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Background imageHuman Role Collection: Bronte Sisters by Patrick Branwell Bronte

Bronte Sisters by Patrick Branwell Bronte
circa 1834: English writers Anne, Emily and Charlotte Bronte. Original Artwork: Painting by their brother, Patrick Branwell Bronte who painted himself among his sisters

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Search And Destroy

Search And Destroy
The second wave of combat helicopters of the 1st Air Cavalry Division fly over an RTO and his commander on an isolated landing zone during Operation Pershing

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Ludwig Van Beethoven

Ludwig Van Beethoven
German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827). Original Artwork: Portrait August von Kloeber (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch
Anglo-Irish prize winning novelist, playwright and philosopher, Iris Murdoch (1919 - 1999). (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas
10th August 1946: Welsh poet and playwright Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953), relaxing outside. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4156 - Nest Of Singing Birds - pub

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Poaching

Poaching
Two poachers with a sack. At their feet their lurcher dogs and the corpses of several hares. Original Artwork: Artist - Henry Alken (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Skinny-Dippers

Skinny-Dippers
A British policewoman chasing after a group of naked street boys by the Serpentine in Hyde Park, London. (Photo by Reg Speller/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Anne of Cleves

Anne of Cleves
" Vintage engraving of Anne of Cleves by Hans Hobein. A German noblewoman and the fourth wife of Henry VIII of England and as such she was Queen of England from 6 January 1540 to 9 July 1540

Background imageHuman Role Collection: T T Photographer

T T Photographer
9th June 1951: Don Price taking photos, with a Speed Graphic camera, of the TT race by standing on a Matchless 500 Twin motorcycle. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie
circa 1925: English novelist Agatha Christie (1891 - 1976). (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Butter Making

Butter Making
circa 1857: A woman churning butter talks to a milkman wearing a yoke to carry his pails. William Grundys English Views (Photo by T. R)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Iron Miner

Iron Miner
5th June 1948: A miner pauses in a tunnel before starting a shift in Britains most modern iron ore mine, at Irthlinborough in Northamptonshire

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell
English novelist and biographer of Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, nee Stevenson, (1810 - 1865). Original Artwork: Drawing by George Richmond. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Charlotte Bronte

Charlotte Bronte
circa 1840: English novelist Charlotte Bronte (1816 - 1855). Original Artwork: Portrait by Thompson. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Franklin Roosevelt

Franklin Roosevelt
1936: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) the 32nd President of the United States from 1933-45. A Democrat, he led his country through the depression of the 1930s and World War II

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Zebra Power

Zebra Power
A zebra and trap and a London tram vie for business in Brixton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Passenger Porter

Passenger Porter
26th October 1907: A porter at the ready at a London, Tilbury and Southend Railway station. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Female Surgeons

Female Surgeons
American female doctors in an operating theatre being watched by students. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Graham Greene

Graham Greene
14th August 1954: English novelist and playwright Graham Greene (1904-1991). Original Publication: Picture Post - 7239 - Graham Greene - pub. 1954 (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: War In Vietnam

War In Vietnam
Marines of G Company, 4th Marines are pictured climbing a hill in preparation for attack against the North Vietnamese. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: President Roosevelt

President Roosevelt
29th December 1941: American president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (1882-1945) sitting at the desk of his executive office in the White House. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: President Roosevelt

President Roosevelt
16th June 1936: American president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945). (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: RAF Scramble

RAF Scramble
RAF fighter pilots run for their planes. (Photo by Reg Speller/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Bloodletting

Bloodletting
Circa 1624, A doctor applies leeches to the back of a female patient as a means of letting blood. Original Publication: From a Dutch print. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Bus Driver

Bus Driver
March 1929: A set of instruments on a bus route survey vehicle for measuring distance, gradient and camber on roads used by the London General Omnibus Companys fleet of buses

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Franklin D Roosevelt

Franklin D Roosevelt
19th January 1938: United States president Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) addressing a press conference. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Illustration Of Black Union Regiment, Civil War, 1860s

Illustration Of Black Union Regiment, Civil War, 1860s
Recruitment illustration of a Black Union regiment of soldiers and their White commanding officer, labeled Come and join us, brothers, 1860s. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Algerian Piracy

Algerian Piracy
1st May 1681, The peaceful merchant ship Kingfisher being attacked by Algerian pirates. Original Artwork: Piracy by Monamy (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: W Somerset Maugham

W Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), English author and master of short stories. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Mass Production

Mass Production
Full-length image of auto workers lowering the body of a Model T onto its chassis on an assembly line ramp outdoors at the Ford Motor Company, Highland Park, Michigan

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Civvy Street

Civvy Street
26th January 1946: Egerton Savory, whose progress during World War II was documented by Picture Post, returning home after being demobbed from the army, the day he dreamed of if full of doubts

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Front Line Copter

Front Line Copter
5th January 1969: A soldier in the U.S. Army 1st Air Cavalry holds his rifle above his head as he serves as a traffic cop for helicopters landing in a field during an operation north of Saigon in

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Conan Doyle

Conan Doyle
circa 1895: British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), creator of fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle studied medicine at Edinburgh University

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Railway Cleaner

Railway Cleaner
26th October 1907: A man sweeping a Great Central Railway carriage, at Marylebone. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Clock Inspection

Clock Inspection
1957: Mr King examining the clock face of Big Ben, in Clock Tower (the clock tower) of the Houses of Parliament, London. (Photo by Frank Martin/BIPs/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Bastille Under Siege

Bastille Under Siege
1789: The Bastille under siege by troops during the French Revolution. Below: The ground plan. Original Artwork: Engraving by J Chapman (pub. 15th September 1798 by J Wilkes)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Holmess Creator

Holmess Creator
circa 1930: Scottish novelist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Mule Spinning

Mule Spinning
1st January 1909: A young boy mule spinning at Joness Cotton Mill, Manchester. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Lace Makers

Lace Makers
1908: Pupils in their white pinafores and hats at Lois Weedens school in North Hampshire in an outdoor lace-making class. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Good Friday

Good Friday
April 1912: A religious procession passes through Southwark on Good Friday. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas
10th August 1946: Welsh poet and playwright Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953), relaxing outside. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4156 - Nest Of Singing Birds - pub

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Engine Driver

Engine Driver
26th October 1907: An engine driver on the Great Central Railway standing beside his locomotive, with an oil can in his hand. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Big Gun

Big Gun
circa 1885: The breech block of a large gun being gauged and fitted at Woolwich Arsenal. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Gardening Nuns

Gardening Nuns
January 1909: Sisters of Anglet, nuns from the order of St. Bernard in the garden of the nunnery. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Air Pageant

Air Pageant
circa 1927: A line of aeroplanes awaiting rehearsals for Hendon Air Pageant. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Tooting Fire Brigade

Tooting Fire Brigade
27th February 1908: A motorised fire engine leaves Upper Tooting Fire Station, in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: For Your Eyes Only

For Your Eyes Only
English author Ian Fleming (1908 - 1964) in his study with a copy of For Your Eyes Only, one of the series of James Bond novels that he wrote. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Graham Greene

Graham Greene
14th August 1954: English novelist and playwright Graham Greene (1904-1991). Original Publication: Picture Post - 7239 - Graham Greene - pub. 1954 (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer and condutor, Igor Stravinsky (1882 -1971). As well as composing operas and symphonies he gained fame with his music for the Diaghilev ballets including The Firebird, Petrushka

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Ludgate Circus

Ludgate Circus
3rd January 1914: A policeman stops the traffic and helps pedestrians to cross the road at Ludgate Circus in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Illustration in black and white of the Last Supper

Illustration in black and white of the Last Supper
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Background imageHuman Role Collection: Victorian Blacksmith Farriers

Victorian Blacksmith Farriers
Vintage 19th century engraving showing two boys playing in a blacksmiths (Farriers) forge while the blacksmith looks on

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Bayeux Tapestry - Edward the Confessor

Bayeux Tapestry - Edward the Confessor
"Vintage engraving showing a detail of the Bayeux Tapestry, Edward's instructions to Harold"

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Bayeux Tapestry - Harold's Oath

Bayeux Tapestry - Harold's Oath
"Vintage engraving showing a detail of the Bayeux Tapestry, Harold's Oath of Fealty to William of Normandy"

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Bayeux Tapestry - Battle of Hastings

Bayeux Tapestry - Battle of Hastings
"Vintage engraving showing a detail of the Bayeux Tapestry, the Battle of Hastings and the Death of King Harold."

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Bayeux Tapestry - Coronation of King Harold

Bayeux Tapestry - Coronation of King Harold
"Vintage engraving showing a detail of the Bayeux Tapestry, showing the Coronation of King Harold"

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Torture: Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Torture: Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
Vintage engraving from 1807 of showing the martyrdom of Saint Lawrence of Rome. Lawrence of Rome (c. 225 aa 258) was one of the seven deacons of ancient Rome who were martyred during the persecution

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Disobedient Prophet slain by a Lion

Disobedient Prophet slain by a Lion
Vintage engraving from the 1870 of a sdcene from the Old Testament by Gustave Dore showing the Disobedient Prophet slain by a Lion

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Slaughtering the Prophets of Baal

Slaughtering the Prophets of Baal
Vintage engraving from the 1870 of a scene from the Old Testament by Gustave Dore showing the Slaughter of the Prophets of Baal

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Jesus and the Disciples going to Emmaus

Jesus and the Disciples going to Emmaus
Vintage engraving from the 1870 of a scene from the New Testament by Gustave Dore showing Jesus and the Disciples going to Emmaus

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Jesus and the Woman taken in Adultery

Jesus and the Woman taken in Adultery
Vintage engraving from the 1870 of a scene from the New Testament by Gustave Dore showing Jesus and the Woman taken in Adultery

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Tobias and the Angel

Tobias and the Angel
Vintage engraving from the 1870 of a scene from the Old Testament by Gustave Dore showing Tobias and the Angel

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Saint Peter in the House of Cornelius

Saint Peter in the House of Cornelius
Vintage engraving from the 1870 of a scene from the New Testament by Gustave Dore showing Saint Peter in the House of Cornelius

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Isaiah

Isaiah
Vintage engraving from the 1870 of a scene from the Old Testament by Gustave Dore showing Isaiah. He lived approximately 2700 years ago and was a prophet in the 8th-century BC Kingdom of Judah

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Peter at Cornelius’house

Peter at Cornelius’house
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Background imageHuman Role Collection: Peter and John at the Beautiful Gate

Peter and John at the Beautiful Gate
Vintage engraving from the 1870 of a scene from the New Testament by Gustave Dore showing Saint Peter and Saint John at the Beautiful Gate

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Spreading the Gospel

Spreading the Gospel
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Background imageHuman Role Collection: Hubert Morett Goldsmith of Henry VIII

Hubert Morett Goldsmith of Henry VIII
Vintage engraving of Hubert Morett Goldsmith of Henry VIII by Hans Hobein

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Life of the Virgin

Life of the Virgin
Vintage engraving by Albert Durer 1510 showing Mary and Joseph in Egypt

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Frederick the Wise Duke of Saxony

Frederick the Wise Duke of Saxony
" Vintage engraving by Albert Durer 1498 showing Frederick the Wise Duke of Saxony. Frederick III of Saxony (1463 to 1525), also known as Frederick the Wise

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Saint Jerome in his Cell

Saint Jerome in his Cell
" Vintage engraving by Albert Durer 1498 Saint Jerome in his Cell. Saint Jerome was an Illyrian Christian priest and apologist

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Albrecht DAOErer Self Portrait

Albrecht DAOErer Self Portrait
" Vintage engraving of Albrecht DArer from 1500. Albrecht DArer was a German painter, printmaker and theorist from Nuremberg

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Saint John and Peter

Saint John and Peter
Vintage engraving by Albert Durer 1498 showing Saint John and Saint Peter

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Portrait of Hieronymus Holzschuher

Portrait of Hieronymus Holzschuher
" Vintage engraving by Albrecht DArer c.1526 Portrait of Hieronymus Holzschuher. Hieronymus Holzschuher (1469-1529) came from an old Nuremberg patrician family

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Albrecht D├╝rer, Self Portrait

Albrecht D├╝rer, Self Portrait
" Vintage engraving of Albrecht DArer from 1500. Albrecht DArer was a German painter, printmaker and theorist from Nuremberg

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Horatio Nelsons victory at Copenhagen on April 2nd, 1801

Horatio Nelsons victory at Copenhagen on April 2nd, 1801
Illustration of a Horatio Nelsons victory at Copenhagen on April 2nd, 1801

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Nelson Conflict with a spanish launch

Nelson Conflict with a spanish launch
A scene from the life of Lord Nelson - Nelson Conflict with a spanish launch

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Nelson volunteers to board a prize

Nelson volunteers to board a prize
A scene from the life of Lord Nelson - Nelson volunteers to board a prize

Background imageHuman Role Collection: PRINCE ALBERT As one of many world leaders, namely Kaiser Wilhelm I, Lincoln, Napoleon III

PRINCE ALBERT As one of many world leaders, namely Kaiser Wilhelm I, Lincoln, Napoleon III, Alexander III
Illustration of a PRINCE ALBERT As one of many world leaders, namely Kaiser Wilhelm I, Lincoln, Napoleon III, Alexander III, Franz Josef I, Victor Emanuele Date 1819-1861

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Coronation of King Henry IV

Coronation of King Henry IV
Illustration of a Coronation of King Henry IV

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Knight and Horse

Knight and Horse
Antique engraving of Medieval Knight and his Horse

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley
English novelist and essayist Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963). (Photo by Edward Gooch/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Whalers

Whalers
circa 1850: Whalers harpoon a whale from their rowing boat. (Photo by Edward Gooch/Edward Gooch/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Role Collection: Bridge Building

Bridge Building
circa 1925: Construction workers balance precariously over a river as they bolt girders together to form a bridge. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)



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