Historica Graphica Collection (#72)

Exodus 10: 1-20: the plague of the locusts, one of The Seven Plagues of Egypt. Artist
Exodus 10:1-20: the plague of the locusts, one of The Seven Plagues of Egypt. Facsimile copy of a 15th century manuscript of the German School

Exodus 8: 20-32: Moses and the swarm of flies, one of the Seven Plagues of Egypt. Artist
Exodus 8:20-32: Moses and the swarm of flies, one of the Seven Plagues of Egypt. Facsimile copy of a 15th century manuscript of the German School

Exodus 3: 1-22 and 4: 1-4: the burning bush amd God arming Moses with the miraculous rod
Exodus 3:1-22 and 4:1-4: the burning bush amd God arming Moses with the miraculous rod. Facsimile copy of a 15th century manuscript of the German School

Genesis 18: 2: Abraham and the three angels
Genesis 18:2: Abraham and the three angels. Facsimile copy of a 15th century manuscript of the German School

View through the Hall of Columns, Karnak, Egypt, c1845. Artist: David Roberts
View through the Hall of Columns, Karnak, Egypt, c1845. From Egypt and Nubia, Vol 1, by David Roberts

View from under the Portico of Temple of Edfou, Upper Egypt, 1846. Plate 32 from Vol 1 of Egypt and Nubia by David Roberts

Excavated Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt, c1845. Artist: David Roberts
Excavated Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt, c1845. View of the Temple of Abu Simbel, built during the reign of Rameses II (ruled 1279-1212 BC) and dedicated to the sun gods Amon-Re and Re-Horakhte

The Colossi of Memnon, at Thebes, during the Inundation, Egypt, c1845. Artist
The Colossi of Memnon, at Thebes, during the Inundation, Egypt, c1845. Two 70ft/21m stone statues of Amenhotep III (Amenophis III) that stood in front of the mortuary temple that is now destroyed

The Great Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt, c1845. Artist: David Roberts
The Great Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt, c1845. Colossal statues at the entrance to the Temple of Abu Simbel built during the reign of Rameses II (ruled 1279-1212 BC)

The Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, c1845. Artist: David Roberts
The Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, c1845. From Egypt and Nubia, Vol 1, by David Roberts

Interior of the Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt, c1845. Artist: David Roberts
Interior of the Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt, c1845. Colossal statues inside the Temple of Abu Simbel built during the reign of Rameses II (ruled 1279-1212 BC)

Front elevation of the Great Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt, 1849. Artist
Front elevation of the Great Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt, 1849. Colossal statues at the entrance to the Temple of Abu Simbel built during the reign of Rameses II (ruled 1279-1212 BC)

Petty Officer Patrick Keohane, a member of Captain Scotts Antarctic expedition, 1910-1913

Cecil H Meares, a member of Captain Scotts Antarctic expedition, 1910-1913. Artist
Cecil H Meares, a member of Captain Scotts Antarctic expedition, 1910-1913

Bernard C Day, a member of Captain Scotts Antarctic expedition, 1910-1913. Artist
Bernard C Day, a member of Captain Scotts Antarctic expedition, 1910-1913

Charless Wright, a member of Captain Scotts Antarctic expedition, 1910-1913. Artist
Charless Wright, a member of Captain Scotts Antarctic expedition, 1910-1913

Sir Martin Frobisher, 16th century English navigator, (1825). Frobisher (c1535-1594) made three voyages to the New World in search of the Northwest Passage

Sir Francis Drake, 16th century English navigator, (1825). Drake (1540-1596) was the most renowned seaman of the Elizabethan Age

William Holman Hunt, English artist, 1865. Artist: Elliott & Fry
William Holman Hunt, English artist, 1865. Hunt (1827-1910) was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

John Ruskin, English artist, poet and critic, 1865. Artist: Elliott & Fry
John Ruskin, English artist, poet and critic, 1865. Ruskin (1819-1900) was a supporter of the Pre-Raphaelites and an inspiration for the Arts and Crafts movement

Convoy of tanks taking part in Adolf Hitlers birthday celebrations, 29th April 1936. Hitler and other senior Nazis reviewing the parade

Richard II, King of England, (18th century). Artist: George Vertue
Richard II, King of England, (18th century). The reign of Richard II (1367-1400) was characterised by intermittent periods of tension between the king and the barons

John, King of England, (18th century). Artist: George Vertue
John, King of England, (18th century). John, (c1166-1216) succeeded his elder brother Richard I (known as Richard the Lionheart ) as King of England on April 6, 1199

William the Conqueror, 11th century Duke of Normandy and King of England, (18th century). William (1027-1087) came to the throne of England as King William I after defeating the English under Harold

Papu Tribe on the Isle of Rawak, c1820-1839. Artist: G Bramati
Papu Tribe on the Isle of Rawak, c1820-1839. Plate 20 from Le Costume Ancien et Moderne by Jules Ferrario

Philip II, King of Spain, (1780). Artist: Pierre Duflos
Philip II, King of Spain, (1780). The son of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558) and husband of Mary I (1518-1558), Queen of England from 1553, Philip II ascended the Spanish throne in 1556

Queen Elizabeth I of England as Patron of Geography and Astronomy, 1579. Frontispiece to a book of Saxon maps of England

Simon Kenton, American frontiersman, 19th century. Artist: Richard W Dodson
Simon Kenton, American frontiersman, 19th century. Kenton (1755-1836) was a contemporary and friend of Daniel Boone, whose life he saved at the siege of Boonesborough in 1778 during the American

An Exquisite Taste, with an Enlarged Understanding, 1827. Artist: G Hunt
An Exquisite Taste, with an Enlarged Understanding, 1827. A man suffering from gout, sittting at a table laden with food and drink

Charles Fellows with William Hawes, plants a baton on the summit of Mont Blanc, 1827. Included as an insert in A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc by Charles Fellows

Daniel Boone, American pioneer and hunter, (19th century). Artist: James Barton Longacre
Daniel Boone, American pioneer and hunter, (19th century). Daniel Boone (1736-1813) became a popular folk hero for his exploits beyond the western frontier of the Thirteen Colonies

Mountaineering accident, 19th century. We saw a toe- it seemed to belong to Moore- we saw Reynaud a flying body. From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper

Martha Washington, wife of US President George Washington, (19th century). Artist
Martha Washington, wife of US President George Washington, (19th century). The daughter of a Virginia plantation owner, Martha Dandridge (1731-1802) married George Washington in 1759

Cosimo III de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1701. Artist: Theodor Verkruys
Cosimo III de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1701. From I Pregi della Toscana by Fulvio Fontana. Cosimo III de Medici (1642-1723) was the sixth Grand Duke of Tuscany

Mungo Park encouraged by the sight of a little flower, (19th century). Artist: JM Corner
Mungo Park encouraged by the sight of a little flower, late 19th century. Scottish explorer Mungo Park (1771-1806) led two expeditions into the interior of West Africa in an attempt to determine

The Swing, 1920s. Artist: Georges Barbier
The Swing, 1920s

George Washington, first President of the United States of America, (c1820). Artist
George Washington, first President of the United States of America, (c1820). After commanding the American Revolutionary army to victory over the British in the American War of Independence

Brighton Pavilion, Sussex, c1816. Artist: Joseph Constantine Stadler
Brighton Pavilion, Sussex, c1816. Proposed view of the garden by Humphry Repton with part of the pavilion in the background

People watching a comet, 1857

The Queens private sitting room, Windsor Castle, 1838. Artist: James Baker Pyne
The Queens private sitting room, Windsor Castle, 1838

Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, c1625. Artist: William Hole
Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, c1625. Charles (1600-1649) was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1625 until his execution in 1649

Smoothing the Place Dance, c1889-1913. Artist: Amos Bad Heart Buffalo
Smoothing the Place Dance, c1889-1913

Hernan Cortes, Spanish conquistador, (1780). Artist: Pierre Duflos
Hernan Cortes, Spanish conquistador, (1780). Landing in Mexico in 1519, with a force of only some 600 men, Cortes (1485-1547) succeeded in overthrowing the empire of the Aztecs

William III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, (1780). Artist: Pierre Duflos
William III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, (1780). William of Orange (1650-1702) was invited by a conspiracy of English notables to depose the Catholic James II

Frontispiece to Through the Dark Continent, by Henry Morton Stanley, 1878. Artist
Frontispiece to Through the Dark Continent, by Henry Morton Stanley, 1878. Stanley (1841-1904) was sent by the New York Herald to look for Dr David Livingstone

Distinguished visitors to the Tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, Egypt, 1923. The Queen of the Belgians (centre, leading)

Closing the Tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings Artist: Harry Burton
Closing the Tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, Egypt, February 1923, The discovery of Tutankhamuns tomb in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter (1874-1939)

Sifting the dust from the floor of the Tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, Egypt, 1922. Sir Charles Cust (in soft hat), the Kings Equerry, with Mr Callender

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