Images Dated 16th March 2011

Irelands Simon Geoghegan scores against England - 1991 Five Nations

Simon Geoghegan (Ire) scores Ireland's only try as Mike Teague dives in vain to stop him. Ireland v England Ireland 7 : 16 England Dublin 02/03/1991 Rugb y Union 5 Nations Championship Credit : Colorsport

© Colorsport

Donatis Comet of 1858, artwork

Comet Donati, or Donati's Comet, formally designated C/1858 L1 and 1858 VI, was a comet named after the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Donati who first observed it on June 2, 1858. The comet is considered a non-periodic comet. After the Great Comet of 1811, it was the most brilliant comet that appeared in the 19th century. It was also the first comet to be photographed. It was nearest the Earth on October 10, 1858 and is expected to return in 39th century.Abraham Lincoln, then a candidate for a seat in the U.S. Senate, sat up on the porch of his hotel in Jonesboro, Illinois to see "Donti's Comet" on September 14, 1858, the night before the third of his historic debates with Stephen Douglas. Donati's Comet appears as a streak and star in the early evening sky of a painting by William Dyce, A Recollection of October 5th, 1858

© Detlev van Ravenswaay

WWI hand-crafted and embossed triptych

First World War hand-crafted and embossed triptych. The three panels are as follows. Left screen - BY THE MYSTERY OF THY HOLY INCARNATION. Middle screen - a religious image by the Italian artist, Andrea del Sarto, with a crucifix above it. Right screen - GOOD LORD DELIVER US. Inscribed verso - W. E. Perrin, dated 1914. And - the property of Rev. W. E. Perrin, lent to Easton Lady Chapel, December 1917. . Trench Art

© David Cohen Fine Art/Mary Evans Picture Library