Images Dated 18th December 2012

Cpt Francis Grenfell VC (9th Lancers) - Retrieving the guns

The Taking of the Guns. Captain Francis Grenfell of the 9th Lancers retrieving the guns of 119th Battery Royal Field Artillery at Audregnies, during the Battle of Mons, 24th August 1914. For this action, Captain Grenfell and Major Alexander of the Royal Artillery were awarded the Victoria Cross. Richard Caton Woodville, Ri (1856-1927)

© David Cohen Fine Art/Mary Evans Picture Library

Corner of the Beguines Houses; Coin de Beguinage, 1898 (oil on canvas)

825530 Corner of the Beguines Houses; Coin de Beguinage, 1898 (oil on canvas) by Le Sidaner, Henri Eugene Augustin (1862-1939); 44x69 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Corner of the Beguines Houses; Coin de Beguinage. Henri Le Sidaner (1862-1939). Oil on canvas. Painted in 1898. 44 x 69cm.); Photo A© Christie's Images; French, out of copyright

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Detail of an immortal holding a peach (silk)

XBP394862 Detail of an immortal holding a peach (silk) by Chinese School, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Popular representation of Dongfang Suo, courtier of Emperor Wudi (reigned 140-87 BC) during the Han Dynasty; scene from a legend in which he steals the peaches of immortality;); Photo A© Boltin Picture Library; Chinese, out of copyright

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