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King John and the Magna Carta, view of RunnymedeKing John and the Magna Carta, with a view of Runnymede where it was signed. Date: 1215
The British Valhalla -- Our Crusading Kings. Showing King Richard I of England (the Lionheart) viewing Jerusalem, and Richard with King Philip II of France, during the Third Crusade (1189 - 1192)
Mahratta (Maratha) ethnic group of peasant warriors, India. Date: 1843
Amirs of Scinde, ethnic group from Sindh, IndiaAmirs (commanders) of Scinde, an Indian ethnic group from Sindh (now a province of Pakistan). Date: 1843
Advert, Trellis Corset ShieldAdvert for The Trellis Corset Shield, available from Kirby, Beard & Co Ltd. 1897
Six-spotted shieldbug, Scutellera sexmaculata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany, McMillan, London, 1814
Kurdish man with shield and club. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801
Chinese infantryman or Tiger of War. ChineseChinese infantry soldier or tiger of war in striped uniform with ears on his cap, holding scimitar and wicker shield. Illustration by William Alexander
Sword fighting for prizes, 14th centuryTwo fencing students fighting a mock duel with bucklers and cudgels, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Swordfight to music, 13th centurySword fighting to music for prizes, 13th century. Performers with swords and shields in a show duel accompanied by bagpipe music
Sword fighting, 13th centurySword fighting for prizes, 13th century. Performers with swords and shields fighting in a swordplay show. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports
Medieval swordfight show. Performers with swords and shields fighting (top), Performers with swords and shields fighting accompanied by a bagpiper (middle)
Medieval entertainment with horses: a horse baited with dogs; a horse dancing to pipe and tabor; a horse fighting a man with shield and cudgel near a tethered monkey;
Sword dancing, 9th centuryTwo men with swords and shields performing a sword dance with a female assistant to horn music, 9th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports
Boat tilting, 14th centuryTwo knights in helmets and chainmail armour tilting with lances on rowboats, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Tilting jousts, 14th centuryBoys playing at tilting with lances and poles, mounted knights jousting with lances, and knights tilting on rowboats, 14th century
Jousting knights toys, 14th centuryJousting toys: knights on horseback with helmet, shield and lance, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus
Tilting at a living quintain, 14th centuryBoy with lance titling at a living quintain, attempting to push a man in armour with shield off a stool, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports
Tilting at quintain, 14th centuryBoy with lance tilting at a moveable quintain operated by another boy (top), boy with lance tilting at a living quintain (trying to knock a man in armour with a shield off a stool)
Board games of chess and tables (backgammon) from 14th century manuscripts. Knights in armour playing chess watched by other knights in front of a military encampment
Orders of ChivalryChain of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George 363, chain of the Order of Cyprus (Orden des Stillschweigens) 364, chain of the Order of cross of the Order of St
A thanksgiving ceremony and show of heraldic arms before a tournament. Knights helmets and shields were checked for their heraldic accuracy
Medieval helmets and shieldsKnights helms 287-9, chainmail hood worn under the helm 290, shields for knights on horseback 291-293, and shields for knights on foot 294, 295
King Charles the Bald (823-877) on the throneCharles the Bald (823-877). King of West Francia, Italy, and Holy Roman Emperor. He sits on the throne holding orb and sceptre, with two weapon-carriers holding his sword, shield and lance
Title page with calligraphy and heraldic shields. Handcoloured copperplate engraving Richard Sawyer from John Thomas Smiths Topography of London, 1810
Dancing native man of Hawaii (Sandwich Islands) with shield, anklets, bracelets and tattoos. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: The South Sea Islands
Warrior of Ombai with armour, shield and kris. He wears his hair tied up in a plume. Man of Ombai Island (Ombay), Indonesia
Australian aboriginal with a shield used as percussion instrument during a corroboree dance. Musician of New Holland. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature
Noru Gal Derri, Aborigine warrior, AustraliaNoru Gal Derri, Aborigine warrior with spear and shield, Australia. From an illustration by Nicolas Martin Petit. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Illustrated Natural
Roman weapons and armourRoman helmet from the trophies of Marius in Capitol Hill 1, Roman shield from the Column of Marcus Aurelius 2, Roman sword from the Villa Borghese 3, and battering ram from the Trajan Column 4
Parthian and Dacian weapons and armourParthian helmet, ensign and weapons from the Column of Marcus Aurelius 1, Dacian breastplate armour 2, Dacian quiver 3 and Dacian shield 4 (all from Trajans Column)
Armour and weapons from Etruscan vasesShield, helmet and lance from an Etruscan vase found in Corneto, Rome 1, and armour, helmet and sword from an old Etruscan vase found in Bagnaja, Corsica 2
Greek breastplate and weaponsGreek armour breastplate from a vase found in Nola, Naples. The gold bauble at front suggests it was for a young Roman noble. Greek shield, helmet, lance, bow and quiver from an antique basrelief
Plate with coat of arms from Clermont-Ferrand, France, 18th century. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur
Pharmacy pitcher and vase from Naples, Italy. The pharmacy pitcher decorated with SP 1689 within a heraldic shield, and motto above A. CDIGARD. STELLAT
Emblems and heraldic shieldsAn angel holding a shield with chalice and wafer M, the five wounds of Christ N, and various heraldic shields. Paintings on the south wall of the Chancel
Statue of the Roman Emperor Hadrian as the Roman god of war Mars with shield and sword. Found in Ceperano. Copperplate engraving by Gio
Statue of Roma, goddess of the city of Rome, wearing a helmet and seated on a throne with shield and quiver. From the Giardino Cesi. Copperplate engraving by Gio. Petrini after an illustration by A
Gladiator standing up and defending himself with his arm. Copperplate engraving by Gio. Petrini after an illustration by A
Wall of funeral urns in alcoves in a sepulchral chamber in the Villa Corsina. Copperplate engraving by Henry Moses from A Collection of Antique Vases, Altars, etc. London, 1814
Fictile vases in the British Museum. Vases in red clay with black designs, showing decorative patterns, warrior on biga two-horse chariot, and fighting warriors
Skeleton of Death killing a Count with his own escutcheon. On the ground is his helmet and a flail, symbol of his oppressed vassals
Ecus or blazons of the German nobility, 15th century. Chromolithograph from Loredan Larcheys Ancien Armorial Equestre de la Toison d Or et de l Europe au 15e siecle
Heraldic shield of a gunmaster from an art book on the founding of Aschaffenburg. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century
Fashions of French and English men, 16th centuryFrench man in wide-brim hat and cape A, English man with short doublet, hose, sword and shield B, and round targe or shield C, D, late 16th century
Embroidered tablecloth with flowers and coats of arms, 1562. From the Sigmaringen art collection. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes
Richly decorated German shield from the mid 16th century in the arms collection of the Count of Erbach. Decorated with gilt figures on a grey iron background, and a wide gold-plated edge
Norman soldiers in chainmail and plate armour with shield, lance, halberd, in front of military campaign tents. Copperplate engraving by N.C