Heinrich Rose . German chemist. Professor of chemistry at University of Berlin from 1823. In 1844 he demonstrated that niobium, which he named, is a...
Pasquale Paoli . Corsican patriot, led a revolt against the Genoese chosen president under a republican constitution, defeated and fled to England...
Fighting during Shay's Rebellion, an insurrection led by Daniel Shays during the financial depression following the American Revolution,...
William Henry Harrison , the 9th president of the United States. He rose to considerable fame for his defeat of the Shawnee forces at Tippecanoe, but...
Circa 1510, Montezuma II . Aztec Emperor 1502 When Hernando Cortez arrived in Mexico, he received the Spanish in his court at Tenochtitlan in...
Circa 1600, Saint Rose of Lima . Patron saint of South America. Born Isabel de Flores into wealth in Peru, as a girl led a life of austerity, opposed...
La Dame En Rose', 18th century, . From The French Genius by Haldane Macfall. [T. C. And E. C. Jack, London and Edinburgh, 1911] Artist Francois...
Couple of plainclothes 'sepoys', Indian soldiers from the Bengal army of the British East India Company, who rose up against the British during the...
Queen Boudicca of the Iceni, a British tribe which rose in revolt against the Romans, and her daughters. Original Artist: By Henry Singleton.
Catherine de' Medici , Queen of Henry II of France and regent on behalf of their sons Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III, c16th century . From A...
The House Seen from the Rose Garden, 1922-1924. Found in the collection of Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris.Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
The Incident of the Rose', 1896. Napoleon Bonaparte and others at a dining table. Engraving after the aquarelle by F De Myrbach. From Life of...
Medallion portraits of British military figures, . Portraits of commanders who furthered the imperialist cause in India and other colonial...
Workman's family at home by the fireside in their poor dwelling in Rose and Crown Court, Islington, London. Original Publication: Illustrated London...
Flowers in a Vase, circa 1669. With just a few flowers, Verelst created a composition of great sophistication and balance. A simple glass flask is...
Marshal Laurent Gouvion-Saint-Cyr', circa 1815, . Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, 1st Marquis of Gouvion-Saint-Cyr was a French commander in the French...
Eugène De Beauharnais , Duke of Leuchtenberg, Prince of Eichstädt', circa 1810, . Eugène Rose de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg was the son of...
Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton', circa 1661, . Portrait of English statesman Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton . Lord Wriothesley...
Queen Boudicca of the Iceni, a British tribe which rose in revolt against the Romans, attempting to rouse her countrymen.
The "Henry Grace a Dieu", 1936. Henry Grace a Dieu , also known as Great Harry, English carrack or "great ship" of the 16th century. Henry Grace à...
An international football match, the two with the ball have the rose of England on their shirts. Original Publication: The Graphic - pub. 1872
The Playing cards painting the Rose Bushes, 1889. Lewis Carrolls Alice in Wonderland as illustrated by John Tenniel . From Alices Adventures in...
Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes make the first ascent in a free fire-balloon . The balloon, built by Jacques Montgolfier...
The south transept of Notre Dame Cathedral in Chartres, built in the late 12th and early 13th century in the Gothic style. The rose window depicts...
Empress Josephine of France , wife of Napoleon I. Born Marie Josephine Rose Tascher de la Pagerie, she became Josephine de Beauharnais after her...
Marshal August-Frédéric-Louis Viesse De Marmont, Duke of Ragusa', circa 1810, . Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont was a French general and...
'Dog-Rose', 1877. Dog-Rose, , climbing, wild rose and deciduous shrub, high in certain antioxidants. From "Familiar Wild Flowers", figured and...
Calling the Worshippers', circa 1893. Barefoot woman wearing a leopard skin, standing on marble steps strewn with rose petals. From "Modern Art...
Reading, 1873. The fashionable woman seated in the foreground is the artist's sister, Edma. However, the painting is not a portrait. Morisot's...
Vintage illustration of Greetings from Georgia large letter vintage postcard with Rosa laevigata , 1930s.
Study in Rose and Brown, circa 1884, . Painting held at the Muskegon Museum of Art, Michigan. From Whistler As I Knew Him, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam...
Archimedes , Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor. He is measuring the purity of gold in the crown of Hieron II of Syracuse. Born in Syracuse on...
Glaucus and Nydia, 1867. "It was one of the few moments in her brief and troubled life that it was sweet to treasure." Weaving a rose garland as a...
The four patron saints of Great Britain, St Patrick of Ireland, St George of England, St Andrew of Scotland and St David of Wales on a drunken spree....
'Girl with a Rose' . Portrait of Gabrielle Colonna-Romano , French actress. From Modern French Painters, by Jan Gordon. [John Lane The Bodley Head...
Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, 1885-86. Painting held at the Tate Britain, London. From World-Famous Paintings edited by J. Greig Pirie [W. & G. Foyle,...
La Reina Maria De Inglaterra', The Queen sits in a crimson velvet chair, holding the red rose of Tudor in hand she has a tense and somewhat stiff...
Rose and Pink, The Mother's Siesta', circa 1875. From The Studio Volume 71. . Artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler.
Vintage illustration of Greetings from Georgia large letter vintage postcard with Rosa laevigata , 1940s.
Brier Bush Rose or Dog Rose , 1817-1824. Les Roses was commissioned by the empress Josephine who, after marrying Napoleon Bonaparte in 1795, rebuilt...
Postcard showing Snow White and Rose Red in the forest, from the fairy tale by the brothers Grimm. Raphael Tuck & Sons - Grimm's Fairy Tales - Series...
Alas that Spring should Vanish with the Rose' . Illustration to a poem in "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam", translations of Persian poetry: two...
Pink and Rose, The Mothers Sleep, circa 1895, . From Whistler As I Knew Him, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam and Charles Black, London, 1904] Artist: James...
Cape Horn', 1872. Basalt cliff outcrop on the Columbia River, Washington, USA: 'Majestic ramparts, like Cape Horn, rose, a vast, columnar wall,...
Pasture Rose , 1817-1824. Born in Belgium, Redouté was trained by his father and then, at age thirteen, began a ten-year career as an itinerant...
The rose picker, circa 1883-1884. Found in the Collection of Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna. Artist Romako, Anton .
King Arthur's Round Table, looking like a dartboard with the knight's names round the edge. A small royal figure is at the top and the centre is a...
Elizabeth of York , Consort of Henry VII, circa 1485. She is holding a rose. Original Artwork: Engraving after the picture at Cassiobury.
Fox', , 1830. Charles James Fox , British Whig statesman and arch-rival of William Pitt the Younger, educated at Wandsworth school and Eton College...
Empress Josephine of France , wife of Napoleon I. Born Marie Josephine Rose Tascher de la Pagerie, she became Josephine de Beauharnais after her...
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