Organized and prolonged violent conflict between different nations, states, or different groups within a nation or state

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World War I: the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) on active service. Oil painting by H.R. Mackey, ca. 1918.

Bone & fat bucket : save them for munitions / Domestic Savings Committee.

Franco-Prussian War: women carrying wounded soldiers to hospital at Ivanitza. Coloured wood engraving by A.H.

Rationing order, 1918 : instructions for the use of the New Ration Card. (N.86) / Ministry of Food.

1942-43 clothing book... : this book is number EP625035 / Board of Trade.

National ration book (B) / Ministry of Food.

1942-43 clothing book... : this book is number DG550500 / Board of Trade.

Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including an shipwreck, a mob by St Paul's Cathedral, people dying from Cholera [?], and Hibernia pleading with Britannia [?]. Coloured lithograph, [c.1872?].

A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

Schleswig-Holstein War: an ambulance arriving at a battlefield in Düppel 18 April 1864. Lithograph by W. Funke, 1864.

La dépêche médicale. No. 3, Le service de santé dans la guerre future après la bataille.

Crimean War: appalling conditions as seen in the interior of the Russian Hospital in Sebastopol. Wood engraving after E.A. Goodall, 1855.

The death of General von Schwerin, all around are soldiers. Coloured engraving by D. Berger, 1790, after J.C. Frisch.

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War

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A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

Schleswig-Holstein War: an ambulance arriving at a battlefield in Düppel 18 April 1864. Lithograph by W. Funke, 1864.

La dépêche médicale. No. 3, Le service de santé dans la guerre future après la bataille.

Crimean War: appalling conditions as seen in the interior of the Russian Hospital in Sebastopol. Wood engraving after E.A. Goodall, 1855.

The death of General von Schwerin, all around are soldiers. Coloured engraving by D. Berger, 1790, after J.C. Frisch.

War

Images from the collections

Images referencing War

Works from the collections

A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

Schleswig-Holstein War: an ambulance arriving at a battlefield in Düppel 18 April 1864. Lithograph by W. Funke, 1864.

La dépêche médicale. No. 3, Le service de santé dans la guerre future après la bataille.

Crimean War: appalling conditions as seen in the interior of the Russian Hospital in Sebastopol. Wood engraving after E.A. Goodall, 1855.

The death of General von Schwerin, all around are soldiers. Coloured engraving by D. Berger, 1790, after J.C. Frisch.

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