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Reenactor at Hadrian's Cavalry Turma! Bitts Park, Carlisle, 2017.

Reenactors at Hadrian's Cavalry Turma! Bitts Park, 2017.

An 1879 gouache and pastels on linen, Portrait of Edmond Duranty, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. A good friend of the artist and the impressionists in general, Duranty was an art critic and novelist. (Burrell...

An 1865 oil on canvas painting, Medieval War Scene, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. The subject is not known precisely, despite the later association of Orléans with the work. Typical of Degas' early career and...

A c. 1858-60 oil on canvas painting, The Bellelli Family, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. Laura Belleli was the artist's aunt and the family lived in Florence which Degas visited in 1858. The painting is perhaps...

A c. 1857 oil on canvas self-portrait by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. This was part of a series of very similar self-portraits, all of which present Degas as rather introverted and melancholic. (Private Collection...

Coronation of Malik-Shah I (1055-1092 CE), sultan of the Seljuk Empire. This miniature is from the Jami' al-Tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles), a world history book by Rashid al-Din, completed in Tabriz circa 1307 CE. Edinburgh University...

Hexagonal tile ensemble with sphinx (c. 1160-1170 CE), taken from a fallen citadel-palace in Konya, the capital of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

A map illustrating the expansion of the Roman Republic during the wars and conquests of Julius Caesar until his assassination and the transformation into an empire under the reign of Caesar Augustus (also known as Octavian). By 14 CE, the...

An 1882 oil on canvas painting, Villa with Orange Trees, by Berthe Morisot (1841-95), the French impressionist painter. This scene was painted around Nice in southern France. (Private Collection)