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Judicious Amelioration, 1871.Artist: Coide

Judicious Amelioration, 1871. A caricature of Alexander Baillie-Cochrane (1816-1890), British politician. Baillie-Cochrane was a Conservative MP who represented Bridport, Lanarkshire, Honiton and the Isle of Wight in a parliamentary career that stretched from 1841 to 1880. A print from Vanity Fair, 2 December 1871

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The Scene on Spion Kop - Major Thorneycrofts Desperate Situation, 1900. Creator: Frank Craig

The Scene on Spion Kop - Major Thorneycroft's Desperate Situation, 1900. British forces captured what they thought was the summit of Spion Kop. The Boers held higher ground and counter-attacked, swarming the British position, all higher ranking British officers were killed or mortally wounded, leaving Thorneycroft the most senior officer present. From "South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. III", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1900]

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Death of Major Skene and his wife at Jhansi, 1857, (c1860)

Death of Major Skene and his wife at Jhansi, 1857, (c1860). Scene during the period of East India Company rule: a British officer, holding his dead wife in his arms, shoots himself as the mutineers attack. Illustration from The History of the Indian Mutiny, by Charles Ball, Volume IV, The London Printing & Publishing Company, (c1860)

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