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General Thomas Gage, who, in the early days of the American Revolution, served as commander-in-chief of all British armies in North America and as military governor of Massachusetts. Oil on canvas portrait by John Singleton Copley, c. 1788...

A portrait of Major-General William Elphinstone (1782-1842) who commanded the army of the British East India Company in its infamous retreat from Kabul in January 1842 during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1838-42). (National Portrait Gallery...

Napoleon Bonaparte in the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire Year VIII (9 November 1799), the coup that ended both the French Directory and the French Revolution. Oil on canvas painting by François Bouchot, 1840. Palace of Versailles.

Taking prisoners in Napoleon's Italian Campaign, 1797, oil on canvas by Nicolas-Antoine Taunay, c. 1801-1824. Palace of Versailles.

Benedict Arnold is wounded on the last day of the Battles of Saratoga (19 and 7 October 1777), by Alonzo Chappel, 1860. New York Public Library.

The death of Dr. Joseph Warren, one of Massachusetts' most influential revolutionary leaders, at the Battle of Bunker Hill on 17 June 1775. Oil on canvas painting by John Trumbull, 1786. Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

Portrait of George Washington as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. Oil on canvas by Rembrandt Peale, c. 1850. De Young Museum, San Francisco.

An 1860 CE painting of Horatio Gordon Robley (1840-1930 CE) - British soldier, artist and collector of the macabre.

The death of French General Louis Desaix at the Battle of Marengo, 14 June 1800; in the center left, Napoleon stands witness. Painting by Jean Broc, 1806. Palace of Versailles.

A general view of Anjar (8th century CE) which illustrates the plan of the city, clearly showing the rationality of Umayyad town planning. The organic medieval cities that were eventually to house the Palace, Mosque, Souq, and private residential...