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Interview: Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance
Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance marks the first multidisciplinary exhibition in Italy to examine the profound impact of Italian Renaissance art on the Pre-Raphaelite movement, which flourished in Victorian and Edwardian Britain (c. 1840-1920...
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Adolf Hitler in Paris
A photograph showing Adolf Hitler in Paris after the Fall of France in 1940. On the left is Albert Speer (Hitler's favourite architect and future Armaments Minister) and on the right is Arno Breker (architect and sculptor). Taken on 23 June...
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The Royal House of Windsor in Britain - Rebranding the Crown - From Saxe-Coburg to Windsor
The House of Windsor represents the modern phase in the long dynastic evolution of the British monarchy, reflecting how royal identity adapted to political pressure, public opinion, and national crisis. By the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
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Illustration of Joan of Arc
An illustration depicting Joan of Arc, by Albert Lynch, published in the Figaro Illustré magazine in 1903.
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Romeo Fights Tybalt
Romeo fights Tybalt in Act III Scene I of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, leading to the death of Tybalt and Romeo's banishment from Verona, oil on board painting by Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (consort of Queen Victoria...
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Purple Victorian Dress
An 1860s purple silk dress. Such vibrant colours became popular in the Victorian era following the invention of synthetic dies.
Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
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Victorian Crinoline Cage
A 19th-century crinoline cage worn by women to give their outer dress the desired voluminous silhouette. Steel frame covered in red linen and wool. The crinoline's maximum diameter is 2.35 metres (7.7 ft). Victoria & Albert Museum, London...
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Bonsack's Cigarette Rolling Machine
Patent drawing of the cigarette rolling machine invented by James Albert Bonsackin in 1880 CE and patented in 1881 CE.
U.S. patent 238,640.
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Satellite Image of Africa's Great Lakes
A satellite image by the European Space Agency (ESA) of Africa's Great Lakes. Top centre is Lake Victoria. Bottom left is Lake Tanganyika. Top left is Lake Albert.
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Timur Handing the Crown to Babur
This painting establishes the Mughal Dynasty depicting Timur Lane handing the crown to his grandson Babur who has his own son and heir Humayun also present. Legend has it that as Humayun languished at the doors of death with a toxic fever...