Crusade Gallery

The Last Crusade by Bernard Partridge in Punch WW1

The Last Crusade. Coeur-de-Lion (looking down on the Holy City). "My dream comes true." Drawn by Bernard Partridge and published in Punch in December 1917, the image is a comment on General Allenby's entry into Jerusalem in October that year, and was treated with suitable patriotism and historical reference by the British press. Date: 1917

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Tomb of a knight who had participated in a crusade

Tomb of a knight who had participated in a crusade, with crucifix and cupid. Copied from Aubin-Louis Milin's Antiquites Nationales, 1791. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages, Chez Collignon, Metz, 1810. Date:

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Emperor Heraclius killing Persian King Khosrau

Byzantine Emperor Heraclius in red cross surtout killing Sassanid Persian King Khosrau II on a bridge over the Danube. Painting on the north side of the Chancel. Handcoloured etching drawn and etched by Thomas Fisher from his Paintings on the Walls of the Chapel of the Trinity, Stratford upon Avon, 1808. Date:

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