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Greek Expansion in the Ancient Aegean
A map illustrating the trends and directions of the expansion of the ancient Geeks across the Aegean during the so-called Greek Dark Ages in the wake of the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization. During the 1100s BCE, fueled by a variety...

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Royal Society Copley Medal
An example of a Copley Medal, the oldest medal awarded by the Royal Society for making an outstanding contribution to the field of scientific knowledge, first issued in 1731.

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Battle of Smolensk, 1812
French Emperor Napoleon I and Prince Józef Poniatowski leading troops during the Battle of Smolensk (16-18 August 1812), painting by Jean-Charles Langlois, 1839. The burning city is visible in the background.
Palace of Versailles.

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Prince Poniatowski Leading Polish Troops in the 1790s
Prince Józef Poniatowski leading Polish troops during the wars of the 1790s, painting by Aleksander Orłowski, c. 1809-1813.
Private collection.

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Death of Prince Poniatowski
The death of Prince Józef Poniatowski on 19 October 1813, during the Battle of Leipzig. Oil on canvas by Horace Vernet, 1816.

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Portrait of Prince Józef Poniatowski as a Boy
Portrait of future French marshal and Polish national hero Prince Józef Poniatowski as a youth, c. 1778. Oil on canvas by Marcello Bacciarelli.
National Museum of Krakow.

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Stanislaus II Augustus of Poland in Coronation Robes
Portrait of Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski, the last King of Poland, in his coronation robes, oil on canvas by Marcello Bacciarelli, 1764.
Royal Castle of Warsaw.

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Prince Józef Poniatowski
Portrait of Prince Józef Poniatowski (1763-1813), Polish nobleman, soldier, and marshal of the French Empire. Killed on 19 October 1813 at the end of the Battle of Leipzig. Oil on canvas portrait by Josef Grassi, c. 1810. Royal Castle in...

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Buffalo Dance, Mandan
Buffalo Dance, Mandan, oil on canvas by George Catlin, 1835-1837.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.

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1893 Buffalo Dance
Buffalo Dance in San Ildefonso, New Mexico, 1893, photo by Edwin Deming, published in The American Museum journal, New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1900.