Images

The Chandos Portrait of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Painted c. 1720. Once attributed to James Thornhill. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge)

A c. 1727 oil-on-canvas portrait of the composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Attributed to Balthasar Denner. (National Portrait Gallery, London)

Inscription in the façade of Saint Peter in Golden Sky (Pavia), the church (crypt) where Boethius' mortal remains rest. The writing quotes the verses dedicated to him in the tenth canto of Dante's Paradise: "The body whence it was chased...

On 7 February 1807, the first day of the Battle of Eylau, French and Russian forces battled over the church and cemetery of the village of Eylau, each pouring more men into the slaughter. The French possessed the cemetery by day's end, though...

On 8 February 1807, the second day of the Battle of Eylau, Marshal Joachim Murat leads the French Cavalry Reserve in a massive charge; involving over 11,000 men, it is one of the greatest cavalry charges of history. Painting by Jean-Antoine-Siméon...

Count Levin August von Bennigsen (1745-1826), a German-born soldier in the service of the Russian Empire during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). He led Russian forces at the battles of Eylau, Friedland, and Borodino, as well as several engagements...

Napoleon at the Battle of Eylau, 7-8 February 1807. Painting by Antoine-Jean Gros, c. 1807. Toledo Museum of Art.

French Marshal Joachim Murat leads a cavalry charge at the Battle of Jena (14 October 1806). His cavalry pursued the defeated Prussian army for miles, maximizing Napoleon's victory. Image by Henri Chartier, from Life of Napoleon Bonaparte...

A map illustrating the course and major events during the American War of Independence (also known as the American Revolutionary War or American Revolution) between 1775 and 1783 – an armed rebellion through which thirteen of Great Britain's...

A watercolour of Lucerne by the composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847). Painted in 1847.