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Political brilliance and the power of self-promotion
How do you convince people you’re exceptional? Meet the ultimate self-styled genius.
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Doctors and the English seaside
Fashionable seaside towns in England owe much of their popularity to 18th-century doctors, who advised them to take the 'sea cure'.
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Naked, not nude
Classicist Caroline Vout argues that it’s time to take the dust covers off the Ancient Greeks and Romans, and to encounter their bodies not nude, but naked.
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Spanish flu and the depiction of disease
The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 killed many millions more than World War I did. Find out why contemporary artistic depictions of its devastating impact are so rare.
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A battle scene, showing a soldier falling from his horse. Etching by or after J. Gamelin, 1778/1779.
Gamelin, Jacques, 1739-1803.Date: [1779]Reference: 569732iPart of: Gamelin, Jacques- Pictures
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Asturcus, the legendary horse of Julius Caesar, with human forefeet; a battle in the background. Engraving attributed to P. Tröschel.
Date: [1687]Reference: 578702i- Pictures
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Napoleon's battle-horse being lead by soldiers in the funeral courtège of Napoleon Bonaparte. Lithograph by V.J. Adam, 1841.
Adam, Victor, 1801-1866.Date: [1841]Reference: 46736i- Pictures
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Battle of Ratisbon: Napoleon, shot in the ankle, mounts his horse to join battle before the dressing of the wound is finished. Coloured engraving after C. Gautherot, 1828.
Gautherot, Claude, 1769-1825.Date: Déposé à la Direction [1828]Reference: 585976i- Pictures
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Double picture: Queen Shrimati Pramila Rani holding court for a horse sacrifice ; a battle between Arjuna and his demon army and Vabhruvahana and his human army. Transfer lithograph.
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