Skip to main content

Wielding Collection

Background imageWielding Collection: Japanese ways of chivalry: a display of ancient fighting methods by the Budokwai in London at

Japanese ways of chivalry: a display of ancient fighting methods by the Budokwai in London at the Aeolian Hall. Wielding "saucepan lids", sickle and chain

Background imageWielding Collection: Lady cricketer 1902

Lady cricketer 1902
A strapping young woman wielding a bat when organised ladies cricket was still in its infancy. Artist: Dudley Hardy Date: 1902

Background imageWielding Collection: SHAH ABBAS (1557-1628)

SHAH ABBAS (1557-1628)
SHAH ABBAS on horseback and wielding a sword

Background imageWielding Collection: Kazakh man cutting hay with a scythe

Kazakh man cutting hay with a scythe
A Kazakh man wearing a chapan (Kazakh quilted dressing gown) and kalpak, working in a field with a scythe, cutting hay. 20th century

Background imageWielding Collection: WW2 - House Of Unrest

WW2 - House Of Unrest
An illustration from a wartime short story, House Of Unrest, written by Wilfrid Robertson. The image portrays a man wielding his gun, with a firm stance. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageWielding Collection: WW2 - Home Guard Goings On

WW2 - Home Guard Goings On
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 children's story book, Home Guard Goings On, written by Basil Boothroyd. The image portrays an older gentleman wielding a gun

Background imageWielding Collection: Knight Poster

Knight Poster
A poster design portraying a brave knight wearing armour, riding on a strong, white war horse, away from the castle which can be seen in the background

Background imageWielding Collection: Almas Sees The Princess

Almas Sees The Princess
A painting or poster design depicting a colourful parade of people wearing costumes and wielding spears, carrying a palanquin style platform, which has a princess reclined on top. Date: circa 1917

Background imageWielding Collection: The Infancy of Bacchus

The Infancy of Bacchus
This artwork depicts the infant Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and festivity upon the back of another deity wielding a staff. Date: circa 1916

Background imageWielding Collection: War and Peace

War and Peace
An illustration depicting a man in armour, wielding a sword and shield, the embodiment of war, standing beside his opposite, an angelic winged woman, symbolising peace

Background imageWielding Collection: The Hobby Horse

The Hobby Horse
An oil painting of a young girl enjoying a day out in the countryside by the sea, with a large decorative hobby horse, wielding a whip. Date: circa 1915

Background imageWielding Collection: East Indian Ship, Millish

East Indian Ship, Millish
A plate, print engraving of the East Indian ship, Mellish, entering the harbour of Sydney, with spear wielding aboriginals looking on. Date: circa 1925

Background imageWielding Collection: Adventure

Adventure
Painting showing a blindfolded man wielding a sword overhead with one hand, and feeling the point of the blade with the other, under a dark night sky. Date: circa 1929

Background imageWielding Collection: DIANE DE POITIERS MEDAL

DIANE DE POITIERS MEDAL
DIANE DE POITIERS wife of Louis comte de Maulevrier ; after his death became mistress of the Dauphin, later Henri II, wielding great influence. Date: 1499 - 1566

Background imageWielding Collection: DIANE DE POITIERS

DIANE DE POITIERS wife of Louis comte de Maulevrier ; after his death became mistress of the Dauphin, later Henri II, wielding great influence. Date: 1499 - 1566

Background imageWielding Collection: Leave it to Psmith - stage adaptation

Leave it to Psmith - stage adaptation
Leave it to Psmith - a comic novel by English author P. G. Wodehouse, adapted into a play by Wodehouse and Ian Hay. It opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London on 29 September 1930

Background imageWielding Collection: Tournament in honor of Isabeau of Bavaria

Tournament in honor of Isabeau of Bavaria. Isabeau of Bavaria was born into the House of Wittelsbach as the eldest daughter of Duke Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Taddea Visconti of Milan

Background imageWielding Collection: Anti-Suffrage Cartoon Her Mothers Voice

Anti-Suffrage Cartoon Her Mothers Voice
Young girl and her father view mother with alarm as she races past the window wielding a hammer. Date: 1911

Background imageWielding Collection: Statue of Mahishasura - Chamundi Hills Mysore, India

Statue of Mahishasura - Chamundi Hills Mysore, India
A statue of Mahishasura in Chamundi Hills, Mysore. Mahishasura was an Asura in Hindu Mythology - one of the forces of chaos that are in constant battle with Devas. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWielding Collection: Startling Stories - The Bottom of the World

Startling Stories - The Bottom of the World by John C. Burroughs and Hulbert Burroughs. Three reptile-like aliens surrender to two space explorers each wielding a gun

Background imageWielding Collection: Startling Stories - Gateway to Paradise

Startling Stories - Gateway to Paradise by Jack Williamson. Two men (one wielding an axe), a woman and an old man in a small rowing boat are attacked by a fearsome sea serpent monster. Date: 1941

Background imageWielding Collection: Fantastic Adventures - The Return of Jongor

Fantastic Adventures - The Return of Jongor
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, April 1944, featuring the story The Return of Jongor by Robert Moore Williams. A warrior attacks a club-wielding centaur with a spear. Date: 1944

Background imageWielding Collection: Jack the Giant Killer

Jack the Giant Killer
Black and white. Grown man wielding stick at young boy, who is holding a sword. They are both in costume. Part of Box 102, Nursery Rhymes

Background imageWielding Collection: Pietro Mascagni Conducts

Pietro Mascagni Conducts
PIETRO MASCAGNI Italian musician, composer of Cavalleria rusticana, L amico Fritz and many other operas, depicted wielding his conductors baton. Date: 1863 - 1945

Background imageWielding Collection: A dangerous Barber with a flippant attitude having won a bet

A dangerous Barber with a flippant attitude having won a bet
The Dangers of Betting " Yes Sir; they re very strict ere, Sir. Why, if we scratches a customer we re fined threepence, and if we cuts one we re fined sixpence

Background imageWielding Collection: Club wielding Zaru (from a Kyogen performance)

Club wielding Zaru (from a Kyogen performance). Print shows a man with a monkey holding a large club as a spirit appears before them. Date 1824

Background imageWielding Collection: Dr Syntax returned from his tour

Dr Syntax returned from his tour
Having returned from a journey, Dr Syntax sits smoking before the hearth, talking to a lady who is wielding a whip

Background imageWielding Collection: Space Marines & Slavers

Space Marines & Slavers
THE SPACE MARINES AND THE SLAVERS (Bob Olsen) Captain Brink watches on his teleview slaver Zureks last stand, vainly wielding his electrolysis guns. Date: 1936

Background imageWielding Collection: Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey and Crete

Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey and Crete
In this cartoon postcard, John Bull, and personifications of France, Austria, Germany, Italy and Russia watch on, as Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918) wields a knife in a dispute over Crete

Background imageWielding Collection: Gladstone wearing an electropathic belt

Gladstone wearing an electropathic belt
Advertisement from 1886 for the Medical Battery Companys Electropathic Belt, featuring a caricature of William Gladstone, Prime Minister wielding an axe and wearing the belt

Background imageWielding Collection: Saxon Military Dress C8

Saxon Military Dress C8
Anglo-Saxon king in martial habit wears a shirt of chainmail over a tunic & hose. His Armour Bearer wears a Phyrigian cap, hose & short tunic with a girdle. Date: 8th century

Background imageWielding Collection: Charging Spahis

Charging Spahis
Spahis (native cavalry) of the French Armee d Afrique in a charge, led by a sabre- wielding officer

Background imageWielding Collection: L ATTAQUE

L ATTAQUE
Led by their commander, wielding his sabre, French infantry move forward to attack the enemy, with bayonets fixed to their guns

Background imageWielding Collection: Mother in Law / Moloch

Mother in Law / Moloch
A French bell-mere (mother-in- law) depicted as a knife- wielding old misery surrounded by cactuses


All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping