Belgium Collection (page 42)

Paul Deroulede arriving in exile in Tournai, Belgium, 1900. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Paul Deroulede arriving in exile in Tournai, Belgium, 1900. Paul Deroulede (1846-1914) was a French author and politician. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 21st January 1900

Attempted attack on Edward, Prince of Wales in Brussels, 1900. Jean Baptiste Sipido, the 16 year old anarchist, being held back after trying to assassinate Edward, Prince of Wales in Brussels

Trouble in Belgium, 1899. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Trouble in Belgium, 1899. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 16th July 1899

A Belgian regiment retreats to Antwerp, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Belgian guns, made by Krupp, preparing for battle near Ghent, Belgium, First World War, 1914
Belgian guns, made by Krupp, preparing for battle at Ziel near Ghent, Belgium, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Balloon explosion in Hal, Belgium, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
Balloon explosion in Hal, Belgium, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 29th September 1895

King Leopold II of Belgium and Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, 1895. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
King Leopold II of Belgium and Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 6th October 1895

Leopold II, King of the Belgians. The brother of Empress Carlota of Mexico and cousin to Queen Victoria, Leopold II (1835-1909) was the second King of the Belgians

French Zouave infantry killed by gas, Second Battle of Ypres, Belgium, 22 April 1915, (1929)
French Zouave infantry killed by gas, Second Battle of Ypres, Belgium, 22 April 1915. On 22 April 1915 the Germans released 168 tons of chlorine gas over a four mile front

The Germans use chlorine gas, Ypres, 22nd April 1915, (1919). Artist: Andre Helle
The Germans use chlorine gas, Ypres, 22nd April 1915, (1919). A book of the principal events of the war period. A print from Le livre des heures heroiques et douloureuses

Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1831. Artist: J Thomson
Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1831. Leopold (1790-1865) was the first king of Belgium

Waterloo, Belgium, 1886. Artist: J F Taelmans
Waterloo, Belgium, 1886. Site of the famous battle on June 18, 1815 between the French forces commanded by Napoleon and the British led by the Duke of Wellington

The belfry, Bruges, Belgium, 1886. Artist: Barclay
The belfry, Bruges, Belgium, 1886. The mediaeval belfry tower was built between the 13th-15th centuries. Over 80 metres high, it houses a carillon of bells

Town Hall and River Schelde, Antwerp, Belgium, 1879. Artist: Taylor
Town Hall and River Schelde, Antwerp, Belgium, 1879. One of the most important Renaissance buildings in the Low Countries, the 16th-century Town Hall was built between 1561 and 1565

The Corn Quay, Ghent, Flanders, Belgium, 1879. Artist: Charles Barbant
The Corn Quay, Ghent, Flanders, Belgium, 1879. The Korenlei or Corn Quay runs along the River Lys. Many of its buildings date back to the 12th century

The royal drive of Leopold II, King of the Belgians, c1900s. Leopold II (1835-1909) pictured being driven in an early motor car

The Dolls Dinner Party, 1905. Artist: Georges Lemmen
The Dolls Dinner Party, 1905

Frozen River, c1838-1907. Artist: Charles Henri Joseph Leickert
Frozen River, c1838-1907

Easter mass in the dunes on the beaches of Belgium by the North Sea, World War I, 1915. A print from Le Pays de France, 22 April 1915

Belgian refugees with their bicycles and possessions outside the Gare du Nord, Paris, July 1940
Belgian refugees with their possessions outside the Gare du Nord, Paris, July 1940. Belgians who had fled to France ahead of the German invasion preparing to return home after the fall of France

French and Belgian refugees, Rambouillet, France, 16 July 1940. Families who had fled before the advancing Germans prepare to return to their homes after the capitulation of France

Entering Holland from the Belgian frontier, 1915. About a million refugees crossed the border from German-occupied Belgium into the neutral Netherlands during the First World War

Zeppelin destroyed by an English aviator, 1915. Artist: Lemonier
Zeppelin destroyed by an English aviator, 1915. On 7 June 1915 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Reginald Warneford, flying a Morane-Saulnier Type L

Toasting the Health of the king, the Belgian army, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Benito
Toasting the Health of the king, the Belgian army, World War I, 1914-1918. Although the vast majority of Belgium was occupied by the Germans in the First World War, the remnants of the Belgian army

The Bird Trap, c1584-1638. Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Younger
The Bird Trap, c1584-1638. From a private collection

Hamadryade, c1850-1898. Artist: Felicien Joseph Victor Rops
Hamadryade, c1850-1898

Chez les Passants, c1850-1898. Artist: Felicien Joseph Victor Rops
Chez les Passants, c1850-1898

Fauna, c1850-1898. Artist: Felicien Joseph Victor Rops
Fauna, c1850-1898

Church Of Knocke, 1894. Artist: Camille Pissarro
Church Of Knocke, 1894

Cambronne at the Battle of Waterloo, 18 June, 1815, (19th century). Invited to surrender the French commander of the Guard, General Count Etienne Cambronne shouted The Guard dies

Dutch-Belgian troops at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815, (late 19th century). The Dutch-Belgians under Bylandt were ordered to withdraw during the Battle which led to Napoleons (1769-1821) defeat

Beached Boats at St Jean, 1884. Artist: Emmanuel Lansyer
Beached Boats at St Jean, 1884. From the collection of Musee Lansyer, Loches, France

The Lecture, 1903. Artist: Theo van Rysselberghe
The Lecture, 1903. Van Rysselberghe has reconstructed one of the meetings between a number of Belgian and French artists from different disciplines held in Paris at the house of the prominent poet

Sheep and Poultry in a Landscape, 19th century. Artist: Eugene Verboeckhoven
Sheep and Poultry in a Landscape, 19th century

The Marriage at Cana, 1596-1597. Artist: Martin de Vos
The Marriage at Cana, 1596-1597. The painting shows Christs first miracle. When the wine ran out at a wedding at which Jesus and his mother were guests

Jean Baptiste von Helmont, Belgian physician and chemist, 1870. Helmont (1579-1644) recognised that there are more gases than just air, and claimed to have coined the word gas

Discovery of iguanodon fossils, Bernissart, Belgium, 1878 (c1880). 39 skeletons of the herbivorous dinosaur were discovered in a coal mine by Jules Creteur and his workmates

Stone carving on the side of a house in Bruges

Canal, old houses, and the Belfrey of the Tour Des Halles in Bruges, Belgium

Jeep Pack of playing cards from Belgium, 1940s

Capture of the Fortress of Audenarde by the Allied Troops in 1708, Early 18th cen Artist: Corvinus
Capture of the Fortress of Audenarde by the Allied Troops in 1708, Early 18th cen.. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Detail of bear-hunt from the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, 15th century
Detail of bear-hunt from the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, made in Tournai, currently in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 15th century

Detail from the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, 15th century
Detail from the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, made in Tournai, currently in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 15th century

Gold Gallo-Belgic stater of the Ambiani, 2nd century BC
Gold Gallo-Belgic stater of the Ambiani, also found in SE. England, 2nd century BC

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, with his staff at the Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815. Wellington (1769-1852) commanded the British

The Siege of Namur, scene before the final attack, 5 August 1695. Artist: Jan van Huchtenburg
The Siege of Namur, scene before the final attack, 5 August 1695. The army of the Grand Alliance, commanded by William III (1650-1702) of England

Battle of Fleurus, 16 June 1794 (19th century). Artist: Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse
Battle of Fleurus, 16 June 1794 (19th century). Marshal Jean Baptiste Jourdan (1762-1833), mounted on the grey horse, commanding the French army to victory against the Austrians

Battle of Waterloo, Belgium, 1815. The centre of the British army in action at Waterloo on 18 June 1815, withstanding a charge by the French cavalry. After W Heath

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