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BRITAIN-LONDON-BRITISH MUSEUM-CULTURAL AND CREATIVE PRODUCT

(220512) -- LONDON, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 11, 2022 shows the Gayer-Anderson cat mugs in the British Museum in London, Britain. The Gayer-Anderson cat is a bronze figure depicting one form of the goddess Bastet. The cat dates from the Late Period of ancient Egypt around 600 BC. It's named after Major Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson, who donated the statue to the British Museum in 1939. (Xinhua/Li Ying)

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BRITAIN-LONDON-BRITISH MUSEUM-CULTURAL AND CREATIVE PRODUCT

(220512) -- LONDON, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 11, 2022 shows replicas of the Gayer-Anderson cat in the British Museum in London, Britain. The Gayer-Anderson cat is a bronze figure depicting one form of the goddess Bastet. The cat dates from the Late Period of ancient Egypt around 600 BC. It's named after Major Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson, who donated the statue to the British Museum in 1939. (Xinhua/Li Ying)

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BRITAIN-LONDON-BRITISH MUSEUM-CULTURAL AND CREATIVE PRODUCT

(220512) -- LONDON, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman takes photos of the Gayer-Anderson cat in the British Museum in London, Britain, on May 11, 2022. The Gayer-Anderson cat is a bronze figure depicting one form of the goddess Bastet. The cat dates from the Late Period of ancient Egypt around 600 BC. It's named after Major Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson, who donated the statue to the British Museum in 1939. (Xinhua/Li Ying)

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BRITAIN-LONDON-BRITISH MUSEUM-CULTURAL AND CREATIVE PRODUCT

(220512) -- LONDON, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 11, 2022 shows replicas of the Gayer-Anderson cat in the British Museum in London, Britain. The Gayer-Anderson cat is a bronze figure depicting one form of the goddess Bastet. The cat dates from the Late Period of ancient Egypt around 600 BC. It's named after Major Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson, who donated the statue to the British Museum in 1939. (Xinhua/Li Ying)

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BRITAIN-LONDON-BRITISH MUSEUM-CULTURAL AND CREATIVE PRODUCT

(220512) -- LONDON, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 11, 2022 shows the Gayer-Anderson cat in the British Museum in London, Britain. The Gayer-Anderson cat is a bronze figure depicting one form of the goddess Bastet. The cat dates from the Late Period of ancient Egypt around 600 BC. It's named after Major Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson, who donated the statue to the British Museum in 1939. (Xinhua/Li Ying)

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BRITAIN-LONDON-BRITISH MUSEUM-CULTURAL AND CREATIVE PRODUCT

(220512) -- LONDON, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 11, 2022 shows a replica of the Gayer-Anderson cat in the British Museum in London, Britain. The Gayer-Anderson cat is a bronze figure depicting one form of the goddess Bastet. The cat dates from the Late Period of ancient Egypt around 600 BC. It's named after Major Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson, who donated the statue to the British Museum in 1939. (Xinhua/Li Ying)

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PFW - Off-White Runway

Georgina Grenville walks the runway during the Off-White Fall/Winter 2021/2022 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 04, 2021 in Paris, France. Photo by Jana Call me J/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PFW - Off-White Runway

Georgina Grenville walks the runway during the Off-White Fall/Winter 2021/2022 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 04, 2021 in Paris, France. Photo by Jana Call me J/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PFW - Off-White Runway

Georgina Grenville walks the runway during the Off-White Fall/Winter 2021/2022 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 04, 2021 in Paris, France. Photo by Jana Call me J/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PFW - Off-White Runway

Georgina Grenville walks the runway during the Off-White Fall/Winter 2021/2022 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 04, 2021 in Paris, France. Photo by Jana Call me J/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Dogger Bank Incident or Russian Outrage

The Dogger Bank Incident (or 'Russian Outrage') occured on the 22nd October 1904, when the Russian Fleet (sailing to reinforce the 1st Pacific Squadron stationed at Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War) mistook 48 harmless British trawlers at Dogger Bank for an Imperial Japanese Navy force, leading to the loss of life of three British seamen, two by drowning and one from shock a year later. This card shows the damaged trawler 'Moulmein' and its crew, lucky to have returned to port alive. Date: 1904

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Prince Shotoku Taishi - son of 31st Emperor Yomei-tenno

Prince Shotoku (574622) - also known as Prince Umayado or Prince Kamitsumiya - a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko. The son of Emperor Yomei and his consort, Princess Anahobe no Hashihito, Shotoku commissioned the Shitenno-ji (temple) in Settsu Province (present-day Osaka) after his military victory against the powerful Mononobe clan. The Prince was an ardent Buddhist and is traditionally attributed the authorship of the Sangyo Gisho or "Annotated Commentaries on the Three Sutras". Date: 7th century

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Takeda Shingen (1521-1573) - Military Leader

Takeda Shingen (1521-1573) - a pre-eminent daimyo in feudal Japan with exceptional military prestige in the late stage of the Sengoku period. Date: circa 1570

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Maeda Toshiie - Feudal Chieftain of Kaga, Noto and Etchu

Maeda Toshiie (1538-1599) - Feudal Chieftain of Kaga, Noto and Etchu Date: circa 1590s

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Kenshoin, wife of Yamanouchi Kazutoyo

Kenshoin, wife of Yamanouchi Kazutoyo. Date: circa 1610

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WW1 - Tug of War between the Allies and the Central Powers

WW1 Italian Propaganda Postcard - Tug of War between the leaders of the Allies and the Central Powers. From left: (Central Powers) Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austro-Hungary and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (as the judge) - (Allies) King Albert I of Belgium, King Peter I of Serbia, King George V of the United Kingdom, Emperor Taisho of Japan, President Raymond Poincare of France and Tsar Nicolas II of Russia. Date: circa 1915

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Maruyama Okyo - Woman sitting on an Elephant's back.

Reproduction of a painting on a Japanese hanging scroll by Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795), depicting a woman sitting on an Elephant's back. Date: late 18th century

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Kato Kiyomasa - Lord of Kumamoto

Kato Kiyomasa (1562-1611) - Lord of Kumamoto (1587-1611). Date: circa 1610

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The Dutch Surrendering to Japan at Kalijati, Indonesia

WW2 - The Dutch surrendering to Japan at Kalijati, West Java, Indonesia - March 8th, 1942. Date: 1942

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WW2 - Japanese Airmen

WW2 - Japanese Airmen Date: circa 1942

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Decorated tram in Tokyo, Japan - Anglo-Japanese Alliance

A decorated tram in Tokyo - part of the celebrations following the signing of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902 and to welcome the arrival of the British Naval contingent to the city. The Alliance was to run for five years before being renewed, was primarily directed against the potential shared menace posed, it was believed, by France and (most probably) Russia in the Far East. The alliance obligated either power to remain neutral if one or other found itself at war. However, should either power be obliged to fight a war against two or more powers, the other signatory was obliged to provide military aid. Date: 1902

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The Lantern Spectre by Katsushika Hokusai

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - The Lantern Spectre. A burning paper lamp takes on the aspect of a spectral face - one of a set of Ghosts and Goblins. Date: circa 1810