Images

This historical map depicts the Battle of Trebbia, won by Marshal Suvorov on 17, 18, and 19 June 1799. It shows the various positions held during the engagement and offers a valuable cartographic account of one of the key battles of the War...

This detailed map of the Battle of Rivoli, won by the French Army on 14 January 1797, was dedicated to His Majesty Emperor Alexander by General Jomini. Engraved by Blondeau and scripted by Sauvé, the map precisely illustrates the positions...

A photograph of Pyotr Stolypin (1862-1911), Russian prime minister to Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) from 1906 to 1911. The Stolypin reforms improved the status, education, and civil rights of many Russians, especially land-owning peasants...

A 1905 painting by Vladimir Makovsky depicting Bloody Sunday in 1905 when on 22 January peaceful protestors led by Father Georgy Gapon (1870-1906) wished to present Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) with a petition of reforms but were shot...

Passmore Williamson, abolitionist, in Moyamensing Prison in 1855, portrait by Emil Luders, lithograph by Augustus Kollner, published by Thomas Curtis, Philadelphia, c. 1855. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Passmore Williamson, abolitionist and member of the Underground Railroad, c. 1856-1860, photograph by Guterkunst & Brothers, 1856-1860. Boston Public Library.

A 1909 photograph of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917), ruler of the Russian Empire.

A 1905 photograph of the Russian Orthdox priest Georgy Gapon (1870-1906). On Bloody Sunday in 1905 peaceful protestors led by Gapon wished to present Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) with a petition of reforms but were shot down by soldiers...

An illustration showing Bloody Sunday in 1905 when on 22 January peaceful protestors led by Father Georgy Gapon (1870-1906) wished to present Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) with a petition of reforms but were shot down by soldiers outside...

Jane Johnson emancipates herself and her children by walking away from her former 'master', John Hill Wheeler, into the free city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in July 1855. Illustration from The Underground Railroad by William Still, 1872...