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Panini - Roman Landscape with the Arch of Constantine J920081

MARBLE HILL HOUSE, Twickenham, Richmond, Middlesex. " Landscape with the Arch of Constantine " 1738 by Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691/2-1765). A capriccio combining ancient monuments from various periods and areas of Rome. Pannini

© Historic England

Arch, Column, Italian, Paintings, Roman

Rorkes Drift

The Defence of Rorke's Drift during the Zulu War, 22nd January 1879. A painting by Lady Elizabeth Butler, specially commissioned by Queen Victoria to commemorate the bravery of the soldiers who fought off a Zulu attack on a field hospital, although massively outnumbered. On the right, Private Frederick Hitch distributes ammunition to the soldiers, an act of courage for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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The Battle of Chatham, 1667 (oil on canvas)

3087147 The Battle of Chatham, 1667 (oil on canvas) by Stoop, Willem van der (c.1620-69); 142x236 cm; Skokloster Castle, Sweden; (add.info.: In June 1667 the Dutch fleet under the command of Michiel Adriaanszoon Reuter (1607-76) sailed up the River Medway to the British naval base at Chatham, setting fire to much of the British fleet and capturing the British flagship Royal Charles.); Dutch, out of copyright

© Skokloster Castle, Sweden / Bridgeman Images