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A diagram of the troop dispositions at the battle of Ferozeshah on 21-22 December 1845 during the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-6). The British East India Company won only a marginal victory against the Sikh empire as there were high casualties...

A c. 1847 painting showing the battle of Ferozeshah on 21-22 December 1845 during the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-6). The British East India Company won only a marginal victory against the Sikh empire as there were high casualties on both...

A mid-19th century illustration showing the Sikh commander Raja Lal Singh (d. 1866) who fought in the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-6) against the British East India Company.

A painting showing the British Army's 16th Lancers charging Sikh infantry during the battle of Aliwal in January 1846. The British East India Company won the battle and the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-6). (S.K.Brown Military Collection, Brown...

A portrait of Tej Singh (1799-1862), commander-in-chief of the Sikh armies during the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-6) against the British East India Company. Tej Singh may have used deliberately defensive tactics during the war to secure himself...

An 1854 painting by Francis Grant of Sir Hugh Gough (1779-1869), commander-in-chief of the armies of the East India Company in the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-6). He is wearing his famous battledress of a long white coat and pith helmet.

An 1863 portrait of Maharani Jind Kaur who, from 1843, ruled as regent for her infant son Duleep Singh (l. 1838-1893), the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire which was dissolved after the Anglo-Sikh Wars (1846-9) with the Brtish East India...

Jean Bertrand Féraud, the deputy of the National Convention who was killed by insurrectionists during the Prairial Uprising of 20 May 1795, part of the French Revolution. Engraving by François Bonneville, 1796. Bibliothèque nationale...

Boissy d'Anglas saluting the head of deputy Féraud, 1st Prairal Year III (20 May 1795), during the Prairial Uprising. Although d'Anglas is depicted in this painting, the president of the Convention during the uprising was actually Théodore...

The Martyrs of Paririal aka The Last of the Montagnards, depicting the deputies of the Mountain who had spoken up in support of the Prairial Uprising of Year III (20 May 1795), 6 of whom would be subsequently condemned to death. Painting...