Dagger Collection (page 8)

Clay Votive Figurine of Man wearing Belt and Dagger, Proto-Palatial Period, 2000BC-1700 BC. From the Peak Sanctuary at Petsofa near Palaikastro, Eastern Crete. Minoan

Roman stone relief, 2nd century
Roman stone relief of Mithras slaying the bull, now in the Louvre, 2nd century

Detail of inlay on a Mycenaean bronze dagger showing a lion hunt, 16th century
Detail of inlay in gold, niello and electrum, on a Mycenaean bronze dagger showing a lion hunt. It was discovered in shaft grave IV at Mycenae, by Schliemann in 1876

Early bronze age bog burial from Denmark, 16th century
Early bronze age burial from Denmark, of a man in an oak coffin in a bog. Note the shield and comb he was buried with, 16th century

Illustration of St Luke, 11th century
Illustration of St Luke from four gospels in Latin, made at the monastery at Echternach (north of Trier), one of the last schools of Ottonian illustration

Roman statuette of Mithras slaying the bull, 3rd century
Roman statuette of Mithras slaying the bull from Dadofori, Sicily. From Palermo Museums collection, 3rd century

Roman relief of gladiators, c. 3rd century
Roman relief of gladiators, from the Via Appia in Rome. It shows a Secutor on the left, and a Retiarus on the right. from in the National Museums collection in Rome, c.3rd century

Detail of an Etruscan sarcophagus from Chiusi showing the death of Eteocles and Polynices, the incest-born sons of Oedipus and Jocasta

Detail of Mycenaean bronze dagger found in a tholos tomb, 16th century
Detail of Mycenaean bronze dagger, inlaid with gold, silver and niello, showing natuli. It was found in a tholos tomb in Pylos, and is now in the National Museum in Athens, 16th century

The Martyrdom of Saint Peter, end 1620s. Artist: Guercino
The Martyrdom of Saint Peter, end 1620s. Guercino (1591-1666). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Stained glass depiction of King Henry VIII of England, Canterbury Cathedral
Stained glass depiction of Henry VIII (1491-1547), from the Chapter House in Canterbury Cathedral

Early bronze age burial from Denmark, 16th century BC
Early bronze age burial from Denmark, of a man buried in an oak coffin which was preserved in a bog. From the National Museums collection in Copenhagen, 16th century BC

Nootka Sound Native American figure of a man wearing a bears skin, symbolising the concept of interchangability of human and bear, in a shamanistic/totemic setting

Egyptian ivory handle of a dagger
Egyptian hippopotamus ivory handle of a flint dagger from Gebel Arrak, south of Abydos, Egypt. From the Louvres collection

Sword maker, c1559-1591. Artist: Jost Amman
Sword maker, c1559-1591. A craftsman at his workbench holds an item in a vice while he works on it with a file. Around him are daggers and swords he has made

Mycenean dagger with lion decoration, c1450-c1100 BC. Large numbers of weapons have been found in the tombs of Mycenean warriors, probably placed there as an indication of their prowess in battle

The Chinese Cake, 1898. Artist: Henri Meyer
The Chinese Cake, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 16th January 1898

A brawl between German soldiers and Bavarian officers, Germany, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
A brawl between German soldiers and Bavarian officers, Germany, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th August 1898

John Felton (1595?-1628), English Puritan naval officer, 1830. Artist: Richard Sawyer
John Felton (1595?-1628), English Puritan naval officer, 1830. Felton murdered George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham at Portsmouth on 23 August 1628

Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggers, exhibited 1812. Artist: Henry Fuseli
Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggers, exhibited 1812. Found in the collection of the Tate, London

Turk Sitting Smoking on a Couch, 19th century. Artist: Eugene Delacroix
Turk Sitting Smoking on a Couch, 19th century. From the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France

The Roman tombstone of Marcus Favonius Facilis, 1st century BC
The Roman tombstone of Marcus Favonius Facilis, Centurion of the 20th legion of the Pollonian tribe (from north Italy), at Colchester Museum

Indra, principal of the Vedic gods of India mounted on his elephant, c1880

Between Two Terrors, 1873. Artist: Joseph Swain
Between Two Terrors, 1873. (White and Red). Louis Adolphe Thiers, the first President of the Third Republic, is being embraced by a pleading France

Doom d!, 1871. Artist: John Tenniel
Doom d!, 1871. The House of Lords plans an ambush of the Army Regulation Bill which, sword under its arm, marches unsuspectingly towards sudden death

English Assassin Painted by France, 1864. Artist: John Tenniel
English Assassin Painted by France, 1864. The distance between France and Britain at this time is illustrated by the comment made by M Le Verrier

Caesar Imperator!, 1861. ( The American Gladiators ) The American Gladiators are President Lincoln on the left to represent the Northern States

Sacrifice of Isaac: an angel presses against the dagger-bearing arm of Abraham, who stands next to Isaac on an altar, God the Father and an angel bearing a lamb approach from the left, ca.1645-50

Two Turks, ca. 1435-1491. Creator: Martin Schongauer
Two Turks, ca. 1435-1491

Lucretia, ca. 1519. Creator: Hans Baldung
Lucretia, ca. 1519

Villain, thou diest: plate 10 from Othello (Act 5, Scene 1), etched 1844, reprinted 1900

Polyxena, 1786. Creators: Jean Florent Defraine, Vincent Marie Langlois
Polyxena, 1786

Kabuki Actors Asao Yujiro as Sano Genzaemon and Ichikawa Ebijuro I as Miura Arajiro, in the play Keisei Sano no Funabashi, 1822

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