Images

A 1968 photograph of the conductor/cellist Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007), the composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), and the pianist Svyatoslav Richter (1915-1997).

The grave of the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow.

A photograph of the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). Taken in the 1930s.

A photograph of the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). Taken in 1925.

A princess reclining on a terrace with attendants, gum tempera and gold on paper, Mughal Empire, India, c. 1730-1740. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange...

A 19th-century portrait by Eliseo Sala of the Italian philosopher and legal reformer Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794). (Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan)

A c. 1624 oil-on-canvas painting by Gerard van Honthorst (1592-1656) titled The Merry Violinist. (Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid)

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.

A front view of Cliveden (or the Chew House) in which 120 British soldiers barricaded themselves during the Battle of Germantown (4 October 1777), slowing the American attack. Photo by Wikipedia user Djmaschek, 14 October 2011.

Portrait of Sir William Howe, British general during the American Revolutionary War. By Henry Bryan Hall, 1872. New York Public Library, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection.