Bedroom Collection (page 39)

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) on his deathbed, 1830. In only 13 years, Alexander III of Macedon conquered a vast empire stretching from the Mediterranean to India

Direct person-to-person blood transfusion, 1679. From Tractatio Med. Curiosa de Murto et Occasu Transfusionis Sanguinis by Georg Abraham Mercklin. (Nuremberg, 1679)

Benefits of using the Singer sewing machine, 1880. A home and family transformed into models of comfort and smartness by the housewifes industry with the help of the sewing machine invented by Isaac

British emigrants bound for Sydney, Australia, in quarters on the St Vincent. Through HM Colonial Emigration Commissioners

Pope Leo XIII receiving the last rites on his deathbed, 1903
Pope Leo XIII (Vincenzo Giacchino Pecci 1810-1903) receiving the last rites on his deathbed, 1903. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, French weekly paper, 19 July 1903

Once More into the Sun, Franco-Prussian War, 1870. Wounded German officers in the Germany military hospital at Versailles being given fresh air and sunshine to aid their recovery

The Deathbed of Mozart, 1791 (late 19th century). Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer, on his deathbed surrounded by his wife and friends

Purana Puri, Hindu Philosopher, elevating his arms above his head, 1811. Such Hindu philosophers follow an ancient tradition, and were known to the Greeks as Gymnosophists

Hindu philosopher Pararum Soatuntre Perkasanund reclining on a bed of iron spikes, 1811
Pararum Soatuntre Perkasanund displaying his devotional discipline by reclining on a bed of iron spikes, 1811. These Hindu philosophers and holy men followed an ancient tradition

Odalisque, 1880s. Artist: Ferdinand Roybet
Odalisque, 1880s. Detail. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Danae, c1554. Artist: Titian
Danae, c1554. Detail. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

The Eldest Son of the Church, 1860. This cartoon shows Pope Pius IX staring out over the bedclothes at the French Emperor, Napoleon III

The Cottage. The man warming his hands at the fire is a rural worker. This one room has to provide living and sleeping accommodation for his wife and large family

A mouse on a dressingtable, 1859. A cat dressed as a matronly housewife enters the bedroom to find a large mouse preening himself in front of the mirror on the dressing-table

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