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Switzerland shown as a mother shielding her childrenThis is an official Swiss Red Cross Card posted in Switzerland on 1 August 1917. The reverse has a picture of Henri Dunant the founder of the Red Cross. WW1 Date: 1917
Memorial to Sir Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941), founder of the Scout Movement
Constance Smedley, founder of the Lyceum ClubAnne Constance Smedley, married name Constance Armfield, (20 June 1876 9 March 1941) British artist, playwright, author and founder of the International Lyceum Clubs. Date: 1903
PUB, Popular Department Store, Stockholm, Sweden. The name comes from the stores founder, Paul Urbanus Bergstrom. Date: circa 1940
Franklyn Laws Hutton, co-founder of Woolworth sFranklyn Laws Hutton (1877-1940) co-founder with his brother Edward Hutton of the Woolworths shopping empire. Date: 1939
Graybar Building, New York City, USAThe Graybar Building at the 43rd Street in New York City, USA. It was named " Graybar" in honor of the companys founders, Elisha Gray and Enos Barton. Date: 1920
Cartoon, George Conquest outside the Eagle TavernCartoon, George Conquest -- I wonder if I shall ever be back there! George Augustus Oliver Conquest (1837-1901), playwright, theatre manager, acrobat and pantomimist
India. Maratha Empire. Founded by King Shivaji on 17th century. Engraving, 19th century. Colored
Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand (1768-1848) writing his MemoiFrancois-Rene de Chateaubriand (1768-1848). French writer and politician. Chateaubriand writing his Memoirs from Beyond the Grave, 1848-1850, during his trip to Thionville. Engraving
Johann Christian Bauer (1802-1867). Born in Hanau, Germany. Type designer, punchcutter, and founder of the Bauer Type Foundry in 1837. Date: Date unknown
Horder Centre, Crowborough, East SussexPeople in the cafe, several of them in wheelchairs, at the Horder Centre, founded by Mrs Cecilia Bochenek (?-1981). Despite being crippled by arthritis and confined to a wheelchair
Matias Lopez Lopez (1825-1891). Engraving by Arturo CarreterMatias Lopez Lopez (1825-1891). Spanish Industrialist. Engraving by Arturo Carretero Sanchez (1852-1903) in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1889. Colored
Bust of Emperor Augustus (63 BC-14 AD). MarbleAugustus (63 BC-14 AD). First roman emperor. Bust. Marble. From Pergamum (Bergama). 1st century AD. Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
Hilda of Whitby (614-680). Engraving. ColoredHilda of Whitby (614-680). British religious. Engraving in England, 1880. Colored
Head of greek philosopher PlatoPlato (428-348 BC). Greek philosopher. Head. Roman copy. Glyptothek Museum. Munich. Germany
Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898). Colored engravingOtto von Bismarck (1815-1898). German statesman and military, considered the founder of modern German state. Engraving in Universal History, 1889. Colored
Antonio Maria Bordoni (1789-1860). Italian mathematican. StaAntonio Maria Bordoni (1789-1860). Italian mathematican. He is generally considered to be the founder of the mathematical school of Pavia. Statue. University of Pavia. Italy
Pergamon Altar. Telephos Frieze. DetailPergamon Altar. 164-156 BC. Telephos Frieze. Detail. Cults at the Sanctuary of Dionysus. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany
Saint Dominic de Guzman (1170-1221). Founder of the Friars Preachers, called the Dominicans or Order of Preachers (OP). Colored engraving. 19th century
St. Francis of Assisi and St. DominicSt. Francis of Assisi (Giovanni Francesco di Bernardone) (1181-1226). Founder of the Franciscans. To his right, St. Dominic. Miniature. 16th cenury codex. Library Lorenzana. Florence. Italy
The Archangel Gabriel gives the Qur an to Muhammad on MountRevelation of Tanail. The Archangel Gabriel gives the Qur an to Muhammad on Mount Hira during a battle. Ottoman miniature. 15th century. Topkapi Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
Euclid. Elementum. Page of the Book of GeometryEuclid (first half 3rd century BC). Greek mathematician, founder of the School of Alexandria. Elementum. Page of the Book of Geometry, in an edition of 1557, published in Paris
A Dutch Lantern at Nikko Tosho-gu Shinto Shrine, NikkoA Dutch Lantern at Nikko Tosho-gu, a Shinto shrine located in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate
Gerard GrootGERARD GROOT (or GERARDUS MAGNUS) Flemish churchman, founder of a monastic establishment, depicted writing from a celestial revelation. Date: 1340 - 1384
Franz Josef GallFRANZ JOSEF GALL German physician who pioneered the science of phrenology - Founder of the Doctrine of the Physiology of the Brain. Date: 1758 - 1828
William CaslonWILLIAM CASLON Printer and type-founder. Date: 1692 - 1766
John Wesley / PreachingJOHN WESLEY English religious leader, founder of Methodism : preaching at Gwennap Pit, Cornwall, to a huge congregation Date: 1703 - 1791
Byzas of MegaraBYZAS OF MEGARA the founder of Byzantium (later Constantinople, later still Istanbul) Date: flourished 657 BC
Jakob Fugger (Jakob I)JAKOB FUGGER (JAKOB I) German founder of the Fugger firm (financiers and merchants in Augsburg, Germany). Date: ? - 1469
Arthur Walter Gamage, founder of Gamages, a department store in Holborn, London. Date: 1909
Joseph Smith, founder of MormonismJoseph Smith (1805-1844) American religious leader, founder of Mormonism
Joseph and Hiram Smith, pioneers of MormonismJOSEPH SMITH (1805-1844) with his brother HIRAM pioneers of Mormonism, depicted in front of the Temple of Nauvoo
Mrs Mary Fegan, wife of childrens home founder James Fegan
Mama Huaco, one of four sisters and wives of Manco Capac, legendary founder of the Inca Empire of Cuzco in the early 13th century. Portrait of Cuzco school. Colonial baroque. Oil on canvas
PORTOLA, Gaspar de (1717-1786). Spanish soldier, governor of Baja and Alta California (1767-1770), explorer and founder of San Diego and Monterey. Sculpture on bronze. SPAIN. Balaguer
Manco Capac, legendary founder of the Inca Empire, ordering the construction of the city of Cuzco, capital of the Empire. Illustration in Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande
SCHLEIDEN, Matthias Jakob (1804-1881). German botanist and co-founder of the cell theory. Oil
MENDOZA, Alonso de (16th century). Spanish captain, conquistador, and the founder of the city of Nuestra Se de La Paz, current capital city of Bolivia. Oil
William Hesketh Lever, Lord LeverhulmeWilliam Hesketh Lever (1851-1925), later Lord Leverhulme, soap manufacturer and philanthropist. Founder of Port Sunlight, the model community built on the Wirral to accommodate his employees
Home of Henry J. Heinz, Pittsburgh, PA, USAHome of Henry J. Heinz (1844-1919), founder of the food manufacturing company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: 1914
Thomas Gibson Bowles (15 January 1841 12 January 1922), generally known as Tommy Bowles, founder of the magazines The Lady and the English Vanity Fair
British Red Cross Society, Duchess of Westminsters HospitalA collection of eleven original images relating to No. 1 British Red Cross Society Hospital, more commonly known as The Duchess of Westminsters Hospital, named after its Founder
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, artist, at work in her studioWilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912-2004), one of the St Ives School of artists and founder member of the Penwith Arts Society, seen here at work in her studio in St Ives, Cornwall
John Groom Tribute SculptureIllustration of a sculpture dedicated to John A Groom, founder of the Crippleage and Flower Girls Mission on Sekforde Street, Clerkenwell, later moving to Edgware Way, Hendon
Jean-Baptiste PaulinJEAN BAPTISTE ALEXANDRE PAULIN French editor, publisher and author, fondateur et redacteur en chef of L Illustration. Date: 1793 - 1859
Edwin Lister of NewarkEDWIN LISTER American agricultural chemist of Newark New Jersey, and founder of the company that still proudly bears his name. with his autograph Date: MID-19TH CENTURY
The Bezalel School of Arts & Crafts, Jerusalem, IsraelThe Bezalel School of Arts & Crafts on Abyssinia Street in Jerusalem, established by Professor Boris Schatz in 1906 (pictured on the left in the white suit)
The Tomb of Cyrus II the Great, King of Persia (559-529 BC). His full title was: " King of Kings of Persia, King of Aryavarta, King of Anshan, King of Media, King of Babylon