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Conquering Collection

Background imageConquering Collection: Hillary and Tensing Bhutia conquering Everest

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

Background imageConquering Collection: Zulu War Britannia 1879

Zulu War Britannia 1879
British Imperialism symbolically represented at the time of the Zulu War

Background imageConquering Collection: Manchester United Fc

Manchester United Fc
MANCHESTER UNITED FC The modern day all conquering side looking not so invincible in 1905

Background imageConquering Collection: Sultan Selim I conquering Egypt

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

Background imageConquering Collection: A Christmas Day Coronation: William the Conqueror rides to Westminster Abbey to receive the Crown

A Christmas Day Coronation: William the Conqueror rides to Westminster Abbey to receive the Crown of England - December 25, 1066 Date: 1066

Background imageConquering Collection: WW1 - Victory in Paris - Mound of Captured German Guns

WW1 - Victory in Paris - Mound of Captured German Guns with a French Cock on top on the Champs Elysees - 14th July 1919. Date: 1919

Background imageConquering Collection: Red Indian Chief - Circling Bear

Red Indian Chief - Circling Bear (1800-1854), sporting a fantastic feather headdress and long pipe. Chief Conquering Bear was a Brule Lakota leader who signed the Fort Laramie Treaty in 1851

Background imageConquering Collection: Book cover design, Conquering the Air

Book cover design, Conquering the Air: the Romance of the Development and Use of Aircraft, by Archibald Williams, London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, Ltd, 1926. 1926

Background imageConquering Collection: La Route Aux Courses by Edmund Blampied

La Route Aux Courses by Edmund Blampied
An impression of a typical scene on the road to the racecourse at Dinard. The all-conquering motor has not yet entirely ousted the more elegante horse equipage

Background imageConquering Collection: Apocalyptic Horsemen

Apocalyptic Horsemen
Two horsemen from the Apocalypse - the conquering king on a white horse, the taker-away of peace on a red horse - from an English manuscipt of the Apocalypse

Background imageConquering Collection: Napoleon Arrives at Elba

Napoleon Arrives at Elba
Napoleon arrives on the island of Elba which has been assigned to him as his kingdom, after conquering most of Europe

Background imageConquering Collection: Last of the Picts

Last of the Picts
A legend from Galloway tells how the last Pict refuses to divulge to the conquering Scots the secret of how to make heather-ale. The secret is lost

Background imageConquering Collection: Ww1 / 1918 / Allies Retreat

Ww1 / 1918 / Allies Retreat
The Allies retreat before the all-conquering might of the German spring offensive !


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