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Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Battle of St Quentin, January 1871. Hand-to-hand fighting between French (right)
530569 Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Battle of St Quentin, January 1871. Hand-to-hand fighting between French (right) and Prussian (left) troops. Wood engraving c1880.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Casting cannon: tapping furnace to allow molten metal to run into the moulds a feet of workmen on left
530558 Casting cannon: tapping furnace to allow molten metal to run into the moulds a feet of workmen on left. On right, puddler is skimming off impurities

World War I 1914-1918: Canadian poster giving 4 Reasons for buying Victory Bonds'
528517 World War I 1914-1918: Canadian poster giving 4 Reasons for buying Victory Bonds'. The reasons are, left to right, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Field Marshal Hindenburg

The Man on the Ball': Cartoon of Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) Prussian statesman
528369 The Man on the Ball': Cartoon of Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) Prussian statesman, having difficulty balancing on the world. His left foot is on France

Army storming a fort. On right scaling ladders are being used. At left some of the defenders are rushing out
528364 Army storming a fort. On right scaling ladders are being used. At left some of the defenders are rushing out, perhaps to make a counter-attack. Japanese print c1895-1900

Chronological Chart of American History, New York, 1881. At foot of tree is Columbus, then Virginia, New York
528331 Chronological Chart of American History, New York, 1881. At foot of tree is Columbus, then Virginia, New York, Landing of Pilgrim Fathers

Group of German musicians. Mid 16th century (engraving)
528000 Group of German musicians. Mid 16th century (engraving); (add.info.: Man on left is holding a hurdy-gurdy, also known as the peasant lyre. Man in the center is playing bagpipes)

Manhunters: William A Pinkerton, centre, son of Alfred Pinkerton founder of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency
527947 Manhunters: William A Pinkerton, centre, son of Alfred Pinkerton founder of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency in 1850, and two of his agents Pat Connell, left

Lavoisier's apparatus for synthesizing water from hydrogen (left) and oxygen (right)
539942 Lavoisier's apparatus for synthesizing water from hydrogen (left) and oxygen (right). From Robert Routledge A Popular History of Science, London, 1881

Wilson sewing machine, showing belt drive (left) from treadle, oil can (centre foreground)
538086 Wilson sewing machine, showing belt drive (left) from treadle, oil can (centre foreground), and spools for thread (right)

Wotan (Odin) god of wisdom, poetry and war. At top left hiss daughter Brunhilder
537952 Wotan (Odin) god of wisdom, poetry and war. At top left hiss daughter Brunhilder, foremost of the Valkyries carries a wounded warrior to Valhalla

Sunset Hues
Avinash Singh

Escaping Into the Void
Frank Moth

Artist's reconstruction of casting weapons in the Iron Age. Left background, heating metal in furnace
531503 Artist's reconstruction of casting weapons in the Iron Age. Left background, heating metal in furnace. Right, pouring molten metal into mould. Centre, Mould opened and cast object removed

Mary Magdalene seeing the apparition of the risen Jesus Christ, c.1500 (engraving)
535911 Mary Magdalene seeing the apparition of the risen Jesus Christ, c.1500 (engraving); (add.info.: in left background angels are shown in the sepulchre. Woodcut c1500)

Interior of Marston Salt Mine, Northwich, Cheshire, England
538077 Interior of Marston Salt Mine, Northwich, Cheshire, England; (add.info.: Interior of Marston Salt Mine, Northwich, Cheshire, England)

Unification of Italy: Garibaldi asking Victor Emmanuel II if he will carry on the game for Italy, 1860 (engraving)
530370 Unification of Italy: Garibaldi asking Victor Emmanuel II if he will carry on the game for Italy, 1860 (engraving); (add.info)

The four great alchemists. 1652 (engraving From Elias Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum London)
541724 The four great alchemists. 1652 (engraving From Elias Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum London); (add.info.: From left to right)

Seaham Colliery, County Durham, England, showing the head gear above the shaft, and work in an active coal seam
526813 Seaham Colliery, County Durham, England, showing the head gear above the shaft, and work in an active coal seam. The central vignettes show two models of miner's lamp, the Davy, left

Hernia Cerebri: Rupture of the Dura Mater by the rapid growth of a brain tumour
526810 Hernia Cerebri: Rupture of the Dura Mater by the rapid growth of a brain tumour. On the left are bone fragments removed from the rupture. The bottom two figures are forms of dressing

Children's games: In foreground boys are playing a form of skittles, on right shuttlecock
532680 Children's games: In foreground boys are playing a form of skittles, on right shuttlecock, left background playing at ball with strung rackets

War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim (Hochstadt) 13 August 1704
531432 War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim (Hochstadt) 13 August 1704. Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736) commander of Imperial army, bottom right points with unsheathed sword

Horse-drawn self-binding reaping machine by Walter A Woods, 1877 (engraving)
527909 Horse-drawn self-binding reaping machine by Walter A Woods, 1877 (engraving); (add.info.: An advance on McCormick's reaper of the 1830s which left the cut corn lying in swathes for)

Byzantine art: The Monk James (James of Kokkinobaphos) Homilies on the Virgin
534711 Byzantine art: The Monk James (James of Kokkinobaphos) Homilies on the Virgin. 12th century (engraving displayed at the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris); (add.info.: Ascension (centre)

Siege of Damietta, Nile Delta. Important commercial centre for Arab textile trade. 18th century (engraving)
533219 Siege of Damietta, Nile Delta. Important commercial centre for Arab textile trade. 18th century (engraving); (add.info.: Briefly in Crusader hands 1219-21, 1249-50 (6th and 7th crusades)

Hades, showing Charon the ferryman, Cerberus, three-headed dog guarding entrance
536432 Hades, showing Charon the ferryman, Cerberus, three-headed dog guarding entrance, Pluto and Proserpine/Persephone (center left) and River Lethe

Shepherds with their flocks and dogs. Figure on left is holding bagpipes and, as well as crooks for handling the sheep
532670 Shepherds with their flocks and dogs. Figure on left is holding bagpipes and, as well as crooks for handling the sheep, there are woodwind instruments on the ground

Assembly of the Provostship of the Merchants of Paris, 16th century (engraving)
531521 Assembly of the Provostship of the Merchants of Paris, 16th century (engraving); (add.info.: From Ordonnances Royaux del la Prevote des Marchands et Eschevinage de la Ville de Paris Paris)

Alexander Sarcophagus showing battle scenes of time of Alexander the Great. 4th century BC (sculpture)
532923 Alexander Sarcophagus showing battle scenes of time of Alexander the Great. 4th century BC (sculpture); (add.info.: Mounted figure is the general Hephaeistion)

Foix. The deer hunt after a 15th century manuscript. 19th century (manuscript)
535081 Foix. The deer hunt after a 15th century manuscript. 19th century (manuscript); (add.info.: B.N. Paris the river. Christopher means Christ bearer, the river was Death (left)

Silk from silk moth (Bombyx) to finished product. Central panel shows lifecycle of moth from egg to adult
531648 Silk from silk moth (Bombyx) to finished product. Central panel shows lifecycle of moth from egg to adult. Surrounding vignettes show trading in and uses of silk

Lavoisier's investigation of the existence of oxygen in the air. Mercury in trough (right)
541898 Lavoisier's investigation of the existence of oxygen in the air. Mercury in trough (right) and in glass balloon (left) on prolonged heating, some red oxide of mercury found in balloon

Adoration of the Shepherds (oil on wood)
534600 Adoration of the Shepherds (oil on wood); (add.info.: triptych attributed to Flemish artist Cornelis Englebrechtsen (Engelberts 1468-1533)

Nant-y-Glow Iron Works, Monmouthshire, Wales (engraving)
542328 Nant-y-Glow Iron Works, Monmouthshire, Wales (engraving); (add.info.: proprietor Richard Crawshay (1739-1810). Hand-coloured engraving c1830 after watercolour by George Robertson c1788

Printing office. On left compositors are at work setting up text using letters from case in front of them
531519 Printing office. On left compositors are at work setting up text using letters from case in front of them. Centre back type is being inked ready to be printed on to paper in flatbed screwjack

The Plumb-pudding in danger:. William Pitt the Younger, British Prime Minister, left
528552 The Plumb-pudding in danger:. William Pitt the Younger, British Prime Minister, left, and Napoleon I of France seated at dining table carving up the globe which is too small to satisfy such

Baker's and Finnemore's Pen Factory, St Paul's Square, Birmingham, England, 1870 (engraving)
532302 Baker's and Finnemore's Pen Factory, St Paul's Square, Birmingham, England, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Baker's and Finnemore's Pen Factory, St Paul's Square)

Footman presenting a card that a caller has left for his mistress. Wood engraving, London, 1888
537316 Footman presenting a card that a caller has left for his mistress. Wood engraving, London, 1888; (add.info.: Footman presenting a card that a caller has left for his mistress)

Casting cannon: tapping furnace to allow molten metal to run into the moulds a feet of workmen on left
530557 Casting cannon: tapping furnace to allow molten metal to run into the moulds a feet of workmen on left. On right, puddler is skimming off impurities

The Protestant Grind-Stone: William III and Queen Mary press the Pope's nose to the grindstone turned by Anglican
528107 The Protestant Grind-Stone: William III and Queen Mary press the Pope's nose to the grindstone turned by Anglican Bishops Sancroft and Compton

Left: Reed pen with a split nib from the Roman Era in Egypt circa 1st Century AD
527709 Left: Reed pen with a split nib from the Roman Era in Egypt circa 1st Century AD. On the right Styli (three stylus pens) used in the Roman Empire c2nd Century AD

Woodcut from John Foxe's The Book of Martyrs, London 1570
527728 Woodcut from John Foxe's The Book of Martyrs, London 1570; (add.info.: Woodcut from John Foxe's Actes and Monuments, depicting the actes and thinges done in the reign of Edward VI)

African-Americans picking cotton on plantation beside the Mississippi, c1883
528415 African-Americans picking cotton on plantation beside the Mississippi, c1883. Plantation house left, workers cabins to its right. Jetty for loading cotton bales, centre

got to get out
Emilio Pino

Virtual capture
Giorgio Pizzocaro

Le cri du goéland, le soir, au-dessus des canisses
Stéphane Pecqueux

Stay put !
Rajat Dhesi

Daydreamers
Katie Andelman

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"Left: A Glimpse into History's Untold Stories" The haunting remains of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, frozen in time since their ill-fated expedition in 1845. The courageous men who embarked on the treacherous journey of the 1924 Everest Expedition, leaving footprints on the roof of the world. Four stoic Eddystone Lighthouses standing tall against relentless waves, guiding ships to safety through centuries. Alexander Hamilton immortalized in a full-length portrait, forever captured as he stood with determination and vision. All that was left of them - a poignant image capturing the resilience and sacrifice of the 17th Lancers near Modderfontein. Maguiresbridge in Co Fermanagh whispers tales from its past, where fragments of history are etched into every stone left behind. Witnessing grandeur unfold as R. M. S Queen Mary majestically launched into Clydebank's waters, marking an era defined by elegance and luxury (September 1934). The Battle of Abu Klea echoes bravery amidst adversity on January 17th, 1885 – a testament to those who never faltered even when hope seemed lost. Three Royal Navy helicopters hover alongside St Michaels Mount – a juxtaposition between modern technology and ancient beauty. Rosa Luxemburg's legacy lives on through her unwavering dedication to social justice; her ideas continue to inspire generations today. Ballyhalbert stands proud in Co Down – a picturesque village where stories intertwine with nature's breathtaking landscapes. Tsar Nicholas II surrounded by his beloved family - an intimate glimpse into their lives before tragedy struck. In each fragment left behind lies untold narratives waiting for curious minds to unravel them—a reminder that history is not just about what has gone but also what still lingers within our collective memory.