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English ladies swimming team - Stockholm Olympics 1912The English ladies swimming team at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912, winners of the 4 x 100m race, wearing surprisingly revealing swimming costumes
Orangemen on parade, Belfast, Northern IrelandClose-up of Orangemen on parade in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969
HMS Wren - Admiralty modified W class destroyerHMS Wren (D88/I88) was an Admiralty modified W class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She was ordered in April 1918 from Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited under the 13th Order for Destroyers of
John Bull showing how to make constitutional plum puddingJohn Bull showing the foreign powers how to make a constitutional plum pudding. The plum pudding of the British constitution rests on the table cloth of the Magna Charta / Carta
Advert for Evans vacuum cap for growth of hair 1906Practical invention for Evans vacuum cap, develops a natural and permanent growth of the hair, supplying the apparatus on a sixty day trial, wholly at the expense of the company. 1906
Paratroopers of 2nd Parachute Regiment near Port StanleyPhotograph showing paratroopers of 2nd Parachute Regiment near Port Stanley following the ceasefire order, 14 Jun 1982. Note the new fibre helmets, with and without camouflage
Suffragette Cat Will Have The voteAnother fierce and feisty feline sets out her objective - The Vote. I Will Have It. Taking no notice of the police notice banning political or other meetings, by order! Date: circa 1908
Ancient Order of Druids, Druid with harp, and Stonehenge in the background. early 20th century
Corinthian capital with acanthus leaves and volute. Pergamon. Turkey
Spain. Catalonia. Province of Lleida. Templar castle of Gardeny. 12th century. Ruins
Garcilaso de la Vega (1501-1536). Spanish soldier and poet. Engraving. Colored
Mexico. Francisco Fray Martin de Valencia received by HernanMexico. Evangelization. 16th C. Francisco Fray Martin de Valencia received by Hernan Cortes, May 12, 1524. Engraving. 1850. Color
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)
Crusaders departing for an expedition to the Holy Land. MiniHistory of the Crusades. Crusaders departing for an expedition to the Holy Land. Miniature. 14th century. Castle of Chantilly. France
Greece. Delphi. The Athenian Treasury. 510 to 480 B. CGreek Art. Greece. Delphi. The Athenian Treasury. Built in Parian marble. Its construction ranging from 510 to 480 B.C. The metopes are reproductions. The originals are kept in the museum of Delphi
Saint Francis of Assisi, 1660, by Francisco de Zurbaran y SaFrancisco de Zurbaran y Salazar (1598-1664). Spanish painter. Saint Francis of Assisi, 1660. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany
Pietro Perugino (1446 / 1450A?i?1523). Italian Renaissance paPietro Perugino (1446/1450A?i?1523), born Pietro Vannucci. Italian Renaissance painter of the Umbrian school. High Renaissance. The Virgin appearing to St. Bernard
Dominican friar preaching. Miniature. Doctrine Chretienne. 1Doctrine Chretienne. Manuscript. France. 13th century. Miniature depicting a dominican friar preaching. Folio 110. Library University of Valencia. Spain
Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681). Engraving. ColoredPedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681). Spanish poet and playwright. Engraving by J. Serra Pausas. History of Spain, 1882. Colored
Albania. Kruje. The Dollma Teqe. Bektashi temple. Islamic suAlbania. Kruje. The Dollma Teqe. Bektashi temple, 1789.The Bektashism is a Islamic sufi order. Grave
Pergamon Altar. ModelPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. Model. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany
Statue of Athena Parthenos. PergamonStatue of Athena Parthenos. Marble. Copy of Phidias. 2nd century BC. 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
Mevlana Museum. TurkeyMevlana Museum at the Mevlana Monastery, of the dervishes monks. Exterior. Konya. Turkey
Pope Honorius III approving the Carmelite Rule by LorenzettiPope Honorius III approving the Carmelite Rule. 1226. Predela panel by Pietro Lorenzetti. Art Gallery of Siena. Italy
Giotto di Bondone (1266 / 7-1337). Pope Innocent III approvingGothic Art. Italy. Giotto di Bondone (1266/7-1337). Italian painter and architect. Pope Innocent III approving the monastic rule of St. Francis of Assisi (1296). Fresco of the Upper Church of St
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
Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274). Italian priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian
Greek Art. The Propylaea. Acropolis. Athens. Attica. CentraGreek Art. The Propylaea. In 437 BC Mnesicles started building the monument gates with columns of Pentelic marble. (437-432 BC). Acropolis. Athens. Attica. Central Greece. Europe
Greek Art. Parthenon (447-438 BC). Acropolis. Athens. AtticaGreek Art. Parthenon. Was built between 447-438 BC. in Doric style under leadership of Pericles. The building was designed by the architects Ictinos and Callicrates. Acropolis. Athens. Attica
THESEION-HEPHAISTEION. V century B. C. Athens. GreeceGREEK ART. GREECE. THESEION-HEPHAISTEION. V century. Doric temple built in pentelic marble at time of Pericles (449-425 BC). Was devoted to Hephaesto (or Vulcan), and Athena. Greek agora. Athens
Caricature of Queen Victoria as a shepherdess with lambs and an animated pot of mint sauce. In the matter of lambs, Her Majesty sings, we mean to do without them
Franciscan monks beggingBefore the order was reformed in 1528, the Franciscans had fallen from the high standards set by Francesco d Assisi... begging, and chatting up the girls... Date: 15th century
Princes in the Tower, Edward V and Richard, Duke of YorkEdward V and Richard, Duke of York, taken from their Mother, Elizabeth, to the Tower of London and then allegedly murdered on the order of their uncle, Richard III. Date: 1483
A franciscan missionary in MexicoA franciscan missionary tries to save the cazique of Mechoacan from the Spaniards who were torturing him in order to make him reveal whereabouts of treasure in Mexico Date: 1530
Tammany Hall, 14th Street, New York City, USATammany Hall, 14th Street (east of Union Square), New York City, USA. Tammany Hall was a New York City political organisation founded in 1786 and incorporated on May 12, 1789, as the Tammany Society
WW1 - French tanks (Renault FT-17) advancing, Oise, FranceWW1 - A team of French tanks (Renault FT-17), are seen here advancing in order through a village in the department of Oise, Northern France. Date: 1918
Captain Loxley of the Formidable, WW1 braveryClear Off - Submarines About: Captain Loxley of the Royal Navy, his terrier Bruce by his side, pictured giving his last order to another ship, warning of the danger of torpedoes
Royal Ordnance Factory, Patricroft, LancashireRoyal Ordnance Factory, Patricroft, Eccles, near Manchester, Lancashire, England. Showing men manufacturing Canons - World War One - The sign reads
Bedroom Wash Stand Tabor HouseThe home of Horace Tabor, who made and lost a vast fortune in mining silver at the Matchless Mine. Fine wallpaper, bedroom wash stand with ewer and basin
Bible of Alba or Arragel. 1422 - 1430. Castilian translation of the Hebrew Bible by Jewish Rabbi Mose Arragel of Guadalajara, commissioned by Don Luis de Guzmᮠ Gonzᬥ z
Spain. Military orders. From left to right: Orden de la Encina (Order of the Oak), Order of Santiago, Order of the Crusade, Knights Templar, Order of San Salvador
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
ENDARA, Carlos Manuel (1827 - 1924). The Republic of Ecuador in 1860 foretold. 1900. Eloy Alfaro (with hat), future prime minister
Knight of the Order of Santiago. Illustration on Cleri totius Romanae subiecti Ecclesiae, by Fran篩s modius and Jost Amman. Frankfurt. 1585. Early Modern Era. Xylography. FRANCE
Council of Vienne (1311), convened by the Pope Clement V under pressure of the king Philip IV of France to suppress the Order of the Temple. Painting by Cesare Nebbia (1536-1614). Mannerism art
Rome, Italy - Capuchin Monks Campo SantoBlack and white. A crypt in which the walls are completely covered in human skulls. In addition there are three skeletons dressed in monks clothes attached to the wall in a standing position
A young Common Monitor Lizard rests (sunbathing in order to raise the body-temperature) on a tree-trunk, fallen in a small stream in rainforest (Varanus salvator)