Images

Representation of the box in which Henry Box Brown was shipped to freedom in 1849. After his successful escape from slavery, many others were inspired to try the same. Image from the Narrative of Henry Box Brown, 1849. Boston Public Library...

New York Postmaster's Provisional Stamp, USA, 1845. The kind of stamp that may have been used to send enslaved people, such as William "Box" Peel Jones to freedom in 1859.

Portrait of Francis Beaumont (1584-1616), English playwright of the Jacobean Era and frequent collaborator with John Fletcher. This mezzotint print is by Francis Kyte, after an unknown artist, circa 1740s. National Portrait Gallery, London...

Portrait of the English poet Edmund Spenser (1552-1599), author of The Faerie Queene, oil on oakwood by an unknown artist.

John Fletcher (1579-1625), an English poet of the Jacobean Era, oil on canvas by an unknown artist. National Portrait Gallery, London.

Portrait of English playwright John Fletcher (1579-1625) by an unknown artist.

Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi (1936-2023) welcomes Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (c. 1942 - 2011) at Rome's Ciampinio airport, Italy, on 10 June 2009. Gaddafi is wearing a photograph showing the arrest of Umar al-Mukhtar (1858-1931...

"Tomorrow, all things considered - Pantalone: ​​Was it really worth it?", a cartoon for 'L'Asino' on the war in Libya. Gabriele Galantara, 1911.

A 1911 caricature of Italian Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti (1842-1928) from the satirical magazine 'l'Asino'. Giolitti maneuvers deftly between conservatives and workers, dressed in appropriate clothes for his meeting with each of the...

The Fileni Arch in Italian Libya was designed by architect Florestano Di Fausto in response to a request by the Italian Governor-General Italo Balbo (1896-1940). It was unveiled on 16 March 1937 in a lavish night ceremony attended by Benito...