Fortitude Collection

Entrance to Mr. Holdens Family Vault in St. Bride s
Entrance to Mr. Holdens Family Vault in St. Brides churchyard, one of the few relics after the Fire of London 1666. Built in 1657 with coat of arms above the door

Guided by Matchless Fortitude, by Julia Matthews, WW1
Guided by Matchless Fortitude, To Peace and Truth Thy Glorious Way Hast Ploughed, watercolour by Julia Matthews, First World War. circa 1918

Bitten by rabid dog 1870
A hotel guest in Saratoga (California) is bitten by a rabid dog while dressing for dinner, but with great fortitude she cauterises the wound herself with a hot iron. Date: 1870

Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506). Triumph of the Virtues
Renaissance. Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506). Italian painter. Triumph of the Virtues (Minerva Expelling the Vices from the Garden of Virtue). 1502. Louvre

Spain. Madrid. Pediment of the Congress of Deputies by the S
Spain. Madrid. Pediment of the Congress of Deputies showing Spain embracing the State Constitution and surrounded by Fortitude, Justice, Fine Arts, Commerce, Agriculture, rivers and canals

WW2 Christmas card, looking forward to peacetime. Date: circa 1942

Defensive Position
French infantry take up a defensive position behind earthworks, where they await the enemy attack with fortitude and resolution

Waterloo / Scott Poem 23
NAPOLEONIC WARS " But on the British heart were lost the terrors of the charging host; for not an eye the storm that viewed changed its proud glance of fortitude"

Bleak House / Attorney
Attorney and Client, fortitude and impatience. Mr Vholes, the attorney, sits opposite his frustrated client, Richard Carstone

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