Images Dated 29th November 2006

Sir William Withey Gull, 1878.Artist: Lock & Whitfield

Sir William Withey Gull, 1878. Gull became physician and lecturer to Guy's Hospital in 1856. He resigned due to increased practice in 1867, but remained a consulting physician to the hospital. Regarded as an outstanding clinical physician, Gull was made a baronet in 1872 for his treatment of the Prince of Wales severe illness with typhoid fever the previous year. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper. (Conducted by G. C. Whitfield.) (London, 1876-1883)

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Bust of Queen Nefertiti, front view, from the studio of the sculptor Thutmose at Tell

XBP267766 Bust of Queen Nefertiti, front view, from the studio of the sculptor Thutmose at Tell el-Amarna (painted limestone) (see also 114018-20) by Thutmose (1360 BC); height: 50 cm; Aegyptisches Museum, SMPK, Berlin; (add.info.: wife of the pharaoh Amenophis IV (Akhenaten);); Photo A© Boltin Picture Library; Egyptian, out of copyright

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Us-Xmas-Rockefeller Tree

Angels line the plaza at Rockefeller Center against the backdrop of lighted snowflakes on the Saks Fifth Avenue store during the 74th annual tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center 29 November 2006 in New York. The 88-foot tree, decorated with 30, 000 lights, is crowned with a 550-pound, 9.5 foot tall Swarovski crystal star. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA / AFP PHOTO / STAN HONDA

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