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Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Dominique Francois Jean Arago (1786-1853)

Dominique Francois Jean Arago (1786-1853) French astronomer, physicist and politician. Lithograph published Paris c1820

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)

George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860). Scottish statesman: British Prime Minister 1852-1855 during Crimean War. Wood engraving 1860

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)

George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860). Scottish statesman. British Prime Minister 1852-55. Supported Free Trade. Engraving published London c1860

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Wreckage of the plane in which the British pilot Flight-Lieutenant Warneford was killed

Wreckage of the plane in which the British pilot Flight-Lieutenant Warneford was killed on 17 June 1915. Awarded Victoria Cross for shooting down Zeppelin LZ 37 on 7 June 1915

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: British pilot Albert Ball

British pilot Albert Ball posing with trophies from his 43rd victory. Shot down and killed 7 May 1917 after his 47th victory. World War I

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Flight-Sergeant Frantz and his mechanic Guenault

Flight-Sergeant Frantz and his mechanic Guenault who, on 5 October 1914, shot down a German Aviatik from their voisin biplane. First aerial victory of World War I

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: German troops marching into Paris. Wood engraving c1880

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Woman carrying a load of coal up a turnpike spiral stair - Scotland

Woman carrying a load of coal up a turnpike spiral stair - Scotland. From Matthias Dunn A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1848. Engraving

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Jainism - Indian religion. Jain cosmos

Jainism - Indian religion. Jain cosmos

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700-1760)

Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700-1760), German theologian, pupil of Francke and convert to pietism. Revived the Moravian Church, and aided its establishment in America. Wood engraving

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: India: Great Stupa at Sanchi, 75-50 BC

India: Great Stupa at Sanchi, 75-50 BC, south gate (torana) architraves

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Henri de la Tour d Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne (1611-75)

Henri de la Tour d Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne (1611-75). Protestant soldier. Marshal of France. Thirty Years War. After an engraving by Nanteuil

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Battery of Japanese siege guns bombarding Port Arthur, 8 October 1904

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Heiachiro Togo (1847-1934)

Heiachiro Togo (1847-1934) Japanese naval commander. Commander-in-Chief during Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Generals Stoessel (Russian) and Nogi (Japanese) meeting to arrange terms for the capitulation of Port Arthur by the Russians. January 1905

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Cimmerian Sibyl: (Nuremberg Chronicle) Nuremberg 1493. Woodcut

Cimmerian Sibyl: (Nuremberg Chronicle) Nuremberg 1493. Woodcut
Cimmerian Sibyl: From Hartmann Schedel " Liber chronicarum mundi" (Nuremberg Chronicle) Nuremberg 1493. Woodcut

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish dramatist, critic and Fabian. Photograph published London 1890-1894. Woodburytype

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Indians consulting his magician (shaman) before going into battle

Indians consulting his magician (shaman) before going into battle
Chief of the Florida Indians consulting his magician (shaman) before going into battle. From John Hamilton Moore " A New and Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels" late 18th century

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish dramatist, critic and Fabian. After a photograph published London c1930

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: The Angel with the Book. Bible Revelation 10: 1-6. Wood engraving c1860

The Angel with the Book. Bible Revelation 10: 1-6. Wood engraving c1860
The Angel with the Book. " Bible" Revelation 10:1-6. Wood engraving c1860

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Lucius Annaeus Seneca (The Younger) c5 BC-65 AD

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (The Younger) c5 BC-65 AD. Ancient Roman Stoic philosopher, committing suicide in his bath, having antagonised Nero

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Micah the Moreshtite prophet

Micah the Moreshtite prophet telling the Israelites " For, behold, the Lord cometh forth... and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth." Bible" Micah I:3

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Magi making their symbolic offerings of Gold for royalty

Magi making their symbolic offerings of Gold for royalty, Frankincense for divinity, and Myrrh for bitterness and suffering, to the infant Jesus

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Giralomo Savonarola (1452-1498)

Giralomo Savonarola (1452-1498) Italian political and religious reformer, a member of the Dominican Order

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Shabbetai Zevi (1626-1676)

Shabbetai Zevi (1626-1676) Turkish-born Jew who claimed to be the Messiah. Here blessing Jewish congregation at Smyrna c1665. From " The Counterfeit Messiah or False Christ of the Jews"

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Page from Dresden Maya manuscript

Page from Dresden Maya manuscript showing section of a tonalamatl, a sacred season of 260 days. God Quetalcoatl is represented to left and right, centre ferrying a woman, and bottom left with an axe

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Magi presenting gifts to infant Jesus

Magi presenting gifts to infant Jesus. Overhead is star (novaja) said to have led them to Bethlehem. From Stanislaus de Lubienietski " Historia Universalis Omulum Cometarum" Amsterdam 1666

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza

Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza used as astronomical observatory by ancient Egyptian priests. Illustration of Piazzi Smyths theory. Artists reconstruction 1891. Engraving

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)

Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) German abbess and mystic, bottom left; looking up at her vision of Man, the microcosm, embraced by God and the macrocosm. Engraving

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)

Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) German abbess and mystic. Her vision of the Fall of the Angels, by some considered to be evidence that Hildegard suffered from migraine

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Country girl having her hand read by an itinerant fortune teller

Country girl having her hand read by an itinerant fortune teller
Chiromancy: Country girl having her hand read by an itinerant fortune teller who sees misfortunes ahead. Illustration by William Marshall Craig (c1765-c1834). Engraving

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Michel Nostradamus (1503-1556)

Michel Nostradamus (1503-1556) French physician and astrologer. 17th century copperplate engraving

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza

Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza as astronomical observatory, showing how the passage to the subterranean chamber (not shown) acted as an observing tube

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Title page of chapter on Chiromancy from Robert Fludd

Title page of chapter on Chiromancy from Robert Fludd " Utriusque cosmi... historia" Oppenheim 1617-1619 showing the lines of the hand. Copperplate engraving

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Chiromancy: Lines of the closed hand from Andre Corvo

Chiromancy: Lines of the closed hand from Andre Corvo " L Art de Chyromance" Lyons c1545. Woodcut

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Peter Christian Asbjornsen (1812-1885)

Peter Christian Asbjornsen (1812-1885) Norwegian folklorist and naturalist. Inspector of Forests for Trondheim. " Norske Folkeeventyr" (1841-1844 with Jorgen Moe)

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Thomas Arnold (1795-1842)

Thomas Arnold (1795-1842) British educationalist and scholar, headmaster of Rugby School, speaking to one of the schoolboys

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)

Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) British poet, critic and educationalist. Eldest son of Thomas Arnold, headmaster of Rugby School. Engraving after drawing by Frederick Augustus Sandys

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Svante August Arrhenius (1859-1927)

Svante August Arrhenius (1859-1927) Swedish physicist and chemist; Nobel prize for Chemistry 1902; Director of Nobel Institute 1905. Picture of Arrhenius in his laboratory published 1909

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)

Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) British poet, critic and educationalist. Eldest son of Thomas Arnold, headmaster of Rugby School

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927)

Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) Swedish physicist and chemist. Nobel prize for chemistry 1902. Director of Nobel Institute 1905. Arrhenius in 1903

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: William George Armstrong (1810-1900)

William George Armstrong (1810-1900) British industrialist and inventor: Elswick Engine Works, Newcastle: Armstrong Gun. Built Cragside, his home, which he fitted with electricity. Engraving of 1874

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)

Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) British poet, critic and educationalist. Eldest son of Thomas Arnold, headmaster of Rugby School. Lithograph after portrait of Arnold c1880

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Edwin Arnold (1832-1904)

Edwin Arnold (1832-1904) British orientalist, poet and journalist. Leader writer for " The Daily Telegraph" 1861: Chief editor 1873. Photograph published London c1890. Woodburytype

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: William George Armstrong (1810-1900)

William George Armstrong (1810-1900) British industrialist, inventor and scientist. Elswick Engine Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Armstrong gun

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Henry Harley Arnold (1886-1950)

Henry Harley Arnold (1886-1950) American air force officer: chief of US Army Air Forces 1941, with British Field Marshal John Dill during World War II

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: Henry Harley Arnold (1886-1950)

Henry Harley Arnold (1886-1950) American air force officer. Chief of US Army Air Forces (1941), Wolrd War II

Background imageUniversal History Archive Collection: William George Armstrong (1810-1900)

William George Armstrong (1810-1900) British industrialist and inventor: Elswick Engine Works, Newcastle: Armstrong Gun. Built Cragside, his home, which he fitted with electricity



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