Hero Collection (#10)

Wedding Lohgengrin and Elsa, daughter of the Duke of Brabant
Lohengrin. Character in German Arthurian literature. Wedding Lohgengrin and Elsa, daughter of the Duke of Brabant. Engraving by A. Closs. Germania, 1882. Colored

Metope. Parthenon marbles. Battle between the Centaurs and A
Metope II from the Parthenon marbles depicting part of the battle between the Centaurs and Athenian hero. 5th century BC. Athens. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Stamnos. Classic period. 5th BC century. Red-figure pottery
Stamnos. Greek pottery used to store liquids. Classic period. 5th BC century. Red-figures depicting heroes. From Bari (Italy). Episcopal Museum Vic. Catalonia, Spain

Marquis of La Fayette (1757-1834). Colored engraving
Marquis of La Fayette (1757-1834). French military and politician. Engraving. Colored

Spain. Royal Palace of Aranjuez. Princes Garden. Detail statue of Herakles, by Alessandro Algardi (1595-1654)

John Hampden (ca. 1595 A?o??n? 1643). Was an English polit
John Hampden (ca. 1595 A?o??n? 1643) was an English politician, and one of the Five Members whose attempted unconstitutional arrest by King Charles I in the House of Commons of England in 1642

Carlos Condell (1843-1887). Engraving. Colored
Carlos Condell (1843-1887). Chilean Navy. Engraving by Vela. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1879. Colored

Heracles head with wreath. 4th century BC
Heracles. Was a divine hero in Greek mythology. Son of Zeus and Alcmene. Heracles head with wreath. Roman sculpture after an original of about 330 BC

Head of a Heracles statue. Roman sculpture after an original of the 2nd century BC. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Ignacio Mara?o?a?a del Castillo (1817-1893). Colored engr
Ignacio Mara?o?a?a del Castillo (1817-1893). Spanish military and politician. Engraving by Badillo in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1886. Colored

Diomedes. Roman sculpture after original of about 430 BC. Gl
Greek art. Diomedes. Roman sculpture after original of about 430 BC. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Greek art. Munich King. Roman sculpture after original of about 460 BC. God or hero. Glyptothek. Munich

Andrew Jackson (1767-1845). Seventh President of the United States. Equestrian statue in Jackson Square sculpetd by Clark Mills (1810-1883) in 1856. French Quarter. New Orleans, Louisiana. USA

Skanderbeg (1405A?i?1468). National hero and a key figure o
George Kastrioti Skanderbeg (1405-1468). Albanias most important national hero and a key figure of the Albanian National Awakening. Bust. Albania. Kruje. National Skanderbeg Museum. Kruje. Albania

Skanderbeg (1405-1468). National hero and a key figure of th
George Kastrioti Skanderbeg (1405-1468). Albanias most important national hero and a key figure of the Albanian National Awakening. Sculptural group. National Skanderbeg Museum. Kruje. Albania

Italy. Rome. Temple of Hercules Victor. 2nd century BC. Exte
Italy. Rome. Temple of Hercules Victor or Hercules Olivarius. 2nd century BC. Forum Boarium. Exterior

Monument of Giuseppe Garibaldi. Rome. Italy
Giuseppe Garibaldi.1807-1882. Italian military and political. Monument by Emilio Gallori (1846-1924), 1895. Rome. Italy

Amphiaraus in a chariot race. 4th century BC. Greece
Amphiaraus in a chariot race. Greek hero and king of Argos. Relief from Oropo, Attica. 4th century BC. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Italy. 500-475 B. C. Greek myths in Italy. Hero Odysseus, who
Italy. Ancient Art. 500-475 B.C. Greek myths in Italy. Hero Odysseus, who escaped from the Cyclopss cave by hiding under the belly of a ram. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Treasury of the Athenians. 5th century BC. Inscription. Delp
Treasury of the Athenians. Temple built around 5th century BC. Detail of a hymn to Delphi, in ancient Greek, engraved in a wall. Apollo also appears with the zither. Delphi. Greece

Siphnian Treasury. 530 BC. Greece
Siphnian Treasury. 530 BC. Relief depicting a scene of Troy War. Ajax and Achilles fighting Aeneas and Memnon. Archaeological Museum. Delphi. Greece

Jose de San Martin (1778-1850). Argentine politician and military hero of American independence, called The Liberator. Colored engraving. From Famous Americans (1888)

Eugenio Espejo (1747-1795). Engraving
Eugenio Espejo (1747-1795). Portrait. Engraving. 18th century. Aurelio Espinosa Polit File Library. Quito. Cotocollao. Ecuador

Conquest of Mexico. Capture of Cuauhtemoc. Engraving
Conquest of Mexico. 16th century. Cuauhtemoc was captured by Garcia Holguin while fleeing in a canoe with her family after the defeat in the Battle of Tenochtitlan

Sevastopol. Monument to Alexander Kazarsky
Ukraine. Sevastopol. Monument to Alexander Kazarsky (1797-1833). Russian captain of the brig Mercury. Built in 1839 by A. P. Bryullov to commemorates the victory at the Russo-Turkish War (1828-1829)

Sevastopol. Monument to the Scuttled Ships
Ukraine. Sevastopol. Monument to the Scuttled Ships. 1905. By A.G. Adamson, V.A. Feldman and O.I. Enberg. Sevastopol bay

Monument to the heroes of the communist Ukraine. Sevastopol
Ukraine. Sevastopol. Monument to the heroes of the communist Ukraine

Monument to the Defense of Sevastopol in the Second World Wa
Ukraine. Sevastopol. Monument to the Defense of Sevastopol in the Second World War. 1941-1942

Yefimovich Petrov (1896-1958). Soviet army general
Ukraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Feodosiya. Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (1896-1958). Soviet army general. Street plate

Joan of Arc (1412-1431)
Charles VII of France receiving Joan of Arc at the Castle of Chinon. 1429. German tapestry. Episode of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453). Museum of Orleans. France

The Treasure of the Athenians. Detail
Treasure of the Athenians. 510-500 BC. Metope depicting Theseus fighting the amazon Antiope. Delphi Museum. Greece

Palmeri?n de Oliva. Home edition printed in Toledo by Pedro
Chivalric literature. Palmeri?n de Oliva. Hero of the Spanish chivalric romances that appears in the poems and novels of the fifteenth century

The Lay of the Cid or The Poem of the Cid. 14th century. Last page with the name of Per Abbad, who puts the date 1207 after His name. National Library. Madrid. Spain

Cinerary urn with reliefs depicting Heracles (Hercules) beginning in the Eleusinian Mysteries. Detail. White marble. From the columbarium near Porta Maggiore

Statue of Kusunoki Masashige outside Tokyos Imperial Palace
Statue of Kusunoki Masashige (a 14th-century samurai who fought for Emperor Go-Daigo) outside Tokyos Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Perrys Victory, centennial celebration, Lake Erie, USA
Commemorative card for the centennial celebration of Perrys Victory in 1813, when the American Commodore Perrys efforts helped gain control of Lake Erie from the British. Date: 1913

Inauguration of Marats Bust, Paris, France
Inauguration of Marats Bust, Place de la Reunion (now Place du Carrousel) Paris, towards the end of the French Revolution

Horatio Nelson Testimonial -- the building of Nelsons column in Trafalgar Square to commemorate Nelson and his achievements. circa 1840s

Caricature of E A Trickett, world champion oarsman. 1880

Rene Vidart, early aviator
Rene Vidart (1890-1928), early French aviator and pioneer who later served as a pilot in WW1. 1911

Lieutenant De Malherbe, early aviator
Lieutenant De Malherbe, early French aviator and pioneer. 1911

Jules Vedrines, early aviator
Jules Charles Toussaint Vedrines (1881-1919), early French aviator and pioneer who won the Paris to Madrid air race in May 1911 flying a Morane-Borel monoplane. 1911

Captain Georges Bellenger, early aviator
Captain Georges Bellenger (1878-1977), early aviator and pioneer who flew a Bleriot plane in 1911, and during WW1 served with the French 6th Army as an aviation officer. 1911

Diomedes, Greek Hero
DIOMEDES, son of Tydeus and Deipyle, Achaean leader in the siege of Troy and hero of many notable actions in the Iliad. Date: BCE

D annunzio (Brooks)
GABRIELE D ANNUNZIO Italian writer etc, who saw himself as a larger-than-life hero and liked artists to express this image... as here ! Date: 1863 - 1938

Brass Crosby, Mayor
BRASS CROSBY - MP for Honiton, Devon, Lord Mayor of London, quarreled with Parliament re publication of debates, for which he was sent to the Tower but became a public hero. Date: 1725 - 1793

Daniel Boone - 3
DANIEL BOONE American pioneer and folk-hero. Date: 1734 - 1820

Admiral Benbow Birthplac
ADMIRAL BENBOWs BIRTHPLACE In this retired spot our hero was born, at Cotonill, a small village in the environs of Shrewsbury. (Shropshire) Date: 1653

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