John Knox is considered as one of the founders of the Scottish Reformation
Portrait of John Knox. Scottish clergyman, writer and historian.
Castle of Thurnberg. Called also “The Mouse”.
Castle of Thurnberg is the most perfect of all the Rhenish castles. In sublimity of character, the feudal palace of Thurnberg is unequalled.
German Fashion between 1560 and 1590
German Renaissance fashion. Noblewoman, Noblemen. Citizen, Balladeer, Standard-bearer.
Kashmir Dancer. Bodyguard. Raja of Kashmir c. 1890.
Traditional Costumes of Kashmir. On the history of costumes. Female dancer. Bodyguard. Raja.
Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire, England.
Ely Cathedral is considered a masterpiece of medieval architecture.
Portrait of a Lady by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
The Portrait of a Lady forms the type of feminine beauty which Fragonard seems to have admired particularly.
Pompeian. Wall paintings and Polychrome basso relieves.
The wall paintings found at Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae as well as at Rome
Castel Del Monte, built by Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen.
The Castel del Monte is a building from the time of the Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick II (1194-1250) in Apulia in south-eastern Italy.
The Reculvers, Herne Bay, Kent, England.
Reculver was a village – now a deserted village – about five kilometres east of Herne Bay in the English county of Kent.
Cologne, on the Rhine, Germany 19th c..
Cologne, viewed from the water, appears with more of ancient majesty than from any other point.