Vera Collection (#8)

Spain. Reconquest. Storming of Seville by Ferdinand III of Castile (1248). Illustration of Juan Antonio de Vera y

VERA IVANOVNA ZASULICH (1849-1919). Russian revolutionary. Wood engraving, 1878

MAXIMILIANs ARRIVAL, 1864. Emperor Maximilians arrival at Vera Cruz, 29 May 1864: wood engraving from a contemporary French newspaper

The U. S. Steam Frigate Mississippi, Com re M. C. Perry--Goin
The U.S. Steam Frigate Mississippi, Com..re M.C. Perry--Going out to the relief of the American steamer Hunter a French bark her prize

Grand salute at Vera Cruz, from the American fleet and the Castle San Juan D Ulloa in honor of the American flag, which was hoisted over that city and castle, March 29th, 1847

Vera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Vera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The U. S. naval battery during the bombardment of Vera Cruz o
The U.S. naval battery during the bombardment of Vera Cruz on the 24 and 25 of March 1847. Date c1848

Landing of the U. S. Army under General Scott, on the beach n
Landing of the U.S. Army under General Scott, on the beach near Vera Cruz March 9th, 1847

Pains great war spectacle, Mexican War, Siege of Vera Cruz. Date c1890

Lady Terrington
Vera Florence Annie Woodhouse, Lady Terrington (nÚÑáBousher) (1889 1973), British Liberal Party politician, and one of the first women Members of Parliament (MP). Date: 1923

Programme cover for And So We Go On
Programme cover for Charles B. Cochrans And So We Go On at the Trocadero Grill Room, London, from April 1928. Artwork by Vera Truman 1928

SILENT STILL: BATHER. Vera Reynolds, photographed c1915

Blue Jackets capturing Fort Santiago, Vera Cruz, Mexico

American soldiers, off to Vera Cruz, Mexico

The American army entering Vera Cruz, Mexico

An American army camp in Vera Cruz, Mexico

Marines entering Fort Santiago, Vera Cruz, Mexico

Vera Cruz harbour, Mexico

Vera Cruz harbour, to which hastened the United States battleships, Vermont, Georgia, and Nebraska, in order to protect the American lives, interests and property endangered by the revolution

Boatloads of joyous jackies leaving Vera Cruz
US army relieving the Navy. Boatloads of joyous jackies leaving Vera Cruz for their battleship, after the arrival of the Army who came to relieve them

Tbilisi, Georgia - The outer suburb of Vera. Tbilisi, the capital (and largest) city in Georgia - formerly known as Tiflis

Statue of Juarez in Veracruz, Mexico
Statue of Benito Juarez in Veracruz, Mexico. Juarez was a Zapotec Indian who spent five full terms of President of Mexico

Kuprin, The Garnet Bracelet
L I Lyubimova, on whom the character of Vera is modelled in Aleksandr Kuprins story, The Garnet Bracelet, first published in 1911

Sofya (Sonia) Aleksandrovna Ivanova
Sofya (or Sonia) Aleksandrovna Ivanova, favourite niece of the Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky (daughter of his sister Vera Ivanova). He wrote letters to her about himself and his work

Russian Ladies
Four portraits of prominent Russian women, showing the Grand Duchess Marie Paulowna, Mme de Benar-Daky, the Countess Vera de Talleyrand-Perigold and the Countess Brevern de Lagardie

Women Minister officiating a wedding
The Reverend Miss Vera Findlay, Minister at the Stewartville Congregational Church, Partick, Glasgow, signing the register after having conducted a marriage ceremony in Scotland

The Second Mexican indemnity on its way to Vera Cruz, 1846
Engraving showing a party of men on mules, carrying the gold of the second indemnity from the Mexican Government to the United States Government, ont their way to Vera Cruz, 1846

Portrait of Vera Zassulitch
Vera Zassulitch, a Russian revolutionist was tried and acquitted at St Petersburg for shooting General Trepoff

Ivan Bunin and Vera
IVAN ALEKSEYEVICH BUNIN Russian poet, Nobel Prize 1933 with his wife Vera

Vera Kholodnaya / Runich
Vera Kholodnaya, Russian silent-film actress with Runich

We ll Meet Again
WE LL MEET AGAIN A soldier and his sweetheart wave a poignant goodbye to one another on the music sheet of the song made famous by Vera Lynn

Vera Brittain / Harris Pho
VERA MARY BRITTAIN English writer

Asquith Ambushed / 1908
Jessie Kenney & Vera Wentworth Ambush & Capture Asquith and ask him if he intends to give the vote to women

Miss Vera Phillips
MISS VERA PHILLIPS One of Messrs Lafayettes most successful child studies

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