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The Martyr of the Solway, 1871, (c1902). Creator: Unknown

The Martyr of the Solway, 1871, (c1902). After a painting in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Margaret Wilson (c1667-1685), a young Scottish Presbyterian, refused to swear an oath declaring King James VII (James II of England) as Head of the Church. She and a friend were chained to stone stakes in the Solway Firth and executed by drowning. From The Nation's Pictures. A selection from the finest modern paintings in the public picture galleries of Great Britain, reproduced in colour. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, c1902]

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The Triumph of Want, from The Cycle of the Vicissitudes of Human Affairs, plate 6, 1564

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Captain Cameron and the other Abyssinian Captives, c1864. Creator: Unknown

Captain Cameron and the other Abyssinian Captives, c1864. Captain Charles Cameron, British Consul in Ethiopia, (far right), and others were taken prisoner by the Abyssinian emperor Tewodros II on 3 January 1864. Cameron, his European staff, and four missionaries were kept in chains for over two years. Shown here are: Kerans, Rassam, Stern, Prideaux, Mr & Mrs Rosenthal and Child, Blanc, Pietro and Cameron. Their capture led to the British Expedition to Abyssinia. Engraving after a photograph. Published in "Illustrated Battles of the Nineteenth Century. By Archibald Forbes, Major Arthur Griffiths, and others." [Cassell & Co, London, 1895-1897]

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