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A Christmas card dating to c. 1887 showing a soldier. Drawn by Harry Payne, military themes were popular with those who sent cards to family members in the armed services across the British empire. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London...

The first printed Christmas card, commissioned by Sir Henry Cole (1808-82) and drawn by John Callcott Horsley (1817-1903) in 1843. One thousand copies of the card were printed. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London) Orignal source note...

A late-19th century Christmas card showing a robin and snow scene. The border is perforated to resemble lace. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London) Orignal source note on usage: 'V&A Owned Content' in which the V&A owns copyright...

An 1848 Christmas card printed by William Maw Edgley (1826-19116) showing scenes of general merriment and, for the first time on such a card, holly. The sender wrote the name of the recipient at the very top and signed their name at the bottom...

Two Victorian printed Christmas cards from 1899. (British Museum, London)

Auguste Marie Henri Picot de Dampierre, print by Lambertus Antonius Claessens, Amsterdam, c. 1792 - c. 1808. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Map showing the Battle of Famars, also showing the woodlands around the towns of Raismes and Vicoigne, where the Battle of Raismes was fought between Coalition and French forces on 8 May 1793. From John Fortescue's History of the British...

Auguste Picot de Dampierre (1756-1793), commander-in-chief of the French Army of the North during the War of the First Coalition (1792-1797). Mortally wounded at the Battle of Raismes on 8 May 1793, his name is among those inscribed on the...

Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827), second son of King George III of the United Kingdom. He led the British forces during the Flanders Campaign of 1792-1795 during the French Revolutionary Wars and later served as commander-in-chief...

Battle of Famars, 23 May 1793, the Coalition army charging against the French, engraving by Mather Brown, 1796.