Images

Fragmented mould-blown beaker with a circus scene and the inscription 'vade Pyramus' (meaning 'go Pyramus!'), a renowned charioteer from Pompeii. It also shows the spina (central barrier) of the Circus Maximus in the middle band. Below the...

The Americans storm the British position at redoubt 10 during the Siege of Yorktown (28 September to 19 October 1781). By Eugène Lami, 1840.

British General Charles O'Hara (Cornwallis' second-in-command) surrenders to General Benjamin Lincoln after the Siege of Yorktown (28 September to 19 October 1781); George Washington is depicted beneath the American flag. Oil on canvas painting...

North American jackrabbit (hare) – lepus capensis – photographed by Shah Jahan. This would be the sort of jackrabbit featured in the Cheyenne story The Woodpecker's Mother-in-Law where the girl complains to the rabbit that "your eyes are...

North American Mountain Lion (cougar) - puma concolor couguar - photographed by the National Park Service in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA.

The North American hairy woodpecker - Picoides villosus - photo taken by Cephas in Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area, Quebec, Canada, 2012.

A 1921 photograph of the British composers Gustav Holst (1874-1934) and Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958). Taken by William Gillies Whittaker.

A 1920 portrait of the British composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934) by William Rothenstein. Taken from, Music & Letters (Oxford University Press) Vol. 1, No. 3 (July, 1920), pp. 181-190.

A 1921 photograph of the British composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934) by Herbert Lambert. (National Portrait Gallery, London)

Life-size bronze charioteer statue, set up by the tyrant Polyzalus from Sicily as a tribute to Apollo, likely to commemorate his victory in the Pythian Games held at Delphi every four years in 474 or 470 BCE. It was part of a larger four-horse...