About 1800 results for ‘Great Britain’
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Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, the largest European island, and the largest of the British Isles. With a population of about 60.0 million people in mid-2009, it is the third most populous island in the world, after Java and Honshū. Great Britain is surrounded by over 1,000 smaller islands and islets. The island of Ireland lies to its west. Politically, Great Britain may also refer to the island itself together with a number of surrounding islands which comprise the territory of England, Scotland and Wales. All of the island is territory of the sovereign state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and most of the United Kingdom's territory is in Great Britain. Most of England, Scotland, and Wales are on the island of Great Britain, as are their respective capital cities: London, Edinburgh, and Cardiff. The Kingdom of Great Britain resulted from the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland with the Acts of Union 1707 on 1 May 1707 under Queen Anne. In 1801, under a new Act of Union, this kingdom merged with the Kingdom of Ireland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. After the Irish War of Independence most of Ireland seceded from the Union, which then became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The relatively limited variety of fauna and flora on the island is due to its size and the fact that wildlife has had little time to develop since the last glacial period. The high level of urbanisation on the island has contributed to a species extinction rate that is about 100 times greater than the background species extinction rate.
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- Ancient Rome
- Archaeology
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- plat
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Le Zélé : trois-mâts goëlette
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- Ivory
- Marine (ocean)
- Sculpture
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- Flag
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- Field(s):
- Ivory
- Marine (ocean)
- Sculpture
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- Designation:
- maquette de bateau (coque développée) ; travail de ponton ; socle
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Field(s):
- Ivory
- Marine (ocean)
- Sculpture
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- Designation:
- maquette de bateau (coque développée) ; travail de ponton ; socle
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cannon
- English people
- Lion
- Spear
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- James Duffield Harding
PERSONNAGE ASSIS PRES D'UN ROCHER
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Landscape
- Mountain
- Sailing ship
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- James Duffield Harding
PERSONNAGE PLANTANT UN MAT AU BORD DE LA MER
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Knowle : église et cimetière [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cemetery
- Deciduous
- Great Britain
- House
- Landscape
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Putney, Décembre 1962 : paysage à la Dickens [titre attri...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bell tower
- City
- Garden
- Great Britain
- House
- Landscape
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- Date:
- 20th century
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CHARLES 1ER RECEVANT UNE ROSE DES MAINS D'UNE JEUNE FILLE...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Charles I of England
- Child
- Château
- Great Britain
- House
- Rose
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Anthony van Dyck
LES ENFANTS DE CHARLES 1ER D'ANGLETERRE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Boy
- Charles II of England
- Crown prince
- Dog
- Family
- Girl
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- Date:
- 17th century
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GEORGES III, ROI D'ANGLETERRE (1738-1820)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
- Order (honour)
- Overcoat
- Portrait
- Stoat
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- Date:
- 18th century
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THOMAS JEFFERSON, PRESIDENT DES ETATS-UNIS (1743-1826)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ambassador
- Man
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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CHARLES-JACQUES FOX (1749-1806)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
- Minister (government)
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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WILLIAM PITT, MINISTRE DES AFFAIRES ETRANGERES DE GRANDE-...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
- Minister (government)
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Hermann Goldschmidt
LORD SPENCER PERCEVAL (1762-1812)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Magistrate
- Politician
- Portrait
- Sitting
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- Date:
- 19th century
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ROBERT STEWART, VICOMTE CASTLEREAGH, MARQUIS DE LONDONDER...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ambassador
- Man
- Minister (government)
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- John Hoppner
HORACE, VICOMTE NELSON, VICE-AMIRAL DE LA FLOTTE ANGLAISE...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- John Hoppner
JOHN JERVIS, COMTE DE SAINT-VINCENT, AMIRAL (1734-1823)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Date:
- 19th century
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ERNEST 1ER, ROI DE HANOVRE (1771-1851)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
- Officer (armed forces)
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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SOPHIE D'ANGLETERRE (1777-1848)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Dress
- Portrait
- Sitting
- Woman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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GUILLAUME IV, ROI D'ANGLETERRE (1765-1837)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crown (headgear)
- Fortification
- Man
- Portrait
- Sword
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- Date:
- 19th century
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GEORGES-HAMILTON GORDON, COMTE D'ABERDEEN (1784-1860)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
- Politician
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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LOUIS XVI AU PIED DE L'ECHAFAUD.21 JANVIER 1793
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- Portrayed subject:
- Blessing
- Drum
- Flag
- French people
- Guillotine
- Louis XVI of France
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- Date:
- 18th century
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FEMMES TURQUES EN PRIERE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Turkish people
- Woman
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- Date:
- 20th century
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