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Fraulein von Poremski and her cropped hair, 1928Fraulein von Poremski, a noted Berlin dancer, with a severe, cropped hairstyle. The Graphic magazine in which this photograph features comments
When Women Vote by Charles Dana GibsonThe Suffragettes as the creator of the Gibson Girls Sees Them. " When Women Vote: After dinner the girls will have to listen to politics"
Boyish look: comment on the masculine cut of contemporary fashions & fashionable physiques. She wears black tie & dinner jacket, fox fur stole, top hat & cane. Date: 1926
PISANO, Andrea da Pontedera, called Andrea (1270-1349). Saturn. 1337-1341. Moulding which decorated Giottos Campanile. Renaissance art. Trecento. Florentine school. Relief on rock. ITALY. Florence
MR BUZFUZ / DICKENSSerjeant Buzfuz. Dickens describes him as a driving, chaffing, masculine bar orator, who twists Chops and Tomato Sauce into a declaration of love
Riding Habit 1899English riding habit with Amazon corsage. Quite severe in its tailoring & worn with a top hat & buttonhole the only feminine note is the rider sitting side saddle. Date: 1899
Emancipated women of America, satire 1851Emancipated women of America, as depicted by the illustrator of Alice. Date: 1851
Macho swimmer in rubber hat, USAMacho triathlon swimmer in green rubber hat. Seattle, USA
Sculpture of a male ball player by Georg Mattes (1874-1942). Date: circa 1900s
Soldier in green uniform of the Cisalpine Republic, French satellite state in northern Italy created by Napoleon Bonaparte the June 29, 1797 and a precursor of the Italian Republic
Vlad the Impaler (1431-1476). Prince of Wallachia (1431-1476). Oil. AUSTRIA. VIENNA. Vienna. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Museum of Art History)
HAMMURABI (1792-1730 BC). King of Babylonia (1798-1756 BC). Babylonian medicine. Towards 1900 BC Hammurabi Code sets standards for the medical profession
PAUSANIAS (?-394 BC). King of Sparta (444-426 B. CPAUSANIAS (?-394 BC). King of Sparta (444-426 B.C and 408-394 B.C.). Hellenistic art. Sculpture. ITALY. LAZIO. Rome. Capitoline Museums
Gran Colombia-Peru War. Tarqui Battle of the February 27, 1829 between the troops of the Great Colombia led by Antonio Jos頤 e Sucre and the Republic of Peru led by Jos頤 e La Mar
Multiplication of the loaves and fishes. 493 - 526. ITALY. Ravenna. San Apollinare Nuovo. Miracles and parables of Christ. Third upper upper scene in the apse. Northern wall. Early Byzantine art
Malaspina expedition (1789-1794). Tonga islands. Native men dancing. Drawing by Juan Ravenet. Drawing. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Navy Museum
PONIATOWSKI, Josef Antoni, Prince (1763-1813). Polish leader, general, minister of war and army chief, who became a Marshal of the Empire. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona
IRAN. Naqsh-e Rustam. The Roman emperor Valerianus kneeling before Shapur I after the battle of Edessa (260). Persian art. Sasanian art. Relief
INDIA. Bombay. Elefanta. Elephanta Caves. Trimurti of Shiva in the main cave, 7th-8th c A.D. Detail of the three-headed bust representing the three roles of the god, creator
First Balkan War, 1912-1913. Treaty of London in May 1913. One of the previous sessions of the territorial negotiations between the Ottoman Empire
Ballista fulminalis. Siege machine used in the Roman Empire. Illustration in De rebus bellicis, treatise of war machinery of 4th-5th century. Version compiled in Orbis Terrarum Descriptio, s. XV
SISEBUTO, Flavio (6th centuryI). Visigothic king (612 - 621). Oil. SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON. Segovia. Alcazar (castle)
Gallo-Roman funerary stele with commercial scene. Roman art. Relief on rock. FRANCE. LORRAINE. MOSELLE. Metz. mus饠 de La Cour d Or Metz M鴲 opole
Serbo-Bulgarian War, 14-28 November 1885. Bulgarian Soldiers taking a position in Tzaribrod (now Dimitrovgrad) in Serbia. Illustration by Richard Caton Woodville after sketch by M
A tuberculosis patient being given a direct blood transfusion from a goat, at Dr Simon Bernheims clinic. France, ca. 1891. Engraving
Africa (XIX). Equatorial Guinea. Exploration into Fernando Poo. Bubi people from Musola and Bocaboch llages. Image appeared in La Ilustraci spa y Americana newspaper
Trimurti ( three forms in Sanskrit) of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Triad of the three major gods of Hindu mythology. 20th. c. Illustration by B. G. Sharma. Miniature Painting
Great Northern War (1700-1721). Swedish cavalry squadron in the Battle of Gadebusch of December 20, 1712 against the troops of Denmark, Norway and Saxony
MELANCHTON, Philipp Schwarzerd, called (1497-1560). Theologian and Luthers collaborator. DURER, Albrecht (1471-1528). Renaissance art. Engraving. FRANCE. PICARDY. OISE. Chantilly
Carolingian Empire (s. VIII). Duel Scene between two knights. Carolingian art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)
FRANK, Johann Peter (1745 - 1821). German physician and hygienist, pioneer of the public health. Oil
Performance of the opera Norma by Vincenzo Bellini in Barcelona theatre Liceu (19th c.). Engraving by Onofre Alsamora. Litography. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Barcelona City History Museum
SCHWANN, Theodor (1810 - 1882). German physiologist, anatomist and naturalist. He developed the cell theory. Oil
Page of poetry anthology by Hafiz Shirazi with an illustration depicting a banquet. Muhammad Al-Hadith. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY)
Ballista quadrirotis. Carroballista. Roman siege machine four wheeled mounted on cart of horses. Illustration in De rebus bellicis, treatise of war machinery of 4th-5th century
FLEMING-WILLIAMS, C. R. (19 c. -20 c. ). Hit!: A patrolFLEMING-WILLIAMS, C.R. (19 c.-20 c.). Hit!: A patrol of F2A flying boats bombing a German submarine. ca. 1918. Watercolour. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. London. Imperial War Museum
Louis I the Pious (778-840). King of the Franks (814-880) son of Charlemagne. Illustration on vellum. Manuscript 4 of Codex Legum Longobardorum. 1004. Lombard School. Romanesque art
Vaslav Nijinsky. Le Pavillon d ArmideBallets Russes. The dancer Vaslav Nijinsky in the ballet Le Pavillon d Armide, with choreography by Mikhail Fokin and music by Nikolai Tcherepine (1911)
Vaslav Nijinsky and. Tamara KarsavinaBallets Russes. Ballet Le Spectre de la Rose, music by Carl Maria von Weber and choreography by Mikhail Fokin. On stage, the performers of the premiere
Tomb of the Augurs. Etruscan artTomb of the Augurs. 6th c. BC. ITALY. Tarquinia. Necropolis of Monterozzi. Tomb of The Augurs. The Augurs. Etruscan art. Fresco
Tomb of Sennedjem. Mural paintingTomb of Sennedjem. 1306 -1290 BC. EGYPT. Dayr al-Bahri. Valley of the Artisans. Tomb of Sennedjem. Agricultural scene. Sennedjem plowing the fields with a couple of oxen. Egyptian art. New Kingdom
Tomb of Rekhmire. Mural paintingTomb of Rekhmire. EGYPT. Dayr al-Bahri. Valley of the Nobles. Tomb of Rekhmire. Making gold and silver vessels. Egyptian art. New Kingdom. Painting
Thebes. Tomb of Thutmose III. PaintingTomb of Tuthmosis III. EGYPT. Dayr al-Bahri. Valley of the Kings. Tomb of Tuthmosis III. God Horus presiding a ceremony. Egyptian art. New Kingdom. Painting
Saqqara. Mastaba of MererukaMastaba of Mereruka. ca. 2323 BC. EGYPT. Saqqara. Capture of a hyena. Egyptian art. Old Kingdom. Relief on rock
Pre-Columbian America. Zapotec cultureRIVERA, Diego (1886-1957). Zapotec Civilization. 1947. Mural Pre-Hispanic Mexico and Colony in the corridor of the north wall. Detail
Germany (1848). Frankfurt ParliamentGermany (1848). The Frankfurt Parliament convened in Frankfurts Paulskirche. Etching
Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799). Qing DynastyQIANLONG (1711-1799). Chinese Emperor (1735-1796) of the Qing Dynasty. 1847 French original work. Spanish translation published in Barcelona
Darius I on his throne. Persian ArtDARIUS I the Great (550 BC-486BC). Persian Emperor (522-486 BC) of the Achaemenid dynasty. Representation of the king on his throne. Persian art. Achaemenid period. Relief on rock. IRAN. Tehran