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Scotland for Ever'; the charge of the Scots Greys at Waterloo, 18 June 1815

Scotland for Ever'; the charge of the Scots Greys at Waterloo, 18 June 1815. The attack by the Royal Scots Greys cavalry regiment on the French 45th infantry was immortalised in this famous painting of 1881 by Lady Elizabeth Butler (1846-1933). The wife of a general as well as a popular Victorian painter, she persuaded the commander of the regiment to reconstruct the charge so she could make the painting. Some military historians doubt that the action actually took the form of the spectacular headlong charge depicted in the picture. What is known however is that the Scots Greys overpursued the French infantry, became split into disorganised small groups, and suffered heavy casualties at the hands of French cavalry formations before they were able to regain the British lines

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Model of a Bell (Zheng), Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 4th/3rd century B.C

Model of a Bell (Zheng), Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (480-221 B.C.), 4th/3rd century B.C

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Handled Ewer with Vertical Ribs, Northern Song dynasty or Jin dynasty, 12th/13th century

Handled Ewer with Vertical Ribs, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) or Jin dynasty (1115-1234), 12th/13th century

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