Images Dated 5th September 2011

Painting by H S Power, artillery and horses at Ypres, WW1

Painting by the Australian war artist Harold Septimus Power (1877-1971), showing artillery going into action before the Battle of Ypres, with soldiers on horseback pulling heavy artillery across a field, and others loading a field gun. Power specialised in depicting horses on the battlefield. Date: 31 July 1917

© Mary Evans Picture Library 2015 - https://copyrighthub.org/s0/hub1/creation/maryevans/MaryEvansPictureID/10528818

Aizen Myo-o, God of Love (wood)

XBP235782 Aizen Myo-o, God of Love (wood) by Japanese School, (18th century); height: 78.7 cm; American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA; (add.info.: red body, symbolising power to purify sexual desire; converts earthly desire into spiritual awakening;); Photo © Boltin Picture Library

© © Boltin Picture Library / Bridgeman Images

Asian, Base, Buddhism, Buddhist, Deity, King Of Sexual Passion, Podium, Seated, Six Arms, Three Eyes, Two Faces

HMS Dorothea and Trent in the Ice

"Vintage engraving from 1840 showing HMS Dorothea and HMS Trent in the Ice. In 1818, David Buchan was sent on an expedition to the North Pole. Buchan and Lieutenant John Franklin sailed the Dorothea and Trent to Spitsbergen, but they failed to advance much further north due to the ice."

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