Images

Portrait of Lawrence Washington (1718-1752) the beloved older brother of George Washington, who named Mount Vernon after his commanding officer in the War of Jenkins' Ear. Painting possibly by Gustavus Hesselius, circa 1738 George...

Father, I cannot tell a lie: I cut the tree, showing George Washington as a young with his father Augustine 'Gus' Washington (1694-1743), a Virginian planter, engraving by John C. McRae after a painting by G.G. White, c. 1867. Library...

Sasanian copper dish from the village of Khinisly (not far from Shamakhi town). National Museum of History, Baku, Azerbaijan.

The Missouri River. Photo taken by Hans Andersen in Bismarck, North Dakota, USA in 2004 from the vantage point of the The Meriwether Restaurant looking toward the north. The photo resonates in the line from the Cheyenne legend Old Woman's...

A 1942 photograph showing British soldiers in greatcoats keeping warm in the freezing desert night in North Africa during the Western Desert Campaigns of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A 1941 colourised photograph of a member of the Deutsche Afrika Korps (DAK) wrapped up against invasive sand in North Africa during the Western Desert Campaigns of the Second World War (1939-45). (German Federal Archives)

A July 1941 photograph showing a South African desert patrol in North Africa during the Western Desert Campaigns of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A 1941 photograph of a British soldier giving a haircut to a comrade in North Africa during the Western Desert Campaigns of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A 1942 photograph of a British tank regiment soldier shaving in the desert in North Africa during the Western Desert Campaigns of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A July 1940 photograph of British soldiers with an armoured car in North Africa during the Western Desert Campaigns of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)