Humanity Collection

The Workers May-Pole, design for a socialist poster
The Workers May-Pole, a design for a socialist poster, with a central allegorical figure, and banners and ribbons labelled with abstract ideas such as Leisure, Solidarity and Humanity. Date: 1894

Mrs. Ples skull
Mrs. Ples. Reproduction of a skull of a Plesianthropus transvaalensis. Found at Sterkfontein. South Africa

A union in the interest of humanity - civilization - freedom and peace for all time. Poster showing personifications of America (Columbia and Uncle Sam) and Great Britain (Britannia and John Bull)

WW1 - USA Saving Humanity by joining the war. Date: 1918

Artificial Respiration being Applied by British Sailors
A service in which the dictates of humanity over-rule all antagonism towards the rescued enemy: artificial respiration being applied by British soldiers

Comparison of British & German skull shapes, WW1
Long-head versus short-head: Opposite types of humanity which are fighting for opposite ideals. A diagram to demonstrate the inherent differences in skull shapes between the British

Salvation Army Advertisement
An advertisement for the Salvation Army, a charitable organization founded in 1865. Titled Brightening darkest England, the illustration for this advert shows a flaming torch being held

15th Century 16th Century 1540 Allegorical Allegory
15th, century, 16th, Century, 1540, allegorical, allegory, animal, animals, Art, Berlin, Bible, biblical, Bosch, Creature, death, Detail, Deutsches, Historisches, Museum, episode, Europe, european

The Last Judgement, 1540. Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516). Deta
Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516). The Last Judgement, 1540. German Historical Museum. Berlin. Germany

Engraving depicting the city of Nuremberg. Nuremberg Chronic
Nuremberg Chronicle. German version, December 23, 1493. Compiled by Hartmann Schedel and engraving by Michael Wolgemuth and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Engraving depicting the city of Nuremberg

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). El socialismo es la humanidad superada (Socialism is Humanity that Has Got Better), Poster of the Valencian Socialist Federation designed by J. Barreira. SPAIN

French postcard, For Humanity, WW1
French postcard, For Humanity, First World War. 1914-1918

Venezuela, Warao Mother and Child of the Orinoco
A beautiful portrait of a Warao Mother and Child of the Orinoco Delta region. The Warao (" the boat people" ) are an indigenous people inhabiting northeastern Venezuela and western Guyana

Satan tempts Eve in the dream. Paradise Lost by John Milton
John Milton (1608-1674). British poet. Paradise Lost. 1658-1667. Satan tempts Eve in the dream. Engraving of John Martin (1789-1854). Colored

Eve gives Adam the forbidden fruit. Paradise Lost by John Mi
John Milton (1608-1674). British poet. Paradise Lost. 1658-1667. Eve gives Adam the forbidden fruit. Engraving of John Martin (1789-1854). Colored

Tools of flint and animal bones. Performed by Homo sapiens (Cro-Magnon). Upper Paleolithic. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Skull of Paranthropus aethiopicus with prominent sagittal crest. Pliocene. Located in Lomekwi, Kenya. Natural History Museum. London. United Kingdom

Cartoon, German officer (Boche Faces), WW1
Cartoon, Boche Faces. A group of German officers, looking rather stolid and described as the asphyxiating brutes of humanity. Date: 1915

The Great Liberty Loan Tableaux in New York
The Great Liberty Loan Tableaux, staged in New York, featured a number of well-known actresses including Ethel Barrymore as Liberty, Billie Burke as Humanity and Irene Castle as France

Robot Saves Humanity, Amazing Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
World without Women - the robot who saves humanity from extinction

Mosaic of the Deesis. 13th century. Detail. Hagia Sophia. Is
Hagia Sophia. Mosaic of the Deesis. Detail of Christ in Majesty with Saint John the Baptist and the Virgin Mary. 13th century. Istanbul. Turkey

Mosaic of the Deesis. 13th century. Detail of Christ. Hagia
Hagia Sophia. Mosaic of the Deesis. Detail of Christ in Majesty. 13th century. Istanbul. Turkey

The Last Judgement by Michelangelo. 16th century. Vatican Ci
Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti) (1475-1564). Italian artist. The Last Judgement. Fresco. 1536-1541. Detail. Central part. Sistine Chapel. Vatican Museums. Vatican City

Jaw of Australopithecus anamensis. Pliocene. Located in Kanapoi, Kenya. Natural History Museum. London. United Kingdom

Skull probably from Homo sapiens. From Laetoli. Tanzania. Natural History Museum. London. United Kingdom

WW1 - British submarine rescues German sailor
WW1 - A British marine seen saving the life of a German sailor belonging to a war-ship sunk in the North Sea. The marine is hauling the man on board using a life-line which has been flung to him

WWI Poster, Help fill the War Chest
Design by B A Osnis, Help fill the War Chest. Humanity Calls. American war loan poster. Date: circa 1916

French and German contrasts, WW1
Postcard contrasting the French and German attitudes towards the enemy during the First World War -- German barbarity and French generosity. Date: 1914-1918

Personification of Hope - Turns a Moan into a song
Hope makes the careworn heart grow strong - And turns a moan into a song. Date: circa 1910s

Personification of Charity - Sweet Sunshine to the Flower
Charitys transforming power - Is like sweet sunshine to the flower. Date: circa 1910s

Help fill the war chest Humanity calls you, May 20-27. Poster showing hands casting money into a trunk. Date 1917

The issue - 1900. Liberty. Justice. Humanity. W. J. Bryan
The issue - 1900. Liberty. Justice. Humanity. W.J. Bryan. Date c1900

The fall and redemption of humanity. Date c1889 Apr. 23

Victory Bonds will help stop this. Kulture vs. humanity. Poster shows a Canadian soldier holding a drowned Red Cross worker and raising his fist at the sailors on the nearby German submarine

Humanity the latest English success : by Sutton Vane, author of The cotton king. Date c1894

Three types of humanity. Date 1894

Chicago State Street
State Street, North from Madison, crowded constantly during the day with throngs of humanity, surging up and down and guarded at the street crossings by giant policemen. Date: 1916

Nurse and Swiss flag / scene
Switzerland - A view of Lausanne and the Alps. An International Red Cross postcard. The shields of varous countries - many of whom were involved in World War One

German soldiers relaxing in Orleans; Franco-Prussian War, 18
Illustration showing an atmospheric candlelit scene of German soldiers relaxing with enemy french women and children, during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1

Charles Le Bon / Flanders
CHARLES LE BON COUNT OF FLANDERS also known as Charles the Dane, renowned for clemency, piety and humanity - seen here receiving visitors at court

Adam & Eve Eat Fruit
helping themselves to fruit from the Forbidden Tree : but though the Serpent may think hes won, the Lamb (= Jesus) has plans to rescue humanity from its original sin

Nuremberg Defendents
The defendants at the Nuremberg Trial listen to the proceedings as they are tried for crimes against peace, humanity and defenceless minorities

Shiva Drinks the Poison
The god SHIVA saves humanity by drinking the poison which springs from the churning of the ocean, showing that he is a protecting deity as well as a destructive one

Scene at La Salpetriere in Paris
A scene at La Salpetriere, Paris, where Philippe Pinel orders the manacles removed from the mental patients

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