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Sabres and Dust by Chris Collingwood (P) British light cavalry and horsemen of Skinners Horse fight Pindarn and Maratha 1826. |
Rebel Advance by Chris Collingwood (P) Depicting the 5th Virginia Infantrymen advancing across open ground. |
Original art for the book Texas Brazos by Chris Collingwood. No text for this item |
Sons of Odin by Chris Collingwood (P) A Viking raiding party comes ashore from their Viking longboat on the western coast of England, 890 A.D. |
Men of the British Navy During the Battle of Lake Erie 1813 by Chris Collingwood (P) No text for this item |
Comanche Warrior c.1840s by Chris Collingwood. (P) No text for this item |
Original art for the poster of the film The Big Red One starring Lee Marvin by Chris Collingwood. No text for this item |
Richard III by Chris Collingwood (P) Richard Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III), after the Battle of Tewkesbury, 4th May 1471. Banners are of Richard Duke of Gloucesters White Boar and Sir John Stafford Of Mordaunts (created Earl of Wiltshire by Edward IV) coat of arms. |
Alfred The Great by Chris Collingwood (P) Alfred was born in 849 at Wantage, Oxfordshire He was the youngest son of King Ethelwulf of Wessex, he became King of the Anglo Saxon Kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred is known for his great defence of the Kingdoms of southern England against the Vikings. Eventually in 871 he made peace with the Vikings who agreed to a withdrawal out of his kingdom. It is likely a large payment of gold was made. Alfred was awarded the epithet The Great, and was the only king to be awarded this title. Alfred the Great was a learned man and improved the education and legal and military systems and structure. Alfred died on the 26th October 899 |
The Viking Hersir by Chris Collingwood. No text for this item |
US 8th Cavalryman by Chris Collingwood. (P) No text for this item |
Battle of Barnet by Chris Collingwood (P) The Battle of Barnet was fought in a heavy mist, on Easter Sunday 14th April 1471. Due to a misalignment of the opposing armies, all became confusion. The centre of the battle (as depicted here) was fought at close quarters, a mass of struggling knights and men at arms with comrade fighting comrade, their vision of the battle obscured by mist. The Yorkists under the leadership of King Edward IV triumphed, leaving the Lancastrians with hopes dashed. Their champion and leader, the great Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick The King Maker lay dead, cut down while struggling to regain his charger. In the painting Edward IV charges toward the banner of Henry Holland, Duke of Exeter, while in the foreground soldiers of the Houses of York and Lancaster hack and slash at each other in terrified butchery. |
Forward the Guns by Chris Collingwood (P) Officer and sergeant of the 17th Light Dragoons in charge of Indian Irregular Cavalry. |
82nd Airborne by Chris Collingwood. (P) Superb figure study of the 82nd Airborne in 1944. |
Fighting for a Foothold, 82nd Airborne at St Mere Eglise, 1944 by Chris Collingwood. (P) During the morning of June 7th the 82nd Airborne were attacked by a mixed German battle group. Supported by 4th Division armour the Paratroopers and Glider troops repelled the attack which lasted most of the day. |
General Erwin Rommel with the Africa Korps before the Battle for Tobruk by Chris Collingwood. (P) SOLD OUT. |
Samurai Warriors by Chris Collingwood (P) Samurai Warriors of the Sekighahara campaign 1600. The most important and decisive battle in the history of Japan, Sekigahara was the culmination of the Power struggle triggered by the death of the great warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The two rivals for power were Ishida Mitsunari and Tokugawa Ieyasu. The contest was ultimately settled by force of arms in a small mountain valley in central Japan. By the end of the day 40,000 heads had been taken and Ieyasu was master of Japan. Within three years the Emperor would grant him the title he sought - Shogun. |
Thermopylae 480BC, Spartan and Thespaian Hoplites. By Chris Collingwood. (P) So Tell The Spartans, Stranger passing by that here, Obedient to their laws, we lie. In 480 BC the Spartans tried to defend the pass at Thermopylae against the Persians led by Xerxes. The Persian fleet had sailed along the coastline from northern Greece into the Gulf of Malia on the eastern Aegean Sea towards the mountains at Thermopylae. The Greek General and King Leonidas led the Greeks and tried to defend the pass of Thermopylae. All the defending Spartans were killed during the Battle of Thermopylae. Their defence and courage provided inspiration to the Greeks, and the following year the Greeks won battles against their old enemy the Persians. |
The Defence of La Haye-Sainte, 18th June 1815 by Chris Collingwood. (P) The garrison under the command of Major G Baring consisted of the 2nd Light Battalion of the 2nd Brigade Kings German Legion and reinforced by two Nassau companies. Here Major Baring is seen leading his Legion against Quiots Brigade (54th and 55th of the line) |
Storming of Badajoz by Chris Collingwood (P) The Connaught Rangers at the Storming of Badajoz |
Death and Glory in Flanders Fields by Chris Collingwood.. (P) The 17th Lancers in Flanders 1916. |
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