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Generals

Officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, or marines

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Images from the collections

Images referencing Generals

4 images from works
  • Five senior French army officers in military dress: two administrators, the chief surgeon, a pharmacist and a physician, ca. 1804. Coloured lithograph by G. David, ca. 1858, after A. de Marbot.
  • Seven uniformed senior British army staff, two of whom are mounted. Chromolithograph, c. 1880.
  • A regiment of clyster-wielding apothecaries orchestrated by General George Mouton de Lobau; representing his use of water-cannons in quelling riots. Lithograph by J.C., 1831.
  • Five senior French army officers in military dress: two administrators, the chief surgeon, a pharmacist and a physician, ca. 1804. Coloured lithograph by G. David, ca. 1858, after A. de Marbot.

Works from the collections

13 works

    • Pictures

    A scowling general looks over his right shoulder at the viewer as he rides on horseback along a winding road holding a bayonet. Etching by J. Kay after Lt. Col. Campbell, 1786.

    Kay, John, 1742-1826. | Date: 1786 | Reference: 585375i
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    Marsigli's Europe, 1680-1730 : the life and times of Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli, soldier and virtuoso / John Stoye.

    Stoye, John, 1917-2016. | Date: 1994
    • Books

    The general, MacArthur and the man he called 'Doc' / by Roger Olaf Egeberg.

    Egeberg, Roger Olaf, 1903- | Date: [1983], ©1983
    • Books

    Medical-military portraits of Union and Confederate generals / by Paul E. Steiner.

    Steiner, Paul E. (Paul Eby), 1902-1978. | Date: [1968]
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    General Arabin stands dressed as an army officer with his hands on his hips and his head turned to the left to reveal a long beaked nose. Engraving by J. Gillray, 1803.

    Gillray, James, 1756-1815. | Date: 5 March 1802 | Reference: 590714i

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