Ann Ronan Pictures Collection (page 4)

The Underworld, c1613-c1644. Artist: Francois de Nome
The Underworld, c1613-c1644. On the left Pluto and Persephone, King and Queen of the Underworld, view their kingdom

The Last Supper, 1803. Artist: Michael Kock
The Last Supper, 1803. A copy of the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the 1490s

St Mary Magdalene Repentant. A naked Magdalene in front of an image of Christ on the cross

Archangel Gabriel, instrument of God, smiting the camp of Sennacherib and the Assyrians, 1865-1866. From Gustave Dores Bible (II Kings 19)

First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842. Artist: James Atkinson
First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842. The British army passing through the Meyden valley on the march from Meyden to Urghundee

Hernan Cortes meeting the Aztec Emperor Montezuma, 1519. Cortes (1485-1547) was the Spanish conquistador who conquered Mexico and overthrew the Aztec Empire

Air raid damage, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, World War II, April 1940. The first British casualties of the German bombing of England occurred at Clacton on 30 April 1940

Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead on papyrus showing written hieroglyphs. Depiction of ploughing with oxen. From the Bodmer Library, Geneva, Switzerland

Daniel in the Lions Den. Daniel, one of four great Hebrew prophets, cast into the Lions den by Nebuchadnezzar (Nebuchadrezzar), king of Babylon

Macbeth visiting the three witches on the blasted heath, 1858. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Macbeth visiting the three witches on the blasted heath, 1858. Title page to Macbeth from an edition of William Shakespeares works published in London in 1858

Woman with issue of blood touching the border of Jesus garment and being healed, c1890. Artist: James Tissot
Woman with issue of blood touching the border of Jesus garment and being healed of her affliction. Jesus said to her Daughter, they faith hath made thee whole

Giuseppe Garibaldi helping Victor Emmanuel II put on the boot of Italy, 1860
Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-82) helping Victor Emmanuel II (1820-78) put on the boot of Italy. The Unification of Italy. John Tenniel cartoon from Punch, London, 17 November 1860. Wood engraving

The storming of the Winter Palace, St Petersburg, Russian Revolution, October 1917
The storming of the Winter Palace, St Petersburg (Petrograd/Leningrad), Russian Revolution, October 1917

Aztec warriors defending the temple of Tenochtitlan, Mexico. The Aztec city of Tenochtitlan was founded in 1325. Its main temple was the site of ritual human sacrifices

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

The Flood, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
The Flood, 1866. Humans and animals are overwhelmed by the deluge while, in the background, The Ark floats on the waters. From the Bible (Genesis)

Duke of Fifes game larder, 1881. Artist: G Durand
Duke of Fifes game larder, 1881. The Prince and Princess of Wales (Edward VII and Queen Alexandra from 1901) being shown the Duke of Fifes game larder during a deerstalking holiday in the Forest of

Islamic prayer Kilim, date unknown. Made of wool and originating in the Balkans or Turkey

Richard I, Coeur de Lion at the Battle of Arsuf, 1191, (c1880). A 19th century romanticisation of the Crusades. Richard the Lionheart (1157-1199)

Incident at the Battle of Isandlwana, Anglo-Zulu War, 22 January 1879. Artist: Charles Edwin Fripp
Incident at the Battle of Isandlwana, Anglo-Zulu War, 22 January 1879. Lieutenants Melvill and Coghill (24th Regiment) dying to save the Queens colours

Constanze Mozart, 1783. Born Constanze Weber (1763-1842), she married Wolfgang Amadeaus Mozart in 1783

God creating light, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
God creating light, 1866. Scene from the Old Testament (Genesis). From Gustave Dores illustrated Bible. (London, 1866)

The Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, 19th century. Right: God, the father, sits next to Jesus Christ, left, the son, who holds his wooden cross. Above: the dove of the Holy Spirit hovers

Nezami, Persian poet, recounting the story of Alexander the Great, 12th century (18th century). Nezami Ganjavi (c1141-c1217) was one of the great Persian poets of the 12th century

Scene from The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1927. Artist: Edmund Joseph Sullivan
Scene from The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1927. I lay down the pen, and proceed to seal up my confession

Caroline Chisholm addressing a crowd from the emigrant ship Ballengeich, 1852. Caroline Chisholm (nee Jones) (1808-1877), British philanthropist and reformer, was born at Wootton, near Northampton

Conversion of St Paul on the road to Damascus, 1493. Saul of Tarsus (1st century) who took the name Paul after seeing a vision of Christ on the road to Damascus

Dante and Virgil in the inferno, 1863. Artist: Gustave Dore
Dante and Virgil in the inferno, 1863. Dante, guided by Virgil, in the third gulf of the eighth circle, observes those guilty of simony suffering burning

Dante and Virgil at the edge of the abyss from which a foetid smell steamed up, 1863. Artist: Gustave Dore
Dante and Virgil at the edge of the abyss from which a foetid smell steamed up, 1863. Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was a great admirer of Virgil

Burke and Wills expedition setting out from Royal Park, Melbourne, Australia, 20 August 1860. Robert O Hara Burke and William John Wills were commissioned by the Government of Australia to make

Flagellants, 1493. At the time of the Black Death in Europe, members of this sect, known as the Brothers of the Cross, went through the streets scourging themselves in an attempt to take the sins of

Samson pulling down the Temple of Dagon, god of the Philistines, mid 19th century. The Israelite hero Samson, having been betrayed by Delilah and taken prisoner and blinded by the Philistines

Exorcism by bell, book and candle, 1816. A clergyman reads a prayer by the light of a candle held for him by a man trembling with terror

Inner court, Fleet Prison, London, 1808-1811. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Inner court, Fleet Prison, London, 1808-1811. Prisoners playing fives and skittles, and socialising. Fleet Prison was a prison for debt and contempt of court

Jesus and his disciples at the Last Supper, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Jesus and his disciples at the Last Supper, 1866. From the Bible (Mark 14:22)

St Bernard mountain rescue dogs with flasks of brandy on their collars, c1880. The dogs were named for St Bernard of Menthon (923-1008) who built two mountain rest houses (hospices) in the Alps

Samson bringing down the Temple of Dagon, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Samson bringing down the Temple of Dagon, 1866. The Israelite hero Samson, having been betrayed by Delilah and taken prisoner and blinded by the Philistines

Clipper Ship Flying Cloud, 1851-1907. Artist: E Brown Jr
Clipper Ship Flying Cloud, 1851-1907. Designed by Donald McKay and built in Boston, the Flying Cloud was considered one of the best clippers ever built

Pope Urban II presiding over the Council of Clermont, France, 1095 (c1490). Urban II (c1035-1099), Pope from 1088-1099, preaching the First Crusade to assembled knights, noblemen and cardinals

Lenin haranguing deputies of the 2nd Soviet Congress, Smolny Palace, St Petersburg, 1917. This meeting on 26 October 1917, the day after the storming of the Winter Palace

Two scenes from the Chronique de St Denis, late 14th century. The left-hand scene depicts the Marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France, 1137

The Capture of Acre, c1191, (15th century). Artist: Vincent of Beauvais
The Capture of Acre, c1191, (15th century). Illuminated text page showing the Capture of Acre, (now part of Israel) during the 1st Crusade (c1191)

Aztec temple sacrifice. From the Codex Magliabicciano, Museo de America, Madrid

Iron helmet with calligraphic silver damascening decoration, Turkish (Mamluk), 15th century

The Demons Ashtaroth, Abaddon and Mammon, 1801. Abaddon angel of the bottomless pit, Mammon god of this world and personification of wealth and miserliness and Ashtaroth the demon

Gold larnax (funerary casket), 350-325 BC. Discovered in the Macedonian royal tombs at Vergina, Macedonia, Greece, site of the ancient city of Aigai. From the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki

Baal, chief god of the Canaanites, 1804
Baal, god of the Canaanites, 1804. Baal, god of fertility and king of the gods of the Canaanites. He reared up an altar for Baal, in the house of Baal, in Samaria (I Kings 16:32)

Stone relief of Sargon I standing before a tree of life, 24th-23rd century BC. Sargon I was the founder of the Akkadian Semitic dynasty

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