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A uniformed & armed Swiss soldier stands on guardThe image is of a strong figure dressed for winter warmth with a background of mountains and the Swiss flag. The card is an official one raising funds for the Red Cross. WW1 Date: 1915
A relaxed and smiling sitting figure of a uniformed GermanThe cheeful soldier is wearing a green uniform with red trimmings and spurred riding boots. He is sitting on a table with the remains of a snack, a stein of beer and his sword. WW1 Date: circa 1914
Uniformed figure of the young Leopold, Duc de BrabantAt the tender age of thirteen he was presented by his parents to the Belgian Army's 3rd Division. He became King in 1934. WW1 Date: 1915
Uncle Sam figure promises help to LafayetteIn 1778 at Yorktown, the French forces, with whom Lafayette served as a Major-General, helped in the defeat of the British in the War of Independence. Now it was time for America to repay the debt
Turkish Dragoman, c. 1890's, TurkeyVintage 19th century photograph - Turkish Dragoman, c.1890's. A dragoman was an interpreter, translator, and official guide between Turkish, Arabic
Decorative Christmas card with fruit and flowers, and a figure in a turban in the middle. Date: circa 1890s
Dead boy on a Dolphin by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino) (1483-1520) - Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance
Lady Marjorie Manners ((1883 1946), eldest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland. 1912
Landscape with Rebekah Taking Leave of her FatherClaude Lorrain (1600-1682). French painter. Landscape with Rebekah Taking Leave of her Father, c. 1640. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden
Young Parisian Lady, c. 1875, by Pierre-Auguste RenoirPierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919). French painter. Young Parisian Lady, c. 1875. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden
Advert for Royal Worcester corsets 1914Slim silhouette of women wearing waist-line corsets. 1914
People walking in different directions on crowded street, HoPeople walking in different directions on a crowed street in Hong Kong. Figure of a thin elderly Chinese?s man in white tee shirt and black shorts in close view
Wooded lane in West Sussex, England, with a figure in the far distance. circa 1966
Advert for N D Eynede Paris corsetmarker 1909Women wearing elegant corsets with drawstrings to the back to bring in the waist with lace edging. 1909
WW1 - 96th Batt. Canadian Highlanders - Terrified GermansWW1 - Humorous patriotic postcard in support of the 96th Battalion (Canadian Highlanders), an infantry battalion of the Great War Canadian Expeditionary Force
London Trade Card - William Hogarth, engraverLondon Trade Card - William Hogarth, artist and engraver, dated 23 April 1720. 1720
Landors Cottage by Harry ClarkePoe illustration by Harry Clarke from " Tales of Mystery and Imagination". The boat appeared to be hanging, as if by magic... upon the interior surface of a funnel. From Landors Cottage
Advert for Le Magda womens corsets 1910French young women wearing elegant corsets with lace and ribbons. 1910
A Maori Fire Alarm, Ohinemutu, New ZealandA quite spectacular Maori Mounted bell at the Te Papaiouru Marae, Ohinemutu, Rotorua, New Zealand - made in memory of Tara-hai-ahia, a well-respected member of the local Maori community
Pre-Incan. Tolita Culture (500-500 AD). Ceramic figure. FromPre-Columbian art. Pre-Incan. Tolita Culture (500-500 AD). From Ecuador. Ceramic figure. Museo del Banco central. Quito. Ecuador
Pre-Columbian art. Valdivia culture. Ecuador. 3500 BC-1800 BC. Venus statuette. From Ecuador. Private collection
Pre-Incan. Mantena Culture. 500-1500 AD. From EcuadorPre-Columbian art. Pre-Incan. Mantena Culture. 500-1500 AD. From Ecuador. 21 x 15 cm (diameter). Anthropomorphic ceramic vessel. Private collection
Advert for John Barker womens underwear 1911Models wearing slender fitted corsets with straight-front giving no curving to the figure. 1911
WW1 poster, Vive La FrancePoster, All for One and One for All! Vive La France! Allied Tribute to France, 14 July. circa 1918
Greece. Hellenistic period. Statue of a woman. Marble. Ashkelon. 2nd century BC. Rockefeller Archaeological Museum. Jerusalem. Israel
Mrs Richard Norton & Lady Brecknock at Monte Carlo beachA snapshot from Monte Carlo beach showing two well-known beauties - one sunburned quite brown and the other still white-skinned. The Hon
Saint Rita of Cascia (1381-1457). Colored engravingSaint Rita of Cascia (1381-1457). Italian Augustinian nun. Colored engraving. 19th century
Stele depicting offerers. EgyptEgyptian Art. New Empire. Stele depicting offerers. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary
HUNGARY. BUDAPEST. Millennium Monument with statues of the leaders of the seven Magyar tribes that founded Hungary in the ninth century and other personalities of Hungarian history
Artemis, goddess of huntingGREEK ART. REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA. Statue of Artemis, goddess of hunting. Found during the excavation of Phoenician in the year 2003-04. III-I century B.C. Ruins of Butrint Museum
GREEK ART. REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA. Bust of Aphrodite, goddess of love. Located in Phoenician. First centuries of the Roman period. Ruins of Butrint Museum
Sandstone figure of the seated Buddha. 5th century. Sarnath. Eastern India. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Figure of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. 11th century. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Codex Lebuinus. 825-850. BindingCodex Lebuinus. Northern France, 825-850. Detail of binding, Cologne, 11th-12th centuries. Decorated in silver, ivory and precious stones. The central figure depicts Bacchus
Vishnu. Sculpture. 11th century. Bihar. India. British Museum. London. England
Mesopotamia. Commemorative stone stela. Babylonian, about 900-800 BC. Iraq. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Mesopotamia. Lions head. Temple of Ninhursag, Tell al-Ubaid. Iraq. 2600-2400BC. A guardian figure for the temple. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
The Bodhisattva Guanyin. China. Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) withChinese art. The Bodhisattva Guanyin. Shanxi province, China. Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) with some Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) decoration. China 12th-13th c. Victoria and Albert Museum. London. England
Mesopotamia. Gypsum statue of a woman. Early Dynatic period. 2400-2300 BC. Placed in an temple as an act of decotion. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Roman mosaic. Female figure depicting the Spring (Hestas). 4th century. It comes from Villa Las Tiendas. Merida (Augusta Emerita). National Museum of Roman Art. Merida. Spain
Greece. Athens. Parthenon West Pediment. Figure of Hermes. About 438-432 BC. High Classical. Attica. British Museum. London. United Kingdom
Metope. Parthenon marbles. Battle between the Centaurs and tMetope IV from the Parthenon marbles depicting part of the battle between the Centaurs and the Lapiths. 5th century BC. Athens. British Museum. London. United Kingdom
Egypt. Seated scribe. Detail. 5th dynasty. Old Kingdom (2636Egyptian art. Seated scribe. Detail. remains of polychrome. 5th dynasty. Old Kingdom (2636-2155). Louvre Museum. Paris. France
Head of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). Marble. 2nd centurAlexander the Great (356-323 BC). King of Macedon. Head in marble. First half of the 2nd century. From Pergamon. Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
Lycian Sarcophagus. 5th century BC. Paros marbleLycian Sarcophagus. 5th century BC. Lion hunt. Detail. Paros marble. Royal Necropolis of Sidon. Chamber IV. Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
Saint Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1470, by Master of the StaMaster of the Statues of Koudewater (active c. 1460-1480). Saint Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1470. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland
Portrait of Haesje Jacobsdr van Cleyburg, 1634, by RembrandtRembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. Portrait of Haesje Jacobsdr van Cleyburg, 1634. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland
Women looking The Night Watch, painting by Rembrandt (1606-1Holland. Amsterdam. Rijksmuseum. Women looking The Night Watch, painting by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669)