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Background imageFixdate Collection: Battle Of the Sexes

Battle Of the Sexes
A female Amazon warrior atop a horse swings her battleaxe to strike the shield of an enemy male warrior on foot who attempts to seize the bridle of her horse in a 19th Century illustration by T

Background imageFixdate Collection: Hunting A Wild Boar

Hunting A Wild Boar
Illustration shows a young man, with a spear held high, prepares to stab a wild boar. Depending on which version of the story is consulted, the young man, flanked by fellow hunters and dogs

Background imageFixdate Collection: The Unmerciful Servant

The Unmerciful Servant
Print shows an illustration of the biblical parable The Unmerciful Servant, and depicts a servant who begs for forgiveness from his debt after being brought bound and on his kness before his king

Background imageFixdate Collection: Consultation

Consultation
Two people consulting with an oracle in ancient Greece, circa 600 BC. The priestess (right) is predicting the future while in a state of trance. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFixdate Collection: Prediction By Chicken

Prediction By Chicken
A cage containing two chickens, circa 600 BC. In ancient Greece, the birds were thought to predict the future according to the manner of their feeding

Background imageFixdate Collection: Varieties Of Rosemary

Varieties Of Rosemary
A botanical plate distinguishing the wild rosemary (right) from garden rosemary. Original publication: The Third Book of the History of Plants by John Gerarde, published 1633

Background imageFixdate Collection: Tuscan Masks

Tuscan Masks
A set of five theatrical masks from Tuscany made circa 500BC. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFixdate Collection: St Swithin

St Swithin, Bishop of Winchester, who died in 862, pictured circa 860. An illustration from the Benedictional of St Ethelwold, an example of the Winchester School of Illumination

Background imageFixdate Collection: Isaacs Apple

Isaacs Apple
English mathematician and physicist Sir Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727) contemplates the force of gravity, as the famous story goes, on seeing an apple fall in his orchard, circa 1665

Background imageFixdate Collection: Dutch Ships

Dutch Ships
The Sampson, Salvadore and St George, three Dutch ships sailing under Spanish colours, captured in 1652. They were masquerading as Spanish vessels in order to circumvent the 1651 Navigation Act

Background imageFixdate Collection: Coriandrum Sativum

Coriandrum Sativum
A botanical plate showing the common coriander plant (Coriandrum sativum). Original publication: Medical Botany by William Woodville, published 1793. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFixdate Collection: View Of Colonial Lower Manhattan

View Of Colonial Lower Manhattan
Partially colored engraving from 1853 shows the southern end of Manhattan Island from across the East River as a thriving port city and commercial hub of the colony of New York

Background imageFixdate Collection: Colonial New York

Colonial New York
View of the settlement and harbor of New York shows docks and ships along the bustling waterfront three years after it was acquired by the English from the Dutch, 1667

Background imageFixdate Collection: Early View Of Colonial New York

Early View Of Colonial New York
Engraving shows the earliest view of what will someday be Lower Manhattan in New York City and includes several groups of Indians paddling canoes, Dutch sailing ships and rowboats, a fort

Background imageFixdate Collection: Oracle Of Apollo

Oracle Of Apollo
A father and his two sons consulting the oracles of Apollo at Delphi in ancient Greece, circa 600 BC. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFixdate Collection: Evil Brood

Evil Brood
E en in like manner Adams evil brood cast themselves, one by one, down from the shore. Charon the ferryman beats the stragglers on the shores of Acheron

Background imageFixdate Collection: Dantes Vision

Dantes Vision
Now seest thou, son! The souls of those whom anger overcame. Virgil leads the author past souls writing in torment in the River Styx

Background imageFixdate Collection: Mutilated Shades

Mutilated Shades
Virgil leads the author past a group of wretched souls contemplating their missing limbs and heads. An engraving by Gustave Dore, illustrating Canto XXIX of Dantes Inferno, written circa 1310

Background imageFixdate Collection: Raising Of The Daughter Of Jairus

Raising Of The Daughter Of Jairus
Engraving shows Jesus as he returns the daughter of Jairus to life as her family watches with concern. The engraving is based on a painting by Guftav Richter. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFixdate Collection: Weavers And Spinners

Weavers And Spinners
Weaving and spinning - an illustration from the book Orbis Pictus (the world in pictures) by Johannes Amos Comenius. Published in 1657, it is considered the first childrens book

Background imageFixdate Collection: Ancient Battle

Ancient Battle
A chain stretched across the mouth of a harbour prevents a warship from entering, circa 1400. Meanwhile soldiers in eastern dress fire arrows at the vessel. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFixdate Collection: Old London Bridge

Old London Bridge
A detail from Vischers Panorama of London (1616), showing London Bridge. The north bank of the river is in the background, and Southwark in the foreground. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFixdate Collection: Plan Of St Paul s

Plan Of St Paul s
A cross-sectional plan of St Pauls Cathedral in London, by Sir Christopher Wren, circa 1673. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFixdate Collection: First Thanksgiving Dinner Illustration 1621

First Thanksgiving Dinner Illustration 1621
Illustration depicting the Pilgrims serving food to American Indians at the first Thanksgiving dinner in 1621. (Photo by American Stock/Getty Images)



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