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A 1901 oil on canvas still life, Sunflowers in an Armchair, by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), the French post-impressionist painter. Gauguin had asked for seeds of sunflowers to be sent to him from Europe so that he...

The Obsequies of an Egyptian Cat, oil on canvas by John Reinhard Weguelin, 1886. Auckland Art Gallery. A priestess offers gifts of food and milk to the spirit of a cat. On an altar stands the mummy of the deceased...

In 1935, Renato Micheli composed the song 'Faccetta Nera' (Pretty/little black face) to commemorate the invasion of Ethiopia. The lyrics recount the liberation of a young Ethiopian woman from...

The Lady with an Ermine oil painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519 CE). It is a portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, mistress of the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza. c. 1490 CE (National...

A photograph of women working in an armaments factory in Yorkshire, England during the Second World War (1939-45). The women are here finishing 2,000lb bombs for aircraft. Imperial War Museums

Red-figure vase depicting an artist painting a statue of Hercules, identified by his club and lion-skin cape. Greek and Roman statues were frequently painted in Antiquity, to impart a more impressive and life-like...

Roman mosaic from Veii (Isola Farnese, Italy) depicting an African elephant being loaded onto a ship, 3rd-4th century CE. Now in Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, Germany.

"Plague in an Ancient City" by Michiel Sweerts (1618-1664 CE) is believed to depict the Plague of Athens (430-427 BCE). Oil on canvas. Painted c. 1652-1654 CE. 118.7 cm (46.7 in) x 170.8 cm (67.2 in). (Courtesy of Los...

This right femoral bone shows evidence of malunion and misalignment of a healed fractured. From Abydos, Egypt. Late Period, after 664 BCE. (The British Museum, London)

Alabaster bas-relief detail showing an Apkallu holding a pine cone. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 4, Room F, the North-West Palace at Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)