Images

Portrait of Niccolò Paganini, lithographic print by Charles George Lewis after Edwin Landseer, 1849. Depicted here is the famed Italian violinist and composer Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840) in three-quarter length and in profile to the left...

Bowie knife, blade marked "G. Wostenholm & Son, Washington Work, I-XL, the real IXL knife, The Hunters Companion." The "Bowie knife" is famous from the Sandbar Fight of 1827, during which James 'Jim' Bowie first used such a knife to effect...

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste de La Rochefoucauld, Duc d'Anville, painting by F. de Troy. The Duc d'Anville led an ill-fated military expedition to Nova Scotia during King George's War (1744-1748) to engage against the English and retake the...

The Siege of Louisbourg, painting by Domenick d’Andrea and Rick Reeves. Depicted here are New England provincial soldiers at the 1745 Siege of Louisbourg during King George's War (1744-1748). National Guard Bureau, Historical Services Branch...

A German steel gas alarm gong, to be struck in the trenches as a warning when under attack by poisonous gas during the First World War (1914-1918). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing German troops releasing poisonous gas from canisters during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums, London.

A photograph showing British Army soldiers wearing PH Type helmets as protection against poisonous gas at the First Battle of the Somme during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

A 1919 oil-on-canvas painting titled Gasssed by John Singer Sargent. The work shows British soldiers blinded by a gas attack during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

A United States official poster informing people what to do in case of a poison gas attack during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums, London.

A line of British soldiers injured during a German tear gas attack at the Battle of Estaires in April 1918 during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)