Historical Pictures Collection

Greece/Byzantium: Traditional icon of St Stephen and St Christopher, the latter represented with a dog's head. Egg tempera on oak panel, c. 1700

Mongolia: Gilt copper figurine of White Tara, 17th century

Afghanistan: Captain Manners Wood is struck down but saved by Lieutenant Fisher at the Battle of Futtehabad'. Illustration from the Illustrated London News, 1879

Thailand: Jim Thompson inspecting a bolt of Thai silk, Bangkok, early 1960s

Vietnam: US Army Sergeant Gerald Laird of the 101st Airborne Division firing a machine gun during an engagement in South Vietnam, c. 1966

Vietnam: Collecting coconuts - traditional woodblock painting from Dong Ho village, Bac Ninh Province

India: Empress Nur Jahan, wife of Emperor Jahangir. Miniature watercolour painting, Delhi, c. 1840

Vietnam: Four auspicious animals, left to right: Dragon, Unicorn, Turtle and Phoenix. Traditional woodblock painting from Dong Ho village, Bac Ninh Province, 20th century

China: Tea Porters on Tea Horse Road, Western Sichuan, 1908

Lakshmi Bai, the Rani of Jhansi (c)
Lakshmi Bai, the Rani of Jhansi (c.19 November 1835 – 17 June 1858, (Marathi- झाशीची राणी लक्ष्मीबाई) was the queen of the Maratha-ruled princely state of Jhansi

A young Balinese girl posing with a water pot balanced on her head, c.1945

Japan: Advertising poster for Yebisu Beer and Ribbon Citron, c. 1930

Lascaux is the setting of a complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings

Irezumi (入れ墨, 入墨, 紋身, 刺花, 剳青)
Irezumi (入れ墨, 入墨, 紋身, 刺花, 剳青, 黥 or 刺青) is a Japanese word that refers to the insertion of ink under the skin to leave a permanent, usually decorative mark; a form of tattooing

Portrait of Maharwal Jaisal Singh in the Jaisalmer Fort. Jaisalmer is named after its founder Maharawal Jaisal Singh, a Rajput king, in 1156 CE

Cambodia: A young King Sihanouk with Mao Zedong, Peng Zhen and Liu Shaoqi, Beijing, 1965

Malaysia: Frontispiece of a Jawi edition of the Sejerah Melayu (Malay Annals), Hikayat Hang Tuah, 19th century. Jawi is an adapted Arabic alphabet for writing the Malay language

Pakistan/Afghanistan: Standing image of the Buddha, Gandhara Kingdom, 1st-2nd century CE

The London Underground (also known as the Tube or simply the Underground) is a public rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and parts of the home counties of Buckinghamshire

India: Akbar (25 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), the 3rd Mughal Emperor, towards the end of his reign. Posthumous portrait commissioned by Akbar's grandson, Shah Jahan (r. 1628-1658), 1645

The Brihadeeswarar Temple is a large Hindu temple dedicated to the god Shiva. The temple was completed in 1010 CE by the Chola Dynasty emperor Raja Raja Chola I (r)

Laos: Revolutionary Socialist realist-style political poster on the streets of Vientiane

Mongolia: Enthronement of a Mongol Khagan. Enthronement of a Mongol ruler. Right part of a double-page illustration of Rashid al-Din's (1247-1318) Jami al-Tawarikh, 1st quarter of 14th century

Iran: A youth reading. Watercolour painting by Riza Abbasi (c)
Iran: A youth reading. Watercolour painting by Riza Abbasi (c. 1565–1635), c. 1625-1626

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