Prisma Archivo Fotografico Collection

Pentheus being torn apart by maenads, Northern wall of the triclinium in the House of Vettii, Pompeii, Italy. Roman fresco

Signing a treaty between French colonists and the heads of the Kingdom of Tamisso, Africa, 1892. (Colorised black and white print)

European-American expedition exploring the Unyoro area on the African continent, 1880. Bunyoro, also called Bunyoro-Kitara and Unyoro, is a traditional Bantu kingdom in Western Uganda

Margaret of Parma, 1885. Creator: Unknown
Margaret of Parma, 1885. Margaret (1522-1586) was Governor of the Spanish Netherlands

Mark the Evangelist, 1881. Creator: Unknown
Mark the Evangelist, 1881. From "Año Cristiano" (The Christian Year), 1881. (Colorised black and white print)

Saint Marcelino and Saint Peter, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Saint Marcelino and Saint Peter, 19th century. Biblical scene. Little is known about the actual lives of these two men

Mehmet II, 1881. Creator: Unknown
Mehmet II, 1881. Mehmet II (c1429-1481), called Fatih (Conqueror), was twice the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from August 1444 to September 1446 and then later from February 1451 to May 1481

First Sino-Japanese War, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
First Sino-Japanese War, 19th century. The First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) was a conflict between Qing Dynasty China and Meiji Japan, primarily over control of Korea

Harpist, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Harpist, 18th century. (Colorised black and white print)

Girls school, 19th century. From "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana"
Girls school, 19th century. From "La Ilustración Española y Americana" (Spanish and American Illustration). (Colorised black and white print)

Jesus on the Mount of Olives, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Jesus on the Mount of Olives, 19th century. Biblical scene, Chapter XXII, Gospel of Luke, New Testament. Angel appearing to Jesus. Engraving by Pannemaker after a drawing by Gustave Dore

Monument to Adam Bernard Micki, Warsaw. Poland, 2013. Creator: Unknown
Monument to Adam Bernard Micki, Warsaw. Poland, 2013. Sculpture, constructed in 1898, by Polish sculptor Cyprian Godebski (1835-1909)

Monument to Adam Bernard Micki, Warsaw. Poland, 2013. Creator: Unknown
Monument to Adam Bernard Micki, Warsaw. Poland, 2013. Sculpture, constructed in 1898, by Polish sculptor Cyprian Godebski (1835-1909)

Reclining lion and statue of Prince Jozef Poniatowski
Reclining lion and equestrian statue of Prince Jozef Poniatowski, Presidential Palace, Warsaw, Poland, 2013

Socialist relief, Constitution Square, Warsaw, Poland. Creator: Unknown
Socialist relief, Constitution Square, Warsaw, Poland. Post-war Social Realist sculpture of factory worker

Equestrian statue of Prince Jozef Poniatowski, Presidential Palace, Warsaw, Poland, 2013

Chapterhouse, Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet, Vimbodí, Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain. 13th-century tombs under the floor, where many abbots of the monastery were buried

Socialist relief, Constitution Square, Warsaw, Poland. Creator: Unknown
Socialist relief, Constitution Square, Warsaw, Poland. Post-war Social Realist sculpture of factory worker

Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet, Vimbodí, Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain, 1998. View of the lavabo and fountain, used by the monks for cleaning and washing

Pauline Lucca, 1878. Creator: Unknown
Pauline Lucca, 1878. Pauline Lucca (1841-1908), born Maria Pauline von Wallhoffen, was an Austrian operatic dramatic soprano

Epiphany, mosaic, Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy, 12th-14th centuries. The visit of the Magi to the Christ Child

Salome with the head of John the Baptist, mosaic, Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy, 13th century

Marguerite Louise Marie Francoise d'Orleans, 1896. Creator: Unknown
Marguerite Louise Marie Françoise d'Orleans, 1896. Portrait of Marguerite d'Orleans (1869-1940), Duchess of Magenta and Princess of Orleans, wife of Marie Armand Patrice MacMahon (1855-1927)

Mosaic from the Pala d'Oro or Golden Altar
Noah freeing the animals from the ark, mosaic from the Pala d'Oro or Golden Altar, Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy, 12th-14th centuries

Joseph Thrown in a Well by his Brothers, mosaic, Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy, 14th century

Construction of the Tower of Babel, mosaic, north vault of Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy, 13th century

Saint John the Evangelist, mosaic, Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy, 12th-14th centuries

Crucifixion of Jesus, mosaic, Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy, 12th-14th centuries. Note the Doge kneeling at Jesus feet

Noah freeing the animals from the ark, mosaic from the Pala d'Oro or Golden Altar, Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy, 12th-14th centuries

Interior, St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013. Creator: LTL
Interior, St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013. Dom Church is a Gothic church dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours, the cathedral of the Diocese of Utrecht during the Middle Ages

Interior, St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013. Creator: LTL
Interior, St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013. Dom Church is a Gothic church dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours, the cathedral of the Diocese of Utrecht during the Middle Ages

Interior, St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013. Creator: LTL
Interior, St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013. Dom Church is a Gothic church dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours, the cathedral of the Diocese of Utrecht during the Middle Ages

Academiegebouw (Utrecht University Hall), Utrecht, Netherlands, 19th century. Creator: LTL
Academiegebouw (Utrecht University Hall), Utrecht, Netherlands, 19th century. Old building of the University, founded in 1636

Academiegebouw (Utrecht University Hall), Utrecht, Netherlands, 19th century. Creator: LTL
Academiegebouw (Utrecht University Hall), Utrecht, Netherlands. Old building of the University, founded in 1636

Dom Tower, St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013. Creator: LTL
Dom Tower, St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013. The Dom Tower of Utrecht, built between 1321 and 1382, is the tallest church tower in the Netherlands

Cloister gallery, St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013. Creator: LTL
Cloister gallery, St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013. Protestant church since 1580

Cloister fountain, St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013. Creator: LTL
Cloister fountain, St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013. Bronze sculpture of a monk writing (1913)

Cloister, St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013. Creator: LTL
Cloister, St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013. Protestant church since 1580

Cloister, St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013. Creator: LTL
Cloister, St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013. Protestant church since 1580

Street in Porto-Novo, Dahomey, Africa, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Street in Porto-Novo, Dahomey, Africa, 1890. The official residence of the French governor

Detail of the Campanile, St. Catherine's Cathedral, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013

Dom Tower, St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013. Creator: LTL
Dom Tower, St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013. The Dom Tower of Utrecht, built between 1321 and 1382, is the tallest church tower in the Netherlands

Memorial to John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013. Creator: Unknown
Memorial to John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013. John VI (1536-1606), Count of Nassau in Dillenburg, was the principal author of the Union of Utrecht

George Brinton McClellan, American army officer and politician, 19th century. McClellan (1826-1885) was a major general during the American Civil War, and the Democratic presidential nominee in 1864

Memorial to John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013. Creator: Unknown
Memorial to John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2013. John VI (1536-1606), Count of Nassau in Dillenburg, was the principal author of the Union of Utrecht

William McKinley (1843-1901), 25th President of the United States, 1890. Creator: Unknown
William McKinley (1843-1901), 25th President of the United States, 1890. From "La Ilustración Española y Americana" (Spanish and American Illustration), 1890

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th President of the United States, 1885. Creator: Unknown
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th President of the United States, 1885. From "Universal History", 1885. (Colorised black and white print)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), American poet and educator, 19th century. (Colorised black and white print)

Henry Knox, American army officer, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Henry Knox, American army officer, 19th century. Knox (1750-1806) was a military officer of the Continental Army and later the United States Army. (Colorised black and white print)

Benjamin Lincoln, American army officer, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Benjamin Lincoln, American army officer, 19th century. Lincoln (1733-1810) was a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)

John Paul Jones, Scottish-American naval commander, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
John Paul Jones, Scottish-American naval commander, 19th century

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824 -1907), British physicist and mathematician, 1896. From "The Artistic Illustration", 1896. (Colorised black and white print)

James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury, 1881. Creator: Unknown
James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury, 1881

Blood Compact ceremony between Miguel Lopez de Legazpi and Sikatuna, 1565, (19th century)

Pascual Madoz Ibanez (1806-1870), Spanish politician, statistician, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Pascual Madoz Ibáñez (1806-1870), Spanish politician, statistician, 1870. From "La Ilustración Española y Americana" (Spanish and American Illustration), 1870

Claudio Lorenzale, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Claudio Lorenzale, 19th century. Spanish painter Claudí Lorenzale Sugrañes (1816-1889). (Colorised black and white print)

Antonio Lopez y Lopez, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Antonio Lopez y Lopez, 1876. Antonio Lopez y Lopez (1817-1883), First Marquis of Comillas, Spanish businessman, banker and philanthropist

John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, British politician, 1892. Creator: Unknown
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, British politician, 1892. Lawrence (1811-1879) served as the Viceroy of India from 1864 to 1869. From "The Universal History", 1892

Torre del Mangia, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Italy, 2013. Creator: LTL
Torre del Mangia, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Italy, 2013. 14th-century tower adjacent to the Town Hall. When built it was one of the tallest secular towers in medieval Italy

Meeting between Henry Morton Stanley and David Livingstone, Africa, November 1871, (19th century)

Facade of Celsus Library, Ephesus, Near Selcuk, Turkey, 1999. Creator: LTL
Facade of Celsus Library, Ephesus, Near Selcuk, Turkey, 1999. Built in honour of the Roman senator Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, completed in 135 AD by Celsus son, Gaius Julius Aquila

Temple of Trajan, Pergamon, Turkey, 1999. Creator: Unknown
Temple of Trajan, Pergamon, Turkey, 1999. Temple, also called the Temple of Zeus Philios, built during the 2nd century CE

San Sebastian or Donostia, Santa Clara Island, French, late 16th-17th century. Note St Sebastian shot with arrows on the left. (Colorised black and white print)

Roman Amphitheatre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, 2008. Creator: LTL
Roman Amphitheatre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, 2008. Built in the 2nd century

Mikhail Loris-Melikov (1826-1888), Russian-Armenian statesman, 1877. Creator: Unknown
Mikhail Loris-Melikov (1826-1888), Russian-Armenian statesman, 1877. From "La Ilustración Española y Americana" (Spanish and American Illustration), 1877. (Colorised black and white print)

Roman Amphitheatre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, 2008. Creator: LTL
Roman Amphitheatre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, 2008. Built in the 2nd century

Mikhail Loris-Melikov (1826-1888), Russian-Armenian statesman, 1881. Creator: Unknown
Mikhail Loris-Melikov (1826-1888), Russian-Armenian statesman, 1881. From "Universal History", 1881. (Colorised black and white print)

Lollardy, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Lollardy, 19th century. Lollardy or Lollardism was a political and religious movement that existed from the mid 14th century until the English Reformation in the 16th century

Peter the Great (1672-1725), Emperor of All Russia, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Peter the Great (1672-1725), Emperor of All Russia, 19th century. House of Romanov. (Colorised black and white print)

Charles Lyell, British lawyer and geologist, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Charles Lyell, British lawyer and geologist, 19th century. Lyell (1797-1875) demonstrated the power of known natural causes in explaining the Earth's history

Abel and Melchizedek, Basilica of St
Abel and Melchizedek bringing their offerings to the altar (538-545 AD), Basilica of St. Vitale, Presbytery, south wall, Ravenna, Italy. Scene from the story of Abraham

Caravanserai of Khan Al Nahasin, Aleppo, Syria, 2001. Creator: LTL
Caravanserai of Khan Al Nahasin, Aleppo, Syria, 2001. Photograph taken before the Syrian civil war. Note rugs airing on balustrade

Mosaic of the apse of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 547 AD. Creator: Unknown
Christ in Majesty between St. Viale and the Bishop Ecclesius, mosaic of the apse of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 547 AD

Citadel of Salah Ed-Din or Saladin Castle, near Al-Haffah, Syria, 2001. Creator: LTL
Citadel of Salah Ed-Din or Saladin Castle, near Al-Haffah, Syria, 2001. Medieval Crusader castle

Baptism of Jesus by Saint John the Baptist, ceiling mosaic, Arian Baptistry, Ravenna, Italy, 6th century. Erected by the Ostrogothic King Theodoric the Great

Qal'at Ja'bar castle on the left bank of Lake Assad, near Ar-Raqqah, Syria, 2001. Primarily the work of Nur ad-Din, who rebuilt the castle from 1168 onwards

Portuguese gunboat commanded by Major Serpa Pinto, at the mouth of the Zambezi River, late 19th century

Caravanserai of Khan Al Nahasin, Aleppo, Syria, 2001. Creator: LTL
Caravanserai of Khan Al Nahasin, Aleppo, Syria, 2001. Photograph taken before the Syrian civil war. Note rugs airing on balustrade

Ruins, Pompeii, Italy, 2002. Creator: LTL
Ruins, Pompeii, Italy, 2002. The Roman town of Pompeii (modern-day Campania) was buried under volcanic ash and pumice during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD

Ma´loula, Syria, 2001. Creator: LTL
Ma´loula, Syria, 2001. Town built into the rugged mountainside

Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy, 2002. Creator: LTL
Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy, 2002. Hearth and oven. Built in the 2nd BC, and altered during the Imperial era

Qal'at Ja'bar castle on the left bank of Lake Assad, near Ar-Raqqah, Syria, 2001. Primarily the work of Nur ad-Din, who rebuilt the castle from 1168 onwards

Thermopolium, commercial establishment (restaurant), Herculaneum, Italy, 2002. Both hot and cold food and drink were stored in the jars in the counter

Monumental column and colonnade, Apamea, Syria, 2002. Creator: LTL
Monumental column and colonnade, Apamea, Syria, 2002. Ruins of an ancient Greek and Roman city

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