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Skating Subject- And Objects! By Joyce DennysA illustration of a demure lady skating whilst a dragging a worried looking gentleman across the ice
Albert Smiths Ascent of Mont Blanc, London, 1852Engraving showing an illustrated lecture given by Albert Smith, on the subject of his ascent of Mont Blanc in 1851, in the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London, 1852
No Joke! by Frank ReynoldsA humorous artist, stumped for further jokes on the subject of the First World War, wishes that peace would be declared so he could submit some of his new ideas
The Wynaad Goldfields, Southern India. The VerandahEngraving of verandah on grand Indian estate where gold has been found. Three servants in turbans are waiting on their master, one servant is leading a horse to the master
The Wynaad Goldfields of Southern India. Richmond Coffee StoEngraving of servants sweeping and carrying coffee to the store on the Richmond Estate, where gold was found. Wynaad in the Malabar district of Madras was subject to many gold finds between 1876
King Sebastian is the subject of many Portuguese legends : here he is depicted enjoying the pleasures of the fabulous island of Incoberta
Krippner Experiment 2A subject in Krippners DREAM TELEPATHY EXPERIMENT at the Maimonides Laboratory, Brooklyn (New York) : EEG and polygraph record her brain and emotional activity
Krippner Experiment 3A subject in Krippners DREAM TELEPATHY EXPERIMENT at the Maimonides Laboratory, Brooklyn (New York) : EEG and polygraph record her brain and emotional activity
Scene in a photographers studio, example of portrait makingPortraiture in the early twentieth century. A photographer entertaining his subject while his assistants capture her photograph
San Francisco, California, 1851Engraving showing the city of San Francisco with Yerba Buena Island in the background. On 3rd May 1851 San Francisco was subject to a terrible fire and only days later, on 15th May
Stroll on Riviera / BlatteShe is the subject of admiring attention and comment as she walks back to her hotel after a dip in the briny
Humanitarian DeismA speaker in Hyde Park, at Speakers Corner orates to a listening crowd in 1912. Since 1872, people have been allowed to speak at Speakers Corner on any subject they want
Turkish SultanA Turkish sultan, depicted as a picturesque figure with his noble steed in the midst of battle
Cabinet NoirThe correspondence of persons suspected of republican sympathies is subject to censorship by the secret Cabinet Noir
First Doge of GenovaNaval hero Simone Boccanegra is elected the first Doge of Genova, by popular acclaim. His private affairs will be the subject of a Verdi opera
Prisoners SummonedEach day, an official comes into the prisons with a list of those scheduled for guillotining : the pathetic scenes are a favourite subject for artists
Young Victoria & DogsThe young Princess Victoria, future queen of England, commands obedience from her childhood subject, a dog, in the gardens of Kensington Palace, London
Corneille / CinnaCINNA The emperor Augustus, whose clemency is the subject of the drama
Heron and FrogA heron makes a grab for a frog, evidently considered an appropriate subject for a Christmas card !
Balloon at Windsor 1784A balloon is demonstrated to King George III at Windsor (top), and a professor lectures on the same subject (below)
Willie Lotts House, Flatford, Essex, England, a picturesque 16th century cottage on a backwater of the River Stour, the subject of a famous (1810) painting by John Constable
Hypnotised Subject - 2A hypnotised mental patient at La Salpetriere hospital, Paris, responds to the suggestion that she blow a kiss
Hypnotised Subject - 4Six hysteria patients at La Salpetriere hospital, Paris, are simultaneously put into the hypnotic state by a sudden unexpected sound
Hypnotised Subject - 9Exciting the cubital (forearm) nerve in a hypnotised subject at La Salpetriere hospital, Paris
Sebastiano VenierSEBASTIANO VENIER The subject of this engraving is not identified, but he closely resembles Sebastiano Venier, Doge of Venice and the dating is right (died 1580)
Sylvan MuldoonSYLVAN J MULDOON (1903-1971), American researcher into the Out-of-Body Experience, and author on the subject
Hutchinsons EssayTitle-page of the ESSAY CONCERNING WITCHCRAFT by the Rev Francis HUTCHINSON, a splendidly sceptical view of the subject
Painting a PortraitA Victorian artist painting his subject - a well-to-do looking lady
Rhine Myth / MauseturmDer Mauseturm in the Rhein - the subject of legend
German Singing ContestLandgraf Hermann von Thuringen and wife Sophia preside over a singing contest featuring such top-flight minnesingers as Wolfram von Eschenbach and Walther von der Vogelweide
LA Valse, Circa 1830Two dancers perform the valse in a French outdoor dance- hall. The lithograph is from a series Les Ridicules - the waltz was a subject for much mockery and derision
Elizabeth Butler PhotoLADY ELIZABETH BUTLER (nee Thompson) artist who won instant fame with The roll call, a military subject which made Ruskin realise women, too, could paint
The Five SensesTHE FIVE SENSES Sight Hearing Smell Taste Touch
Francois De BonnivardFRANCOIS DE BONNIVARD Swiss priest and politician, imprisoned for his beliefs in the Chateau de Chillon, on the edge of Lake Geneva; subject of a poem by Byron
Joseph of ArimatheaJOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA supposed wealthy follower of Jesus who requested his body after the crucifixion : the subject of many pious legends
Rice in KoreaCultivating rice in Korea - the winnowing and crushing processes
Anxiety MelancholyA patient suffering from anxiety melancholy (melancholie anxieuse) and subject to groaning
Japanese PrintmakingHow they print from wood blocks in the Orient - apart from its subject interest, a remarkable pastiche of Japanese painting
Estrade PortraitJEAN-BAPTISTE ESTRADE French tax collector, witness to many of the events at Lourdes and author of one of the first and most important books on the subject
Spirit of Nature (Sibly)The UNIVERSAL SPIRIT OF NATURE, life perpetually renewed in her womb, and with the sun, moon and all creation subject to her rule
Dr Diocles X-Ray / 1926Dr Diocles radio stereoscope presents 3-D image of the subject
Gassner CuresGASSNER cures his subject Emilie by exorcism at Ellwagen, Germany
John Nicholson, GeneralJOHN NICHOLSON - General in Bengal army, deputy commissioner in Punjab, subject of local hero-worship, died at siege of Delhi
John ElliotsonJOHN ELLIOTSON Founder of Mesmeric Hospital