Items matching battles (results page 1)

Title Page Image (detail) Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance (1896)

A knight in armour [US: armor] rides a horse. He carries a lance, wears a sword, and fights a dragon; presumably this is St. George, patron saint of England. In the background is a castle or tower on [...]

Keywords: knights, horses, animals, people, dragons, battles, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-08-08

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114.—Conflict between Romans and Barbarians. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The wood engraving shows men with curved square shields and helmets fighting men with round shields at close range. The winners are always the ones to call the losers barbarians. For ninety-seven year [...]

Keywords: people, soldiers, battles, fighting, weapons, shields, death, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-07-09

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127.—Bestarii Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A Sculpture FromPompeii

Keywords: people, animals, nudity, bare feet, weapons, battles, colour

Places shown: Pompeii; Italy

Added: 2004-04-14

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Crusaders attacking a castle World’s Best Music (1900)

Crusaders (Mediaeval [US. Medieval] soldiers) attack a castle. One of them has just been struck by an arrow. The man behind him wears a crown, and his hauberk bears the three lions of England. To the [...]

Keywords: castles, people, battles, weapons, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2003-02-23

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Chapter Heading Woodcut Featuring Soldiers on Horesback with Spears A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs (1737)

A decorative woodcut from above the section entitled Proverbs and Proverbial Observsations cocerning Husbandry, Weather, and the Seasons of the Year. It is not related to the text. The engraving feat [...]

Keywords: decorations, battles, chapterheads, horses, weapons, people, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-02-28

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Vanquished Army Passing Under the Yoke A Popular History of Rome (1886)

Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable says, in the entry for Yoke, “To pass under the yoke. To suffer the disgrace of a vanquished army. The Romans made a yoke of three spears—two upright and one r [...]

Keywords: battles, ancient rome, bare feet, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-03-20

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74.—The Siege of a Castle Life and Work of the People of England: The Fourteenth Century (1929)

“A hand-to-hand fight on a scaling ladder thrown against the battlements; the garrison hurl stones from a catapult. Note primitive cannon. Reconstructional drawing from various sources by George Krug [...]

Keywords: battles, castles, siege engines, weapons, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-06-25

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Idler No. 8: George and the Dragon. The Idler (1797)

Saint George, patron saint of England, is seen here wearing full plate mail wielding a mace and about to slay the dragon, together with his two dogs. The image is in an oval cartouche or frame, surmou [...]

Keywords: dragons, knights, weapons, battles, dogs, animals, mythical creatures, wings, armour, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-07-13

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867.—The Siege of Calais Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“They sent to Edward; who, however, would listen to no terms but unconditional submission. The noble Sir Walter Manny, however, spoke for them; and, at last, mercy was promised to all but six of the c [...]

Keywords: bare feet, knights, warfare, battles, weapons, greyscale

Places shown: Calais; Pas-de-Calais; France

Added: 2006-09-12

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868.—Machines used for the Defence of Stone Walls against the action of Battering rams. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“in Figs. 868 to 870 is illustrated the whole process of battering the walls as carried on in [late 13th century and early 14th century]. Slow, but sure, after that the work of destruction went on, ti [...]

Keywords: castles, siege engines, diagrams, battles, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-06-26

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869.—Attack on the Walls of a besieged Tower. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The Cut shows two forms of the Battering-ram in use, for making breaches in the fortifications.

Keywords: castles, battles, weapons, siege engines, people, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-07-16

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870.—Machines for Boring Holes in Castle Walls. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Medieval crusaders (mediaeval knights) use various devices to make holes in the defensive walls of a castle. In the background a group of people wearing tunics are talking, while a couple of distant s [...]

Keywords: castles, backgrounds, wallpaper, siege engines, battles, weapons, people, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-08-06

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