Images Dated 2009 July

John D Rockefeller, American industrialist, late 19th century (1956)

John D Rockefeller, American industrialist, late 19th century (1956). Rockefeller (1839-1937) made his fortune in the petroleum industry. He founded Standard Oil in 1870 and ran it until he retired in 1897. After his retirement from business, Rockefeller devoted himself to philanthropic works. A print from People, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union, the Grosvenor Press, London, 1956

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St Cecilia, 1514 (1870). Artist: Quesnel

St Cecilia, 1514 (1870). After the painting by Raphael in the collection of the Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna. St Cecilia was a Roman noblewoman martyred in either the 2nd or the 3rd century. She is the patron saint of musicians and of church music. A print from Les Chef D'oeuvre de la Peinture Italienne by Paul Mantz, Paris, 1870

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Fingals Cave, Staffa, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. 1814 (1956)

Fingal's Cave, Staffa, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. 1814 (1956). The distinctive rock formations of Fingal's Cave are formed by the same geological processes as those at the Giant's Causeway on the other side of the Irish Sea. After a volcanic eruption 60 million years ago, hexagonal basalt columns formed as the lava cooled. The cave, which has been formed by the erosive action of the sea, is easily accessible. It was discovered in 1772 by Sir Joseph Banks and a visit to the cave by the composer Felix Mendelssohn inspired him to write his Hebrides Overture, popularly known as Fingal's Cave. A print from Places, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union, the Grosvenor Press, London, 1956

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