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Gallery of the Château de Chenonceau
Gallery of the Château de Chenonceau, Loire Valley, France. The gallery was commissioned by Catherine de' Medici (1519-1599). The gallery is 197 feet long (60 m) and 19.7 feet wide (6 m), hosted many lavish parties and is likely to have impressed...
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Drawing of the Château de Chenonceau
Drawing of the Château de Chenonceau, Loire Valley, France c. 1570, by architect Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (1510-1585). This drawing shows the château as Diane de Poitiers, (1500-1566) favourite of Henry II of France (r. 1547-1559) would...
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Diane de Poitiers
Portrait of Diane de Poitiers (1500-1566), author unknown, Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France. Diane de Poitiers was the favourite of Henry II of France (r. 1547-1559) despite being almost 20 years older than him. She lived in the Château...
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Learned Man
Learned Man, miniature painting, ink and opaque watercolour on paper, using nim-qalam, which literally means the half-pen technique, by miniaturist Basawan, 1575-80.
Aga Khan Museum, Toronto.
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Allied Strategic Bombing of Germany, 1940 - 1945
A map illustrating the impact of the Allied Strategic Bombing Operations against Germany from 1940 to 1945, a sustained aerial campaign conducted by the RAF and USAAF during World War II. Its primary objective was to cripple Germany's industrial...
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B-17 Flying Fortresses Carpet Bombing
A c. 1944 photograph of a group of U.S. B-17 Flying Fortress bombers carpet bombing - when the formation dropped their loads simultaneously.
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Flying Fortress Gunner
A 1942-5 photograph of a gunner in the nose of a U.S. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber during the Second World War (1939-45).
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P-51 Mustang & B-17 Flying Fortress
A U.S. P-51 Mustang fighter and B-17 Flying Fortress bomber at the Chino Airshow in California, 2014. The Mustang acted as a long-range fighter escort to the B-17 during bombing raids such as those over Germany in the latter stages of the...
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B-17 Bombers over Schweinfurt
A group of U.S. B-17 Flying Fortress bombers over Schweinfurt, Germany. The target, hit in August 1943, was several ball-bearing factories crucial to the German war effort.
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B-17 Bomber in Flight
A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in flight at the Chino Airshow in California, 2014. The B-17 was the main US bomber in WWII in the European theatre of the conflict and saw service in the Middle East and Pacific amongst other places.
