Images

An illustration of the costumes used in the first production of the opera William Tell. The serious opera, composed by Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), premiered at the Opéra in Paris on 3 August 1829. Drawn by Eugène Du Faget.

A c. 1815 portrait of the composer Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868). (Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecila, Rome)

A photograph of the composer Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868). Taken in 1865 by Étienne Carjat. (Harvard Art Museum)

A map illustrating the Caucasian states after the First Peace of Nisibis in 299 CE depicts a period of geopolitical stability and well-defined borders between the Roman and Sassanid Empires. This treaty, aimed at settling disputes and establishing...

Colonel Henry Knox bringing the artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to help bring an end to the Siege of Boston, by an unknown artist, 1775. National Archive, collection number: 111-SC-100815.

An 1820 portrait by Constance Mayer of the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868). (Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica, Bologna, Italy)

An infographic depicting the nine Muses of Greek mythology. The Muses are a group of divine sisters who govern various aspects of creativity and intellectual pursuits. Originally, the ancient Greeks recognized three Muses: Melete, Mneme...

The British evacuate Boston in March 1776, after the Siege of Boston (19 April 1775 to 17 March 1776), in the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Image by William James Aylward, 1911. New York Public Library.

George Washington takes command of the Continental Army in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 2 July 1775, by C. Rogers, 1832.

A c. 1807 oil on canvas portrait by John Wesley Jarvis of the Anglo-American philosopher Thomas Paine (1737-1809). (National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.)