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Letter from Grant, as Edward Spenser to one McHenry, c1589. Artist: Edward SpenserLetter from Grant, as Edward Spenser to one McHenry, c1589. Letter from Grant, as Edward Spenser, of Kilocolman, Esquire, to one McHenry of the custody of the woods of Balliganim, County Cork
French artillery position, France, 1918, (1926). Artist: Henry ChefferFrench artillery position, France, 1918, (1926)
Before the Offensive. Near Pleven, 1877-1878. Artist: Vasily VereshchaginBefore the Offensive. Near Pleven, 1877-1878. Vereshchagin, Vasili Vasilyevich (1842-1904). Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
The passengers and equipment of Admiral Gueydon shipwrecked on the African coast, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 11th October 1903
St Louis, King of France, seeking refuge from the Saracens, (1909). Engraving from the Harmsworth History of the World, (London, 1909)
Living quarters in a French cave, World War I, 1915. A print from the Le Flambeau (the Torch), 18th September 1915
German infantry shelters, World War I, 1915. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern
German soldiers in a reduit shelter, Vosges, France, World War I, 1916. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern
Patagonians in a toldo or skin tent, 1830 (1839). On the right is the tomb of a child who has recently died and facing it are the stuffed skins of two horses which have been sacrificed
Ascetic rock-shelters for Buddhist monks in Anuradaphura, 2nd century BCAscetic rock-shelters (Vessagirya) for Buddhist monks at Anuradaphura in Sri Lanka, 2nd century BC
One of General Grants Union Field Telegraph stations during the American Civil War, 1861-1865
Roman soldiers attacking a fortress, 1605. The Romans form a tortoise with their shields to protect themselves from missiles as they approach the walls. From Poliorceticon by Justus Lipsius
Various forms of siege equipment, including battering rams, 1547. From Architectur...Mathematischen...Kunst by Gaultherius Rivius, 1547
Roman siege warfare, 1605. Defenders attempting to disable battering rams. On the right, attackers are handling a ram under a protective cat. From Poliorceticon by Justus Lipsius (Antwerp, 1605)
Julius Caesars siege of Marseilles, 49 BC (18th century). Reconstruction showing the musculus or covered way to protect engineers approaching the walls of the besieged city
Negro slaves washing for diamonds watched over by supervisors with whips, Brazil, 1815. Brazil was the largest market in the Americas for African slaves
A French telephone post in a cave, France, World War I, 1915. A print from Le Pays de France, 9 September 1915
John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley (1882-1958), Scottish politician and administratorJohn Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, Scottish Conservative politician and administrator. After a civil service career which culminated with the post of Governor of Bengal from 1932-1938
Shelter built by the glaciologist Louis Agassiz, Aar glacier, Switzerland, 1840 (1885). Agassizs studies of glaciers in the Alps led him to be the first to propose the theory that the Earth had been
Salvation Army shelter, Blackfriars, London, early 20th century. The Penny Sit-Up for men, where the homeless could find shelter sitting on a bench for a penny a night
Evicted Irish peasant family, 1848. Irish peasant family unable to pay rent because of failure of potato crop due to blight, evicted from their tumbledown cottage
Sectional view of a typical Boer entrenchment, Boer War, c1900. The 2nd Boer War 1899-1902
Winter quarters of Willem Barents expedition to the Arctic, 1596-1597. Barents (d 1597) was a Dutch navigator who led expeditions in 1594, 1595 and 1596-1597 in search of a Northeast Passage to Asia
Boer families in a British concentration camp at Eshowe, Zululand, 2nd Boer War, 1900. This represented the first use of the internment of civilians in camps in wartime
Boer families in a British prison camp, 1901. Distressed condition of Boer civilians dispossed or imprisoned for resisting the British
