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Background imageVertical Collection: Robbie the Robot from film Forbidden Planet

Robbie the Robot from film Forbidden Planet
Robbie the Robot. from MGM film " Forbidden Planet", 1956

Background imageVertical Collection: Departure of Prince Siddhartha, illustration

Departure of Prince Siddhartha, illustration
Departure of Prince Siddhartha; Siddhartha Guataman (c.563 - c.483 BC), founder of Buddhism. Became supreme Buddha c528 BC

Background imageVertical Collection: Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, Leader in civil rights

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, Leader in civil rights

Background imageVertical Collection: Maud Gonne (1865 - 1953)

Maud Gonne (1865 - 1953), Mrs John MacBride, ardent Irish Nationalist and, from 1916, an active member of Sinn Fein

Background imageVertical Collection: Indian woman with Smallpox scars

Indian woman with Smallpox scars
Indian woman who has survived Smallpox but who will carry the scars for the rest of her life, 1970s. WHO photograph by L Dale

Background imageVertical Collection: Administering gas and ether to a patient

Administering gas and ether to a patient in a sitting position, using Clovers apparatus. From RJ Probyn - Williams " A Practical Guide to the Administration of Anesthetics", London, 1901

Background imageVertical Collection: Engraving of goddess Hecate

Engraving of goddess Hecate
Hecate, triple - bodied daughter of the Titan Perses and of Asteria. As goddess of the lower world, in Ancient Greek mythology she ruled over magic, ghosts and witchcraft. Wood engraving

Background imageVertical Collection: Portrait of Benito Mussolini (1883 - 1945)

Portrait of Benito Mussolini (1883 - 1945)
Benito Mussolini (1883 - 1945) - " Il Duce" - Italian fascist dictator

Background imageVertical Collection: Portrait of Francesco Foscari

Portrait of Francesco Foscari

Background imageVertical Collection: Portrait of woman, by Guido Reni, 1638 - 1639, detail

Portrait of woman, by Guido Reni, 1638 - 1639, detail
Oil Painting by Guido Reni 1575 - 1642. Portrait of a Woman (detail), perhaps Artemisia or Lady with a Lapis Lazuli Bowl 1638 - 1639

Background imageVertical Collection: Ancient Greek theatre masks

Ancient Greek theatre masks
Theatre masks. In ancient drama plays, actors wore masks made of wood or linen cloth, which indicated the sex, age, character and morals of the heroes

Background imageVertical Collection: Marble statuettes of Athena and Zeus, 2nd century BC

Marble statuettes of Athena and Zeus, 2nd century BC
Left: Marble statuette of Athena. Perhaps from Asia Minor, late 2nd c. BC. Right: Marble statuette of Zeus. Perhaps from Asia Minor, late 2nd c. BC

Background imageVertical Collection: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) 32nd President of the United States of America 1933-1945

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) 32nd President of the United States of America 1933-1945, signing the declaration of war against Japan, 8 December 1941. Second World War

Background imageVertical Collection: Inauguration reception for President Benjamin Harrison

Inauguration reception for President Benjamin Harrison, Washington, D.C. 1889.Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) 23rd President of the USA (1889-1893)

Background imageVertical Collection: Ernst Haeckel with his assistant in Canaries, 1867

Ernst Haeckel with his assistant in Canaries, 1867
Ernst Haeckel (1834 - 1919) German zoologist and evolutionist. Recapitulation theory " Ontology recapitulates phylogeny". Haeckel in the Canaries in 1867 with his assistant Miklucho - Maclay

Background imageVertical Collection: Pullman sleeping car on Union Pacific Railroad

Pullman sleeping car on Union Pacific Railroad
Pullman sleeping car on the Union Pacific Railroad c1869. Wood engraving

Background imageVertical Collection: Portrait of John Ericsson (1803 - 1889)

Portrait of John Ericsson (1803 - 1889)
John Ericsson (1803 - 1889), Swedish - born American engineer at the time of his arrival in America in 1839. Wood engraving

Background imageVertical Collection: John Philip Sousa (1854 - 1932) American composer

John Philip Sousa (1854 - 1932) American composer
John Philip Sousa (1854 - 1932) American march composer and bandmaster. Cartoon by David Wilson marking the end of Sousas visit to Britain, February 1903. Halftone

Background imageVertical Collection: Title page of Luthers Old Testament

Title page of Luthers Old Testament
Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) German religious reformer. Title page of Luthers translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew into German (1534)

Background imageVertical Collection: Dining car on Orient Express

Dining car on Orient Express
Dining car on the Orient Express. Wood engraving published Paris, c1885

Background imageVertical Collection: Copperplate engraving of Janus, 1798

Copperplate engraving of Janus, 1798
Janus: Two - faced Ancient Roman god, keeper of the gate of heaven. Copperplate engraving 1798

Background imageVertical Collection: John Philip Sousa (1854 - 1932) American composer

John Philip Sousa (1854 - 1932) American composer
John Philip Sousa (1854 - 1932) American march composer and bandmaster, conducting his Washington Post". Picture published London 1903. Halftone

Background imageVertical Collection: Sleeping compartment on Orient Express

Sleeping compartment on Orient Express
Sleeping compartment on the Orient Express. Wood engraving published Leipzig c1895

Background imageVertical Collection: Engraving of Ernst Haeckel German zoologist

Engraving of Ernst Haeckel German zoologist
Ernst Haeckel (1834 - 1919) German zoologist and evolutionist. Recapitulation theory " Ontology recapitulates phylogeny". Wood engraving

Background imageVertical Collection: Engraving of Ernst Haeckel German zoologist

Engraving of Ernst Haeckel German zoologist
Ernst Haeckel (1834 - 1919) German zoologist and evolutionist. Recapitulation theory " Ontology recapitulates phylogeny". Wood engraving

Background imageVertical Collection: Ernst Haeckel (1834 - 1919) German zoologist

Ernst Haeckel (1834 - 1919) German zoologist and evolutionist. Recapitulation theory " Ontology recapitulates phylogeny". Haeckel in 1899. Halftone

Background imageVertical Collection: Buddha as mendicant in saffron robes

Buddha as mendicant in saffron robes
Prince Siddhartha: Siddhartha Guataman (c563 - c483 BC) founder of Buddhism. Became supreme Buddha c528 BC. Buddha as mendicant in saffron robes

Background imageVertical Collection: Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson, 3 June 1937

Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson, 3 June 1937
The marriage of the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson, 3 June 1937

Background imageVertical Collection: Portrait of Brigham Young American Mormon leader, 1870

Portrait of Brigham Young American Mormon leader, 1870
Brigham Young (1801 - 1877) American Mormon leader. Wood engraving published circa 1870

Background imageVertical Collection: Audience enjoying laughing gas

Audience enjoying laughing gas
The audience at a lecture enjoying the effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide)

Background imageVertical Collection: Child with Smallpox

Child with Smallpox
A child with Smallpox, Infectious Diseases Hospital, Madras, India, 1970s. WHO photograph by FN Sharma

Background imageVertical Collection: Doctor examining urine sample

Doctor examining urine sample
Physician examining a sample of urine from the patient lying in bed

Background imageVertical Collection: Dissection in progress

Dissection in progress
A dissection in progress

Background imageVertical Collection: Birth of Julius Caesar

Birth of Julius Caesar (c100 - 44 BC) by caesarian section. From Filippion Beroaldos (1453 - 1505) edition of Seutonius " Lives of the Caesars" which repeated the legend of Caesars birth

Background imageVertical Collection: Dentistry in 17th century, France

Dentistry in 17th century, France
Dentistry in 17th century France. While the dentist is pulling the mans tooth his assistant is picking the patients purse

Background imageVertical Collection: Electrical activity of brain, Paris, 1926

Electrical activity of brain, Paris, 1926
Investigating the electrical activity of the brain. From " Le Petit Inventeur", Paris, 1926

Background imageVertical Collection: Doctor examining urine sample

Doctor examining urine sample
Physician examining a sample of urine from the patient lying in bed

Background imageVertical Collection: Dissection in progress

Dissection in progress
A dissection in progress

Background imageVertical Collection: Greatracks touched for Scrofula

Greatracks touched for Scrofula
Valentine Greatracks or Greatorex (1628 - 1666), known as Grearakes the Stroker. Greatracks touched for the Kings Evil (Scrofula) which he also treated with carrot poultices. Woodcut 1837

Background imageVertical Collection: Woman suffering from Lupus Vulgaris

Woman suffering from Lupus Vulgaris, a tubercular skin infection. From Jules Rengade " Les Grands Maux et les Grands Remedes", Paris, c1890

Background imageVertical Collection: Astrologers casting horoscope

Astrologers casting horoscope
Astrologers casting a horoscope for the child being born to the woman in the foreground seated in a birthing chair. She is supported by two women while the midwife delivers the baby

Background imageVertical Collection: Internal organs

Internal organs of the human body. From Gregor Reisch " Margarita Philosophica", Basle, 1508

Background imageVertical Collection: Hippocrates of Cos

Hippocrates of Cos (born c460 BC) Ancient Greek physician. Woodcut from Hartmann Schedel " Liber chronicarum mundi" (Nuremberg Chronicle), Nuremberg, 1493

Background imageVertical Collection: Hippocrates of Cos

Hippocrates of Cos (born c460 BC) Ancient Greek physician. Engraving after a gem in the collection of James Tassie. London, 1811

Background imageVertical Collection: Distillation of medicines

Distillation of medicines. Female in centre is sorting herbs to be used in various concoctions

Background imageVertical Collection: Female Mandrake plant

Female Mandrake plant. Woodcut from Johannis de Cuba " Ortus Sanitatis", Strasbourg, 1483. A soporific was obtained from the root and its properties were probably known to the Babylonians

Background imageVertical Collection: Anaesthetist administering chloroform

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

Background imageVertical Collection: Franz Josef Strauss (1915 - 1988)

Franz Josef Strauss (1915 - 1988) German politician (CSU) and long - time minister - president of the state of Bavaria

Background imageVertical Collection: Male Mandrake plant

Male Mandrake plant. Woodcut from Johannis de Cuba " Ortus Sanitatis", Strasbourg, 1483. A soporific was obtained from the root and its properties were probably known to the Babylonians

Background imageVertical Collection: Head and neck

Head and neck
Plate of the head and neck including at IX and X the bones of the ear. From Bartolommeo Eustachi " Tabulae Anatomicae", second edition, Amsterdam, 1722

Background imageVertical Collection: Birth by caesarian section

Birth by caesarian section
Illustration of birth by caesarian section from Scipione Mercurio " La Commare o Raccoglitrice..." Verona, 1642. Mercurio recommended caesarian section in cases of contracted pelvis

Background imageVertical Collection: Last case of Smallpox, India

Last case of Smallpox, India
Last indigenous case of Smallpox in India, Katihar District, Eihar State. Victim, Manjo a 7 year old boy, May 1975. WHO photograph

Background imageVertical Collection: Birthing chair

Birthing chair in use. Midwife works underneath the mothers clothing while her assistant supports the mother from behind. 16th century woodcut from Eucharius Roslin " The Garden of Roses"

Background imageVertical Collection: Illustration from Fourteenth Century on Surgery

Illustration from Fourteenth Century on Surgery
The anatomy lesson. Engraving after a manuscript of the work of the French surgeon Guy de Chaulliac (c1300 - 1368)

Background imageVertical Collection: Doctor examining urine sample

Doctor examining urine sample
Physician in a hospital ward examining a specimen of urine. 17th century engraving by (Gasper) Bouttata

Background imageVertical Collection: Woman hatching baby

Woman hatching baby
Woman hatching a baby from an egg she has incubated. Incident reported by the Ancient Greek historian Herodotus (c485 - 425 BC)

Background imageVertical Collection: Patent Vertical Printing Machine, in the Great Exhibition, Class C, No. 122, London

Patent Vertical Printing Machine, in the Great Exhibition, Class C, No. 122, London, Uk, 1851 Engraving

Background imageVertical Collection: Child suffering from Measles

Child suffering from Measles (Rubeola : Morbilli), a widespread viral infection spread by air - borne droplets. A routine vaccine was not available until 1964

Background imageVertical Collection: Woman with goitre, Enlargement of thyroid gland

Woman with goitre, Enlargement of thyroid gland
Woman with goitre, and enlargement of the thyroid gland caused by lack of iodine. From Jules Rengade " Les Grands Maux et les Grands Remedes", Paris, c1890

Background imageVertical Collection: Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924), British novelist

Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924), British novelist
Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924) Polish - born British novelist

Background imageVertical Collection: Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924), British novelist

Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924), British novelist
Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924). Polish - born British novelist. Woodblock

Background imageVertical Collection: Thaddeus Kosciuszko (1746 - 1817) portrait

Thaddeus Kosciuszko (1746 - 1817) portrait
Thaddeus Kosciuszko (1746 - 1817) Polish soldier and patriot. Engraving

Background imageVertical Collection: Stadium 1927

Stadium 1927
The Stadium 1927 by Alexander Deineka. Emancipated young women athletes compete watched by an older female generation. Russian

Background imageVertical Collection: President T. Roosevelt crowning himself as emperor

President T. Roosevelt crowning himself as emperor

Background imageVertical Collection: Comparison of embryos of Pig, Cow, Rabbit and Man

Comparison of embryos of Pig, Cow, Rabbit and Man
Haeckels comparison of embryos of Pig, Cow, Rabbit and Man

Background imageVertical Collection: Mammal embryos

Mammal embryos. From Ernst Haeckel The Evolution of Man, fifth edition, London, 1910

Background imageVertical Collection: Sauropsida embryos

Sauropsida embryos. From Ernst Haeckel The Evolution of Man, fifth edition, London, 1910

Background imageVertical Collection: Paleontological tree of vertebrates

Paleontological tree of vertebrates. From Ernst Haeckel " The Evolution of Man", fifth edition, London, 1910

Background imageVertical Collection: International Woman Suffrage Alliance

International Woman Suffrage Alliance - 1914. In centre of seated row is Carrie Chapman Catt (1859 - 1947), American feminist leader

Background imageVertical Collection: Portrait of George Eliot

Portrait of George Eliot
George Eliot (1819 - 1880) pen name of Mary Ann Evans. Important British novelist. Author of Adam Bede, Silas Marner, The Mill on the Floss, Romola, Felix Holt, Middlemarch, Daniel Deronda, etc

Background imageVertical Collection: Portrait of Christopher Columbus

Portrait of Christopher Columbus
Engraving of an ivory niello showing Christopher Columbus (1451 - 1506), Genoese explorer, on board his ship during his voyage to America

Background imageVertical Collection: Chief Wahunsonacock smoking in his hut

Chief Wahunsonacock smoking in his hut
Top: Chief Wahunsonacock (father of Pocahontas) head of Powhatan confederacy of Algonquin - speaking tribes smoking in his hut

Background imageVertical Collection: Little Head, North American Indian chief

Little Head, North American Indian chief. From a photograph taken c1885 - 1890

Background imageVertical Collection: Yellow Dog, North American Indian

Yellow Dog, North American Indian
Yellow Dog: North American Indian. From photograph taken c1885 - 1890

Background imageVertical Collection: Still from film Day of the Daleks

Still from film Day of the Daleks
Still from the film " Day of the Daleks" c1967. Peter Cushing, British actor, as Dr Who

Background imageVertical Collection: Portrait of James Abram Garfield

Portrait of James Abram Garfield
James Abram Garfield (1831 - 1881) 20th President of the United States. Shot 2 July, died 19 September. Color - printed wood engraving

Background imageVertical Collection: Portrait of Miguel, Chief of Yuma Indians

Portrait of Miguel, Chief of Yuma Indians
Miguel, Chief of the Yuma Indians. From photograph taken 1885 - 1890

Background imageVertical Collection: Babbages difference machine

Babbages difference machine. From Charles Babbage " Passages from the Life of a Philosopher", London, 1864. Engraving

Background imageVertical Collection: Portrait of Albert Schweitzer

Portrait of Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965) Alsatian medical missionary and theologian, philosopher and musician. From a photograph

Background imageVertical Collection: Cray - 2 supercomputer by NASA

Cray - 2 supercomputer by NASA
Cray - 2 supercomputer. NASA photograph

Background imageVertical Collection: George Moores steam man

George Moores steam man. Petrol - fired boiler operated a 1/2 hp engine. Exhaust escaped through helmet, steam exhaust through cigar. Walking speed 7 - 9 mph

Background imageVertical Collection: France, Paris, Le Petit Journal cover, 1907

France, Paris, Le Petit Journal cover, 1907
Opening of a wireless telegraph link between Paris and Casablanca, showing men whose work made it possible the Frenchman, Edouard Branly (1844 - 1940), and the Italian

Background imageVertical Collection: John Ericsson (1803 - 1889) in uniform

John Ericsson (1803 - 1889) in uniform
John Ericsson (1803 - 1889), Swedish - born American engineer, as a Lieutenant in the Jamtland Field Chasseurs in the Swedish army. Wood engraving

Background imageVertical Collection: Trial of Witch in Puritan America, 17th century

Trial of Witch in Puritan America, 17th century
The Trial of a Witch, 17th century Puritan America. Illustration for the play " Giles Corey, Yeoman" by Mary E Wilkins (Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman), American novelist and playwright



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