Belgium Collection (page 17)

Pepin of Herstal, (635 / 45- 714)
Pepin of Herstal, (635/45- 714). Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia from 680 to his death and of Neustria and Burgundy from 687 to 695. Colored engraving. 19th century

Workers strike in Jumet (Belgium) on 26 March 1886. Strikers destroying an smelter in the H. Bandoux glass factory. Engraving

Cartoon, Bubbles, WW1
Cartoon, Bubbles, showing Kaiser Wilhelm in a parody of Millais painting for Pears Soap. 1914-1918

Jacques Boonen
JACQUES BOONEN Archbishop of Mechelen (Malines), Belgium. Date: 1573 - 1655

Belgian farmer Jan-Baptist Meuleman of Oordegem, Belgium holds two types of sickle formerly used for harvesting. Date: 1950

Belgica Expedition - Port of Antwerp, Belgium
The Belgica expedition which gathered many geological samples. The Belgica in Antwerp (Anvers), Belgium. Date: 1897-98

Queen Mary of Teck and Elisabeth of Belgium
ELISABETH OF BAVARIA Wife of Albert I, King of Belgium, with Mary, Queen of Britain (left)

Devils House (Duivelshuis), Malines (Mechelen), Belgium
Devils House (Duivelshuis, or Prodigal Son), a wooden gothic building in Malines (Mechelen), Belgium, dating back to the 16th century. The name comes from Biblical scenes carved above the door

Rood screen, Church of St Gommaire, Lierre (Lier), Belgium
Ornate rood screen in the Church of St Gommaire (Gummarus), Lierre (Lier), Belgium, dating back to the 17th century. Date: circa 1910

Ornate doors, Church of St Martin, Hal (Halle), Belgium, dating back to the 14th and 15th centuries. Date: circa 1910

Fireplace in Town Hall, Courtrai, Belgium
Ornately carved stone fireplace, Aldermens Chamber, Town Hall, Courtrai (Kortrijk), Belgium, dating back to the 16th century. Date: circa 1910

Maison des Brasseurs, Anvers (Antwerp), Belgium
Great Hall of the Maison Hydraulique or Maison des Brasseurs (Brewers House), Anvers (Antwerp), Belgium, dating back to the 16th century. Date: circa 1910

Dining Room of the Savoy Hotel, Knokke Le Zoute, Belgium. Date: circa 1940s

Altar, Basilica of the Holy Blood, Bruges, Belgium
White marble altar with silver tabernacle, Basilica of the Holy Blood (St Sang), Bruges, Belgium, a Roman Catholic basilica dating back to the 12th century

Terrace of the Hotel du Grand Miroir, Brussels, Belgium
Terrace restaurant of the Hotel du Grand Miroir, Brussels, Belgium. Date: circa 1908

Lace-Making in the town of Bruges, Belgium 1907
Mid-aged women working in their homes in Fladers on pillow lace-making. Working lots of hours for not much pay from seven in the morning till ten at night

Town Hall, Termonde (Dendermonde), Belgium
Town Hall (originally Cloth Hall) and Belfry, Termonde (Dendermonde), Belgium, dating back to the 14th century. Date: circa 1910

House interior, Chicken Market, Gand (Ghent), Belgium
House interior with ornate fireplace in the Chicken Market, Gand (Ghent), Belgium, dating back to the 17th century. Date: circa 1910

Church of Notre Dame, Aerschot (Aarschot), Belgium, dating back to the 16th century. circa 1910

The Epic of Arnhem, WW2
The Epic of Arnhem, where the First Airborne Division saw action during the Second World War. Showing how the newcomers at Arnhem were welcomed as they landed by parachute. Date: 1944

The Men who fought at Arnhem, WW2
The men who fought at Arnhem in a struggle against the odds during the Second World War. A double page spread of seven photographs, picturing Major-General Urquhart

Captured S. S. Trooper, Belgium
Soldiers of the 82nd American Airborne Division bring an S.S.Trooper back to Allied lines, captured between Malmedy and Marche during a reconnaissance patrol following the German counter-offensive

Battle of the Bulge, 1944
An American half-track vehicle carrying troops passes German prisoners of war being marched along the road near Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, Date: 27 December 1944

Relief of Bastogne
American soldiers advance through the forest of Ardennes, on their way to relieve the besieged town of Bastogne which had been surrounded during the German counter-offensive which became known as

German counter-offensive in the Ardennes
A German soldier during the Ardennes counter-offensive of 1944, known as the Battle of the Bulge Date: 1944

Junkers D I German fighter plane photographed in a field in Belgium on 21 January 1919. Although left abandoned in the open for more than three months, it was still deemed to be basically airworthy

Triumphant variety of Cattleya trianae orchid.. Illustration drawn by C. de Bruyne and chromolithographed by P. de Pannemaeker from Lucien Lindens Lindenia, Iconography of Orchids, Brussels, 1903

Laelia grandis var Tenebrosa sub-var superbiens orchid
Laelia grandis var. Tenebrosa sub-var. superbiens orchid.. Illustration drawn by C. de Bruyne and chromolithographed by P

Major Richardson leaves for Belgium with bloodhounds, WW1
Major Edwin Hauteville Richardson, Army officer and famous dog trainer, pictured at Charing Cross station with his Red Cross bloodhounds leaving for the seat of war in Belgium

90th Infantry Division in Bastogne
Soldiers and vehicles of the American 90th Infantry Division in the Belgian town of Bastogne. The town had been under siege in December 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge

87th Infantry Division in St Hubert
During the Battle of the Bulge American soldiers of the 87th Division enter the town of St Hubert in Belgium shortly after the German occupiers had left. Date: January 1945

Anglo-Belgian war memorial unveiled, 1920
The unveiling of the Anglo-Belgian War Memorial on the Victoria Embankment, London, on 12th October 1920, the fifth anniversary of the shooting of Edith Cavell in Brussels

Nagant-Hobson Vintage Car, Belgium. Date: 1910s

WATTEAU de LILLE, Louis-Joseph Watteau, called (1731-1798). Street musicians (Musiciens ambulants). Rococo. Oil on canvas. BELGIUM. WALLONIA. HAINAUT. Tournai. Fine Arts Museum

World War I. Invasion of Belgium (1914). Detachment defending Belgian village fo Lombaertayde, NE of Niewpoort

LEOPOLD I of Belgium (1790-1865). King of Belgium (1831-1865). WINTERHALTER, Franz Xavier (1805-1873). Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES. Versailles. Palace of Versailles

Planispheric astrolabe. 1569. Manufactured in golden brass by Gualterus Arsenius, disciple of the dutch astronomer Regnier Gemma Frisius (1508-1555). Metals. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris

War mask pongdudu, made by Boa people (Congo). Used to engender fear in the enemy and served during war and dances. African art. Decorative Arts. BELGIUM. FLANDERS. BRABANT. Tervuren

Mask. Bembe Art (Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Tanzania). African art. Sculpture on wood. BELGIUM. FLANDERS. BRABANT. Tervuren

VAN EYCK, Hubert and Jan. Ghent Altarpiece
EYCK, Hubert van (1370-1426). The Ghent Altarpiece or Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. 1425-1432. BELGIUM. Ghent. Saint Bavo Cathedral. Eve, from the right wing of the Ghent Altarpiece

OLEFFE, Auguste (1867-1931). Young girl at the waters edge. 1899. Impressionism. Oil on canvas. BELGIUM. WALLONIA. HAINAUT. Tournai. Fine Arts Museum

Belgian plane shooting down a Taube over Yser, WW1
Belgian plane shooting down a German Taube over Yser, Belgium. Date: 1914

Charleroi by Joseph Pennell
Charleroi in Belgium in the municipality of Wallonia in the province of Hainault. Renowned for its coal mining and steel industry, the landscape is typically industrial. Date: 1914

Prince Edward of Wales(future Edward VIII), at the Menin Gate
Prince Edward of Wales (future Edward VIII) among the pilgrims: the great ceremony of rememberance at the Menin Gate, Ypres

Yser and flour mill, Dixmude, Belgium, WW1
River Yser and flour mill, Dixmude (Diksmuide), Belgium, First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Bridges of Nieuport (Nieuwpoort), Belgium, WW1
Bridges of Nieuport (Nieuwpoort), Belgium, First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Life Amongst the Sand Bags by Hugo Morgan, WW1
Book Cover mounted on card - Life Amongst the Sand Bags by Hugo Morgan (The Soldier Books). Design by 240455 Private George Barrow, 6th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (formerly 7389)

Struggle for the Yser Canal, First World War
Desperate struggle between German and Belgian troops in a German attack on the Yser Canal, Belgium. Fierce hand to hand fighting; some cows which had been grazing in a field nearby were killed by

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