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Guy de Beauchamp Stands Atop the Beheaded Piers Gaveston
Guy Beauchamp Earl of Warwick and Piers Gaveston Earl of Cornwall 1330, illustration by T. Tovey after a miniature in the 15th-century Rous Roll, 1793. Depicted on the right stands a triumphant Guy de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, upon the...
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Scarborough Castle Ruins
Keep of Scarborough, Yorkshire, illustration by George Shepherd after William Tombleson, c. 1806-1836. In the spring of 1312, Piers Gaveston, companion and favourite of Edward II, was besieged at Scarborough Castle, where he soon surrendered...
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Ivory Casket Panel of a Knight in Combat
Casket panel of a knight, ivory carving, Paris, France, c. 1325-1350. Depicted here is a Parisian carving of a dismounted knight running their sword through a figure wielding a club. On the right, the knight grasps the hand of a bearded...
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Fashoda Incident Cartoon
A cartoon by J.M. Staniforth of the Fashoda Incident of 1898 when France and Britain almost went to war over their competing claims for control of the Upper Nile.
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The British Arrive at Fashoda, 1898
A photograph showing the arrival of the Anglo-Egyptian force led by General Herbert Kitchener at Fashoda in the Sudan. This was during the Fashoda Incident of 1898 when France and Britain almost went to war over their competing claims for...
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Fashoda Fort Ruins, 1898
An 1898 photograph of the ruined fort at Fashoda, Sudan. This was taken at the time of the Fashoda Incident when France and Britain almost went to war over their competing claims for control of the Upper Nile.
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Jean-Baptiste Marchand at Fashoda
An 1898 French magazine cover showing Jean-Baptiste Marchand, who led an expedition to Fashoda in Sudan to claim it for France. This episode during the Scramble for Africa created the Fashoda Incident when France and Britain almost went to...
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Mahdist Cavalry Charge, Omdurman
An illustration by Robert Talbot Kelly showing a Mahdist camel cavalry charge against the Anglo-Egyptian-Sudanese lines at the Battle of Omdurman on 2 September 1898 during the Mahdist War (1881-99).
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Ruined Mahdi's Tomb, Omdurman
A photograph of the ruined tomb of Muhammad Ahmad (1844-1885) in Omdurman, Sudan. The self-proclaimed Mahdi's tomb was destroyed by the British after the Battle of Omdurman on 2 September 1898 during the Mahdist War (1881-99). The tomb originally...
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Battle of Omdurman by Sutherland
A lithographic print by A. Sutherland showing the early stages of the Battle of Omdurman on 2 September 1898. The battle in the Sudan was between an Anglo-Egyptian-Sudanese army and the Mahdist State. The former won the battle and then the...
