Images

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.

William Barret Travis (1809-1836), sketch by Wiley Martin (1777-1842). The only known portrait of Travis in his lifetime. Later paintings, after Travis' death at the Alamo in 1836, were more idealized. This is how Travis may have looked during...

Frank W. Johnson, commander of the Texian Militia in 1832 during the Anahuac Disturbances, later served as a commander during the Texas Revolution. Photograph from the McArdle Notebooks. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas...