Images

A cartoon from a 1908 issue of Punch magazine showing Kaiser Wilhelm II and Great Britain in the guise of John Bull. The pair are playing a game of poker where the bets are dreadnought battleships. Germany and Britain...

The Alamo, movie poster by Reynold Brown, 1960. Depicted here is the work of artist Reynold Brown (1917-1991), best known for his evocative movie posters, including those done for other famous films such as Ben-Hur...

Portrait of Juan Seguín, oil on canvas painting by Thomas Jefferson Wright, 1838. The only known portrait of Juan Nepomuceno Seguín (1806-1890), this painting depicts the Tejano (Mexican Texan) leader who...

The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a nationwide conflict in the United States sparked by the secession of eleven Southern states following Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860. The Confederacy, founded on...

A photograph of First World War (1914-18) German dreadnought warships in port. Unknown date or location. (Imperial War Museums)

A May 1912 photograph of HMS Dreadnought, the Royal Navy battleship built in 1906 and which served in the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums, London.

The bow of the Royal Navy's HMS Dreadnought battleship, built in 1906 and used in the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

A gouache on paper painting titled Watergate 1972-4 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. In front of the Watergate Hotel president Richard Nixon, Washington Post Reporters...

A gouache on paper painting titled Yalta 1945 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. The Yalta conference, February 1945. The big three: Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt, posing...

A gouache on paper painting titled Vietnam War Protests by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. In the Upper-right, scenes from the Vietnam war unfold. A vibrant crowd...