Images Dated 29th July 2005 (page 70)

Justice to Dreyfus, 1898. Artist: Jean Baptiste Guth
Justice to Dreyfus, 1898. Cartoon of the French novelist Emile Zola (1840-1902) while he was taking refuge in England after being sentenced to a year in prison for his role in the campaign to obtain

Alfred Dreyfus, French army officer of Jewish extraction, 1899. A French army officer of Jewish extraction, Dreyfus (c1859-1935) was wrongly accused of handing secret documents to a German agent

Court martial of Albert Dreyfus, 1894. Dreyfus (c1859-1935) in front of the War Council. A French army officer of Jewish extraction

Disgracing of Albert Dreyfus, 1895. Alfred Dreyfus (c1859-1935), French army officer of Jewish extraction, wrongly accused of passing secret documents to the Germans

Trial of Emile Zola, French author, 1898. Zola (1840-1902) embracing his counsel, Maitre Labori at the end of the 14th day of his trial for defamation of the French military authorities for writing a

John Wesley and George Whitefield, English evangelists and founders of Methodism, 18th century. Wesley (1703-1791) and Whitefield (1714-1770) urging sinners to turn from the Broad Way to hell

Alfred Dreyfus in prison, 1895. Dreyfus (c1859-1935) was a French army officer of Jewish extraction wrongly accused of handing secret documents to a German agent

The Plague of Rain and Hail, one of the Seven Plagues of Egypt, c1759-c1789. Artist: James Caldwall
The Plague of Rain and Hail, one of the Seven Plagues of Egypt, c1759-c1789. From the Bible (Exodus 9.18). After the French designer and engraver Clement Pierre Marillier (1740-1808)

Spirit unmasked at a London seance, 1880. Top: forming a circle by joining hands. Centre: a mediums assistant being placed behind a curtain (left), while spirit manifestations occur (right)

Spiritualist meeting in a Paris drawing room, 1853. Communicating with the other side by means of the hat, table-turning, and the pendulum. From L Illustration (Paris 1853)

Spiritualist meeting in Leipzig, Germany, 1893. Communicating with spirits by table-turning. From L Illustration. (Paris, 1853)

Zoroastrian High Priest reciting before the sacred fire, 19th century. Zoroastrians are a remnant of the ancient Iranian fire-worshippers who followed the system of belief founded by Zoroaster

Alfred Austin, English poet, c1905. Austin (1835-1913) was editor of the National Review from 1883-1893 and Poet Laureate from 1896

Edmund William Gosse, English poet and critic, c1905. From 1904, Gosse (1849-1928) was librarian of the House of Lords

Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish writer, c1900. Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was the creator of Sherlock Holmes and of Brigadier Gerard

Albigensian heresy, c1190-1220. St Dominic gives a book of profession of the true Christian faith to an Albigensian envoy

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia in exile in 1917. Emperor of Russia from 1894, Nicholas (1868-1918) was forced to abdicate after the Russian Revolution in 1917

Captain Cooks third Pacific voyage, 1779 (1832). James Cook (1728-1779) English navigator, explorer, and hydrographer, receiving ritual tribute from Sandwich Islanders

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his son, Alexei, in military uniform, c1910-c1916. Nicholas II (1868-1918), Emperor of Russia from 1894 and the Tsarevich Alexei (1904-1918), who was a haemophiliac

Early map of Massachusetts Bay, USA. Massachusetts was first settled by the Pilgrim Fathers, the Puritans who escaped religious persecution in England and sailed to America from Plymouth, England

James Cook, English navigator, witnessing human sacrifice in Taihiti (Otaheite) c1773 (1815). A scene from Cooks second Pacific voyage, undertaken from 1772-1775

Charles Martel, King of the Franks, at the Battle of Poitiers, 732 (1892). Charles Martel (the Hammer) (c688-741) depicted wielding a battleaxe

St John the Evangelist from the Lindisfarne (Durham) Gospel Book, c720. Produced at Lindisfarne, England, it is St Jeromes Latin version of the four Gospels made in the 4th century

St Matthew from the Book of Kells, c800. The Book of Kells is a manuscript of the Four Gospels originally thought to have been produced in Ireland in the 6th century at the time of St Columba

Dervishes, Constantinople, Turkey, 1853. Dervishes, members of a Muslim religious order founded in the 12th century, dancing

Dervishes, 19th century. Dervishes, members of a Muslim religious order founded in the 12th century, dancing and performing the ritual of remembering God in a self-induced ecstatic trance

Golden sarcophagus of the Egyptian Pharoah Tutenkhamen, c1325 BC
Guardian figure on the Golden sarcophagus of the Egyptian Pharoah Tutankhamun, c1325 BC

Mary Baker Eddy, American founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist. Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) founded the religion, whose adherents are known as Christian Scientists, in 1879

Gundestrup Cauldron, Celtic ritual vessel, 2nd century BC. Silver partially gilded bowl. Inside on the right is Cernunnos, King of the animals. From the Danish National Museum, Copenhagen

Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 1632-1654. The great marble mausoleum built by Shah Jahan (1592-1666), Mughal emperor, for his wife Arjumand Banu Begam (d1631) called Mumtaz Mahal (Favourite of the Palace)

Pyramid at Giza, Egypt, Old Kingdom, c26th century BC. The three Great Pyramids at Giza were built as tombs for the Pharaohs Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure

Entrance of a tumulus at Mycenae, late Bronze Age, Greece, c1450-c1100 BC. Mycenae was a prehistoric Greek city discovered by the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) in the 1870s

Hindu god Shiva, 16th century. Indian bronze representation of Shiva in the dance of creation

Al-Buraq, the winged horse that carried Mohammed on his night flight to Jerusalem to meet and pray with Moses and Jesus. Tapestry

Death of Buddha. Prince Gautama Siddhartha (c563-c483), founder of Buddhism, on his deathbed

Golden sarcophagus of the Pharoah Tutenkhamen, c1325 BC
Golden sarcophagus of the Pharoah Tutankhamun, c1325 BC

Ballet performance at Her Majestys Theatre, London, 1842. Jules Perrot, French dancer, choreographer and ballet master, and Fanny Cerito (c1817-1909), Italian ballerina

Jan Huss, heretical Bohemian theologian, 1866. Artist: Charles Joseph Staniland
Jan Hus, Bohemian religious reformer and theologian, 1493. Hus (1369-1415), shown here in prison, was burnt as a heretic at Constance for preaching the teachings of the English reformist clergyman

St Sebastian, Christian martyr, mid 19th century. Sebastian (dc288) was a Captain of the Praetorian Guard. The Emperor Diocletian ordered his execution but the archers ordered to carry out the task

John Foxe, 16th century English martyrologist, c1880. Foxe (1516-1587) was the author of History of the Acts and Monuments of the Church, known popularly as Foxes Book of Martyrs

John and Charles Wesley preaching in the open air at Bristol, 1739 (1868). Artist: Francis Arthur Fraser
John and Charles Wesley preaching in the open air at Bristol, 1739 (1868). John Wesley (1703-1791) and his brother Charles (1707-1788) were the founders of Methodism

John Wesley, 18th century English non-conformist preacher, 1888. Wesley (1703-1791) preaching in the open air in Cornwall. He and his brother Charles were the founders of Methodism

Mary Wollstonecraft, 18th century English teacher, writer and feminist. A writer with radical political views on a range of issues fincluding womens rights, education

John Wycliffe, 14th century English religious reformer, 1882. Wycliffe (c1329-1384) embarked on a translation of the Bible into English in order to bypass the established Church

Tribute Dew to Ben Nevis, 1883. Artist: Harry Furniss
Tribute Dew to Ben Nevis, 1883. Cartoon marking the opening of a meteorological observatory on the summit of Ben Nevis, Scotland

General William Booth, evangelical social worker and founder of the Salvation Army, 1894. Booth (1829-1912) founded a Christian Mission in London in 1865

Hypnotic trance induced during Voodoo dance rites, Louisiana, USA, 1886. Voodoo is a synthesis of Roman Catholic and West African magic and beliefs

Mormons on the trek from Illinois to Utah, 1846 (1853). The Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830

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