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RF2KDHB55–This print showing Rama's Marriage dates to 1913. According to the Ramayana, Lord Shiva had gifted a celestial bow to King Janaka of Mithila. King Janaka set the condition that he would marry his daughter Sita to the person who would be able to string Pinaka, the bow of Lord Shiva. In the assembly of the court of King Janaka, Rama effortlessly lifted the bow and stringed it, and then, stretching the bowstring to examine its tautness, Rama unintentionally broke the bow, the sound of its breaking resounded like thunder and the earth trembled.
RF2RW00WH–The early 1900s caption reads: 'And well nigh mad was Signy for woe.' In Norse mythology, Signy was the only daughter of the hero Volsung and Ljod. She was also the wife of the ruthless King Siggeir. She had ten brothers, including Sigmund, the youngest. Their story is told in the Scandinavian epic ‘Volsunga Saga’.
RF2RH3NRN–In 988, Olaf Tryggvason sailed to England, because an assembly (thing) had been called by Queen Gyda, sister of Olaf Cuaran, King of Dublin. Gyda was a widow and searching for a new husband. A great many men had come, but Gyda singled out Olaf Tryggvason. They were to be married, but another man, Alfvine, took objection, and challenged Olaf and his men to the Scandinavian duel. Olaf and his men fought Alfvine's crew and won every battle, but did not kill any of them; instead, they bound them. Alfvine was told to leave the country and never come back again. Gyda and Olaf married.
RF2RA76RD–The early 1900s caption reads: 'The gods saw Loki flying towards them.' Loki is the personification/deity of mischief. He murdered Baldr, the god of joy and peace, and was punished by being bound to three slabs of stone with the entrails of his son Narfi.
RF2K2AW60–Loki flew to the land of the giants to find Thor's hammer, Mjollnir. There he met Thrym, king of the frost giants, who had taken the hammer and demanded the goddess freyja in return for the hammer. The illustration dates to 1913.
RF2K1HR63–According to Norse mythology, Odin was one of the chief gods and the ruler of Asgard (the country or capital of the Norse gods). This illustration by Gordon Browne dates to 1913.
RF2RA76MH–The early 1900s caption reads: Loki could not let go his hold' of the eagle. Loki is the personification/deity of mischief. He murdered Baldr, the god of joy and peace, and was punished by being bound to three slabs of stone with the entrails of his son Narfi.
RF2RA76ME–The early 1900s captions reads; The Giant Maiden laughed at Skirnir's threats.' In Norse mythology, Skírnir is the god Freyr's messenger and vassal. Then Skirnir told Gerda (wife of Freyr, the god of fertility and agriculture) of his master, the bright god, Frey, and of his love for her (Gerga and Frey do marry). Gerda answered no. Skirnir’s anger rose against her.But the giant-maiden laughed at his threats till Skirnir swore to bring upon her, by magic art, the anger of the gods.
RF2JGB581–This 1912 image by J M Gleeson illustrates Kipling’s How whale got its throat. Once upon a time the Whale ate fishes of all kinds and sizes. At last there was only one left in the sea, a small astute fish that hid behind the whale’s ear and advised him to eat a shipwrecked mariner, to be found at Latitude 50 North and Longitude 40 West. The Whale swallowed the mariner and the raft he was sitting on. But once inside, the mariner jumped about so much that the Whale got hiccups and asked him to come out. He answered that he would not, unless he was taken to the shore of his British home, and dan
RF2JFP42T–This 1912 image by J M Gleeson illustrates Kipling’s How the first letter was written. Tegumai Bopsulai, a neolithic man, lived in a cave with his wife Teshumai Tewindrow and their daughter Taffy. One day he and Taffy went to the Wagai river to catch fish. He accidentally broke his fishing-spear. He started to mend it, having left his other spear at home. A stranger came along who did not speak their language. Taffy asked him to take a message to her mother and bring Tegumai’s other spear. The stranger gave her a piece of birch bark to show his good intent. She thought he meant her to draw her
RF2J8E4FE–This image, dating to around 1899, shows the first Prince of Wales as a young boy hunting a deer. The first English Prince of Wales (later Edward II) was born at Caernarfon on April 25, 1284, the fourth and eldest surviving son of Edward I and Eleanor of Castille. On the completion of his father's conquest of the province, he was created Prince of Wales on February 7, 1301, at the age of 16, at a parliament at Lincoln. Edward was married to Isabella (the “she-wolf of France”), daughter of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre, Her son was the future Edward III. The art is by Frances Brunda
RF2J87N9J–In Greek legend, Paris was a Trojan prince, the son of Priam and Hecuba. When Eris, the Greek goddess of discord, was not invited to the marriage of the Greek leader Achilles, she threw a golden apple into the festivities, with the words 'for the fairest' written on it. The goddesses Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena each claimed the apple, and Zeus, the king of the gods, had Paris choose which one should get it. Hermes, the messenger god, acts as a guide, arranging the meeting between the goddesses and Paris (meeting seen here in this 1915 illustration). Aphrodite promised Paris Helen, queen of Spa
RF2J7R54M–The Romans called the Three Fates the Parcae. The Greeks knew them as the Moirai or Moerae. By name they were Clotho, who spun the thread of a person's life; Lachesis, who measured the thread; and Atropos, who cut it. The Romans knew them as Nona, Decuma, and Morta.
RF2J6PY8N–Jupiter, also known as Jove, is the god of sky and thunder, as well as the king of gods in Ancient Roman Mythology. Jupiter is the top god of the Roman pantheon. Jupiter was considered the chief deity of Roman state religion during the Republican and Imperial eras until Christianity became the dominant religion. Here on his throne on Mount Olympus, he has his eagle with him. The eagle served as Jupiter’s personal messenger. Myths said an eagle have carried the youth Ganymede to Olympus, where he served as the gods' cupbearer. Jupiter was known to the Greeks as Zeus.
RF2J7R54J–In Greek mythology, Orpheus was a famed Thracian bard whose lyre music charmed even the wildest of animals (seen here) and even plants, trees, and rocks. The son of the Muse Calliope, he married the nymph Eurydice after taking part in the Argonaut expedition. According to Greek mythology, after a snake killed her, Orpheus went to Hades (the Underworld) to fetch her. Charmed by his music, the gods freed her, but on the condition that he not look at her until he reached the upper world. As he neared the upper world, he looked back and, as a result, she vanished from his grasp back to the Underwo
RF2J6PYA0–In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pan is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, nature of mountain wilds, rustic music and impromptus, and companion of the nymphs. He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, in the same manner as a faun or satyr.
RF2J7R54D–According to Greek and Roman mythology, Cupid (Eros to the Greeks) was the god of love. His mother, Venus (Aphrodite), was jealous of Psyche, a mortal princess, and sent Cupid to shoot her with a love arrow that would make her fall in love with a horrible creature. By accident, Cupid pricked himself as he did so and reversed the effect on Psyche. Venus tried unsuccessfully to keep the two apart. Finally, Cupid and Pysche (seen here together) were allowed to marry, and Psyche was granted immortality.
RF2T0DMB4–The 1916 caption reads” “Gerard Dou. 1613-1675. Dutch School. Dropsical woman. La femme Hydropique. in Louvre. Signed on the edge of the book placed on the reading desk in the left background: G. DOV. OVT. 65 JAHRE. Painted in oil on panel. 2 ft 8.75 in by 2 ft 2.5 in.” Gerrit Dou, also known as Gerard Douw or Dow, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, whose small, highly polished paintings are typical of the Leiden fijnschilders. He specialized in genre scenes aand is noted for his trompe-l'œil 'niche' paintings and candlelit night-scenes with strong chiaroscuro.
RF2T482WP–The 1916 caption reads: “Vermeer of Delft 1632-1675 Dutch School The Lace Maker La Dentelliere in Louvre J v Meer -first three letters being intertwined. Painted in oil on canvas. 9.5 in square Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch Baroque Period painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. He is considered one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age along with Rembrandt
RF2T0DMCD–The 1916 caption reads: “Jan Steen. 1626-1679 Dutch School — Bad Company or La Mauvaise Compagnie in Louvre Signed in full in left bottom corner. Painted in oil on panel. 1 dt 6.74 in. x 1 ft 2.25 in.” Jan Havickszoon Steen was a Dutch Golden Age painter, one of the leading genre painters of the 17th century. His works are known for their psychological insight, sense of humor and abundance of color.
RF2RYW6FY–Franz Hals (1580?-1666). Dutch School of Haarlem. The Jolly Mandolinist (Der Naar). (Collection of Baron G Rothschild -Paris - a copy by Dirk Hals in Rijks Museum, Amsterdam). Portrait of one of Hals' favorite pupils, Adriaen Brouwer, renowned for his musical gifts and practical jokes. His nickname in the studios was 'Der Naar' - 'Funny Man!'
RF2HE39KF–The caption for this image reads: Omo: 'We stole down to the beach where under the shadow of a grove the boat was waiting.' Omoo or “A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas,” is a novel by the American novelist Herman Melville. Published in 1847, it was a sequel to Melville’s novel Typee. Based on his own experiences in the South Pacific, this episodic novel, in a more comical vein than that of Typee, tells of the narrator’s participation in a mutiny on a whale ship and his subsequent wanderings in Tahiti with the ship’s former doctor, Long Ghost. Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an America
RF2HE38X8–The caption for this image reads: “Omoo, armed with cutlasses all round.. they were followed over the side by the invalid captain.” Omoo or “A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas,” is a novel by the American novelist Herman Melville. Published in 1847, it was a sequel to Melville’s novel Typee. Based on his own experiences in the South Pacific, this episodic novel, in a more comical vein than that of Typee, tells of the narrator’s participation in a mutiny on a whale ship and his subsequent wanderings in Tahiti with the ship’s former doctor, Long Ghost. Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an
RF2HCAF8X–The caption for this image by NC Wyeth that accompanies the tale of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe reads: ' In the morning I took the Bible. and beginning at the New Testament I began seriously to read it.” Robinson Crusoe is a novel written by the English novelist Daniel Defoe and published in 1719. A fictional autobiography, it tells the tale of an English castaway named Robinson Crusoe (seen here with his dog and cat) who spent 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela before he was rescued. Newell Convers Wyeth, known as N. C. Wyeth, was an American artist and illustrator. He
RF2HC108R–The Spirit of Pan-Slavism “Russia promises to leap straight from the Carpathians to Berlin.” Leon Bakst, the celebrated Russian artist, furnishes this Russian cartoon. In it he proclaims that his country will not be content merely to hold back Austria in a defensive war. When called on to defend the Serbian Slavs, she will cross the Carpathian Mountains, will overrun Austria, and is even able if necessary to fight Germany also. The Russian cartoons contain nothing of the keen insight of Dyson nor of the high spirituality of Raemarkers; they are savage, direct threats, meeting the similar Germ
RF2HC0ME0–The Stars – “Those are the Orders of Honor that have been awarded to the dear God for his services to the house of Hohenzollern.” This cartoon depicts a baby Hollenzollern prince explaining the heavens to his brothers and sisters. It is by Theodore Heine, and appeared in the great German comic paper, Simplicissimus, as far back as 1903. Many Germans of that day recognized the enormous arrogance of their Emperor and his sons. But, apparently not realizing to what disaster this vanity tended. They made it the subject of light jest rather than serious reprobation. Simplicissimus, being not a Prus
RF2HC0HK1–This photo shows Canadian troops on their way to fight in World War I. It appeared in Harold R Peat's book 'Private Peat' published in 1917.
RF2H5ME4G–Uncle Wiggily Longears is the main character of a series of children's stories by American author Howard R. Garis (1873-1962). This illustration is from Garis’s “Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland” and shows Uncle Wiggily and Alice. Uncle Wiggily stories first appeared in the 'News' in 1910, were syndicated in 1915, and continued to be published for more than forty years, at one time appearing in one hundred newspapers. Garis wrote 35 volumes of Uncle Wiggily stories under his own name, as well as numerous other children's books under several pseudonyms. William Edward Bloomfield Starkweath
RF2RF0KTM–Granary mill stones uncovered at Ostia Antica. Ostia Antica, located at the mouth of the Tiber River, was the port city of ancient Rome. Uncovered there are mosaics that acted as 'storefront signs' for commercial businesses—mostly shipping, grain merchants—from around the Mediterranean. It was the main center for commerce and trade for the Roman Empire mainly during the Age of Augustus (27 BC-31 AD). The photo dates to 1970.
RF2RD8WGR–This photo of a mosaci of a girl in what resembles today's bikini was taken in the summer of 1970 at Piazza Armerina in Sicily. This photo of a mosaic of a girl in what resembles today's bikini was taken in the summer of 1970 at Piazza Armerina in Sicily. Piazza Armerina is home to the Roman Villa del Casale and its famous mosaics, the 'finest mosaics in situ anywhere in the Roman world,' as described by UNESCO, which inserted it into its World Heritage list in 1997. Villa Romana was a lavish patrician residence built at the center of a huge latifundium (agricultural estate) at the end of the
RF2RD8WGM–This photo of a mosaic of two girls in what resembles today's bikini was taken in the summer of 1970 at Piazza Armerina in Sicily. This photo of a mosaic of a girl in what resembles today's bikini was taken in the summer of 1970 at Piazza Armerina in Sicily. Piazza Armerina is home to the Roman Villa del Casale and its famous mosaics, the 'finest mosaics in situ anywhere in the Roman world,' as described by UNESCO, which inserted it into its World Heritage list in 1997. Villa Romana was a lavish patrician residence built at the center of a huge latifundium (agricultural estate) at the end of t
RF2RBFK25–This photo of a mosaic showing a hunting scene (a lion taking down a horned animal) was taken in the summer of 1970 at Piazza Armerina in Sicily. Piazza Armerina is home to the Roman Villa del Casale and its famous mosaics, the 'finest mosaics in situ anywhere in the Roman world,' as described by UNESCO, which inserted it into its World Heritage list in 1997. Villa Romana was a lavish patrician residence built at the center of a huge latifundium (agricultural estate) at the end of the 4th century AD. It is thought to have belonged to a member of the Roman senatorial aristocracy, who traded in
RF2GN0RNP–Roskva is one of the five trolls in the Coastal Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine. She represents the trunk of the tree. The artist is Thomas Dambo, and he makes—all from recycled materials— the head, hands, and feet in his studio in Copenhagen, Denmark. He then ships them to wherever they are going in the world. Once in their “home”, recycled materials are gathered to make the bodies. For the Maine Gardens, about 750 palettes were used.
RF2GG8AC6–The 1917 caption reads: Pintail Dafila acuta (Linnaeus). The top is a male pintail duck; the bottom is a female. The illustrator is Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Fuertes (1874-1927), an American ornithologist, illustrator and artist who set the rigorous and current-day standards for ornithological art and naturalist depiction. He is considered one of the most prolific American bird artists, second only to his guiding professional predecessor John James Audubon.
RF2JAG2H5–The 1920 caption reads: “Lexington, Massachusetts—the house in which Samuel Adams and John Hancock were asleep when roused by Paul Revere.” The Hancock-Clark House in Lexington, Massachusetts, is where John Hancock and Samuel Adams were awakened by Paul Revere on April 18, 1775. The men were asleep in “the parlor” of the house built in 1737 by Thomas Hancock for his father Rev. John Hancock.
RF2GF1K01–This 1899 illustration shows: “Herbert Spencer - photo from life.” Herbert Spencer (1820 –1903) was an English philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, and sociologist famous for his hypothesis of social Darwinism whereby superior physical force shapes history.
RF2GERJPT–This 1899 illustration shows: “ John Locke - painting by Sir Godfrey Keller. in the Hermitage in St Petersburg,” John Locke (b. 1632, d. 1704) was a British philosopher, Oxford academic and medical researcher. Sir Godfrey Kneller (died 1723), 1st Baronet, was the leading portrait painter in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to English and British monarchs from Charles II to George I.
RF2GEM6Y2–This 1899 illustration shows: “Buddha and Five Ascetics.” For the six years, Siddhartha (the Buddha) lived an ascetic life and partook in its practices, studying and meditating using the words of various religious teachers as his guide. He practiced his new way of life with a group of five ascetics, and his dedication to his quest was so stunning that the five ascetics became Siddhartha's followers. The artist is Stephen James Ferris (died 1915).
RF2GEM728–Francis Bacon (died 1626), 1st Viscount St Alban, also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. His works are credited with developing the scientific method and remained influential through the scientific revolution.
RF2GCMCPJ–The caption for this 1917 image reads: “A Salmon Leaping. The height to which a salmon will leap in ascending a waterfall is little short of marvellous, When the fall is very high, the ascent is often accomplished in a series of leaps, the fish resting in pools of comparatively still water..”
RF2G48MRH–The 1904 caption for this image reads: “Bird's eye view of Sargon's Palace at Dur-Sharrukin drawn by Boudier from the restoration by Thomas in place.” Sargon's palace ( Dur Sharrukin) is an immediate predecessor of Sennasherib's Palace, with its Hanging Gardens, at Nineveh, to the south west of Khorsabad. The outer wall of the Sargon's fortress covered an area of three square kilometres and had seven fortified gates. Sargon II, (died 705 BCE), one of Assyria’s great kings (reigned 721–705 BCE) during the last century of its history. He extended and consolidated the conquests of his presumed fa
RF2G754P9–This 1899 image shows an ancient Moqui village that was recently discovered. Hopi refers to a group of the Pueblo, the name given by the Spanish to the sedentary Native Americans who loved in stone or adobe communal houses in what is now the southwestern United States. The Hopi were formerly called Moki or Moqui. They speak the Hopi language. They occupy several mesa villages in northeastern Arizona and in 1990 numbered close to 12,000.
RF2G47W5W–This 1899 illustration shows Catherine of Russia as painted by Ossani. Catherine the Great (1729-1796) was born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst in Prussia. She married the future Peter IIII of Russia in 1744, and in 1762, with a group of conspirators, deposed Peter and proclaimed herself empress of Russia. Alexandro Ossani is a British artist (died 1891).
RF2G47W48–This 1899 illustration shows Queen Elizabeth I of England as painted by Zucchero as derived from the Ditchley portrait of around 1591. It is known as the Ermine Portrait and is housed in Hatfield House. The ermine was the symbol of royalty and here you can see the animal with a gold crown. The queen wears the “Three Brothers’ jewel, a gem made of three diamonds set in a triangle around a pointed diamond. Federico Zuccaro, also known as Federico Zuccari (died 1609) , was an Italian Mannerist painter and architect, active both in Italy and abroad.
RF2G2HB37–Defenestration at Prague - Commence of 30 Years War by Czech painter Vacslav Brozik (died 1901). Defenestration of Prague (May 23, 1618) was an incident of Bohemian resistance to Habsburg authority that preceded the beginning of the Thirty Years’ War. In 1617, Roman Catholic officials in Bohemia closed Protestant chapels that were being constructed by citizens of the towns of Broumov and Hrob, thus violating the guarantees of religious liberty laid down in the Letter of Majesty of Emperor Rudolf II in 1609. In response, the defensors, appointed under the Letter of Majesty to safeguard Protesta
RF2FNTY18–Phillips Brooks (1835–1893) was an American Episcopalian clergyman. He served as a preacher at Trinity Church in Boston Massachusetts from 1869 to 1891 and was very influential in the community at large. In 1891, he became the Episcopalian bishop of Massachusetts. He wrote the well known hymn 'O Little Town of Bethlehem.' This image is the cover of the small book Pansies by Phillips Brooks and dates to around 1908.
RF2FNTY0G–This illustration of “Emigrants” is taken from Charles Dickens’ work published in 1869 and titled “American Notes.”
RF2FMEGXW–This 1912 caption read reads: “Powder monkey on deep-sea craft.” This Civil War photo shows a powder monkey, a young boy who brought the powder from the magazine to the deck.
RF2FFMF0K–The caption for this illustration reads: Maria took off her golden robe. This Serbian myth is about Serbian Cinderella, whose name was Pepelyouga (also spelled Pepeljuga). The chapter here is about a prince. Looking for a beautiful girl. The illustration is from a 1921 book on Serbian myths and legends.
RF2F8MDDH–David Livingstone (1813-1873) was a Scottish missionary and explorer in Africa. He discovered Victoria Falls in 1855. When there was no news from him for some time, British explorer Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904) was sent to find him. He did so on November 10, 1871, at the small village of Ujiji in Tanzania, near Lake Tanganyika.
RF2G9TT7A–First Train on the Stockton and Darlington Railway - 1825 drawn by Stevenson’s ‘No. 1’. The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, its first line connected collieries (a coal mine and the buildings and equipment associated with it) near Shildon with Darlington and Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham, and was officially opened on 27 September 1825. Locomotion No. 1 hauled the first train on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, and became the first locomotive to run on a public railway.Locomotion No 1, which was originally named 'Active,' was an early British steam locomotive train
RF2GA3CME–This Remington Standard Model Number 6 typewriter was manufactured by the Remington Standard Typewriter Company around 1894. The Model Number 6 contained many improvements to Remington’s previous models including an improved cylinder, improved spacing mechanism, improved paper carriage, and adjustable paper guides. Many of these improvements were due to the inventiveness of Remington mechanist George B. Webb.
RF2GA3CMH–Cyrus McCormick of Virginia was the founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. McCormick built on the reaper designs of his father and is credited as the inventor of the mechanical reaper. His machine—the first one pictured here—was pulled by horses and cut the grain to one side. One of the first public showings of his reaper was in 1831, but he was granted a patent for his machine in 1834.
RF2GYWR6R–This illustration dates to 1902. Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who organized the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth, completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano. Magallanes y La Antarctica Chilena is the largest and southernmost region of Chile. Named for Magellan, the Portuguese navigator, it became a colonial territory in 1853 and a province in 1929.
RF2H3TARA–Toscanelli’s Map (Restored). Toscanelli (1397 –1482) was an Italian mathematician, astronomer, and cosmographer. From his studies of ancient writers, including Ptolemy, and his conversations with travelers and explorers, Toscanelli created a map of the world that was sent to the king of Portugal in 1474, and explained the possibility of sailing west, rather than around Africa and through the Indian Ocean, to reach the East Indies.
RF2G5GB7H–This 1918 images illustrates the passagein Homer’s epic poem, Odyssey, when the god of fire, Hephaestos, makes a shield for the Greek hero Achilles. Hephaestus, the god of fire, is the smith who forged Achilles' shield. He begins with twenty hot bellows and fires bronze, tin, gold, and silver in his kiln. He then proceeds to hammer the metals upon his anvil to create a massive shield for Achilles to wield in the trojan war - the war between the Greeks and Trojans.
RF2G5GB8B–The 1918 caption reads: “Hermes visits Calypso in her cave and says that Zeus wants her to let Odysseus go.” In Greek mythology, Calypso is the daughter of the Titan Atlas (also known as Oceanus and Nereus). She is a nymph of the mythical island of Ogygia. In Homer's Odyssey, Book V (also Books I and VII), she entertained the Greek hero Odysseus for seven years, but she could not overcome his longing for home even by promising him immortality. Here, the god Hermes delivers to Calypso the message from Zeus that she needs to let Odysseus return to Ithaca. She obeys.
RF2G5GB68–This 1918 image shows Chiron (Cheiron) the Centaur giving Peleus the great spear, a scene from Homer’s Odyssey. Chiron was a guest at the marriage of Peleus and Thetis. Chiron presented Peleus with a spear made from ash, which had been polished by Athena and given its metal point by Hephaestus. This spear would later be owned by the son of Peleus, Achilles, the Greek hero of the Trojan War.
RF2F5RBF0–This 1880s illustration accompanied a book on Homer and his epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey. It shows the scene with the Greek hero Odysseus (Ulysses) at the table of Circe. According to ancient Greek mythology, Circe was a well-known enchantress. The daughter of Helios, she changed the companions of Odysseus into swine. Odysseus made Circe break the spell.
RF2F5W2NK–In this 1880s illustration, the Greek hero Odysseus is shown following the car of Nausicaa. Odysseus was the legendary king of Ithaca, and a Greek hero in the great Trojan War, which the Greeks won after 10 long years. On his way home, Odysseus had many adventures, including his stop at the land of the Phaeacians, where he is found washed up on their shore by the king's daughter Nausicaa, who had been playing ball with her friends.
RF2G002EN–This 1888 illustration shows a New York dandy in 1849. By definition, dandy refers to a man unduly devoted to style, neatness, and fashion in dress and appearance.
RF2HXH91A–The caption for this 1902 illustration reads: 'Spinelli Palace in Italy.' The Palazzo Spinelli di Laurino is a palace, located on the corner of Via Nilo and Via dei Tribunali in central Naples, Italy. A palace at the site was first built in the 15th century, but the present layout, with an elliptical interior courtyard was commissioned by Trojano Spinelli.
RF2F70W5J–The photo dates to 1903. Picking Cotton in Mississippi. An American Tea Plantation—Pinehurst Tea plantation in Summerville, South Carolina, which was started in 1888 by Charles Shepard.
RF2F94T29–This illustration by Frederic Remington shows the Training of a Soldier of United states troops on the March. Frederic Remington (1861–1909) was an American sculptor and painter of subjects based mostly on life in the Western United States.
RF2GG0TTE–This 1917 illustration shows: Types of Apes and Monkeys They are from left to right, top to bottom: 1. Diana Monkey, 2, Orangutan, 3. Hanuman Monkey, 4. Mandrill Baboon, 5, Capuchin Monkey, 6. Spider monkey
RF2GBEK8X–This 1895 illustration shows a piano organ-grinder. The organ grinder was a musical novelty street performer of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century, and refers to the operator of a street or barrel organ.
RF2F4P5PH–This 1840s illustration shows a young girl from Cochinchina (now Vietnam). Cochinchina is the historical name given by foreigners to part of Vietnam, depending on the contexts. Sometimes it referred to the whole of Vietnam, but it was commonly used to refer to the region south of the Gianh River.
RF2ET72GK–This image shows Dante meeting Matilda, by the painter A Maignan. At the end of Purgatorio, Dante meets Matilda in the earthly paradise. Matilda clearly prepares Dante for his meeting with Beatrice the woman to whom (historically) Dante dedicated his previous poetry, the woman at whose request Virgil was commissioned to bring Dante on his journey, and the woman who allegorically symbolizes the path to God. Albert Pierre René Maignan (1845 –1908) was a French history painter and illustrator.
RF2F4P5M5–This 1840s illustration shows a soldier from Cochinchina (now Vietnam) in the 1840s. Cochinchina is the historical name given by foreigners to part of Vietnam, depending on the contexts. Sometimes it referred to the whole of Vietnam, but it was commonly used to refer to the region south of the Gianh River.
RF2F4P5PN–This 1840s illustration shows a noble from Burma, present-day Myanmar. Myanmar (formerly Burma) is a Southeast Asian nation of more than 100 ethnic groups, bordering India, Bangladesh, China, Laos and Thailand.
RF2F9H33M–This 1840s illustration shows a Hindu man playing a pena, Pena, also known as Tingtelia, is a mono string instrument falling in the lute category, similar to some of the traditional Indian stringed musical instruments such as Ravanahatha, Ubo or the Kenda, found in various parts of the country.
RF2F3NW5H–This 1840s illustration shows a native of the island of Rote in Indonesia. Rote Island is an island of Indonesia, part of the East Nusa Tenggara province of the Lesser Sunda Islands. Rote Island is part of the area of the world known as Oceania. Oceania is a geographic region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, Oceania has a land area of 8,525,989 square kilometers.
RF2F3NW52–This 1840s illustration shows a herald from Timor. Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is divided between the sovereign states of East Timor on the eastern part and Indonesia on the western part. The Indonesian part, also known as West Timor, constitutes part of the province of East Nusa Tenggara. Timor is part of the area of the world known as Oceania. Oceania is a geographic region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, Oceania has a land area of 8,5
RF2F3NW98–This 1840s illustration shows a rajah from Dao. Dao refers to a people in West New Guinea in Indonesia. Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of more than seventeen thousand islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, is the Indonesian part of the island of New Guinea. Since the island is alternatively named as Papua, the region is also called West Papua. Lying to the west of the independent state of Papua New Gui
RF2F3D6A7–This 1840s illustration shows de Soto discovering the Mississippi River. On May 8, 1541, south of present-day Memphis, Tennessee, Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River, one of the first European explorers to ever do so.
RF2EJJMNA–This image shows the Eiger Monch Und Jungfrau (Eiger, Monch, and Jungfrau Mountains in the Bernese Alps) by Ferdinand Hodler, which is in a private collection in Ruti in the Canton of Zurich. This painting was created in 1908 by Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918) in Symbolism style. He was one of the best-known Swiss painters of the 19th century. His early works were portraits, landscapes, and genre paintings in a realistic style. Later, he adopted a personal form of symbolism which he called 'parallelism.”
RF2EJ53DR–This image shows the Ereichtheion (Erechtheion and Erechtheum) on the Acropolis at Athens. The drawing is based on that by the German-Austrian architect and archaeologist George Niemann. The areas labled are; North Lobby, Caryatid Porch, and the Parthenon.
RF2J4K4F7–Prometheus was punished by Zeus (Jupiter) because he stole fire to give back to mankind. He was chained to a rock in the Caucasus Mountains, and every day an eagle came and ate part of his liver. Each night, his liver would regrow, which meant he had to endure his punishment for eternity. The Greek hero Heracles (Hercules) , with Zeus' permission, later killed the eagle and freed Prometheus from this torment.
RF2J4K4G4–The German tale tells of a mysterious knight (Lohengrin) who arrives—in a boat drawn by a swan—to help a noble lady (Els or Elsa) in distress. He marries her but forbids her to ask his origin; she later forgets this promise, and he leaves her, never to return. The German composer Richard Wagner composed the opera Lohengrin in 1848.
RF2HXH915–The caption for this 1917 illustration reads: “I saw in a great cavern a group of little goblins - Undine by Friedrich Baron de la Motte Fouque adapted by Mary MacGregor.” The image illustrates Undine, a fairytale novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué in which Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight named Huldebrand in order to gain a soul. Published in 1811, it is an early German romance, which has been translated into English and other languages.
RF2FKKXFA–Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein (1766-1817), commonly known as Madame de Staël, was a French woman of letters and political theorist of Genevan origin. She was a voice of moderation in the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era up to the French Restoration.
RF2EA37J9–This 1902 illustraitons shows Napoleon as a novice in school of Brienne. Between May 1779 and October, 1784, the young Napoleon attended the military school in Brienne, in the Champagne region, run by the Minimes religious order. Far from home and the frequent butt of his classmates' jokes, he began to feel like a foreigner and became withdrawn and restrained.
RF2EA37JY–Painters of the Sixteenth Century. This illustration from 1917 shows the following artists, from left to right, top to bottom: Durer (1471-1528); Raphael (1433-1520); Correggio (1494-1534); Michelangelo (1474-1564); Holbein (1498?-1543); Veronese (1530-1588); and Leonard Da Vinci (1452-1519).
RF2PYHPW5–This image from an 1896 issue of Century Magazine shows Napoleon receiving the Queen of Prussia at Tilst on July 6, 1807. It is from a painting by Nicolas-Louis-Francois Gosse that is in the museum of Versailles that was engraved by Peter Aitken.
RF2HP5NYA–How an Elevator Goes Up and Down. There are two kinds of elevators today. the hydraulic, which is worked by water, and the electric, which is worked by electricity. The picture here shows the principle of the hydraulic elevator in a simple form. A strong pole, called a plunger rod, is attached to the cage in which we sit, and it works up and down in a cylinder of water. When the elevator is down, the man, by pulling a rope, lowers a plug, which allows water at high pressure to rush into the cylinder, and the pressure of this water raises the plunger rod and pushes up the cage.
RF2HMDJAB–Wonderful Train that is coming. In this picture we have a vivid and realistic picture of what railway of the future will be like. Remarkable results must follow the invention of the “gyroscope” train, which is the application of the railway of that interesting toy, the gyroscope, which all boys know is the most wonderful of tops. Exhaustive experiments have already been made with a large car, and the “gyro’car” that runs on a single rail, has fulfilled all that its inventor expected of it and claimed for it. Not only will enormous speeds be reached by trains of this kind, but the gyroscope wil
RF2HPYG2C–Boy Shakespeare in forest of Arden. As a boy, Shakespeare loved to roam through the forest and to feel its mystery and power. Every day he wandered down its shady paths and into its most secret places until he grew to know it, and felt that over its solitudes there brooded an invisible presence. He longed to discover the secret of the mystery and power of the forest. William Shakespeare (died 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the 'Bard
RF2G6AFFG–The 1912 caption reads: “Michelangelo at work in Vatican. None but Michelangelo could have conceived and painted the great picture of Last Judgment that stands out instinct with power and majesty on the wall of the Sistine Chapel. It never ceases to astonish men.” Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known simply as Michelangelo (1475-1564), was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence, who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.
RF2HMDJ7A–Gutenberg - The First Impression. Strassbourg, Germany. He is credited with developed a method for making metal type for printing, hence he is often referred to as the inventor of the printing press and movable type. He is perhaps best known for his printing of what is known as the Gutenberg Bible in 1455. His accomplishment was developing the technique and making it available. Gutenberg (left in the group of three) stands here with his wealthy business partner, Johann Fust (far right), and his assistant, Peter Schoeffer (between the two), gazing at the triumph of their labors, the first prin
RF2HM63NN–Stephen Arnold Douglas (died 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. A senator, he was one of two nominees of the badly split Democratic Party for president in the 1860 presidential election, which was won by Republican Abraham Lincoln.
RF2HK1GAM–Philip Henry Sheridan, (1831-1888) was a highly successful U.S. cavalry officer whose driving military leadership in the last year of the US Civil War was instrumental in defeating the Confederate Army. He was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War.
RF2HJDNPY–American orator and politician Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire, on January 18, 1782.
RF2HJDNR1–James Harper (1795 –1869), was an American publisher and politician in the early-to-mid 19th century.
RF2HM63XH–This illustration features several aspects of Ben Franklin's life. From top, left to right, they are: Printer, Errand boy, The court of France,' Bottom, left to right: Experimenting, Journey to Philladelphia. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was born in Boston and then in 1723 went to work in Philadelphia as a printer. One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Franklin was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher.
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