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World War One: Indian soldiers with bandaged hands are cared for by British military medics. Photograph by Alfieri, 1914/1918.
Date: 1914-1918Reference: 573239iPart of: World War One.- Ephemera
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Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.
Date: 1922- Pictures
An exhausted mother gives birth before a crowd of French officials; symbolising the birth of the ideas of the July Revolution and their troubled patrimony in the hands of contemporary politicians. Lithograph by E. Forest after J. Grandville, 1831, after Eugène Devéria, 1827.
Devéria, Eugène, 1805-1865.Date: [1831]Reference: 16375i- Books
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Militia discipline. The words of command, and directions for exercising the musket, bayonet, and carthridge: and the exercise for the soldiers of the militia horse, Arm'd with Carbine, Pistols, and Sword: Required by the late Act of Parliament, Anno Primo Georgii Regis, For making the Militia of that Part of Great-Britain call'd England, more useful, &c. with Observations on the several Beats of the Drum, of Ranks and Files, of their several Distances. Directions for compleating a Battalion, or Company, before an Officer begins to Exercise. The Evolutions. Of Firing. Demonstrating every Posture, and Motion of the Body, Hand, and Foot, with the Number of Motions, in performing the several Commands; which have been perused and approv'd of by several Great Commanders, and Adjutants; who agree, 'tis the compleatest Method for Disciplining the said Militia. For the instruction of young soldiers. By W. B. gent.
Breton, W. B. (William Breton).Date: 1717- Books
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The seaman's vade-mecum, and defensive war by sea: containing, the proportions of rigging, masts and yards, Weight of Anchors, Sizes and Weight of Cables and Cordage. The Exercise of the Small Arms, Bayonet, Granades and Great-Guns, Duty of Officers, &c. Also, shewing how to prepare a merchant-ship for a close fight, by disposing their Bulk-Heads, Leaves, Comings, Look-Holes, &c. Chasing; the Advantages to be taken by the Chase considered under all Positions in Respect to Wind and Tide. Defensive-Fighting; shewing how Merchant-Ships are to act, whether single or in Fleets, when Cannonaded or Boarded by the Enemy. An Epitome of the Art of Gunnery. Naval Fortification; The Advantages of Mooring considered, in respect to Wind and Tide: How to lay Booms in straight or crooked Rivers, with many other Particulars relating to the Navy and Merchant Service. By William Mountaine, Teacher of the Mathematics.
Mountaine, William, -1779.Date: 1744- Pictures
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A sepoy and his wife. Gouache drawing, 18--.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 728029iPart of: Indian practitioners of crafts, trades and professions. Gouache paintings, 18--.- Books
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The seaman's Vade-Mecum, and defensive war by sea: Containing the proportions of rigging, masts and yards, weight of anchors, sizes and weight of cables and cordage, list of the navy. The exercise of the small arms, bayonet, granadoes and great-guns, duty of officers, &c. Also shewing how to prepare a merchant-ship for a close fight, by disposing their bulk-heads, leaves, coamings, lookholes, &c. Chasing; the advantages to be taken by the chase considered, under all positions in respect to wind and tide. Defensive-fighting; shewing how merchant ships are to act, whether single or in fleets, when canonaded or boarded by the enemy. Naval fortification; the advantages of mooring considered, in respect to wind and tide; and how to lay booms in streight or crooked rivers, &c. an essay on naval book-keeping; as well in respect to the purser, as to the Captain's clerk and steward. The method of forming signals for the regulation of merchant-ships failing in company, under the direction of a Commodore in time of war; with many other particulars, relating to the navy and merchant service. By William Mountaine, teacher of the mathematics, and F.R.S.
Mountaine, William, -1779.Date: 1756- Books
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The seaman's vade-mecum and defensive war by sea: containing a maritime dictionary; the proportions of rigging, masts and yards; Weight of Anchors; Sizes and Weight of Cables and Cordage; List of the Navy. The Words of Command in exercising the small Arms, Bayonet, Granadoes, and great Guns, Duty of Officers, &c. Also shewing how to prepare a merchant-ship for a close fight, through the Bulk-Heads, Coamings, Loop-Holes, &c. with the Advantages to be taking in Chacing, considered, under all Positions in respect to Wind and Tide. Defensive Fighting; Shewing how Merchant - Ships are to act, in Fleets, when Canonaded or Boarded by the Enemy. Naval Fortification; The Advantages of Mooring considered, in respect to Wind and Tide; and how to lay Booms in Rivers, and raise Redoubts to defend them. An Essay on Naval Book - Keeping; Or a regular Method for the Purser, Clerk, Steward, and other Officers to keep an Account of Stores, &c. The Method of forming Signals for sailing in Company, under a Commodore in Time of War; with many other Particulars relating to the Navy, East-India, and Merchant Service. By William Mountaine, Mathematical Examiner to the Honourable Corporation of Trinity-House of Deptlord-Strond, and F.R.S. With additions by John Adams, Teacher of the Mathematics.
Mountaine, William, -1779.Date: 1783- Books
At home in the revolution : what women said and did in 1916 / Lucy McDiarmid.
McDiarmid, LucyDate: 2015- Pictures
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A man in loin cloth and belt transfers a rifle from his left to his right hand, holds it out in front of him, raises it to his right shoulder and stands to attention. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904.Date: 1887Reference: 2005835iPart of: Animal locomotion: an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements- Pictures
Malaria: a US soldier being bitten in the backside by a mosquito. Colour lithograph, by Vernon Grant, 194-.
Grant, Vernon, 1902-1990.Date: [between 1940 and 1949]Reference: 578194i- Pictures
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Soraluze-Placencia de las Armas, Spain: the town and its surrounding places, its armaments factory, inscribed tabernacles describing them, and dedications to King Ferdinand VI and the Conde de Aranda. Engraving by J.F. Palomino after J. Zameza after F.J. de Lamot, 1756.
Lamot, Florencio Joseph de, 1701-1779.Date: [1756]Reference: 576672i- Archives and manuscripts
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M0003672: The culinary sentry
Date: November 1933Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/30/36Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Pictures
The beheading of Shimazu-Seiji for the murder of two British officers in Japan, 1864. Wood engraving after C. Wirgman, 1865.
Wirgman, Charles, 1832-1891.Date: 1865Reference: 580193i- Pictures
The procession of Shimazu-Seiji through the streets of Yokohama to execution for murder, 1864. Wood engraving after C. Wirgman, 1865.
Wirgman, Charles, 1832-1891.Date: 1865Reference: 580194i- Pictures
Austrian soldiers in Italy carousing in an inn with a monk. Photograph by J. Albert after H.J. Stanley, 1860.
Stanley, Harold John, 1817-1867.Date: [1860]Reference: 3087941i- Archives and manuscripts
Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-1765)
Cumberland, Prince William Augustus, Duke of, 1721-1765.Date: 1747Reference: MS.8758