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  • Durga slaying the Buffalo Demon. Chromolithograph, 1883.
  • The goddess Diana presiding over military figures representing the choleric temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
  • Musée du Congo, Tervuren, Belgium: one of five interior scenes showing African life. Collotype.
  • The resurrected Christ flying above soldiers. Engraving.
  • Two sepoys dressed in Western military uniforms. Gouache drawing.
  • The Temple of Solomon, its grounds and some of its interiors. Engraving.
  • Alexander the Great demonstrating his trust in his physician Philip of Acarnania by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him despite allegations that it was a poison. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1772, after B. West, the elder.
  • An Indian commandant: his wife handing him some betel leaves. Gouache drawing.
  • Goliath, covered in splendid armour, towers over the humble David. Engraving.
  • Crimean War: Turkish ambulancemen conveying the sick to Balaclava. Wood engraving.
  • Museum of Arms, Vienna, Austria. Wood engraving by I. Heaviside, 1866, after B. Sly after T. Hansen.
  • Hundred Years' War: surgeons and craftsmen of surgical instruments being forced to go with the English army as part of the 1415 invasion of France. Gouache painting by A. Forestier, 1913.
  • The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Ireland: recreation room. Reproduction of a photograph by C.H.S. after G.M. Roche.
  • War in Egypt, Egypt: soldiers using the new eye protection and head gear. Wood engraving by W.J. Palmer after W.H. Overend.
  • A battle. Ink drawing.
  • The resurrected Christ rises over terrified soldiers. Watercolour painting.
  • A drunken man and woman lean against pillars leading to a giant distillery with attendant demon; miscellaneous characters round as border. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1833, after himself.
  • Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above, symbolising the element fire. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.
  • Queen Eleanor sucking the poison from King Edward's arm. Coloured stipple etching by Wynne Ryland, 1780, after A. Kauffman.
  • Melchizedek blesses Abraham and gives him bread and wine; Abraham's Hebrew soldiers return victorious over the four invading kings. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet.
  • Alexander the Great discussing with Philip, his physician, a letter he received from General Parmenio accusing Philip of poisoning him. Coloured chalk drawing attributed to the Florentine school, c. 1730-1750.
  • A male and female warrior dispute over a child lying prone underneath; representing rhetoric. Etching by C. Schut.
  • A short-handled flail (weapon) with four metal chains ending in metal weights. Engraving by J. Basire after R. Stothard, 1827.
  • A regal Mary (or Wisdom?), as the Church of the Last Judgement, flanked by angels. Line engraving by T. de Leu.
  • 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.
  • Treating the wounded after a battle. Tinted mezzotint by J.C. Rugendas, 17--, after G.P. Rugendas the elder, 1695.
  • Cupid (Love) with arrows sits next to items representing arts and sciences. Etching by H. Winstanley, 17--, after F. Snyders and A. van Dyck.
  • Varāha raising the earth from the bottom of the ocean and trampling on the demon Hiranyāksha. Gouache drawing.