Images Dated 27th June 2018 (#2)

MAP / NETHERLANDS 1827
Map of the Netherlands Date: 1827

MAP / NETHERLANDS 1788
Map of the Seven United Provinces, with the Dutch, Austrian and French Netherlands Date: 1788

MAP / EUROPE / GREECE / HOMER
Map of Ancient Greece, Phrygia and Crete at the time of Homer Date: BC

MAP / MIDDLESEX MID-18C
Map of Middlesex Date: mid-18th century

MAP / NORTH AMERICA 1827
Map of North America Date: 1827

MAP / AFRICA / SAHARA 1719
Map of the Sahara Desert with Nubia, part of Egypt and part of Abyssinia Date: 1719

MAP / BERKSHIRE 18C
Map of Berkshire Date: 18th century

WORLD MAP / STRUTT 10C
An ancient world map: note the buildings in some of the important cities Date: 10th century

WORLD MAP / MOSAIC 6
A world map with Greek and Latin inscriptions, showing various rivers and seas, and the four winds blowing Date: 6th century

MAP / EUROPE / RUSSIA 1549
A map of Russia, concentrating on the areas surrounding Moscow. Date: 1549

GAMING DEN / MYTTON
A hell of a row in a hell. Mytton shows fight. A brawl breaks out amongst some high- spirited gents in a gaming den. Included is the eccentric squire John Mytton (1796-1834) Date: 1820s

MAP / BRITAIN / WALES 18C
Map of Carmarthen and Glamorgan Shires Date: mid 18th century

GROWTH OF PRUSSIA / MAP
The growth of Prussia between 1815 and 1866 Date: 1866

MAP / EASTERN EUROPE 1550
A detailed map of Eastern Europe, showing the major regions, cities, rivers and lakes. The map stretches from Constantinople in the East to Strasbourg in the West. Date: 1550

WHEN TRUTH EMERGES
Truth dwells at the bottom of a well - but when she emerges, the population panics

GRANDFATHER SEAMAN 1874
The North-West Passage -- an old seadog and his granddaughter, with the sea visible through the window on the left. Date: 1874

RACIAL / BLACKBIRD BURIAL
Omaha chief Blackbird asks to be buried, with his favourite war-horse, on top of a bluff overlooking the Missouri river Date: circa 1860

SACRED HEARTS 18C
The Sacred Heart of Mary has a dagger stuck in it, symbolising her sorrows; that of Jesus displays a wound, and is encircled by his crown of thorns Date: 18th century

THE REAL PRESENCE
To settle the question whether he is really present in the sacrament of bread (his body) and wine (his blood) Jesus appears to Pope Gregorius I and tells him yes, he is, Date: 6th century

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
Two knights dispute whether the Immaculate Conception is true or not, and decide it with a joust : needless to say, the believer is the winner... Date: 16th century

NUN & CHORUS-GIRL NUN & CHORUS-GIRL
The NUN and the CHORUS-GIRL are both welcome in Heaven Date: 1866

MAP / AFRICA / MADAGASCAR
Most of the interior of the island is described as unexplored Date: mid 19th century

MAP / USA / BOSTON HARBOUR
BOSTON HARBOUR AND VICINITY Date: circa 1860

MAPS / AMERICAS / W. INDIES
An illustrated map of the West Indies and the islands of the Antilles. Date: 1590s

NORTHERN NAVIGATION
The Navigation of the Northern Seas showing Spitzbergen and the coasts of Scandinavia and Russia Date: circa 1700

MAP / NORTH AMERICA C1800
A fascinating map of North America, from the Russian settlements in the NW via the territory of the Long-Hair Indians to New Albion and Tecas (sic) Date: circa 1800

MAP / EUROPE / FRANCE 12C
Map of France showing English possessions between 1165 and 1453. Date: 12th-15th century

CHASTITY ALLEGORISED
CHASTITY PERSONIFIED A chaste girl walks through the wicked world, shy but confident, while the unchaste (dark-skinned) shrink away, and other girls admire her Date: circa 1850

GOD CREATES
God creates... Date: YEAR ZERO

GOD CREATING
God creates... Date: YEAR ZERO

GOD & HIS ANGELS GOD & HIS ANGELS
God tells his angels his plan to send Jesus to Earth as a man : some angels disapprove and rebel, forming a breakaway settlement in Hell, whence they harass Gods creation

GOD AND HIS ANGELS
God tells his angels his plan to send Jesus to Earth as a man : some angels disapprove and rebel, forming a breakaway settlement in Hell, whence they harass Gods creation

OFFERING HEART TO GOD
Thus should the Pious Christian make an Offering of his Heart to God, as twere on a burning Altar of Sacrifice Date: 17th century

WHAT GOD & WOMEN WANT WHAT GOD & WOMEN WANT
What a woman wants, God wants - a wife persuades her husband that God would like her to have this expensive cashmere shawl Date: circa 1850

MILLENNIUM PROPHECY
From 1901 to 2901 - A child leading a lion, and the wolf and lamb dwelling together, and the leopard and kid and the cow and bear Date: 1887

CONCEPTS / DESTINY
The Spindle of Necessity, by which the Cosmos is regulated and which governs the lives of all of us : the three Parcae are shown with the Goddess Date: 1857

TRIUMPH OF VIRTUE
The triumph of virtue

SACRED HEART OF JESUS
THE SACRED HEART Mary and Joseph have a dramatic aerial vision of their sons heart, bleeding, flaming, wrapped in thorns but lighting up the heavens

MAP / AFRICA / MOROCCO 1719
LEmpire du Cherif de Fez, Maroc, Sus &c. the Moroccan empire in the early 18th century, with the Atlas Mountains and the Sahara Date: 1719

ANGELS AND ABRAHAM
Three angels tell Abraham that his wife Sara will have a son. Not all angels have wings or other identifying features, so any of us may - like Abraham - entertain angels unawares

GOOD ANGELS
GUARDIAN ANGELS Evil dragons would like to gobble up this innocent infant, but fortunately Good Angels are on hand to snatch it from their jaws

MAPS / WORLD / HOMER 9BC
The world as known to Homer Date: 9th century BC

WHISPERING ANGEL
THE ANGELS WHISPER a friendly female winged angel kneels down beside an infant sleeping in its cot, and whispers encouraging words into its left ear Date: 1851

PURSUIT OF FORTUNE
The pursuit of Fortune - a blindfolded man stumbles hopefully after a plump Lady Luck Date: 1902

Map of Southern Africa
A map of Southern Africa, showing Natal and the Cape Colony. Date: 1885

Map of Africa 1818
Map of Africa in 1818 Date: 1818

ROYAL ARTILLERY MEMORIAL
The Royal Artillery Memorial at London's Hyde Park Corner; a view of the tomb of the unknown soldier containing the the Royal Artillery's roll of honour. Date: mid 20th century

ROYAL ARTILLERY MEMORIAL
The Royal Artillery Memorial at London's Hyde Park Corner; a view of the relief depicting the struggle of artillery troops in battle Date: mid 20th century

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping