Images

Portrait of Talleyrand, oil on canvas by François Gérard, 1808. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

John Marshall (1755-1835), the fourth chief justice of the United States. Oil on canvas portrait by Henry Inman, 1832. Library of Virginia.

A painting by William Orpen showing the signing of the Treaty of Versailles which took place in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles outside Paris. The treaty was signed by the victors of the First World War (1914-18) and the loser...

Attic table support, depicting Leda avoiding the swan, c. before 250 CE. Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece. Founded c. 316 BCE and located at the heart of the Thermaic Gulf in the Aegean, the emporium city of Thessaloniki might...

John Jay, as Chief Justice of the United States, oil on canvas portrait by Gilbert Stuart, 1794. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

American sailors are impressed into the British Navy, wood engraving after Howard Pyle in Harper's Monthly, 1884. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

An early title page from The History and Description of Africa by Leo Africanus (1485-1554), first published in 1526.

The USS Consetllation takes on the French frigate L'Insurgente on 9 February 1799, one of the most memorable actions of the Quasi-War (1798-1800). By Rear Admiral John William Schmidt, 1981. Naval History and Heritage Command, Washington...

A 1795 pamphlet containing the text of the controversial Jay Treaty. Published in Philadelphia, PA, c. 1795.

The Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome. The building was first constructed as a mausoleum for Roman Emperor Hadrian (r. 117-138).