Images

Coloured copper-plate engraving by Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), the German naturalist and illustrator. From her book Metamorphoses of the Insects of Surinam which was published in 1705.

A 1679 oil-on-canvas portrait by Jacob Marrel of Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), the German naturalist and illustrator. (Kunstmuseum Basel)

Wazir Khan Mosque, Lahore, Pakistan, built between 1634 and 1641 under the reign of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and named after the renowned physician and later Viceroy of Punjab Hakim Ilmud Din Ansari, who was given the title "Wazir Khan"...

General Roland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill asks the French Imperial Guard to surrender at the end of the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815); according to legend, a French officer replied, "The Guard dies, it does not surrender." Painting by Robert...

Charge of the Scots Greys at the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815); originally titled "Scotland Forever!", oil on canvas by Elizabeth Thompson, 1881. Leeds Art Gallery.

The Battle of Waterloo: The British Squares Receiving the Charge of the French Cuirassiers (18 June 1815), oil on canvas by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux, 1874. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Storming of La Haye Sainte by the French during the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815). Painting by Richard Knötel.

The British 28th Regiment forms square during the Battle of Quatre Bras (16 June 1815), one of the engagements that preceded the Battle of Waterloo two days later. Oil on canvas by Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler, 1875. National Gallery...

An infographic illustrating the genealogy and royal succession of the House of Tudor that held the throne of England and its realms from 1485 to 1603. With predominantly Welsh origins in the male line, the dynasty descended from the Tudors...

Indian Girl (Sioux), watercolour by Alfred Jacob Miller, between 1858 and 1860. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.