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Lucanian Fresco of a Chariot Race
Fresco from a Lucanian tomb depicting a chariot race. From the Necropolis of Gaudo, 340-330 BCE.
Paestum Archaeological Museum, Italy.
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Beaker with Circus Scene
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...
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Storming of Redoubt 10 During the Siege of Yorktown
The Americans storm the British position at redoubt 10 during the Siege of Yorktown (28 September to 19 October 1781). By Eugène Lami, 1840.
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Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
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...
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North American Jackrabbit
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...
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North American Mountain Lion
North American Mountain Lion (cougar) - puma concolor couguar - photographed by the National Park Service in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA.
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North American Hairy Woodpecker
The North American hairy woodpecker - Picoides villosus - photo taken by Cephas in Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area, Quebec, Canada, 2012.
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Holst & Vaughan Williams
A 1921 photograph of the British composers Gustav Holst (1874-1934) and Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958). Taken by William Gillies Whittaker.
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Gustav Holst by Rothenstein
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.
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Gustav Holst, 1921
A 1921 photograph of the British composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934) by Herbert Lambert. (National Portrait Gallery, London)