Empire Collection (#25)

Roman centurion. Engraving. Later colouration
Roman centurion. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Roman trireme. Engraving. Later colouration
Roman Trireme. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Carthaginian soldier. Engraving by Serra. Later colouration
Carthaginian soldier. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Luis de Requesens y Zuniga (1528-1576). Spanish military, poltician and diplomat. Governor of the Duchy of Milan (1572-1573) and the Netherlands (1573-1576). Portrait, detail. Illustration by Llanta

Fadrique Enriquez de Velasco (1465-1538). Lord of Medina de Rioseco, 4th Admiral of Castile. Portrait, detail. Illustration by Letre. Lithography. Cronica General de Espana

Juan de Herrera (1530-1597). Portrait by Urrabieta
Juan de Herrera (1530-1597). Spanish architect, mathematician and geometrician. Portrait. Detail. Illustration by Urrabieta. Lithography. Cronica General de Espana

Philip IV (1605-1665). King of Spain (1621-1665). Portrait, detail. Illustration by Letre. Lithography. Cronica General de Espana. Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias

Battle of Arbelas or Battle of Gaugamela - Jose del Castillo
Battle of Arbelas or Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC). Combat between Alexander the Great and the Persian King Darius III. Painting by Jose del Castillo (1737-1793). Detail

Battle of Arbelas or Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC). Combat between Alexander the Great and the Persian King Darius III. Painting by Jose del Castillo (1737-1793)

Anonymous portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1815)
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1815). Emperor of France (1804-1815). Anonymous portrait, copy of a painting by Francois Gerard. 19th century. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid. Spain

Potrait of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa (1717-1780)
Maria Theresa (1717-1780). Holy Roman Empress. Portrait by Jozef Pitschmann (1758-1834), after 1800. Oil on canvas. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow

Prince Jozef Poniatowski entering Krakow on July 15, 1809
Jozef Antoni Poniatowski (1763-1813). Polish general and Marshal of French Empire. Prince Jozef Poniatowski entering Krakow on July 15, 1809, 1821. Detail. Painting by Michal Stachowicz (1768-1825)

Battle of Cecora (September-October, 1620)
Polish-Ottoman War (1620-1621). Battle of Cecora (September-October, 1620). Painting by Witold Piwnicki (1850 / 1851-1932), 1877-1878. Detail. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum)

Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746-1817) in Raclawice, 1888
Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746-1817). Polish General. Kosciuszko in Raclawice, 1888, by Jan Matejko (1838-1893). Kosciuszko led the Polish troops against the Russian Empire at the Battle of Raclawice

La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration). Illustrated magazine published in Madrid between 1869 and 1921

The Conquest of Mexico (1519-21). Hernan Cortes in Zempuala
The Conquest of Mexico (1519-1521). Hernan Cortes in Zempuala, welcomed by the Cacique Gordo (Chief Gordo). Detail. Table belonging to a set of 6 made with the enconchado technique. Anonymous author

The Conquest of Mexico (1519-21)
The Conquest of Mexico (1519-1521). D- Hernan Cortes appoints ordinary mayors of the town, E- La Malinche makes the Totonac understand who Cortes is. Detail

Conquest of Mexico
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519-21). Construction of the Villa Rica of La Vera Cruz, with the help of the Totonac Indians. Detail

Censer with the image of the god Tlaloc. Ceramic
Censer with the image of the god Tlaloc, the god of rain. Ceramic. Colima style (El Chanal). Early Postclassic Period (900-1250 AD). Western Mexico. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain. Date: 2018

Plate decorated with depiction of two fish. Ceramics. Inca culture (1400-1533 AD). Peru. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain. Date: 2018

Persia, Tehran. Palace of the British envoy. Engraving
Persia, Tehran. Palace of the British envoy. Interior courtyard. Engraving. Panorama Universal. History of Persia, 1851. Date: 2018

Textile fragments. Late Intermediate Horizon (1000-1450)
Textile fragments. There were different types of textiles qualities. During the Inca period, the finest was cumbi, made with vicuna. Central coast. Late Intermediate Horizon (1000-1450). Peru

Persia, Tehran. Panoramic of the city and Elburz mountains
Persia, Tehran. Panoramic of the city and Elburz mountain range. Engraving by Ales. Panorama Universal. History of Persia, 1851. Date: 2018

Persia, Soltaniyeh (Zanjan province). The capital of the rulers of the Persian Ikhanate during the 14th century. Ruins of the enclosure of the mosque

Head of a statue of queen Hatshepsut or of king Thutmose III. 18th dynasty. New Kingdom of Egypt, c. 1460-1450 BC. Carbonatite. Neues Museum (New Museum). Berlin. Germany. Date: 2013

Turkey. Ephesus city. Pillar with Greek inscription, near the Library of Celsus. Edict of governors Eutropius (c. 371-372) and Festus (372-378)

Italy, Pompeii. Forum Baths. 1st century BC. Interior of the Tepidarium (medium temperature baths), decorated with stuccoes in the vault. The niches are decorated with male figures (telamones)

God Pluto. Roman sculpture, 2nd century AD
Sculpture of God Pluto. 2nd century AD. Marble. From the Roman Theatre of Merida (Emerita Augusta), Spain. National Museum of Roman Art. Merida, Badajoz province, Extremadura, Spain. Date: 2014

Obelisk of Theodosius. 4th century. Detail of the pedestal
Obelisk of Roman emperor Theodosius.4th century AD. Detail of the pedestal. Theodosius I offers laurels of victory. Hippodrome of Constantinople. Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 2007

Louis-Nicolas Davout, French military commander
Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770-1823), French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who served in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars

Farmer's Sydney Advertisement
Advertisement for Farmer and Company, a Drapery business established in 1839 by Joseph and Caroline Farmer which became a retail empire and social institution

Governors of West African colonies
Five Governors of British West African colonies, gathered for a conference in Lagos, Nigeria. Sir Thomas Southorn (1879-1957), Sir Arnold Hodson (1881-1944), Sir Bernard H

Actress Valli Valli
Born Valli Knust in Berlin, Valli Valli (1882-1927) spent most of her life in England. She was a musical comedy actress who later made a transition into silent films. Date: circa 1910

Lydia Kyasht, ballet dancer
Lydia Kyasht (1885-1959) was a Russian ballerina and dance teacher. She moved to London in 1908, to be ballerina at the Empire Theatre. Date: 1910

Crown Prince Wilhelm with his eldest son William
Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany (1882-1951) with his eldest son, William (1906-1940). Wilhelm was the son of Kaiser Wilhelm II, and the last Crown Prince of the German Empire and Kingdom of Prussia

Joan Crawford as Sadie Thompson, in Rain, enhanced colour photograph. With description, Joan Crawford got a big break when she was given the part of Sadie Thompson, in "Rain

German Crown Prince, outdoor sporting portrait with horse. Captioned, Preparing For His Eastern Trip: the Kaiser's eldest son still on his native soil'

Lady Hardinge of Penshurst, formal studio portrait in gown and pearls. Captioned, The First Lady in India'. With description

Photograph of Lydia Kyasht, Russian British ballerina and dance teacher (1885-1959). Theatrical studio portrait in classical costume and ballet shoes in dance pose

Qantas Empire Airways, De Havilland Express aircraft Date: 1938

Ticket to Empire State Observatories, New York, USA Date: 1953

View of New York from the Empire State Building, USA
North east view of New York from the Empire State Building, USA. Date: early 1950s

Empire State Building Observatories, publicity leaflet Date: early 1950s

Cover design, Empire State Building Observatories - Where the Whole World Meets Date: early 1950s

British Empire Postcard Carmine print
This undivided back card is printed on buff card and carries a 3d (Three pence) full length Queen Victoria printed stamp. Date: September 1889

Roman Catapult, Siege of Carthage - Carthage must be destroyed is carved into the wood in Latin. Date: 146 BCE

View of streets from Empire State Building New York

Cityscape view from the Empire State Building New York

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