Images Dated 2nd April 2010

OCEAN LINER QUEEN MARY. The Cunard White Star liner Queen Mary launched in 1934. Painting, 1934, by William McDowell

MAP OF ITALY, c1585. By Ignazio Danti from Sistine Chapel Gallery of Maps

BOOK OF LINDISFARNE. The beginning of the Gospel of St. John, before 698 AD?

PEHE NU-E: MOBY DICK. The only known picture of Moby Dick drawn during Herman Melvilles lifetime: wood engraving, late 19th century

HEAD OF MEDUSA by Caravaggio: oil on canvas, 1596

MITHRAS KILLING THE BULL. Roman fresco, 2nd century A. D
MITHRAS KILLING THE BULL. Roman fresco, 2nd century A.D

DICKENS: DAVID COPPERFIELD. A happy family scene at the Micawbers: engraving, 19th century, for Charles Dickens " David Copperfield."

Signal flag for the numbers 0 and 1, international maritime signal flags, international code of signals

THREE MUSKETEERS. D Artagnan, Athos, Aramis, and Porthos: illustration from a late 19th c. edition, by Alexander Dumas pere

APHRODITE / VENUS. Detail of Venus. Canvas, by Sandro Botticelli
APHRODITE/VENUS. Detail of Venus. Canvas, by Sandro Botticelli

SHERLOCK HOLMES. Dr. John Watson observing Sherlock Holmes working hard over a chemical investigation. Drawing by Sidney Paget for Arthur Conan Doyles The Adventure of the Naval Treaty, 1893

SHERLOCK HOLMES Sherlock with Dr. John Watson in a corner of a first-class carriage from Paddington Station. Drawing by Sidney Paget for Arthur Conan Doyles The Adventure of Silver Blaze, 1892

SHERLOCK HOLMES. Sherlock Holmes. Drawing by Sidney Paget for Arthur Conan Doyle s
SHERLOCK HOLMES. Sherlock Holmes. Drawing by Sidney Paget for Arthur Conan Doyles The Adventure of the Resident Patient, 1893

BUNYAN: PILGRIMs PROGRESS

BOUGUEREAU: BIRTH OF VENUS Oil on canvas, 1879

DICKENS: A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Marleys Ghost appears to Scrooge: illustration by Arthur Rackham for Charles Dickens " A Christmas Carol."

TREPANNING: SKULL. Trepanned Pre-Columbian skull found in Peru

DOMENICHINO: DIANA at the Hunt. Oil on canvas by Domenichino (1581-1641)

WAR OF THE WORLDS, 1927. American science fiction magazine cover, 1927, illustrating " The War of the Worlds" by H.G. Wells

PRIDE & PREJUDICE. Illustration by Hugh Thomson for an 1894 edition of Jane Austens novel Pride and Prejudice, first published in 1813

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. The Old Spey bridge, near Grantown on Spey

ARABIAN NIGHTS. Scheherazade amusing the Sultan Schahriah and prolonging her life with the tales for a thousand and one nights. Colored engraving, 19th century

CALL OF THE WILD, 1903. Buck. Illustration by Paul Bransom to an early edition of Jack Londons Call of the Wild, first published in 1903

PORTUGUESE MAP OF BRAZIL. Between the Amazon River and the Rio de la Plata, 1519

Pen and ink studies of the human spinal column by Leonardo da Vinci, c1510-11
LEONARDO: ANATOMY, c1510. Pen and ink studies of the human spinal column by Leonardo da Vinci, c1510-11

Pen and ink studies by Leonardo da Vinci, c1510-11, of the human hand
LEONARDO: HANDS, c1510. Pen and ink studies by Leonardo da Vinci, c1510-11, of the human hand

Pen and ink studies by Leonardo da Vinci, c1510, of human thorax, pelvic, and leg bones
LEONARDO: THORAX, c1510. Pen and ink studies by Leonardo da Vinci, c1510, of human thorax, pelvic, and leg bones

POE: HOUSE OF USHER, 1839. Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe. Wood engraving, 1938, by Douglas Percy Bliss

A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Bob Cratchit & his son Tiny Tim: illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935) to " A Christmas Carol"

TITANIC: SURVIVORS, 1912. Survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, 1912

TITANIC: HAROLD BRIDE. With his feet crushed and frostbitten, second wireless operator of the " Titanic" leaves the " Carpathia."

TITANIC: ICEBERG, 1912. The ice which sank the Titanic
TITANIC: ICEBERG, 1912

SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE. Cover by Hubert Rogers for the May 1947 issue of Astounding Science Fiction magazine
SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE. Cover by Hubert Rogers for the May 1947 issue of " Astounding Science Fiction" magazine

WYETH: TREASURE ISLAND. Illustration, 1911, by N.C. Wyeth for Robert Louis Stevensons Treasure Island

RUBENS: FALL OF ICARUS 1637. Peter Paul Rubens: The Fall of Icarus
RUBENS:FALL OF ICARUS 1637. Peter Paul Rubens: The Fall of Icarus. Oil sketch on wood, c1637

MAP: UNITED STATES, 1849. A General Map of the United States with the contiguous British & Mexican Possessions: engraved map published, 1849, by Samuel A. Mitchell at Philadelphia

TITANIC: THE CAPTAIN, 1912. Captain Edward John Smith

WATTS: THE MINOTAUR. The Minotaur by George Frederic Watts. Oil on canvas
WATTS: THE MINOTAUR. " The Minotaur" by George Frederic Watts. Oil on canvas

Kenya, Laikipia, Ol Malo. A small bird feeds on a bird table created from an old set of scales at Ol Malo House

Signal flag for the letter N, international maritime signal flag, international code of signals

CLEMENS: TOM & HUCK, 1910. Samuel Clemens creations, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, floating down the Mississippi on a literary raft. Cartoon by Luther D

Aesop: The Crow and the Pitcher
AESOP: CROW & PITCHER. Aesop: The Crow and the Pitcher. Illustration by Milo Winter from a 1919 edition of Aesops Fables

Pen and ink studies by Leonardo da Vinci
LEONARDO: ANATOMY, c1510. Pen and ink studies by Leonardo da Vinci, c1510, of the muscles of the arm and the superficial vessels

Dr. Edward Jenner collecting cowpox vesicles from the hand of a dairymaid
JENNER: VACCINATION, 1796. Dr. Edward Jenner collecting cowpox vesicles from the hand of a dairymaid, to use for his first vaccination (of young boy at right, background) on 14 May 1796

The First Vaccination by Edward Jenner
FIRST VACCINATION, 1796. The First Vaccination by Edward Jenner, 14 May 1796. Photogravure, late 19th century, after a painting by Georges Gaston Melingue (1840-1914)

Front jacket cover, 1949, for the first US edition of George Orwells novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
ORWELL: COVER OF 1984. Front jacket cover, 1949, for the first US edition of George Orwells novel Nineteen Eighty-Four

Colored engraved title page by Ludwig Grimm to the first edition of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimms Kinder-und Hausmarchen
GRIMMs FAIRY TALES. Colored engraved title page by Ludwig Grimm to the first edition of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimms Kinder-und Hausmarchen, 1812-1815

Handbill in English and in German calling the mass meeting at Haymarket Square
HAYMARKET HANDBILL, 1886. Handbill in English and in German calling the mass meeting at Haymarket Square, Chicago, May 4, 1886

VERNE: 20, 000 LEAGUES

VERNE: FROM EARTH TO MOON. Colored engraving from a 19th-century edition of Jules Vernes From the Earth to the Moon

TITANIC: HAROLD BRIDE. Second wireless operator of the Titanic
TITANIC: HAROLD BRIDE. Second wireless operator of the " Titanic, " effectively dealt with a man who tried to steal the first-operators life belt

TITANIC: LIFE-BOATS, 1912. Uncrowded life-boats of the Titanic, 1912
TITANIC: LIFE-BOATS, 1912. Uncrowded life-boats of the " Titanic, " 1912

INGRES: OEDIPUS. Oedipus and the Sphinx by J. A. D. Ingres. Oil on canvas, 1808
INGRES: OEDIPUS. " Oedipus and the Sphinx" by J.A.D. Ingres. Oil on canvas, 1808

ARAB EYE TREATISE. Page from a 13th century Arabic manuscript of Hunayns Treatise on the Eye

HARRIS: UNCLE REMUS, 1895. Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox. Pen-and-ink drawing by Arthur Burdett Frost for the 1895 second edition of the African American folktale by Joel Chandler Harris

VERNE: ROUND THE MOON. I fancy I see them. Wood engraving after a drawing by Emile Bayard from a 19th century edition of Jules Vernes Round the Moon

VERNE: JOURNEY. A diamond mine. Wood engraving after a drawing by Edouard Riou from a 19th century edition of Vernes " Journey to the Center of the Earth"

SHAKESPEARE: KING HENRY V. King Henry wooing Princess Katharine of France (Catherine de Valois): steel engraving by W. Greatbach after W.F. Yeames, A.R.A. late 19th century

LOVEs LABOUR LOST. Title page of a 19th century edition of Shakespeares " Loves Labour Lost" : wood engraving after Sir John Gilbert

DOYLE: SHERLOCK HOLMES. Sherlock Holmes (left) concludes an interview with the Napoleon of crime, Professor Moriarty

THE WONDERFUL STORY. Lithograph by Currier & Ives, undated

PERRAULT: CINDERELLA, 1867. Cinderella trying on the slipper. Colored engraving from an 1867 edition of the Perrault fairy tale illustrated after Gustave Dor

Sunset on Mount Everest, 8850m, Solu Khumbu Everest Region, Sagarmatha National Park, Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

Starry sky over Cerro Torre Mountain, reflection in a lake, Andes, Patagonia, Argentina, South America

Edwin Henry Landseer, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert family portrait painting at home at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, circa 1840

A penitents feet are nailed to a wooden cross on Good Friday in the town of San Juan in
A penitents feet are nailed to a wooden cross as part of a voluntary ritual to mark the death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in the town of San Juan in Pampanga province, north of Manila April 2

Gretna Green Clasping Hands sculpture Gretna Green Clasping Hands sculpture. Popular wedding venue at Scottish Border

Emperor Moth (Saturnia pavoniella) male, on tree bark, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, April

Penitents wait inside Madrids Royal Palace to start the procession of the Santisimo Cristo de los Alabarderos brotherhood during Holy Week, April 2, 2010

A Roman Catholic worshipper holds a cross as they wait to pray in front of a Jesus Christ statue at a church during Holy Week in Larantuka, Indonesias Flores island April 2, 2010

Alice and the Cheshire Cat. Illustration by Sir John Tenniel from the first edition
DODGSON: ALICE, 1865. Alice and the Cheshire Cat. Illustration by Sir John Tenniel from the first edition, 1865, of " Alices Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll

Gottweig Benedictine abbey, Gottweig, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Gottweig Benedictine abbey, Gottweig, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Lake Mungo
Walls of China Lunette Rock Formations, Mungo National Park, Outback NSW, Australia

International maritime signal flags, international code of signals

HOMER: THE ODYSSEY. Odysseus and Pallas Athene. Drawing, c1918, by Willy Pogany

WORLD MAP: COLONIES. World map showing the colonial possessions of England, France, Portugal, Spain, and Holland, by Adolph von Steinwehr, late 19th century

MAP OF NORTH AMERICA, 1650. By Nicolas Sanson; the first printed map to show all five of the Great Lakes and vaguely locating the legendary lands of Cibola and Quivira in the southwest

COMPASS ROSE, c1645. Windrose from a printed map by Jan Blaeu

SANSKRIT WRITING. Variant forms of Sanskrit: Hindi (top) and Punjabi (bottom)

CRANE: BEAUTY & THE BEAST. Walter Crane (1845-1915) illustration from Beauty and the Beast, 1874

EGYPTIAN REED PEN. Egyptian scribe, after an ancient Egyptian relief

WORLD MAP, 13th CENTURY. Centered on Jerusalem, from an early 13th century English Psalter

MACBETH, 19th CENTURY. Lady Macbeth seizes the dagger from Macbeth after he has just killed Duncan in Act II, Scene 1 of William Shakespeares Macbeth : lithograph

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