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Abolitionist Amy Post
Abolitionist and Quaker Amy Post in the 1860s. Amy Post is best known as the first person to suggest to Harriet Jacobs that she write her autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861). Photographer unknown; image included in...
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Battle of Dogali
Oil on canvas painted by Michele Cammarano in 1887 showing the battle of Dogali near Massawa, Eritrea. The battle was fought between Italian troops and those of the Ethiopian Empire in January 1887. Despite the fact Italy lost the battle...
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Lydia Maria Child
Lydia Maria Child (l. 1802-1880), American author, abolitionist, human rights activist, and editor of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) by Harriet Jacobs, pictured here reading a book. Photograph by John A. Whipple, c. 1865. Library...
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Harriet and Louisa Jacobs with Students in front of the Jacobs School, 1864
The Jacobs Free School, which offered tuition-free schooling to African-American children. Founded by Harriet Jacobs, the school was unique in being free to use and run by African-Americans (the head of the school was Harriet's daughter...
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European Division of Africa Cartoon
A cartoon in the French magazine "L'illustration" (January 3, 1885) presenting a critical view of the Berlin Conference of 1884-85. It depicts Otto von Bismarck (1815-98), Chancellor of Germany, cutting a cake labeled 'Africa' with a knife...
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Statue of Margaret of Anjou
A statue of Margaret of Anjou, queen consort of England (r. 1445-1471). Margaret was married to Henry VI of England (r. 1422-1461 and 1470-71). Statue by Ferdinand Taluet, 1877, in Luxembourg Garden, Paris.
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Statue of King Aethelstan
A statue of Aethelstan, King of England (r. 927-939), in Beverley Minster, Yorkshire, northern England, sculpted by William Collins, 1781.
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Statue of Edward I of England
A statue of Edward I of England (r. 1272-1307), also known as 'Longshanks', built by Christopher Kelly, 2007. It is located in Burgh by Sands, Cumbria, northwest England, where Edward died in 1307 while marching north to invade Scotland.
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Statue of Matilda of Flanders
A statue of Matilda of Flanders, queen consort of England and wife of William the Conqueror (r. 1066-1087), built by French Artist Carle Elshoecht, 1850, in Luxembourg Garden, Paris.
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Statue of Harold Godwinson and Edith Swanneck
The statue shows Edith Swanneck finding the body of the English king Harold Godwinson (r. Jan-Oct 1066) on the field of the Battle of Hastings in 1066. It was built by Charles Augustus William Wilke, 1875, a few miles from the battlefield...
