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King Ferdinand III the Saint (c. 1201-1252)Ferdinand III (c.1201-1252), called Ferdinand the Saint. King of Castile and Leon. Ferdinand III on horseback. Engraving in Spain Illustrated History by R. del Castillo, 19th century
Paul the sharper, by spanish writer Francisco de Quevedo (15Paul the sharper. Picaresque novel by spanish writer of the baroque era Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645). Written around 1604 and published in 1626. Illustration (19th century). Book I. Chapter X
Beacon Street, Boston, USAElegant old houses on Beacon Street, Boston, so called because in colonial days a fire was lit on the hilltop to warn the neighbourhood of danger. Date: circa 1895
Cock Fighting at Birchington Sports DayTwo VAD Hospital patients taking part in an event called Cock Fighting at the Sports Day organised by the Quex Park VAD Hospital and its Annexe at St Michaels in Birchington
British patients with Quex cannon collectionFour Imperial VAD hospital patients standing by some of the cannon collection in Quex Park. At the time of the First World War these were grouped in front of the Round Tower on the Quex Park estate
Baalbek / Jupiter TempleThe six columns of the GREAT TEMPLE OF JUPITER built by the Romans, situated on the ancient archaeological site of Baalbek, once called Heliopolis. Date: 1st century AD
J F P Rawlinson / 1908JOHN FREDERICK PEEL RAWLINSON Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. Played football for England. Called to the bar in 1884. Date: 1860 - ?
Doublet, Hose & PointsThe man holding stones wears hose & a doublet attached by means of laces called points (poins). His boots have a slightly pointed toe. Another man wears a full length gown. Date: 15th century
Pea TenderometerTesting the tenderness of peas for canning with a machine called a Tenderometer. A metal blade is forced through a central container and the scale records the measurement. Date: 1950s
Vasily I, Russian RoyalVASILY I DMITRIYEVICH, (sometimes called Vasily II) Grand Prince of Moscow (1389- 1425), son of Dmitri Donskoy Date: 1371 - 1425
TANNER 1827" The art of the tanner consists in converting the gelatinous part of the skins of animals into the substance called leather by impregnating it with tannin". Date: 1827
Soap Boilers 1827" The soap boiler makes the article called soap, which is composed of an oil and an alkaline salt, for the purpose of washing linen, the hands, and othe domestic operations". Date: 1827
Dahomey / French Take KanaDahaomey, now called Benin. The French take Kana. Date: 1892
Pierriers / PattererasPIERRIERS, vulgarly called PATTERERAS a variety of light open-breech cannon on swivel mountings Date: 1788
Spirit RappingDr Schiff, of Paris, demonstrates how the so-called spirit rappings can be simulated by using the muscles of the leg Date: April 1859
Catherine BoothCATHERINE BOOTH A co-founder of the Salvation Army with husband William, she was later called the Mother of the Salvation Army. Date: 1829 - 1890
Lillie Bridge Sports Ground Riot, LondonRioters wreck Lillie Bridge Sports Ground when prize race is called off - the first rush at the Grandstand Date: 1887
International Law - The Better Way by Thomas Nast in Harpers Weekly, 14th November 1874. A boat called The Arbitrator carrying the flag of truce lands in Geneva
The dancing venue or dancing called Shehezerade, ParisThe dancing venue or dancing called Shehezerade, rue Faubourg, Montmartre, Paris 1920s Date: 1920s
The fashionable night-club Jardin de ma Souer in Paris 1924The fashionable night-club Jardin de ma Souer, 17 Rue Caumartin near the Opera, Paris, 1924. Run by Oscar Mouvet, it was later called The Embassy Club and then The Blue Room Date: 1924
Two creations from Mme Barri, London, 1927Left cardigan-cum-waistcoat dress / right evening model called Bird of Paradise both from Mme Barri, London, 1927 1927
North East Canal Boat - Tom Kelleys Exhibition Ship, Britain. Boat is called Christiana and the dogs are Jack & Nell. Date: 1920s
House called Blaauw Krantz, Britain. Date: 1920s
Rear view of houseThis is rear view of a house called Dunluce, in the Davenport area of Stockport in 1909. Date: 1909
View of house dated 1909This is front view of a house called Dunluce, in the Davenport area of Stockport in 1909. Date: 1909
Blackwell Mill Cottages, Millers Dale, Peak DistrictA very rare photograph of Blackwell Mill Cottages with the railway line with a goods train in view. One of the trucks identifies its owner as Brunner Mond, the forerunner of I.C.I. chemicals
Edwardian man by pool at Ellesmere, Shropshire, at a pub called The Boat which is still in business today Date: 1906
The Capitals Lacrosse Club of Canada (which is apparently still in existence today) visiting the Battersby Hat Factory in Stockport in 1906
HENRY II, also called Saint Henry (973-1024). Holy Roman Emperor (1014-1024). Christ crowns Emperor Henry II. A Miniature from the Sacramentary of Henry II. Miniature Painting. GERMANY. BAVARIA
Arrival of Henry III to Venice. ca. 1593. MICHIELI, Andrea, called Il Vicentino (1542-1617). Henri III of France is received in 1574 by Doge Alvise Mocenigo
SCOTT, Georges Bertin, called Scott de Pagnolles (1873-1943). After the shipwreck. 1898. Illustration published in L Illustration on January 28, 1899. Engraving
CHARLES VI of France, called the Well-beloved (1368-1422). King of France (1380-1422), Valois dynasty. Engraving
Campin, Robert, called Master of Fl魡lle (1378-1444)Campin, Robert, called Master of Fl魡 lle (1378-1444). Barth鬥 my Alatruye. ca. 1415-1440. Portrait of a secretary belonging to the court of Philip the Good. Oil on wood. BELGIUM
RIGAUD, Jacint Rigaud i Ros, called Hyacinthe (1659-1743). Portrait of Charles de Saint-Albin, Archbishop of Cambrai. Baroque art. Painting. BELGIUM. WALLONIA. HAINAUT. Tournai. Fine Arts Museum
Hundred Years War. Siege of Rouen by the English army of Henry V, from July 1418 to January 1419. Engraving
Hundred Years War. Arrest of Charles II of Navarre in the castle of John II of France in Rouen, on April 5, 1356. 19th century facsimile edition of the Chronicles (Chroniques) by Jean Froissart
Gassendi, Pierre (1592-1665). French philosopher, priest, scientist, astronomer, and mathematician. Page of the book Petri Gassendi Institutio astronomica juxta hypotheseis tam veterum quam
On the Properties of Things (De proprietatibus rerum) (15th c.), translation by Jean Cordichon of the encyclopedic work of the Franciscan Bartholomaeus Anglicus
HONORIUS III (1150-1227). Pope from 1216 to 1227. The Approval of the Order. GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico di Tommaso Bigordi, called (1449-1494). Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Fresco. ITALY. PIEDMONT
BOILEAU, Nicolas, also called Boileau-Despr页xBOILEAU, Nicolas, also called Boileau-Despr页 x (1631-1711). French poet. Engraving
FERNAN CABALLERO, Cecilia Bde Faber, calledFERNAN CABALLERO, Cecilia B de Faber, called (1796-1879). Spanish writer of Romanticism and Realism. CANO DE LA PEс, Eduardo (1823-1897). Romanticism. Oil on wood. SPAIN. ANDALUSIA
BERNINI, Giovanni Lorenzo (1598-1680). Equestrian Statue of King Louis XIV. 1669 - 1670. Model for the monument at the Palace of Versailles. Baroque art. Sculpture. ITALY. LAZIO. Rome
CHARLES V of France, called the Wise (1500-1558). King of France (1364-1380), member of the Valois dynasty. Coronation of Charles V. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona
LEJEUNE, Louis-Fran篩s, baron of (1775-1848). FrenchLEJEUNE, Louis-Fran篩 s, baron of (1775-1848). French general, painter, and lithographer. GUERIN, Jean Baptiste, called Paulin (1783-1855). Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES
SULLY PRUDHOMME, Ren魆ran篩s-Armand PrudhommeSULLY PRUDHOMME, Ren魆 ran篩 s-Armand Prudhomme, called (1839-1907). French poet and essayist, winner of the first Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1901. Engraving
ALCALA ZAMORA, Niceto (1877-1949). Politician and president of the Second Spanish Republic (1931-1936). GARCIA GARCIA, Manuel, also called el Hispaleto (1836-1898). SPAIN
MOREAU, Jean Michel, called the Younger (1741-1814). Assemblee des Notables Presided over by Louis XVI, 1787. Engraving. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES. Versailles. Palace of Versailles
SERRA, Miquel Serra i Ferrer, called Fray JunroSERRA, Miquel Serra i Ferrer, called Fray Jun ro (1713-1784). Spanish Franciscan friar and missionary in Mexico and California. Statue in front of the church of San Francisco