Brave Collection (page 8)

Pehriska-Ruhpa, Hidatsa warrior, 1833-34 (watercolour on paper)
5054767 Pehriska-Ruhpa, Hidatsa warrior, 1833-34 (watercolour on paper) by Bodmer, Karl (1809-93); Joslyn Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

Washington Crossing the Delaware River, 25th December 1776 (detail), 1851 (oil on canvas)
5863982 Washington Crossing the Delaware River, 25th December 1776 (detail), 1851 (oil on canvas) by Leutze, Emanuel Gottlieb (1816-68); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Otter hunting in the North, the Last Struggle (engraving)
1057997 Otter hunting in the North, the Last Struggle (engraving) by Bradley, Basil (1842-1904); Private Collection; (add.info.: Otter hunting in the North, the Last Struggle)

Lt Roberts winning his V. C. January 2nd 1858 (litho)
STC373319 Lt Roberts winning his V.C. January 2nd 1858 (litho) by Payne, Henry (Harry) (1868-1940) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts)

Belgian wounded returning from Liege, from Hutchison
IL388145 Belgian wounded returning from Liege, from Hutchisons Story of the British Nation, c.1920 (litho) by Browne, Gordon Frederick (1858-1932); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

First Battle of the Somme (colour litho)
PNP386852 First Battle of the Somme (colour litho) by Wood, Stanley L. (1866-1928) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lt. T. Wilkinson, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, won the V. C)

Relics of the Brave (engraving)
1044546 Relics of the Brave (engraving) by Hacker, Arthur (1858-1919); Private Collection; (add.info.: Relics of the Brave)

Lend the way they Fight, 1918 (colour litho)
699118 Lend the way they Fight, 1918 (colour litho) by Ashe, Edmund (1867-1941); 93x53 cm; Private Collection; eGalerie Bilderwelt; American, out of copyright

A Sioux Indian Chief (colour litho)
981827 A Sioux Indian Chief (colour litho) by Feller, Frank (1848-1908) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Sioux Indian Chief.); Look and Learn / Elgar Collection

Sheridans Ride by Thure de Thulstrup, 1886 (chromolithograph)
1202063 Sheridans Ride by Thure de Thulstrup, 1886 (chromolithograph) by Thulstrup, Thure de (1848-1930); Private Collection; (add.info)

Captain James Cook
LLM457881 Captain James Cook by Simpson, Joseph (1879-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: Captain James Cook. Illustration for A Gallery of Heroes and Heroines by Sir Harry Johnston)

Admiral Nelson
LLM457880 Admiral Nelson by Simpson, Joseph (1879-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: Admiral Nelson. Illustration for A Gallery of Heroes and Heroines by Sir Harry Johnston (Wells Gardner)

Henry Havelock
LLM457876 Henry Havelock by Simpson, Joseph (1879-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: Henry Havelock. Illustration for A Gallery of Heroes and Heroines by Sir Harry Johnston (Wells Gardner)

Florence Nightingale
LLM457874 Florence Nightingale by Simpson, Joseph (1879-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: Florence Nightingale. Illustration for A Gallery of Heroes and Heroines by Sir Harry Johnston)

Lieutenant Morland making prisoners of eighteen Germans in a mine at Givenchy (litho)
STC413370 Lieutenant Morland making prisoners of eighteen Germans in a mine at Givenchy (litho) by Ripperger, H. (fl.1915); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lieutenant Denys Max Thomson Morland)

Captain Bell-Irving engaging three of the enemys aeroplanes (litho)
STC413361 Captain Bell-Irving engaging three of the enemys aeroplanes (litho) by Avis, W. (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: 19th December 1915; Captain Malcolm McBean Bell-Irving)

Drummer Kenny rescuing a comrade under very heavy fire (litho)
STC413360 Drummer Kenny rescuing a comrade under very heavy fire (litho) by Elcock, Howard K. (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Drummer William Kenny VC (1880-1936)

Private Torrance pumping air into a mine under heavy fire (litho)
STC413334 Private Torrance pumping air into a mine under heavy fire (litho) by Pearse, Alfred (19th/20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Private J)

Acting-Second-Corporal O Brien descending a shaft with an officer to search for
STC413319 Acting-Second-Corporal O Brien descending a shaft with an officer to search for the enemy (litho) by Valda, John Harris (d.1941); Private Collection; (add.info)

Private Lavin grappling with a Turkish bomber in a British sap at Suvla Bay
STC413392 Private Lavin grappling with a Turkish bomber in a British sap at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli (litho) by Holloway, Edgar Alfred (1870-1941); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; British

Risaldar Santa Singh, Dafadar Bisham Singh and Sowar Buda Singh breaking through
STC413380 Risaldar Santa Singh, Dafadar Bisham Singh and Sowar Buda Singh breaking through the ranks of the Arabs to the assistance of Captain Willoughby (litho) by Rowlandson

Arthur in the Gruesome Glen (oil on canvas)
PNH419719 Arthur in the Gruesome Glen (oil on canvas) by Whaite, Henry Clarence (1828-1912); 99x150 cm; Private Collection; Photo ePeter Nahum at The Leicester Galleries, London; English

Pennycuick was killed: his gallant son, a mere lad, sprang forward
STC397078 Pennycuick was killed: his gallant son, a mere lad, sprang forward and bestrode his fathers body, illustration from Battles of the Nineteenth Century by Archibald Forbes, G.A

"There was a Young Lady of Norway, who casually sat in a doorway", from A Book of Nonsense
LLM386634 " There was a Young Lady of Norway, who casually sat in a doorway", from A Book of Nonsense, published by Frederick Warne and Co

2nd Lieutenant Alfred Victor Smith, VC, 1916 (oil on canvas)
781776 2nd Lieutenant Alfred Victor Smith, VC, 1916 (oil on canvas) by Cooke, Isaac (1846-1922); 131x85.1 cm; Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum, Burnley

Back Them Up! poster, 1941 (colour litho)
NAM416197 Back Them Up! poster, 1941 (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: printed by Chromoworks, Ltd.; ); eNational Army Museum; English

Lieutenant Neame holding the enemy back and rescuing wounded men (litho)
STC413339 Lieutenant Neame holding the enemy back and rescuing wounded men (litho) by Valda, John Harris (d.1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: Philip Neame (1888-1978)

Captain Hawkers aerial battle with three German aeroplanes (litho)
STC413337 Captain Hawkers aerial battle with three German aeroplanes (litho) by Avis, W. (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Captain Hawker VC (1890-1916)

Gunner Rafferty carrying a wounded woman to safety from a farmhouse which was being
STC413335 Gunner Rafferty carrying a wounded woman to safety from a farmhouse which was being shelled (litho) by Valda, John Harris (d.1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gunner J)

Second-Corporal Collier struggling out of a mine gallery nearly full of water after
STC413331 Second-Corporal Collier struggling out of a mine gallery nearly full of water after completing his work (litho) by Holloway

Lance-Corporal Tombs dragging back a severely wounded man by means of a rifle-sling
STC413329 Lance-Corporal Tombs dragging back a severely wounded man by means of a rifle-sling placed roud his own neck and the mans body (litho) by Avis, W

Bombardier Harlock laying his gun after having been twice wounded (litho)
STC413321 Bombardier Harlock laying his gun after having been twice wounded (litho) by Valda, John Harris (d.1941); Private Collection; (add.info)

The destruction of a German seaplane by Flight-Sub-Lieutenant Ince off the Belgian Coast
STC413316 The destruction of a German seaplane by Flight-Sub-Lieutenant Ince off the Belgian Coast (litho) by Avis, W. (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Midshipman Malleson jumping with a line from a barge to link up another barge which was
STC413388 Midshipman Malleson jumping with a line from a barge to link up another barge which was drifting (litho) by Holloway

Sergeant B. C. Shea rallying and cheering on the men of his regiment after being seriously
STC412120 Sergeant B.C. Shea rallying and cheering on the men of his regiment after being seriously wounded at Rouges Bancs (litho) by Valda

Sergeant T. Green rescuing, unaided, three severely wounded men from a burning gun-hut
STC412114 Sergeant T. Green rescuing, unaided, three severely wounded men from a burning gun-hut (litho) by Avis, W. (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sergeant T)

Private Jewson getting out of his trench under very heavy shell-fire to rescue
STC412111 Private Jewson getting out of his trench under very heavy shell-fire to rescue the wounded and bring in the dead (litho) by Holloway

Private Fitch driving a transport cart after the driver had been shot (litho)
STC412100 Private Fitch driving a transport cart after the driver had been shot (litho) by Elcock, Howard K. (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: 26th April 1915; Private W.R)

Private T. G. Turrall guarding a wounded officer and holding his ground amid machine-gun
STC412082 Private T.G. Turrall guarding a wounded officer and holding his ground amid machine-gun fire and bombs (litho) by Pearse

Acting-Sergeant J. Erskine bandaging his wounded officer while being repeatedly fired at
STC412074 Acting-Sergeant J. Erskine bandaging his wounded officer while being repeatedly fired at (litho) by Pearse, Alfred (19th/20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sapper W. Hackett refuses to leave a comrade who was lying seriously injured in a mine
STC412072 Sapper W. Hackett refuses to leave a comrade who was lying seriously injured in a mine gallery (litho) by Pearse

Drummer W. Ritchie standing on the enemys parapet to sound the "charge"
STC412052 Drummer W. Ritchie standing on the enemys parapet to sound the " charge" under heavy machine-gun fire and bomb attacks (colour litho) by Elcock, Howard K

Naik Shahamad Khan, with two others, holding his ground after his machine-gun had been
STC412051 Naik Shahamad Khan, with two others, holding his ground after his machine-gun had been knocked out by shell-fire (litho) by Avis, W

The heroic mothers, a peasant woman who in Ancona has her skin removed from her shoulders to give it to one of her
2815517 The heroic mothers, a peasant woman who in Ancona has her skin removed from her shoulders to give it to one of her

An admirable act of value, a railway brakeman rescues a traveling train alone... (colour litho)
2815282 An admirable act of value, a railway brakeman rescues a traveling train alone... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: An admirable act of value)

Aliwal, The Third Light Dragoons charging the Sikh Guns (colour litho)
2780523 Aliwal, The Third Light Dragoons charging the Sikh Guns (colour litho) by Wood, Stanley L. (1866-1928) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aliwal)

The fire engine dashing to the rescue (colour litho)
2801152 The fire engine dashing to the rescue (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The fire engine dashing to the rescue)

Lieutenant Roberts saves the flag (colour litho)
2801147 Lieutenant Roberts saves the flag (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lieutenant Roberts saves the flag)

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Unyielding courage echoes through history, from the valiant soldiers of the Attack of the Ulster Division to the chivalrous Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. In every era, brave souls have emerged, like Grace Darling rowing fearlessly with her father and Corporal Joan Pearson sending WW2 greetings cards filled with hope. Propaganda posters inspired a nation as prime ministers made bold statements, while Che Guevara's image on a Havana wall symbolized unwavering bravery in Cuba. The Mad Robot on Amazing Stories magazine cover ignited imaginations with tales of daring adventures, just as Army Chaplains in Great War Deeds provided solace amidst chaos. Moss, Mr Cledwyn Morgan's loyal dog from Ystradgynlais exemplified unwavering loyalty and courage. Even amidst tragedy, such as the brave Titanic engineers who faced their fate head-on or the garrison's heroic sortie during Gibraltar's siege in 1789 by John Trumbull’s brushstroke; bravery shines bright. And let us not forget suffragette demonstrations rallying at Hyde Park for equality – a testament to fearless determination throughout time.