Shipwreck off the coast of Alaska - Louis Philippe Crepin, 1806

'The Great Temple of Abu Simbel

The Return of Mary Queen of Scots to Edinburgh

Campfire - Winslow Homer, 1880

Crusaders sighting Jerusalem

Scottish Landscape - Jean Bruno Gassies, 1826

I am really quite chuffed to have been invited to be an affiliate with Lex Empire-Builders is building something really cool and it already has all the old classics and is quite handy for diving in and out of old historical sources, think Project Gutenberg, but all on the

The difference between old and modern Glasgow is astounding. It's an entirely different place and this is still happening today! An utter disgrace. - Photos both from the post below

On Saturdays we post Bierstadt - Majesty of the Mountains, c. 1853

Dinner at the Ambassadors - Jean Beraud, c. 1880

David Roberts also toured mainland Europe in the 1820s-30s masterfully capturing the beauty of the great churches and cathedrals. From the left we have Burgos Cathedral in Spain, then Pisa in Italy and finally St Stephen's in Vienna

The Trappers' Camp - Albert Bierstadt, 1861