Images Dated 2006 May

Portrait of Eleanor, Queen of France, c1530-1540. Artist: Joos van Cleve

Portrait of Eleanor of Hapsbourg (1498-1558), Queen of France, c1530-1540. Eleanor of Hapsbourg was Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Portugal, then Queen of France and the second wife of Francois I. From the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, Portugal

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Siege scene, c1260, (1843).Artist: Henry Shaw

Siege scene, c1260, (1843). Copy of a manuscript illustration showing a party preparing to attempt the breach which has been made in the tower. Others are raised by means of a wooden machine to fight on an equality with soldiers on the walls. On the right, similar expedients are adopted to raise the men in the ships. Illustration from Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages from the Seventh to the Seventeenth Centuries, by Henry Shaw, (London, 1843)

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Alec Hurley (1871-1913), music hall star, late 19th century

Alec Hurley (1871-1913), music hall star, late 19th century. Hurley was best known for being Marie Lloyd's second husband, though he was also a successful and talented performer in his own right

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