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  • Bombardment of Alexandria, Egypt: taking a wounded man below decks. Wood engraving by K.E.
  • The bombardment and capture of Island 'Number Ten' on the Mississippi River, April 7th 1862: Federal gunboats and mortar boats are shown firing at the Confederate fortifications on the island. Colour lithograph, 1862.
  • An unwell woman bombarded by her five friends' different recommendations of a doctor. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1882.
  • A chained monkey being bombarded by a flock of crows as people arrive on it's land. Engraving by R Brandard, ca 1835, after W Daniell.
  • Russo-Japanese War: Japanese soldiers entering a bombed fort to find dead and wounded men. Halftone, c. 1905, after C. M. Sheldon, from photographs.
  • World War One: two stretcher bearers removing a wounded man under fire. Wash painting, c. 1916.
  • A sheet of sketches showing war defences and victims during the Chinese Campaign, 1860, China. Tinted lithograph after Lt. Col. Crealock, 1860.
  • Advert from Lancet "Burroughs Wellcome & Co", 1918
  • Crimean War: a blazing battle in and around the harbour at Sevastopol, details of the French and English ships are given. Wood engraving, 1855.
  • Elizabeth Gunning astride a cannon firing by the pen of her mother a blast of forged letters at the facade of Blenheim - which a figure defends with a blast of excrement - the Duchess of Bedford offers her petticoat as cover while General Gunning retreats from the battlefield; representing the Gunning scandal. Etching by J. Gillray, 1791.
  • A futuristic vision: technology is over-sophisticated, and the masses devote themselves to intellectual pursuits, while the basic needs of society are neglected. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828, after F.A.
  • A general leading French troops into a cottage in Genoa after having set fire to other cottages. Steel engraving by V.F. Pollet after T. Johannot.
  • A postcard illustrating the church of Albert in the Somme with the church tower in the form of the Virgin crashing to the ground. Process print.