Lance Collection

Playing Table Tennis - Edwardian - Etiquette
I am not sure whether it is my turn. (to write the postcard or to serve!!) A smart Gentleman makes a courteous enquiry to his glamorous young female table tennis companion. Date: circa 1904

Charge of Light Brigade
The charge of the Light Brigade Cardigan in action

Don Quixote riding with Sancho Panza
A scene from Cervantes novel Don Quixote -- the hero of the title rides with his companion Sancho Panza along a mountain pass

St. George patron saint of England
Our Ancient Word of Courage, Fair St. George - The Patron Saint of England. Pictured here by Georges Scott (1873-1943) expertly slaying the dragon, despite looking quite like a girl. Date: 1928

Territorial Army poster - Inter-war period
For England and Freedom! Join the Territorial Army. Recruitment poster Number 8. Chromolithograph after Lance Cattermole, published by His Majestys Stationery Office, 1938. Date: 1938

Polish cavalry at the start of World War Two
Poland as a military power: cavalry, tanks and infantry (part of a spread in the Illustrated London News)

Saint George. Byzantine icon. XIV century. Greece
BYZANTINE ART. GREECE. Icon with Saint George made by the workshop of Constantinople. Dated at XIV century. Byzantine Museum. Athens

On Pleasure Bent, On Pleasure Broke by Lance Mattinson
Cartoon showing an optimistic chap arriving at a greyhound racing stadium, hopeful about winning some money and then leaving looking crestfallen. Obviously, it wasn t his lucky night

Life Guard - Lance Corporal - Mounted Review Order (wearing cuirass). Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Lance Corporal of Ludhiana Sikhs
Lance-Naik (Lance Corporal) of the Ludhiana Sikhs. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Lance-Corporal O Leary wins a Victoria Cross
Irish soldier Michael John O Leary outstrips the rest of his assault party at great speed and reaches a German barricade

Building Panama canal, Railway Station, Lance
Vintage 19th century photograph: Vintage 19th century photograph: Image relates to the first French led attempt to build the Panama canal in the 1880s under the supervision of Ferdinand de Lesseps

Joan the Maid - Kay Nielsen. The Most Noble Warrior Saint in the Christian Calendar. Date: 1924

Ancient Roman armour and weapons
Ancient Roman armour on a statue of Marcus Aurelius in the Vatican 1, Shield, sword and other weapons used by the ancient Romans from a column 2, and Roman helmet owned by Cavaceppi 3

Items of interior decoration at the seat of Sir Savile Crossley - Somerleyton Hall near Lowestoft - Household Gods

Lance-Corporal Jarvis in Great War Deeds, WW1
Lance-Corporal Charles A Jarvis of the Royal Engineers, winning the Victoria Cross by fixing a firing charge for the demolition of a bridge, under heavy fire

Scene of wild boar hunt, mosaic uncovered in Merida (Augusta
Scene of wild boar hunt, mosaic uncovered in Merida, Spain. Roman, 4th century. National Museum of Roman Art. Merida. Spain

Motor Car for Sale - Owing to Liquidation - Drink Driving
Motor Car for Sale - Owing to Liquidation - A Drink Driving Offender arrested by the village Policeman after a hearty session at The Cross Keys

Corporal of 16th The Queens Lancers
Corporal of The 16th The Queens Lancers - the medals worn are the India Medal (2 bars)and the Distunguished Conduct Medal

Lance Corporal - Grenadier Guards
A Lance Corporal of the Grenadier Guards

David Wright
LANCE-BOMBARDIER DAVID WRIGHT Illustrator and artist, photographed for the Sketch during his time with the Royal Artillery in 1942

Ancient depictions of Tamerlane or Timur, Turco-Mongol conqueror

NWFP - The Buffs East Kent Regiment at Bilot
NWFP - 1st Bn, East Kent Regiment ( The Buffs) - section under Lance Corporal James Smith VC under heavy fire at the village of Bilot in the Mamund Valley, India (now Pakistan) on 16th September

5th Royal Irish Lancers - Sergeant (Review Order). Date: 1910s

The Last of the Dandies
Popular Plays: " The Last of the Dandies" A kindly Policeman leads two young toffs homeward after having far too much debauchery for one evening... Date: circa 1900

Rich Woman fishes for suitors
Leap Year - A Sure Bait A rich woman sits on the riverbank, loading up her hook with her riches ( LSD - pounds shillings and pence) - a sure bait for the mass of suitors she has already caught

France. Guard of National Convention (center), French Grenad
French Revolution (1789-1799). Guard of National Convention (center), French Grenadier Guard (left) and crippled (right). Colored engraving. 19th century

Slow Coach and infuriated passenger
A lovely postcard by Lance Thackeray entitled Urgent - featuring a carriage being pulled by a very tired old nag and being driven by an old soak of a driver

Don Quixote on horseback with his lance
Don Quixote on horseback, galloping forward with his lance. Date: First published: 1605-1615

Tournament joust
They rode at full gallop till they met

Medieval weapons: Dull swords or kolben for the Kolbenturnier 302, pike 303, halberd 304, partisan 305, wooden battle hammer 306, iron battle hammer 307, lance with crooked spike 308

English Regency naval officer at the court of a Turkish pirate
An English naval officer at the court of a Turkish pirate chief. The Moor sits on a divan on a carpet smoking a tobacco pipe, with guards in turbans armed with scimitars and lances

Royal Navy captain and midshipman with Britannia
Frontispiece with Royal Navy captain and midshipman before Britannia and a British lion. Britannia with plumed helmet, lance with flags, Union Jack shield

Warrior of Sawu island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. He wears a batik headcloth, ikat sarong (skirt), belt with kris, bracelets, and carries a lance and shield

A Javan man in war dress, Indonesia
A Javan man in war dress. Man in chelana (pantaloons), sikapan (jacket), kotan and sangsang (vests), ang'ger (belt), pedang (sword) and kris (dagger). Javanais en costume de guerre

Toraja man of Tondano, Sulawesi, Greater Sunda Islands, Indonesia. He wears a turban with feather, necklaces, batik loincloth, and anklets. He carries a lance and traditional kanta shield

Mato-tope or Four Bears, Chief of the Mandan people

Medieval battle scene with two warriors armed with lance, sword and shields, 9th century. One with a dog at his feet wears a tunic over chainmail armour

Medieval soldier in military costume lunging with lance and pennant, 9th century.. From an illuminated manuscript in the Bibliotheque Royale. Costume militaire, MSBR

Costumes of Frankish princesses and lords, 9th century. From the dedication page of the Bible of San Paolo fuori le mura, MS f.1.m, c.870, In the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls

Costumes of Frankish lords at the court of Charles the Bald, 9th century. In helmets, cloaks, armour, hose, with sword, lance and shield

Tassilo III (c.741~796), Duke of Bavaria from 748 to 788, last of the house of the Agilolfings. In crown over helm, with lance and sword, chainmail armour, tunic, greaves and spurs. Tassillon

Lion hunt from the Alhambra Palace, Granada, Spain, 13th century
Moor on horseback hunting a lion with a spear from a ceiling fresco painting of the Alhambra Palace, Granada, Spain, 13th century. Tire des Peintures de l'Alhambra

Costume of an ancient Roman velites and lanciatori. Light infantryman or skirmisher with leather helmet, tunic, short trousers or sagulum gregale, , armed with lance, sword and shield

Italian soldier or man of arms, 13th century. Portrait of a certain Giorgio, in helmet with plume, suit of plate armor over a fine chainmail tunic. After a painting from life by Luigi Vivarini

Soldier in armor of the era of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, 16
Soldier in armor of the era of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor. He wears a helmet, suit of plate armor, breastplate cuirass, tunic, cuisses, greaves, and gauntlets. He is armed with sword and lance

Venetian in armor of the 12th century. He wears a suit of chainmail armor, armorial tunic, belt with sword and scabbard, plate armor greaves with spurs. He holds a lance and helm with plume

Warrior of the Swahili Coast, 16th century (Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Somalia, Comoros). He wears a loincloth, animal skin with tail, and carries assegai lance, bow and arrows, cutlass

Warrior of the African kingdom of Djebel or Giabea. He carries a targe or round shield and a poisoned lance or assegai. Costume de Djebel, Royaume d'Afrique

North African (Berber) man of Cefala (Ras El Djebel, Tunisia), 16th century. Armed with lance and bow and arrows, he wears a hat decorated with gold and fine stones, and robes of cotton or silk

Military Beglerbeg of Anatolia, Ottoman Empire, 16th century. In white armour and helmet, lance, quiver of arrows, on horseback. Provincial governor

Military Beglerbeg of Greece, Ottoman Empire, 16th century. In helmet with noseguard, cuirass, shield, lance, scimitar, on horseback. Provincial governor. Beglerbegs de la Grece, Hommes d'Armes

Costume of a man of Bjarmaland (now Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia). His clothes are made of ermine skins, and he carries a sabre, crossbow and lance

Italian cavalryman riding a horse in barding, 16th century. He wears a complete suit of armor, helm with long plume, and is armed with lance and flintlock pistols

Italian light cavalryman of the 16th century. He wears complete suit of armor, visored helm with plume, corselet with silk moire scarf. He is armed with lance and flinklock arquebus

Military weapons, 11th and 12th centuries. Lances with pennants, trumpet with flag, round buckler, kite shields, helmet, short swords, etc, Equipmente militaire No. 4

Saint Helena, mother of Constantine I the Great
Saint Helena, Roman empress, wife of Constantius I Chlorus, mother of Constantine I the Great, c.248 - 328

Military polearms, 13th to 16th century
Military weapons, lances, partisans, halberds, polearms, 13th to 16th century

Various French costumes of the 9th century, taken from manuscripts in Paris and Brussels. Women in veils with long gowns and bombarde sleeves, soldiers in Carolingian helmets with lance and buckler

Emperor Lothair I or Lothar I, 795-855. Wearing a distinctive crown, chlamys or mantle, tunic, laced boots, holding a sceptre

Maccabees in armour on horseback, 13th century. Three sons of Mathathias in the Maccabean Revolt, 2nd century

Crusader knights in chainmail armour, 13th century
Kneeling knight from the First Crusade, from a manuscript in the British Museum, and standing knight from the Constitutiones Jacobi II, 1295, Bibliotheque de Bourgogne a Bruxelles

Soldiers in armour, 13th century
Military habits of the 13th century. Soldiers in chainmail armour hauberk with mantle and sword and soldier in surcoat and axe from Bodleian Library MS Auct. D 4 17, f.005v

Military habits of the 15th century

Norman soldiers in armour, 11th/12th century
Norman soldiers in nasal helmet, chain-mail armour, 11th/12th centur

Saxon military habits of the 8th century
Anglo Saxon officer, cavalier and foot soldier. First officer in the royal guard, mounted soldier with lance and an infantry man with lance and shield

The turning point in the Battle of Hastings
William Duke of Normandy raises his helmet to show his face and Bishop Odo exhorts the fearful Norman cavalry to regroup and win the Battle of Hastings

The Norman cavalry and archers attack the English army at the Ba
The Norman cavalry preceded by archers on foot attack the English army at the Battle of Hastings

Two knights in plate armor on horseback fighting a duel
Two knights in plate armor and plumed helmets on horseback fighting a duel without weapons in a tourney

Two mounted knights in jousting armor for a medieval course
Two mounted knights in jousting armor for two different types of course: with target shield (targe) 220 and with great helm (heaume) 221

Knights in armor for an Italian course and a German joust
Two mounted knights in tournament colours for an Italian course (left) and a German joust (right)

Norman cavalry charging, 12th century

Norman soldiers, 12th century: Fantassin (infantryman) with hooded cape, surtout, lance and shield 151, froudeur (slingshot man or slinger) in surtout 152

Norman soldiers, 12th century: Bowman with breastplate, bow and arrows 148, fantassin (infantry) with helmet, chainmail coif, lance, shield and cuirass 149, and fantassin (infantry) with helmet

Three Norman cavalry in chainmail armor and nasal helmets

Officer and soldiers of Guy I, Count of Ponthieu, 11th century. Officer 90 and cavalry 91-94. Common soldiers were dressed in shirt, short pants (culottes) and shoes

Marcomanni and Quadi warriors. Marcomanni with checkered tunic and shield, crown worn before battle 5. Quadi in full-body armour, with gauntlets, holding lance and shield, animal skin cloak 6

Anglo Saxon soldiers in suits of armor, 9th and 10th century
Anglo Saxon soldiers in suits of armor from the end of the 9th and beginning of the 10th centuries

Vandal and Gepide warriors. Vandal in helmet with spikes, cloak (chlamys) and wooden shield 3. Gepide in helmet, breastplate and thigh armour, lance with spiked head and a fearsome curved sword 4

Anglo Saxon military officer, cavalier and foot soldier
Anglo Saxon military

Knights of Saint Blaise 1 and Montjoie 2
Knights of the Order of Saint Blaise 1 and the Order of Montjoie (Mountjoy) 2. The Order of St. Blaise was a 12th century military order to defend the country against the Muslims

Two knights in armor fighting a duel with lances in a tourney
Two knights in armor on foot fighting a duel with lances in a tourney. The knight at left wears a crimson skirt over his suit of plate armor and has three crimson plumes on his helmet 161

Knight Templar in garb "no longer of the cross", but armed with lance and sword

Two mounted knights in a tournament duel with a hook
Two mounted knights in armor in a tournament duel with a hook 232

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