Images

Hino Kumawakamaru from the book Taiheiki, woodblock print by Yashima Gakutei, Japan, c. 1840. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

The Battle of Yashima, from the Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari), folding screen by an unknown artist of the Tosa School, Japan, 17th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Wada (Yoshimori's) Drinking Bout, an episode from Soga monogatari (Tale of the Soga Brothers), woodblock printed book with hand-colouring, by an unknown artist, Japan, c. 1624. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Sycamore Gap on Hadrian's Wall is a section of the wall (Wall Mile 38) between two crests just east of Milecastle 39. It is locally known as the "Robin Hood Tree" for its use in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991).

A copper coin minted by the British East India Company (EIC). From Bombay, 1821.

The court of the Mughal emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-1627). Here in attendance at the court in Agra is Sir Thomas Roe (1581-1644) who secured permission for the East India Company the right to set up its first trading post at Surat on the west...

The original flag of the English East India Company (EIC), founded in 1600 by royal charter. The company later changed its name to the British East India Company and so the cross of St. George in the top right corner was replaced by a Union...

Overhead view of the Champ de Mars during the Fête de la Fédération (Festival of the Federation), 14 July 1790. Musée de la Révolution française, Vizille.

During the French Revolution, a liberty tree was a way for a village or community to show solidarity with the Revolution and devotion to the patrie (fatherland). Gouache on paper by Jean-Baptiste Lesueur, c. 1790. Musée Carnavalet...

Festival of the Federation (14 July 1790) on the Champ de Mars, from a perspective close to the king's pavilion, engraving by Isidore Stanislas Helman, after a painting by Charles Monnet, 1790. Bibliothèque nationale de France.