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Edgar A. Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), oil on canvas portrait by Samuel Stillman Osgood, 1845.
New York Historical Society.
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The Flying Raven, Ex Libris for The Raven
The Flying Raven, Ex Libris for The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, lithograph on simili-parchment by Edouard Manet, 1875.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), photo by Mathew Benjamin Brady, c. 1849.
National Archives and Records Administration.
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Hermann Göring, Nuremberg Trials
A photograph of the leading Nazi Hermann Göring (1893-1946) at the Nuremberg Trials of 1945-6. (Harry S. Truman Library & Museum)
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The Sirens
Detail of the Odysseus and the Sirens mosaic from Dougga (Tunisia) depicting Odysseus' encounter with the Sirens. The three Sirens stand on a rocky island. The creatures are depicted with the legs and wings of birds and hold a variety of...
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Arrest of Marinus van der Lubbe
A photograph of Marinus van der Lubbe (1909-34) under police arrest. Charged by the Nazi government with starting the Reichstag Fire of 27 February 1933, van der Lubbe was found guilty and executed. (National Archives of the Netherlands)
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Marinus van der Lubbe
A photograph of Marinus van der Lubbe (1909-34), a communist charged by the Nazi government with starting the Reichstag Fire of 27 February 1933. Found guilty, van der Lubbe was executed. (National Archives of the Netherlands)
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Jason and the Dragon of Colchis
Attic kylix (drinking cup) with a scene depicting Athena rescuing the Thessalonian hero Jason from the jaws of the dragon of Colchis. The Colchian dragon was a massive serpent, immortal and sleepless, that guarded the Golden Fleece, which...
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Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, wife of US Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, oil on canvas portrait by Ralph Earl, 1787.
Museum of the City of New York.
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Alexander Hamilton as Treasury Secretary, 1792
Alexander Hamilton, oil on canvas portrait by John Trumbull, 1792.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.