Godfrey Douglas Giles was a painter of horses, military scenes and battles, many experienced firsthand while on service with the British Army in India, Afghanistan, Egypt and South Africa. He produced numerous caricatures for Vanity Fair. Giles was the son of Captain Edward Giles of the Royal Navy who was stationed at Karachi. Godfrey Douglas Giles was a boarding boy at Cheltenham. He was sent to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, to launch his military career, and his first posting was in India in 1875. He saw action in the Second Afghan War with the 1st Sind Horse and the 19th Native Infantry, chiefly on the Khleat and Kandahar fronts. He certainly was present at the battle of Khushki-Nakhud in February 1879 and later painted the Charge of the Scinde Horse at Khushki-Nakhud. He also painted a scene of E/B Battery Royal Horse Artillery at Maiwand, which was exhibited in 1893. It was drawn from details supplied by RSM Paton and Sergeant Mullane, VC who had been with the battery. He wrote a piece for The Graphic titled "With French to Kimberley and Roberts to Bloemfontein" which appeared in The Graphic History of the South African War. Giles contributed greatly to the pictorial record of the Boer War with works on display in museums in both South Africa and England. He was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal on 12 February 1903.
Vanity Fair, Military Print, the Cavalry Division
By Godfrey Douglas Giles
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vanity fair military print 'the Cavalry Division' after G.D.G. A chromolithograph military print published 12th July, 1900, by Vincent Brooks, Day & S...
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$501
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Religion Print Titled 'Susanna Resisteth the Temptation of The two Judges', 1728
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique religion print titled 'Susanna resisteth the temptation of the two Judges'. She said to her maids, "Bring me oil and ointments, and shut the garden doors so that I may bathe." When the maids had gone out, the two elders rose and ran to her, and said: "Look, the garden doors are shut, no one sees us, and we are in love with you; so give your consent, and lie with us. If you refuse, we will testify against you that a young man was with you, and this was why you sent your maids away." Susanna sighed deeply, and said, "I am hemmed in on every side. For if I do this thing, it is death for me; and if I do not, I shall not escape your hands. I choose not to do it and to fall into your hands, rather than to sin in the sight of the Lord." This print originates from 'Figures de la Bible'. Artists and Engravers: Published by P. de Hondt. Illustrated by Gerard Hoet...
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$353
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Antique Religious Print 'No. 6' The Adoration of the Magi, circa 1840
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled ‘Histoire Sainte, Nouveau Testament, Adoration des Mages.’ This plate shows a scene from the New Testament; The Adoration of the Magi.’ This print originates ...
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$227
H 14.18 in W 11.03 in D 0.02 in
Antique Map Showing the Division and Distribution of Mammals by Johnston '1850'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Geographical division and distribution of mammiferous animals of the orders quadrumana, edentata, marsupialia & pachydermata'. Original antique map showing the ge...
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$387
H 13.39 in W 18.12 in D 0 in
Antique Print of the Korte Vijverberg in The Hague, The Netherlands, c.1760
By Georg Balthasar Probst
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Gesicht by de Doelen over de Korte Vyverberg tot Gravenhaghe'. Beautiful view on the Korte Vijverberg, next to the Hofvijver in The Hague. On the right-hand sid...
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Antique Print Showing the Arms of the Japanese Emperor, 1669
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique print, titled: 'Japansche wapenen van den Kaisar.' - ('The Arms of the Japanese Emperor'). The image shows several official Imp...
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$524
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Military Costume of the Gothic Nations on the Western Coasts of the Baltic, 1815
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Military Costume of the Gothic Nations on the Western Coasts of the Baltic'. Old print of Baltic military costumes. Originates from 'The costume of the origin...
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$222
H 6.78 in W 10.32 in D 0 in
Antique Print of the Ophthalmology Hospital in Utrecht, the Netherlands, 1859
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Nederlandsch Gasthuis voor behoeftige en minvermogende ooglijders'. Lithograph of the Ooglijdersgasthuis in Utrecht, a former ophthalmology hospital. This print...
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$227
H 11.03 in W 14.18 in D 0.02 in
Antique Map Showing the Division & Distribution of Carnivora by Johnston '1850'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Geographical division and distribution of carnivorous animals'. Original antique map showing the geographical division and distribution of carnivora. This map ori...
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$227
H 14.18 in W 11.03 in D 0.02 in
Antique Map Showing the Division and Distribution of Mammals by Johnston '1850'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Geographical division and distribution of mammiferous animals of the orders rodentia and ruminantia over the globe'. Original antique map showing geographical div...
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$227
H 14.18 in W 11.03 in D 0.02 in
Antique Map Showing the Division and Distribution of Reptiles by Johnston '1850'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Geographical division and distribution of reptilia and ophidia. Original antique map showing the geographical division and distribution of reptiles and serpents. ...
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$227
H 14.18 in W 11.03 in D 0.02 in
Antique Map Showing the Division and Distribution of Birds by Johnston '1850'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Geographical division and distribution of birds over the world and birds of Europe'. Original antique map showing the geographical ...
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$284
H 14.97 in W 12.41 in D 0.02 in
Antique Map of New Westville, Gettysburg, New Hope & Fair Haven, 1871
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'New Westville, Gettysburg, New Hope, Fair Haven'. Original antique map of villages and communities of Ohio. This map originates from 'Atlas of Preble County Ohio'...
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$296
H 9.26 in W 12.21 in D 0 in
Antique Print Depicting a Military Scene with Canons, in Indonesia, 1784
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print Indonesia titled 'Batterij van Kanons 12. c.m. (achterlaad) in het bivak'. Antique print depicting a military scene in Indonesia. Orig...
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$330
H 12.01 in W 16.54 in D 0 in
Antique Print of the 'Buitenhof' in The Hague, The Netherlands, c.1770
By Georg Balthasar Probst
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Prospectus de Buyten Hof - Gezicht van het Buyten Hof tot Gravenhaghe'. Beautiful view of the Buitenhof, a square in The Hague, the Netherlands. This is an opti...
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$273
H 14.18 in W 9.85 in D 0 in
Old Costume Print Showing People at the Fair in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1817
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique costume print titled 'Group at the Fair at Rotterdam'. Old costume print depicting a group of people from Rotterdam. This print originates from 'The Costume of the Nether...
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