Images Dated 29th July 2015 (page 98)

Chabrier / Benque / Ils
EMMANUEL CHABRIER the French opera composer and pianist, best known for his opera Le Roi Malgre Lui of 1887 Date: 1841 - 1894

Franklin / Almanack Page
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN a typical page from his famous Poor Richards Almanack for the month of September, together with a stanza about harvesting Date: 1706 - 1790

Edward Gibbon / Sewell
EDWARD GIBBON the English historian and MP, best known for his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Date: 1737 - 1794

Francisco Jimenez
FRANCISCO JIMENEZ (or Ximenes) DE CISNEROS Spanish prelate and statesman, notorious for forced mass conversion of Moors and for his harshness as Inquisitor General Date: 1436 - 1517

Ponchielli / Gioconda
AMILCARE PONCHIELLI the Italian opera composer, around the time of writing his best known opera, La Gioconda, in 1876 Date: 1834 - 1886

Columbus and his Sons
CRISTOFORO COLUMBUS with his sons Diego and Hernando Date: 1446-1506

Edward Gibbon / Ridley
EDWARD GIBBON the English historian and MP, best known for his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Date: 1737 - 1794

Edward Gibbon / Blake
EDWARD GIBBON the English historian and MP, best known for his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Date: 1737 - 1794

Columbus as a Youth
CRISTOFORO COLUMBUS as a youth Date: 1446-1506

Columbus (Maella)
CRISTOFORO COLUMBUS Date: 1446-1506

Columbus (De Bry)
CRISTOFORO COLUMBUS Date: 1446-1506

TV Filming, 1940S
A BBC television studio at Alexandra Palace, London : a musical spectacular is seen in the course of filming Date: 1946

Giovanni Cassini Statue
GIOVANNI DOMENICO CASSINI later Jean-Dominique, French astronomer and first Director of the Paris Observatory, who discovered four of Saturns moons Date: 1625 - 1712

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Racial / Persian Woman
A Persian woman in her home Date: 1909

Krupp: Smelting Plant
Krupps factory, Essen: casting in the smelting plant Date: 1911

Krupp: Martinwerk III
Krupps factory, Essen: casting process in Martinwerk III Date: 1911

Krupps Puddling Shop
Krupps puddling shop in the southern works Date: 1911

Krupp: Steel Rolling
Steel manufacture at Krupps factory: continuous rolling work Date: 1911

Dioscorides (Thevet)
DIOSCORIDES Greek naturalist Date: 1st century BC

Rabelais (Triqueti)
FRANCOIS RABELAIS French writer Date: 1483? - 1553

Dioscorides in Setting
DIOSCORIDES Greek naturalist Date: 1st century BC

Henri II / Chapman
HENRI II Date: 1519 - 1559

Adam De Craponne
ADAM DE CRAPONNE French canal engineer, constructed canal at the mouth of the Rhone Date: 1519 - 1559

Adam De Craponne
ADAM DE CRAPONNE French canal engineer, constructed canal at the mouth of the Rhone Date: 1519 - 1559

Adam De Craponne
ADAM DE CRAPONNE French canal engineer, constructed canal at the mouth of the Rhone Date: 1519 - 1559

Pentecost / Fouquet
Mary and the apostles receive the Gift of Tongues from the Holy Ghost, who hovers above them in the form of a dove

Tullia Crushes Father
When her father, Servius Tullius, king of Rome, is disgraced and stabbed, Tullia, meeting him crawling in the street, orders her carriage to drive over him Date: 534 BC

Pontmain - the Farm
As the Prussian army sweeps through France, several farm children have a vision of the Virgin Mary : La Grange de Barbedette, where the vision occurred Date: 17 January 1871

Greece / Tanagra
Tanagra woman wearing a regional hat. Date: circa 500 BC

Spinning / Egypt / Wilkinson
Spinning and weaving in Egypt Date: circa 3000 BC

Palace Minos Sacred Grov
Interior of the Palace: Miniature fresco of sacred grove and dance

Palace Minos Crt Ladies
Interior of the Palace: Frescoes of seated court ladies

Columns at Karnak 1846
The columned hall at the temple complex of Karnak, Thebes. Date: 1846

Wurzburg Missal, 1470 - 2
Part of a page from the Wurzburg Missal, 1470, one of the earliest printed books Date: 1470

Wurzburg Missal, 1470 - 1
Part of a page from the Wurzburg Missal, 1470, one of the earliest printed books Date: 1470

Ars Memorandi
Part of a page from the block book Ars memorandi (The Art of Memory) Date: 16th century

COMET OF 1882
The comet of 4 / 11 / 1882 as seen from Streatham, south London, at 4 am Date: 4 November 1882

Thought-Reading Horse
Alpha, the thought-reading horse, currently performing at the London Aquarium : he is evidently a whizz at arithmetic Date: 1895

Marco Polo Kublai Khan
Kublai Khan gives passports, in the form of tablets, to the Polo brothers, authorising them to pass and be given hospitality and transport wherever they went Date: circa 1275

Clara Butt / St Paul 1894
Clara Butt, singer, in the role of Orfeo in Glucks Orfeo ed Euridice Date: 1894

HAMLEYs ADVERT 1894
Advertisement for HAMLEY S, the famous toy store, then located in High Holborn, before moving to Regent Street Date: 1894

A German Shipyard Kiel
Inside a workshop at the German Imperial Shipyard, Kiel Date: 1900

bismarck Construction
Building the cruiser Bismarck at the German Imperial Shipyard, Kiel (note, this is NOT the World War Two Bismarck ) Date: 1900

John Hayward / Historian
SIR JOHN HAYWARD English Historian. Date: 1564 - 1627

Paul Scarron (Bust)
PAUL SCARRON French writer bust Date: 1610 - 1660

Paul Scarron (In Hat)
PAUL SCARRON French writer, wearing a hat Date: 1610 - 1660

Louis Xiii / Anon Eng
LOUIS XIII king of France Date: 1601 - 1643

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