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Lady Elizabeth with Countess of Strathmore and convalescent wounded soldiers, 1916
Lady Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth) with her mother the Countess of Stratmore, with a group of convalescent wounded soldiers, c1916. From Our King & Queen and the Royal Princesses

Jeep-Turned-Ambulance, 1943-44. A jeep driven by allied forces carrying an injured German prisoner, Salerno, Italy. From The War Illustrated Volume 7 edited by Sir John Hammerton

Wounded English troops on their way to a base hospital, c1914. From The Manchester Guardian: History of the War, Vol. I.-1914-15. 1915

David Killing Goliath. David killing the Philistine giant with a stone from his sling. According to the Bible, Goliath was 6 cubits (approximately 3 metres) tall. From the Bible (1 Samuel 17:I)

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Advert for Foots Burlington adjustable rest-chair, 1916

Wounded soldiers being cared for by the Serbian Red Cross, First World War, 1914
Wounded soldiers from the battlefront being cared for by the Serbian Red Cross, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Pepo-Hoan woman and child, c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, (Virtue & Co Limited, London, c1890)

Statue of David, Florence, Italy, 1893. Artist: John L Stoddard
Statue of David, Florence, Italy, 1893. Michelangelos famous statue of David, completed in 1504. Illustration from Portfolio of Photographs of Famous Cities, Scenes and Paintings

The royal visit to Brompton Hospital, 1850s, (c1920). Victoria and Albert visit soldiers wounded in the Crimean War. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson

Wounded French soldiers on the way to hospital by train France, 1914

Engine for throwing stones, (1870). A wood engraving from a miniature showing a medieval device for launching projectiles, from the Chevalier au Cygne in the Bibliotheque Imperiale, Paris

Walk of the Wounded, 1915, (1926). Artist: Lucien Jonas
Walk of the Wounded, 1915, (1926). A bandaged French soldier returns home from the front

Chairs to Mend, Soho Square, London, 1805. A copper plate representing the itinerant traders of London, from Modern London; Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis

A Group of Children, c1890. Illustration from the the booklet Au Japon, Types, Costumes & Moeurs, (Paris, c1890)

Injured French soldiers, Arras, France, World War I, 1915. A print from Le Pays de France, 19 August 1915

Poster paying tribute to the war effort, French, World War I, 1914-1918. A wounded French soldier saying that civilians are also supporting the war effort by making their individual financial

Roman soldiers: stone slingers and their equipment, 1605. Three men all carrying short hand slings, while on ground are sling sticks which gave the missiles greater impetus

Roman soldiers delivering Greek fire by means of arrows and slings, 1605. From Poliorceticon by Justus Lipsius. (Antwerp, 1605)

David slaying Goliath, c1860. Having killed the Philistine giant with a stone from his sling, David makes sure that Goliath is really dead

David slaying the Philistine giant Goliath, c1870. According to the Bible, Goliath was 6 cubits (approximately 3 metres) tall

Roman soldiers, 1801. Standards of Roman legions (top) and weapons and armour used by Roman soldiers (bottom). From Ancells Monthly Military Companion, 1801

Fall of the British garrison at Jamestown, South Africa, Boer War, 1901. British soldiers, some of them wounded, marching into imprisonment after surrendering to the Boers

German prisoner of war arriving in England, escorted by an American soldier, 1944. Photograph from Voir magazine an American French language publication

Casualty of the 2nd Boer War, 1899-1902. A wounded British officer in a railway carriage with his wife and daughter on the last lap of his journey home from South Africa

Womans Wrongs, 1874. Artist: Joseph Swain
Womans Wrongs, 1874. A brutish working-class husband prepares to beat his wife who still bears the insignia of previous violence

The Re-United States, 1865. Artist: John Tenniel
The Re-United States, 1865. Colonel North remarks to Colonel South, Wal, Brother; Guess we couldn t Both Win: So lets Shake Hands, and Just Liquor Up

The Beadle and The Dane, 1864. Artist: John Tenniel
The Beadle and The Dane, 1864. Lord John Russell says: Better take it! Half a Loafs better than no Bread, you know! In an effort to resolve the Schleswig-Holstein problem, Lord Russell

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