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Siege scene, c1260, (1843).Artist: Henry Shaw

Siege scene, c1260, (1843). Copy of a manuscript illustration showing a party preparing to attempt the breach which has been made in the tower. Others are raised by means of a wooden machine to fight on an equality with soldiers on the walls. On the right, similar expedients are adopted to raise the men in the ships. Illustration from Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages from the Seventh to the Seventeenth Centuries, by Henry Shaw, (London, 1843)

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The Battle of Zama, after 1567. Creator: Unknown

The Battle of Zama, after 1567. [The Battle of Zama was fought in 202 BC near Zama, (in present-day Tunisia). The Carthaginians led by Hannibal were defeated by the Roman army under Publius Cornelius Scipio]

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Bow-meeting at Pradoe, near Oswestry, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Bow-meeting at Pradoe, near Oswestry, 1844. Competitors at ...an elegant archery fete at Pradoe [in Shropshire], the delightful seat of the Hon. Thomas Kenyon, when the Royal British Bowmen made a very interesting display of their prowess...The shooting proceeded with vigour and animation, the ladies taking from target to target the distance of sixty yards, and the gentlemen one hundred. Strong and anxious was the interest excited whenever an arrow pierced near the bull's eye'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V

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