Running Gallery

'The Great Assault on Ladysmith - The Devons Clearing Wagon Hill', 1900. Creator: William T Maud

'The Great Assault on Ladysmith - The Devon's Clearing Wagon Hill', 1900. The Battle of Wagon Hill took place during the Siege of Ladysmith in South Africa in 1900. the Boers made a determined assault on British defences and the 1st Devons were tasked with dislodging them. They did so with a bayonet charge, taking severe casualties. From "South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. III", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1900]

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'Masaniello Haranguing the Populace of Naples', (7 July 1647), 1890. Creator: Unknown

'Masaniello Haranguing the Populace of Naples', (7 July 1647), 1890. Masaniello (1622-1647) Italian fisherman who became leader of the revolt against the rule of Habsburg Spain in Naples. On 7 July 1647, a riot broke out at the city gates between fruit-vendors and customs officers. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. IV - Modern History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

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John Gilpins friend, 1878, (c1918). Creator: Randolph Caldecott

John Gilpin's friend, 1878, (c1918). The friend, who lent him the horse, rushes out to see why Gilpin has arrived bare-headed. John Gilpin was the subject of a comic ballad of 1782 by William Cowper entitled "The Diverting History of John Gilpin". The ballad, based on real-life character, describes how, on a journey to Edmonton (north in London), Gilpin, a draper, became separated from his wife and children after losing control of his horse, and ended up in the town of Ware, ten miles away from his intended destination. From "The Diverting History of John Gilpin", by William Cowper. [Frederick Warne and Co., London & New York, c1918]

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