Major Collection (page 29)

France / Pont Du Gard
Roman aqueduct : though now a major tourist attraction, it is more dilapidated today than when this engraving was made

French Sick Parade
French soldiers who have medical complaints attend the sick parade of the Medecin- Major

Air Force Major
Soviet Air Force Major in the cabin of his plane, maintaining contact with the ground forces

Edward VII in Marienbad for the water cure; Sir Stanley Clarke and Major Ponsonby in attendance

German major in uniform

Battle of Valmy (Vernet)
BATTLE OF VALMY The French defeat the Prussians : the victory is a major morale-builder for the Revolutionary government

Italian Offensive / 1936
A major air and land offensive by the Italians against the Ethiopians

Steamboats at Pittsburgh
Federal steamboats at Pittsburgh Landing are used by Major General Grant as his headquarters

Menelik & Salsa / 1896
The meeting of Menelik, one of Ethiopias greatest emperors with Major Salsa of the Italian envoy

Squadron Sergeant Major
A Squadron Sergeant Major from the 14th Hussars. (King s), raised in 1715

Sergeant Major
A Sergeant Major from the 21st Lancers (Empress of India s)

DRUM MAJOR
Drum Major from the Coldstream Guards. Raised in 1650, it received its title at the time of the Restoration

Macgregor / Miles Hawk Maj
Malcolm MacGregor, New Zealand aviator, and his Miles Hawk Major

Perseval Airship 1915
Parseval military airship : its inventor, Major von Parseval, claims it can be inflated/deflated more rapidly than any competing airship

Great Spotted Woodpecker
A pair of GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERS (Dendrocopus major) feed their offspring who are nesting in the bark of a tree

Bewcastle Fort
The site of Bewcastle 24km NE of Carlisle. A later castle was built in a corner of the original Roman fort, which protected a major route of attack toward Hadrians Wall

Major John Andre - 3
MAJOR JOHN ANDRE Military in America, where he was captured and hanged as a spy

Wwi / Serbs Welcome French
French troops arrive to bolster the Serb army against a major Autumn offensive by the Central Powers. It was to no avail, and Serbia had fallen by November

1916 / Verdun / Fort Vaux
Major Raynal and his batallion lead the heroic French defence of Fort Vaux. It falls to the Germans in June but is retaken by the French in November 1916

Wspu Fife & Drum Band
The WSPU Fife & Drum Band marching with Mary Leigh as drum-major

Edward Braddock
EDWARD BRADDOCK British Major General and commander in chief of forces in America. Led expedition against Fort Duquesne (1755)

Schubert / Mass No 1 in F
Erste Messe (F dur) (First Mass, in F major)

Jockey / Frank Furlong 20C
Frank Furlong, jockey, in the colours of Major Noel Furlong

Jockey / Harry Beasley 20C
Harry Beasley, jockey, in the colours of Major D McAlmont

Russia-Japan War Filmed
French cameramen cover the Russia-Japan War - the first film record of a major war

Wwi / Lemburg Battle
Austrian forces advance during one of the two major battles against the Russians at Lemburg (Lvov) in Galicia. Date: 1914-1915

Roman Chariot Race
A major Roman chariot race is run at a circus

Loder by Spy, 1906
Sporting Major Eustace Loder in a double-breasted pin- stripe suit with trousers that taper at the ankles, a wing collar, striped shirt, bowler hat, cane, town boots & gloves

Federation, Paris 1790
In the Champ de Mars, Paris, as in major cities throughout the country, the Federation is proclaimed by the Assemblee Constituante, to signalise the nation united by revolution

Newcastle Ca 1790
A superb view of the city from the south, the Tyne busy with shipping, showing that this is a major port though the town itself relatively small, with fields close by

Flowers / Cassell s
Hedera Helix; Scilla (Wild Hyacinth); Corylus (Catkin); Cheiranthus; Dianthus; Bellis Perennis; Aesculus; Plantago Major; Arum

Blunt / Canis Major / Pl 51
The constellation of Canis Major - a large dog in a begging position

Blunt / Ursa Minor / Pl 25
Ursa Minor and Draco : the pole star is situated at the extremity of the tail of Ursa Minor. Draco separates Ursa Major from Ursa Minor by a portion of its tail

Racial / Brazil Mass C1820
The womenfolk of a well-to-do Brazilian family go to Mass, led by their liveried major-domo

Perseval Airship
Major von Persevals contribution to military aviation will be eclipsed by the Zeppelins

Inchon, Korea
A major seaport of Korea, formerly known as Chemulpo to some, Jinsen to others. Also a Korean nobleman in his distinctive hat

Townsville Queensland
You wouldn t guess it from this picturesque view, but Townsville is a major seaport and industrial city

Interrogating Austrian
He personally interrogates a captured Austrian major

Major Esterhazy / Sketch
MAJOR MCFW ESTERHAZY French Major associated with the Dreyfus case

Plants / Narcissus Major
GREAT DAFFODIL

The Majors Game
Sphairiotikon or The Majors Game, precursor of Lawn tennis Date: 1873

Hyginus / Canis Major
Canis - the Dog Star(S)

Benedict Arnold and Major Andre
Benedict Arnold persuades Major Andre to conceal papers in his boot, causing him to be hanged as a spy when captured by the patriots

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