Lucy Maud Montgomery , Canadian author of collection of novels, essays, and poetry, including the 1908 novel, 'Anne of Green Gables'.
Flora Wambaugh Patterson engaged in scientific research for over 20 years, comparing studies of fungus diseases of plants, the scientific...
Untitled work showing poor London family selling goods on the street in the 19th century. After an illustration by Gustave Doré in the 1873 English...
Winston Churchill decorated with France's highest military honour, The Medaille Militaire, in the courtyard of the Invalides, Paris, France, 1947....
Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland, seen here from the opposite shore in the 19th century. From Around The Coast, An Album of Pictures from Photographs...
Early 20th century fashion advertisement for dresses for dull days. A chic coatee, Tailor-made jupe, A knockabout costume. From The World and his...
Early 20th century fashion advertisement for dresses for bright days. The vogue of stripes, Simple smartness, For table d'hote wear. From The World...
The Battle of the Nile also called the Battle of Aboukir Bay, fought between the British Royal Navy and the Navy of the French Republic at Aboukir...
Edith Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry, née Chaplin, 1878 – 1959. Noted and influential society hostess in the United Kingdom...
Title page and frontispiece of a 1651 edition of Francis Bacon's Sylva sylvarum: or A natural history. In ten centuries; whereunto is newly added the...
Cardinal Jules Raymond Mazarin, 1st Duke of Rethel, Mayenne and Nevers, 1602 – 1661, born Giulio Raimondo Mazzarini or Mazarini. Italian cardinal,...
Galatea, an Arethusa-class light cruiser. This photograph shows the aircraft mounted on the catapilt amidships. From British Warships, published 1940.
Cornwall, pennant number 56, a County-class heavy cruiser of the Kent sub-class. She was sunk during The Indian Ocean raid, aka Operation C or Battle...
An expedition of French and English knights under the command of the Duke of Bourbon in 1390, the Barbary Crusade against the Hafsids of Tunis.
Don Quixote's Extraordinary Battle. After an illustration by Walter Crane for an edition of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes.
The destruction of the Turkish fleet in the Aegean sea by the Russians in the naval Battle of Chesme, 7th July during the Russo-Turkish War .
Saint Francis preaches to the birds. Saint Francis of Assisi, born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, 1181/1182 – 1226. Italian Catholic friar, deacon...
Berwick, pennant number 65, a County-class heavy cruiser of the British Royal Navy, part of the Kent subclass. From British Warships, published 1940.
Buffalo Dance. Or Bison Dance. Many North American Plains Indians performed this ceremony which normally coincided with the annual return of the...
Mawlay Abd al-Rahman bin Hisham, 1778 Sultan of Morocco from 30 November 1822 to 28 August 1859, as a ruler of the 'Alawi dynasty. From L'Univers...
Members of the New York Board of Health examine animals stricken by cattle plague in 1868. After an illustration in Frank Leslie's Illustrated...
Robert Burns, 1759 –1796, aka Rabbie Burns. Scottish poet and lyricist. From L'Univers Illustre, published Paris, 1859.
Eagle, aircraft carrier of the British Royal Navy. Originally laid down in 1913 for Chile, as a battleship, purchased in 1918 and converted into an...
The port of Shanghai, China seen here in the 19th century. From L'Univers Illustre, published Paris, 1859.
General view of Turin, Italy, seen here in the 19th century. From L'Univers Illustre, published Paris, 1859.
Joan of Arc telling the people of her first vision of the Virgin. Joan of Arc 1412 - 1431, aka Jeanne d'Arc or Jeanne la Pucelle. French heroine and...
Devonshire. County-class heavy cruiser of the London sub-class. From British Warships, published 1940.
Renown. The battle-cruiser which fought the Scharnhorst in a snowstorm off Narvik. From British Warships, published 1940.
John Adams Dix, 1798 – 1879. American politician. He was Secretary of the Treasury and the 24th Governor of New York. He served as a Union...
King Alfred in hiding in Athelney, Somerset. Alfred the Great, 848/49 – 899. King of the West Saxons, 871 - c. 886 and king of the Anglo-Saxons, c....
Diagram of the Ark Royal, an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. From British Warships, published 1940.
The Fatal Effect of the Plague of 1665. After an engraving by English artist Robert Smirke. Figures suggest as many as 100,000 people - a quarter of...
The landing of the Romans in Briton, 55B.C. From History of England, 55B.C. To the present time, published 1907.
The rotative beam engine known as the Corliss Centennial Engine which supplied power to most of the exhibits at the Centennial Exposition in...
King Henry VIII and the Miller of Dee. Henry VIII, 1491 – 1547. King of England, 1509 From L'Univers Illustre, published Paris, 1859.
The Battle of Sedan 1 - 2 September 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War 1870 Map of the disposition of forces at approximately midday 2 September...
Queen Elizabeth . Seen here after her modernization, this bow view shows her secondary battery of dual purpose guns in turrets. From British...
Group of female students at work in the dissecting room of the Medical College for Women on East Twelfth Street and Second Avenue, New York, USA....
Women students attend a lecture in the general lecture room at the Medical College for Women on East Twelfth Street and Second Avenue, New York, USA....
Amateur Rocky Mountain stage driving. After a work by American artist Frederic Sackrider Remington, 1861 – 1909.
Diagram of HMS Eagle, aircraft carrier of the British Royal Navy. Originally laid down in 1913 for Chile, as a battleship, purchased in 1918 and...
Saint-Ouen Abbey, Rouen, France, seen here in the 19th century. The construction of this large Gothic Catholic church and former Benedictine monastic...
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. A 19th century view on the River Tyne. From Around The Coast, An Album of Pictures from Photographs of...
