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Background imageOrig Collection: Human Sacrifice

Human Sacrifice
A teocalli or Mesoamerican temple pyramid in Mexico, with a priest offering human sacrifice on the top, circa 1500. An engraving by J. Chapman for the Encyclopaedia Londinensis, 1817

Background imageOrig Collection: Early Blood Donor

Early Blood Donor
An early blood transfusion from a dog to a man, circa 1670. A 17th century woodcut. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Surgical Tools

Surgical Tools
Early surgical instruments for the amputation of limbs, including two saws, 1634. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Medieval Doctors

Medieval Doctors
Medieval doctors gather round a patients sickbed, circa 1400. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Japanese Beach Ball

Japanese Beach Ball
circa 1780: Japanese woodcut of a young girl playing with a ball at a beach on the plains below Mount Fuji. Designed to decorate a hand-held fan. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Eighteenth Century Norwich

Eighteenth Century Norwich
A south-east view of the city of Norwich, Norfolk, with the River Wensum in the foreground and the Norman cathedral, centre, left, 1780. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: The Fashionable Mamma

The Fashionable Mamma
An extravagantly-dressed woman breastfeeding her child in a caricature by James Gilray entitled The Fashionable Mamma, or, The Convenience of Modern Dress, circa 1790

Background imageOrig Collection: Spring Hook Fishing

Spring Hook Fishing
1791: An illustration/drawing showing the manner of catching fish by the spring hook. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: HAC Uniforms

HAC Uniforms
Uniforms of the British volunteers, the Honourable Artillery Company from 1797 to 1857. Left to right: Private Infantry, full dress off duty; Corporal, Rifle Company; Sergeant; Artillery; Lieutenant

Background imageOrig Collection: The Original Polka

The Original Polka
circa 1860: A moustachioed young man and a girl in long braids dance the original polka on page one of Julliens Celebrated Polkas, dedicated to Mr E Coulon. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Ashby de la Zouch

Ashby de la Zouch
The Castle at Ashby de la Zouch, The Castle was the setting for the fictional tournament in Ivanhoe, circa 1800. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: House Plan

House Plan
9th February 1877: Plans of the House and studio at Steeles Road, Haverstock Hill as drawn by J D Linton and reproduced in Building News for 9th February 1877. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Le Coucher

Le Coucher
circa 1850: An engraving entitled Le Coucher, bys Freudeberg. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Indian Tent

Indian Tent
1851: India No 1 at the Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace, the glass and iron building designed by Joseph Paxton, at Hyde Park, London

Background imageOrig Collection: Battle Of Shrewsbury

Battle Of Shrewsbury
A Plan of the Battle of Shrewsbury and the Line of March of the Two Armies, 21st July 1403. King Henry IVs line crosses the River Severn and proceeds north, to meet Hotspur s

Background imageOrig Collection: Old Calcutta

Old Calcutta
A view across the Hoogli (or Hooghly) River, Kolkata (Calcutta) from Fort William, circa 1800. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Vote Counting In Venice

Vote Counting In Venice
Votes are counted in the Great Council Chamber of the Doges Palace, Venice for the annexation of Venice to the Kingdom of Italy, 17th November 1866. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: HMS Invincible

HMS Invincible
The British Navy battlecruiser HMS Invincible, 1911. The first battlecruiser ever built, she was launched in 1907 and sunk at the Batlte of Jutland on 31st May 1916

Background imageOrig Collection: Submarine Evolution

Submarine Evolution
The evolution of the submarine between 1863 and 1899. Shown are Bourgeois and Bruns Plongeur (1863), Halsteads Cunning Whale (1872), Hollands No

Background imageOrig Collection: Country Dancing

Country Dancing
A group of people engaging in a country dance, circa 1825. The man on the left is unluckily forced to keep behind the settle, having strained his pantaloons during his efforts at Turn The Trencher

Background imageOrig Collection: Felixstowe Seafront

Felixstowe Seafront
Holidaymakers at the beach, Felixstowe, Suffolk, 1923. (Photo by Alfred Hind Robinson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Medieval Dress

Medieval Dress
A woman of the Ursin family during the reign of King Charles VI, circa 1420. She is wearing a rich brocade, fur-trimmed jacket over a red woollen dress, and a large headdress

Background imageOrig Collection: William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare
The English poet and dramatist, William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), circa 1610. Painting known as the Chandos portrait (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Steam Threshing

Steam Threshing
Agricultural workers use a steam powered thresher that looks like an early locomotive. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Royal Navy Frigate

Royal Navy Frigate
A 38-gun frigate of the Royal Navy under sail, circa 1770. Painting by W.F. Mitchell (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Satan And Beelzebub

Satan And Beelzebub
Satan and Beelzebub, as illustrated in Miltons Paradise Lost. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Tartarus

Tartarus
The three most famous inhabitants of Tartarus, the ancient Greek equivalent of Hell, circa 1500 BC. From left to right, Sisyphus endlessly shoulders his rock, Ixion is bound to a wheel for eternity

Background imageOrig Collection: Vision Of Hell

Vision Of Hell
An engraving depicting Hell and its wretched inhabitants, circa 1650. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Wicked Witchcraft

Wicked Witchcraft
Witches prepare themselves for a journey by broomstick to the Black Mountain, circa 1650. From a 17th century Dutch copperplate by Adrianus Hubertus. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Chemist and physicist, Sir Michael Faraday

Chemist and physicist, Sir Michael Faraday
Chemist and physicist, creator of the classical field theory, Sir Michael Faraday (1791 - 1867). He started his career as an assistant to Sir Humphry Davy. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Ironbridge

Ironbridge in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire. Completed in 1779 the bridge, which spans the River Severn, was the first to be manufactured from cast iron. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: 18th Century Lab

18th Century Lab
In an eighteenth century distillery and laboratory a scientist gives instructions to an assistant, December 1747. Furnaces line the walls and various distillations are going on round the room

Background imageOrig Collection: Hop Pickers

Hop Pickers
A family of hop pickers at work in the fields, circa 1850. Print by Leighton Brothers. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: 42-Gun Frigate

42-Gun Frigate
A 42-gun frigate of the Royal Navy, circa 1780. Lithograph by J. S. Virtue & Co after W. F. Mitchell. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Jacobin Emblem

Jacobin Emblem
The emblem of the Chalon-sur-Saone branch of the Jacobins. The Jacobins were members of a middle class, radical democratic club, also known as the Societe des Amis de la Constitution

Background imageOrig Collection: Street In Georgetown

Street In Georgetown
A view of a main street in Georgetown, Guyana, circa 1885. Original publication: The Graphic - pub 30th May 1885. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Ascot Racecourse

Ascot Racecourse
The racecourse and Grand Stand at Ascot in Berkshire, 1846. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Cholula Pyramid

Cholula Pyramid
The Great Pyramid of Cholula, a Mesoamerican site in the Mexican state of Puebla, circa 1530. It dates back to the 3rd century BCE and is the worlds largest pyramid. Drawn by H

Background imageOrig Collection: Fight

Fight
1786: Two men fighting during Shays rebellion in Western Massachusetts. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Hansom Cab

Hansom Cab
circa 1850: A two-wheeled horse-drawn cab accommodating two passengers inside and with the driver seated behind. Original Artist: By Leach (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Battle Of Omdurman

Battle Of Omdurman
British soldiers prepare to fire on a Sudanese warrior who bears the Black Flag of the Mahdists during the Battle of Omdurman in the Sudan, 2nd September 1898

Background imageOrig Collection: Knifeboard Tram

Knifeboard Tram
1847: A tram with knifeboard seats. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Orient Express Interior

Orient Express Interior
Passengers in the smoking lounge and library of the Orient Express, 1886. Original publication: The Graphic, pub 30th January 1886 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Petticoat Duellists

Petticoat Duellists, a print depicting two women fighting a duel with pistols, published in 1792. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Andover Workhouse

Andover Workhouse
1846: The Andover Union workhouse, the centre of a scandal in 1845-6 when McDougal, the master of the workhouse was accused of excess cruelty toward the paupers

Background imageOrig Collection: Goodwood

Goodwood
1886: Panoramic view of Goodwood racecourse on the South Downs and the surrounding countryside. Original Artist - T Griffiths (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageOrig Collection: Rent Day

Rent Day
A landlord is denied admittance to a cellar rented by poverty-stricken tenants, who share it with a donkey, rats and a duck, circa 1855

Background imageOrig Collection: The School Mistress

The School Mistress
A matron old, whom we school-mistress name in a tableau inspired by The School-Mistress, a poem by William Shenstone. A print by J. Coles after the original by Francis Wheatley, 1791



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