Design Pics/Historical RM Images

The Naked Maja by Francisco Jos?? de Goya y Lucientes. On display in the Museo Nacional del Prado Madrid, Spain.

VIew of Marseille, France in the early 1700's. From an anonymous work dated 1726.

The Battle of Navas de Tolosa, Spain, 16 July, 1212.

Paheri and his wife Henut-er-neheh. At their feet, their pet monkey. Illustration made from the funerary painting on the east wall of the tomb of Pa...

Portrait of Philip the Handsome, 1478-1506. Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and King of Castile as Philip I. After an original painting by an...

A man wearing an Italian deVIce called an Iarosacco, worn over clothing it enabled the wearer to pass over most streams with the aid of a light oar....

A Nottingham factory during World War One, workers making shell baskets in which projectiles were packed for safe transport. From The Pageant of the...

Poster dating from 1897 advertising the art and framing shop of N. Lembr??e in Brussels. Designed by Belgium artist Theo Van Rysselberghe, 1862-1926.

1914 poster advertising Fotografie Strauss in Rotterdam, Netherlands, by Dutch artist Arnold van Roessel, 1883-1947

Interior of a 15th century printing press works.

Robinson Crusoe, eponymous hero of English author Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel. Daniel Defoe, 1660-1731, was born Daniel Foe. After an 18th century wor...

Suleiman I, known as Suleiman the Magnificent, 1494??"1566, 10th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

A poster from 1897 showing a woman looking at prints in an art shop. By Belgian graphic artist Armand Rassenfosse, 1862-1934.

San Francisco City Hall after the earthquake of April 18, 1906. San Francisco, California, United States of America. After a photogaph by Dolph Kes...

16th century warship and a galley. After a work by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

Mehmed IV, also known as Mehmed the Hunter, 1642-1693, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. After a 17th or 18th century engraVIng by Jacob Gole.

Ibrahim, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1615-1648. He ruled from 1640-1648. Also known as Ibrahim the Mad. After a 17th century engraVIng.

Mulai Al-Rashid, full name Al-Rashid Ben Ali Al-Charif, 1631-1672. Sultan of Morocco. Often referred to in England as Tafiletta. After a 17th cent...

Tamerlane, or Timur, 1320s or 1330s - 1405. Turko-Mongol conqueror. Founder of Timurid dynasty in Central Asia.

Anonymous map of Madrid dating from late 17th or early 18th century.

People dying from illness, including the plague, during the Spanish siege of the city of Leiden during the 80 Years War. After a 17th century work by...

Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude, 1864 ??"1917. British commander during World War I. From The Pageant of the Century, published 1934.

Inigo Jones, 1573 ??" 1652. English architect.

A knight named Freydal defeats another named J?srg von Weisspriach in hand-to-hand combat, both armed only with daggers. Part of a series of illustra...

Propaganda picture depicting brutality of the Spanish army in 1573 after the surrender of Haarlem, Netherlands, during the Eighty Years War. The pict...

Francesco I Sforza, 1401-1466. Italian condottiero, or military leader, and founder of Milan's Sforza dynasty

John Sparrow, 1615-1670. English barrister best known as a translator.

Sperm whale stranded on Dutch beach in 1598. It attracted many VIsitors including the artist Henrik Goltzius. This illustration was made by Jacob Ma...

A surgeon performs surgery on a man's shoulder in the 18th century. After an 18th century work.

Crowds gather outside the Cunard offices in London to read the news of the sinking of the Lusitania by a German U-boat in 1915. From The Pageant of t...

In the 17th century, a surgeon performs an operation on a man's arm while a distraught woman watches. After a 17th century work.

In the 17th century, a surgeon performs surgery on a man's foot. After a 17th century work.

A surgeon operates on the arm of a patient in the 17th century. After a later copy of a 17th century work by Marinus Robyn van der Goes.

A surgeon operates on the arm of a patient in the 17th century. After a later copy of a 17th century work by Justus van den Nijpoort

Thomas Sydenham, 1624-1689. English physician.

Imaginary plan of Babylon, Mesopotamia. Modern day Iraq. 18th century engraVIng by Johann Adam Delsenbach, 1687-1765 from Entwurff einer historisch...

Cover of The Practice of Phisick of Dr. Paul Barbett, published in London 1675. Paul Barbett, or Barbette, 1620 -1665. Dutch physician and author of...

Isaac Barrow, 1630 ??" 1677. English theologian and mathematician.

Bulgarian soldiers fishing for guns in the river at Nish, or Ni?A, Serbia, after the Serb evacuation in 1916. From The Pageant of the Century, publis...

Major General Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, 1861 ??" 1924. British soldier. From The Pageant of the Century, published 1934.

Catherine of Aragon, also spelled Katherine, 1485-1536. First wife of Henry VIII.

John Fisher, 1469 ??" 1535. English Catholic bishop and theologian. After a late 17th century engraVIng by Gerald Valck based on a work by Adriaen v...

Charles James Fox, 1749 to 1806. British Whig statesman.

Charles Algernon Fryatt, 1872 ??" 1916. British mariner executed by the Germans for attempting to ram a U-boat in 1915. From The Pageant of the Centu...

Luigi Cadorna, 1850 ??" 1928. Italian General and Marshal of Italy. From The Pageant of the Century, published 1934.

Women volunteers making bandages and crutches during WWI. From The Pageant of the Century, published 1934.

The Great Wave off Kanagawa also known as The Great Wave or simply The Wave, after a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai...

Women volunteers making hospital requisites for the St. John Ambulance Brigade hospital during WWI. From The Pageant of the Century, published 1934.

Anne Killigrew, 1660-1685. English poetess and artist. This picture is based on a self portrait.

Arthur Lake, 1569 ??" 1626. Bishop of Bath and Wells and a translator of the King James Version of The Bible.