British history Gallery

British army advancing at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815

Duke of Wellington ordering the entire British line to advance at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Bakers at their trade in the late Middle Ages

Bakers of York, showing their guild ordinances, England, 1590s.
Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

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Medieval manor and fields

Arrangement of manor lands and a farming village in the late Middle Ages.
Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

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