Images Dated 29th July 2005 (#31)

On the sinking of the Lusitania, 1915. Britannia to America: In silence you have looked on felon blows, On butchers work of which the waste lands reek; Now, in Gods name

The sinking of the Lusitania, 7 May 1915. A German submarine sank the Lusitania off the Irish coast. Although unarmed, she was carrying munitions

Scene from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1837. Artist: George Cruikshank
Scene from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1837. Time has run out for Fagin, head of the gang of thieves with whom Oliver Twist becomes embroiled

The Bishop and the Knight, 1862. Artist: John Everett Millais
The Bishop and the Knight, 1862. The Knight kneels in penitence before the Bishop who, on hearing his sin, refuses to shrive him. From The Cornhill Magazine. (London, 1862)

Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State to Elizabeth I, late 16th century. Artist: H Robinson
Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State to Elizabeth I, late 16th century. English statesman Walsingham (1530-1590) was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I from 1573 until th eyear of his

Scene from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, 1843. Jacob Marleys ghost, rattling chains and padlocks, appears to the miser Scrooge

Scene from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, 1843. The second ghost, the Spirit of Christmas Present, shows Scrooge Ignorance and Want

Scene from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, 1843. Bob Cratchett carrying Tiny Tim: He had been Tims blood horse all the way from church, and had come home rampant

Edouard Branly, French physicist, 20th century. Artist: J-P Legastelois
Edouard Branly, French physicist, 20th century. Branly (1844-1940) was a pioneer of early radio and inventor of the coherer (1892). Obverse of commemorative medal

Matthew Boulton, English entrepreneur, industrialist and engineer, 1809. English works owner Boulton (1728-1809) (front) and Scottish engineer and inventor James Watt (1736-1819)

Pierre Marcellin Boule, French paleontologist, 20th century. In 1921 Boule (1861-1942) completed the first reconstruction of a Neanderthal skeleton. Obverse of commemorative medal

Karl Bosch, German chemist, c1930s. In 1910 Bosch (1874-1940) and Fritz Haber patented the Haber-Bosch process for the industrial production of ammonia

Lovers embracing in a garden. Detail from a Persian manuscript depicting a couple embracing in a garden, surrounded by flowering plants. Clouds float in the sky above them

Roman goddess Juno, wife and sister of Jupiter, Queen of Heaven. Juno, known as Hera to the Greeks, was the protector of women and marriage. Marble statue

Ruins of the Forum, Rome with the House of the Vestals on the left. The Forum was built as a place where business, trade and commerce were conducted and justice was administered

Artemis (Diana) of Ephesus, 3rd century BC. The goddess marble body is enclosed in a decorative sheath of many breasts symbolising her connection with fertility

William Caxton, English printer, presenting a book to King Edward IV, 1477. Caxton (c1422-1491) presenting the king with what is considered to be the first book printed in England

Matthew Boulton and James Watt, British engineers and industrialists, 1871. Artist: J Moore
Matthew Boulton and James Watt, British engineers and industrialists, 1871. English works owner Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) (front) and Scottish engineer and inventor Watt (1736-1819)

Scene from Jane Austens Persuasion, 1897. Artist: Hugh Thomson
Scene from Jane Austens Persuasion, 1897. Austens last novel, Persuasion was published in 1818. In this scene, Captain Wentworth shows his concern after Louisa Musgrove has fallen from the Cobb at

Scene from Jane Austens Persuasion, 1897. Artist: Hugh Thomson
Scene from Jane Austens Persuasion, 1897. Austens last novel, Persuasion was published in 1818. In this scene, Captain Wentworth gives Anne Elliot his note of declaration

The Election: The Polling, 18th-19th century. Plate II of a series of four illustrations. An old soldier tenders his oath but is challenged by an advocate as, having lost his right hand

Scene from Jane Austens Persuasion, 1897. Artist: Hugh Thomson
Scene from Jane Austens Persuasion, 1897. Austens last novel, Persuasion was published in 1818. In this scene, Anne Elliot is complimented by her cousin William Elliot during her stay in Bath

Tavern scene from The Rakes Progress, 1735. Artist: William Hogarth
Tavern scene from The Rakes Progress, 1735. Plate II in William Hogarths series of eight illustrations originally published in 1735. Here the Rake squanders his fortune on drink, women and gambling

The Cock Pit, c1840. Artist: George Presbury
The Cock Pit, c1840. Cockfighting enthusiasts from a cross-section of society gamble and squabble. The blind Lord Albermarle Bertie (centre)

Vacation Amusements No 4, 1840. Artist: John Doyle
Vacation Amusements No 4, 1840. A young Queen Victoria and Prince Albert join the Duke of Wellington for some holiday sketching and painting

Nymphs attending the winged horse, Pegasus. In Greek mythology Pegasus assisted Bellerophon in his fight against the Chimera and the Amazons

Costume of Germanic tribes in Ancient Roman times

Nefertiti, queen and wife of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, Ancient Egyptian, 14th century BC. Sandstone bust. Nefertiti reigned from 1353-1336 BC

Nefertiti, queen and wife of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, Ancient Egyptian, 14th century BC. Sandstone bust. Nefertiti reigned from 1353-1336 BC

Dante and Virgil looking down upon souls in torment in the inferno, 1863. Artist: Gustave Dore
Dante and Virgil looking down upon souls in torment in the inferno, 1863. Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was a great admirer of Virgil, and in his Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy)

Gendarmes taking census forms to an encampment of itinerant gipsies in their caravan, 1895. A boy in the foreground leads a muzzled dancing bear. From Le Petit Journal. (Paris, May 1895)

Anti-Catholic Gordon Riots, London, 7 June 1780. A mob setting fire to Kings Bench Prison. Lord George Gordon, a retired navy lieutenant, was strongly opposed to proposals for Catholic emancipation

Anti-Catholic Gordon Riots, London, 6-7 June 1780. A mob setting fire to Newgate Prison and freeing prisoners. Lord George Gordon, a retired navy lieutenant

Conversion of St Paul on the road to Damascus, 1865-1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Conversion of St Paul on the road to Damascus, 1865-1866. From Gustave Dores Bible (Acts 9)

Heliodorus attempting to take treasure from the Temple at Jerusalem, 1865-1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Heliodorus attempting to take treasure from the Temple at Jerusalem, 1865-1866. Heliodorus and his bodyguard are attacked by three angels, one of them riding a winged horse

Tobias with the Archangel Raphael, 1865-1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Tobias with the Archangel Raphael, 1865-1866. Tobias with the Archangel who helped him catch fish which would miraculously restore his fathers eyesight. Plate from Gustave Dores Bible (Tobias 6.6)

Jesus raising Lazarus from the tomb, 1897. Artist: James Tissot
Jesus raising Lazarus from the tomb, 1897. Illustration by JJ Tissot for his Life of Our Saviour Jesus Christ

Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, c1860. An angel with a flaming sword supervises the expulsion of Adam and Eve, wearing aprons of fig leaves, from Paradise

Christ raising the daughter of Jairus, Governor of the Synagogue, from the dead, 1897. Artist: James Tissot
Christ raising the daughter of Jairus, Governor of the Synagogue, from the dead, 1897. Scene from the Bible (Mark V). Illustration by JJ Tissot for his Life of our Saviour Jesus Christ

Jerry having his hand read by a gypsy, c1828. Artist: Isaac Robert Cruikshank
Jerry having his hand read by a gypsy, c1828. Jerry takes a break from a hunt to have his hand read told by a pretty gypsy while Logick leans on a fence

Hermes the Egyptian, alchemist, 17th century. Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary fount of occult and alchemical knowledge

Conjuror performing tricks, 1715. From an edition of Magia Naturalis by Gianbattista della Porta

Noahs Ark in the form of a Viking ship with dragon prow, 10th century. Watched over by two angels, the chosen of God are ready to survive the flood sent to punish the rest of creation

Encampment of central European gypsies also known as Egyptians, 1604. Artist: Jacques Callot
Encampment of central European gypsies also known as Egyptians, 1604. Deer are being butchered, and birds plucked. Women turn a cooking spit and tend a cooking pot over the fire

The Red Shoes, fairy story by Hans Christian Andersen, c1880. Karen in her magic red shoes, unable to stop and hear what the angel says because the shoes compel her to dance and dance

Eadwine the Scribe, c mid 12th century. From a psalter written at Christ Church, Canterbury about the middle of the 12th century by Eadwine, a monk of the house

The Angel of the Lord on the stone of the sepulchre, 1897. Artist: James Tissot
The Angel of the Lord on the stone of the sepulchre, 1897. His countenance was like lightning and his raiment white as snow. Illustration by JJ Tissot for his Life of Our Saviour Jesus Christ

Tarot Card of Death, the grim reaper, Noblet tarot, 17th century. A tarot pack of 22 cards was used in fortune telling

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