John Ericsson, Swedish-born American engineer and inventor Finish:Rolled Jane Birkin and husband Serge

Jane Birkin and husband Serge Gainsbourg

Commemorating Joan of Arc at the Church of St Augustin

'Scene From The American Tempest'

Fantastical airship with a rudder and a complicated system of rope-activated wings

The animal is shown in a forest environment

John Ericsson, Swedish-born American engineer and inventor Finish:Rolled Jane Birkin and husband SergeJohn Ericsson, Swedish born American engineer and inventor, (c1880). On moving to the USA in 1839, Ericsson designed many warships including the 'Monitor' (1861), the first warship with an armoured turret, and 'The Destroyer' (1878), which could launch submarine torpedoes. A print from Cassell's History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume III, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880.