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Nazi-Soviet Pact Cartoon
A cartoon drawn by David Low on the subject of the August 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact, a non-aggression aggreement between Adolf Hilter (1889-1945), leader of Nazi Germany, and Joseph Stalin (1878-1953), leader of the USSR. Both dictators had spent...
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Surrender of Detroit
US Brigadier General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit and his army after a brief siege to British Major General Isaac Brock and his ally Shawnee chieftain Tecumseh, on 16 August 1812. Illustration by J. C. H. Forster, c. 20th century.
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Tecumseh and Brock at Fort Detroit
Tecumseh and General Isaac Brock at the surrender of Fort Detroit. Though their partnership is iconic in the annals of Canadian folklore, their capture of Detroit is the only instance of them working together. Illustration by A.M. Wickson...
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William Hull
Brig. Gen. William Hull (1753-1825), US general and governor best known for surrendering his army at the Siege of Detroit during the War of 1812. Portrait by James Sharples Sr., c. 1800.
Collection of the City of Philadelphia.
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Meeting of Isaac Brock and Tecumseh
The meeting of British General Isaac Brock and Shawnee chieftain Tecumseh on the eve of the Siege of Detroit (August 1812) is an iconic event in Canadian folklore. Illustration by Charles William Jefferys, first published in Tecumseh: a chronicle...
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The Macedonian Kingdom at Philip II's Death, c. 336 BCE
This map illustrates the state of the Macedonian Kingdom at the time of Philip II's death in 336 BCE, a powerful and unified state in northern Greece, poised to dominate the ancient world. Through military reform, strategic diplomacy, and...
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A Roman Triumph by Rubens
A Roman Triumph, oil on canvas by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1630.
National Gallery, London.
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Liberation of Arsinoë
The Liberation of Arsinoë, depicting the Ptolemaic princess Arsinoë IV (left) being rescued by Ganymedes after she was imprisoned by Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE). Oil on canvas by Italian Renaissance artist Jacopo Tintoretto (1518-1594...
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Fragments of the Octagon from Ephesus
Fragments of the Octagon, a 1st-century BCE tomb from Ephesus that may have belonged to Arsinoë IV.
Ephesos Museum, Vienna.
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Joachim von Ribbentrop
A 1938 photograph of Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893-1946), Nazi German foreign minister, who negotiated the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939. (German Federal Archives)
