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The goddess Diana presiding over military figures representing the choleric temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.

Figures with measuring instruments and a cannon; representing geometry and military science. Etching by C. Schut after himself.

Putti plan war manoeuvres on maps with the help of geometrical diagrams; representing geometry and military science. Etching by B. Picart, 1729, after himself.

Truth represented as the word of God assailed by persecution, superstition, tradition, betrayal and violence. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

A battlefield littered with corpses of soldiers and carcasses of horses during a fierce cavalry battle. Etching after J. Callot, ca. 1633.

Cavalry passing mountain river, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

Marie de Medici dressed in warlike form as Minerva, goddess of arts. Engraving by J.B. Massé, 1708, after J.M. Nattier after P.P. Rubens.

Elizabeth Gunning astride a cannon firing by the pen of her mother a blast of forged letters at the facade of Blenheim - which a figure defends with a blast of excrement - the Duchess of Bedford offers her petticoat as cover while General Gunning retreats from the battlefield; representing the Gunning scandal. Etching by J. Gillray, 1791.

American soldiers loading artillery; analogous to the ravages of plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.

A hybrid of a cannon and a clyster is attended by General Georges Mouton and Gabriel Delessert, the chief of police; representing their use of the water-cannon to dispel an uprising. Coloured lithograph.

Artillery: 16th cent.

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Cavalry passing mountain river, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

A hybrid of a cannon and a clyster is attended by General Georges Mouton and Gabriel Delessert, the chief of police; representing their use of the water-cannon to dispel an uprising. Coloured lithograph.

Artillery: 16th cent.

Marie de Medici dressed in warlike form as Minerva, goddess of arts. Engraving by J.B. Massé, 1708, after J.M. Nattier after P.P. Rubens.

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