NWI4835697: British Navy officers playing a ball game on Plymouth Hoe, waiting for the approach of the terrible Spanish Armada, 1588. Among them, the English navigator Sir Francis Drake, (1540-1596). Illustration of the anecdote that Drake calmly finished his game as the fleet of the “Invincible Armada” of Spain approached the English coast. Coloured water, 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
NWI4835815: The handwritten note by Oliver H. Perry (1785-1819) proclaiming his victory at the Battle of Lake Erie (1813) in the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain “We have met the enemy and they are ours””. College simile with detrempe to watercolor, 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
NWI4834915: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) visiting marechal Jean Lannes (1769-1909), fatally wounded at the Battle of Essling (or Battle of Aspern), 1809, against Austria. Scene of a battlefield precarious hospital, with surgeon and wounds aligned on the ground. Coloured water, 19th century. / Bridgeman Images