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A statue of Sir William Wallace (c. 1270-1305 CE), a Scottish knight and national hero who fought for his country’s independence from England. (Edinburgh Castle)

A c. 1767 oil-on-canvas portrait by David Martin of Benjamin Franklin (1706-90). This portrait depicts Franklin as a scholarly figure of the Enlightenment with a bust of Isaac Newton gazing at him. The portrait was...

Medusa was a Gorgon from greek mythology. She had the face of a hideous human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. A glance from Medusa turned onlookers to stone. Perseus decapitated her without looking...

Hollow-cast bronze cat, probably a votive offering to the goddess Bastet, from Tell Basta, Egypt, c. 664-30 BCE. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

Pictish stones are a form of monumental steles and are mainly found in the eastern part of Scotland and around the Clyde-Forth line. This stone was found in Invereen, Moy, Inverness-shire, Scotland. The stone was...

An 1887 oil on canvas, Martinique Landscape (aka Tropical Vegetation), by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) the French post-impressionist painter. Although disappointed at the Europeanization of the Caribbean island, the artist...

A 1766 oil on canvas portrait by Allan Ramsay of the Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh)

Illustration of a Janissary's uniform, drawing by John Heaviside Clark, included in Thomas McLean's The Military Costume of Turkey. Illustrated by a Series of Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot, plate...

A kylix is a Greek wine drinking-cup which was primarily used at a drinking party (symposium). In this balanced design, the Triptolemos painter (an ancient Greek vase painter) creatively separated the crumpled figure of...

A stained glass window showing Saint Margaret of Scotland, from her chapel in Edinburgh Castle. Queen Margaret (c. 1046-1093 CE) was the wife of Malcolm III of Scotland (r. 1058-1093 CE) from 1070 CE to...