Images

A painting by Jan van Huchtenburg of the Battle of the Boyne in July 1690 in Ireland where William III of England (aka William of Orange) defeated an army led by the deposed James II of England. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)

A c. 1682 portrait by Peter Lely of James Scott, Duke of Monmouth (b. 1649). Monmouth was the illegitimate son of Charles I of England and led the failed Monmouth Rebellion against James II of England. He was executed...

Statue of Mikhail Kutuzov in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Kutuzov: A Life in War and Peace by Alexander Mikaberidze

Alexander Mikaberidze, the author of Kutuzov: A Life in War and Peace.

Tokugawa Ieyasu Mausoleum, Nikko, Japan.

Portrait of Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) by Kanō Tan'yū, Edo period. Osaka Castle, Main Tower.

Political situation in Sri Lanka, early 17th century.

The Supreme Court of Judicature on the Island of Ceylon, Colored aquatint by an unknown artist. Yale Center for British Art.

Portrait of Admiral Peter Rainier (1741-1808), oil on canvas by Arthur William Devis, 1805.