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Picture of George Orwell which appears in an old accreditation for the Branch of the National Union of Journalists (BNUJ).

The black and white portrait shows Orwell with his characteristic thin mustache, intense gaze, and slightly disheveled dark hair, likely taken during his years as a journalist and writer in the 1940s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell#/media/File:George_Orwell_press_photo.jpg 32b6cae74be57b92.jpg Peanuts in the shell. 45504378bfda559a.jpg Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
A star-of-Bethlehem, woode anemone and spurge c.1506-12

The focus of this drawing is a clump of star-of-Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum L.), whose swirling leaves are seen in the studies for the kneeling Leda and in most copies of the painting, where it softens the edge of the rock on which the swan stands (the same device is seen by the infant Baptist’s legs in the St Anne cartoon, of a similar date).

Flanking the star-of-Bethlehem is wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa L.), and below is sun spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia L.) with details of its seedheads. Although the star-of-Bethlehem is somewhat stylised, the blades of grass growing untidily among and behind the anemones suggest that Leonardo observed these plants in the wild. Melzi's number 130.

Provenance
Bequeathed to Francesco Melzi; from whose heirs purchased by Pompeo Leoni, c.1582-90; Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel, by 1630; probably acquired by Charles II; Royal Collection by 1690

https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/collection-online/4/f/755905-1526312430.jpg?_ga=2.13689712.670852902.1770025817-1950293379.1770025817 edfd042c99c48336.png Naval Reserve Enlistment photograph of Jack Kerouac.- picryl.com. He standing in front of a height chart. (He is 5'9".)  At the bottom of the photo is his enlistment number. 6afb355cf99763fa.jpg Portrait of Captain Richard Burton, British explorer, army officer, orientalist writer and scholar, c. 1863, by Ernest Edwards, from vintage albumen print in the publication Portraits of Men of Eminence in Literature, Science, and Art, with Biographical Memoirs, Edwards, Ernest, and Lovell Reeve, State Library of New South Wales, DSM/920.042/P

Burton is dressed in Middle Eastern/Ottoman attire:
Fez or tarbush (traditional cap)
Flowing robes and kaftan
Sash around the waist
Dagger visible at his waist
Oriental setting: Seated on cushions with draped fabric and tent-like backdrop
His characteristic intense gaze and prominent mustache
A pose suggesting his famous ability to "pass" as a native in various cultures

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Edwards_Richard_Burton_1864_slnsw.jpg/960px-Edwards_Richard_Burton_1864_slnsw.jpg b5582430c4f50d35.jpg Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K.Koch.

Multiple leaflets arranged along a central rachis (stem) showing some characteristics
Serrated (toothed) margins
Lanceolate to oblong shape
Prominent venation preserved in the pressing
Typical arrangement of 9-13 leaflets on this specimen

The brown color is normal for aged herbarium specimens

https://www.botanicalcollections.be/#/en/specimen/BR0000024493932 3b49f36c0778cb03.png The Xerox Model D copier, introduced in 1951.

The photograph shows:
The Xerox Processor Model D machine with its distinctive labeling
"REPLACE PLATES HERE" instruction visible at the top
The machine's simple, boxy design characteristic of early 1950s office equipment
An explanatory placard below describing the machine's history and function

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/oh1541.photos.126771p 48823ded50d995ea.jpg Cover image of the book English prose treatises of Richard Rolle de Hampole :(who died A. D. 1349).

https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb10748408?page=1 48a7ad169d82d723.png The front, enamel and back of the Alfred Jewel. 

"The jewel measures 2.4 by 1.2 inches (6.2 by 3.1 centimeters). Its design consists of dozens of small cells filled with colorful enamel paste and accented by thin strips of gold. It depicts a person from the mid-thighs up. The Old English inscription in capital letters around the edge of the jewel's bezel connects it to Alfred the Great."  - from article

"At the base of the jewel, in what looks like the mouth of a dragon or snake, experts have noticed a cylindrical socket. This was likely where the pointer itself was once connected." - from article

4d783486913b9c16.jpg Portrait of Burns by Alexander Nasmyth, 1787, Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

This half-length portrait of Burns, framed within an oval, has become the most well-known and widely reproduced image of the famous Scottish poet. Nasmyth's painting, commissioned by the publisher William Creech, was to be engraved for a new edition of Burn's poems. He is shown fashionably dressed against a landscape, evoking his rural background in Alloway, Ayrshire. Burns and Nasmyth had become good friends, having been introduced to one another in Edinburgh by a mutual patron, Patrick Miller of Dalswinton. Nasmyth, pleased to have recorded Burns' likeness convincingly, decided to leave the painting in a slightly unfinished state.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burns#/media/File:PG_1063Burns_Naysmith.jpg dc604c3fe9c77033.jpg FranΓ§ois Clouet - Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-87)

Mary wears a pink gown decorated with vertical gold striping and small jeweled embellishments. The bodice is tightly fitted and fastened down the center with a line of pearls or gemstone buttons. A crisp white ruff collar frames her neck. Her sleeves are full and carefully tailored.

Her hair is light brown and drawn back smoothly, partially covered by a jeweled headband adorned with pearls. She wears modest jewelry, including a pearl necklace, small earrings, and a ring. Her hands are delicately posed at her waist, fingers gently touching.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots#/media/File:Fran%C3%A7ois_Clouet_-_Mary,_Queen_of_Scots_(1542-87)_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 744f1348d36c79e9.jpg