Images Dated 17th October 2007 (page 6)

Victor Hugo / French Pc
VICTOR HUGO French novelist in old age Date: 1802 - 1885

LINER MAURETANIA
Passenger liner of the Cunard White Star line, she held the Blue Riband for 21 years; she was withdrawn from service and broken up in 1935

Hermopolis Temple
Ruins of the Temple of Hermopolis, Upper Egypt, one of the sites surveyed by the French during Napoleons Egyptian campaign

Ice Cream Vendor 1877
An Italian (?) ice cream vendor surrounded by hungry boys

1213 / King John & Pope
King John offers his crown to the Papal Legate as a symbol of the kingdom. He receives it back as a papal fief, promising to pay tribute

Hiccory Diccory Dock
Hiccory, diccory, dock, The mouse ran up the clock; The clock struck one, And the mouse came down, Hiccory, diccory, dock

RUDD TRIAL
Mrs Margaret Caroline Rudd on her Trial at the New Sessions House, in the Old Bailey (London)

Garrick / Pond / Allen
DAVID GARRICK English actor, famous for his Shakespearean roles, as he first appeared in London at the age of 25

Making French Pianos 2
The manufacturing of upright pianos at the Pleyel factory, France

Mary Tudor / Oval Eng
MARY TUDOR Catholic Queen of England

Mary Tudor / Chapman
MARY TUDOR Catholic Queen of England

Wagner / Kikeriki / Vienna
RICHARD WAGNER German composer in heaven: Thank you for your welcome, dear angels, but without drums and trumpets you ll never make an impression

COACH / 1670
Horse-drawn coaches from the time of Charles II

Lenormand - Herself
Marie Anne Adelaide Le Normand French fortune teller, patronised by Napoleon

Steamships / Dreadnought
The newly constructed British battleship

Japan Attacks Shanghai
The Japanese attack on SHANGHAI

Henry James (Anon)
HENRY JAMES American writer

Mary, Queen of Scotland
Mary, Queen of Scots

Chartist Arming Cartoon
A physical force Chartist arming for the fight

Luther (Spangenberg)
MARTIN LUTHER German church reformer, depicted writing

Harlene for Long Hair
- Mama, shall I have beautiful long hair like you when I grow up ? - Certainly, my dear, if you use Edwards Harlene

Costume January 1849
Two gowns with lace berthas, one with a caraco bodice; two outdoor garments possibly mantles, one trimmed in brown fur with a matching fur muff

Metro - Old Station
The classic art nouveau design of the earliest metro stations, in central Paris

Chinese Wen-Wang
A Chinese fortune-teller employs the WEN-WANG method of prediction, in which small coins are used

Chinese Physiology Syst
The Chinese system of physiology - how your facial characteristics reveal your character

Social Scenes / Britain / 18
THE TIMES 2 of 2 a statue of George III presides over a well-ordered country, represented by a well tended garden

David Garrick / Hogarth
David Garrick in the character of Richard III

Johann Strauss (Younger)
JOHANN STRAUSS (the younger) Austrian musician

Livingstone (Anon)
DAVID LIVINGSTONE Scottish missionary and traveller in Africa

Saint Patrick
SAINT PATRICK (390? - 461?) drives the snakes out of Ireland

Evening Promenade C18
" La Promenade du Soir" A young aristocratic gentleman offers a young lady a bunch of flowers in exchange for a romantic evening walk. Date: 18th century

Napoleon I / Remains / 1840
The funeral cortege carrying the remains of Napoleon I processes down the Champs Elysees, Arc de Triomphe in the background

Egypt / Sphinx / Detail / 1879
A detailed close-up view of the colossal recumbent Sphinx at Giza, Egypt, dating from the reign of Khafre (4th king of 4th dynasty; c.2550 BC), and known to portray the king

Mungo Park (Colour)
MUNGO PARK Scottish traveller in Africa

Ancient Greek Costume
Various Ancient Greek costumes; left to right - philosopher, citizen, Priest of Ceres, 2 Priests of Bacchus with a female Bacchante in between and a priestess

Debutantes at Court
Debutantes at Buckingham Palace, London, on their way to the Presence Chamber where they will be presented to Edward VII and Alexandra

ASCOT 1890
Fashionable racegoers in the privileged enclosure on Gold Cup Day

BYZANTINES / 800-1000
L-R: A Man of Rank, Basilius (886), an Empress, an Emperor and Basilius II (1025)

Racial / Japan / Lady 19C
A Japanese lady at her toilet is washed by one servant while another holds a drawer of combs ready to do her hair

Sir John Fielding
SIR JOHN FIELDING blind magistrate, chairman of the Quarter Sessions for the City of Westminster

Salpetriere Photography
PHOTOGRAPHING THE PATIENT At La Salpetriere hospital, Paris, doctors working with Charcot obtain photographic documentation of hysteria patients in various states

Franklin / Fragonard
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN the American statesman, scientist and philosopher in later life

Hernando Cortes
HERNANDO CORTES (1485-1547) Spanish conquistador in Mexico

List / Georg F / A Walch
GEORG FRIEDRICH LIST German political economist

Lucas Van Gassel
LUCAS VAN GASSEL also known as Lucas van Helmont Flemish artist

Nicolas Lefevre
NICOLAS LEFEVRE French scholar

Calvinists Rising
The Calvinist protestants of Antwerp make an unsuccessful attempt to seize control of the city from their Spanish (Catholic) governors

Pharos of Alexandria
Constructed by Sostratus of Cnidus, for Ptolemy Philadelphus : its light could be seen 50 km out at sea

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