First version posters & prints

La Traviata: first edition of the original version, 1854 Anonymous

Peasant interior (first version) Jabes Heenck

Opera Falstaff: first edition of the original version, 1893 Anonymous

Autograph manuscript of the first page of the Allegro for harpsichord solo from the first version of Anonymous

Issued Barley Instead of Wheat [first version William Hogarth

First rendezvous in space, 15 December 1965 NASA

Martha and Mary, first version on the verso of the finished painting, 1896 Maurice Denis

The Death of Cleopatra (first version) Arnold Böcklin

Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 16th century Sebastiano de' Valentinis

Ariwara Narihira… Fujifusa version of Thirty-six Immortal Poets, 1st half 15th cent Unknown

First World War soldiers marching through Ramsey George Bellett Cowen

Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist, c1880-c1882. Andrei Osipovich Karelin

First Adventure of Gil Blas Sir John Gilbert

Syriac version of the Pentateuch Anonymous

Proportions of the legs unknown

Hebrew version of the Pentateuch Anonymous

'Fond Memories', romantic postcard sent from a soldier to his sweetheart Anonymous

Ernest A Claremont Unknown

Franciscus Junius, pioneer of Germanic philology Anonymous

The Historie of Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto, 1594 English School

Old man with a bottle and a glass (version A) Jan van der Bruggen

First US Satellite Launched Anonymous

High Priest in liturgical clothing (version A) Willem Goeree

American aviator Glenn Curtiss making the first heavier-than-air flight in his 'June Bug Edwin Levick

A First Affair Anonymous

1950s teen boy crew cut suit tie candy box valentine sit next to old woman look photo album first date... Anonymous

Farmer between two cows in a manger in a stable (small version) Jan Vrolijk

First Come, First Served Anonymous

Monticello: 2nd version, recto, 1803 Robert Mills

First Mate Anonymous

First Ford Car Put on the Market Anonymous

First Steps, after Millet, 1890 Vincent van Gogh

Bandaged hand Anonymous

The First English Printer Anonymous

Woodcut of the Very First Oyster Eaten Anonymous

The Revised Version, 1881 Thomas Hovenden