Conquer Collection

Hillary and Tensing Bhutia conquering Everest
Front cover of The Illustrated London News showing Sir Edmund Hillary together with Sherpa Tensing Bhutia reaching the summit of Mount Everest on May 29 1953

Suffragette Demonstration Rally Hyde Park
The Great Suffragette Demonstration held on 23rd July 1910. banners held aloft include Fortune Favours The Brave, Arise Go Forth & Conquer and the Emmeline Pankhurst banner. Date: 23rd July 1910

Conquer Hill, Clontarf
A view of Conquer Hill at Clontarf in Ireland

Sultan Selim I conquering Egypt
Sultan Selim I, nicknamed Yavuz " the Stern", " the Steadfast" or " the Grim" (1465?-1520) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520

Elizabeth Yates (nee Brunton), actress, as Miss Hardcastle
Elizabeth Yates (nee Brunton, 1799-1860), English actress, as Miss Hardcastle in Goldsmith's play, She Stoops to Conquer Date: circa 1818

The Gem of Augustus, or Gemma Augustea, a sardonyx cameo depicting the apotheosis of Augustus. Augustus, Oikoumene, Roma, Neptune, and Gaia are trampling the armour of defeated German

Tenochtitlan before the Spanish Arrived
Tenochtitlan city before the Spanish conquest. Date: 1519

Charles V Authorises Pizarro to Conquer and Govern Peru
Charles V sits and receives Pizarro and then authorises the invasion and conquest of Peru. Date: 1528

Pizarro Forced to Retreat
Pizarro and his men being forced to retreat by the Incan army. Date: 1525

GUILLAUME DE HAINAULT
The duke Albert of Bavaria & his son the count dOstrevant set out to conquer Friesland. They defeat the Frieslanders but then return. Date: Middle ages

Farnborough 92 - unknown aircraft logo ( in hoc signo vinces - In this sign you will conquer) Date: 1992

The Battle of Alexander at Issus. Oil painting by the German
Albrecht Altdorfer (1480-1538). German artist, member of the Danube School. The Batlle of Alexander at Issus, 1529. It portrays the 330 BC Batlle of Issus

Carolingian Empire. The army of Charles the Great
" Carolingian Empire. The army of Charles the Great fighting to conquer Rome. Miniature from " Ogier le Danois", illustrated by Antoine Verard (Paris, 1498). Gothic art

Tamerlane - Timur Lenk
TIMUR LENK (Timur the Lame) Turkic conqueror, made himself Lord of Transoxiana with capital at Samarkand. Died during expedition to conquer China

Cartoon, Mr Pettitt, The Spiders Web
Cartoon, Mr Pettitt takes the Spiders Web to a better Pitch. A satirical comment on Henry Alfred Pettitt (1848-1893), British actor and dramatist, with a reference to the title of one of his plays

She stoops to Conquer, or the Long & Short of it
She Stoops to Conquer or The Long & Short of It - a couple very in love but completely un-matched in terms of height! Date: 1907

Boarding in Salou of James I of Aragon (1208-1276) to conque
James I of Aragon (1208-1276). King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona. Boarding of James I in Salou to conquer Majorca, 1229. Engraving in The Catalan Illustration, 1904

Conquest of the city of Seo de Urgell by the General liberal
Fight between liberals and absolutists. Conquest of the city of Seo de Urgell by the General liberal, Francisco Espoz y Mina (1781-1836), 1822. Lithograph by Vidal (Liberal Triennium). Colored

Spain. Third Carlist War (1872-1876). Martinez -Campos (1831
Spain. Third Carlist War (1872-1876). Liberal military Arsenio Martinez -Campos (1831-1900) conquered Miravet Castle, on June 24, 1875. Catalonia. Engraving

Peninsular War (1808-1814)Conquest and plunder of the monastery of Montserrat by French troops, 1811. Lithography, 19th century

Caricature of Lillie Langtry, actress and producer
Caricature of Lillie Langtry (Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, 1853-1929), actress and producer. Seen here entering the Haymarket Theatre, London, by the Stage Door for her debut public appearance

Caricature of the comic actor Lionel Brough
Caricature of the British comic actor Lionel Brough -- Fal-LAL-la. Seen here in the role of Tony Lumpkin in the play She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith. circa 1870s

Winifred Emery (1861 - 1924) - English actress and actor-manager of the Victorian era. Wife of the actor Cyril Maude. Photograph here in She Stoops to Conquer. Date: 1900

URBAN II (c. 1035 - 1099). Pope of the Catholic Church (1088-1099). He preached the First Crusade (1096-1099). Urban II authorizes the exit to conquer the Holy Land at the Council of Clermont in

Cartoon, Poincare and Kaiser, WW1
Cartoon, showing President Raymond Poincare of France on his way to Bordeaux (where the French government relocated in the early days of the First World War)

General Booth Looks for New Worlds to Conquer
General Booth 1829-1912 Looks for New Worlds to Conquer (1912). Wilson, David 1873 - 1934. Date: 1912

Grandes Chroniques de France (14th c. ). Charlemagne
Grandes Chroniques de France (14th c.). Charlemagne holds Roland, dead after trying to conquer Pamplona (778). Franch Gothic-style. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Castres. Goya Museum

Italian unification (1859). Battle of Palestro (May 30th). The piedmonteses and the French army conquer the Austrians. Litography

The English conquer Quebec (13th September 1759). Engraving. CANADA. Toronto. Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)

Miss Hardcastle
Fancy dress costume suggesting the character of Miss Hardcastle from She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith. The outfit comprises of a short skirt of olive green made plain

Flemish King & Soldiers
The duke Albert of Bavaria & his son the count d Ostrevant set out to conquer Friesland. They defeat the Frieslanders but then return

Pizarro Leaves Panama
Pizarro sets sail from Panama to conquer peru

Japan - Mongols Checked
The Mongols, under Kublai Khan, seek to conquer Japan but their invasion fleet is devastated by storms, and the Japanese finish off any vessels which survive

Romans at Capua
The Romans conquer Capua, but negotiate an agreement in respect of the Samnite wars. (All rather complicated !)

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