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Crusades

CRUSADES

French Revolution 1789

FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

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Juana la Loca. Canvas, 340 x 500cm. The scene shows a moment when the princess' entourage takes a break during the long march to transfer the body of her deceased husband, the Archiduke Philip "the Fair" from Burgos to Granada.
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Juana la Loca. Canvas, 340 x 500cm. The scene shows a moment when the prince...

The Death of Cleopatra 1897 Canvas
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The Death of Cleopatra 1897 Canvas

Captain James Cook (1728-1779) Canvas; 1270 x 1016 mm Painted 1775-76 BHC2628 A three-quarter-length portrait of Captain Cook, seated to the left, facing the right. He is wearing captain's full-dress uniform, 1774-87, consisting of a navy blue jacket, white waistcoat with gold braid and gold buttons and white breeches. He wears a grey wig or his own hair powdered. He holds his own chart of the Southern Ocean on the table and his right hand points to the east coast of Australia on it. His left thumb and finger lightly hold the other edge of the chart over his knee. His hat sits on the table behind him to the left on top of a substantial book, perhaps his journal, itself resting on the chart.
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Captain James Cook (1728-1779) Canvas; 1270 x 1016 mm Painted 1775-76 BHC2628...

Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British naturalist and evolutionary scientist. His 1859 book "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life" (usually abbreviated to "The Origin of Species") established evolution by common descent as the dominant scientific explanation of diversification in nature. Watercolour, 1840.
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Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British naturalist and evolutionary scientist. His...

Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British naturalist and evolutionary scientist, working in his study room. His 1859 book "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life" (usually abbreviated to "The Origin of Species") established evolution by common descent as the dominant scientific explanation of diversification in nature. Canvas, 1858.
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Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British naturalist and evolutionary scientist, worki...

Karl Marx (1818-1883) was an influential philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary organizer of the International Workingmen's Association. While Marx addressed a wide range of issues, he is most famous for his analysis of history in terms of class struggles, summed up in the opening line of the introduction to the Communist Manifesto: "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle." Canvas, 1875.
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Karl Marx (1818-1883) was an influential philosopher, political economist, and r...

Karl Marx (1818-1883) was an influential philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary organizer of the International Workingmen's Association. While Marx addressed a wide range of issues, he is most famous for his analysis of history in terms of class struggles, summed up in the opening line of the introduction to the Communist Manifesto: "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle." Canvas, 19th century.
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Karl Marx (1818-1883) was an influential philosopher, political economist, and r...

Karl Marx (1818-1883) was an influential philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary organizer of the International Workingmen's Association. While Marx addressed a wide range of issues, he is most famous for his analysis of history in terms of class struggles, summed up in the opening line of the introduction to the Communist Manifesto: "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle." Photography, 19th century.
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Karl Marx (1818-1883) was an influential philosopher, political economist, and r...

Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) was a 19th-century German political philosopher. With his partner, the better known Karl Marx, Engels developed communist theory, co-authoring "The Communist Manifesto" (1848). Engels also edited several volumes of "Das Kapital" after Marx's death. Photography from 1891.
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Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) was a 19th-century German political philosopher. Wi...

Charles IV (1748-1819) on horseback 1800-01 Canvas; 336 x 282 cm Cat. 719
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Charles IV (1748-1819) on horseback 1800-01 Canvas; 336 x 282 cm Cat. 719

Charles IV (1748-1819), king of Spain 1799-1800 Canvas; 207 x 127cm Cat. 727
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Charles IV (1748-1819), king of Spain 1799-1800 Canvas; 207 x 127cm Cat. 727

Queen Maria Luisa (1751-1819) 1799-1800 Canvas; 208 x 127cm Cat. 728
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Queen Maria Luisa (1751-1819) 1799-1800 Canvas; 208 x 127cm Cat. 728