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The Parasurama Avatara 429 visits
The Rama Chandra Avatara 550 visits
The Vamana Avatara 515 visits
Varuna 523 visits
Vayu 631 visits
Vishnu 584 visits
Yama 479 visits
Annapurna 491 visits
Arjuna shooting at the fish 494 visits
Balarama 501 visits
Battle of the Kurus and Pandavas 529 visits
Brahma 516 visits
Buddha 543 visits
Buddha 611 visits
Buddhist Temple and Dagosa at Kelaniva, Ceylon 636 visits
Daksha 615 visits
Dasabhuja 630 visits
Ganesa 609 visits
Ganga 628 visits
Garuda 653 visits
Hanuman 660 visits
Har-Hari 633 visits
Indra 618 visits
Jagaddhatri 572 visits
Jagannath 618 visits
Kali dancing on Siva 641 visits
Kali 585 visits
Kalki 580 visits
Kamadeva 610 visits
Kartikeya 560 visits
Krishna holding up Mount Govardhana 551 visits
Krishna slaying Bakasura 556 visits
Lakhsmi 581 visits
Manasa 542 visits
Monkeys constructing the bridge at Lanka 588 visits
Panchanana 587 visits
Parvati worhipping the Linga 590 visits
Radha worshipping Krishna as Kali 585 visits
Ravana 563 visits
Sarasvati 587 visits
Shitala 570 visits
Sasti 604 visits
Siva and Parvati 579 visits
Siva slaying an Asura 585 visits
Siva temple at Benares 607 visits
Siva 597 visits
Sugriva 610 visits
The Banyan Tree 587 visits
The Bel 573 visits
The Fig Tree 593 visits
The Krishna Avatara 617 visits
The Kurma Avatara 575 visits
The Lotus 633 visits
The Matsva Avatara 636 visits
The Nrisingha Avatara 670 visits
In 1587 there was published an illustrated tract giving an account of the doings of Sir Francis Drake, who was employed by Queen Elizabeth to harass the Spaniards in their harbours, and hinder them in their preparations for invading England. These operations, which Drake himself described as ‘singeing the King of Spain’s beard,’ delayed the sailing of the Armada, and gave Elizabeth time to prepare for defence. The tract referred to is entitled, ‘The true and perfect Newes of the worthy and valiant exploytes performed and done by that valiant Knight Syr Frauncis Drake; Not only at Sancto Domingo, and Carthagena, but also nowe at Cales, and upon the Coast of Spayne, 1587' 523 visits
In one dated 1607 occurs the earliest instance I have met with of an attempt to illustrate the news of the day. It is entitled ‘Wofull Newes from Wales, or the lamentable loss of divers Villages and Parishes (by a strange and wonderful Floud) within the Countye of Monmouth in Wales: which happened in January last past, 1607, whereby a great number of his Majesties subjects inhabiting in these parts are utterly undone.’ 522 visits
Storms, floods, and burnings were favourite themes with the early newswriters, and several illustrated tracts exist describing such calamities. They are more or less interspersed with pious exhortations, but the narrative is rarely allowed to flag, and every incident is minutely described. There is ‘Woeful newes from the West parts of England of the burning of Tiverton,’ 1612; and a small quarto pamphlet of 1613, printed in old English, affords another good example of this kind of news. It is entitled—it will be observed how fond the old newswriters were of alliterative titles—‘The Wonders of this windie winter, by terrible stormes and tempests, 16to be losse of lives and goods of many thousands of men, women, and children. The like by Sea and Land hath not been seene nor heard of in this age of the world. London. Printed by G. Eld for John Wright, and are to be sold at his Shop neere Christ-Church dore. 1613.’ On the title-page is a woodcut, a copy of which is annexed. 447 visits

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