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Coin of Achaeus
Coin of Achaeus, King of Sardis, minted in Syria, c. 215 BCE.
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Charge of the French at Jemappes
The Parisian battalions and 19th Flanders regiment under General Dampierre charge the Austrian heights at the Battle of Jemappes, on 6 November 1792, during the War of the First Coalition. Painting by Raymond Desvarreux, early 20th century.
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Windmill at Valmy
A reconstruction of the famous windmill the French forces gathered around at the Battle of Valmy, 20 September 1792. Photo by Ketounette, June 2020.
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Portrait of the Duke of Brunswick in the 1790s
Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, in the 1790s, portrait by Johann Heinrich Schröder c. 1790-95.
Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum.
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Paris National Guard Goes to War, September 1792
Depiction of the Paris National Guard on its way to join the army, September 1792, oil on canvas by Léon Cogniet, 1836.
Palace of Versailles.
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Battle of Valmy
The Battle of Valmy, 20 September 1792, oil on canvas by Horace Vernet, 1826.
National Gallery, London.
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Robert Clive
A portrait by Nathanial Dance of Robert Clive (1725-1774), Governor General of Bengal and representative of the East India Company. Known as 'Clive of India' for his expansion of EIC interests in the subcontinent, the military commander and...
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Colossal-Type Statue of Neptune
Probably sculpted in a workshop in Aphrodisias (Asia Minor), it was at Palaemon's sanctuary in Isthmia (near Corinth), where it was described by Pausanias (II, 2, 1) in the 2nd century CE. It is an important sample of the Roman Empire's classicism...
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Antoine Coysevox's Neptune
Antoine Coysevox's Neptune in the Louvre (Paris, France), 1705.
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Centaur, Salacia and Neptune
Ancient Roman fresco (50-79 CE), Pompeii, Italy.
