Bridgeman Education

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A 16th century silver chastity belt. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by Eduard Fuchs, published 1909.

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The irradiation illusion of visual perception in which a light area of the visual field looks larger than an otherwise identical dark area. Staring at this image causes a scattering of light inside the eye and has the effect of enlarging the image of a light area on the retina. From The Strand Magazine, published 1897.

English School, (19th century)

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Examples of cannons. From left to right, a German Nachtigall cannon cast in Brunswick, Germany, a Russian cannon probably from Narva, Russia dating from around 1700 and a Danish cannon called Der Grimige Lowe, dating from around 1582. From Notes Autographes du Comte Erik Dahlbergh, published 1913.

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The Nose Dance, after a 16th century woodcut by Nikolaus Meldemann. A rural German dance festival from the middle ages. Prizes suspended from a pole are for largest noses entered in the competition and include a garland and a nose sock. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by Eduard Fuchs, published 1909.

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Representation of Sensual Love, after Crispijn van de Passe the Elder. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by Eduard Fuchs, published 1909.

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15th century iron chastity belt. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by Eduard Fuchs, published 1909.

ID: KWE955336

Under the village Linden Tree, after a 16th century engraving by Kandel. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by Eduard Fuchs, published 1909.

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Athens, Greece, from a 19th century engraving. From The Imperial Bible Dictionary, published 1889.

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Indian snake charmers in the 19th century. From The Imperial Bible Dictionary, published 1889.

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Silver tetradrachma of Alexander III of Macedon, 356 323?BC, aka Alexander the Great. King of Macedon. From The Imperial Bible Dictionary, published 1889.

ID: KWE955350

Heavily armed ancient Egyptian soldier. From The Imperial Bible Dictionary, published 1889.

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Assyrian archer wearing a cuirass. From The Imperial Bible Dictionary, published 1889.

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Egyptian archer and quiver. From The Imperial Bible Dictionary, published 1889.

ID: KWE955355

A Roman slinger, after a figure on the Column of Antoninus in Rome. From The Imperial Bible Dictionary, published 1889.

ID: KWE955359

Map of Athens and Piraeus, Greece, mid 19th century. From The Imperial Bible Dictionary, published 1889.

ID: KWE955360

Hunting wild bull in ancient Assyria. From The Imperial Bible Dictionary, published 1889.

ID: KWE955371

Plan of Ephesus, the ancient Greek city and its environs, the sites as named by Edward Falkener c. 1842. From The Imperial Bible Dictionary, published 1889.

ID: STC955588

The Death of Jens, pub. London 1886 (engraving)

Steeple Davis, J. (1844-1917) (after)

ID: STC955597

King Edgar rowed by eight Kings on the River Dee, pub. 19th Century (steel engraving)

English School, (19th century)

ID: STC955628

Octavianus Caesar, illustration from 'Imperatorum romanorum omnium orientalium et occidentalium verissimae imagines ex antiquis numismatis', woodcut by Rudolph Wyssenbach, printed by Andreas Gesner, Zurich, 1559 (woodcut)