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Map of Nowhere
Grayson Perry (1960 - )
Charge of the 3rd King’s Own Dragoons at the Battle of Chillienwallah, January 13th, 1849
John, III Harris (1811 - 1865)
Henry Martens ( - 1854)
Night Bivouac of the British Army at Ferozshah on the 21st December 1845
John, III Harris (1811 - 1865)
Henry Martens ( - 1854)
Spanish Officers Surrendering their Swords to Nelson
Charles George Lewis (1808 - 1880)
Thomas Jones Barker (1813 - 1882)
The Scene before Gibraltar, on the morning of the 14th of September, 1782
James Jefferys (1751 - 1784)
Reproduction restricted: copyright holder unknown
Dead Tree, Rannoch Moor
Michael Edwards (1951 - )
Battle of the Tchernaya, 16 August 1855
Day and Son
William Simpson (1823 - 1899)
The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack of Quebec, December 1775
John Trumbull (1756 - 1843)
Johan Frederik Clemens (1748 - 1831)
Dead Vines
Henry Inlander (1925 - 1983)
The Death of Adam
Norman Adams (1927 - 2005)
Death of Nelson: Scene on the Deck of HMS “Victory”
Samuel Drummond (1765 - 1844)
Hunting Scene: The Kill
John Nost Sartorius (1759 - 1828)
Young Man Lifted from a River, Apparently Drowned
Robert Smirke (1753 - 1845)
The Battle of Waterloo
Alexander Sauerweid (1783 - 1844)
John William Cook
Battle Scene
Joshua, Jnr Ross
The Rotting Tree
Henry Houghton Trivick (1908 - 1982)
The Death of Sardanapalus
Michael Sandle (1936 - )
The Battle of Waterloo
Alexander Sauerweid (1783 - 1844)
John William Cook
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Harrier Killing a Bittern
Philip Reinagle (1749 - 1833)
The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack of Quebec, December 1775
John Trumbull (1756 - 1843)
Christian Wilhelm Ketterlinus (1766 - 1803)
Dead Bird (Black Isle, Scotland)
Chris Locke
The Death of General Wolfe
William Woollett (1735 - 1785)
Benjamin West (1738 - 1820)
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Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Heinrich Schwemminger (1803 - 1884)
St Michael Slaying the Dragon
José de Mora (1642 - 1724)
The Battle of Alexandria, on the 21st of March 1801 / La Bataille d’Alexandrie, le 21me de Mars 1801
Antoine Cardon (1772 - 1813)
Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812)
The Dead Tree
Henry Houghton Trivick (1908 - 1982)
The Death
John Wright (c.1745 - 1820)
George Morland (1763 - 1804)
Dead Birds
William Frederick
Death of Nelson: Scene on the Deck of HMS “Victory”
Samuel Drummond (1765 - 1844)
The Siege of Copenhagen
Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek (1778 - 1851)
The Battle of Bunker’s Hill, near Boston, June 17th 1775
John Trumbull (1756 - 1843)
Johann Gotthard von Müller (1747 - 1830)
The Death of Nelson [Key]
Arthur William Devis (1763 - 1822)
William Bromley (1769 - 1842)
The Dead Mole
Thomas Cantrell Dugdale (1880 - 1952)
The Death
Thomas Sutherland (1785 - 1838)
Henry Thomas Alken (1785 - 1851)
Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night [4]
Ceri Richards (1903 - 1971)
Procris Killed by an Arrow, which Cephalus darted through the Thicket
Charles Monnet (1732 - 1808)
William, I Walker (1729 - 1793)
The Battle of Alexandria, March 21st 1801 / Bataille d’Alexandrie, le 21 Mars, 1801
William Willermin
Charles Turner (1774 - 1857)
James Mitan (1776 - 1822)
Thisbe takes the Sword already Reeking with the Blood of Pyramus, plunges it into her own Breast
Charles Monnet (1732 - 1808)
William, I Walker (1729 - 1793)
Ship in Distress off Rock
Willem van de, II Velde (1633 - 1707)
Battle of Blenheim
Joshua, Jnr Ross
Men-o-War in Action: English Ship and Barbary Pirate Vessels
Willem van de, II Velde (1633 - 1707)
Dead Leaves and Flowers
Thelma Hulbert (1913 - 1995)
The Death of General Sir Ralph Abercrombie
Robert Ker Porter (1777 - 1842)
Giovanni Vendramini (1769 - 1839)
And Death Shall Have No Dominion [3(a)]
Ceri Richards (1903 - 1971)
The Death of Lord Viscount Nelson
James Heath (1757 - 1834)
Benjamin West (1738 - 1820)
The Ship It Was a Plankless Thing
David Jones (1895 - 1974)
Death Extraordinary
William, ("Paul Pry") Heath (1795 - 1840)
Battle Scene from the Wars of the Ottoman Empire in Europe
Jan van Huchtenburg (1647 - 1733)
Bachelor’s Hall Plate 5
Francis Calcraft Turner ( - 1846)
The Death of the Earl of Chatham
Francesco Bartolozzi (1727 - 1815)
John Singleton Copley (1738 - 1815)
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