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Background imageBattlefield Collection: Portonaccio sarcophagus

Portonaccio sarcophagus
Roman Art. Italy. Portonaccio sarcophagus. Dated in the 2nd century. Tomb of a Roman general who participated in the German campaigns against Germanic barbarians with the Emperor Marcus Aurelius

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Cartoon, Hell for Horses, WW1

Cartoon, Hell for Horses, WW1
Cartoon, Hell for Horses. A horse on the battlefield says that those who say Paris is hell for horses should give this place a try. Date: 1917

Background imageBattlefield Collection: History of the Napoleonic Empire (XVIII century). Napoleonic

History of the Napoleonic Empire (XVIII century). Napoleonic Wars. Fightt between french troops and cosacks on the Russian front. Colored engraving

Background imageBattlefield Collection: First World War. Poster

First World War. Poster
WORLD WAR (1914-1918). Poster. Day of the african army and colonial troops by Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947). Paris. France

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Ancient Battlefield Memorial at Lushunkou, China (Ryojun)

Ancient Battlefield Memorial at Lushunkou, China (Ryojun)
Ancient Battlefield Memorial at Ryojun (present-day Lushunkou, Peoples Republic of China formerly Port Arthur) - the major navy base for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Kwantung Leased Territory

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Ww1 Postcard / Heart 1914

Ww1 Postcard / Heart 1914
A soldier on the battlefield dreams of the girl he left behind him. Date: 1914

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Ww1 Postcard Long Trail

Ww1 Postcard Long Trail
A soldier on the battlefield thinks of his sweetheart waiting for him at home. Date: 1914

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Cartoon, They are giving their blood, WW1

Cartoon, They are giving their blood, WW1
" While the businessmen rake in the cash, the soldiers are paying with their blood" 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Cartoon, New Year gifts for France, WW1

Cartoon, New Year gifts for France, WW1
Cartoon, New Year gifts for France -- Peace... but only with Victory. A French soldier sees a vision on the battlefield. Date: 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: John Anthony Quitman

John Anthony Quitman
JOHN ANTHONY QUITMAN American soldier and statesman Date: 1799 - 1858

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Reporter, Reichshoffen

Reporter, Reichshoffen
The correspondent of La Guerre Illustree on the battlefield of Reichshoffen Date: 1870

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Military / Dress / 15th Cent

Military / Dress / 15th Cent
Armour and helmets - the more fancy ones were intended for use in the tournament rather than the battlefield Date: 14th/15th centuries

Background imageBattlefield Collection: American victory at New Orleans

American victory at New Orleans. Date: 8 January 1815

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Tourists at Waterloo

Tourists at Waterloo
Tourists, visiting the battlefield of Waterloo, have the battle explained to them by a local guide Date: 1888

Background imageBattlefield Collection: The Soldier Priest by J W Whitbread

The Soldier Priest by J W Whitbread
Promotional postcard for The Soldier Priest by J. W. Whitbread. First produced Wolverhampton, 31st January 1916. Soldiers on the battlefield are visible behind the priest

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Russian soldiers on the eastern front, Russia, WW1

Russian soldiers on the eastern front, Russia, WW1
Russian soldiers on the eastern front during the First World War -- a reserve regiment taking the place of one that had become demoralised and abandoned their position. Date: circa 1917

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Russian soldiers in action on the eastern front, Russia, WW1

Russian soldiers in action on the eastern front, Russia, WW1
Russian soldiers in action in " no mans land" on the eastern front during the First World War -- a shock battalion taking German trenches

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Russian troops in retreat, Eastern Front, Russia, WW1

Russian troops in retreat, Eastern Front, Russia, WW1
Russian troops in retreat from frontline trenches under fire from the German side on the Eastern Front, Russia, during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Cartoon, Russian army on battlefield, WW1

Cartoon, Russian army on battlefield, WW1
Cartoon, Russian army charging across a battlefield. A Russian man tells a French man that they will soon put paid to the German enemy. Date: 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Cartoon, Older soldiers round the campfire, WW1

Cartoon, Older soldiers round the campfire, WW1
Cartoon, a group of old and middle aged French soldiers sit round the campfire near Verdun as the snow falls. Date: 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Cartoon, Encounter, WW1

Cartoon, Encounter, WW1
Cartoon, Encounter. A young soldier meets his uncle who seems younger than when he last saw him. The uncle replies that he was in the territorial army

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Cartoon, Between two attacks, WW1

Cartoon, Between two attacks, WW1
Cartoon, Between two attacks. French soldiers in a trench relax, eat, drink and play cards in a quiet moment on the Western Front. Date: 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Cartoon, Childhood memories, WW1

Cartoon, Childhood memories, WW1
Cartoon, Childhood memories. An old soldier says he feels young again, invigorated by the fresh air of the Western Front. Another man says its more to do with the lice. Date: 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Field Marshal Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st The Duke of Wellingt

Field Marshal Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st The Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) as an old man surveying the battlefield of Waterloo, 1840 (c)Oil on canvas, after Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846)

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Advanced field ambulances, WW1

Advanced field ambulances, WW1
Advanced field ambulances near the battlefield, ready to receive wounded soldiers. Date: circa 1915

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Ninth Lancers in Great War Deeds, WW1

Ninth Lancers in Great War Deeds, WW1
The Ninth (Queens Royal) Lancers charging to recapture British guns temporarily in the hands of the Germans, a deed that won the Victoria Cross for Captain F O Grenfell

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Debris on the Western Front, WW1

Debris on the Western Front, WW1
Debris left behind on a battlefield on the Western Front, WW1. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Two pages of a book, The Somme, Michelin

Two pages of a book, The Somme, Michelin
Two pages of a book, The Somme, Volume I, The First Battle of the Somme (1916-1917), published by Michelin, 1919, dedicated to the memory of Michelin workmen and employees who lost their lives

Background imageBattlefield Collection: WW1 - Comrades in victory

WW1 - Comrades in victory
WW1 - A French and British comrade on the battlefield congratulating each other after their victory. Date: 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Michelin guides to WW1 battle fields

Michelin guides to WW1 battle fields
Advertisement for Michelin travel guides, essential for a visit to First World War battlefields. Date: 1920

Background imageBattlefield Collection: WW1 cartoon, Somme Post Office

WW1 cartoon, Somme Post Office, showing business as usual with a pile of mailbags. Cartoon by H. H. Knight. Date: 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Cartoon, The bad cloud, WW1

Cartoon, The bad cloud, WW1
Cartoon, The bad cloud, showing a cloud of gas billowing across the battlefield, just as the French soldiers are preparing to charge

Background imageBattlefield Collection: WWI Poster, French War Loan

WWI Poster, French War Loan
Design by Sem, French War Loan poster, October 1918. Showing soldiers on the battlefield. Date: 1918

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Belgian troops with dogs

Belgian troops with dogs
Belgian dogs once harnessed to dairy cars, being used to pull the machine-guns into position on the battlefield. Date: December 1914

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Sphere cover - artillery negotiating shell craters, Matania

Sphere cover - artillery negotiating shell craters, Matania
British artillery in difficulty among shell craters in August 1918. Shell craters were created by explosions, could easily subside and filled with water in wet weather

Background imageBattlefield Collection: King George V at the graveside of a soldier, WW1

King George V at the graveside of a soldier, WW1
King George V beside the grave of a British soldier, marked with a cross and a steel helmet, on the battlefield during a visit to the Front in 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Graphic cover - periscope on the battlefield, WW1

Graphic cover - periscope on the battlefield, WW1
Front cover of The Graphic featuring a photograph of a British officer posing inside a German armoured observation post captured by the British in Flanders Date: 1917

Background imageBattlefield Collection: German troops running from a British gas attack, WW1

German troops running from a British gas attack, WW1
German troops near Fleurbaix, pictured running from a British gas attack. The attack was seen as justified by the British press because the Germans had used gas first

Background imageBattlefield Collection: British Military Poster, WW1

British Military Poster, WW1
Back Him Up. Buy War Bonds. Poster after artist Frank Brangwyn, 1917 (c). British soldier bayonetting a German. Date: 1917

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Patriotic ashtray showing a British Tommy on a battlefield

Patriotic ashtray showing a British Tommy on a battlefield, the Union Jack fluttering beside him. Commemorative Ware

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Cheer O! Christmas, 1918 Christmas card

Cheer O! Christmas, 1918 Christmas card
Cheer O! Christmas, 1918. Christmas card for Section Sanitaire No. 58. English School. Date: 1918

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Howitzers shelling German positions, WW1

Howitzers shelling German positions, WW1
Battlefield panorama showing a battery of Howitzers shelling German positions at Cambrai in 1918. By Lieutenant Douglas Sharpus Andrews, SGA, ARCA (1885-1944), Royal Garrison Artillery. 1918

Background imageBattlefield Collection: WWI tank inkwell

WWI tank inkwell
First World War tank inkwell laying on a battlefield mounted on a wooden plinth. Trench Art

Background imageBattlefield Collection: King George V examining memorials on the battlefield

King George V examining memorials on the battlefield
King George V visiting the British lines on the Western front and reading the inscription on a memorial to a fallen soldier. The Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) is in the background. Date: 1914

Background imageBattlefield Collection: A group of soldiers running across a battlefield, WW1

A group of soldiers running across a battlefield, WW1
A group of soldiers running across a battlefield, by Gunner F J Mears, BEF, Royal Garrison Artillery (d. 1929)

Background imageBattlefield Collection: The Royal Gala Performance, Paris Opera, April 1914

The Royal Gala Performance, Paris Opera, April 1914. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time

Background imageBattlefield Collection: R F A mule-teams pulling limbers over a shell torn track

R F A mule-teams pulling limbers over a shell torn track
R.F.A. mule-teams pulling limbers over a shell torn track.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Armistice Anniversary Night, Trafalgar Square

Armistice Anniversary Night, Trafalgar Square, 11 November 1922. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time



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