Fallen Gallery

The Last Stand Made By The Boers Before Kimberley-Charge of British Cavalry, 1900

The Last Stand Made By The Boers Before Kimberley-Charge of British Cavalry in the Engagement at Klip Drift, 1900. Major-General John French charged his cavalry at Klip Drift during the Relief of Kimberley at full gallop and taking the Boers by surprise. From "South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. IV", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1900]

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Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost, 19th century

Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost, 19th century. Biblical scene, Acts 5: 10: Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband. Ananias and his wife Sapphira die suddenly after lying to the Holy Spirit about money. Sapphira is convicted by St Peter and falls dead at the feet of the apostles. Engraving after The Death of Sapphira, painting of c1652 by Nicolas Poussin in the Louvre Museum, Paris

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The Death of General Ross, near Baltimore, (1814), 1816. Creator: Unknown

The Death of Robert Ross, near Baltimore. As soon as he perceived that he was wounded he fell into the arms of a Brother Officer, (1814), 1816. Robert Ross (1766-1814) Major General in the British army, served in the Napoleonic Wars, was shot commanding troops at North Point, before the Battle of Baltimore 1814. From "The History of the War, from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Present Time, Vol. III", by Hewson Clarke, Esq. [T. Kinnersley, Limited, London, 1816]

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