Hero Collection (#18)

El Cid
EL CID (1040 - 1099) alias RODRIGO DIAZ DE VIVAR Spanish hero

China Mao Poster 1951
A poster of Mao - the peasants hero

China Labour Hero 1951
Return of the labour hero - he is greeted by members of his family and community

Lt. William Robinson
Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson, Englands hero of the hour, is awarded the V.C. for destroying a Zeppelin over Cuffley, Hertfordshire

American Soldier-Hero
THE AMERICAN SOLDIER-HERO As a young man he volunteered To fight for the red, white and blue; And to this principle adhered When of our Nations peril he knew

Gambling Story 3 of 4
THROUGH STORM TO SUNLIGHT Our hero is arrested at the race course, for failing to pay his debts (Third of four tableaux)

Gambling Story 2 of 4
THROUGH STORM TO SUNLIGHT Our hero is invited by his friends to take part in a card game : needless to say, he loses more than he can afford (Second of four tableaux)

TANCRED Crusader, son of Otho the Good, hero of many legendary exploits : here depicted coping with some dubious ladies in the Enchanted Forest

Charlemagne / Folk Hero
French king Charlemagne as a folk hero leading an army

Cuchulain Asks for Arms
Cuchulain asks the king for arms because a boy who asks for arms on that auspicious day would become the most famous hero of Ireland, but would also have a short life

Islamic Monsters
The Christian hero Roland is assailed by a swarm of Islamic monsters - If I get out of here without catching cold, I ll be lucky !

Myth / Classical Myth / Fama
Fame blows her trumpet to proclaim a hero

Puccini / Fanciulla / Fp
Minnie, the heroine, with Dick Johnson, the hero, in the desert

Voltaire Couche / Lejeune
FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET idealised depiction of the translation of Voltaires body to the Pantheon in Paris on 11 July 1791: he has become a Hero of the Revolution

Voltaire Belt Design
FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET idealised depiction of the translation of Voltaires body to the Pantheon in Paris on 11 July 1791: he has become a Hero of the Revolution

A Word with the Driver
A WORD WITH THE DRIVER - The engine driver as childrens hero : four children talk to the footplate crew who will soon be carrying them to the seaside

Mlle. Mastico / Actress
Mlle. Mastico as Hero in the Paris production of Shakespeares Much Ado About Nothing

Piet Hein Dutch Naval
PIET HEIN Dutch sea-captain who becomes a national hero when, in 1628, he captures an entire Spanish silver fleet and brings it back to Amsterdam in triumph

Western / Hopalong
HOPALONG AVENGES THE SHERIFF (Clarence E Mulford) Popular hero Hopalong Cassidy in another adventure

Gossip about Fairies 28
Tom Thumb - hero of a 16th century nursery tale - is provided with a horse upon which he can perform knightly deeds

Gossip about Fairies 27
Tomb Thumb - hero of a 16th century nursery tale - is on the verge of becoming a giants breakfast, but fortunately succeeds in avoiding this fate

Gossip about Fairies 26
Tomb Thumb - hero of a 16th century nursery tale - encounters a cow, whose lunch he almost becomes

Gossip about Fairies 25
The original Tomb Thumb - hero of a 16th century nursery tale - was fortunate to have a fairy godmother, who protected him from the consequences of being vertically disadvantaged

The Worker as Hero
The worker as hero

Showing Iron Cross 1915
A German soldier, having been awarded the Iron Cross, returns home to his proud and relieved parents

Auricula Lancashire Hero
Auricula variety Lancashire Hero

Old Olympics / Hero / Home
A triumphant competitor feted by his home town

Colonial Hero 1910
The heroes of colonialism (in North Africa) are honoured

Hereward is Trapped
HEREWARD THE WAKE How Hereward was caught in a trap. He did not flinch. Dropping his reigns and driving in the spurs once more, met them in full shock

Hereward the Beserker
HEREWARD THE WAKE How Hereward the Saxon hero turned into a beserker. Dressed in only a silk shirt and hose, he urges his men to join him against the Normans

Hereward Vs Normans
HEREWARD THE WAKE How the Saxon hero Hereward cleared Bourne (Lincolnshire, England) of Frenchmen (Normans). The thick of the battle melee

Hereward Learns to Pray
HEREWARD THE WAKE How Torfrida taught the Saxon hero Hereward to kneel down and pray, dogs and baby beside them. Date: circa 1070

Hereward Saves Alftruda
HEREWARD THE WAKE How the Saxon hero Hereward rescued Alftruda from the Normans in the thick of battle

Study of a Tramp
A study of an old man, a tramp, with matted hair, a gypsy sprig pinned to his lapel and a couple of war medals pinned to his coat with a safety pin

Rama in Lanka
Rama, Hindu divine hero, is able to successfully invade the island of Lanka because friendly apes build a bridge for him from the mainland

Pompey the Little, the eponymous hero of the book The History of Pompey the Little; or, the Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog, by Francis Coventry, first published 1751

Marcus Curtius - 4
A Roman hero who, in obedience to a divine instruction, rode with his horse into a chasm in the Forum at Rome, thereby saving the city. The story is almost certainly pure legend

Marcus Curtius - 3
A Roman hero who, in obedience to a divine instruction, rode with his horse into a chasm in the Forum at Rome, thereby saving the city. The story is almost certainly pure legend

Marcus Curtius - 2
A Roman hero who, in obedience to a divine instruction, rode with his horse into a chasm in the Forum at Rome, thereby saving the city. The story is almost certainly pure legend

Marcus Curtius - 1
A Roman hero who, in obedience to a divine instruction, rode with his horse into a chasm in the Forum at Rome, thereby saving the city. The story is almost certainly a legend. Date: 362 BCE

Republican Riots 2
The funeral of general Jean Maximilien Lamarque, a hero of the anti-royalists, is the occasion for a republican out- break in Paris; fighting at the Cloitre Saint-Merry

Republican Riots 1
The funeral of general Jean Maximilien Lamarque, a hero of the anti-royalists, is the occasion for a republican out- break in Paris, used by Hugo in Les miserables

HERAKLES
Greek hero, son of Zeus and Alkmene, the worlds strongest man, which he needed to be to perform the Twelve Labours for King Eurystheus, as a penance for crimes he did while mad

First Use of Steam
THE FIRST USE OF STEAM used by Hero of Alexandria in various devices

Roland Knighted
The French hero Roland is knighted by the Sire de Longueval

German Enthusiasm
While the ladies knit socks for those in the trenches, a hero from the front recounts his glorious exploits

Crusader as Hero
The Crusader depicted as a Christian hero, on a white horse, and wearing a halo rather than a helmet

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