Swords Collection (page 3)

Tarot Card - Epees (Swords) X

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Tarot Card - Epees (Swords) VII

Tarot Card - Epees (Swords) V

Tarot Card - Epees (Swords) III

Tarot Card - Epees (Swords) II

Scene in a Bronze Age foundry, showing men pouring molten metal into a container, and various weapons on display. BCE

Nelson receiving the swords of the vanquished Spaniards
Horatio Nelson receiving the swords of the vanquished Spaniards on board the captured San Josef (San Jose) during the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797. 1797

Roman trireme and boat
Trireme warship with three decks of oars, battering ram with swords, from the Trajan Column 2, and boat with battering ram from an ancient basrelief 1. Both with eyes on the stern

Officers of Italian Light and Field Artillery, WW1
Officers of the Italian Light and Field Artillery in semi-full dress uniform during the First World War, 24 April 1915. 1915

Mexican Guerillas 1847
A crowd of Mexican guerillas charge forwards on horseback and on foot, with swords, lances, and rifles. 1847

The Battle of Buena Vista
The battle of Buena Vista occurred on 23rd February 1847, with an American victory in repelling Mexican forces. American cavalrymen charge at Mexican soldiers with their swords raised. 1847

Three Sea Dayak warriors, Borneo, SE Asia
Three Sea Dayak (Dyak, Dayuh) or Iban warriors in traditional costume, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). Date: 1922

Kalimantan chief of Borneo, SE Asia
A Klemantan (Kalimantan) chief of Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire), wearing a tiger-cat war coat, and holding a sword and a shield. Date: 1922

Austrian officer - Anschluss
Swearing in ceremony of Austrian officers at the Theresianum in Vienna.The ceremony took place in the presence of the Chancellor and members of government

Battle of Hastings re-enactment. With cross-gartered jeans and dyed sackcloth doublets, the students of Kent and Sussex Universities re-enact the battle 900 years later. Date: 14 October 1066

The Surrender of Santiago: Spanish buglers playing the retreat - rendered on this occasion especially solemn from its serious significance. Date: 1898

General scene at Athelhampton, Dorset. People enjoying each others company. In the background two friends amuse themselves with their swords. Date: Circa 1550

SWORDS TO PLOWSHARES
Two smiths beat swords into plowshares, which are much more useful Date: circa 1860

Zola-Inspired Duel
During the Dreyfus Affair in France, colonel Henry and M Picquart cross swords in regard to Zolas intervention, Date: March 1898

Hudibras by Samuel Butler
HUDIBRAS The Knight submits to Trulla: But Trulla thrust herself between, And striding oer his back agen Date: c1721/1726

DJIGHITOFFKA COSSACKS They ride standing upright on horseback. They wear long red coats and tall fur hats and are armed with whips, knives and swords. Date: circa 1850

CRIMEAN OFFICERS PHOTO
The Officers of the 48th Regiment of Foot (Northamptonshire) pose for a group photograph somewhere in the Crimea Date: 1855

RUNNING THE GAUNTLET
Newly-wed couple run the gauntlet of guardsmen saluting with symbolically raised, unsheathed swords Date: early 20th century

RAKES PROGRESS 6
6. Gaming house scene Date: 1735

A fantasy swordsmith, dressed in a costume made up of the products he makes. Date: circa 1700

The Proud Prince, combat in the arena
The Proud Prince, by Justin Huntly McCarthy, scene from Act 4, combat in the arena. early 20th century

The Prisoner of the Bastille, from Lyceum Theatre, London
The Prisoner of the Bastille, a play on tour from the Lyceum Theatre, London, based on Charles Dickens novel, A Tale of Two Cities. early 20th century

BUROUGHS / WARLORD OF MARS
Jacket illustration. Date: First published: 1920

London Trade Card - Peter de la Fontaine, Goldsmith, at the Golden Cup, Litchfield Street, Soho. 18th century

Holy Roman Emperor with costume items
Holy Roman Emperor (possibly based on Ferdinand I or Maximilian II) in full regalia at the centre, surrounded by costume items -- four crowns, a pair of gloves, a pair of sandals

Laghouat, Algeria - An Arab Salon
Laghouat, capital city of the Laghouat Province, Algeria - An oppulent Arab Salon interior. Date: circa 1910s

Anglo Saxon and Danish weaponry. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages. 1798

Mensur (fencing bout) - Heidelberg, Germany
A brief interuption during a Mensur (Academic fencing bout) - the duellist hopes he will be scarred for life - Heidelberg, Germany. Date: circa 1910s

Soldier of the Yusufzai Tribe, Afghanistan
A soldier of the Yusufzai (also Youssofzay, Yousafzai, Esapzey, Yousufi, Eusofzye or Yusufi), one of the largest Pashtun tribes

Philippines - Pirates
Balani pirates, based in Jolo - a volcanic island in the southwest Philippines. It is located in the Sulu Archipelago, between Borneo and Mindanao

Moriamur pro rege nostro, Maria Theresa
Maria Theresia, Empress of Austria (1717 - 1780), Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. " Moriamur pro rege nostro, Maria Theresa!" (" We will die for our sovereign, Maria Theresa!" )

Tarot Card - Roy d Epee (King of Swords)

Tarot Card - Valet d Epee (Page of Swords)

Tarot Card - Cavalier d Epee (Knight of Swords)

Tarot Card - Reyne d Epee (Queen of Swords)

Sword with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

15th century Costume
1. Jean de Linden (1394) 2. Duc de Baviere (1430-1470) (whose name is unknown) 3. Albert III, Achilles de Brandebourg (1475) wearing an Electors cap 4. Ludwig von Hutten (1414) 5

Sword of Charlemagne - Crown of Empress Constance
Ceremonial sword called the " Sword of Charlemagne" (with details). 2. Crown of Empress Constance, Fredericks wife. (with details). 3. Sword of Saint Maurice (with detail).4. Kings crown

Hungarian Wedding Cake
These Hungarian peasant women in traditional headscarves are decorating a wedding cake with painted gingerbread swords, hearts and edible babies. Date: 1930s

GERMAN COSTUME 1300-1349
Men: gipon, dagged hood, cote- hardie with dagged tippets, girdles, swords & daggers. Woman: garment with elements of a cote-hardie & sleeved surcoat, ornamental fillet. Date: early 14th century

Cartoon, German officer (Boche Faces), WW1
Cartoon, Boche Faces. A group of German officers, looking rather stolid and described as the asphyxiating brutes of humanity. Date: 1915

Japanese infantry musicians, one beating a drum (taiko).. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845

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