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Background imageProminent Collection: Tawny prominent moth, Harpyia milhauseri

Tawny prominent moth, Harpyia milhauseri. Phalaena bombyx milhauseri. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Georg Klinger from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in

Background imageProminent Collection: Lobster moth, Stauropus fagi

Lobster moth, Stauropus fagi. Phalaena fagi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Georg Klinger from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Background imageProminent Collection: Emperor moth, Saturnia pavonia, larva, pupa, chrysalis

Emperor moth, Saturnia pavonia, larva, pupa, chrysalis. Pavonia major. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Georg Klinger from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in

Background imageProminent Collection: Leopard moth, sallow kitten and prominent moths

Leopard moth, sallow kitten and prominent moths
Wood leopard moth, Zeuzera pyrina, sallow kitten, Furcula furcula, iron prominent, Notodonta dromedarius, pebble prominent, Notodonta ziczac, and lesser swallow prominent, Pheosia gnoma

Background imageProminent Collection: Tawny prominent, Harpyia milhauseri, and seven-spot

Tawny prominent, Harpyia milhauseri, and seven-spot
Tawny prominent, Harpyia milhauseri, seven-spot ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata and fruit flies on a hazel tree, Corylus avellana

Background imageProminent Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 739

Curtis British Entomology Plate 739
Lepidoptera: Notodonta dromedarius (Iron Prominent) [Plant: Digitaria ischaemum (Digitaria humifusa)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageProminent Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 328

Curtis British Entomology Plate 328
Lepidoptera: Ptilophora plumigera (Plumed Prominent) [Plant: Acer campestre (Common Maple)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageProminent Collection: Piper PA-23 Apache G-ASHC

Piper PA-23 Apache G-ASHC
Piper PA-23-160 Apache G-ASHC Crashed 21 March 1964 at Melling, near Aintree village, on Grand National Day, killing all five persons on board (pilot and four passengers)

Background imageProminent Collection: Professor Paul Ehrlich (1854 - 1915), Nobel Prize-winning German Jewish physician

Professor Paul Ehrlich (1854 - 1915), Nobel Prize-winning German Jewish physician and scientistand Dr. Sahachiro Hata (1873 - 1938) prominent Japanese bacteriologist, working in Frankfort laboratory

Background imageProminent Collection: Marie Antoinette and her children by Vigee Le Brun

Marie Antoinette and her children by Vigee Le Brun
Reproduction of a painting of Marie-Antoinette de Lorraine-Habsbourg, queen of France (1755-1793), and her children by Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun (17551842)

Background imageProminent Collection: JACOBIN CLUB CLOSED

JACOBIN CLUB CLOSED
The Jacobin Club in the rue Saint-Jacques, Paris, home of the extreme radical revolutionaries, is closed after the fall of Robespierre, the most prominent member. Date: 12 November 1794

Background imageProminent Collection: PARIS IN THE 1890S

PARIS IN THE 1890S
The Paris skyline, looking west from the eglise saint- Gervais. Of course the Tour Eiffel is the most prominent landmark. Date: 1895

Background imageProminent Collection: London buildings

London buildings
Victorian montage of prominent London buildings - Westminster Abbey, Temple Bar, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament

Background imageProminent Collection: Lincolns Inn Fields

Lincolns Inn Fields
Victorian montage of prominent houses in Lincolns Inn Fields - Newcastle House, Sir John Soanes house and the Duke of Ancasters house. circa 1830. Date: circa 1830

Background imageProminent Collection: Whittingtons House

Whittingtons House
Victorian montage of prominent buildings around Aldgate - Whittingtons house, Grub St, General Monks house, Bloomfields house and the remains of Aldgate, Bethnal Green

Background imageProminent Collection: Paris, France - Colonne Vendome

Paris, France - Colonne Vendome
Vendome Column - Place Vendome, Paris, France. Situated at the centre of the square was erected by Napoleon I to commemorate the Battle of Austerlitz; it was torn down on 16 May 1871

Background imageProminent Collection: The Franzoni Clock - Statuary Hill, US Capitol Washington DC

The Franzoni Clock - Statuary Hill, US Capitol Washington DC
The Franzoni Clock - National Statuary Hill a chamber in the United States Capitol devoted to sculptures of prominent Americans - Washington, D.C. USA

Background imageProminent Collection: Duchess of Marlborough & Mrs Belmont

Duchess of Marlborough & Mrs Belmont
Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough, formerly Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964), American heiress and first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough pictured with Mrs O. H. P

Background imageProminent Collection: Skull of Paranthropus aethiopicus

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

Background imageProminent Collection: AGRIPPINA the Elder (14BC-33). Prominent Roman

AGRIPPINA the Elder (14BC-33). Prominent Roman woman, wife of Germanicus and mother of Caligula and Agrippina the Younger. Bust of Agrippina the Elder, 1st c. AD. Roman art. Sculpture on marble

Background imageProminent Collection: Off the Coast of Scotland by William Heath Robinson

Off the Coast of Scotland by William Heath Robinson
The German Periscoper: Ach, Himmel! Dot most be der peautiful Ben Nevis of vich ve ave eard so mooch. A German submarine mistakes the prominent nose of a bather for the tip of Ben Nevis while sailing

Background imageProminent Collection: Motorists at Brooklands by The Tout

Motorists at Brooklands by The Tout
Caricatures of prominent figures in the motoring world trapped by The Tout at Brooklands. From left, Julian Orde, Jimmy Percy, Edward Manville, Harvey du Cros (founder of Dunlop tyres)

Background imageProminent Collection: Isle de la Cite and the River Seine, Paris in 1600

Isle de la Cite and the River Seine, Paris in 1600
GENERAL VIEW looking north across the Cite, with Notre Dame : the Bastille is prominent on the far right, the hill of Montmartre in the left distance Date: circa 1600

Background imageProminent Collection: Our True Sporting SPIRIT ? by William Heath Robinson

Our True Sporting SPIRIT ? by William Heath Robinson
The Automobilious Dream of a prominent Master of Hounds, on learning that the price of petrol had dropped again. Please note

Background imageProminent Collection: High-profile military and local personalities in Egypt

High-profile military and local personalities in Egypt
Group of high-profile military and local personalities in Egypt, posing in front of airplanes, one of them the Royal Air Force DH9 Aircraft. Date: circa 1925

Background imageProminent Collection: Pierce Egans Anecdotes: cartoon forced marriage pregnant b

Pierce Egans Anecdotes: cartoon forced marriage pregnant b
Colour plate: A paris concern or prominent reasons for matrimony shows onlookers mocking couple in street scene from from Pierce Egans anecdotes of the turf, the chase, the ring and the stage, 1827

Background imageProminent Collection: Bodelwddan Church

Bodelwddan Church - Large Interior - High Arches. Part of Box 145 Boswell Collection - East Coast. The Marble Church (St. Margarets Church), Bodelwyddan

Background imageProminent Collection: Cartoon, Burnand, Byron and Sims in hospital -- All In

Cartoon, Burnand, Byron and Sims in hospital -- All In
Cartoon, three prominent writers ill in hospital -- F C Burnand (1836-1917), H J Byron (1835-1884) and G R Sims (1847-1922)

Background imageProminent Collection: Jackson Square, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Jackson Square, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
A statue of General Andrew Jackson on horseback occupies a prominent position in Jackson Square, formerly Place d Armes, New Orleans. Date: circa 1895

Background imageProminent Collection: Presentation of Certificates to Kent / 178 Birchington VAD

Presentation of Certificates to Kent / 178 Birchington VAD
Lord Harris (4th Baron Harris, 1851-1932) speaking at Quex Park on the occasion of the presentation of certificates to members of the Birchington VAD Kent/178 on 11 June 1920

Background imageProminent Collection: Lord Harris with Hannah Powell-Cotton

Lord Harris with Hannah Powell-Cotton
Lord Harris photographed with Hannah Powell-Cotton, as Commandant of the Birchington VAD Kent/178. Lord Harris (4th Baron Harris)

Background imageProminent Collection: Father Gapon

Father Gapon
GEORGI APOLLONOVICH GAPON known as Father Gapon, prominent leader of the partially unsuccessful Russian rising in 1905. (see also our events file) Date: 1870 - 1906

Background imageProminent Collection: Octavian Fugger II

Octavian Fugger II
OCTAVIAN FUGGER II Member of prominent German banking family. Date: 1549 - 1600

Background imageProminent Collection: Philip Edvard Fugger

Philip Edvard Fugger
PHILIP EDVARD FUGGER Member of prominent German banking family. Date: 16TH CENTURY

Background imageProminent Collection: Christoph Fugger

Christoph Fugger
CHRISTOPH FUGGER Member of prominent German banking family. Date: 1520 - 1579

Background imageProminent Collection: Marcus Fugger Senior

Marcus Fugger Senior
MARCUS FUGGER SENIOR Member of prominent German banking family. Date: 1529 - 1597

Background imageProminent Collection: Marcus Fugger

Marcus Fugger
MARCUS FUGGER Member of prominent German banking family. Date: 1564 - 1614

Background imageProminent Collection: Anton Fugger Senior

Anton Fugger Senior
ANTON FUGGER (SENIOR) Member of prominent German banking family. Date: 1493 - 1560

Background imageProminent Collection: Regina Fugger

Regina Fugger
REGINA FUGGER Member of prominent German banking family. Date: 1461 - 1535

Background imageProminent Collection: Levin Count Bennigsen

Levin Count Bennigsen
LEVIN AUGUST THEOPHIL, count BENNIGSEN (Leonty Leontevich) German-born general in the Russian service, prominent in the Napoleonic Wars though not always victorious. Date: 1745 - 1826

Background imageProminent Collection: Henry Belfrage

Henry Belfrage
HENRY BELFRAGE Prominent Scottish churchman, precocious child who began preaching at age 10 : he wrote many books on religion in family life and the like. Date: 1774 - 1835

Background imageProminent Collection: John Baron Belasyse

John Baron Belasyse
JOHN, BARON BELASYSE Prominent royalist, wrongly accused by Oates and others of being a party to the imaginary Popish Plot. Date: 1614 - 1689

Background imageProminent Collection: Jeanne-Marie Tallien

Jeanne-Marie Tallien
Jeanne- Marie Ignace Theresia Cabarrus (1773? - 1835), the wife of revolutionary Jean Lambert Tallien, prominent Paris saloniste

Background imageProminent Collection: Henry Wentworth Acland

Henry Wentworth Acland
Sir HENRY WENTWORTH ACLAND Prominent medical figure, Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford, Fellow Royal Society, promoted teaching of biology and chemistry. Date: 1815 - 1900

Background imageProminent Collection: New Guinea Village

New Guinea Village
A New Guinea village : the most prominent building is the house of the Chief. Date: 1887

Background imageProminent Collection: Axel Absalon

Axel Absalon
AXEL ABSALON Danish soldier, statesman and archbishop of Lund, played a prominent part in political events even when in holy office Date: 1128 - 1201

Background imageProminent Collection: General Rumiantsev

General Rumiantsev
PETR RUMIANTSEV Prominent Russian military commander during the Russo- Turkish war Date: (1725 - 1796)

Background imageProminent Collection: Sir John Pope-Hennessy

Sir John Pope-Hennessy
Sir WILLIAM GORDON-CUMMING Distinguished soldier, his career destroyed when he was accused of cheating at cards in the Baccarat scandal, at Tranby Croft, 1890. Date: 1854 - 1921



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