Images

A 1914 photograph of Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), the 28th President of the United States who served from 1913 to 1921. (Library of Congress)

Thor's hammer from Rømersdal, probably silver votive/deposit, photograph by Arnold Mikkelsen, c. 790-1100. National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen.

Stenkvista church runes, a runescape carving in granite, photographed by Berig, Södermanland, c. 900-1100 The sculpture is one of many runestones from the end of the Viking Age in Scandinavia and is a memorial dedicated by sons to their...

Thor's hammer pendant, silver rectangular head section, East Yorkshire, c. 900-1000. The British Museum, London.

A gouache on paper painting titled The Cotton Gin 1793 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. Eli Whitney with workers in the fields, his Cotton Gin machine revolutionised cotton processing...

A gouache on paper painting titled The Louisiana Purchase 1803 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. American envoys Robert Livingston and James Monroe negotiate with Francois Barbe-Marbois...

A detail of the first folio of the manuscripts of the Excerpta de Virtutibus et Vitiis, stored in Tours, France. It is part of the Constantinian Excerpts, a Byzantine encyclopedia compiled in the 10th century. (Tours Municipal Library)

This is the first folio of the manuscripts of the Excerpta de Virtutibus et Vitiis, stored in Tours, France. It is part of the Constantinian Excerpts, a Byzantine encyclopedia compiled in the 10th century. The capital letter shows the title...

A Veuve Clicquot champagne label. The label bears a reproduction of the signature of Madame Barbe-Nicole Clicquot-Ponsardin (1777-1866).

Mexican General Martín Perfecto de Cos. Illustration in Pioneer Heroes and Daring Deeds, published by Scammell and Company, 1882.