Boer War: three soldiers with a lady outside her bomb-proof shelter in Mafeking (Mahikeng). Halftone, ca.1900, after F. de Haenen.

Jeremiah sits amidst the rubble of Jerusalem, after its siege and destruction in 586 B.C. Lithograph by B. Weiss after E.J.F. Bendemann.

The invasion of Jerusalem; Hezekiah's prayer for Jerusalem's deliverance is answered. Mezzotint by G. Sanders, 1845, after E. Taylor.

Jeanne d'Arc, at the siege of Paris. Line engraving by J. Roze after H.F.E. Philippoteaux.

1 print : halftone ; image 15.2 x 22.6 cm

1 print : lithograph ; image 32.1 x 59.2 cm

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 27.7 x 22.4 cm

Women and children suffering from famine in Jerusalem. Engraving by A.W. Warren after E. Bird, 1816.

1 print : line engraving ; image 13.7 x 9.6 cm

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The invasion of Jerusalem; Hezekiah's prayer for Jerusalem's deliverance is answered. Mezzotint by G. Sanders, 1845, after E. Taylor.

Boer War: three soldiers with a lady outside her bomb-proof shelter in Mafeking (Mahikeng). Halftone, ca.1900, after F. de Haenen.

Jeremiah sits amidst the rubble of Jerusalem, after its siege and destruction in 586 B.C. Lithograph by B. Weiss after E.J.F. Bendemann.

Women and children suffering from famine in Jerusalem. Engraving by A.W. Warren after E. Bird, 1816.

Jeanne d'Arc, at the siege of Paris. Line engraving by J. Roze after H.F.E. Philippoteaux.