Images Dated 29th July 2005 (page 91)

Last photograph of Abraham Lincoln, (1809-1865), April 1865
Last photograph of Abraham Lincoln, (1809-1865), 16th president of the United States of America, April 1865. Lincoln joined the Republican party in 1858 and was elected president two years later

Joseph Bazalgette (1819-1891), English civil engineer, 1883. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
Joseph Bazalgette (1819-1891), English civil engineer, 1887. Bazalgettes major achievements were in the field of public health engineering

Wilhelm Bauer (1822-1875), German inventor and pioneer builder of submarines. Bauer designed and built the first German submarine (U-boat). Obverse of commemorative medal

Clara Barton (1821-1912), founder of the American branch of the Red Cross. She founded the American Red Cross in 1881 and served as its first president from 1881-1904

Jean Bart (or Barth) (1651-1702), French privateer, c1690s. Operating out of Dunkirk, from 1691 Bart commanded a small squadron of French ships in the North Sea

James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937), Scottish playwright and novelist, c1890. Peter Pan, The Admirable Crichton and Quality Street are among his best known works

Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891), American showman, 1884. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891), American showman, 1884. Barnum was founder of what became the biggest circus in the world

Thomas John Barnardo (1845-1905), Irish-born philanthropist and physician, 1893. In 1867 Barnardo founded the East End Mission for destitute children in London

Winter quarters of Willem Barents expedition to the Arctic, 1596-1597. Barents (d 1597) was a Dutch navigator who led expeditions in 1594, 1595 and 1596-1597 in search of a Northeast Passage to Asia

Joseph Banks (1743-1820), English botanist and plant collector. Banks sailed with Captain James Cook on the Endeavour on his expedition of 1768-1771

Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930), Scottish-born British statesman and philosopher, 1892. Balfour served as Prime Minister of the Conservative government of 1902-1905

Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930), Scottish-born British statesman and philosopher, 1889. Balfour served as Prime Minister of the Conservative government of 1902-1905

Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930), Scottish-born British statesman and philosopher, c1890. Balfour served as Prime Minister of the Conservative government of 1902-1905

Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947), lst Earl Bewdley, British Conservative politician, c1932. First elected to Parliament in 1906, Baldwin served as Prime Minister in 1923-1931, and again in 1935-1937

Samuel White Baker (1821-1893), English explorer and anti-slavery campaigner, 1874. He is pictured with his Hungarian-born wife Florence, who accompanied him on his African travels

Samuel White Baker (1821-1893), English explorer and anti-slavery campaigner, c1880. With Speke and Grant, Baker helped to establish the location of the sources of the Nile

Samuel White Baker (1821-1893), English explorer and anti-slavery campaigner, c1880. With Speke and Grant, Baker helped to establish the location of the sources of the Nile

John Logie Baird (1888-1946), Scottish electrical engineer and pioneer of television, 1920s. Baird with one of his earliest experimental machines

Benjamin Baker (1840-1907), British civil engineer, c1890
Sir Benjamin Baker (1840-1907), British civil engineer, c1890. His best-known projects include the Forth Railway Bridge and the first Aswan Dam across the Nile in Egypt

John Logie Baird (1888-1946), Scottish electrical engineer and pioneer of television. Baird began experimenting with imaging systems in the early 1920s

John Logie Baird (1888-1946), Scottish electrical engineer and pioneer of television, 1920s. Baird began experimenting with imaging systems in the early 1920s

John Logie Baird (1888-1946), Scottish electrical engineer and pioneer of television, 1920s. Baird began experimenting with imaging systems in the early 1920s

John Logie Baird (1888-1946), Scottish electrical engineer and pioneer of television, 1920s. Baird in front of an early television ( Seeing by wireless ) transmitter

John Logie Baird (1888-1946), Scottish electrical engineer and pioneer of television. He is pictured with his early television apparatus and a modern television set

Roger Bacon, English experimental scientist, philosopher and Franciscan friar, 1867. Pictured in his observatory at the Franciscan monastery, Oxford, England

Roger Bacon, English experimental scientist, philosopher and Franciscan friar. Bacon (c1214-1292) was known as Doctor Mirabilis due to his interest in magic and alchemy

Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans, English philosopher, scientist and statesman, early 20th century. Bacon (1561-1626) became Lord Chancellor in 1618

Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans, English philosopher, scientist and statesman, early 20th century. Bacon (1561-1626) became Lord Chancellor in 1618

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer and organist, 1746. Considered by many to be the greatest composer in the history of western music

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer and organist, 1912. Considered by many to be the greatest composer in the history of western music

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer and organist, 1746. Artist: Elias Gottlob Haussmann
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer and organist, 1746. Considered by many to be the greatest composer in the history of western music

Freya (Frigg), goddess of love in Scandinavian mythology, 1834. The wife of Odin, Friday is named for her

A Dandy-Horse or Draisienne of the type fashionable c1820

Completion of the St Gotthard Tunnel beneath the Alps, 1880. The tunnel was built to link Italy and Switzerland by rail. Workmen from the two ends of the 9 1/4 mile-long tunnel broke through the last

Amelia Bloomer, American feminist and champion of dress reform, 1869. Amelia Bloomer (1818-1894) pictured wearing an example of the dress she designed

Furnace of the type to be installed in the Pere la Chaise crematorium, Paris, 1888. Illustration published in 1888 while the building was under construction

Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), Italian physicist and radio pioneer
Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and radio pioneer. Artists impression of Marconi as a young man experimenting in his fathers garden at Bologna

Engagement between Confederates and Unionists, American Civil War, (1852) 1885
Engagement between Confederate ironclad Merrimac and Union ironclad Monitor, American Civil War, 8 March 1862. Wood engraving published 1885

Charles Lindburgh, record breaking aviator, 1927
Charles Lindbergh (1902-74) in his flying kit standing in Spirit of St Louis, the plane in which he made the first non-stop Atlantic air crossing: 20-21 May 1927

Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist dictator, c1930s
Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) Italian fascist dictator, often referred to as Il Duce, c1930s

Charles Lindburgh, record breaking aviator, 1927
Charles Lindbergh (1902-74) in his flying kit standing by Spirit of St Louis, the plane in which he made the first non-stop Atlantic air crossing: 20-21 May 1927

Joseph Conrad (1857-1924). Polish-born British novelist.Woodblock

Martin Luther German Protestant reformer, 1546
Martin Luther (1483-1546) German Protestant reformer, 1546. After woodcut by Cranach

Martin Luther burning the Papal Bull, 1520
Martin Luther (1483-1546) German Protestant reformer, burning the Papal Bull excommunicating him. Wittenberg, 1520

Macedonian helmet, 3rd century BC. From the collection of the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki

Domestic servants, 1901. Nursemaid, footman, coachman, butler and parlour maids. Headpiece from The Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton. (London, 1901). First published 1859-1860

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