Belgium Collection (page 38)

The Stock Exchange, Antwerp, Belgium, c1937-c1938. Antwerps stock exchange was built in 1531. It was renovated in the 19th century after it burned down in a fire in 1858

Guard of Honour from HMS Sirius, Antwerp, c1946-c1949
Guard of Honour from HMS Sirius, Antwerp, Belgium, c1946-c1949. Sailors from the British cruiser Sirius preparing to march through the city to lay a wreath at the war memorial

The Fish Market, Antwerp, Belgium, 19th century. Artist: J Rogers
The Fish Market, Antwerp, Belgium, 19th century

Battle of Fleurus, 16 June 1794 (1882-1884). Artist: E Deschamps
Battle of Fleurus, 16 June 1794 (1882-1884). At Fleurus, the French under Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan defeated the Austrians during the French Revolutionary Wars

Fedora, 1882 (1889). Believed to be a portrait of the French actress Sarah Bernhardt in the role of Fedora. A print from Figaro Exposition, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co, Limited

Captured German guns, Brussels, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Captured German guns, Brussels, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Mining at Messines Ridge, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Mining at Messines Ridge, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. The Battle of Messines was launched on June 7, 1917 by British General Herbert Plumers Second Army

Battlefield scene, Passchendaele, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Battlefield scene, Passchendaele, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Sir Douglas Haig inspecting sailors, World War I, 1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Sir Douglas Haig inspecting sailors, World War I, 1918. Haig, commander of the British Expeditionary Force, inspecting participants in the raids on Ostend and Zeebrugge

Sunken warship HMS Vindictive, Ostend, Belgium, World War I, 1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Sunken warship HMS Vindictive, Ostend, Belgium, World War I, 1918. A cruiser launcehed in 1897, HMS Vindictive was modified in 1918 with her guns replaced by howitzers

Canossa, 1878 (1882). The Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV doing penance at the Italian town of Canossa in 1077 in order to have Pope Gregory VII reverse his excommunication

Luther at the Diet of Worms, 1882. Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a major inspiration behind the Reformation. He was excommunicated by Pope Leo IX in 1521 and declared an outlaw at the Diet of Worms

Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian playwright, poet and essayist, 1915. A member of the Symbolist movement, Maeterlinck (1862-1949) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1911

Belgian stretcher bearers carrying wounded in a trench, Dixmude, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Winter in the Belgian trenches at Nieupoort, Belgium 20th century. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Winter in the Belgian trenches at Nieupoort, Belgium 20th century. Stereoscopic card detail

Troops on a night raid leave by a sap for the enemy lines, 20th century. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Troops on a night raid leave by a sap for the enemy lines, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Soldiers leaving a trench for a night raid at Messines, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

La Route Zelandaise, 1898. Artist: Albert Baertsoen
La Route Zelandaise, 1898. Plate taken from The Studio magazine, volume 14, no 66 (London, 15th September 1898)

La Grande Rue, Flandre, 1898. Artist: Albert Baertsoen
La Grande Rue, Flandre, 1898. Plate taken from The Studio magazine, volume 14, no 66 (London, 15th September 1898)

Albert Baertsoen (1866-1922), Belgian printmaker, 1898. Plate taken from The Studio magazine, volume 14, no 66 (London, 15th September 1898)

Menno van Coehoorn, Dutch soldier and military engineer, at the Siege of Namur, 1692, (c1870). Artist: W Steelink
Menno van Coehoorn, Dutch soldier and military engineer, at the Siege of Namur, 1692, (c1870). In 1692, Namur, a fortress designed by Coehoorn, fell to the French under his great rival

The Churchwardens, c1860(?). Artist: A Danse
The Churchwardens, c1860(?)

The Battle of Ramillies, 1706. The Tomb of Ottomond. The Duke of Marlborough receiving captured standards. At the Battle of Ramillies, during the War of the Spanish Succession

The Battle of the Spurs, 1513. The headlong flight of French chivalry. Fought at Guinegate in Belgium, the battle earned its name form the haste with which the French cavalry fled the field after

Battle of Waterloo, 1815. The Scots Greys under Major-General Sir William Ponsonby charge two batteries of French Artillery, after having taken the colours of the 105th Regiment

Princess Marie-Jose of Belgium (1906-2001), queen of Italy, 1920-1939. Princess Marie Jose was the last queen of Italy. Her thirty-five day reign as queen consort earned her the affectionate nickname

Limbourg, Netherlands, 19th century. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Volume IV, (Cassell, Petter, Galpin and Co, London, Paris and New York, 19th century)

The Hotel de Ville, Ghent, 19th century. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Volume IV, (Cassell, Petter, Galpin and Co, London, Paris and New York, 19th century)

The bombardment of Brussels, 1695, (19th century). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Volume IV, (Cassell, Petter, Galpin and Co, London, Paris and New York, 19th century)

Children skipping in the Grand Place, Bruges, Belgium, 1922. Artist: FC Davis
Children skipping in the Grand Place, Bruges, Belgium, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

A Belgian milkwoman on her morning round, Belgium, 1922. Artist: Donald McLeish
A Belgian milkwoman on her morning round, Belgium, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

A milkwoman with a government inspector, Belgium, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

The Chateau d Hougoumont, Belgium, 19th century. Artist: Loux
The Chateau d Hougoumont, Belgium, 19th century. The Chateau d Hougoumont is a large farmhouse situated at the bottom of an escarpment where British

Albert, King of Belgium, First World War, 1914. Artist: W&D Downey
Albert, King of Belgium, First World War, 1914. King Albert I of Belgium (1875-1934). Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

German Imperial Guard in Brussels, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

German occupation of Brussels, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

King Albert of Belgium in the trenches, First World War, 1914. Artist: PF Richie
King Albert of Belgium in the trenches, First World War, 1914. King Albert I of Belgium (1875-1934) at the front. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Belgian artillery avoiding German Taube planes, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

German troops as prisoners in Antwerp, Belgium, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Grey dawn on the battlefield, British cavalry, Belgian frontier, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Armoured Belgian troops under attack by Uhlans, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

German troops occupying the city of Liege in Belgium, First World War, 1914. The soldier in the foreground is kicking a dog pulling one of the traditional dogcarts

Expelling the civil residents of Louvain, Brussels, 1914. German soldiers driving out Belgian civilians during the First World War. Illustration from The Great War HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Officers in the Hussars, Chaussee de Louvain, Brussels, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

The German army in Brussels, First World War, 1914. Infantry and artillery in the Grand Place. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Zeppelin bombardment of Antwerp, First World War, 24 August 1914. Artist: RG Mathews
Zeppelin bombardment of Antwerp, First World War, 24 August 1914. Illustration from The Great War HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Defence of a main artery of Antwerp, First World War, 1914. Belgian soldiers in a sandbagged position by a canal. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

British troops on riverbank prepared for German advance, Belgium, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

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