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Jean Bertrand Féraud, the deputy of the National Convention who was killed by insurrectionists during the Prairial Uprising of 20 May 1795, part of the French Revolution. Engraving by François Bonneville, 1796. Bibliothèque...

Boissy d'Anglas saluting the head of deputy Féraud, 1st Prairal Year III (20 May 1795), during the Prairial Uprising. Although d'Anglas is depicted in this painting, the president...

The Martyrs of Paririal aka The Last of the Montagnards, depicting the deputies of the Mountain who had spoken up in support of the Prairial Uprising of Year III (20 May 1795), 6 of whom would be subsequently condemned to...

Portrait of Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (c. 1455-1536), engraving by Jean de Laon, 1581.

Portrait of Guillaume Briçonnet (c. 1472-1534), Bishop of Meaux from 1516 until his death in 1534.

Portrait of Francis I of France (r. 1515-1547), oil and oak wood by Jean Clouet, between 1527 and 1530. Louvre, Paris.

A painting based on a photograph of the 1850s showing Maharaja Duleep Singh (l. 1838-1893), last ruler of the Sikh empire who was deposed following the Anglo-Sikh Wars (1845-49). (National Portrait Gallery, London)

The Instructions of Shuruppag (c. 2000 BCE), the most famous work of the genre of Sumerian wisdom literature. Exhibit in the Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Two Victorian printed Christmas cards from 1898. (British Museum, London)

A Christmas card dating to c. 1887 showing a soldier. Drawn by Harry Payne, military themes were popular with those who sent cards to family members in the armed services across the British empire. (Victoria and Albert...