Images

A photograph of men and women in London riding in a US car and celebrating the signing of the armistice on 11 November 1918 which ended the First World War (1914-1918). Imperial War Museums, London...

A photograph of crowds outside Buckingham Palace in London celebrating the signing of the Armistice on 11 November 1918 which ended the First World War. (Imperial War Museums)

The General History of the Things of New Spain or Florentine Codex, an ethnographic codex by Bernardino de Sahagún, Book 7, Folio 9v, Mexico, 16th century. Written in the mid- to late 16th century, this collection of images and...

A gouache on paper painting titled "Vienna Waltzes" by Nicha Sursock. Vienna, late afternoon. Before the Sperl Tanzsalon, the air hums with waltzes and laughter. A yellow Pferdetramway...

The Odyssey, traditionally attributed to Homer and composed around the 8th–7th century BCE, recounts the decade-long journey of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, as he attempts to return home after the Trojan War. Although...

Chalchiutlicue or "She of the Jade Skirt", ink and natural pigment on agave paper, unknown artist, included in the Codex Borbonicus by unknown Aztec priests, Mexico, 16th century Chalchiuhtlicue was the Aztec goddess of lakes...

A 1918 photograph of a British medical officer inspecting the feet of soldiers for the common problem of 'trench foot' caused by conditions of constant humidity during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial...

A 1918 photograph of a woman working in an ammunitions factory in London during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums, London.

The Capture of Puerto Bello, 21 November 1739, oil on canvas by Samuel Scott, 1740. Scott's painting depicts the capture of the Spanish port of Portobelo by a British fleet on 21 November 1739 during the War of Jenkins' Ear...

Portrait of British Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757), oil on canvas by Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1753. National Portrait Gallery, London.