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What charming sandals the Virgin wears in Carlo Maratti's "Flight into Egypt" in the Irish church of San Isidoro in Rome

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Napoleon's army, retreating from Russia, was not merely worn down by cold, hunger, want, disease and appalling losses: on Prussian soil, through which it was obliged to pass on its way home, it was also met by a wave…

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I have never worn a stitch of Thom Browne, but the collection inspired by the novel "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale" went straight to my heart 💎

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December Smiles upon Muscovites

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In That Case, I Am Lord Vasily Kurochka of Fotosalon Anna

Colour print of a winter scene: a soldier in a tall fur cap embraces a woman, with an old man, a child and a seated elderly woman with baskets nearby.

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An English soldier bids his family farewell before the Crimean War, after earlier Anglo-Russian conflict

An English soldier bids farewell to his family as he leaves for the Crimean War, the first combat encounter between the Russian and English armies on Russian territory. Before the Crimean War, England and Russia had been at odds in 1807-1812, during the Anglo-Russian War, but mostly at

A young white deer with short antlers stands on snow, with bare trees in the background.

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Sacred white deer in Norway in a photograph by Mads Nordsvin

The sacred white reindeer, Norway. Photo by Mads Nordsveen

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The First and Last Photographs of Elizabeth II

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Passenger Railways in the United States and in Europe

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Only Napoleon Can Understand Mbappé's Feelings

Black and white photograph of a child in a light shirt looking at a hanukkiah whose candles are set on oranges.

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A child before a hanukkiah made of oranges, with Hanukkah greetings

A child and a hanukkiah made of oranges. Happy Hanukkah 🌸🌹💐🌺🌷🌼🌻

Black and white group photograph of footballers in striped shirts, five seated in front and the others standing behind, with two men in suits beside them.

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Argentina's national football team white and sky blue kit in 1908 and the first match of 1902

Argentina's national team has worn its legendary white and sky-blue kit, in the colours of the national flag, since 1908, since the star-studded match with Brazil. The Argentines played their very first official match in a plain blue kit, against Uruguay in 1902