GCL3350865:
DANTE: PURGATORIO Dante and Virgil are summoned by an angel to ascend to the fifth level of Purgatory (Canto XIX, lines 51-3). Wood engraving, 19th century, after Gustave Dore., Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350865
DANTE: PURGATORIO Dante and Virgil are summoned by an angel to ascend to the fifth level of Purgatory (Canto XIX, lines 51-3). Wood engraving, 19th century, after Gustave Dore.
Dore, Gustave (1832-83)
GCL3350866:
FRENCH REVOLUTION, 1789 Parisians force the closing of the Opera House, 12 July 1789. Contemporary French engraving by Jean-Louis Prieur. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350866
FRENCH REVOLUTION, 1789 Parisians force the closing of the Opera House, 12 July 1789. Contemporary French engraving by Jean-Louis Prieur.
GCL3350874:
BETTE DAVIS (1908-1989) American actress. Bette Davis and Henry Daniell in a scene from the film, 'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex,' 1939. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350874
BETTE DAVIS (1908-1989) American actress. Bette Davis and Henry Daniell in a scene from the film, 'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex,' 1939.
PAUL CULLEN (1803-1878) Irish prelate. Wood engraving, English, 1878.
GCL3350878:
PARIS SHOP, 17th CENTURY A Paris shop selling luxury goods. Engraving by A. Bosse (1602-1676). / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350878
PARIS SHOP, 17th CENTURY A Paris shop selling luxury goods. Engraving by A. Bosse (1602-1676).
GCL3350883:
WILLIAM GRENVILLE (1759-1834). British Prime Minister William Wyndham Grenville, Lord Grenville. Stipple engraving, English, 1829. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350883
WILLIAM GRENVILLE (1759-1834). British Prime Minister William Wyndham Grenville, Lord Grenville. Stipple engraving, English, 1829.
GCL3350888:
JOHN H. SPEKE (1827-1864) English explorer: wood engraving, English, 1863. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350888
JOHN H. SPEKE (1827-1864) English explorer: wood engraving, English, 1863.
GCL3350899:
LEONHARD FUCHS (1501-1566) German botanist. Woodcut frontispiece to his 'De historia stirpium,' Basel, Switzerland, 1542. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350899
LEONHARD FUCHS (1501-1566) German botanist. Woodcut frontispiece to his 'De historia stirpium,' Basel, Switzerland, 1542.
GCL3350901:
TILLAMOOK ROCK LIGHTHOUSE Built in 1881 by George Ballantyne, located on a rock in tumultuous seas about one mile off Tillamook Head, Oregon. One of the most inaccessible of all U.S. lighthouses, it has been incactive since 1957. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350901
TILLAMOOK ROCK LIGHTHOUSE Built in 1881 by George Ballantyne, located on a rock in tumultuous seas about one mile off Tillamook Head, Oregon. One of the most inaccessible of all U.S. lighthouses, it has been incactive since 1957.
GCL3350905:
CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE, 1880 The obelisk is lowered in Alexandria, Egypt, before being shipped to New York in June 1880. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350905
CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE, 1880 The obelisk is lowered in Alexandria, Egypt, before being shipped to New York in June 1880. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper.
GCL3350906:
ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE in Greenwich, England, on the river front. Queen's House is in the distance (center). / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350906
ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE in Greenwich, England, on the river front. Queen's House is in the distance (center).
GCL3350910:
MILE ROCKS LIGHTHOUSE San Francisco Bay, California. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350910
MILE ROCKS LIGHTHOUSE San Francisco Bay, California.
GCL3350920:
WORLD WAR I: MARNE BRIDGE Stereograph view of the Marne Bridge and a Red Cross train wreck after an attack by German forces, 1914-1918. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350920
WORLD WAR I: MARNE BRIDGE Stereograph view of the Marne Bridge and a Red Cross train wreck after an attack by German forces, 1914-1918.
GCL3350921:
W W I: BATTLE OF VERDUN French troops and transport on 'The Sacred Road' during the Battle of Verdun, 1916. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350921
W W I: BATTLE OF VERDUN French troops and transport on 'The Sacred Road' during the Battle of Verdun, 1916.
GCL3350928:
HENRI CHRISTOPHE (1767-1820) King of Haiti, 1811-1820. Christophe's coronation as King of Haiti in 1811. Wood engraving, American, 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350928
HENRI CHRISTOPHE (1767-1820) King of Haiti, 1811-1820. Christophe's coronation as King of Haiti in 1811. Wood engraving, American, 19th century.
GCL3350933:
CARDINAL RICHELIEU (1585-1642). Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu. French cardinal and statesman. Copper engraving, Flemish, late 17th century, by Edme de Boulonois. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350933
CARDINAL RICHELIEU (1585-1642). Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu. French cardinal and statesman. Copper engraving, Flemish, late 17th century, by Edme de Boulonois.
GCL3350935:
CARDINAL RICHELIEU (1585-1642). Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu. French cardinal and statesman. Copper engraving, Flemish, late 17th century, by Edme de Boulonois. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350935
CARDINAL RICHELIEU (1585-1642). Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu. French cardinal and statesman. Copper engraving, Flemish, late 17th century, by Edme de Boulonois.
GCL3350939:
OSMAN I (1258-1326) Also known as Osman Gazi. Founder of the Ottoman Empire. Wood engraving, 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350939
OSMAN I (1258-1326) Also known as Osman Gazi. Founder of the Ottoman Empire. Wood engraving, 19th century.
GCL3350941:
JOHN H. SPEKE IN AFRICA John Hanning Speke (1827-1864), English explorer, reading while traveling in East Africa on a conveyance of his invention, 1862. Wood engraving, American, 1867. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350941
JOHN H. SPEKE IN AFRICA John Hanning Speke (1827-1864), English explorer, reading while traveling in East Africa on a conveyance of his invention, 1862. Wood engraving, American, 1867.
GCL3350944:
FISHING: LOBSTERMAN, 1875 A Maine lobsterman inspecting a pot. Wood engraving, 1875. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350944
FISHING: LOBSTERMAN, 1875 A Maine lobsterman inspecting a pot. Wood engraving, 1875.
GCL3350954:
SUTTER'S MILL, 1848 John A. Sutter's sawmill at Coloma, California, where James W. Marshall discovered gold on 24 January 1848. Wood engraving, c.1850. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350954
SUTTER'S MILL, 1848 John A. Sutter's sawmill at Coloma, California, where James W. Marshall discovered gold on 24 January 1848. Wood engraving, c.1850.
GCL3350962:
WORLD WAR II: THE BALKANS German troops attack a Yugoslav guerilla stronghold. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350962
WORLD WAR II: THE BALKANS German troops attack a Yugoslav guerilla stronghold.
GCL3350964:
BALLROOM, 1760 A ballroom in the year 1760. Wood engraving, English, 1848, after a painting by Abraham Solomon. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350964
BALLROOM, 1760 A ballroom in the year 1760. Wood engraving, English, 1848, after a painting by Abraham Solomon.
GCL3350967:
DANIEL WEBSTER (1782-1852) American lawyer and statesman. Daguerreotype, 1850, by Southworth and Hawes. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350967
DANIEL WEBSTER (1782-1852) American lawyer and statesman. Daguerreotype, 1850, by Southworth and Hawes.
GCL3350979:
JOHN A. SUTTER (1803-1880) Swiss pioneer in California. Line engraving, German, 1880. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350979
JOHN A. SUTTER (1803-1880) Swiss pioneer in California. Line engraving, German, 1880.
GCL3350986:
DUBLIN: ST. PATRICK'S St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland. Steel engraving after William Henry Bartlett, 1842. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350986
DUBLIN: ST. PATRICK'S St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland. Steel engraving after William Henry Bartlett, 1842.
GCL3350988:
FELIX TOURNACHON, 1897 Pseudonym, Nadar. French writer, caricaturist and photographer: detail from advertising endorsement, 1897, for the French tonic, Vin Mariani. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350988
FELIX TOURNACHON, 1897 Pseudonym, Nadar. French writer, caricaturist and photographer: detail from advertising endorsement, 1897, for the French tonic, Vin Mariani.
GCL3350989:
SILENT STILL: SINGLE MAN. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350989
SILENT STILL: SINGLE MAN.
GCL3350990:
LEONHARD FUCHS (1501-1566) German botanist: woodcut frontispiece to his "De historia stirpium," Basel, 1542. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350990
LEONHARD FUCHS (1501-1566) German botanist: woodcut frontispiece to his "De historia stirpium," Basel, 1542.
FLATBOAT: MISSISSIPPI RIVER Wood engraving, 19th century.
GCL3351006:
JUSTICE, 19th CENTURY Wood engraving. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3351006
JUSTICE, 19th CENTURY Wood engraving.
GCL3351007:
HENRI BERGSON (1859-1941) French philosopher. Photographed c.1928. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3351007
HENRI BERGSON (1859-1941) French philosopher. Photographed c.1928.
GCL3351013:
FARMING: THRESHING WHEAT Threshing with hand flails. Wood engraving, 1859. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3351013
FARMING: THRESHING WHEAT Threshing with hand flails. Wood engraving, 1859.
GCL3350005:
AUDUBON: GULL Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia, formerly Larus philadelphia), from John James Audubon's 'The Birds of America,' 1827-38., Audubon, John James (1785-1851) / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350005
AUDUBON: GULL Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia, formerly Larus philadelphia), from John James Audubon's 'The Birds of America,' 1827-38.
Audubon, John James (1785-1851)
GCL3350010:
GERMANY: BLACK FOREST Upper Black Forest. Titisee, lakeside. / Bridgeman Images
ID: GCL3350010
GERMANY: BLACK FOREST Upper Black Forest. Titisee, lakeside.