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Christ and the Samaritan Woman at Jacobs Well. c. 17th century. Artist: Carlo MarattaChrist and the Samaritan Woman at Jacobs Well. Maratta, Carlo (1625-1713). Italy, School of Rome. Found in the collection of the M. Kroshitsky Art Museum, Sevastopol
The Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1890sThe Alexandrinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, 1890s. Founded in 1756, the Alexandrinsky Theatre is Russias oldest national theatre
The Alexandrinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia, c1890-c1905. Founded in 1756, the Alexandrinsky Theatre is Russias oldest national theatre
The St Catherine Church of the Ascension Convent in the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia. Designed in Neo-Gothic style by Carlo Rossi, a Russian architect of Italian origin, the church was built in the 1800s
The Virgin and Child with Saints Francis and Sebastian, 1491. Artist: Carlo CrivelliThe Virgin and Child with Saints Francis and Sebastian, 1491
Battista, costume design for a comedy by Carol Goldoni, 1917. Artist: Leon BakstBattista, costume design for a comedy by Carol Goldoni, 1917. From the Evergreen House Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
The Railway Interest, 1875. Artist: Carlo PellegriniThe Railway Interest, 1875. Edward William Watkin (1819-1901), English railway promoter and politician. Known as The Second Railway King
Roderick Impey Murchison, Scottish geologist, 1870. Artist: Carlo PellegriniRoderick Impey Murchison, Scottish geologist, 1870. Murchison (1792-1871) investigated old rocks beneath the red sandstone
The Annunciation with Flowers, 17th or early 18th century. Artist: Carlo MarattaThe Annunciation with Flowers, 17th or early 18th century. Found in the collection of the State M Ciurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania
Eyre Massey Shaw, British firefighter, 1871. Artist: Carlo PellegriniEyre 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 PellegriniWilliam 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 PellegriniAnthony 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 PellegriniHenry 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
Viscount Wolsley, British soldier, 1874. Artist: Carlo PellegriniViscount 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
St Etienne, c1589-1632. Artist: Carlo BononiSt Etienne, c1589-1632. St Stephen I, Pope from 254-257 and St Agatha, Sicilian saint (c250), holding a silver cup containing her severed breasts. Above them an Angel brings martyrs palm leaves
Lyon Playfair, Scottish chemist, politician and administrator, 1875. Artist: Carlo PellegriniLyon Playfair, Scottish chemist, politician and administrator, 1875. Playfair (1819-18980 rose from being a chemist in the Geological Survey in 1845)
Dancing Horaes, 1804. Artist: Carlo FinelliDancing Horaes, 1804. Detail. In Greek mythology, the Horae were goddesses of the seasons. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg
She gathers the fairest flower (Il piubel fior ne coglie)She gathers the fairest flower (Il piu bel fior ne coglie), a group of six putti working together in an arched workshop, 1740-59