Images

Image of Italo Balbo's (1896-1940) arrival in Benghazi as Governor of Libya. Photo taken on 21 January 1934 (L'Illustrazione italiana, n. 3). Balbo became governor of a unified colony of Libya in 1934. Balbo was, in reality, ‘exiled’ over...

Meeting in Massawa of Emilio De Bono (1866-1944) and Pietro Badoglio (1871-1956) during the Italian-Abyssinian War. De Bono and Badoglio were commanding the military operations of the invasion of Ethiopia (1935). Emilio De Bono was the Italian...

Amedeo Duke of Aosta (1898-1942), Viceroy of Ethiopia, with British General Mosley Mayne (1889-1955) and other British officers after the Italian surrender to the British troops at Amba Alagi. The Duke of Aosta was in charge of the Italian...

Oreste Baratieri (1841-1901) was an Italian general and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Italian Eritrea from 1892 to 1896. He was among the responsible of the Italian defeat in the battle of Adwa (1896) against the Ethiopian...

Parade of Libyan colonial troops in front of King Victor Emanuel III (1869-1947) of Italy and the Vicegovernor of Cyrenaica Rodolfo Graziani (1882-1955) during the King's visit in Cyrenaica in February 1932. The King's visit followed a period...

Seven-bowl sweetmeat dish from Iran, 13th to 14th century. Sweetmeat dishes are notable for their infrequent presence amongst the vast array of Persian ceramic ware. Their history dates back to at least the Seljuk period in the 11th century...

A 1967 oil-on-canvas panting, The Gold of the Azure by Joan Miró (1893-1983). The painting employs the grattage technique. (Joan Miró Foundation, Barcelona)

A 1937 oil-on-cardboard painting, The Barbarians by Max Ernst (1891-1976). The giant birds may represent the artist's fears regarding the devastation of Europe in the coming Second World War (1939-45). The work is an example of the grattage...

A Red Cross food parcel. Such parcels were sent to Allied prisoners-of-war during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A 1945 photograph of the glider prisoners-of-war at Colditz Castle built but never used during the Second World War (1939-45). Taken from P.R.Reid "Colditz: The Final Story".