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Massacre of the Jacobin Prisoners in Lyon, May 1795
Massacre of the Jacobin prisoners in Lyon, 4 May 1795, during the First White Terror in the French Revolution (1789-1799). Engraving by Raffet, 1834
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Prairial Uprising of Year III
Uprising of 1 Prairial Year III (20 May 1795) against the policies of the Thermidorian Reaction during the later stages of the French Revolution (1789-1799). Here, the insurrectionists wave the severed head of Jean-Bertrand...
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Muscadins
Two dandyish muscadins strolling through the streets of Paris, looking for Jacobins to attack with their wooden clubs (which they nicknamed constitutions). Painting by Eugène Lampsonius.
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Anglo-Nepalese War Medal
Shown on a collectible cigarette card, the medal issued by the East India Company for participants in the Anglo-Nepalese War (1814-16).
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Gurkha Soldiers, 1815
A painting showing Nepalese Gurkha soldiers in 1815 as they would have appeared in the Anglo-Nepalese War (1814-16).
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Marquess of Hastings
A 19th-century portrait by Martin Archer Shee of Francis Rawdon, 1st Marquess of Hastings. An experienced military commander, Rawdon was made Governor-General of the East India Company in 1813, a position he held until 1823...
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Gurkha Kukri
A kukri knife traditionally used by Nepalese Gurkhas.
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Anglo-Maratha War Peace Conference
An 1805 illustration showing the peace conference which concluded the Anglo-Maratha Wars (1775-1819) between the East India Company and the Maratha Confederacy.
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General Lake at Laswari
An 1807 coloured engraving showing the East India Company commander General Gerard Lake (1744-1808) victorious at the battle of Laswari in November 1803 against the Maratha Confederacy during the Anglo-Maratha Wars (1775-1819...
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Mesopotamian Hoe
Copper alloy hoe blade with socket, from Ur, Early Dynastic III, 2600-2300 BCE.
The British Museum, London.
