Images Dated 1st January 2000

Major-General John Alexander Dunlop Agnew Wallace

Major General John Alexander Dunlop Agnew Wallace (later General Sir J Wallace Bt KCB, Colonel of the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) (1775?-1857), 1835 (c).Oil on canvas after William Smellie Watson RSA (1796-1874), signed and dated at lower left Herbert Sidney 1892/ after Smellie Watson, by Herbert Sidney (1858-1923), 1892.Three-quarter-length, in major generals full dress with decorations, his left hand holding his hat and gloves.Wallace went to the Peninsula in 1809 in command of the newly-raised 2nd Battalion of the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers which greatly distinguished itself at Busaco. The Duke of Wellington is reported to have said, Wallace, I never saw a more gallant charge than that just made by your regiment, and mentioned this in his despatch. Wallace commanded the regiment at Fuentes dOnoro in 1811 and was mentioned in despatches again, as he was after the Battle of Salamanca in 1812, when he commanded the right brigade of the third division. On 12 August 1819 he was made a major general and he received the KCB in 1833. He retired at the rank of general and died at Stranraer aged 82, in 1857.Wallace wears the Star and neck badge of the KCB, the Army Gold Medal with clasps and the Waterloo Medal. Oil on canvas Date: circa 1829

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library

USA, New Mexico, White Sands National Monument. Abstract of agaves in white gypsum sand

USA, New Mexico, White Sands National Monument. Abstract of agaves in white gypsum sand. Credit as: Jean Carter / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont.com

© William D. Jaynes (BJY) / Danita Delimont

Abstract, Agave, Danita Delimont, Desert, Gypsum, Hardy, Jaynes Gallery, Jean Carter, Manipulated, New Mexico, Nobody, Plant, Ripple, Sand, Survivor, Usa, White, White Sands National Monument

Glacier National Park, Montanta, alpine flower, flowers, iceberg lake trail, many glacier

Glacier National Park, Montanta, alpine flower, flowers, iceberg lake trail, many glacier, views, us27 yke0052

© Yitzi Kessock / DanitaDelimont.com

Alpine Flower, Flowers, Glacier National Park, Iceberg Lake Trail, Many Glacier, Montanta, Views