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Guthlac of Crowland (c. 674 - 11 April 714 CE) was an Anglo-Saxon saint from the Kingdom of Mercia. He is best known for his years spent as a hermit in the Fens region of the East Midlands. Guthlac was born into a noble Mercian...

Today, Marseille is known more for its modern history – World War II, North African immigration, and, of course, the rousing choruses of France's national anthem, La Marseillaise. Yet it is also one of...

"Washington as Farmer at Mount Vernon", painted 1851 CE by Junius Brutus Stearns (1810–1885 CE). The painting depicts George Washington (1732–1799 CE) on his Mount Vernon plantation. Collection of the Virginia Museum...

A portrait of George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland (1547-1619 CE). He wears an extravagant outfit that includes a glove pinned to his hat given to him by Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603 CE). Painted by Nicholas...

A 1913 photograph of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917), ruler of the Russian Empire, and his cousin George V, King of Great Britain (reign 1910-36). The photograph was taken in Berlin and both are wearing German military...

Famous portrait of President George Washington (1732-1799), oil on canvas by Gilbert Stuart, 1803. Clark Art Institute of Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Portrait of George Washington as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. Oil on canvas by Rembrandt Peale, c. 1850. De Young Museum, San Francisco.

The first page of George Washington's Farewell Address, published on 19 September 1796 near the end of his second term as president of the United States. Image courtesy of the United States Library of Congress's...

The bronze equestrian statue of Major General George H. Thomas by John Quincy Adams Ward, located at Thomas Circle in Washington, D.C. Photograph by David Reynolds, 2019.

A c. 1730 oil-on-canvas painting, the Bermuda Group, by John Smibert. Shown standing on the far right of the picture is the Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkeley (1685-1753) who tried to assemble funding for...