Ann Ronan Pictures Collection (page 20)

Eye of a Young Woman. Artist: Joseph Sacco
Eye of a Young Woman

Ethopian prayer book showing an angel with a sword and two men, possibly priests, 19th century

Lenin addressing a crowd in Red Square, Moscow, Russian Revolution, October 1917. On 26 October 1917, the day after the storming of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg

Scipio Africanus, Roman general. Publius Cornelius Africanus Scipio (236-183 BC) fought in the Second Punic War against Hannibal and the Carthaginians

First manned flight in a hydrogen balloon, France, 1 December 1783 (1887). French aeronauts Jacques Charles (1746-1823) and Noel Robert made the first manned (free flight)

Ascent in captive hot air balloon made by Pilatre de Rozier, Paris, 11 October 1783 (1887)
Ascent in a captive hot air balloon made by Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier in Paris, 11 October 1783 (1887). From Histoire des Ballons by Gaston Tissandier. (Paris, 1887)

Revolutionaries armed with rifles, Russian Revolution, October 1917

Marchers in St Petersburg, Russian Revolution, 1917. A large demonstration on the streets of St Petersburg, where the Russian Revolution began

Defence of Petrograd by all our Forces, 1919. Artist: Alexander Apsit
Defence of St Petersburg by all our Forces, 1919. Propaganda poster exhorting workers and soldiers to defend the city of Petrograd (St Petersburg)

The First Vatican Council, Rome, 8 December 1869. Pope Pius IX (1792-1878), Pope from 1846, addressing the First Vatican Council

Pope Leo XIII, c1883-1899. Leo XIII, born Vincenzo-Giacchino Pecci (1810-1903), Pope from 1878, opening the Vatican archives for historical research, 1883

End of the Battle, c1900. Artist: Amos Bad Heart Buffalo
End of the Battle, c1900. Sioux warriors leading away captured horses after defeating the American army under George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Montana

Johann Christoph Friedrich Von Schiller, German poet, dramatist and historian, c1785. Artist: Anton Graff
Johann Christoph Friedrich Von Schiller, German poet, dramatist and historian, c1785. Schiller (1759-1805), one of the greatest figures of German literature

Unrest and violence in Russia, 1906. Cover from the French satirical magazine L Assiette au Beurre showing the face of a fanatic aiming a revolver

Blessed Russia!, 1905. Cover from French satirical magazine L Assiette au Beurre, showing a decapitated head, probably representing Tsar Nicholas II

Pope Pius IX, 1869-1899. Born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti (1792-1878), Pius IX became Pope in 1846. He is shown opening the first Vatican Council in 1869

Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1631. Artist: Daniel Mytens
Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1631. Charles I (1600-1649) succeeded his father James I as King in 1625. His reign was dominated by a bitter dispute with Parliament over the extent of

Staten Island and the Narrows, New York, USA, c1834-c1876. Artist: Frances Flora Bond Palmer
Staten Island and the Narrows, New York, USA, c1834-1876. New York viewed from Fort Hamilton, with Fort Lafayette in the centre, framed by trees. Published by Currier and Ives, New York, USA

The Rocky Mountains, c1834-c1876. Artist: Frances Flora Bond Palmer
The Rocky Mountains, c1834-c1876. Emigrants crossing the plains watched by Native Americans. Published by Currier and Ives, New York, USA

The Last War-Whoop, 1834-1907. Artist: Archibald Campbell Tait
The Last War-Whoop, 1834-1907. A dying Native American warrior giving his last war cry watched by a settler he has wounded. Print published by Currier and Ives, New York, USA

A Parley, 1834-1907. Artist: Currier and Ives
A Parley, 1834-1907. A settler and a Native American chief meet for a parley, while their supporters stand ready

Shakers near Lebanon, c1870. Artist: Currier and Ives
Shakers near Lebanon, c1870. Members of the Mount Lebanon Shaker Community, Lebanon Springs, New York State, dancing at their meeting

Armenian Gospels: portrait of the patron of the manuscript and his son

Franz Liszt, 1886. Artist: Mihaly Munkacsy
Franz Liszt, 1886. Portrait of Liszt (1811-1886), Hungarian pianist and composer, as an old man

Ships of Commodore Perrys American expedition to Japan of 1852-1854. American naval officer Matthew Perry (1794-1858) was ordered by President Millard Fillmore to command an expedition to Japan to

A Market in Cairo, c late 19th century. Artist: Franz Theodor Wurbel
A Market in Cairo, c late 19th century

St Basil the Great. Regarded as one of the greatest Greek fathers of the Christian church, St Basil the Great (c329-379) was Bishop of Caesarea from 370

St Eusebius, 13th century. Eusebius (c283-371) was a Christian Saint born in Sardinia, who became Bishop of Vercelli. From the Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus

Lothair I, Frankish Emperor, 9th century. Lothair (795-855) seated on a throne and wearing a crown flanked by two guards. When the Emperor Louis the Pious, son of Charlemagne

Frederick I, Barbarossa, 12th century Holy Roman Emperor, 13th century. Frederick, Duke of Swabia (c1123-1190), succeeded his uncle Conrad III as Holy Roman Emperor in 1152

El Rekaa ou L inclination (La Priere) (Prayer of Inclination), 1918. Artist: Etienne Dinet
El Rekaa ou L inclination (La Priere) (Prayer of Inclination), 1918. From La Vie de Mohammed, prophete d Allah (The Life of Mohammed, Prophet of Allah) by Etienne Dinet and Sliman Ben Ibrahim. (1918)

La prosternation (La priere) ( Prayer of Prostration ), 1918. Artist: Etienne Dinet
La prosternation (La priere) ( Prayer of Prostration ), 1918. From La Vie de Mohammed, prophete d Allah (The Life of Mohammed, Prophet of Allah) by Etienne Dinet and Sliman Ben Ibrahim. (1918)

Coronation of Otto III, German king, c998. Otto (980-1002), wearing a crown and holding an orb and sceptre, is flanked on the left of picture by representatives of the church

Le depart pour El Djihad ou la Guerre Sainte ( Departure for the Jihad or Holy War ), 1918. Artist: Etienne Dinet
Le depart pour El Djihad ou la Guerre Sainte ( Departure for the Jihad or Holy War ), 1918. From La Vie de Mohammed, prophete d Allah ( The Life of Mohammed)

St Genevieve gardant ses moutons ( St Genevieve watching her Flock ), 16th century. St Genevieve or Genovefa (422-500), the French saint who dedicated herself to God at the age of 7

Design for a production of Mozarts opera Die Zauberflote ( The Magic Flute ), 1816. Artist: Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Design for a production of Mozarts opera Die Zauberflote ( The Magic Flute ), 1816. Fire and water, two of the ordeals that Tamino

The courtyard of the temple of Isis and Osiris where Sarastro was High Priest, c1816. Artist: Karl Friedrich Schinkel
The courtyard of the temple of Isis and Osiris where Sarastro was High Priest, c1816. Design for an 1816 production of Die Zauberflote ( The Magic Flute ) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

View of Hong Kong, 7 December 1865. Artist: Jean Henri Zuber
View of Hong Kong, 7 December 1865. View showing paddle steamer and sailing vessels in the harbour and the city nestling below mountains

Release of Father Ephraim de Nevers from the prisons of the Inquisition, Goa, c1650 (1759)
Ceremony for the release of Father Ephraim de Nevers from the prisons of the Inquisition, Goa, c1650 (1759). Ephraim de Nevers, a French Capuchin monk, went as a missionary to India in c1645

Ceremony of blessing the river Neva, St Petersburg, by Russian Orthodox priests, 1895. The blessing of the Neva was an annual event, which took place in the presence of the Tsar

Elevation of the Cross during a Russian Orthodox service, 19th century

Mosque of El Mecolla, Algiers, c1821-1849. Artist: Antoine Victor Joinville
Mosque of El Mecolla, Algiers, c1821-1849. A mosque viewed from a busy street

Arabs Seated in a Cairo Market, c1854-1892. Artist: Leopold Carl Muller
Arabs Seated in a Cairo Market, c1854-1892

The Death of Caesar, 44 BC (c1780-1832). Artist: Guillaume Lethiere
The Death of Caesar, 44 BC (c1780-1832). The body of the murdered Julius Caesars (100-44BC) displayed to the crowd outside the Senate in Rome

Interior of the colonnade of St Peters, Rome, at the time of the Conclave of 1769. Artist: Hubert Robert
Interior of the Colonnade of St Peter s, Rome, at the Time of the Conclave of 1769. The Italian architect and sculptor Giovanni Bernini (1598-1680) designed the collonade

(James) Keir Hardie, Scottish-born British trade unionist and Labour politician, 1903. A founder member of the Labour Party

Charlemagne, King of the Franks, accepting the submission of the Saxons, 777 (19th century). Charlemagne (741-814) became King of the Franks in 768, jointly with his brother Carloman

Forces under Alaric I, King of the Visigoths, in battle, c410 (1654). Artist: Francois Chauveau
Forces under Alaric I, King of the Visigoths, in battle, c410 (1654).Alaric (c370-410) ruled the Visigoths (western Goths) from 395

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