Hero Collection (page 7)

Hartmann von Aue, German poet
Hartmann von Aue, leading poet of the Middle High German period. He also took part in the Crusade of 1196-97. Date: c 1170 - c 1210

Where The Rainbow Ends by John Ramsey & Clifford Mills
Where The Rainbow Ends by John Ramsay and Clifford Mills. First produced Savoy Theatre, 21st December 1911. For the revival at the Victoria Palace, 20th December 1919

Statue of Paul Bert, Hanoi, Indochina (Vietnam). Paul Bert (1833-1886) was a French physiologist and liberalising politician

Marshal-Admiral Marquis Togo Heihachiro, Japanese Naval Hero
Marshal-Admiral Marquis Togo Heihachiro (18481934) - a gensui or admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of Japans greatest naval heroes

Mary Cornish - Heroine - WW2 - Sinking of SS City of Benares
Heroic Deeds of the War - Miss Mary Cornish. During the Second World War the City of Benares was used as an evacuee ship to evacuate 90 children from Britain to Canada

First Serbian Uprising of 1804
Scene from the First Serbian Uprising, the first stage of the Serbian Revolution, the ultimately successful wars of independence that lasted for 9 years and approximately 9 months (18041813)

Chechen Resitance fighter Abrek Zelimkhan killed
On 10th October 1905 Russian police shot into a crowd during a strike at an industrial plant in Grozny, Chechnya, killing 17 people

Edward Colin Ryder Richardson, aged eleven, included in the New Years Honours List among Service and Civilian heroes as commendation for bravery

Lenin monument in Zaporozhye, Ukraine
View of the statue of the Communist leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924) on a monument in Zaporozhye (or Zaporizhia), in south central Ukraine

Statue of Julius Caesar, Rome, Italy
Statue of the Roman military and political leader, Julius Caesar (Gaius Julius Caesar, 100-44 BC), in Rome, Italy

RMS Titanic - Wallace Hartley, musician
RMS Titanic - memorial card for Wallace Hartley, violinist and bandleader, who lost his life when the Titanic sank. Date: 1912

St George and a turkey on a Christmas card
St George and a turkey, with rescued damsel, on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1880s

The Hero, by Hal Hurst, WW1
The Hero, painting by Hal Hurst, depicting a dead soldier during the First World War being carried by Jesus Christ. 1915

Buffalo Bill magazine -- original stories of the Far West, Buffalo Bill and Dark Despard. 1925

Sir Douglas Bader in TV interview, Falmouth, Cornwall
Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader (1910-1982), RAF pilot during the Second World War despite having lost both legs in a crash in 1931

Crimean War, Sergeant Davies defending the colours
Crimean War -- Sergeant Davies (Poolfield Davis) of the Grenadier Guards defending the colours against Russian infantry at the Battle of Inkerman in 1854

Carabobo monument, Caracas, Venezuela, Central America
Carabobo monument, Avenida 19 de Diciembre, Caracas, Venezuela, Central America. The monument commemorates the Battle of Carabobo, 24 June 1821

Plaza Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela, Central America, with equestrian statue of Simon Bolivar (1783-1830). circa 1910

Boletini, Isa (1864-1916). Statue. Shkodra. Republic of Alb
Boletini, Isa (1864-1916). Albanian patriot, strategist and military leader. Statue. Shkodra. Republic of Albania

Jose Manso y Sola (1785-1863). General and Captain General of the Royal Army of Fernando VII and Elizabeth II. Engraving by J. Serra Pausas. Colored

Roman mosaic. Child Heracles with snakes. Antioquia. Turkey
Heracles. Divine hero in Greek mythology. Roman mosaic. Child Heracles with snakes. Antakya. Turkey

Abdelkader El Djezairi (1808-1883). Colored engraving
Abdelkader El Djezairi (1808-1883). Algerian political and military. Engraving, 1887. Colored

Conquest of Mexico. Capture of Cuauhtemoc. Colored 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

Odysseus returns home. Roman Fresco
Odysseus disguised as a beggar returns home. Episode of the Odyssey. Roman Fresco. National Roman Museum. Rome. Italy

Pergamon Altar. Telephos Frieze. Detail
Pergamon Altar. 164-156 BC. Telephos Frieze. Detail. Cults at the Sanctuary of Dionysus. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Mesopotamian stone cult vessel. Uruk
Stone cult vessel with anthropomorphic decoration, supported by two heroes wearing belts. 3300-3000 BC. Late Uruk Period. Mesopotamian-Sumerian art. Probably from Uruk. British Museum. London

Tapestry of the Astrolabes. 15th century. Flemish tapestry depicting, on the left, God the Creator. In the center, the Vault of Heaven like an astrolabe with Pole Star

Latin inscription on the pedestal of the statue of Marshal Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg, defender of the city of Corfu of the Turkish invasion of 1716. Corfu. Ionian Islands. Greece

Greek art. Greece. Terracotta neck amphora. 7th century BC. Proto-Attic Period. It represents Herakles grabbing the hair of the centaur Nessus. Behind Herakles, a four-horse chariot and a driver

Greek urn. Greece
Urn (150-200) decorated with a relief depicting the deceased marriage with Aphrodite (center) writing their names on a shield held by Eros. On the right, Bellerophon with Pegasus. Dokimeion marble

Caricature, Henry Irving and Bram Stoker
Caricature, Henry Irving congratulates his theatre manager, Bram Stoker for recently rescuing a man from drowning in the River Thames near his Chelsea home. 1882

Tour De France Muller
Local hero Joseph Muller wins the Strasbourg section of the race, to his neighbours jubilation. Date: 1923

Friedrich I (Barbarossa), Holy Roman Emperor from 1155. He drowned in a river near Antioch while on a Crusade, but as depicted here there is a legend that he is sleeping with his knights in a cave

Colin Baker as Dr Who, with two young fans
The actor Colin Baker (b 1943) as Dr Who, with two young fans. Colin Baker was the sixth Dr Who in the long-running science fiction television series, and played the role from 1984 to 1986

F Rush newsagent, Paradise Street, Marylebone, London
F Rush newsagent, tobacconist and confectioner, Paradise Street (now Moxon Street), off Marylebone High Street, London, with staff and customers posing outside. circa 1920

Machaquito, Rafael Gonzalez Madrid, Spanish bullfighter
Machaquito (Rafael Gonzalez Madrid, 1880-1955), Spanish bullfighter from Cordoba. He retired in 1913. Date: circa 1910

WWI Poster, War Loan, Invest Five Shillings
WWI Parliamentary War Savings Committee Poster, War Loan, Invest Five Shillings and help your country to win. Date: 1916

Tatler cover - Captain Philip Fletcher Fullard, WW1
Air Commodore Philip Fletcher Fullard CBE, DSO, MC and Bar, AFC (27 May 1897 24 April 1984), English First World War flying ace

Lance-Sergeant Douglas Belcher V. C
Lance-Sergeant Douglas Belcher of the London Rifle Brigade, the first Territorial, other than an officer to receive the Victoria Cross in the First World War

How Todger Jones won the VC at Morval
How Todger Jones, 1st Battalion Cheshires, won the VC at Morval - 25th September 1916. By Stanley Llewellyn Wood (1866-1928). Date: 1916

Jemadar Mir Dast, WW1
Jemadar Mir Dast V.C. (1874 - 1945), soldier and Victoria Cross winner in the British Indian Army. During the First World War Dast was a Jemadar in the 55th Cokes Rifles (Frontier Force)

Ilya Muromets - Elijah of Murom on horseback
Ilya Muromets (Elijah of Murom) - a Kievan Rus epic hero. He is celebrated in numerous byliny (folk epic poems). Along with Dobrynya Nikitich

Commander Andrew H. Foote
Portrait of Commander Andrew H. Foote. The Hero of Fort Henry

Stewart Holland. The Last Gun of the Arctic
The Last Gun of the Arctic. Stewart Holland. Sept. 27th 1854. The portrait from a daguerrotype of the young hero, in possession of his father. Date: Sept. 27th 1854

Russian Ilya Muromets Sikorsky biplane and crew, WW1
A Russian Ilya Muromets Sikorsky heavy bomber biplane and crew on an airfield during the First World War. Introduced in 1913, the plane was named after a hero from Russian mythology. Date: 1914-1918

Captain Scott and his tent
Artists impression of Captain Scott writing in his diary in his tent during his expedition to the South Pole in which he and his four companions perished

Captain Robert Falcon Scott and Edgar Evans
Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868 - 1912), British Polar explorer, pictured with Petty Officer Edgar Evans, one of the four men who accompanied Scott on his ill-fated expedition to reach the South

Gustav Adolf II statue, Goteborg, Sweden
The statue of King Gustav Adolf II (1594-1632), founder of the Swedish Empire, in Gustav Adolf Square, Goteborg (Gothenburg), Vastergotland, Sweden

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