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  • Shah Namah, the Persian Epic of the Kings
  • Crimean War: Sisters of Charity nursing wounded soldiers from the Battle of Inkerman. Coloured lithograph by Le Par (?), 1855.
  • Memorial of European events from the year 1719. Engraving, c. 1722.
  • A battle scene: men are shown fighting on horseback. Etching by or after J. Gamelin, 1778/9.
  • Ambroise Paré, on the battlefield using a ligature for the artery of an amputated leg of a soldier. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after E. Morin.
  • A battle. Ink drawing.
  • War in Egypt, Egypt: searching for the wounded and dead after the Battle of Kassassin. Wood engraving.
  • The Pope, the devil and the Young Pretender lie prostrate near the coffin of the Duke of Cumberland lined with two rows of lit candles and mourning figures. Engraving by WW. after J.C., 1765.
  • Russo-Turkish War: wounded Russian soldiers being brought back to the rear at the siege of Plevna. Wood engraving by C.Roberts after I. Montagu, 1877.
  • David holds the head of Goliath; soldiers dressed in contemporary uniform stand by. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after himself, 1609.
  • An episode in the revolutionary war in China, 1911: a pitched battle between the imperial army (left) and the revolutionary army (right), outside the walls of a fortified city. Chromolithograph by T. Miyano.
  • Shah Namah, the Persian Epic of the Kings
  • Shah Namah, the Persian Epic of the Kings
  • Shah Namah, the Persian Epic of the Kings
  • Battle of Gravelines, second stage when the English ships had enchored and were firing to prevent the French escaping along the shore.
  • Shah Namah, the Persian Epic of the Kings
  • Shah Nameh, the Persian Epic of the Kings
  • The death of Sir Philip Sidney at the battle of Zutphen. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1788.
  • Afghan soldiers caught between allied troops in the Anglo-Afghan war, 1839-42. Coloured transfer lithograph.
  • Battle of Ulundi, part of the Zulu War, South Africa: with a numbered key. Wood engraving.
  • Shah Namah, the Persian Epic of the Kings
  • God and two cherubs make water flow from the ass's jaw that Samson has used to kill the Philistines. Etching by B. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • The death of Sir Philip Sidney at the battle of Zutphen. Line engraving.
  • The young Samson excels on the battlefield. Etching by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • Shah Namah, the Persian Epic of the Kings
  • Sketch map of Haire de Grace
  • Hanuman holding Rama and Laksmana fighting with Sarupnakha. Watercolour drawing.
  • Ambroise Paré, removing the head of a spear from the face of the Duc de Guise. Wood engraving by J. Ansseau after E. Morin.
  • Shah Namah, the Persian Epic of the Kings
  • A battle between British forces and the Continental American army: a man on a horse carrying a cutlass (George Washington?) is surrounded by other men, some carrying standards. Pencil and ink wash by H. Brueckner, 1874.