Ann Ronan Pictures Collection (page 14)

Marble portrait bust said to be of Sophocles, Athenian writer of tragedies. Sophocles (c496-405 BC) was one of the great figures in Ancient Greek drama

Socrates, Ancient Greek philosopher. Marble portrait bust from the Archaeological Museum, Athens. Socrates (469-399 BC) is considered to be the intellectual father of modern Western philosophy

Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, Greece, 130
Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, Greece. Begun in 515 BC, the temple was not completed until the 2nd century AD, by the Roman Emperor Hadrian

Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, c1250 BC. Mycenae was a prehistoric Greek city discovered by the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) in the 1870s

Relief depicting Greek soldiers fighting Amazons

Relief showing an Athenian youth greeting older man, 5th century BC

Ancient Greek relief showing friends greeting each other

Epicurus, Ancient Greek philosopher. Epicurus (341-271 BC) was the founder of the Epicurean school of philosophy. Portrait bust, a Roman copy of a lost Greek original of the 3rd or 2nd century BC

Theatrical masks of tragedy and comedy depicted in a Roman mosaic

Carving of a mask used in Ancient Greek theatrical comedy, 3rd century BC

Women examining silk moth eggs and putting them in boxes for hatching into caterpillars, 1748
Women examining silk moth eggs and putting them in boxes for hatching into caterpillars (silkworms), 1748. From The Universal Magazine. (London, 1748)

The Manner of Feeding Silkworms, 1753. Artist: Benjamin Cole
The Manner of Feeding Silkworms, 1753. A silkworm farm, showing the interior of the rearing house or Magnangerie and the collection of mulberry leaves on which the caterpillars (worms) were fed

Trial of Jean II, Duke of Alencon, 1458. A friend of Joan of Arc, Jean II (d1476) was accused of plotting with the English against France during the Hundred Years War

Queen Philippa Pleads for the Men of Calais, 1346 (early 20th century). Queen Philippa, wife of Edward III of England, pleading with her husband to spare the lives of the burghers of Calais after

Passover. After a miniature from a 15th century missal

King Canute trying to turn back the tide, early 11th century (early 20th century). Canute (Sveinsson Knut) (d1035) was King of England from 1016, Denmark from 1018 and Norway from 1030

Arm being amputated without anaesthetic, Russo-Turkish War, 1877. Turkish wounded being attended to by the Red Crescent

Siege of Zaragosa, Spain, Peninsular War, 1808 (c1822-c1870). Artist: William Greatbach
Siege of Zaragosa, Spain, Peninsular War, 1808 (c1822-c1870). Maria Augustin, the Maid of Sarogossa, encouraging fellow her fellow citizens to re-man a battery

Spanish guerilla brought to safety, Pensinular War, c1809 (c1840-1897). Artist: JC Armytage
Spanish guerilla brought to safety, Pensinular War, c1809 (c1840-1897). After David Wilkies painting, The Wounded Guerilla

This little pig... infant amusement rhyme, c1860. Here the rhyme is being recited in the home of a poor Irish family, with the real pigs on which they depended, outside in the farmyard

Battle of Vimeiro, Peninsular War, 21 August 1808. The British army commanded by Wellington defeated the French under Junot

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, with his staff at the Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815. Wellington (1769-1852) commanded the British

Louis XII, King of France, riding out with his army to chastise the city of Genoa, 24 April 1507. The covering of the kings armour and his horses caparison are decorated with hives and bees

Attempt to exorcise evil spirits possessing a patient in San Spirito Hospital, Rome, 1792. Artist: Henry Fuseli
Attempt to exorcise evil spirits possessing a patient in San Spirito Hospital, Rome, 1792. Illustration based on Johann Kaspar Lavaters description, from his Essays on Physiognomy. (London, 1792)

Cecil Rhodes, British-born South African, financier, statesman and empire builder, 1891. Artist: Spy
Cecil Rhodes, British-born South African, financier, statesman and empire builder, 1891. Rhodes (1853-1902) made his fortune in the Kimberley diamond mines

Adenet le Roi, King of the Minstrels, 13th century. Adenet le Roi (c1240-c1300), French poet and musician, reciting the Roman de Cleomades to Blanche of Castile (1188-1252)

Paris nursemaid giving her charges fresh air in the Champs Elysees, c1890

King Rene and his musical court, 15th century. Rene (1409-1480) Duke of Anjou and Lorraine, King of Naples, Jerusalem and Sicily. The writing on the back wall refers to an Arab/European interface

Freeing of the Fenian Conspiracy leaders from a police van, Hyde Street, Manchester, 1867. On 18 September 1867, Colonel Thomas J Kelly and Captain Deasy

Womens ward in the Middlesex Hospital, London, 1808-1811. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Womens ward in the Middlesex Hospital, London, 1808-1811. From The Microcosm of London, illustrated by Pugin and Rowlandson and published by Ackermann. (London, 1808 -1811)

Samuel Smiles, Scottish writer, physician, surgeon and social reformer, 1882. Artist: Spy
Samuel Smiles, Scottish writer, physician, surgeon and social reformer, 1882. Smiles (1812-1904) was the author of Self Help. Cartoon from Vanity Fair. (London, 14 January 1882)

Eyre Massey Shaw, British firefighter, 1871. Artist: Carlo Pellegrini
Eyre Massey Shaw, British firefighter, 1871. Captain Shaw (1830-1908) was head of the London Metropolitan Fire Brigade from 1861-1891. Cartoon from Vanity Fair. (London, 3 June 1871)

William Howard Russell, Irish-born British journalist, 1875. Artist: Carlo Pellegrini
William Howard Russell, Irish-born British journalist, 1875. Russell (1820-1907) was war correspondent for The Times during the Crimean War) and The Daily Telegraph in the Zulu War

Anthony Panizzi, Italian bibliographer, 1874. Artist: Carlo Pellegrini
Anthony Panizzi, Italian bibliographer, 1874. Panizzi (1797-1879) fled the 1821 revolution in Italy and became Chief Librarian at the British Museum (1856-1866), where he designed the Reading Room

Henry George Liddell, British scholar, 1875. Artist: Carlo Pellegrini
Henry George Liddell, British scholar, 1875. The Dean of Christchurch, Oxford, Liddells (1811-1891) daughter Alice was immortalised in Lewis Carrolls Alice in Wonderland. Cartoon from Vanity Fair

Samuel Plimsoll, British social reformer and politician, 1873. Known popularly as the sailors friend because of his championing of sailors interests

Viscount Wolsley, British soldier, 1874. Artist: Carlo Pellegrini
Viscount Wolsley, British soldier, 1874. Garnet Joseph Wolsley, (1833-1913) won the Victoria Cross in the Indian Mutiny and led the relief of Khartoum in 1884-1885

Recovering casualty of a bullet wound to the abdomen, American Civil War, 1865. Lieutenant Diechler on 10 August on discharge from hospital after recovering from a bullet wound to the abdomen

Casualties of the American Civil War, 1861-1865. Wounded soldiers in the care of the Red Cross sitting out in the fresh air

Shippens Successful Amputation at the Hip Joint, American Civil War, 1865. Mortality from this procedure was in excess of 70%. From Circular No.6, Surgeon Generals Office

William Bligh, British naval officer received by the Governor of Timor, 14 June 1789 (1802)
William Bligh, British naval officer received hospitably by the Governor of Timor, 14 June 1789 (1802). Bligh (1754-1817)

Andre Massena, French soldier, c1820. Artist: Delpech
Andre Massena, French soldier, c1820. Regarded as one of Napoleons greatest generals, Massena (1758-1817) first distinguished himself in the revolutionary wars

Michel Ney, French soldier of the Napoleonic Wars, 1817. Ney (1769-1815) was made a Marshal of France in 1804. He commanded the French army at the Battle of Friedland (1807)

Naming of Saint John the Baptist. After a 12th century wall painting in the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral, England

Elijah goes into wilderness and asks to die, but an angel comes and bids him arise and eat, 1866. From the Bible (1 Kings 19.5)

And I saw another angel fly in the midst of Heaven... c1885. From the Bible (Revelation XXIV 6, 7)

Elijah raising the widows son, c1808. From the Bible (1 Kings 17.19, 20)

John the Baptist baptising Jesus, c1808. From the Bible (Mark 1. 9)

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