Images

Razia Sultan, Silver Tanka, 13th-century silver coin held by the Sarmaya Arts Foundation, Mumbai, c. 1236. Coins of Razia Sultan are incredibly rare, given that her reign was so short. Her father's name, Iltutmish, and the word 'nusrat,'...

The plaque of William Barret Travis's letter from the Alamo, photograph by Betsy Mark, February 2004. Located at the modern-day historical site of the Alamo fort in San Antonio, Texas, the plaque includes a reproduction of the famous open...

William Barret Travis, portrait included in the Dawn at the Alamo scrapbook by Henry Arthur McArdle, c. 1900. William Barret "Buck" Travis (1809-1836) was commander of the Alamo garrison during the siege of the fort by Mexican forces and...

Surrender of Santa Anna, oil on canvas painting by William Henry Huddle, 1886. Depicted here is the morning after the Battle of San Jacinto, fought April 21, 1836. Captured General Santa Anna, commanding the Mexican forces, surrenders to...

Battle of San Jacinto, painting by Henry Arthur McArdle, 1895. McArdle's painting depicts the Battle of San Jacinto, the final conflict of the Texas Revolution, where General Sam Houston defeated General Santa Anna on April 21, 1836, winning...

Stephen Fuller Austin, oil on canvas painting, c. 1840. Stephen F. Austin (1793-1836) led the establishment of the first Anglo-American settlement in the Texas territory and emerged as the region's authority. Although he believed in a beneficial...

Sam Houston, painting by unknown artist, 1836. Sam Houston (1793-1863), propelled by his victory at the Battle of San Jacinto and defeat of the Mexican army in the Texas Revolution, became the first president of the Republic of Texas, a...

Antonio López de Santa Anna, lithographic print originally included in Lucas Alamán's Historia de Méjico, 1852. Santa Anna (1794-1876) was a central figure in the political and military course of Mexican history in the first half of the...

A gouache on paper painting titled America Before Independence by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. Peter Stuyvesant and Richard Nicholls (1664) in New Amsterdam, Sachem Sassacus and...

Two British postage stamps bearing the portrait of Queen Victoria (reign 1837-1901). The Penny Black was the world's first postage stamp and issued from May 1840. As it was difficult to see an obliteration stamp (postmark) against a black...