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Cadmus Asks the Delphic Oracle Where He Can Find his Sister, Europa
Cadmus Asks the Delphic Oracle Where He Can Find his Sister, Europa, engraving by Hendrik Goltzius, published in 1615.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California.

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Conversation between King Guntram I and his Nephew King Childebert II
A conversation between King Guntram I of Orléans (r. 561-592) and his nephew and heir King Childebert II of Austrasia (r. 575-596), artwork by Jean Fouquet from the manuscript Grandes Chroniques de France (Français 6465, fol. 45v.), c. 1455...

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Slave Trader Advertisement Taken Out By Henry Laurens and His Partners in a Charleston Newspaper
A slave trader advertisement in a Charleston, South Carolina newspaper, taken out by Henry Laurens and his partners, published on 26 April 1760.
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington D.C.

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Brennus Throws His Swords on the Scale
Vae victis! Woe to the vanquished! Brennus throws his sword on the scale after the sack of Rome in 390 BCE. Print by Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, based on the drawing of Jacobus Buys, 1794

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Gideon and his Men
Gideon and His Three Hundred, illustration from a Bible card published by the Providence Lithograph Company, 1907.

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Arrival of Napoleon at the Notre-Dame de Paris for his Coronation
Napoleon I (1769-1821) arrives at the Notre-Dame de Paris for his coronation ceremony, 2 December 1804. By Charles Percier and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, 19th century.

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Rehu and His Wife
Limestone tomb stela of Rehu and his wife. From Gebelein, modern-day Egypt. circa 1250 BCE.(State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

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Bonaparte and His Officers in Egypt
General Napoleon Bonaparte and his officers on the Egyptian campaign, painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1863.

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Tycho & His Mural Quadrant
A c. 1598 coloured lithographic print showing the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) and the mural quadrant he used to measure the elevation of heavenly bodies at his observatory, Uraniborg. (Roman Picture Library and Royal Astronomical...

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Aaron Burr and His Wife Theodosia Bartow Burr
Aaron Burr with his wife Theodosia Bartow Burr (formerly Theodosia Prevost). Oil on canvas by Henry Benbridge, c. 1780s or 1790s.
Frick Collection, New York.