Images Dated 30th July 2015 (#28)

Charles Drelincourt 1595 1669 French Protestant
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Amy Robsart Dudley 1532 1560 Wife Robert Earl
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GEORGE, DUKE OF KENT (right) Younger son of George V, arriving by aeroplane at the Mousehold Aerodrome, Norwich - he was later to die in an air crash Date: 1902 - 1942

STUART/ELIZABETH/COPE
PRINCESS ELIZABETH Death of the second daughter of Charles I, at Carisbrooke Castle on 8 September 1650 Date: 1635 - 1650

Swordstick Sale 1940 Military Weapons Swords
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BATTLE OF MARS-LE-TOUR
Battle of MARS-LE-TOUR the Todesritt (death charge) of the Bredow cavalry brigade Date: 16 August 1870

FREDERICK VIII (1843 - 1912), King of Denmark (1906 - 12) - a commemorative picture soon after his death

EDWARD VII/PHEASANT
EDWARD VII Shooting pheasant at Windsor

Duke of Clarence
ALBERT VICTOR, DUKE OF CLARENCE AND AVONDALE (1864 - 1892), Elder son of Edward VII, died of pneumonia aged 28; drawn at Sandringham 24 hours after his premature death

MCKINLEYS SISTERS VISIT
WILLIAM MCKINLEY The Presidents sisters visit him on his death bed soon after his shooting Date: September 1901

CANADIAN FUNERAL 1726
A funeral among Native Canadians is the occasion for feasting and rejoicing Date: 1726

NAUMACHIA OF NERO
A naumachia staged by the emperor Nero in a flooded amphitheatre near the site of the Vatican : the crews - prisoners or criminals - fought to the death Date: circa 60

NAUMACHIA OF DOMITIAN
A naumachia staged by the emperor Domitian in a flooded amphitheatre : the crews - prisoners or criminals - fought to the death unless spared by the emperor Date: circa 90

Tomb of King Henry VII
Henry VII is entombed in this splendid last resting place, in the Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey, London Date: 1509

BATTLE OF LUTZEN 1632
BATTLE OF LUTZEN The Swedes defeat Wallenstein's imperial army, despite the death of their leader Gustavus Adolphus. Date: 16 November 1632

CANADIAN FUNERAL PROCESS
A Native Canadian funeral procession honours its dead with dancing Date: 1726

VENEZUELAN MOURNING
Venezuelan natives weep over the body of a dead cacique (ruler) Date: 1726

MOURNING, MEXICO 1726
Mexicans mourning their dead Date: 1726

VENEZUELAN MAGIC
Venezuelan natives, after burning the body of a dead cacique (ruler) drink his ashes, in hope of inheriting his virtues and strength Date: 1726

MOURNING, GUINEA
Men of Guinea, West Africa, honour their dead Date: 1726

MEXICAN FUNERAL PROCESS
Funeral procession of the Mexicans Date: 1726

EGERIA MOURNS
Egeria, wife of Numa, second king of Rome, is so sad when he dies that she turns into a fountain, the Egerian Spring

RESTORED BY AESCULAPIUS
Poseidon's sea-monsters so terrify the horses of Hippolytus that they drag him to death ; fortunately Asklepios is able to restore him to life

POLYXENA SACRIFICED
Priam's daughter was loved by Achilles, though an enemy : after his death, Troy fallen, his ghost demands that she be sacrificed so that he may have her in death if not in life

ARMOUR OF ACHILLES
After the death of Achilles, Odysseus & Ajax argue over who should have his armour: finally it is decided that Odysseus should have it

ORPHEUS AND BACCHANTES
After the death of Eurydice, he goes off women, and they off him : when he meets a group of Maenads celebrating Dionysos, they tear him to pieces like wild animals

HYACINTH FATAL ACCIDENT
Hyacinth is playing a game with his lover Apollo, when Zephyr, jealous, directs Apollo's arrow at him : he dies, and from his blood springs a hyacinth flower

THE SIRENS (BRIOT)
To help them seek their friend Persephone, the daughters of Achelous ask the gods for wings and tails ; they become sirens, enticing sailors to death with their singing

THE SIRENS
To help them seek their friend Persephone, the daughters of Achelous ask the gods for wings and tails ; they become sirens, enticing sailors to death with their singing

WILHELM II/DEATH'S HEAD
WILHELM II GERMAN ROYALTY The Kaiser in the uniform of the Death's Head Hussars Date: 1903

NARCISSUS INTO FLOWER
Enchanted by his own reflection, he dies of love for himself, and is changed into a flower

COUNTRY FUNERAL 1869
Slow through the church-way path we saw it borne... Date: 1869

DANIEL AT THE FEAST
Mysterious graffiti appear on the wall when Belshazzar, last king of Babylon, is feasting, Daniel tells him, rightly, that they spell doom for him : the king dies that night

NURSE DEFIES DEATH
Death has come with the intention of taking away her patient, but the nurse defies him Date: circa 1916

ANNANIAS AND SAPPHIRA
Ananias and Sapphira, who like the other early Christians agree to share their goods, cheat : reproved by Peter, first Ananias dies of shame, then Sapphira

MARGERY AND BIRD
Margery's dead brother Walter mischievously pulls down a strongly-secured cabinet on Malcolm Bird, the intrepid investigator of Scientific American Date: 1924

Enoch Taken Heaven Religion Bible Events Old
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ABRAHAM AND ISAAC
He is all set to slit his son Isaac's throat when lo ! an angel turns up just in time with a reprieve for the lad, but a death sentence for a ram caught in a nearby thicket

Sarah Buried Religion Bible Events Old Testament
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ROBERT ARTHUR TALBOT GASCOYNE 3RD MARQUIS OF SALISBURY (1830 - 1903), English MP and Prime Minister in the year of his death

TEMPLE VEIL RENT INTWAIN
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake... the death of Jesus is accompanied by awesome signs

NATHAN AND DAVID
He reprimands David for the seduction of Bathsheba and the death of Uriah, telling him a fictitious tale of a robber : when David blames the robber, Nathan cries Thou art the man

CORNELIS BEUDIN (1615? - 1650), (also known as Godinez) French Jesuit missionary in Mexico, who was privileged to die for his faith though he failed to make sainthood

MATABELE/LAAGER DEFENDED
The Matabele attack a laager of wagons. Date: 1893

Cartoon, Watching the Rhine, France's turn of duty for Die Wacht am Rhein'. Date: 1919

BATTLE OF SPOTSYLVANIA
A continuation of the Battle of the Wilderness, the Confederates under General Lee attacked by Grant. Both armies ended in their original positions with heavy losses. Date: 10-12 May 1864

SPANISH WAR/CAMP POSTER
Propaganda poster from Communist group Socorro Rojo de Espana advertising children's summer camps at the seaside Date: 1936 - 1939

CIVIL WAR DUBLIN 1922
Civil war in Dublin - the last rebels are forced to yield because of a fire. Date: 1922

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