Images

Infanta Ana Mauricia, better known as Anne of Austria (1601-1666), when she was 6 years old, oil on canvas Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, 1607. Baltimore Museum of Art.

Maricha appears as a Golden Deer to Sita, miniature painting, watercolor on paper, Nurpur School, 1720-1730. Lahore Museum.

Title page of Two Treatises of Government by the English philosopher John Locke (1632-1704), first published in 1689.

An illustration depicting the most common gladiator types in ancient Rome. These professional fighters, drawn from various backgrounds including slaves, prisoners of war, and volunteers, underwent rigorous training to master the use of weapons...

Maffet Ledger: Two Indians with horses, drawing by the Cheyenne, c. 1874–81. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

A c. 1808 statue of the English philosopher John Locke (1632-1704). Sculpted in marble by Richard Westmacott. (University College London)

The 10 franc coin showing the French philosopher Montesquieu (1689-1757), issued around 1989.

Château de la Brède, near Bordeaux, France. The castle was famously the home of the French philosopher Montesquieu (1689-1757), who was Baron de la Brède from 1696.

The Burning of the "Gaspee", engraving by Howard Pyle, depicting Rhode Island colonists rowing away after burning the HMS Gaspee in the early hours of 10 June 1772, published in Harper's magazine, c. 1901-1908. New York Public Library.

Destruction of the schooner Gaspé in the waters of Rhode Island 1772, engraving by John McNevin, depicting the Gaspee Affair, during which the Royal Navy schooner HMS Gaspee was burned by American colonists on 10 June 1772, printed in New...