Images Dated 13th September 2019

Haydn, late 18th century, (1907). Creator: Unknown

Haydn, late 18th century, (1907). Portrait of Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). From "Story-Lives of Great Musicians", by F.J. Rowbotham. [Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd, London, 1907]

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Mask on vine leaves and bunches of grapes, 1st H

Mask on vine leaves and bunches of grapes, 1st H. 1st cen. AD. Found in the Collection of Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli

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The Renown, the Ark Royal, and the Sheffield, c1939-1941, (1942). Creator: Unknown

The Renown, the Ark Royal, and the Sheffield, c1939-1941, (1942). "Out To Sea and Into The Sky". The three famous partners of Force H - the battle-cruiser Renown, the Ark Royal, the cruiser Sheffield - ready for action near Gibraltar'. A British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of the Second World War, HMS Ark Royal was designed to carry a large number of aircraft, and had two hangar deck levels. She was involved in the first aerial and U-boat kills of the war, in operations off Norway, in the search for the German battleship Bismarck, and took part in the Malta Convoys. A German submarine torpedoed her on 13 November 1941 and she sank the following day. Only one of her 1, 488 crew members was killed. From "Ark Royal". [His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1942]

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