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Positions at the Battle of Plassey
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Positions at the Battle of Plassey

A c. 1760 map showing the positions at the battle of Plassey in Bengal, India, 23 June 1757. Robert Clive’s East India Company army defeated a larger force of the Nawab of Bengal.
Robert Clive & Mir Jafar at Plassey
Image by Francis Hayman

Robert Clive & Mir Jafar at Plassey

A c. 1760 painting showing Robert Clive (1725-1774) and Mir Jafar, future nawab of Bengal, after the battle of Plassey, 23 June, 1757. (National Portrait Gallery, London)
Circe Invidiosa by John William Waterhouse
Image by John William Waterhouse

Circe Invidiosa by John William Waterhouse

Circe and Scylla in John William Waterhouse's Circe Invidiosa (1892).
Circe Enticing Odysseus by Angelica Kauffmann
Image by Angelica Kauffmann

Circe Enticing Odysseus by Angelica Kauffmann

Angelica Kauffmann's painting of Circe enticing Ulysses, 1786.
Circe On a 490–480 BCE Oil Jar, Athens-National Archaeological Museum
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Circe On a 490–480 BCE Oil Jar, Athens-National Archaeological Museum

Circe and Odysseus, white-ground lekythos by the Athena Painter, ca. 490–480 BCE. From Eretria. National Archaeological Museum in Athens, 1133.
Mount Tarawera Eruption
Image by Charles Blomfield

Mount Tarawera Eruption

A painting by Charles Blomfield (1848-1926) showing the eruption of Mount Tarawera (New Zealand) in 1886.
Sophie Hinerangi
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Sophie Hinerangi

Sophie Hinerangi (c.1834-1911) is best known as Guide Sophia, who was a tourist guide on the famed pink and white terraces of New Zealand. The terraces were destroyed by volcanic eruption in 1866.
Alfred Warbrick
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Alfred Warbrick

Photograph of Alfred Warbrick (1860-1940), who saw the eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886. He assisted with rescue efforts and later went on to become a rugby player and boatbuilder. Warbrick was the son of an English father and a Maori mother...
The Pink and White Terraces of New Zealand
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The Pink and White Terraces of New Zealand

Photograph showing the famed pink and white terraces of New Zealand and the terraced thermal pools on the edge of Lake Rotomahana. Photograph taken by Burton Bros (1866–1914) of Dunedin. The terraces were destroyed in 1886, following the...
Te Wairoa, McRae's Hotel, Sophia's Whare and Terrace Hotel
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Te Wairoa, McRae's Hotel, Sophia's Whare and Terrace Hotel

Photograph taken by photographer, George Valentine (1852-1890), showing the destruction wrought by the eruption of the volcano, Mount Tarawera (New Zealand) in June 1886. The image shows what was left of the Rotomahana Hotel owned by Joseph...
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