Images Dated 24th March 2006

cumulus clouds above road, Patagonia, Argentina

Spectacular cumulus clouds in blue sky above gravel rural road crossing arid golden pampas grassland, fall, Patagonia, Santa Cruz province, Southern Argentina, South America

© 2006 John Eastcott and Yva Momatiuk registered at U.S. Library of Congress Office

86089454, Air, Argentina, Beauty In Nature, Blue, Color Image, Dirt Road, Field, Horizon Over Land, Horizontal, Idyllic, Nature, No People, Outdoors, Patagonia, Patagonia Argentina, Photography, Rural Scene, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Province Argentina, Sky, South America, Southern Argentina, Wind

Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey, statesman and general, (19th century).Artist: WT Mote

Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey, statesman and general, (19th century). In 1757 at the Battle of Plassey, Clive (1725-1774) and British troops secured Bengal under the control of the East India Company, and therefore British rule. Lord Clive was rewarded with an annual salary of £30, 000, and the sum of £234, 000

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James, Duke of Monmouth, (1806). Artist: E Scriven

James, Duke of Monmouth, (1806). Portrait of James Crofts, later Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch (1649-1685), Pretender to throne of Scotland and England. Monmouth, the illegitimate son of Charles II and Lucy Walter launched a rebellion in 1685. Claiming to be Charles rightful heir, he attempted to overthrow the Roman Catholic King James II. His revolt ended in defeat at the Battle of Sedgmoor, Somerset, on 6 July 1685 and Monmouth was subsequently beheaded on Tower Hill

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