Brandishing Collection

St Michael Archangel by Guido Reni Date: 1635

Desmoulins, Palais Royal
In the gardens of the Palais Royal, Camille Desmoulins climbs a table at the Cafe Foi, and - brandishing a pair of pistols - calls the Sunday afternoon crowd to action

The Sapling
A painting of a military man, brandishing a meat cleaver, while kneeling beside a small, elegant tree sapling. He is looking over his shoulder with a discontented look on his face. Date: circa 1918

The Breed of the Treshams by John Rutherford touring to the Theatre Royal, Manchester on 8th May 1905. Scene showing the fight in Act II, in which Reresby keeps mutineers in the Royalist army at bay

Children of Nations - Children of the British nations in national costume and brandishing flags. From Cassells Childrens Annual. Artist: E Dorothy Rees Date: 1913

Arab man on white horse Date: 1941

Suffragette Ghost Horrible Nightmare. Man wakes up to find a ghost in shroud, holding a gun to his head, and brandishing a VFW placard. Caption reads, A Horrible Nightmare Date: circa 1907

King Edward I brandishing the javelin
King Edward I (1239-1307), brandishing the javelin, and swearing he will hang the man who threw it -- possibly a mythological rather than true event. late 13th century

Japan - Kabuki Theatre Performer - the reverse of this card shows that is was postcard published by Sapporo Brewery Company, Japan - welcoming the arrival of the British fleet

I Married a Suffragette - Oh My!. Policeman grabbed by the arm is marched off by a suffragette brandishing a whip or scourge. Date: circa 1908

Francois Ravaillac, assassin of Henri IV
Francois Ravaillac, French extremist who stabbed to death French King Henri IV in 1610. Date: 1578-1610

Armchair Gun
A man sits in a leather wingback armchair, brandishing a gun. Date: 1960s

Moslem Zeal in Jerusalem
A sword brandishing orator in a procession near Jerusalem, during the Nebi Musa Feast celebrations which coincided with Christian Easter festivities

That Queer Censation
The staff of a Fleet Street newspaper or magazine, feel the pressure of work as the spectre of a censor brandishing scissors looms over them during World War One

Nurse & Thermometer
A smiling nurse brandishing a thermometer!

Chevalier / 14th C / Armour
A fully armed horseman in chainmail and helmet, carrying a shield and brandishing a sword

C17 Butcher / Woodcut / 45
A shop keeper - butcher or poulterer - brandishes a cleaver as he slices a joint into cutlets or whatever

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