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Charles and Flora McDonald
Prince Charles Edward Stuart bids farewell to Flora MacDonald who aided his escape

Nydam Viking Ship
The 007 Nydam ship, one of three vessels discovered in the 19th century, and dating from the late Iron Age. Preservation was aided by the ships peat bog deposit site

Schoolgirls Knitting
A class of young German girls busy with their knitting, aided by fraulein : since the date is 1915, they are probably knitting socks for the soldiers at the front

Blind Italian soldier - WWI
Italian soldiers blinded during World War One - a poem explaining their fate. Date: circa 1918

WW2, Returning Troops
An illustration which shows a British WW2 soldier with luggage slung over his back and shoulder, smoking a cigarette as he readies himself to return home, aided by the lady in blue. Date: circa 1941

Chair Bound
A sketch of a large man slumped in a chair, aided by a woman on the right, whose features are non existant. Date: circa 1901

The Astronomy Lesson
This oil painting portrays a young lady wearing a pink dress, looking out at the starry, night sky through a telescope from a seated position, aided by an astronomer behind her. Date: circa 1923

Religious Scene
This painting depicts a religious scene, where a man, likely Jesus, he strewn at the base of a cross at the top of a hill, aided by a man with his donkey

Boy on a swing
Young boy on a swing, aided by his elder sister. Artist: Clara Olmstead Date: 1909

Sewing dollys dress - Young girl with plaits mending her dollys dress, aided by her friend. Artist: Enid Warne Browne Date: circa 1930

Engine Trouble Date: 1954

GOLF / HOLING OUT 1865
A golfer attempts to hole his final putt on the green, somewhat aided by his partner standing right behind the hole! Date: 1865

Benedict Arnold - American military officer and traitor
Benedict Arnold (1741-1801) - American military officer and traitor who aided the British during the war of Independence. Date: circa 1790s

Uranos Castrated
Uranos, son of Gaia on whom he fathers the Titans including Kronos who, aided by Gaia, castrates him and takes over leadership of the Gods but is usurped in his turn by Zeus

A portly gentleman on the ice is aided by a young lad
A rather wobbly and rather portly gentleman on the ice is aided (propped-up) by a young lad. The card is accompanied by a quote from King John, a history play by William Shakespeare

Certificate presented by The Overseas Club - Empire Day 1916
WW1 - Home Front - Certificate presented by The Overseas Club (now ROSL, the Royal Over-seas League) on Empire Day 1916 to Gertrude Knight

William Pendrill & the Boscobel Oak
William Pendrill, who aided the concealment of King Charles II in the oak tree (pictured) at Boscobel House in Shropshire, after his defeat at the Battle of Worcester in 1651

Anne Damer - 6
Anne Seymour Damer, sculptor whose profligate husband shot himself; friendly with Napoleon, Nelson, Horace Walpole, etc. She was said to be aided by ghosts. Date: 1749 - 1828

Anne Damer - 4
Anne Seymour Damer, sculptor whose profligate husband shot himself; she was friendly with Napoleon, Nelson, Horace Walpole etc, and was rumoured to be aided by ghosts. Date: 1749 - 1828

Anne Damer - 5
Anne Seymour Damer, sculptor whose profligate husband shot himself; friendly with Napoleon, Nelson, Horace Walpole, said to be aided by ghosts. Holding her mallet. Date: 1749 - 1828

Anne Damer - 3
Anne Seymour Damer, sculptor whose profligate husband shot himself; she was friendly with Napoleon, Nelson, Horace Walpole etc, and was rumoured to be aided by ghosts. Date: 1749 - 1828

1st Duke of Devonshire
WILLIAM CAVENDISH, 1ST DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE Aided in raising the north country in favour of William of Orange. Date: 1640 - 1707

Civil War / Dona Maria
The fleet of Dona Maria aided by Sir Charles Napier under Admiral de Ponza, defeats the fleet of Don Miguel off Cape St.Vincent. Date: 1833

Lebanon / Archaeology / Qana
The supposed tomb of Hiram I, King of Tyre (c.969-936 BC). According to the bible he had a close relationship with David, and aided Solomon in the building of his temple. Date: 1902

Dragon of Mons, 1132
Gilles de Chin slays the Dragon of Mons, aided by his dogs and a mysterious Woman in White Date: 1132

Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher(1742-1819), Prince of Wahlstatt. Prussian field marshal who aided Wellington in victory at the battle of Waterloo

Blind Frenchwoman helped from home by British soldiers, WW1
British soldiers helping a blind Frenchwoman out of her house in the village of Masnieres as it was being heavily shelled by the Germans. Date: 1918

Caravan Holiday
A man steps gingerly into a boat on a lake full of waterlilies, aided by a girl, while another girls watches beside a caravan. The ideal camping holiday. Date: early 1930s

Rapids on the Mekong River, Laos
Riding the Rapids on the Mekong River, Laos. Riverbank ropes aid the passage of a canoe across a treacherous rising stretch of water. Date: circa 1907

Wright has it Right 1908
Wilbur Wright, aided by the dazzling clearness of his headlight views the overcrowded chaos in the steets below from the seat of his aircfaft. Date: 1908

H. M.s Glorious
Originally commissioned as a light cruiser, HMS GLORIOUS was later converted into an aircraft carrier. Destroyed by SCHARNHORST after she aided in the evacuation of Norway, 1940 Date: 1930s

The Pluralist, aided by his patron
A satirical comment on the rise of religious pluralism in the mid 19th century

A Skirt Basket 1919
This fashionable young modern woman, aided by the large pockets in her dress can take the children and dog for a walk and still leave her hands free to cary an umbrella

A British gun which aided the attack on German troops in Antwerp

Quack Doctor at Work
Dr Bossey, aided by a monkey and a jester, promoting the sales of his unique medications

Wizard of Oz / Field-Mice
Thousands of field-mice help to pull the sleeping Cowardly Lion away from the deadly poppy field, aided by the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman

Battle of Otumba 1520
At the battle of OTUMBA, Cortes bravely encourages his men, aided by TLASCALANS (enemies of the Aztecs). Although outnumbered, victory is theirs

Pope Leo III
POPE LEO III pope and saint, aided by Charlemagne, whom he then crowned as the first Holy Roman Emperor

Battle of Aspremont C774
The emperor Charlemagne is aided at the battle of Aspremont by a miraculous cross which throws his enemies into disarray

Chicago Strikers / 1886
Strikers in Chicago riot at the McCormick Reaper Works; police, aided by Allan Pinkertonss men (US Secret Service head) fire into the crowd

EARL OF WARWICK 1428-71
RICHARD NEVILLE, EARL OF WARWICK (" THE KINGMAKER" ) Aided Yorkists in the Wars of the Roses; virtual ruler in the early reign of Edward IV

Iran / Hormuz C1600
From 1514 the Portuguese controlled this trading centre, constructing a citadel which was taken in 1622 by Persians aided by the English East India Company

Tourist Climbs Pyramid
A tourists aided in his ascent of one of the Giza pyramids

RIGNY (1782-1835)
HENRI COMTE DE RIGNY French Admiral and diplomat in Greece. Aided by the British in the Battle of Navarino in 1827, which secured Greece independence from Turkey

Dragon Hunt Series - 3
The knight seeks out the dragon in his lair and, aided only by his two faithful hounds, engages the dragon in fight

Gebhard Von Blucher / Mini
GEBHARD LEBERECHT VON BLUCHER Prince of Wahlstatt Prussian field marshal - aided Wellington in victory at Waterloo

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