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"Crushing: From War to Art, a Journey of Power and Triumph" In the historical depths of the Boer War at Tweebosch

Background imageCrushing Collection: Boer War: Tweebosch

Boer War: Tweebosch
TWEEBOSCH De la Reys Boers inflict a crushing defeat on Methuens force, wounding and capturing the general and scoring a major tactical victory

Background imageCrushing Collection: Pressing the Grapes (marble)

Pressing the Grapes (marble)
REV128464 Pressing the Grapes (marble) by Roman; Museo della Civilta Romana, Rome, Italy; out of copyright

Background imageCrushing Collection: Caesar, 1875 (oil on canvas)

Caesar, 1875 (oil on canvas)
XIR148813 Caesar, 1875 (oil on canvas) by Yvon, Adolphe (1817-93); 101x168.8 cm; Musee des Beaux-Arts, Arras, France; French, out of copyright

Background imageCrushing Collection: Village scene

Village scene, Toba Bataks, North Sumatra, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Background imageCrushing Collection: Battle of Langport

Battle of Langport
BATTLE OF LANGPORT, Somerset The Parliament army under Fairfax delivers a crushing defeat to the Royalists under Goring

Background imageCrushing Collection: Flour Mill 1930S

Flour Mill 1930S
A miller at work among the cogs and machinery of an old mill, crushing wheat grain to make flour. Date: 1930s

Background imageCrushing Collection: Grape harvest for Tokay in Hungary (chromolitho)

Grape harvest for Tokay in Hungary (chromolitho)
735833 Grape harvest for Tokay in Hungary (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Grape harvest for Tokay in Hungary)

Background imageCrushing Collection: The Giant Factotum amusing himself, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1797

The Giant Factotum amusing himself, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1797
NCO190489 The Giant Factotum amusing himself, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1797 (hand-coloured etching) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College

Background imageCrushing Collection: War with Russia - 5

War with Russia - 5
The long-drawn out battle of the Vistula ends in a crushing defeat of the Red Army by the Poles, seen here posing later in the year with guns taken from the bolsheviks

Background imageCrushing Collection: Implosion I

Implosion I
Tal Paz-Fridman

Background imageCrushing Collection: Implosion II

Implosion II
Tal Paz-Fridman

Background imageCrushing Collection: Representation of the battle between Bacchides, general of Demetrius I Soter (c187-150 BC)

Representation of the battle between Bacchides, general of Demetrius I Soter (c187-150 BC) Seleucid King of Syria
532918 Representation of the battle between Bacchides, general of Demetrius I Soter (c187-150 BC) Seleucid King of Syria, and Jonathan during 160 BC campaign crushing Jewish rebellion

Background imageCrushing Collection: A Boa Constrictor, crushing a stag

A Boa Constrictor, crushing a stag
5672122 A Boa Constrictor, crushing a stag; (add.info.: Illustration of a Boa Constrictor, crushing a stag, from Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle et des phenomenes de la nature by)

Background imageCrushing Collection: An engraving depicting a type of cider mill used in Ireland for crushing apples for cider making

An engraving depicting a type of cider mill used in Ireland for crushing apples for cider making, 19th century
5311254 An engraving depicting a type of cider mill used in Ireland for crushing apples for cider making, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1835); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageCrushing Collection: Dudley Street, Seven Dials : From Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold London

Dudley Street, Seven Dials : From Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold London: A Pilgrimage London 1872
532240 Dudley Street, Seven Dials : From Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold London: A Pilgrimage London 1872. Unkempt, dirty children play in the street while cab tries to drive through without

Background imageCrushing Collection: Python Crushing a Gnu, c1850s-1860s. Creator: Antoine-Louis Barye

Python Crushing a Gnu, c1850s-1860s. Creator: Antoine-Louis Barye
Python Crushing a Gnu, c1850s-1860s. The setting is the Forest of Fontainebleau during daylight

Background imageCrushing Collection: La situation de l'Italie, 1859. Creator: Honore Daumier

La situation de l'Italie, 1859. Creator: Honore Daumier
La situation de l'Italie, 1859. Italy's situation. Satirical cartoon on the Second Italian War of Independence, also called the Franco-Austrian War, the Sardinian War

Background imageCrushing Collection: Ah! Tu veux te frotter à la presse!!, 1833. Creator: Honore Daumier

Ah! Tu veux te frotter à la presse!!, 1833. Creator: Honore Daumier
Ah! Tu veux te frotter a la presse!!, 1833. Printer, crushing colleague in printing press: Ah! You want to rub shoulders with the press!!'

Background imageCrushing Collection: Les Heures d'Angoisse; 'Wenn!': composition desesperee publiee par l'Illustrirte... 1918

Les Heures d'Angoisse; "Wenn!": composition desesperee publiee par l'Illustrirte... 1918
Les Heures d'Angoisse; "Wenn!": composition desesperee publiee par l'Illustrirte Zeitung du 31 octobre 1918, 1918

Background imageCrushing Collection: Brazilian Sugar-Mill, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Brazilian Sugar-Mill, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Brazilian Sugar-Mill, 1854. View of...the interior of the Mill-house on a Brazilian Sugar Estate during the time of grinding, with a Mill of an improved construction

Background imageCrushing Collection: Cider-Making in Devonshire - Pound-House - the Mill and Press - Piling 'The Mock', 1850

Cider-Making in Devonshire - Pound-House - the Mill and Press - Piling "The Mock", 1850. Creator: Unknown
Cider-Making in Devonshire - Pound-House - the Mill and Press - Piling "The Mock", 1850. View showing the...rollers

Background imageCrushing Collection: Who Cares?, from Puck, published October 15, 1890. Creator: Charles Jay Taylor

Who Cares?, from Puck, published October 15, 1890. Creator: Charles Jay Taylor
Who Cares?, from Puck, published October 15, 1890

Background imageCrushing Collection: Third Future, plate six from Eve and the Future, 1880. Creator: Max Klinger

Third Future, plate six from Eve and the Future, 1880. Creator: Max Klinger
Third Future, plate six from Eve and the Future, 1880

Background imageCrushing Collection: The International Exhibition: Samuelson's machinery for crushing and grinding linseed... 1862

The International Exhibition: Samuelson's machinery for crushing and grinding linseed... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Samuelson's machinery for crushing and grinding linseed, extracting the oil, and making oilcake, 1862

Background imageCrushing Collection: Russo-Japanese War - Propaganda - Sinking toy Russian Ships

Russo-Japanese War - Propaganda - Sinking toy Russian Ships
A superb Russo-Japanese War propaganda postcard - Japanese children (in uniform) and a Geisha sink toy Russian Ships with blowpipes and darts at a fair

Background imageCrushing Collection: Vae Victis!, 1871

Vae Victis!, 1871. The newly proclaimed Emperor of Germany, in the helmet of Victory, leads his troops into the French capital over the fallen body of Paris

Background imageCrushing Collection: Soviet poster demonstrating how increased war production will crush the Germans

Soviet poster demonstrating how increased war production will crush the Germans, 1940s (colour litho)
PNP368974 Soviet poster demonstrating how increased war production will crush the Germans, 1940s (colour litho) by Russian School (20th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark Military Pictures

Background imageCrushing Collection: Baghdad, Iraq - Arab women crushing ice

Baghdad, Iraq - Arab women crushing ice
3794001 Baghdad, Iraq - Arab women crushing ice; (add.info.: Arab women crushing ice in Baghdad, Iraq - Photo taken in 1920s after creation of Iraq)

Background imageCrushing Collection: The Sick Prince, published by S.W. Fores in 1787 (etching)

The Sick Prince, published by S.W. Fores in 1787 (etching)
NCO193114 The Sick Prince, published by S.W. Fores in 1787 (etching) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford; (add.info.: George)

Background imageCrushing Collection: Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - We won against Battle Group 8

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - We won against Battle Group 8'. Date: circa mid-1970s

Background imageCrushing Collection: Load Barrows so as to Avoid Crushing

Load Barrows so as to Avoid Crushing
British Railway's staff information poster, designed by Frank Newbould, c.1950. This poster draws attention to correctly loading packages in order to avoid crushing or dropping packages

Background imageCrushing Collection: Advert, Turner's Oat Crushing and Bean Splitting Mill

Advert, Turner's Oat Crushing and Bean Splitting Mill, St Peter's Iron Works, Ipswich Date: 1856

Background imageCrushing Collection: Old Stone Crushing Mill

Old Stone Crushing Mill
An etching of an old stone crushing mill, with some workmen outside. Date: circa 1917

Background imageCrushing Collection: Grotesque caricature, The Lock-Out's a monster. Captioned, The Evil Genius Of Industrial Strife

Grotesque caricature, The Lock-Out's a monster. Captioned, The Evil Genius Of Industrial Strife, with description, The "lock-out" is presented to us incarnate, as a monster

Background imageCrushing Collection: CARLO ALBERTO DIES

CARLO ALBERTO DIES
Shortly after the crushing defeat of the Piedmontese at Novara, Carlo Alberto dies and is succeeded by Vittorio Emanuele. Date: March 1849

Background imageCrushing Collection: Tarpeia crushed to death by the Sabines

Tarpeia crushed to death by the Sabines
The legendary Tarpeia, having offered to betray Rome to the Sabines in return for gold, is crushed to death by their shields and thrown from the Tarpeian Rock. Date: 747 BC

Background imageCrushing Collection: Figurine of a horse trampling a man, from Staffordshire (ceramic)

Figurine of a horse trampling a man, from Staffordshire (ceramic)
GLS314041 Figurine of a horse trampling a man, from Staffordshire (ceramic) by English School, (19th century); Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, Scotland; © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection

Background imageCrushing Collection: Melampus and the Centaur, 1919 (oil on canvas)

Melampus and the Centaur, 1919 (oil on canvas)
1199786 Melampus and the Centaur, 1919 (oil on canvas) by Philpot, Glyn Warren (1884-1937); 121.9x204.3 cm; Glasgow Museums, UK; © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection

Background imageCrushing Collection: St Bernard Crushing a Demon, 1563 (oil on panel)

St Bernard Crushing a Demon, 1563 (oil on panel)
868065 St Bernard Crushing a Demon, 1563 (oil on panel) by Venusti, Marcello (c.1512-79); 222x108 cm; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 - August 20)

Background imageCrushing Collection: Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: A huge Japanese hand crushing Port Arthur (Lushun) 25 July 1904

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: A huge Japanese hand crushing Port Arthur (Lushun) 25 July 1904
528385 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: A huge Japanese hand crushing Port Arthur (Lushun) 25 July 1904. Russia finally surrendered Port Arthur on 2 January 1905

Background imageCrushing Collection: Tragic panic at an animal market, hundreds of oxen suddenly fleeing... (colour litho)

Tragic panic at an animal market, hundreds of oxen suddenly fleeing... (colour litho)
2815405 Tragic panic at an animal market, hundreds of oxen suddenly fleeing... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tragic panic at an animal market)

Background imageCrushing Collection: While awaiting liberal reforms in Russia, the Cossacks disperse

While awaiting liberal reforms in Russia, the Cossacks disperse and persecute the dreamers of freedom in Petersburg
2814738 While awaiting liberal reforms in Russia, the Cossacks disperse and persecute the dreamers of freedom in Petersburg (Colour Litho) by Beltrame

Background imageCrushing Collection: The new Allied weapons, an English terrestrial dreadnought on German positions (colour litho)

The new Allied weapons, an English terrestrial dreadnought on German positions (colour litho)
2777587 The new Allied weapons, an English terrestrial dreadnought on German positions (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The new Allied weapons)

Background imageCrushing Collection: Statue of a knight on horseback (photo)

Statue of a knight on horseback (photo)
JFS249921 Statue of a knight on horseback (photo) by Spanish School, (18th century); San Pedro de Cardena, Castilla y Leon, Spain; (add.info.: knight is possibly El Cid (c.1040-99) ?; S

Background imageCrushing Collection: The Triumph of Death (oil on panel)

The Triumph of Death (oil on panel)
XIR173138 The Triumph of Death (oil on panel) by Flemish School, (15th century); Musee du Berry, Bourges, France; (add.info.: The Triumph of Death; )

Background imageCrushing Collection: DDE-90020120

DDE-90020120
African Lion, Panthera leo, making a zebra kill in the Masai Mara GR, Kenya. Date: 08/02/2006

Background imageCrushing Collection: DDE-90020119

DDE-90020119
African Lion, Panthera leo, choking a gnu kill in the Masai Mara GR, Kenya. Date: 08/02/2006

Background imageCrushing Collection: DDE-90020067

DDE-90020067
Female Lions, Panthera leo, making a wildebeest kill in the Masai Mara GR, Kenya. Date: 17/02/2005



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"Crushing: From War to Art, a Journey of Power and Triumph" In the historical depths of the Boer War at Tweebosch, victory was achieved through sheer determination and strategic brilliance. Just as pressing the grapes yields fine wine, so does life's challenges shape us into resilient beings. Marble captures this essence with its strength and beauty. Caesar's oil on canvas masterpiece from 1875 depicts his unwavering spirit in the face of adversity, inspiring generations to never surrender. A serene village scene reminds us that even amidst chaos, there is always hope for tranquility and unity. The flour mill of the 1930s symbolizes progress and innovation, crushing limitations to pave the way for a brighter future. Grape harvest for Tokay in Hungary showcases nature's bounty being transformed into exquisite artistry through chromolitho techniques. "The Giant Factotum amusing himself, " published by Hannah Humphrey in 1797 demonstrates how humor can crush any negativity that comes our way. War with Russia - Battle of Langport stands as a testament to courage and sacrifice, reminding us that united we stand against any foe. Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - "We won against Battle Group 8" celebrates triumph over adversity while honoring those who fought bravely for their homeland. Load barrows so as to avoid crushing teaches us valuable lessons about balance and careful handling in order to prevent unnecessary destruction or harm. Turner's Oat Crushing and Bean Splitting Mill advert highlights how innovation can revolutionize industries by efficiently processing crops while minimizing waste.