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Sarawak: five Kenyah warriors in a warfare ritual. Photograph.

Four physiognomies expressing the propensity to command. Drawing, c. 1792.

Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.

Cupid (Love) with arrows sits next to items representing arts and sciences. Etching by H. Winstanley, 17--, after F. Snyders and A. van Dyck.

Figures with measuring instruments and a cannon; representing geometry and military science. Etching by C. Schut after himself.

Putti plan war manoeuvres on maps with the help of geometrical diagrams; representing geometry and military science. Etching by B. Picart, 1729, after himself.

A sheet of sketches showing war defences and victims during the Chinese Campaign, 1860, China. Tinted lithograph after Lt. Col. Crealock, 1860.

Sarawak: four Dayak men in a warfare ritual. Photograph.

A portable device used to counteract poisonous gases, being carried on a man's back. Halftone.

Wisdom shows Britannia the measurements of the globe; figures representing other continents stand watching. Engraving by W. Swift after W.M. Craig.

Writing on the edge : great contemporary writers on the front line of crisis / a book by Tom Craig ;  photography by Tom Craig ; edited by Dan Crowe ; Martin Amis [and 13 others].

Mars crowns the portrait of the Count of Montecuccoli while a soldier-angel looks on, holding a portrait of Count Turpin de Crisse. Etching by F. Andouart after F.G. Casanova, 1769.

Himmlers Forscher : Wehrwissenschaft und Medizinverbrechen im "Ahnenerbe" der SS / Julien Reitzenstein.

Touched by fire : Doctors Without Borders in a Third World crisis / Elliott Leyton ; photographs by Greg Locke.

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Military art and science

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Writing on the edge : great contemporary writers on the front line of crisis / a book by Tom Craig ; photography by Tom Craig ; edited by Dan Crowe ; Martin Amis [and 13 others].

Mars crowns the portrait of the Count of Montecuccoli while a soldier-angel looks on, holding a portrait of Count Turpin de Crisse. Etching by F. Andouart after F.G. Casanova, 1769.

Himmlers Forscher : Wehrwissenschaft und Medizinverbrechen im "Ahnenerbe" der SS / Julien Reitzenstein.

Touched by fire : Doctors Without Borders in a Third World crisis / Elliott Leyton ; photographs by Greg Locke.

Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.

Military art and science

Images from the collections

Images about Military art and science

Works from the collections

Writing on the edge : great contemporary writers on the front line of crisis / a book by Tom Craig ; photography by Tom Craig ; edited by Dan Crowe ; Martin Amis [and 13 others].

Mars crowns the portrait of the Count of Montecuccoli while a soldier-angel looks on, holding a portrait of Count Turpin de Crisse. Etching by F. Andouart after F.G. Casanova, 1769.

Himmlers Forscher : Wehrwissenschaft und Medizinverbrechen im "Ahnenerbe" der SS / Julien Reitzenstein.

Touched by fire : Doctors Without Borders in a Third World crisis / Elliott Leyton ; photographs by Greg Locke.

Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.

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