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1 print : wood engraving ; image 44.7 x 74.5 cm

Crimean War: a blazing battle in and around the harbour at Sevastopol, details of the French and English ships are given. Wood engraving, 1855.

World War One: the entrance to a shelter in war ravaged country with a man outside washing his hands. Colour chalk drawing with pencil, c. 1914.

World War Two: converted first aid station in the Raffles theatre, Singapore, 1942, during aerial bombardment. Wash drawing by L. Rawlings, 1943.

A sheet of sketches showing war defences and victims during the Chinese Campaign, 1860, China. Tinted lithograph after Lt. Col. Crealock, 1860.

1 print : halftone ; image 13.3 x 21.7 cm

Russo-Japanese War: Japanese soldiers entering a bombed fort to find dead and wounded men. Halftone, c. 1905, after C. M. Sheldon, from photographs.

<p>Miss Gunning exlaims: "O mother! Mother! My mask'd battery is discovered, & we shall be blown up! O, mother, mother, we must raise the siege immediately, & take refuge under the Duchess's cover'd way, & there act on the defensive: O mother, mother, its all your fault, say what you will." Mrs Gunning replies: "Good heavens, who would have thought that the seige of a coronet would have ended in smoke & stink - well I'll take my affidavit that I know nothing at all about the matter." The Duchess offers: "Come under my protection, dearys; I'll hide you in Bedfordshire, & find one of my little Granny-boys to play with Missy." The General says: "I find our stratagem won't take effect, & therefore I'll be off, & menoevre - any common soldier can lead on, to an attack, but it requires the skill of a General to bring off his forces with honor after a defeat."</p>

1 print : etching ; platemark 25.1 x 35.5 cm

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.

1 painting : wash, with gouache ; image 27.5 x 26 cm

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Crimean War: a blazing battle in and around the harbour at Sevastopol, details of the French and English ships are given. Wood engraving, 1855.

World War One: the entrance to a shelter in war ravaged country with a man outside washing his hands. Colour chalk drawing with pencil, c. 1914.

World War Two: converted first aid station in the Raffles theatre, Singapore, 1942, during aerial bombardment. Wash drawing by L. Rawlings, 1943.

A sheet of sketches showing war defences and victims during the Chinese Campaign, 1860, China. Tinted lithograph after Lt. Col. Crealock, 1860.

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.

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Crimean War: a blazing battle in and around the harbour at Sevastopol, details of the French and English ships are given. Wood engraving, 1855.

World War One: the entrance to a shelter in war ravaged country with a man outside washing his hands. Colour chalk drawing with pencil, c. 1914.

World War Two: converted first aid station in the Raffles theatre, Singapore, 1942, during aerial bombardment. Wash drawing by L. Rawlings, 1943.

A sheet of sketches showing war defences and victims during the Chinese Campaign, 1860, China. Tinted lithograph after Lt. Col. Crealock, 1860.

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.

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