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Map of the Battle of Waterloo, Belgium, 18 June 1815

Topographic map of the Battle of Waterloo, Belgium. The defeat of the French army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte on 18 June 1815 marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Wood engraving, published in 1897

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Coat of arms Lord Southwell 18th century

Engraving of the coat of arms of Southwell, Lord Southwell, item 111 in an 18th-century publication. Text on this engraving, including motto, reads: 111 Southwell, Lord Southwell NEC MALE NOTUS EQUES (Not an unknown knight; A knight not badly known). Thomas George Southwell (1721 - 1780). The title Viscount Southwell, of Castle Mattress in the County of Limerick, was created in 1776 for Thomas Southwell, 3rd Baron Southwell.Source: The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom, with engravings of their paternal coats of arms by John Lodge, Deputy Keeper of the Records in Birmingham Tower. Published 1789

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Coat of Arms Calvert Lord Baltimore 18th century

Engraving of the Coat of Arms Calvert Lord Baltimore, item 104 of an 18th-century publication.Text on this engraving, including motto, reads: 104. Calvert, Lord Baltimore. FATTI MASGHII, PAROLE FEMINE (Deeds are masculine, words are feminine). Baltimore is in County Longford, Ireland. Frederick Calvert, 6th Lord Baltimore, was born in 1731. Cecelius Calvert, his great-great-grandfather, is sometimes called the founder of Maryland, USA. Source: The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom, with engravings of their paternal coats of arms by John Lodge, Deputy Keeper of the Records in Birmingham Tower. Published 1789

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