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Quanah Parker, prominent chief of the Comanche Indians with a feather fan. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

The Austrians charge against a line of French soldiers under General Claude Victor-Perrin at the Battle of Marengo (14 June 1800), by Benoit Perrier. Marengo Museum.

A photograph of the Italian King Victor Emmanuel III (r. 1900-46), taken between 1924 and 1934.

Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature in Samson and Delilah (1949). The ancient Israelite judge Samson was betrayed by his lover Delilah, who was sent to him by his enemies, the Philistines. ©Paramount Pictures Studios.

Victor Mature in Samson and Delilah (1949). Samson was one of the judges of ancient Israel and was said to be blessed with superhuman strength. In the scene, Samson destroys the temple of Philistynes, who captured and blinded him. ©Paramount...

An 1877-80 portrait painting in oils, Victor Chocquet, by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), the French post-impressionist artist. Chocquet (1821-91) was an art collector who supported the impressionists (when very few people did), Cézanne in particular...

Door to the Abbey of Saint Victor in Marseille. Above the door is medieval rock carving possibly executed during the rebuilding of the abbey in the 11th and 12th centuries CE.

The Confessions of Nat Turner (1831) is the first-person account given by the rebel slave leader Nat Turner (l. 1800-1831) to the attorney T. R. Gray (l. c. 1800-1843) following Nat Turner's Rebellion in Virginia (also known as the Southampton...

Coyote tales of the Comanche feature the same trickster figure as the Coyote tales of the Shasta nation, the Coyote tales of the Apache, and those of many other Native peoples of North America. Coyote, the most famous trickster figure of...

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 France's most ancient cities, one rich...