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1009x1116, 181x200, 2018x2232, 678x750 | Destruction of Printing Presses in MayenceHistory of the World Vol III (1885) This woodcut (or engraving) was included in a section on the invention of the printing press, but the book did not mention the 1462 destruction of the presses. Mainz was sacked in 1462, but it is not [...] Keywords: printing, violence, soldiers, destruction, printing presses, death, murder, luddites, greyscale Places shown: Mainz; Rhineland-Palatinate; Germany Added: 2026-08-06 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1475x669, 2949x1337, 441x200, 750x340 | Chapterhead: angel, or truth breaking freeHistory of the World Vol III (1885) A female winged figure, topless, holds a sword inone hand and a flaming torch in the other. Her hair is flowing with wind, as is her billowing skirt, and her mouth is open. From iron manacles on her w [...] Keywords: angels, liberation, wings, nudity, people, women, swrods, weapons, manacles, fetters, chains, symbols, justics, law, chapterheads, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2026-08-06 + S K L |
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158x200, 1891x2392, 553x700, 946x1196 | Map XVII. british Isles; Showing places of greatest Historical Interest.History of the World Vol III (1885) by A. Von Steinwehr. From Thalheimer’s Mediæval and Modern History, by permission. The map shows Ireland, before Northern Ireland was created in 1921, as well as England, Scotland, Wales, and part of [...] Keywords: maps, colour Places shown: British Isles Added: 2025-08-12 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1150x1407, 164x200, 1937x2360, 2300x2814, 616x750, 969x1180 | Map XIX. IrelandHistory of the World Vol III (1885) A political map showing county boundaries, with counties in different colours, and Ulster, Connaught, Leinster, Munster labeled; railway are shown, and towns with more than 100,000 people are labeled [...] Keywords: maps, colour Places shown: Ireland Added: 2025-08-12 + S K L |
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| 135x200, 1958x2900, 506x750, 979x1450 | The man in the iron mask.History of the World Vol III (1885) Drawn by Vierge. A man sits on a chair playing a violincello, reading music from a stand. He has a pile of books and perhaps a coat on a chair. His head is enclosed in a metal mask. To one side light [...] Keywords: people, prisoners, prisons, bars, music, musical instruments, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2026-08-18 + S K L |
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