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Gold bees of King Childeric I (r. c. 458-481). The head and thorax are gold, the wings are encrusted with garnets. On the reverse, a clip. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.

A copy of the signet ring found in the tomb of King Childeric I (c. 458-481), which bears his likeness. The original was lost in 1831 when the treasure from Childeric's tomb was stolen.

King Childeric I of the Franks and his wife, Queen Basina. Oil on canvas painting by Charles Moench, 1822.

Portrait of Frankish King Childeric I as imagined by Jean Dassier, 1720.

A working replica of the Iron Duke locomotive class of steam trains. designed for use on the Great Western Railway lines from the mid-19th century. (Great Western Society's Didcot Railway Centre)

A replica of the North Star locomotive, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59) for the Great Western Railway, England. The North Star class ran from 1838. (Swindon Steam Museum)

A 19th-century Christmas card showing the perils of stagecoach travel in winter. From an original painting by Gilbert Wright. See original source note on usage: The images on TuckDB Ephemera and TuckDB Postcards are of items/postcards...

A map illustrating the decisive final stage of the Siege of Toulon, France. This military operation of the French Revolutionary Wars lasted from August 28 to December 19, 1793, and propelled the reputation of the 24-year-old artillery captain...

Khosrow II (r. 590-628) and his favorite wife Shireen, f. 66v, 1568, possibly Golconda (Khuda Bakhsh Library, Patna, No. 499.

Arrest of Khosrow II (r. 590-628), illustration from a 16th-century Turkish manuscript of the Shahnameh. New York Public Library