Images

Indian Girl (Sioux), watercolour by Alfred Jacob Miller, between 1858 and 1860. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

Comanche Warrior Lancing an Osage, at Full Speed, oil on canvas by George Catlin, 1837-1839. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.

The vaulted ceiling and columns of the cloister at Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, England, once part of the archbishop's palace. Built in the early 15th century.

Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763-1814), portrait by Antoine-Jean Gros, c. 1809. Malmaison Museum.

The restored mid-13th century refectory (now a cafe) in Chester Cathedral, England. The refectory was the place where monks ate their meals and was once a part of St. Werburgh's Abbey. In the far corner can be seen the original reading pulpit...

An 1870 oil-on-canvas painting by Wilhelm August Stryowski showing Rudolf Freitag sculpting a bust of the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687). (National Museum, Gdańsk)

Portrait of Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763-1814) later in life. By Andrea Appiani, c. 1808. Private collection.

The Three Graces, statue by Italian sculptor Antonio Canova, commissioned at the behest of Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais, c. 1813-1816. Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.

The divorce of Empress Joséphine and Emperor Napoleon, 10 January 1810. Oil on canvas, by Henri Frédéric Schopin, 1843. Wallace Collection, London.

Joséphine de Beauharnais at her personal residence of Malmaison, oil on canvas by François Gérard, 1801. Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.