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Red Cross with Triptych Egg by Fabergé
The 1915 Red Cross with Triptych Egg by Peter Carl Fabergé (1846-1920). The egg was given by Tsar Nicholas II (r. 1894-1917) to his wife Alexandra Feodorovna. The egg commemorates the founding of the Russian Red Cross by the empress. It is...
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Battle of Neville's Cross
A 15th century CE manuscript illustration showing the capture of David II of Scotland (r. 1329-1371 CE) at the battle of Neville's Cross by English forces. The battle took place on 17 October 1346 CE. From the Jean Froissart Chronicles...
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Orleans Cathedral
The Cathedral of the Holy Cross (Sainte-Croix) of Orleans in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France, was first built in the 13th century CE on the site of a series of older churches dating back to the 4th century CE. The cathedral, which...
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Renkioi Hospital
The Renkioi Hospital, was a complex of innovative prefabricated buildings designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for use during the Crimean War (1853-56). Brunel had been moved by the heavy casualties and even higher deaths via disease during...
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Portraits in the Country by Caillebotte
An 1876 oil on canvas, Portraits in the Country, by Gustave Caillebotte (1848-96) the French impressionist painter. Members of the artist's family at Yerres, the family estate, the lady on the far right is Caillebotte's mother and the others...
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The Tablet of the Apology of Hattusilis III from Hattusa
This clay tablet starts with "...But when my father Mursilis (Muršiliš) became a god, and my brother Muwatallis (Mwuatalliš) sat upon the throne of his father, I became a general in the presence of my brother, and then my brother appointed...
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Jaques Cartier
A portrait of Jaques Cartier (1491-1557 CE) a French-Breton maritime explorer. He was the first European who mapped the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River. He was also the one who named these lands "The Country...
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Massasoit, Great Sachem of the Wampanoag
"Massasoit, Great Sachem of the Wampanoag, Friend and Protector of the Pilgrims, 1621". Sculpture by Cyrus E. Dallin (1861-1944 CE). Near Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
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View from Slieve Gullion Mountain Pass, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
View from Slieve Gullion Mountain Pass, Country Armagh, Northern Ireland.
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View of the Village of Doolin, County Clare, Ireland
View of the Village of Doolin, Country Clare, Ireland from nearby hill.