Axe Collection (page 2)

Patachos man opening a coconut, and hunter with bow and arrows.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

The Bloodstained Tsar is welcome in France. Date: 1909

Hotspurs (Henry Percy) night attack at the Battle of Otterburn, Northumberland, August 1388, against the Scottish leader James Douglas, one of several Anglo-Scottish border conflicts. Date: 1388

King Harold at the Battle of Hastings, 1066. Date: 1066

King Richard I in action during the Battle of Jaffa, Jerusalem, Third Crusade. Date: 1192

Illuminated calendar for November 1846
Calendar for November with figures of Ezekiel and St. Jude, quote from Epistle to Philemon, disciple, centaur with bow, birds, foliage and castles

German fashions of the late 15th century from Matthaus Schwarzs Book of Clothes, Trachtenbuch. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes

Decorated sides and back of house altar, German
Carved and painted back and sides of house altar of Count von Pocci, Munich, Germany, late 15th century. Decorated with foliage

Peasants dancing in fields, Austria, 1822. Men and women dance together to music from a fiddler and recorder. Danze dei Contadini dell Austria

The Aldobrandini Wedding fresco. The wedding of Peleus and Thetis, parents of Achilles. Other guests include Roman matron in veil, Charis or Peitho with alabastron, Venus, Hymen seated on the floor

Victorian scrap, Robinson Crusoe, footprints in the sand
Victorian scrap, Robinson Crusoe discovers footprints in the sand and realises that he is not alone on his island

Cartoon, John Bull and William Gladstone - Now, William, if you don t get on a little faster, I shall have to put somebody else on the job

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)

Snapping termite, Termes fatalis, termite queen, soldiers and workers. Vignette of man with axe hitting a termite mound. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural

Religious caps and instruments
Priests cap called the Apex from a basrelief on the Capitol 1, cap of a high priest of Jupiter from the Temple of Jupiter the Thunderer 2, religious cap used by Flamen priests of Bacchus 3

Ural axe vetch, Oxytropis uralensis (Astragalus uralensis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1817

German bride, a maiden and a Burgermeister, 16th century
German bride from Augsburg, a maiden from Marburg, and a Stadtknecht with his symbol of office, a small axe. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes

Indian armour belonging to Souja Dowla
Souja Dowlas helmet with chainmail hood 2, 3, battle axe 1, breastplate and back piece 4, 5, and arm armour 6, 1760s. Copperplate engraving by J

Asian battle axe, dagger, cresse and powder flask
Asiatic arms: battle axe 1, dagger 2, Rohilla battle axe 3, Indian cresse or kris 3, and eastern powder flask 5, 6. Copperplate engraving by Record from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting

Roundel, battle axe and pole axe
Concave roundel 1, 2, battle axe 3, 4, pole axe 5, 6, and curious ancient weapon used by the English against the Scots 7, 8. Copperplate engraving by J

Russian military corps: Jaeger, Turk and Wallachian
Russian military: Hunter or Jaeger corps in shacko with horn and axe 1, mace and axe, and colonel in pelisse coat 3, Turkish corps in turban 4, and Wallachian soldier 5

Weapons used by Mughal soldiers: scimitar
Weapons used by the Mughal soldiers: scimitar, lance, axe and musket. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Tournament held in England circa 1450. (Caption refers to the huge tournament held at Beaucaire during King Henry IIs reign)

Medieval battle weapons and horse armour barding. Varieties of axe, mace, hammer, mallet, cudgel, and champron and crinet armour

Ancient Chinese military uniforms and weapons including suits 5, 9, armour 6, 7, 8, tiger guard shield 37, 38, scimitar 33, scabbard 34, quiver 39, axe 36, helmet 3, 4, 6, and horn 32

Ancient Chinese weapons and war engines
Ancient Chinese weapons including shield 1, bow and arrow 2, axe 10, helmet 12, lance 8, 9, quiver 4, and war engines, including mobile siege ladder 13, mobile moat bridge 15, fire starter engine 14

Gaucho cowboys of the Tucuman, Argentina
Gaucho cowboys of the Tucuman, River Plate, Argentina. They wear striped ponchos and trousers, long hair in fur hats, carve wood with knives, while resting near their wagons

Araucanian Mapuche or Moluche leader with tunic and axe, women in woven dresses, and cavalry with spear and pennant. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes

Ancient Peruvian utensils and tools, including Inca tomb A, B, pendant in gold and silver C, copper axe heads D, mirrors called Inca-rirpo E, F, G, stone axe H, pins I, L, M, clip K

Queen Dido of Carthage preparing a ritual sacrifice to Juno
Queen Dido of Carthage preparing a ritual sacrifice of a white bull to the goddess Juno, whose temple can be seen behind. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios

Weapons of the Malagasy people of Madagascar, men with bow, arrow, shield, quiver, and axe. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Battle costume of the natives of Dalagoa Bay (Maputo Bay), Mozambique. They wear reed helmets decorated with beads, cane armour at the neck, wrist and waist, and carry short spears and axes

Saxon and Norman military costume from the Bayeux Tapestry, 11th century. Norman soldiers carrying chainmail hauberks or suits of armour 1

Suit of engraved plate armour and horse barding, reign of King Henry VIII, 16th century. Knight in suit of armour, bourgonet helmet decorated with drooping plumes, pauldrons, passe garde, sollerets

A turner in apron using a foot-powered treadle lathe or turning bench. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818

Shipwright driving wedges into the stern of a ship
Shipwright or ships carpenter standing on a scaffold and driving wedges into the stern of a ship with a wooden trunnel. At his feet, his auger, axe and punch

Cooper hammering a metal hoop on a hogshead barrel. On the walls are tools such as saws, axe, spoke-shave, stock and bit, adze and auger

Worker with large axe, artisan, merchant and woman of Paris. Costumes of the people of Paris, reign of King Francis I of France

Gnomes and Humans. 19th century

Roger Williams Building his Own Home
Roger Williams, founder of the colony of Rhode Island, early abolitionist, and Puritan minister, stands looking out at the landscape, holding an axe, a partially constructed log house behind him

Japanese Matsuri Festival
Matsuri is the Japanese word for a festival or holiday. In Japan festivals are usually sponsored by a local shrine or temple

Spearman and battle axeman, Belgian Congo, Central Africa
Spearman and battle axeman in magic warpaint, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Central Africa. Date: 1922

Bookmark, Royal Exchange Assurance, London
Bookmark, Royal Exchange Assurance (insurance company), London, depicting a Royal Exchange fireman of 1832. Date: 20th century

Turkish Commander of a body of 100 men

Children with tree and holly on a Christmas postcard
Children in the snow with tree and holly on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s

John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor
John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838), British barrister and politician, serving as Lord Chancellor for a number of years during the early 19th century. circa 1810s

Miners at work 1865
Various positions assumed by the Hewers in digging at the coal. Date: 1865

Fire Station Officer Soggee in studio photograph
Fire Station Officer Soggee in a studio photograph, in uniform with his brass helmet under his arm. Date: circa 1910s

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