Lesson Gallery

Green-throated carib, Eulampis holosericeus. Male adult

Green-throated carib, Eulampis holosericeus (Trochilus holosericeus). Male adult. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lesson's Natural History of the Colibri Genus of Hummingbirds, Histoire Naturelle des Colibris, Arthus Betrand, Paris, 1830. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans

A lesson in perspective

A lesson in perspective. Illustration shows a perspective view with the Eye of the Law at the vanishing point where the little ones shield the more important figures in the foreground; from small to large are the Weigher, Appraiser, Inspector, Superintendent, Manager, Trust Scapegoat, Government Scapegoat, Sugar Trust Director Don't Touch Sugar Trust it gave to Your Campaign Fund, and High Government Official Don't Touch Sugar. It gave to Our Campaign Fund'. Date 1909 December 15. A lesson in perspective. Illustration shows a perspective view with the Eye of the Law at the vanishing point where the little ones shield the more important figures in the foreground; from small to large are the Weigher, Appraiser, Inspector, Superintendent, Manager, Trust Scapegoat, Government Scapegoat, Sugar Trust Director Don't Touch Sugar Trust it gave to Your Campaign Fund, and High Government Official Don't Touch Sugar. It gave to Our Campaign Fund'. Date 1909 December 15

© Mary Evans / Library of Congress

English gentleman being shown into a drawing room

English gentleman being shown into a drawing room for a musical night, 19th century. Facey Romford in tweeds playing the flute, Cassandra Cleoptra holding a music score. Mr. Stotfold, Master of Staghounds, in costume of the chase. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) from Robert Smith Surtees Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds, Bradbury, Evans and Co. London, 1865

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