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A c. 1685 portrait of James II of England (r. 1685-1688) wearing his uniform as commander of the army. James reigned briefly as the king of England, Scotland, and Ireland until he was deposed by the Glorious Revolution of November 1688...

Portrait of James Birdseye McPherson, photograph by Barr & Young, c. 1862. Depicted here is Major General James B. McPherson (1828-1864), a career officer in the United States Army who rose to lead the Army of the Tennessee. He was felled...

The Sandbar Fight of 19 September 1827 made James 'Jim' Bowie famous, as well as the Bowie knife – less than 10 years before the Alamo (where he fell alongside the heroes William Barret Travis and David Crockett) – but it was essentially...

An 1869 etching showing the Scottish instrument worker James Watt (1736-1819) developing a new design of steam engine in the 1760s and 1770s during the Industrial Revolution.

James Armistead Lafayette, a Black Patriot who served as a spy for the Continental Army during the Siege of Yorktown. Engraved portrait by an unknown artist, based on an original painting by John B. Martin, c. 1824. Virginia Historical Society...

Jim Bowie, oil on canvas painting by William Edward West, c. 1820. James "Jim" Bowie (1796-1836) was a land speculator, Texas Ranger, slave trader, and joint commander of the Alamo fortress in the Texas Revolution, where he died on March...

Miniature portrait of future US President James Madison in 1783, when he was a 32-year-old delegate to the Continental Congress. Watercolor on ivory, by Charles Willson Peale, 1783. This miniature was given to Catherine 'Kitty' Floyd, who...

A portrait of James II of England (r. 1685-1688) who reigned briefly as the king of England, Scotland and Ireland until he was deposed by the Glorious Revolution of November 1688. This portrait was painted in the period 1650 to 1675. (Bolton...

Watson and Crick at Banbury meeting, 1983. A photograph of the co-discoverers of DNA's structure, James Watson (1928-2025) and Francis Crick (1916-2004), posing in front of a double helix model at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's Banbury...

James Monroe, oil on canvas portrait by Samuel F. B. Morse, c. 1819. White House, Washington, D.C.