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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...
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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...
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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)
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Molotov & Ribbentrop, 1939
A 1939 photograph of Vyacheslav Molotov (1890-1986), the People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs for the USSR, and Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893-1946), German foreign minister, during negotiations of the Nazi-Soviet Pact.
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Vyacheslav Molotov
A 1945 photograph of Vyacheslav Molotov (1890-1986), the People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs for the USSR and negotiator of the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939. (Netherlands National Archives)
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North American Panther
Florida panther in Everglades National Park. Photo by Rodney Cammauf, 2005, for the US National Park Service.
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Officers of the USS Chesapeake Surrender to Officers of the HMS Leopard
Officers of the USS Chesapeake surrender their swords to the officers of HMS Leopard in the aftermath of the Chesapeake-Leopard affair of 22 June 1807. Illustration from Story of one...
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USS Chesapeake
USS Chesapeake, painting by F. Muller, c. 1900.
US Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C.
