Ann Ronan Pictures Collection (page 7)

Sectional view of a German mine, 1556
Sectional view of a German mine showing the method of sinking shafts and driving horizontal galleries, 1556. A windlass is used to raise and lower men, materials and spoil

Draining a mine using a series of suction pumps powered by a water wheel, 1556. From De re metallica by Georgius Agricola. (Basel, 1556)

Persian spearman, 5th century BC. Bas-relief from the palace of Darius I, King of Persia, at Persepolis

Mail coach attacked by Native American Indians, 1867
US Overland Mail coach, operated by Wells Fargo, attacked by Native American Indians, 1867. Wood engraving

Witch raising a storm, 1562. From Olaus Magnus Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus, Antwerp

Prussian troops entering Metz, Franco-Prussian War, 1870. The Germans captured Metz and the 180, 000 French troops defending it on 23rd October 1871 after a seven week siege

Reaping and socking-up corn to dry, Lake Drie, Canada, 1880. A print from The Graphic, 29th May 1880

Model T Ford with Stephenson agricultural conversion, Sussex, 1917. D Gordon, Chodds Farmhouse, Handcross, West Sussex

Dr Heinrich Schliemann, German explorer and archaeologist, 19th century. Schliemann (1822-1890) pioneered prehistoric Greek archaeology

Grand saloon of the steamship Atlantic, 1850

Head of Achilles. From the picture of Achilles delivering Briseis to the Heralds

Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale, on the US mail boat Atlantic, Liverpool, August 1850. Opera singer Jenny lind, being given an enthusiastic send-off on her journey to America

The Grand Saloon on board the Great Eastern, 1859. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel with John Scott Russell, the Great Eastern was lauched in 1858

A Misnomer, Surely!, 1880. Artist: George du Maurier
A Misnomer, Surely!, 1880. A large party of Cooks Tourists queueing outside a restaurant. Cartoon from Punch, 25th September 1880

Isambard Kingdom Brunels Great Western, 1882. The Great Western was launched in 1837 for the Great Western Steamship Co as the first of three steamships designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Combat between Roland and Ferragus, c1820. Artist: Antonio Verico
Combat between Roland and Ferragus, c1820. Roland (by tradition d778) the semi-legendary French knight and hero of the 11th century Chanson de Roland (Song of Roland)

Scene from Bleak House by Charles Dickens, 1852-1853. Artist: Hablot Knight Browne
Scene from Bleak House by Charles Dickens, 1852-1853. This novel contains a satire on the iniquities of the Court of Chancery, and the misery and ruin it brought to those it was supposed to protect

Scene from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, 1841. Artist: Hablot Knight Browne
Scene from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, 1841. In their wanderings, Little Nell and her grandfather encounter and are befriended by Codlin and Short, the Punch and Judy

Scene from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, (London c1870). Artist: Charles Green
Scene from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, (London c1870). Joe Gargery, the gentle giant, is provoked into violence in his smithy

Scene from Nicholas Nickelby by Charles Dickens, 1838-1839. Artist: Hablot Knight Browne
Scene from Nicholas Nickelby by Charles Dickens, 1838-1839. The theatrical emotion of Mr Vincent Crummles, the provincial actor manager who employed Nicholas for a while after his flight

Scene from Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, 1892. Artist: John Dawson Watson
Scene from Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, 1892. This 18th century memoir novel was inspired by the story of the Scottish seaman Alexander Selkirk (1676-1721). Robinson Crusoe ill with ague

The Chapel at Stanton Harcourt, in Oxfordshire, c1800. Alexander Pope (1688-1744) the English poet, was a frequent visitor to Stanton Harcourt

Scene from Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot, 1883. Artist: Robert Brown
Scene from Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot, 1883. This series of three tales included The Sad Fortunes of the Rev

Brookbank, Shotter Mill, Surrey, the home of British novelist, George Eliot, 1882. Eliots success as a novelist enabled her to purchase Brookbank. From The Century Magazine. (New York, 1882)

Scene from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot, c1880. Artist: Walter-James Allen
Scene from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot, c1880. Maggie Tulliver, having cut off her hair and run away from home, is offered a share of the gypsies stew

Title page of The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot, c1880. Artist: Walter-James Allen
Title page of The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1819-1880), c1880. The vignette shows Dorlcote Mill, the home of the Tulliver family. From The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot. (London, c1880)

Title page of Adam Bede by George Eliot, c1885. Artist: William Small
Title page of Adam Bede by George Eliot, c1885. The vignette on the title page shows The Hall Farm, home of farmer Martin Poyser and of his orphaned niece Hetty Sorrel

Scene from Adam Bede by George Eliot, c1885. Artist: William Small
Scene from Adam Bede by George Eliot, c1885. In his tall stalwartness Adam Bede was a Saxon and justified his name. Adam, the village carpenter, in the workshop

Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa, c1890
Robert Louis Stevenson, in Samoa, c1890. Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish author and poet. In search of health, in 1889 he settled with his family at Vailima in Samoa

The First Interview in 1786 between Deacon Brodie and George Smith, 1788. Artist: John Kay
The First Interview in 1786 between Deacon Brodie and George Smith, 1788. William Brodie (d1788), a respectable Edinburgh cabinet maker and deacon councillor of the city

Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire, birthplace of John Dryden. (1631-1700), c1846
Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire, birthplace of John Dryden (1631-1700), c1846. Dryden English poet and playwright, was born in the rectory at Aldwinkle All Saints where his maternal grandfather was

English Landscape with Cottage and Stream, 1860. Artist: Edward Charles Williams
English Landscape with Cottage and Stream, 1860. A woman, five children and a dog wait at the edge of a river on a sunny day. Behind them, set amongst trees, is a cottage with a tiled roof

Thomas Denman, lst Baron Denman, 1820. Denman (1779-1854), English jurist, who was solicitor general to Queen Caroline, estranged wife of George IV, during her trial in 1820

Lady Anne Hamilton, 1820. Lady Anne Hamilton (!776-1846), British noblewoman, was Lady-of-the-bedchamber to Queen Caroline, estranged wife of George IV of England

Matthew Wood, 1820. Wood (1768-1843), English political and municipal reformer, was Lord Mayor of London 1815-1816 and 1816-1817

John Skelton, (c1460-1529), 16th century. Skelton, English poet and satirist, was tutor to Prince Henry (Henry VIII). From an edition of Collyn Clout his satirical poem of 1522 which contained

Unitarian Chapel, Rochdale, 1876. Unitarian Chapel and School, Blackwater Street, Rochdale, Manchester, England. In the 18th and 19th centuries Rochdale was a centre of cotton manufacture

The Duke of Cambridge presenting the Crimean Medal to French soldiers, 1856. George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904), English soldier and cousin of Queen Victoria

Walter Besant, c1901. Besant (1836-1901) British novelist, editor, philanthropist and social reformer was born at Portsmouth, Hampshire

The Surrender of two Sons of Tipoo Sultan (1792), c1860. After the first siege of Seringapatam at the end of the third Anglo-Mysore War, 1789-1792, two sons of the deafeated Sultan of Mysore

Two lovers, 16th century. German

The Battle of Tchernaya, 1855. An episode during the Crimean War (Russo/Turkish War) 1853-1856 in which the Allies, France, Britain and Turkey, repulsed the Russians at Traktir Bridge, 16 August 1855

Scene during the Siege of Sevastopol (Sebastapol), 1855. In the Crimean War (Russo-Turkish War), 1853-1856, Russian troops were under siege from 17 October 1854 to 8-9 September 1855

The fall of Sevastopol (Sebastopol), 1855. During the Crimean War (Russo-Turkish War) 1853-1856, Russian troops were under siege at Sevastopol from 17 October 1854 to 8-9 September 1855

Robert Henry Sale, c1845. Sale (1784-1845) British soldier who from 1798 served mainly in India and Afghanistan and rose to the rank of Major-General in the army of the British East India Company

Major-General Robert Henry Sale mortally wounded at Moodkee (Mudkhi), 1845
Major General Robert Henry Sale mortally wounded at Moodkee (Mudkhi), 1845. Sale (1784-1845) British soldier who from 1798 served mainly in India and Afghanistan

Henry P u-i, c1910. Henry P u-i (1906-1967) (Pu-Yi) the last emperor of China (1908-1912) whose Imperial titles were Hsuan-Tung and K ang-Te

Mehemet Ali (c1769-1849), mid 19th century
Mehemet Ali (c1769-1849), mid-19th century. Mehemet Ali (Mohammed Ali), an Albanian officer, was sent to Egypt with a Turkish/Albanian force when the French invaded in 1798

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