Great Britain Gallery

Map of Britain in 597 AD

Map of territory controlled by Celts, Picts, Anglos, Saxons, and other tribes in Britain in 597 AD.
Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

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Naval battle between the British and French, 1790s

British ship "Brunswick" in battle with French navy off the coast of Brittany, late 1700s.
Printed color halftone reproduction of an illustration

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Bakers at their trade in the late Middle Ages

Bakers of York, showing their guild ordinances, England, 1590s.
Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

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