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The Croquet Scene by Homer
An 1866 oil on canvas painting by Winslow Homer (1836-1910), The Croquet Scene. This was a popular game in Britain and the United States in this period. The women have hoisted their outer dresses to play the game. Art...
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Victorian Menswear
A 19th-century illustration showing typical menswear clothing of the Victorian era. The man on the left wears a morning coat with typical cut away front while the other figures wear the popular frock coat. The figure on the...
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Purple Victorian Dress
An 1860s purple silk dress. Such vibrant colours became popular in the Victorian era following the invention of synthetic dies.
Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
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Victorian Crinoline Cage
A 19th-century crinoline cage worn by women to give their outer dress the desired voluminous silhouette. Steel frame covered in red linen and wool. The crinoline's maximum diameter is 2.35 metres (7.7 ft). Victoria &...
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No Man's Land in the First World War
No Man's Land, illustration by Lucien Jonas, 1927. Lucien Jonas was a French artist appointed as an official military painter after being mobilized in 1914, becoming one of the most prolific and renowned wartime...
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Burnside's Bridge at Antietam Battlefield - Site of General Burnside's disastrous decision
Burnside's Bridge at the Antietam Battlefield (also known as Sharpsburg Battlefield near Sharpsburg, Maryland). So-called because Union General Ambrose Burnside wasted...
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Bombardment of Fort Sumter by Currier & Ives
Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor: 12th & 13th of April, 1861, the attack that started the American Civil War, colored lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1861. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C...
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Map of the US-Mexican War of 1846-1848
The U.S.–Mexican War (1846–1848) marked a decisive moment in the territorial and political transformation of North America. The conflict was triggered by the U.S. annexation of Texas (1845) and a disputed southern...
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French Defence of Verdun
French Army troops operating a captured German Maxim MG 08 machine gun at Fort Douaumont at the Battle of Verdun (Feb-Dec 1916) during the First World War (1914-18).
Imperial War Museums.
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Fort Douaumont
Aerial view of the fortress of Douaumont, part of the Verdun complex of fortresses fought over in the Battle of Verdun (Feb-Dec 1916) during the First World War (1914-18).
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