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Painting titled 'Study for Lima's Main Square' by Juan Mauricio Rugendas (1802-1858) German painter and draftsman. Dated 1843

Photograph of Kazimierz Bartel (1882-1941) Polish mathematician and politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland. Dated 1929

Photograph of Karl Liebknecht (1871-1919) Marxist and anti-militarist at the time of the German Empire. Dated 1911

Photograph of a Russian Train. Photographed by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii) (1863-1944) Russian chemist and photogra...

Photograph of the Hindu Kush Hydro Power Plant. Photographed by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii) (1863-1944) Russian che...

Russian landscape by Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorskii; the pioneer of colour photography in Russia 1905

Russian landscape by Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorskii; the pioneer of colour photography in Russia 1905

Russian landscape by Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorskii; the pioneer of colour photography in Russia 1905

Russian landscape by Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorskii; the pioneer of colour photography in Russia 1905

Russian landscape by Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorskii; the pioneer of colour photography in Russia 1905

Russian man against a village backdrop; by Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorskii; the pioneer of colour photography in Russia 1905

Photograph of Lugano Prokudin. Photographed by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii) (1863-1944) Russian chemist and photogra...

Photograph of a traditional Central Asian prison. Photographed by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii) (1863-1944) Russian c...

Russian town with factory; by Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorskii; the pioneer of colour photography in Russia 1905

Russian factory; by Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorskii; the pioneer of colour photography in Russia 1905

Russian landscape by Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorskii; the pioneer of colour photography in Russia 1905

Painting titled 'The Emmaus Mahl' by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) Dutch painter and etcher. The painting depicts Jesus Christ at the Sup...

Charles II sits between two weapons carriers and female personifications of countries Francia and Gothia, Miniature from the Codex Aureus of St. Emmer...

Russian factory; by Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorskii; the pioneer of colour photography in Russia 1905

19th Century Map of Asia. Dated 1890

Portrait of Lady Anne Clifford (1590-1676) 14th Baroness de Clifford, Countess of Dorset. By William Larkin (1580-1619) English painter. Dated 1618

Photograph of Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) Polish composer and pianist. Dated 1890

J P Gundling; The history and Deeds of King Conrad IV (1228 - 1254) Duke of Swabia (1235-1246), King of Germany (as Conrad IV; 1237-1254)

Photograph of fallen trees after the Tunguska event. The Tunguska event was a large explosion, which occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in...

19th Century Map of India, Tibet, China and Southeast Asia. Dated 1864

Photograph of Joseph Babinski (1857-1932) French neurologist of Polish decent. Dated 1930

Painting titled 'An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump'. Painted by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797) English landscape and portrait painter. Dated...

Photograph of Jonas Basanavicius (1851-1927) activist and proponent of Lithuanian National Revival and founder of the first Lithuanian language newspa...

J P Gundling; The history and Deeds of King Conrad IV (1228 - 1254) Duke of Swabia (1235-1246), King of Germany (as Conrad IV; 1237-1254)

Painting tilted 'Boy with a Soap Bubble'. Painted by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) Dutch painter and etcher. Dated 17th Century

Photograph of Kazimierz Twardowski (1866-1938) Polish philosopher and logician. Dated 1933

Portrait of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Russian composer whose works included symphonies, concertos, operas, ballets, chamber music, and a ch...

The Codex Zouche-Nuttall is an accordion-folded pre-Columbian document of Mixtec pictography. 14th Century

The Codex Zouche-Nuttall is an accordion-folded pre-Columbian document of Mixtec pictography. 14th Century

The Codex Zouche-Nuttall is an accordion-folded pre-Columbian document of Mixtec pictography. 14th Century

The Codex Zouche-Nuttall is an accordion-folded pre-Columbian document of Mixtec pictography. 14th Century

The Codex Zouche-Nuttall is an accordion-folded pre-Columbian document of Mixtec pictography. 14th Century

17th century map of London including the River Thames. At the top of the Map there is an illustration of the Great Fire of London. Dated 1677

Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy, and explorer. Popularised tobacco in...

Photograph of Marie Sklodowska-Curie (1867-1934) a Polish and naturalized-French physicist, Nobel Prize winner and chemist who conducted pioneering re...

Photograph of Marie Sklodowska-Curie (1867-1934) a Polish and naturalized-French physicist, Nobel Prize winner and chemist who conducted pioneering re...

Photograph of Marie Sklodowska-Curie (1867-1934) a Polish and naturalized-French physicist, Nobel Prize winner and chemist who conducted pioneering re...

Illustration with annotations of Aztec women in traditional clothing. Dated 15th Century

Illustration with annotations of Aztec women in traditional clothing. Dated 15th Century

Photograph of Nikolai Tchaikovsky (1851-1926) Russian revolutionary. Dated 1920

Engraving of Witold Lutos?awski (1913-1994) Polish composer and orchestral conductor. Dated 1947

Photograph of a young boy helping a man who collapsed along the tram tracks in the Warsaw Ghetto. Dated 1941

detail from an Ottoman Qur'an. Dated 1869

Photograph of Edward Rydz-?mig?y (1886-1941) Marshal of Poland, politician, Commander-in-Chief of Poland's armed forces, and a painter and poet. Dated...

Portrait of Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881) Russian composer, one of the group known as 'The Five'. Dated 1865