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The Pope visited by Death. From Hans Holbein the Younger Les Simulachres de la Mort (Dance of Death, Totentanz)
531512 The Pope visited by Death. From Hans Holbein the Younger Les Simulachres de la Mort (Dance of Death, Totentanz). Series of illustrations following the tradition of medieval morality plays

Ploughing and harrowing with horses and sowing seed broadcast. In background is a postmill for grinding corn
531499 Ploughing and harrowing with horses and sowing seed broadcast. In background is a postmill for grinding corn. From French La Nouvelle Maison Rustique 8th edition Paris 1762

Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular Campaign, Battle of Corunna. Hand-coloured engraving
531476 Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular Campaign, Battle of Corunna. Hand-coloured engraving.; (add.info.: Peninsular Campaign, Battle of Corunna (La Coruna) Spain, 16 January 1809, viewed from the sea

Artist's impression of Claude Chappe demonstrating his optical telegraph system in 1793, c.1870. Engraving
540001 Artist's impression of Claude Chappe demonstrating his optical telegraph system in 1793, c.1870. Engraving; (add.info)

Excavating and lining the pit for casting the great gun for launching the space craft Columbiad, 1865 (engraving)
538399 Excavating and lining the pit for casting the great gun for launching the space craft Columbiad, 1865 (engraving); (add.info)

Tidal wave caused by the launch of the space capsule Columbiad, 1865 (engraving)
538396 Tidal wave caused by the launch of the space capsule Columbiad, 1865 (engraving); (add.info.: Tidal wave caused by the launch of the space capsule Columbiad)

Space capsule dwarfed by the disc of the Moon. From Jules Verne Autour de la Lune, Paris, 1865 (engraving)
538390 Space capsule dwarfed by the disc of the Moon. From Jules Verne Autour de la Lune, Paris, 1865 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

In the space capsule: calculations making the narrator's head spin. From Jules Verne Autour de la Lune, Paris
538385 In the space capsule: calculations making the narrator's head spin. From Jules Verne Autour de la Lune, Paris, 1865

La rue du Carrousel, Paris, France in the 19th century
5614317 La rue du Carrousel, Paris, France in the 19th century; (add.info.: La rue du Carrousel, Paris, France in the 19th century. After the painting by J. Canella)

Title page to "Horticulture: Vegetaux d'Ornement" by A. Dupuis and F
5855575 Title page to "Horticulture: Vegetaux d'Ornement" by A. Dupuis and F. Herincq from "Le Regne Vegetaux" 1865; (add.info.: Title page to "Horticulture)

Five ornamental plants, including Japanese coralberry, pink ardisia, blue achimenes, crimson achimenes
5855561 Five ornamental plants, including Japanese coralberry, pink ardisia, blue achimenes, crimson achimenes, and golden dewdrop; (add.info.: Five ornamental plants, including Japanese coralberry)

Decorative botanical print with juniper, cedar and spruce
5855560 Decorative botanical print with juniper, cedar and spruce; (add.info.: Five evergreen trees, including juniper tree with berries (Juniperus communis), Lebanon cedar (Cidri lebani)

Decorative botanical print with abuliton, globeflower, deutzia and gloxinia
5855554 Decorative botanical print with abuliton, globeflower, deutzia and gloxinia; (add.info.: Ornamental shrubs, including a white abuliton (boule de neige, or snowball)

Decorative botanical print with deutzia, almond, mahonia and coronilla
5855553 Decorative botanical print with deutzia, almond, mahonia and coronilla; (add.info.: Five ornamental shrubs, including white Deutzia, pink flowering almond tree (Prunus japonica)

Decorative botanical print with rose, sweetpea, wisterea, honeysuckle and cathedral bell
5855547 Decorative botanical print with rose, sweetpea, wisterea, honeysuckle and cathedral bell; (add.info.: Five climbing plants including yellow Banks rose (Rosa Banksia)

Decorative botanical print with gladiolus, crocus, lily, amaryllis and superb lily
5855541 Decorative botanical print with gladiolus, crocus, lily, amaryllis and superb lily; (add.info.: Five bulbous plants including scarlet gladiolus (Gladiolus cardinalis)

Five border plants: golden queen, large self-heal, primrose, clove pink and daisies
5855529 Five border plants: golden queen, large self-heal, primrose, clove pink and daisies.; (add.info.: Five border plants: golden queen (Alyssum saxatile), large self-heal (Prunella grandiflora)

Five annuals: pink thlaspi, calandrina, silene coeli-rosa, everlasting, and love in a mist
5855526 Five annuals: pink thlaspi, calandrina, silene coeli-rosa, everlasting, and love in a mist.; (add.info.: Five annuals: pink thlaspi (Thlaspi), calandrina (Calandrina), silene coeli-rosa

Five annuals: scarlet arnoglossum, teasel, pot marigold, painted tongue and rhodanthe
5855525 Five annuals: scarlet arnoglossum, teasel, pot marigold, painted tongue and rhodanthe.; (add.info.: Five annuals: scarlet arnoglossum (Cacalia hastata), teasel (Scabiosa)

Decorative botanical print with sweet william, primrose, aster, goat's rue and lupin
5855523 Decorative botanical print with sweet william, primrose, aster, goat's rue and lupin; (add.info.: Five ornamental annuals including pink sweet william catchfly (Silene armeria)

La Senora Perea Nena at the Gymnase Dramatique
5855472 La Senora Perea Nena at the Gymnase Dramatique; (add.info.: La Senora Perea Nena at the Gymnase Dramatique. Perea Nena was a celebrated Spanish flamenco dancer who later performed in England)

Decorative botanical print with banksia, caladium, bougainvillea and begonia
5855562 Decorative botanical print with banksia, caladium, bougainvillea and begonia; (add.info.: Five ornamental plants, including yellow banksia, purple and green-leaved caladium)

Decorative botanical print with spearwort, clover, marsh marigold, bulrush, loosestrife
5855544 Decorative botanical print with spearwort, clover, marsh marigold, bulrush, loosestrife; (add.info.: Five aquatic plants including yellow greater spearwort (Ranunculus lingua)

Henri Farman winning the Grand Prix of two thousand pounds for the longest flight of 112 miles in a Farman III Biplane
693725 Henri Farman winning the Grand Prix of two thousand pounds for the longest flight of 112 miles in a Farman III Biplane at The Grande Semaine d'Aviation de la Champagne, Reims

Pioneers of Italian aviation: Official postcard of the La Spezia Aviation Meeting on 10th. 13th and 15th August 1911
5313779 Pioneers of Italian aviation: Official postcard of the La Spezia Aviation Meeting on 10th. 13th and 15th August 1911. Italy.; SeM Studio/UIG.

Sarcophagus of the Queen Dona Mencia Lopez de Haro (1223-1272)
3499664 Sarcophagus of the Queen Dona Mencia Lopez de Haro (1223-1272); (add.info.: Sarcophagus of the Queen Dona Mencia Lopez de Haro (1223-1272)

Francisco Antonio Cagigal de la Vega (1691-1777)
3499653 Francisco Antonio Cagigal de la Vega (1691-1777); (add.info.: Francisco Antonio Cagigal de la Vega (1691-1777). Spanish military and political

Death comes for Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, woodcut by Georg Scharffenberg
3501399 Death comes for Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, woodcut by Georg Scharffenberg, from Der Todten Tanz or The Dance of Death pub

Blessed of Valcavado (970)
3499717 Blessed of Valcavado (970); (add.info.: Blessed of Valcavado (970). 10th century. Illuminated codex. Also called Blessed of Valladolid. Representation of The Judgement of God

Don Joaquin Baldomero Fernandez-Espartero y Alvarez de Toro
3253080 Don Joaquin Baldomero Fernandez-Espartero y Alvarez de Toro; (add.info.: Don Joaquin Baldomero Fernandez-Espartero y Alvarez de Toro, 1st Prince of Vergara, 1st Duke of la Victoria)

Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Giral, after an etching in Retratos de Los Espanoles Ilustres, Madrid, Spain, pub. 1791
3473246 Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Giral, after an etching in Retratos de Los Espanoles Ilustres, Madrid, Spain, pub. 1791; (add.info.: Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Giral, 1716 - 1795)

Geronimo Gomez de la Huerta aka Jeronimo Gomez de la Huerta, Hyeronimo de Guerta or Jeronimo de Huerta
3473265 Geronimo Gomez de la Huerta aka Jeronimo Gomez de la Huerta, Hyeronimo de Guerta or Jeronimo de Huerta, after an etching in Retratos de Los Espanoles Ilustres, Madrid, Spain, pub

Amelie of Orleans (Twickenham, London, 1865-Le Chesnay, France, 1951). She was the last Queen consort of Portugal
3697217 Amelie of Orleans (Twickenham, London, 1865-Le Chesnay, France, 1951). She was the last Queen consort of Portugal

The space capsule Columbiad orbiting close to the Moon, 1865 (engraving)
538417 The space capsule Columbiad orbiting close to the Moon, 1865 (engraving); (add.info.: The space capsule Columbiad orbiting close to the Moon. From Jules Verne Autour de la Lune, Paris, 1865)

Examining the space craft 'Columbiad' at Goldspring Ironworks near New Yor, 1865 (engraving)
538414 Examining the space craft 'Columbiad' at Goldspring Ironworks near New Yor, 1865 (engraving); (add.info.: Examining the space craft 'Columbiad' at Goldspring Ironworks near New)

Interior of the space capsule. From Jules Verne De la Terre a la Lune, Paris, 1865. Wood engraving
538155 Interior of the space capsule. From Jules Verne De la Terre a la Lune, Paris, 1865. Wood engraving.; (add.info.: Interior of the space capsule)

Drama of the wreck of the transatlantic liner 'La Russie', 1901
545242 Drama of the wreck of the transatlantic liner 'La Russie', 1901; (add.info.: Passengers being lowered into a lifeboat)

Le mystere de la vengeance de Notre Seigneur (Story of the Vengeance of our Lord)
542934 Le mystere de la vengeance de Notre Seigneur (Story of the Vengeance of our Lord, Jesus Christ) medieval French mystery play based around the destruction of Jerusalem during the Jewish War of

French postal service. Paris, 1886 (engraving from 'Le Journal de la Jeunesse')
526874 French postal service. Paris, 1886 (engraving from 'Le Journal de la Jeunesse'); (add.info.: Sorting letters on the Paris-Marseilles express by the light of oil lamps)

Anaesthetist administering chloroform using apparatus devised by Dr Raphael Dubois to meet the requirements of
527506 Anaesthetist administering chloroform using apparatus devised by Dr Raphael Dubois to meet the requirements of the great French physiologist Paul Bert (1833-1886)

Physician in protective clothing during an outbreak of Plague. From Manget Triate de la peste, 1721
527300 Physician in protective clothing during an outbreak of Plague. From Manget Triate de la peste, 1721. ; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Apparatus for the administation of laughing gas (nitrous oxide) developed in England. From La Nature, Paris, 1874
527507 Apparatus for the administation of laughing gas (nitrous oxide) developed in England. From La Nature, Paris, 1874.; Universal History Archive/UIG.

French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Amboise Enterprise or Conspiracy March 1560
535842 French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Amboise Enterprise or Conspiracy March 1560; (add.info.: French Religious Wars 1562-1598. Amboise Enterprise or Conspiracy March 1560)

Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne Turenne(1611-1675) French soldier: Marshal-General of France 1668
543313 Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne Turenne(1611-1675) French soldier: Marshal-General of France 1668, killed by a cannon ball while reconnoitring at Sasbach, Germany

Director of Cambridge Observatory, Massachusetts, using the reflecting telescope on the Rocky Mountains to watch
538161 Director of Cambridge Observatory, Massachusetts, using the reflecting telescope on the Rocky Mountains to watch the launch of the space capsule Columbiad

Josephine de Beauharnais , 1763 to 1814. First wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, and first Empress of the French
2915306 Josephine de Beauharnais , 1763 to 1814. First wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, and first Empress of the French. Illustration from the book The Connoisseur Illustrated published 1904.; Photo

Giant burning glass of the Academie des Sciences, used for chemical experiments, 1874 (engraving)
539766 Giant burning glass of the Academie des Sciences, used for chemical experiments, 1874 (engraving) by French School

Assembly of the Provostship of the Merchants of Paris, 16th century (engraving)
531521 Assembly of the Provostship of the Merchants of Paris, 16th century (engraving); (add.info.: From Ordonnances Royaux del la Prevote des Marchands et Eschevinage de la Ville de Paris Paris)

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"Unforgettable Moments in LA: A Journey Through Time and Triumphs" Witness the fierce rivalry between Sebastian Coe, Steve Cram, and Steve Ovett as they battle for glory in the 1500m Final at the 1984 Summer Olympics in LA. From the Hollywood Hills, a majestic view of the iconic Hollywood sign emerges through lush greenery, reminding us of dreams that come true against all odds. Georges Seurat's masterpiece "Sunday Afternoon on la Grande Jatte" takes us back to 1884, capturing a serene moment where time stands still on a canvas filled with vibrant colors. Savoring beignets and chicory coffee at Cafe du Monde transports you to New Orleans' French Quarter while exploring LA's diverse culinary scene. The intensity rises as Seb Coe and Steve Cram sprint towards victory on the home straight during the thrilling 1500m final at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Celebrating triumphs on water, witness GB Coxed Four rowers claiming gold at the prestigious 1984 Los Angeles Olympics amidst cheers from an ecstatic crowd. Step into another era with Georges de La Tour's captivating painting "LA TOUR: FORTUNE TELLER, " inviting us to unravel mysteries hidden within its timeless beauty. Relive Kriss Akabusi's remarkable performance at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, showcasing determination and resilience that inspire generations to come. Immerse yourself in LA's vibrant city skyline adorned with dazzling lights while strolling along Bourbon Street—a lively hub of music, culture, and entertainment. As autumn paints Black Butte Ranch in stunning hues of red and gold near Bend, Central Oregon—experience nature's breathtaking embrace just outside bustling LA.