CHINESE WISEMAN.
CHINESE WARRIOR, c1880.
Chugoku hanga.
SOGA NO TAIMEN.
JAPANESE SAMURAI.
ST. AUGUSTINE (354-430).
Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher
The Powerful Hand.
MERIWETHER LEWIS (1774-1809).
ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.).
ROGER BACON (c1214-1294).
ST. PAUL AND MESSENGER.
SAINT PAUL.
VOLTAIRE: CANDIDE.
SINO JAPANESE WAR, 1895.
Spanish 19th century. illustration. showing the Virgin Mary with Jesus enthroned. Woodcut circa 1850
St Julian
The martyrdom of St. John the Baptist.
CONFUCIUS (c551-479 B.C.).
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER
PETR ALEKSEEVICH KROPOTKIN
CHINA: BEGGING MONKS.
illustration showing Saint Simon and Saint Paul.
THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER.
MATTHIAS SPRENGEL
AMPHISBAENA.
A Young Lady Of Properties; C.J. Staniland; 1878;
Speech Day At Merchant Taylor's School, 1891 In Britain
Confucius.
Blaise Pascal.
French 19th century. illustration. showing Saint Augustine of Hippo
CHINESE CARTOON, 1895.
GIRL WHO TROD ON A LOAF.
An Indian Hunting Party Riding Elephants
CHINA: BOXER REBELLION.
The Brazen Serpent
HOKUSAI: SHOGI, 1817.
JAPAN: SAMURAI.
Chinese cartoon depicting Christian missionaries gouging out the eyes of their converts
Russian popular coloured woodcut of parables
St Louis of Gonzaga.
COMTE de SAINT-SIMON
JAPAN: SAMURAI, c1660.
JOAN OF ARC (1412-1431).
THREE JEWISH HEROINES.
KING PERCEFOREST.
THE SQUIRE.
JUDAS MACCABEUS (d. 160 B.C.).
French 19th century. illustration. showing the crucified Christ surrounded by the apostles. Woodcut approx. 1840
Dutch 19th century. illustration. showing the crucified Christ
French. 19th century. illustration. showing the crucified Christ with Mary lamenting
French Dutch 19th century. illustration. showing the fourteen stations of the cross and the crucified Christ. Woodcut circa 1830
French 19th century. illustration. showing the crucified Christ
French 19th century. illustration. showing the crucified Christ with two apostles. Woodcut circa 1830
illustration. showing the crucified Christ with the Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary
Dutch 19th century. illustration. showing the crucified Christ and the Virgin Mary
Dutch 19th century. illustration. showing the crucified Christ with the Virgin Mary. Woodcut circa 1860
Dutch 19th century. illustration. showing the crucified Christ. Woodcut circa 1850
CHINESE SYMBOL: LUCK.
CONSTELLATION: PERSEUS.
CHINA: INCENSE BURNER.
ST PAUL, COLOGNE BIBLE.
ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON.
FOUR HORSEMEN.
DURER: APOCALYPSE.
BALAAM AND ASS.
Pascal adding machine
Voltaire, French author
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, German philosopher
Ichikawa Monnosuke.
VILLARD DE HONNECOURT
SAINT MARTIN (c316-397).
Chinese from Nanking admire Koshu fan (Shincho Nankinjin kansho Koshu ogi no zu) 1860
CARROLL: ALICE, 1865.
Jerome of Prague.
DANTE: INFERNO.
Moqui Warrior, Watercolor Painting by William L. Wells for the Columbian Exposition Pageant, 1892
CHINESE SOLDIER.
ANDERSEN: HOLGER THE DANE.
ANDERSEN: THE TINDER-BOX.
ANDERSEN: THE NIGHTINGALE.
CHINA: ANTI-WEST CARTOON
Adam and Eve and the Serpent, Woodcut, 1511
Girolamo Savonarola, Italian priest
The Man And The Snake
SYMBOL: TEMPTATION.
ADAM & EVE.
Edo period (1615 1868)
Laozi.
An astronomer and philosopher.
Saint Albertus Magnus, German philosopher
War and Peace.
ATHEIST, 17th CENTURY.
CONSTELLATION: HERCULES.
MILTON: PARADISE LOST.
MATTHEW CALBRAITH PERRY
CHINA: BODHISATTVA
BRAZEN SERPENT.
The Boxer Rebellion, Boxer Uprising or Yihetuan Movement, 1900
So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Numbers 21:7, Illustration from the Dore Bible 1866.
St Thomas Aquinas (c1225-1274)
DANTE'S INFERNO, c1520.
Painting depicting a young man in European clothes with a parasol
Thomas Carlyle
Dante's Inferno, 19th Century illustration
Turtles (Kame) 1848
Martin Luther
George Whitefield (1714 - 1770) founder of Methodism
ST. ROCH (c1350-c1379).
MARTIN LUTHER (1483-1546).
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
EPICTETUS (c55-c135 A.D.).
EPICTETUS (born 50 A.D.).
Old Japanese couple in formal clothes.
SCALES OF JUSTICE.
Small bird on a branch of Kaidozakura (Kaido ni shokin) 1844
Torpedo Gun Boat
CHINESE OFFICIAL.
Glorified Saint
Gladiators fighting within the Colosseum.
CHINESE COCKFIGHT, c1772.
Cavalrymen with muskets, pistols and swords.
MINAMOTO NO YORIMITSU
The Meyrick Collection Of Armour In The South Kensington Gallery
FU HSI (fl. 2900 B.C.).
JESUS AND SERPENT.
Decoration of Villa Visconti Borromeo Litta in Lainate
CHINESE SOLDIER, c1860.
Alfonso XIII, 1886 1941
Erasmus, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897
GEORGE BERKELEY (1685-1753).
BADEN POWELL (1796-1860).
Chain snake, illustration
CHINA: MINISTER.
CHAMELEON.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
EMPEROR WU OF HAN
SAINT JEROME (340-420).
SAMSON & THE LION.
Donkey Riding Girls, 1873
SAINTS PETER AND PAUL.
HERMETIC TREE OF KNOWLEDGE.
INDIA: DURGA, c1700.
MARY FRITH (1585?-1660).
ETIENNE BONNOT de CONDILLAC
PROLOGUE: THE KNIGHT.
IMMANUEL KANT (1724-1804).
WAR ELEPHANT.
English woodcut from 1810.
Fench woodcut from 1810, by Duplat.
A North American.
Making straw rope.
The casting of iron pipes.
Man and Woman Bareback Horse Riding, Woodcut, 19th Century
Washington's Sword And Staff
Presentation Sword To Lord Clyde
Sword Of The Emperor Napoleon
SINO-JAPANESE WAR, 1895.
JAPAN: GOD OF HAPPINESS.
ARASHI KICHISABURO III.
JAPAN: SUMO WRESTLER.
NORSE WARRIOR, 9th CENTURY.
EL CID CAMPEADOR (c1040-1099).
ATTILA (c406-453).
The death of Saul, who fell on his sword to avoid capture at the battle against the Philistines at Mount Gilboa, from The Book of Samuel, Old Testament
Portrait of Laozi
Souls released from purgatory welcomed into the presence of the Trinit
St Bridget (Brigitta, Brigitta, Birgite) 1302-1373.
St Nicholas of Myra (300-399) Christian prelate.
woodcut showing the Ark of Noah and the Great biblical flood