Pictures Dated 5th November 2007

The death of Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and philosopher, 1910. Artist: Unknown

The death of Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and philosopher, 1910. Tolstoy (1828-1910) is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists. He is particularly noted for his masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina. As a moral philosopher Tolstoy was notable for his ideas on non-violent resistance through works such as The Kingdom of God is Within You, which in turn influenced such twentieth-century figures as Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. Print from La Domenica del Corriere, December 1910.

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The Tower of David, Jerusalem, Israel, 1855.Artist: David Roberts

The Tower of David, Jerusalem, Israel, 1855. The Tower of David is an ancient citadel located near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem. Built to strengthen a strategically weak point in the Old City's defences, the citadel was constructed during the second century BC and subsequently destroyed and rebuilt by, in succession, the Christian, Muslim, Mamluk and Ottoman conquerors of Jerusalem. It contains important archeological finds dating back 2, 700 years.

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Sir Edwin Landseer's (1802-1873) house, Brighton, East Sussex, 1874. Artist: Unknown

Sir Edwin Landseer's (1802-1873) house, Brighton, East Sussex, 1874. Landseer was an English painter, well known for his paintings of animals. The best known of Landseer's works, however, are the sculpted lions in Trafalgar Square, London. From The Illustrated London News (19 September 1874).

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