The Past Collection (page 5)

"Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan
864164 "Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan; (add.info.: Christian, the pilgrim of the title, in combat with Apollyon, the Destroyer, the Angel of the Bottomless Pit)

Coal Exchange, Thames Street, London
864162 Coal Exchange, Thames Street, London; (add.info.: Coal Exchange, Thames Street, London. A commodity market where coal was traded)

Manchester Ship Canal - Mount Manisty
864154 Manchester Ship Canal - Mount Manisty; (add.info.: View on the Manchester Ship Canal - Mount Manisty. Mount Manisty was created from the spoil excavated during the construction of the canal)

Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print)
864132 Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print); (add.info.: "The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe)

Portrait of James I (1394-1437) King of Scotland
864060 Portrait of James I (1394-1437) King of Scotland; (add.info.: James I (1394-1437) King of Scotland from 1424 until assassinated in 1437

Hackling Flax by hand, 1880 (engraving)
864020 Hackling Flax by hand, 1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Hackling Flax by hand. The stalks were broken apart by beating down on a metal comb)

Forest during Carboniferous period
863939 Forest during Carboniferous period; (add.info.: Artist's reconstruction of a forest during the Carboniferous period. From "Science for All" by Robert Brown (London, c1880)

Victoria queen of Great Britain and Ireland
863938 Victoria queen of Great Britain and Ireland; (add.info.: Victoria (1819-1901) queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837, Empress of India from 1875

Ideal flora and fauna of Liassic period
863935 Ideal flora and fauna of Liassic period; (add.info.: Ideal flora and fauna of the Liassic period including Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus)

Hurlet alum mine near Glasgow, United Kingdom
863930 Hurlet alum mine near Glasgow, United Kingdom; (add.info.: Hurlet alum mine near Glasgow, Scotland, showing miners extracting ore. Light is provided by candles fixed to their helmets)

French postcard of, 1900 depicting two traditionally dressed French boys against a 100 Cent banknote
3665638 French postcard of, 1900 depicting two traditionally dressed French boys against a 100 Cent banknote by French School

French postcard of, 1900 depicting two traditionally dressed Italian boys against a 100 Lira banknote
3665637 French postcard of, 1900 depicting two traditionally dressed Italian boys against a 100 Lira banknote by French School

French postcard of, 1900 depicting two medieval card players against a 100 Pesetas banknote
3665636 French postcard of, 1900 depicting two medieval card players against a 100 Pesetas banknote by French School, (20th century); (add.info)

Artaxerxes grants freedom to the Jews in Persia, Illustration from the Dore Bible, 1866 (engraving)
3665604 Artaxerxes grants freedom to the Jews in Persia, Illustration from the Dore Bible, 1866 (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); (add.info.: Artaxerxes grants freedom to the Jews in Persia)

The flagellation of Christ; Illustration from the Dore Bible, 1866
3666119 The flagellation of Christ; Illustration from the Dore Bible, 1866 by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); (add.info.: The flagellation of Christ; Illustration from the Dore Bible 1866)

Judas betrays Jesus with a kiss; Illustration from the Dore Bible, 1866
3666118 Judas betrays Jesus with a kiss; Illustration from the Dore Bible, 1866 by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); (add.info.: Judas betrays Jesus with a kiss; Illustration from the Dore Bible 1866)

Russian Orthodox miniature depicting a scene from the Apocalypse of Saint John, c.1750
3666143 Russian Orthodox miniature depicting a scene from the Apocalypse of Saint John, c.1750; (add.info.: Russian Orthodox miniature depicting a scene from the Apocalypse of Saint John)

Russian Orthodox miniature depicting a scene from the Apocalypse of Saint John, c.1750
3666132 Russian Orthodox miniature depicting a scene from the Apocalypse of Saint John, c.1750; (add.info.: Russian Orthodox miniature depicting a scene from the Apocalypse of Saint John)

Russian Orthodox miniature depicting the Apocalypse of Saint John, c.1750
3666128 Russian Orthodox miniature depicting the Apocalypse of Saint John, c.1750; (add.info.: Russian Orthodox miniature depicting the Apocalypse of Saint John)

Russian Orthodox miniature depicting the Apocalypse of Saint John, c.1750
3666126 Russian Orthodox miniature depicting the Apocalypse of Saint John, c.1750; (add.info.: Russian Orthodox miniature depicting the Apocalypse of Saint John)

illustration showing the coronation of the Virgin Mary with Jesus, c.1820
3666124 illustration showing the coronation of the Virgin Mary with Jesus, c.1820; (add.info.: 19th century, French, illustration, showing the coronation of the Virgin Mary with Jesus)

19th century, French, illustration, showing the Virgin Mary holding a sleeping baby Jesus, c.1840
3666108 19th century, French, illustration, showing the Virgin Mary holding a sleeping baby Jesus, c.1840; (add.info.: 19th century, French, illustration)

19th century woodcut illustration, showing the Santa Maria Lauretana, c.1820
3666100 19th century woodcut illustration, showing the Santa Maria Lauretana, c.1820; (add.info.: 19th century woodcut illustration, showing the coronation of the Virgin Mary with Jesus)

View over New York harbour, C 1893
2603736 View over New York harbour, C 1893; (add.info.: View over New York harbour. From a photograph taken c1893).

Uncle Sam (America)
2603735 Uncle Sam (America); (add.info.: Uncle Sam (America) in danger of sinking due to President McKinley (Dingley Bill) and his policy on monopolies. Cartoon c1900).

Illustration of The Palazzo Dario, 1600 (engraving)
2601373 Illustration of The Palazzo Dario, 1600 (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration of The Palazzo Dario); Universal History Archive/UIG.

President Franklin Pierce 1857
2601313 President Franklin Pierce 1857; (add.info.: President Franklin Pierce 1857); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Composite skeleton of Megatherium
863936 Composite skeleton of Megatherium; (add.info.: Composite skeleton of a Megatherium, made up of three separate specimens sent to Madrid between 1789 and 1798)

Reconstruction of carboniferous forest
863931 Reconstruction of carboniferous forest; (add.info.: Artist's reconstruction of a carboniferous forest during the time when coal deposits were being laid down)

Christoph Hendrick Diderick Buys-Ballot
865148 Christoph Hendrick Diderick Buys-Ballot; (add.info.: Christoph Hendrick Diderick Buys-Ballot (1817-1890) Dutch meteorologist and physical chemist

Antoine Alexandre Brutus Bussy
865143 Antoine Alexandre Brutus Bussy; (add.info.: Antoine Alexandre Brutus Bussy (1794-1882) French chemist, physician and pharmacist, born at Marseilles

George-Louis Leclerc Buffon
865139 George-Louis Leclerc Buffon; (add.info.: George-Louis Leclerc Buffon (1707-1778) French naturalist, author of 44 volume "Histoire Naturelle"

Portrait of Paul Broca
865133 Portrait of Paul Broca; (add.info.: Paul Broca (1824-1880) French physician, anatomist and anthropologist. Discovered the location of speech production area in the front lobes of the brain

Portrait of James Williams Adams
865131 Portrait of James Williams Adams; (add.info.: James Williams Adams (1839-1903) born in Cork, Ireland. Served as a chaplain in the British Indian Army

Portrait of William Braidwood, 1819 (engraving)
865130 Portrait of William Braidwood, 1819 (engraving); (add.info.: William Braidwood, one of the pastors of the Original Baptist Church, Edinburgh, Scotland)

Portrait of Paul Bert, 1886 (engraving)
865121 Portrait of Paul Bert, 1886 (engraving); (add.info.: Paul Bert (1833-1886) French physiologist and politician. A pupil of Claude Bernard

Portrait of George Buchanan
865103 Portrait of George Buchanan; (add.info.: George Buchanan (1831-1895) English physician with an interest in the improvement of sanitary conditions

Pierre Simons (19th century)
865001 Pierre Simons (19th century); (add.info.: Pierre Simons (19th century), involved with early Belgian railways. Engraving from "Les Merveilles de la Science" (Paris)

Portrait of G.W.F. Charles
864220 Portrait of G.W.F. Charles; (add.info.: George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904); English soldier; cousin of Queen Victoria; field-marshal; commander-in-chief of

Portrait of J.J.R. Manners
864218 Portrait of J.J.R. Manners; (add.info.: John James Robert Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland (1818-1906), English Conservative politician

Portrait of Robert Burns
864212 Portrait of Robert Burns; (add.info.: Robert Burns (1759-1795) Scottish poet born at Alloway, near Ayr. Burns died of Rheumatic endocarditis

Portrait of Edmund Spenser
864199 Portrait of Edmund Spenser; (add.info.: Edmund Spenser (1552?-1599) English Elizabethan poet. Engraving from "The Gallery of Portraits" Vol

Portrait of John Bunyan, 1832 (engraving)
864189 Portrait of John Bunyan, 1832 (engraving); (add.info.: John Bunyan (1628-1688) English Puritan preacher. Author of "The Pilgrim's Progress" (London, 1678)

Portrait of Thomas Erskine
864186 Portrait of Thomas Erskine; (add.info.: Thomas Erskine, first Baron Erskine (1750-1823) Scottish-born British jurist and statesman: Lord Chancellor 1806: Friend of CJ Fox and RB Sheridan

"Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan
864166 "Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan; (add.info.: Christian, the pilgrim of the title, in sight of the Cross)

Dynamometer
864161 Dynamometer; (add.info.: Dynamometer, an instrument for measuring mechanical force or power, designed by the French civil engineer Edme Regnier (1751-1825)

Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print)
864134 Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print); (add.info.: "The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe)

Woolsorters, 1880 (engraving)
863954 Woolsorters, 1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Woolsorters. These workers, who were employed by a woolstapler, sorted the wool from various areas of the fleeces into separate batches)

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"The Past: A Journey Through Time and Wonder" Step into the depths of history as we explore the captivating remnants of our ancient world. From the enigmatic Lascaux cave paintings in Bordeaux, France, depicting bulls and horses with intricate detail, to the awe-inspiring ramparts of a prehistoric hill fort on Hambledon Hill above the Blackmore Vale. Nature's own masterpiece takes center stage as we witness the ethereal beauty of an Aurora Borealis dancing over Sycamore Gap along Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, England. The sky ablaze with vibrant colors, reminding us of the timeless wonders that grace our planet. In London's urban cemetery, ring-necked parakeets soar through the air on their way to roost, a mesmerizing sight captured by a finalist in the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of Year Awards 2014. These magnificent creatures bring life to even the most unexpected corners of our bustling cities. Journeying across continents and cultures, we find ourselves transported to Peru's majestic Andes mountains where ancient civilizations once thrived. Their legacy lives on through crumbling ruins that whisper tales from centuries past. Timekeeping devices like sundials stand as silent witnesses to human ingenuity throughout history. Perran Sands in Cornwall and Caernarfon Castle in Wales bear witness to this remarkable feat while Chimayo in New Mexico holds its own as America's holy Santuario - a place reminiscent of Lourdes' spiritual embrace. The petrified forest at Borth Beach stands frozen in time; trees turned into stone tell stories stretching back millions of years. Meanwhile, Pont du Gard Roman aqueduct stands tall as a testament to engineering brilliance near Nimes, France – an architectural marvel connecting past and present. Finally, Chillon Castle graces Lake Geneva’s shores against a backdrop adorned by majestic Alps peaks – an enchanting fusion between nature’s grandeur and man-made splendor.