Images Dated 1st September 2021

Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton, in a straw hat, c.1782-94 (oil on canvas)

HEH416343 Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton, in a straw hat, c.1782-94 (oil on canvas) by Romney, George (1734-1802); 76.2x63.5 cm; Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA, USA; (add.info.: Emma, Lady Hamilton, nee Amy Lyon (1765-1815) mistress of Lord Nelson and muse of the artist;); A© Huntington Art Collections ; A© Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens; English, out of copyright

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The Peking Observatory, illustration from Jean Baptiste du Halde's '

472240 The Peking Observatory, illustration from Jean Baptiste du Halde's Description gA©ographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'Empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise, 1785 (engraving) by French School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jean Baptiste du Halde (1674-1743) Jesuit historian, he complied his Description gA©ographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'Empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise from the reports of Jesuit missionairies in China. Image shows the Ancient Observatory in Beijing, built in 1442.); French, out of copyright

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Jean Lafitte (coloured engraving)

PNP269582 Jean Lafitte (coloured engraving) by Telfer, R. (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jean Lafitte c.1780-c.1826, privateer and smuggler; Worked in New Orleans; pirate chief pardoned for aiding General Andrew Jackson against the British in Battle of New Orleans in 1815; war of 1812; military conflict between the USA and the British Empire); Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

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