Items matching soldiers (results page 1)

Frontispiece: Charles the King walked for the last time through the streets of LondonAn Island Story (1920)

King Charles is followed by a priest, and surrounded by soldiers with lances. He wears 17th-century costume. [King Charles I] had been foolish, he had been wicked, but now, in the face of death, he b [...]

Keywords: royalty, soldiers, people, illustrations for children, colour

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2009-05-05

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A Siege of the Fifteenth CenturyCastles (1926)

From a manuscript belonging to EdwardIV., now in Sir John Soan’s Museum. The [castle] walls, having ben breached by the artillery, are being stormed through the breaches; the stormers are covered by t [...]

Keywords: castles, colour, people, weapons, soldiers, towers

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-08-13

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Battle of KnightsGaskonští Kadeti (1906)

Men are being nasty to one another, as men are wont to do, some on foot and some riding horses, in this close mêlée or fight.

This is a detail from the title page.

Keywords: battles, sketches, drawing, men, people, horses, soldiers, weapons, swords, fights, hats, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: Gascony; France

Added: 2024-12-01

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A Mameluke in Full Armour.Pictureseque Egypt Vol II (1878)

We have seen how deplorable was the condition of the country [1790s Egypt] at that time, drained by the greed of the Turkish Pacha and the Mameluke Beys; its population, which at the present day [1870 [...]

Keywords: people, costumes, soldiers, weapons, spears, swords, helmets, greyscale

Places shown: Egypt

Added: 2010-12-28

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The shore was covered with men ready for battleAn Island Story (1920)

Men wearing tarrered rags or perhaps animal skins, and carrying spears and shields, watch from atop white cliffs as Roman galleys near the shore. The time depicted is about the first century C.E., or [...]

Keywords: people, soldiers, bare feet, ships, water, backgrounds, wallpaper, illustrations for children, colour

Places shown: England

Added: 2009-05-06

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82.—Roman General, Standard Bearers, etc.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Here are some Roman soldiers in suitable effeminate poses as they reach the shore by crossing a bridge supported by their boats. It was here, then, that the British and Roman weapons first came into c [...]

Keywords: boats, weapons, soldiers, costumes, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-11-07

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86.—Prow of a Roman Galley.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“In the latter part of the summer of the year 55 B. C. (Halley, the astronomer, has gone far to prove that the exact day was the 26th of August), a Roman fleet crossed the Channel, bearing the infantr [...]

Keywords: soldiers, boats, weapons, shields, roman soldiers, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-04-24

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95.—Roman GalleyOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A picture of a Roman coin showing a lighter sort of Roman galley, or rowing-boat. The rowers here appear to be wearing helmets, so presumably are soldiers rather than slaves. Compare with Fig. 94. d [...]

Keywords: boats, ships, soldiers, people, roman coins, coins, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-11-03

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96.—Roman Standard Bearers.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Two Roman men, with long curly hair and skirts, adopt feminine poses, one holding a stick with a carved eagle on it, universal symbol of despotism, and the other has a banner with SPQR, the Latin that [...]

Keywords: soldiers, people, symbols, hair, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-09-18

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97.—Roman Soldiers.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Three Roman soldiers are shown: one with a round shield and two short spears or arrows, one with a tall shield obviously for riot control, and a long spear or javelin, and one seated on the ground. [. [...]

Keywords: soldiers, people, weapons, shields, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-11-03

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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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136.—Roman Soldier.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

In the 18th and 19th centuries there was a lot of speculation about Hadrian’s Wall, and people thought parts of it must have been the remains of some large city; you can see some of that confusion in [...]

Keywords: roman remains, statuary, soldiers, people, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2016-05-20

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The Discovery of Tin in BritainBill Nye’s History of England (1900)

A cartoon illustrating how the Romans discovered that Britain had... er... tin.

Keywords: people, boats, soldiers, weapons, romans, cartoons, humour, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-06-10

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Cæsar crossing the channel.Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

“Cæsar [Caesar] first came to Great Britain on account of a bilious attack. On the way across the channel a violent storm came up. The great emporor and pantata believed he was drowning, so that in an [...]

Keywords: people, boars, soldiers, romans, cartoons, humour, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-06-27

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189.—Arms and Costume of a Saxon Military Chief.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The man in the figure is a Saxon soldier. In one hand he holds up a bowl. In the other he holds his spear and shield. He wears a billowing cloak and either boots or shoes with leggings that leave hi [...]

Keywords: costumes, people, soldiers, weapons, saxon england, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-09-07

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190.—Arms and Costume of an Anglo-Saxon King and Armour Bearer.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A King brandishes a sword; he holds a large shield. At his side and slightly behind him, a boy or young man has a smaller shield.

Keywords: costumes, people, soldiers, weapons, royalty, saxon england, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-10-09

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191.—Arms and costume of the Tribes on the Western Shores of the Baltic.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Two young men are dressed as soldiers, with metal plate armour (or possibly leather armour). One has a spear or javelin, and the other a sword; both have shields and helmets. In the foreground a cur [...]

Keywords: people, soldiers, weapons, spears, shields, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-08-03

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192.—Arms and Costume of Danish WarriorsOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Two male soldiers are shown, one bearded and one beardless. On the right, a man with a headdress of some kind wears a short kilt or skirt, and has one hand resting on his thigh and the other holding a [...]

Keywords: soldiers, people, weapons, swords, costumes, stone circles, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-01-24

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193.—Costume of a Soldier. From Cotton MS. Tib. C. 6.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Cotton Manuscript Tiberius C. vi is a psalter from the 11th century. The soldier here has a beard pointy shoes (and striped socks I think), and carries a spear.

Keywords: soldiers, weapons, spears, costumes, beards, clipart, saxon england, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-06-28

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194.—Ringed Mail. Cotton MS. Claud. B, 4.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

An illustration of a Biblical scene but with Anglo-Saxon costumes and weapons. A king (with a long forked breard) wears a crown, brandishes a heavy sword and carries a shield; he wears ring-mail. Next [...]

Keywords: soldiers, royalty, kings, weapons, swords, shields, mail, armour, saxon england, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-07-19

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