breached; Second World War, 1943Aerial photograph showing the Mohne Dam and reservoir (top) after the Dambusters raid of 1943. On the 16th May, Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron, led by Guy Gibson
Spanish Invading Mexico
Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, around the time of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth I (1559). As Princess Elizabeth she lived there in a form of semi-confinement, during the reign of Queen Mary
Miniature silhouette - Captain Alfred Arnold Ernest GydeMiniature bust-length silhouette in ebonised frame of Captain Alfred Arnold Ernest Gyde, 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment. He is in Mess Dress uniform
Main entrance, Montacute House, Montacute, Somerset, a late Elizabethan mansion with garden. Date: circa 1960s
Spain. Castile and Leon. Burgos. Map, 1576 at Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Georg Braun (1541-1622) and Franz Hogenberg (1536-1590). Salamanca University Library
World map by Claudius Ptolemy (90-168). Engraving, 16th centClaudius Ptolemy (90-168) Greco-Egyptian geographer. World map. Engraving, 16th century
Hybernia Nunc Irlant. Ireland. Map was clearly made by a member of the Lafreri School of cartographers, Antonio Lafreri (1512-77). Rome, 1570. Renaissance. Engraving by Paolo Forlani, 16th C
Francis Xavier (1506-1552). Basque Roman Catholic missionary into Asia. Jesuit. Staute. Pamplena Cathedral. Navarre. Spain
El Greco (1541-1614). Saint Louis, King of France, and a PaDomenikos Theotokopoulos, El Greco (1541-1614). Painter. Spanish Renaissance. Saint Louis, King of France, and a Page. 1585-1590. Museum Louvre. Paris. France
Turkey. Istanbul. Mausoleum of Roxela. 16th century. Wife of Suleyman I. Tiling. Detail
Hernan Cortes (1488-1547). Engraving. ColoredHernan Cortes (1488-1547). Spanish conqueror of Mexico. Engraving by A. Carretero in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1884. Colored
Bouquet of flowers in a stone niche, 1618, by Ambrosius BossAmbrosius Bosschaert the Elder (1573-1621). Dutch painter. Bouquet of flowers in a stone niche, 1618. National Museum of Art. Copenhagen. Denmark
Pedro de Alvarado y Contreras (ca. 1485 or ca. 1495-1541). Spanish conquistador and governor of Guatemala. Utatlan battle, 1524. 18th century engraving. Colored