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South Bank

just visible at the lower right of the painting

Mr Punch retrieves all his favourite toys - Lord Derby

Their early petrol engines were restricted to bicycle use (resulting in possibly the first motocycle in the world) and within four years they had designed their first four-wheeled automobile

Joseph Gallieni, French general Size:M: 60 x 40cm South BankJoseph Gallieni, French general, 1899. Joseph Simon Gallieni (1849 1916) was a French soldier, most active as a military commander and administrator in the French colonies, who came out of retirement to serve in the First World War. He has been credited with playing a decisive role in halting the German advance at the Battle of the Marne in 1914. At the time of this photograph he was serving as Governor of Madagascar. A photograph from Album de

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