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The bell tower of the Roman basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in a photograph of the late nineteenth century and today

The bell tower of the Roman basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in a photograph of the late nineteenth century and today. In our own day the bell tower is closer to its original appearance thanks to a reconstruction, in the course of which the rows of arches in the

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Stalin in 1918

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Albert Einstein Playing the Violin, 1941

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Genealogy traces the lineage of Elizabeth II to the patriarch Jacob and Judah

A family tree showing that Queen Elizabeth II traces her descent from the progenitor of the 12 tribes of Israel, the third Old Testament patriarch Jacob, called Israel. Moreover, she is a descendant of Jacob-Israel and of his son Judah not only on her father's side but

Watercolour landscape with a wooded slope, a glacier in the foreground and rocky peaks under a cloudy sky.

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William Turner's sketches from his 1802 journey through the Swiss Alps

William Turner's sketches made on his journey through the Swiss Alps in 1802. I should like to compare our impressions and visit the place in 2022.

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The unheard-of and barbarous treatment which the King inflicts upon me obliges me to leave France and withdraw to Venice […] If His Royal Highness wished it, I should have the honour of speaking with him, I should tell him many things which, I am sure, wo

The unheard-of and barbarous treatment which the King inflicts upon me obliges me to leave France and withdraw to Venice […] If His Royal Highness wished it, I should have the honour of speaking with him, I should tell him many things which, I am sure, would afford him infinite

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The Russian text of the ratified convention on the cession of Alaska is contained in volume 42 of the Complete Collection of the Laws of the Russian Empire

The Russian text of the ratified convention on the cession of Alaska is contained in volume 42 of the Complete Collection of the Laws of the Russian Empire. This document says nothing about 99 years of lease

Page with the Russian preamble of the treaty, bearing the full title of Emperor Alexander II in a gold ornamental frame with coats of arms and a double-headed eagle.

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Preamble of the Treaty on the Cession of Alaska to the United States and the Languages of Its Text

The preamble to the Treaty on the Cession of Alaska to the United States of North America. The treaty itself, rather oddly, is drawn up in English and French; in Russian there is only the page preceding the text of the treaty and the page following it

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Ed Reinhardt's black painting at MoMA in New York and a trustee's resignation

A woman at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1964. Photograph by Burt Glinn. After the painting in this photograph was put on display at MoMA, one of the trustees promptly resigned his seat on the board. What we see here is, of course, not Malevich's Black

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Richard Feynman at His Famous Lectures on Physics

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One of Romadin's drawings for the film "Solaris" features Saint Sebastian pierced by arrows, who may have appeared in early versions of the script or the director's preliminary work, but is absent from the final version

Illustration of a man seen from behind facing a wall of pipes and instruments, beside a metal door with a cracked surface and a hand reaching through it.

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Mikhail Nikolayevich Romadin and his illustrations for Andrei Tarkovsky’s film “Solaris”

Illustrations for Andrei Tarkovsky's production of the film Solaris. Artist: Mikhail Nikolayevich Romadin