Images Dated 29th July 2005 (page 11)

Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig of Bermersyde, Scottish-born British soldier, 1917. Haig (1861-1928) was appointed Commander-in-Chief of British and Empire forces in France in 1915

Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson, English general, 1917. Rawlinson (1864-1925) was responsible for successfully organising the evacuation of the British

Douglas Haig, Scottish-born British soldier, 1916. Haig (1861-1928) was appointed Commander-in-Chief of British and Empire forces in France in 1915

Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre, French soldier. Instrumental in stopping the German advance at the Battle of the Marne in 1914, Joffre (1852-1931) was made Commander-in-Chief of French forces in 1915

Peace commemorations for the end of the Crimean War, at Plymouth, England, 1856. Rockets and general illumination of the fleet in Plymouth sound. From The Illustrated London News, 1 June 1856

Sterling Price, American statesman and soldier, 1861. Price (1809-1867) was Governor of the State of Missouri (1853-1857)

Sarah Siddons, 18th century English tragic actress. Sarah Siddons (1755-1831) was the eldest child of the actor-manager Roger Kemble (1722-1802)

Dark Artillery; or, How to Make the Contrabands Useful, American Civil War, 1861. Contrabands were Negro slaves who had escaped or been brought across Union (northern) lines

Confederate General Hood wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, American Civil War, 1863
Confederate General Hood wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, American Civil War, 1863. The battle, fought on 18-20 September 1860 claimed over 34

Federal (northern) prison in Fort Lafayette, New York Harbour, American Civil War, 1865. View inside one of the casemates

Confederate prisoners in a prison camp at Elmira, New York State, American Civil War, 1865. About 10, 000 men were held in huts and under canvas in an enclosure of about 20 acres

Leonidas Polk, American cleric and soldier. Polk (1806-1864) was appointed Bishop of Arkansas in 1838, and of Louisiana in 1841

Black refugees travelling in a bullock cart, American Civil War, 1861-1865. From the Library of Congress

William J Hardee, American soldier. Hardee (1817-1873) was a Major-General in the Confederate army in the American Civil War (1861-1865)

John A McClernand, American soldier. McClernand (1812-1900) was a Major-General in the Union (northern) Army during the American Civil War (1861-1865). He was a rival of General Ulyssess Grant

Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate (southern) States. After announcing the secession of Mississippi from the Union (the second state to do so after South Carolina) in January 1861

Off for the War. Artist: Currier and Ives
Off for the War. A Unionist (northern) soldier bidding farewell to his family before leaving for the American Civil War

Prison stockade at Andersonville, Georgia, American Civil War, 1861-1865. During the summer of 1864 32, 899 Union (northern) prisoners were confined here

Ulyssess Grant, American soldier, 1863. Illustration issued after his victory at Vicksburg. Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) commanded the Union (northern)

Marie-Louise, Empress of the French, c1830. Artist: Delpech
Marie Louise, Empress of the French, c1830. The daughter of Francis I of Austria, Marie-Louise (1791-1847) became the second wife of Napoleon I in 1810

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin), Russian Bolshevik revolutionary, reading Pravda, 1918. Lenin (1870-1924) became leader of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic

Alexander Feodorovich Kerensky, Russian revolutionary politician, 1917
Alexander Feodorovich Kerensky, Russian revolutionary politician, as Minister for War, reviewing the troops, 1917. Kerensky (1881-1970)

Acupuncture chart for the rear of the body, Japanese, 19th century

Acupuncture chart for the front of the body, Japanese, 19th century

Egyptian king and male attendants, mid 19th century. Artist: Knilling
Egyptian king and male attendants, mid 19th century

Acupuncture chart, 19th century

Egyptian queen and female attendants, mid 19th century

Robin Hood, legendary English folk hero and outlaw and champion of the poor, early 19th century. Robin (c1250-c1350)), an expert with the longbow and the quarter-staff, drawing his bow

Plague of London, 1665 (1810). Scenes of death and despair in a London street during the outbreak of the plague that occurred in 1665 and killed some 60, 000 people, a fifth of Londons population

The Plague Pit, 1855. Artist: John Franklin
The Plague Pit, 1855. Consigning bodies of victims of the plague to a communal grave during the Plague of London, 1665. From Old Saint Pauls by W Harrison Ainsworth

Battle of Crecy, France, August 1346 (1864). A major engagement of the Hundred Years War between England and France (1337-1453)

Russian infantry charging during Brusilovs offensive against Austria-Hungary, World War I, 1916. Russian general Alexei Brusilov (1856-1926)

Grigori Rasputin, Russian peasant, holy-man and mystic. Rasputin (1869-1916) surrounded by some of the women drawn by his magnetic personality

A Walk-Over?, 1918. German emperor Wilhelm II regarding Russia as a doormat to his new territories, while the Austrian emperor Charles I takes a more cautious approach. Cartoon from Punch

Alexei Brusilov, Russian soldier, c1914-c1917. A general during World War I, Brusilov (1856-1926) planned and commanded a major offensive against Austria-Hungary in 1916

Destruction of Przemysl by Austrians retreating from the Russian advance, World War I, 1914
Destruction of Przemysl, Poland, by Austrians retreating from the Russian advance, World War I, 1914. Remains of one of two bridges over the San which were blown up

Grigoriy Efimovich Rasputin, Russian mystic and holy man. Rasputin (1869-1916) exercised considerable influence over Tsar Nicholas II and particularly the Tsarina

Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, Russian general, 1917. Grand Duke Nicholas (1856-1929) was appointed Commander-in-chief of the Russian army at the outbreak of World War I

Seizure of the Russian Parliament in Petrograd by revolutionary soldiers, Russia, 1917
Seizure of the Russian Parliament in Petrograd (St Petersburg/Leningrad) by revolutionary soldiers, Russia, 1917

Eruption of Vesuvius, 1776. Ladies and gentlemen watching a lava flow running into the valley between Mount Somma and Vesuvius

Alexei Brusilov, Russian soldier, 1917. A general during World War I, Brusilov (1856-1926) planned and commanded a major offensive against Austria-Hungary in 1916

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

Joshua urges on his army outside the walls of Jericho, c1860. Trumpeters process around the walls carrying the Ark of the Covenant and the walls of the city crumble. From the Bible (Joshua 6)

Death of Saul and his armour bearer in battle with the Philistines, 1870. Artist: Kronheim & Co
Death of Saul and his armour bearer in battle with the Philistines, 1870. Rather than be captured, they fell on their swords. From the Bible (I Chronicles)

Cross-section of the Brocken, Harz Mountains, Germany, showing geological strata, 1823. From Nature Displayed by Simeon Shaw. (London, 1823)

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

Cross-section of Headen Hill, near Alum Bay, Isle of Wight, showing geological strata, 1823
Cross-section of Headen Hill, near Alum Bay, Isle of Wight, England, showing geological strata, 1823. From Nature Displayed by Simeon Shaw. (London, 1823)

Geological strata from Sheffield to Castleton, Yorkshire, England, 1815. From An Introduction to Geology by Robert Bakewell. (London, 1815)

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