Prehistoric (page 25)

A collection of extraordinary stories (Histoires prodigieuses), 1560 Pierre Boaistuau

Historiated Initial Excised from a Choir Book: Two Martyr Saints, c. 1500-1510 Girolamo dai Libri (circle of)

Winckelmann, Johann Joachim (1717-1768). German archaeologist and art historian Anonymous

The Prince and Princess of Wales in Denmark, Laying the Foundation-Stone of the New English Church at Copenhagen Anonymous

Illustration from 'Philosophical and Political History of the Two Indes' by Abbe Guillaume Raynal Jean Michel the Younger Moreau

A professional story teller at Kashgar, Xinjiang, China Anonymous

Historical Center, Sulmona, Aquila, Abruzzo Anonymous

Wall painting from the Crypt of the Popes, Catacombs of San Callisto, Rome Roman Roman

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet Anonymous

Biblical historien, Germany Anonymous

The Siege of Antioch. Miniature from the Historia by William of Tyre Anonymous

Ancient History, plate 24: The Abandonment of Ariadne, 4 September 1842 Honoré Daumier; Aubert

Camp Life at the Curragh: The Irish Derby, the Preparatory Gallop, August 1, 1874 Anonymous

Folkestone: Arrival of the Indian Mail, Express Omnibus Proceeding to Receive It Anonymous

Initial S, from Pliny's Natural History. Italy, mid-15th century Pliny the Elder

Alabaster Sphinx at Memphis, Egypt Anonymous

Cours dHistoire Naturelle, contenant les principales espèces du règne animal?, 1825 Godefroy Engelmann

Venerantur Floridenses, illustration taken from 'Brevis narratio eorvm qvae in Florida Americae provicia Gallis acciderunt' 1591 Jacques (1533-88) Le Moyne

Old City Hospital Before Restoration Anonymous

Praetorian Eugene Giraud

Motorcycle sand races, pre 1915. Bill Brunell

Panorama of a river, drilling rigs, storage tanks and buildings Anonymous

French costume: Restoration Anonymous

Daniel in the Lion's Den, featuring below St Julian, his wife and Jesus Christ, mural from the crypt, c.1480-1540 School Flemish

Swaziland, His Last Walk, the Lord High Executioner and a Victim Anonymous

Ceremony of Laying the Foundation Stone of the Durham Monument, on Pensher Hill. Anonymous

Capriccio with the preaching of St. John the Baptist, the Pyramid of Cestius and other classical monuments, 1745 Giovanni Paolo Pannini or Panini

Rectory House, Great Snoring, Norfolk Anonymous

The Mound of Hissarlik, the site of the ancient city of Troy, 3000-1100 BC Anonymous

H. I. M. Victoria, German Empress Anonymous

The Royal Society, frontispiece to Thomas Sprat, 'The History of the Royal Society of Lond…, 1667 Wenceslaus Hollar

Preston Hodges, 1850 Charles Loring Elliott

Stonehenge (Restored). Anonymous

Eric of Pomerania. Historical Medal, 1978 Anonymous

Iuan Priest's Alphabet Stone Philip Moore Callow Kermode

Pre St Didier, 1836 Joseph Mallord William Turner