Heroism Collection (#44)

Death of Nelson on board HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 (1827). One of Britains greatest military figures, Admiral Nelson (1758-1805)

Field Marshal Roberts relieving the siege of Kimberley, Boer War, South Africa, 1900. Frederick Sleigh Roberts (1832-1914) was Commander-in-Chief in the field in the 2nd Boer War

Military decorations. Left to right: Distinguished Service Order; Military Cross; Victoria Cross; Distinguished Conduct Medal (all British). Far right: French Croix de Guerre

Victoria Cross. British decoration for gallantry instituted by Queen Victoria after the Crimean War and made of bronze from captured Russian guns

Entree of Napoleon to Grenoble, March 1815, 19th century

Heroic General Bonaparte, 19th century

Saint Charlemagne, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Saint Charlemagne, 1892. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 30th January 1892

Accident on the Marly-le-Roi rail line, France, 1891. Artist: F Meaulle
Accident on the Marly-le-Roi rail line, France, 1891. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 14th November 1891

Death of General James Wolfe at the Siege of Quebec, 1759 (1831). James Wolfe (1727-1759), English soldier, lies dying on the Heights of Abraham as Quebec is captured from the French on 13 September

John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), English soldier. Marlborough commanded the British and allied forces in the War of the Spanish Succession early in the 18th century

Battle of Rivoli won by the Emperor Napoleon I, 14 January 1797, (c1835-1884)
Battle of Rivoli won by the Emperor Napoleon I, 14 January, 1797, (1800-1899).The battle of Rivoli in northern Italy occurred as Austrias General Alvintzy made his fourth

Constellation of Perseus, showing him carrying the head of Medusa, c1820. From Uranias Mirror. (London c1820)

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) on his deathbed, 1830. In only 13 years, Alexander III of Macedon conquered a vast empire stretching from the Mediterranean to India

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) as a youth, listening to his tutor Aristotle, c1875. In only 13 years, Alexander III of Macedon conquered a vast empire stretching from the Mediterranean to India

Alexander the Great, (356-323 BC), c1873
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), c336-c323 BC. In only 13 years, Alexander III of Macedon conquered a vast empire stretching from the Mediterranean to India

Alexander the Great, (356-323 BC), 1425
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), c336-c323 BC. In only 13 years, Alexander III of Macedon conquered a vast empire stretching from the Mediterranean to India

Alexander the Great, (356-323 BC), c336-c323 BC
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), c336-c323 BC. In only 13 years, Alexander III of Macedon conquered a vast empire stretching from the Mediterranean to India

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). In only 13 years, Alexander III of Macedon conquered a vast empire stretching from the Mediterranean to India

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), 3rd century BC. In only 13 years, Alexander III of Macedon conquered a vast empire stretching from the Mediterranean to India

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), 1924. In only 13 years, Alexander III of Macedon conquered a vast empire stretching from the Mediterranean to India

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), c1800
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), 1800. Romanticised portrayal of Alexander in a plumed helmet. In only 13 years, Alexander III of Macedon conquered a vast empire stretching from the Mediterranean to

Flight-Lieutenant Rex Warneford VC, British pilot, 1915. Warneford was the first Royal Naval Air Service pilot to be awarded the Victoria Cross

Defence of the fort at Futtegurh, Indian Mutiny, 1857-1859 (c1895). 150 British, of whom only one quarter could bear arms, were besieged at Futtegurh

Broadsheet showing Exploits of French air ace Adolphe Pegoud
Exploits of French air ace Adolphe Pegoud, killed in action 1915. Looping-the-loop, dropping bombs, shooting- up observation balloon. From a contemporary broadsheet

Broadsheet showing Georges-Marie Guynemer, French air fighter ace
Georges-Marie Guynemer (1895-1917) French air fighter ace shot down 8 times. Died in combat 1917. Credited with 53 air victories. Broadsheet showing dog fights with German biplane and Fokkers

Detail from the frieze in the cella of the temple of Apollo at Bassae, 5th century BC
Detail from the frieze in the cella of the temple of Apollo at Bassae, showing Heracles fighting Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, from the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Marble votive relief of a Hero Rider from the Cyclades
Hellenistic marble votive relief of a Hero Rider, showing snakes at a sacrifical altar, originally from Amorgos in the Cyclades, now at the Archaeological Museum at Syros

Captain Lebedief heroically defending the bastion at Port Arthur, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 25 September 1904

Hero of Alexandrias mechanical blacksmiths, (1st century) 1647
Hero of Alexandrias mechanical blacksmiths, (ist century) 1647. Woodcut from Gli Artificiose e curiosi moti spiritale de Herone, Bologna

Soviet poster commemorating May Day, 1950. Artist: A Bearob
Soviet poster commemorating May Day, 1950

The Death of Nelson, 1805, (1859-1864). Artist: Daniel Maclise
The Death of Nelson, 1805, (1859-1864). The death of Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1804) at the Battle of Trafalgar. From the collection of the National Museums, Liverpool

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857-1941), British soldier, 1900. Baden-Powell offering reassurance that relief is on the way to the besieged town of Mafeking

Portrait bust of Alexander the Great. Carved marble head of Alexander the Great (356 BC-323 BC) wearing lion head-dress. He was Alexander III of Macedon from 336 BC

Gandhi fasting in support of Untouchables, 1932. Artist: Leonard Raven-Hill
Gandhi fasting in support of Untouchables, 1932. Mohondas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), known as Mahatma (Great Soul), Indian Nationalist leader

Mohandas Gandhi, Indian nationalist leader, on his way to Congress, 1932. Mohondas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), known as Mahatma (Great Soul)

Statue of a Roman as a hero, 1st century. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Laocoonte, 1789. Artist: Paolo Andrea Triscornia
Laocoonte, 1789. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Napoleon Bonaparte on the Bridge at Arcole, c1796-c1797. Artist: Antoine-Jean Gros
Napoleon Bonaparte on the Bridge at Arcole, c1796-c1797. Detail. The French defeated the Austrians on 17 November 1796 after a three day battle at Arcole, Northern Italy

Statue of Heracles as a Boy, second half of 2nd century. Roman, after a Greek original of the late 4th century BC. According to Greek mythology, Heracles, the son of Zeus and Alemene

Head of Meleager, 2nd century. Roman, after a Greek original of the mid 4th century BC. According to Greem mythology, Meleager was a hero who, together with Atalanta, a female hunter

Gallipoli - bringing in horses by Matania, WW1
Telegraph work in Gallipoli - an unrecorded incident of individual bravery. Two men of the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers bringing two uninjured horses back to British lines during a severe Turkish

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