Images (p. 409)

Image by Pietro Perugino

Lamentation over the Dead Christ

Lamentation over the Dead Christ, oil on panel painting by Pietro Perugino, 1495. Uffizi, Florence.

Image by Walwyn

Jacob Wrestles with God

Jacob wrestling with an angel or God. Palantine Chapel, Palermo, Sicily

Image by Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P.

Jacob's Dream at Bethel by Raphael

Jacob's Dream at Bethel, fresco by Raphael (1483-1520). Vatican Palace.

Image by David Bramhall

Esau & Jacob by Ghiberti

Esau & Jacob on Lorenzo Ghiberti's Doors of Paradise for the Baptistry, made between 1420 and 1447 with assistance from Lucca della Robbia, Donatello, Michelozzo, Benozzo Gozzoli, Bernardo Cennini, and two of Ghiberti's sons. Museo...

Image by T.Simpson

Thomas Blood Stealing the Crown Jewels

A 1793 illustration by T. Simpson showing Colonel Blood and his gang stealing the British Crown Jewels from the Tower of London in 1671. Blood was soon captured and the regalia returned.

Image by Brown University Library

Portrait of John Wesley Gilbert

John Wesley Gilbert (1863-1923) in 1888. Images of Brown, Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library, Providence.

Image by Simeon Netchev

The English Civil Wars (1642 - 1651)

A map illustrating the complexity, viciousness, and chaos of the English Civil Wars, also known as the War of the Three Kingdoms (England, Scotland, and Ireland) between 1642 and 1651. The roots of the conflicts stemmed from the contrasting...

Image by G. Scott

Colonel Thomas Blood

An early 19th-century illustration of 'Colonel' Thomas Blood (1618-80) who infamously tried and failed to steal the British Crown Jewels from the Tower of London in 1671.