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Lavoisier on the way to his execution
One of the most undeserving victims of the Terror during the French Revolution was the scientific genius named Antoine Lavoisier. The nobleman and pioneering chemist is seen here in this crowded and...
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Marie Antoinette approaching the guillotine
This unusual picture of Marie Antoinette approaching the guillotine in a shroud-like robe is a stark image of the fall of the Bourbon Queen-Consort of France, whose lofty disdain for the Parisian poor...
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Lawrence of Arabia
The legend of Lawrence of Arabia has as much to with his appearance as with his remarkable political gifts and passion for the Arab world. We see in this picture a portrait of the serious and curiously...
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Che Guevara
This stylised poster-like image of Che Guevara is a powerful portrait of one of the world’s most famous Freedom Fighters who soared to fame during the Cuban Revolution, and whose Marxist ideas often...
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The best pictures from educational trade cards, 3
We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards. The first picture shows Ernest Reyer’s opera Sigurd. Sigurd The second...
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We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards. The first picture shows the Batavian revolt against the Romans. Batavian...
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We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards. The first picture shows Lord Byron in Greece. Lord Byron, English poet The...
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We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards. The first picture shows the Goltzsch Viaduct Railway Bridge, Mylau,...
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We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards. The first picture shows Charlotte Corday, assassin of Jean-Paul Marat....
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We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards. The first picture shows the Colossus of Nero, by the Sculptor Zenodore, 66...
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