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January Collection: Strike breaking coal miners in Rhondda Valley, Wales

Strike breaking coal miners in Rhondda Valley, Wales
Strike breaking coal miners in the Rhondda Valley, Wales, with their lamps before going down the pit. They are wearing khaki - colored arm bands with the crown stamped on it

January Collection: George Wilhelm Steller (1709 - 1746)

George Wilhelm Steller (1709 - 1746)
Stellers Sea - Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas/Rhytina gigas) a sea - cow almost 6 meters long, discovered by George Wilhelm Steller (1709 - 1746) on Behrings second expedition to Kamchatka (1741)

John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland (1520 - 1553) married his son to Lady Jane Grey and opposed the succession of Mary I. Engraving after the portrait by Holbein

January Collection: Departure of Prince Siddhartha, illustration

Departure of Prince Siddhartha, illustration
Departure of Prince Siddhartha; Siddhartha Guataman (c.563 - c.483 BC), founder of Buddhism. Became supreme Buddha c528 BC

Portrait of Pietro Lando

January Collection: Buddha as mendicant in saffron robes

Buddha as mendicant in saffron robes
Prince Siddhartha: Siddhartha Guataman (c563 - c483 BC) founder of Buddhism. Became supreme Buddha c528 BC. Buddha as mendicant in saffron robes

January Collection: Representation of people of New World

Representation of people of New World
First published representation of people of the New World. Human flesh is being eaten (top left), and part of a human body is hanging from a beam (centre top)

January Collection: Dentistry in 17th century, France

Dentistry in 17th century, France
Dentistry in 17th century France. While the dentist is pulling the mans tooth his assistant is picking the patients purse

January Collection: March, Astrological sign of Aries, Ram

March, Astrological sign of Aries, Ram
March. Astrological sign of Aries, the Ram. From the " Bedford Hours", French 15th century illuminated manuscript

January Collection: Engraving of goddess Hecate

Engraving of goddess Hecate
Hecate, triple - bodied daughter of the Titan Perses and of Asteria. As goddess of the lower world, in Ancient Greek mythology she ruled over magic, ghosts and witchcraft. Wood engraving

Michael Alberti (1682 - 1757) German physician and a founder of forensic medicine, born in Nuremberg. engraving from " Icones Virorum" by Friedrich Roth - Scholtz (Nuremberg, 1725)

January Collection: Title page of Luthers Old Testament

Title page of Luthers Old Testament
Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) German religious reformer. Title page of Luthers translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew into German (1534)

January Collection: Knight of Malta also called Knight Hospitaller

Knight of Malta also called Knight Hospitaller. Member of the Order of St John of Jerusalem founded end 11th century, dedicated to fighting the " infidel" and treating sick and wounded

January Collection: Hotel - Dieu de Paris

Hotel - Dieu de Paris. On the right nuns feed their patients while, bottom left, corpses are sewn into shrouds. In top left a priest gives the sacrament to a patient while a nun folds the hands of a

January Collection: Doctor examining urine sample

Doctor examining urine sample
Physician examining a sample of urine from the patient lying in bed. Woodcut from " Regimen Sanitatis" (The Salernian Rule of Health)

January Collection: Dissection in progress

Dissection in progress
A dissection in progress. From " Le livre de la propriete des choses" (On the Properites of Things) written by the English Franciscan monk Bartholomew Glanville called Bartolomaeus Anglicus

January Collection: Birth of Julius Caesar

Birth of Julius Caesar (c100 - 44 BC) by caesarian section. From Filippion Beroaldos (1453 - 1505) edition of Seutonius " Lives of the Caesars" which repeated the legend of Caesars birth

Lack of hygiene
A confinement showing complete lack of hygiene with people eating and drinking, a child playing, and a dog gnawing a bone, all in the same room in which a baby has just been delivered

Doctor examining urine sample
Physician examining a sample of urine from the patient lying in bed. From " Le livre de la propriete des choses" (On the Properites of Things)

Dissection in progress
A dissection in progress. From " Le livre de la propriete des choses" (On the Properites of Things) written by the English Franciscan monk Bartholomew Glanville

January Collection: Greatracks touched for Scrofula

Greatracks touched for Scrofula
Valentine Greatracks or Greatorex (1628 - 1666), known as Grearakes the Stroker. Greatracks touched for the Kings Evil (Scrofula) which he also treated with carrot poultices. Woodcut 1837

January Collection: Astrologers casting horoscope

Astrologers casting horoscope
Astrologers casting a horoscope for the child being born to the woman in the foreground seated in a birthing chair. She is supported by two women while the midwife delivers the baby

Internal organs of the human body. From Gregor Reisch " Margarita Philosophica", Basle, 1508

Hippocrates of Cos (born c460 BC) Ancient Greek physician. Woodcut from Hartmann Schedel " Liber chronicarum mundi" (Nuremberg Chronicle), Nuremberg, 1493

January Collection: Four Humors with their animals

Four Humors with their animals
The Four Humors with their representative animals. Choleric, with lion: Sanguine, with ape: Phlegmatic, with sheep: Melancholic, with pig

January Collection: Distillation of medicines

Distillation of medicines. Female in centre is sorting herbs to be used in various concoctions. From " Le livre de la propriete des choses" (On the Properites of Things)

January Collection: Female Mandrake plant

Female Mandrake plant. Woodcut from Johannis de Cuba " Ortus Sanitatis", Strasbourg, 1483. A soporific was obtained from the root and its properties were probably known to the Babylonians

Male Mandrake plant. Woodcut from Johannis de Cuba " Ortus Sanitatis", Strasbourg, 1483. A soporific was obtained from the root and its properties were probably known to the Babylonians

Head and neck
Plate of the head and neck including at IX and X the bones of the ear. From Bartolommeo Eustachi " Tabulae Anatomicae", second edition, Amsterdam, 1722

January Collection: Birth by caesarian section

Birth by caesarian section
Illustration of birth by caesarian section from Scipione Mercurio " La Commare o Raccoglitrice..." Verona, 1642. Mercurio recommended caesarian section in cases of contracted pelvis

Birthing chair in use. Midwife works underneath the mothers clothing while her assistant supports the mother from behind. 16th century woodcut from Eucharius Roslin " The Garden of Roses"

January Collection: Illustration from Fourteenth Century on Surgery

Illustration from Fourteenth Century on Surgery
The anatomy lesson. Engraving after a manuscript of the work of the French surgeon Guy de Chaulliac (c1300 - 1368)

January Collection: German airship designed by Count von Zeppelin

German airship designed by Count von Zeppelin
A German airship designed by Count von Zeppelin and, at the top right corner, the much smaller French airship Parseval. Liebig trade card c1900

January Collection: Doctor applying Bezoar stone

Doctor applying Bezoar stone
Physician applying a Bezoar stone to a victim of poisoning. The stone was extracted from the gall - bladder or stomach of an animal such as a goat or an antelope

Doctor examining urine sample
Physician in a hospital ward examining a specimen of urine. 17th century engraving by (Gasper) Bouttata

Woman hatching baby
Woman hatching a baby from an egg she has incubated. Incident reported by the Ancient Greek historian Herodotus (c485 - 425 BC)

January Collection: Thaddeus Kosciuszko (1746 - 1817) portrait

Thaddeus Kosciuszko (1746 - 1817) portrait
Thaddeus Kosciuszko (1746 - 1817) Polish soldier and patriot. Engraving

January Collection: Sandals and toe caps of King Tutankhamen

Sandals and toe caps of King Tutankhamen, Egyptian Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty. Ruled 1333 BC - 1324 BC, during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom

January Collection: March, Astrological sign of Aries

March, Astrological sign of Aries
March. Astrological sign of Aries. Pruning. From the " Bedford Hours", French 15th century illuminated manuscript

January Collection: Early 16th century life

Early 16th century life. August: The grain harvest. Reaping with sickles. Workers being brought refreshment by woman. Sheaves of grain being carted to barn or mill (centre left)

January Collection: June, tournament, 16th century Flemish calendar

June, tournament, 16th century Flemish calendar
June: A tournament. Early 16th century Flemish manuscript calendar

January Collection: Comparison of embryos of Pig, Cow, Rabbit and Man

Comparison of embryos of Pig, Cow, Rabbit and Man
Haeckels comparison of embryos of Pig, Cow, Rabbit and Man. Top row, all embryos show gill slit at O, demonstrating his Recapitulation theory

January Collection: Portrait of Christopher Columbus

Portrait of Christopher Columbus
Engraving of an ivory niello showing Christopher Columbus (1451 - 1506), Genoese explorer, on board his ship during his voyage to America

January Collection: Chief Wahunsonacock smoking in his hut

Chief Wahunsonacock smoking in his hut
Top: Chief Wahunsonacock (father of Pocahontas) head of Powhatan confederacy of Algonquin - speaking tribes smoking in his hut

January Collection: Christopher Columbus looking at sailing ships

Christopher Columbus looking at sailing ships
Christopher Columbus (1451 - 1506), Genoese explorer, discovering America. Woodcut, Florence, 1493. Ferdinand II of Aragon points to Columbus in Santa Maria as she approaches land with the Pinta

View of Venice from title page of Amerigo Vespucci " Voyages", 1521. Authorship ascribed to either Francan or Zorzi

January Collection: Minamoto Yorimoto on horse

Minamoto Yorimoto on horse
Minamoto Yorimoto (1147 - 1199) Japanese warrior and founder of the feudal form of Japanese government, the Shogunate, 1192. Artists impression

January Collection: Mechanical blacksmiths

Mechanical blacksmiths
Hero of Alexandrias (lst century AD) mechanical blacksmiths. Woodcut from " Gli Artificiose e curiosi moti spiritale de Herone", Bologna, 1647. The mechanism is powered by water

January Collection: Knight Templar in travelling dress

Knight Templar in travelling dress. Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, founded c1119 to protect pilgrims from maruading Muslims. Order Suppressed by Pope Clement V in 1312

January Collection: John Dee (1527 - 1608) English alchemist

John Dee (1527 - 1608) English alchemist, geographer and mathematician. 18th century copperplate engraving

January Collection: Engraving of Edward Kelley - English astrologer

Engraving of Edward Kelley - English astrologer
Edward Kelley or Kelly (active 1575) English astrologer and alchemist. Assistant to John Dee. Copperplate engraving circa 1700

January Collection: George Whitefield (1714 - 1770) founder of Methodism

George Whitefield (1714 - 1770) founder of Methodism
George Whitefield (1714 - 1770) English evangelist and a founder of Methodism. Whitefield preaching in the open air. Wood engraving c1870

January Collection: Etched portrait of Nicholas Culpepper (1616 - 1654)

Etched portrait of Nicholas Culpepper (1616 - 1654)
Nicholas Culpepper (1616 - 1654). English physician, herbalist and astrologer and, bottom, Red Lion House at Spitalfields, London, where he lived. 19th century engraving

Etched portrait of Nicholas Culpepper (1616 - 1654)
Nicholas Culpepper (1616 - 1654) English physician, herbalist and astrologer Frontispiece from his " School of Physick" showing him with hand on a skull and with blank horoscope chart

January Collection: Pilgrim Fathers on way to church

Pilgrim Fathers on way to church
Pilgrim Fathers on their way to church. Pilgrim Fathers, the Puritans who settled in Plymouth in 1620 and founded the first permanent colony in New England. Engraving after picture by GH Boughton

Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) German Protestant reformer, left, with John Oecolampadius, John Frederick the Magnanimous, Elector of Ernestine Saxony (one of Luthers protectors)

Philip Melancthon (Schwarzerd) 1497 - 1560, German Protestant reformer. 18th century engraving after original likeness by Durer

January Collection: Work on Bible translation

Work on Bible translation
Left to Right: Philip Melancthon (1497 - 1560), Martin Luther (1483 - 1546), Pomeranus (Johann Bugenhagen 1485 - 1558) and Cruciger (Gaspard Creuziger 1504 - 1548)

Leo Xs Papal Bull
Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) German Protestant reformer. Title page of Leo Xs Papal Bull excommunicating him. 1520

Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) German Protestant reformer. After woodcut by Cranach (1546)

Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) German Protestant reformer, burning the Papal Bull excommunicating him. Wittenberg, 1520

Pope Leo X (Giovanni de Medici 1475 - 1521, Pope from 1513) supervising the burning of Martin Luthers books after the first Diet of Worms, 1521. Woodcut

January Collection: Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (1536 - 1608)

Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (1536 - 1608) English statesman and diplomat. As commissioner of state trials, he announced to Mary Queen of Scots her death sentence, 1586. Engraving

Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel (1557 - 1595) English nobleman. He professed Roman Catholicism in 1584, was fined and imprisoned and died in the Tower of London. Engraving after portrait by Zucchero

January Collection: Great Pond at Elvetham

Great Pond at Elvetham
The Great Pond at Elvetham in 1591, the scene of the entertainment given by the Earl of Hertford during the visit of Elizabeth I. The Queens presence seat and her attendants at A, top left. Engraving

January Collection: Louis XIII of France (1601 - 1643). Reigned from 1610

Louis XIII of France (1601 - 1643). Reigned from 1610. Son of Henry IV and Marie de Medici, father of Louis XIV. Copperplate equestrian portrait published 1629

Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel (1511 - 1580) English statesman. Leader of the Roman Catholic party after the death of Mary I

Battle of La Hogue. Anglo - Dutch naval victory over the French under Tourville, 19 May 1692. War of the Grand Alliance. Engraving after painting by Benjamin West

Philip Melancthon (Schwarzerd) 1497 - 1560. German Protestant reformer. Portrait after Holbein

January Collection: Charles, Archduke of Austria

Charles, Archduke of Austria (1771 - 1847) Celebrated general. Defeated Napoleon at Aspern (May 1809). Copperplate engraving c1815

Battle of Blenheim (Hochstadt) 13 August 1704 (new style). Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy victorius. War of the Spanish succession. Hand - colored engraving

January Collection: Louis XIII of France

Louis XIII of France (1601 - 1643). Reigned from 1610. Son of Henry IV and Marie de Medici, father of Louis XIV. Copperplate equestrian portrait published 1623

Wire Worker. From 16th century woodcut by Jost Amman

Mariners Mirrour
Francis Drake (c1540 - 1596) English navigator and privateer. Engraving

January Collection: Leper with begging bowl and rattle

Leper with begging bowl and rattle
Leprosy: Leper with begging bowl and bell or rattle which he is shaking to warn that he is unclean. Engraving after a 13th century manuscript " Miroir historial" of Vincent de Beauvais

January Collection: Dice Makers Workshop

Dice Makers Workshop. From 16th century woodcut by Jost Amman

Plant of Centaury
A plant of Centaury from a 13th century Anglo - Norman herbal. The plant is named after Chiron the Centaur who in Ancient Greek legend cured a wound from a poisoned arrow with Centaury

January Collection: Laying siege cannon on target

Laying siege cannon on target.Bottom right is a gunners level. Earth - filled baskets called gabions give some protection for guns and men

January Collection: Clasp Makers Workshop

Clasp Makers Workshop
The Clasp Makers Workshop. From 16th century woodcut by Jost Amman

January Collection: Man visited by scourge of leprosy

Man visited by scourge of leprosy
Man visited by the scourge of leprosy. Disease was often thought to be Gods punishment for a sinful act or acts. From Hans van Gersdorff " Veldt Boeck van den Chirugia Scheel - Hans"

January Collection: Gunners laying siege

Gunners laying siege to a moated and fortified enclosure. Attackers are using earth - filled baskets called gabions to protect their guns and themselves

Irish men and women in the time of Elizabeth I. 16th century

January Collection: Illustration for Edmund Spensers poem

Illustration for Edmund Spensers poem
Illustration for February for Edmund Spensers poem " The Shepherds Calendar", 1597. Woodcut

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