EditorialIndia: Death and Hope flank the memorial to Lieutenant Colonel John Campbell (1753 - 1784), St. Thomas' Cathedral in Fort area, Mumbai. Sculptor, Charles Peart (1759 - 1798)
EditorialJapan: 'The Fickle / Coquettish Type'. Ukiyo-e woodblock print from the series 'Ten Physiognomies of Women' by Utamaro Kitagawa (c. 1753 - 31 October 1806), c. 1792-1793
EditorialGreece: Vasilios Chalis (1785 - 1846), a Cretan leader in the 1821 Great War of Independence (Greek Revolution), 1866 Square, Chania (Hania), Crete
EditorialThe title page of “A Book of Rhymes,” the last of the two dozen miniature books made by the young Charlotte Bronte in 1829, which recently resurfaced after nearly a century, at James Cummins Bookseller in New York, March 8, 2022. (Clark Hodgin/The New York Times)
EditorialThe bust of Hans Sloane, a physician and collector of curiosities which formed the basis of the British Museum when it was founded in 1753, in its new place in a display case at the newly-reopened museum in London on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. (Tom Jamieson/The New York Times)