Images Dated 4th August 2005 (page 25)

Sioux warriors at Custers Last Stand, 1876, (c1900). Artist: Adam Bad Heart Buffalo
Sioux warriors at Custers Last Stand, 1876, (c1900). Sioux warriors leading away captured horses after defeating Custers troops at Custers Last Stand

The Great Battles of Louis XIV: Reduction of the Citadel of Cambrai, 1677. King Louis XIV of France (1638-1715), mounted on a white horse, receives the surrender of the city at the end of the siege

Pieta, early 16th century. Artist: Lodovico Mazzolini
Pieta, early 16th century. The Virgin Mary laments over the body of the crucified Christ. From the Loredan Palace, Venice, Italy

Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, 1889. Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, 1889. Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) painted this self-portrait after a quarrel with fellow artist Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)

Knights Templar before Jerusalem, c1099, (14th century). Two knights approach the open gate to the city. On the battlements are three Saracen warriors

The Nativity, 15th century. Joseph sits next to the bed in which Mary lies with the infant Jesus beside her in swaddling bands

The Annunciation, early 14th century. The Angel Gabriel appears to the Virgin Mary to tell her that, by immaculate conception, she is to be the mother of Jesus

Battle of Marengo, 14 June, 1804. The battle, fought in the north of Italy, was won by Bonaparte, who commanded the French Army in person

Crossing the Saint Bernard Pass, 1800. The Army of the Reserve led by General Louis Alexander Berthier (1753-1815), under the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), crosses the Alps in the snow

Crossing St Bernard, 15 May, 1800. Napoleon directing his troops through the Saint Bernard pass in the Alps. One of Bonapartes first aims was to regain the territories lost in Italy

Bonaparte at the Battle of Marengo, 14 June, 1800. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) at the Battle of Marengo learning of the death of General Louis Desaix (1768-1800)

The Battle of the Nile, August 1798, (1800). Artist: J Philippe de Loutherbough
The Battle of the Nile, August 1798, (1800). The battle was fought at night in the Abu Qir Bay near Alexandria. Admiral Lord Nelson found the French fleet at anchor and attacked

The descent of Mount St Bernard, 1800. After his appointment as First Consul and Austrias attack on Italy, Napoleon and his troops cross the Alps following in the footsteps of Hannibal and Charlemagne

Les Trois Epoques, Revolution of 1830, Paris. Caricature showing Louis XVI, Napoleon and Charles X fleeing the wrath of the Paris mob in 1791, 1814 and 1830 respectively

The Battle of Jemappes, 1792, (1821). Artist: Horace Vernet
The Battle of Jemappes, 1792, (1821). The Austrian army was in winter quarters near Jemappes, in the Austrian Netherlands (Belgium) when attacked by the French on 6 November

Battle of Rivoli won by the Emperor Napoleon I, 14 January 1797, (c1835-1884)
Battle of Rivoli won by the Emperor Napoleon I, 14 January, 1797, (1800-1899).The battle of Rivoli in northern Italy occurred as Austrias General Alvintzy made his fourth

Ears of wheat, c1888. Artist: E Graff
Ears of wheat, c1888. Plate showing a variety of corn, Poulard d Australie in French, which may be Poulard wheat. From Les Meilleurs Bles (The Best Wheat) published by Audrieux-Vilmorin & Cie

Joseph of Arimathea receiving Christs blood, 15th century. Watched by the Virgin Mary, Joseph kneels at the foot of the cross holding the Holy Grail to catch the drops of blood falling from the spear

Napoleon and Massena on the Island of Lobau, May 1809, (19th century). Moving across the Danube, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) ensured his base, Lobau Island

The eve of Austerlitz, 1 December 1805, (19th century). Napoleon rests by a fire with his troops camped near Austerlitz (Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic)

Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815, (19th century). One of the most decisive battles of the Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo was fought in a small area (some 10km by 4km)

Battle of Essling - Death of Montebello, 21 May 1809, (c1835). Artist: Francois Georgin
Battle of Essling - Death of Montebello, 21 May 1809, (c1835). On 20 May, the IV Corps of Napoleons army under Marshal Massena formed a bridgehead to check for enemy troops

The Defence of Paris, 1814, (19th century). Paris was occupied on 31 March and within a week his marshals had forced Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) to abdicate

Napoleon injured at Ratisbon, April 1809, (c1835). Artist: Francois Georgin
Napoleon injured at Ratisbon, April 1809, (c1835). Pursuing the Austrians after the victory at Eckmuhl, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

Long wave transmitter masts at a Marconi radio station at Berne, Switzerland, c1925

Spectroscopy. A spectrosopist observing (top). At the bottom, from left to right; absorption spectra of indigo, chromic chloride and magenta

Girolamo Frascatoro, Italian physician, poet and astronomer, late 16th century. Artist: Theodor de Bry
Girolamo Frascatoro, Italian physician, poet and astronomer, late 16th century. Frascatoro (c1478-1553) put forward the theory that diseases were caused by seedlike entities (germs in effect)

Michael Faraday, British physicist and chemist, mid 19th century. Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century

Michael Faraday, British physicist and chemist, 1881. Top left: reading when apprenticed to Riebau as a bookbinder; top right; experimenting; bottom

Building trade, c1845. A bricklayer working on a wooden scaffold (centre), a brickyard (top), mixing mortar (right), and a labourer carrying a load up a long ladder (left)

William Ramsay, Scottish chemist, 1908. Artist: Spy
William Ramsay, Scottish chemist, 1908. Ramsay (1852-1916) discovered four of the inert gases, Neon, Argon, Krypton and Xenon, for which he won the the Nobel prize for Chemistry in 1904

Geology and Palaeontology, c1880. Diagram showing geological eras and periods with the rock strata associated with each (right) as well as the types of flora and fauna alive at the time

Prairie Fires of the Great West, USA, 1871. Artist: Currier and Ives
Prairie Fires of the Great West, USA, 1871. A locomotive with cowcatcher and headlamp hauls a passenger train across the prairie while buffalo stampede in the face of a huge fire

Train crossing Chat Moss, Lancashire, 1831. Artist: Henry Pyall
Train crossing Chat Moss, Lancashire, 1831. A large 12 square mile peat bog five miles west of Manchester, Chat Moss was considered unsuitable for the building of rail tracks

The Tunnel, 1831. Artist: Henry Pyall
The Tunnel, 1831. The worlds first passenger railway, the Liverpool and Manchester opened on 15 September 1830. Its principal engineer was George Stephenson (1781-1848)

St Lukes Hospital, Old Street, London, 1808-1811. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
St Lukes Hospital, Old Street, London, 1808-1811. Female patients in their day gallery. St Lukes Hospital was a lunatic asylum designed by the architect George Dance jnr (1741-1825)

Library of the Royal Institution, Albermarle Street, London, 1808-1811. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Library of the Royal Institution, Albermarle Street, London, 1808-1811. Interior view of the library showing gentlemen reading and engaged in discussion

The Mint, London, 1808-1811 Artist: Augustus Charles Pugin
The Mint, London, 1808-1811. Coins being produced with coining presses. From The Microcosm of London, published by Ackermann, London 1808-1811

Draisienne or velocipede shown replacing horses in the French post service, 1818
Draisienne or velocipede, France, 1818. The Draisienne was the forerunner of the bicycle and was invented by Baron von Drais in France in 1817

Albert, Comte de Dion, French engineer, 1899. Together with George Bouton, de Dion (1855-1946) developed a lightweight engine which could be applied to motorcycles

Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviation pioneer, 1901. Artist: George Hum
Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviation pioneer, 1901. Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) made his first flight in the balloon Brasil in 1898, and later that year his second balloon, America

Charles Darwin, English naturalist. Darwin (1809-1882) as a young man. Darwin was employed as naturalist on HMS Beagle from 1831-1836

William Archibald Spooner, British clergyman and educationalist, 1898. Artist: Spy
William Archibald Spooner, British clergyman and academic, 1898. Spooner (1844-1930) had a 60 year association with Oxford University lecturing on ancient history and philosophy

Lyon Playfair, Scottish chemist, politician and administrator, 1875. Artist: Carlo Pellegrini
Lyon Playfair, Scottish chemist, politician and administrator, 1875. Playfair ( rose from being a chemist in the Geological Survey in 1845)

Hiram Stevens Maxim, American-born British inventor and engineer, 1904. Artist: Spy
Hiram Stevens Maxim, American-born British inventor and engineer, 1904. Whilst resident in America, Maxim (1840-1916) took out patents for, among other things, gas apparatus and electric lamps

Oliver Lodge, British physicist, 1904. Artist: Spy
Oliver Lodge, British physicist, 1904. Lodge (1851-1940) is best remembered for his investigations into the propagation of electromagnetic waves

John Bennet Lawes, British agriculturalist, 1882. Lawes (1814-1900) founded Rothamsted Experimental Station at Harpenden, Hertfordshire, in 1843

William Huggins, British astronomer and spectroscopist, 1903. Artist: Spy
William Huggins, British astronomer and spectroscopist, 1903. Huggins (1824-1910) was the inventor of the solar spectroscope

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