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Card Players in an Opulent Interior. Artist: Hooch, Pieter, de (1629-1684)
Card Players in an Opulent Interior. Found in the collection of Louvre, Paris

The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds, c. 1635. Artist: La Tour, Georges, de (1583-1652)
The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds, c. 1635. Found in the collection of the Louvre, Paris

The Cardsharps. Found in the collection of Staatliche Museen, Berlin

International Broadcasting Club: Membership card, c1930s. The International Broadcasting Club Card was formed in 1932 and was free to join

National Health and Pensions Insurance Card: Members Record Card, c1930s

Thildren as a Picador and a Matador, c. 1910s
An advertising card for Parfumerie Martial featuring two children as a Picador and a Matador

Early Viennese photographers advertising card

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The Count In The Living Room, (1885). Artist: Eisen
The Count In The Living Room, (1885). Illustration from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789, by Paul Lacroix, (Paris, 1885)

The Fortune Teller, (1885). Artist: Freudeberg
The Fortune Teller, (1885). A scene from rustic French life during the 17th century

Card party, early 16th century, (1910). The turban headdress which began in the reign of Henry VI (1422-1461), was still popular

Valentines Day Card, 1860s-1870s. Artist: Anonymous
Valentines Day Card, 1860s-1870s. From a private collection

Ambroise Pare, 16th-century French military surgeon, (19th century). Ambrose Pare (1509-1590) is widely regarded as the father of modern surgical practice

Moliere and the mendicant friar, (19th century). A scene showing the French playwright Jean Baptiste de Moliere (1622-1673) and a monk

Entry of Joan of Arc into Orleans, 1429, (19th century). Joan of Arc leads the French army and defeats the English siege of the city of Orleans

Vercingetorix surrenders to Julius Caesar, c46 BC, (19th century). Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix (died 46 BC) was defeated and captured by Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) at Alesia (near Dijon in France)

Pope Stephen II pleads for the safety of Pepin the Short from the Lombards, c750 AD, (19th century). Card from a series produced by the chocolate factory at the Monastery of Aiguebelle

Conversion of Witikind, 785 AD, (19th century). The Saxon leader Witikind (or Wittekind), resisted Emperor Charlemagne for a long time before finally submitting

Jeanne Hachette defends Beauvais, 1472, (19th century). Jeanne Laine, known as Jeanne Hachette (literally, Joan Axe), saved the city in 1472 from the forces of Charles the Bold of Burgundy

The Battle of Hastings, 1066, (19th century). Depiction of the famous battle between the invading Normans under William the Conqueror, and the Saxon army of King Harold in Sussex

The death of Admiral Casabianca and his son at the Battle of the Nile, 1798, (19th century)
The death of Admiral Casabianca and his son at the Battle of the Nile, Egypt, 1798, (19th century). Admiral Louis de Casabianca (c1755-1798) commanded the Orient, flagship of Napoleons fleet

Joan of Arc at the feet of Charles VII, c1429, (late 19th century). Joan of Arc (1412-1431) kneels before Charles (1403-1461), the king of France

Repression at Brazzaville, August 1896. Scene during a trade mission in Africa in the period of European colonisation. A European is chased by Africans at Brazzaville which was under French rule

Rest at Bahr-el-Ghazal, June 1897. Scene during a trade mission in Africa in the period of European colonisation. A European and his African porters break their journey

Scene from the life of Bertrand du Guesclin, (19th century). Death of Bayard. Last meeting of Bayard and the commander of the armies of Bourbon

Baptism of Clovis, 496 AD, (19th century). Clovis I (c466-511 AD), King of the Franks, converted to Christianity and was baptized in 496 AD

Philipe Auguste at the Battle of Bouvines, 1214, (19th century). King Philip II of France (1165-1223), known as Philip Augustus

Departure from Loango, July 1896. Scene during a trade mission in Africa in the period of European colonisation. African porters prepare luggage for a European in what is now the Congo

Saint Genevieve and Attila, c451 AD, (19th century). St Genevieve (419-512 AD), the patron saint of Paris, prevents Attila the Hun (406-453 AD) from attacking the city

Portrait of Mrs Pemberton, c1535. Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
Portrait of Mrs Pemberton, c1535. From the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

First lockstitch sewing machine, invented by Elias Howe, c19th century
The first lockstitch sewing machine, patented by American inventor Elias Howe in 1846

Woman using sewing machine patented by Elias Howe [c1878]
Woman using sewing machine patented by Elias Howe. [c1878]. Howe, an American inventor (1819-1867), patented the first lock-stitch sewing machine in 1846. From Adams Illustrated Panorama of History

First lock-stitch sewing machine, [1915]. Constructed in 1845 by American inventor Elias Howe (1819-1867). From a cigarette card. (1915)

Mining Pitchblende, Cornwall, England, c1916. Radium, isolated by the Curies in 1898, is extracted from this ore

Joseph Marie Jacquard, showing his loom to Lazare Carnot, Lyon, France, 1801 (1901). French silk-weaver and inventor Jacquard (1752-1834)

Joseph-Marie Jacquard, inventor of the Jacquard loom, c1850. Woven silk portrait of French silk-weaver Jacquard (1752-1834), produced on a Jacquard loom

Soapine household cleaner, late 19th century. American trade card for Kendall Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Whale blubber was used in some soap products

Weaving shed fitted with Jacquard power looms, c1880. French silk-weaver and inventor Joseph Marie Jacquard invented a loom which used a punched card system to weave complicated patterns in textiles

Jacquard power loom, 1915. In 1801 the Frenchman Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752-1834) invented a method of weaving intricate patterns by encoding them on punched cards

Cards from a Danish tarot pack, 19th century
Cards from a Danish tarot pack used for fortune telling, 19th century

Austrian Fortune-Telling Cards from a pack of 32, showing acorns, hearts, bells and leaves

A Jacquard Loom, 1915. A power-operated development of Joseph Marie Jacquards (1752-1834) invention, showing swags of punched cards on which the pattern to be woven was encoded

Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834), French silk-weaver and inventor

Jacquard loom, with swags of punched cards from which pattern was woven, 1876

Man operating machine punching cards for Jacquard looms, 1844
Man operating machine punching cards for Jacquard looms. A total of 400-800 was normal, but sometimes 24, 000 were worked. From George Dodd The Textile Manufactures of Great Britain. (London, 1844)

Preparing punched cards for a Jacquard loom, 1844. The loom had a card for each weft thread of pattern. A total of 400-800 was normal, but sometimes 24, 000 were worked

Hollerith tabulator, 1894
Hollerith tabulator which used a punched card memory system, 1894. First used in the US cenusus of 1890

Odin, 1890-1910. Artist: Delitz
Odin, 1890-1910. Scene from Richard Wagners (1813-1883) opera The Valkyrie, showing Odin, the king of the gods. Card published by the Liebig potted meat company

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