Images

Greek Girls Picking up Pebbles by the Sea, oil on canvas by Frederic Leighton, 1871. Collection Pérez Simón, Mexico

Holy Grail tapestries: The Arming of the Knights, tapestry in wool and silk designed by Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris, and John Henry Dearle, 1890. Private Collection.

Pallas and the Centaur, oil on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1482-1483. Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence.

A photograph showing Canadian infantry troops landing under fire at Juno Beach, Normandy on D-Day 6 June 1944. Taken near St Aubin-sur-Mer, at about 8.05 am. (Imperial War Museums)

An aerial view showing the Allied landing craft and assault troops at Juno Beach, Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944. (Imperial War Museums)

An abandoned Centaur Mk IV belonging to the Royal Marines Armoured Support Group, on Juno Beach on D-Day. St Aubin-sur-Mer, 6 June 1944. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing members of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division attacking Juno Beach as part of the Allied D-Day Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. In the background is Bernieres-sur-Mer. (Imperial War Museums)

Colonel John Chivington of the US Volunteers, responsible for the Sand Creek Massacre of November 1864.

Washita River, Oklahoma, USA: Vicinity of the Washita Massacre of November 1868 where Black Kettle and his wife were killed trying to escape across the river.

The Attack on Black Kettle's Cheyenne Camp, an illustration of the Washita Massacre/Battle of Washita of November 1868, from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, NY, New York, December 1868.