-Portrait of a Young Peasant-
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Windy Day, Place de la Concorde, Jean Béraud, 1890
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The Senses of Hearing, Touch and Taste by Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568 - 1625)
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-Battle of Chios on 24 June, 1770-
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Chronicle of the King James I (Jaume I) of Catalonia-Aragon (1208-1276). Manuscript copy written in the year 1343 in Poblet, Catalonia. University of Barcelona library.
James I's chronicle titled Llibre dels fets ("Book Of The Deeds") is regarded as the first secular chronicle-autobiography attributed to a Christian king.
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Roman silver coin minted in 55 BCE, during Julius Caesar's campaigns in Gaul, by Publius Fonteius Capito, one of the tresviri monetales (mint officials) for that year. On the obverse, the helmeted head of the war god Mars, with a small representation of a tropaeum (trophy) behind him. On the reverse, a Roman horseman rides down two enemy soldiers, identified by their helmets and shields as Gauls.
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-Lordship Lane Station, Dulwich-
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