Figure 1. The lottery game on the final page of George Wither, A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne (1635). RB 601390. The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. In this imprint variant, the order of the woodcuts was inverted during the printing process. The image above has been rotated to... More about this image found in The lottery game on the final page of George Wither, A Collection of Emble...

Figure 1. The discovery of a pyramidal column reveals that the time traveler has woken up in “L’An de grâce MMIVCXL.” Frontispiece to Louis-Sébastien Mercier, L’An deux mille quatre cent quarante: Rêve s’il en fût jamais (1786). More about this image found in The discovery of a pyramidal column reveals that the time traveler has woke...

Figure 2. Engraving of the statue of Henri IV on Pont Neuf, designed by Giovanni Bologna and Pietro Tacca. The statue was erected in 1614 and destroyed in 1792. In 1818, the statue was replaced with a new version without enchained figures—the one still standing on Pont Neuf. BnF/Gallica. More about this image found in Engraving of the statue of Henri IV on Pont Neuf, designed by Giovanni Bolo...

Figure 3. Engraving of the statue of Louis XIV in the Place des Victoires, sculpted by Martin Desjardins and erected in 1686. BnF/Gallica. More about this image found in Engraving of the statue of Louis XIV in the Place des Victoires, sculpted b...

Figure 4. The enchained figures formerly attached to the pedestal of the statue of Henri IV, now in the Louvre Museum, Paris. Musée du Louvre/Pierre Philibert. More about this image found in The enchained figures formerly attached to the pedestal of the statue of He...

Figure 5. The enchained figures formerly attached to the pedestal of the statue of Louis XIV, now in the Louvre Museum. Musée du Louvre/René-Gabriel Ojéda. More about this image found in The enchained figures formerly attached to the pedestal of the statue of Lo...

Figure 6. Statue of Solitude, designed by Didier Audrat and inaugurated 10 May 2022 in Jardin Solitude; thus named since September 2020. Author’s collection. More about this image found in Statue of Solitude, designed by Didier Audrat and inaugurated 10 May 2022 i...

Figure 1. Press conference on July 27, 2017, before the launch of Soyuz MS-05 mission from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. From left to right: Paolo Nespoli, Randy Bresnik, Sergey Ryazanskiy, and three members of the backup crew (Norishige Kanai, Alexander Misurkin, and Mark Vande Hei). Photo by the auth... More about this image found in Press conference on July 27, 2017, before the launch of Soyuz MS-05 mission...

Figure 2. Map of Baikonur and the pre-Aral region, created using Google Earth. More about this image found in Map of Baikonur and the pre-Aral region, created using Google Earth.

Figure 3. Museum of Soviet Cosmonautics at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. July 2017. Photo by the author. More about this image found in Museum of Soviet Cosmonautics at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. July 2017. Photo ...

Figure 4. Energiia’s launch platform at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. July 2017. Photo by the author. More about this image found in Energiia’s launch platform at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. July 2017. Photo by ...

Figure 5. The rollout of Soyuz from the Assembly and Testing Facility on July 26, 2017. Photo by the author. More about this image found in The rollout of Soyuz from the Assembly and Testing Facility on July 26, 201...

Figure 6. Astronaut family watching the transportation of Soyuz to the launch pad. July 2017. Photo by the author. More about this image found in Astronaut family watching the transportation of Soyuz to the launch pad. Ju...

Figure 7. Maple tree sapling planted by Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk in the Cosmonaut Alley in Baikonur in 2009. July 2017. Photo by the author. More about this image found in Maple tree sapling planted by Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk in the Cosmo...