Protection Collection (page 9)

The Woman Taken in Adultery, c1860. Jesus defending the woman taken in adultery from the Scribes and the Pharisees, saying: Let him that is without sin among you, first cast a stone at her

Heliodorus attempting to take treasure from the Temple at Jerusalem, 1865-1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Heliodorus attempting to take treasure from the Temple at Jerusalem, 1865-1866. Heliodorus and his bodyguard are attacked by three angels, one of them riding a winged horse

William Buckland, geologist, paleontologist and clergyman, equipped to explore a glacier, 1875
William Buckland, British geologist, paleontologist and clergyman, equipped to explore a glacier, 1875. Buckland tried to reconcile the then generally accepted (at least by the Christian Church)

Roman soldiers attacking a fortress, 1605. The Romans form a tortoise with their shields to protect themselves from missiles as they approach the walls. From Poliorceticon by Justus Lipsius

Various forms of siege equipment, including battering rams, 1547. From Architectur...Mathematischen...Kunst by Gaultherius Rivius, 1547

Roman siege warfare, 1605. Defenders attempting to disable battering rams. On the right, attackers are handling a ram under a protective cat. From Poliorceticon by Justus Lipsius (Antwerp, 1605)

Wheeled siege towers and bridges, 13th century (18th century). Siege equipment of the type used by Frederick II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor, for his successful siege of Jerusalem (1229)

Julius Caesars siege of Marseilles, 49 BC (18th century). Reconstruction showing the musculus or covered way to protect engineers approaching the walls of the besieged city

Design for an encampment outside a besieged fortress, 1617-1619. From Utriusque cosmi... historia by Robert Fludd. (Oppenheim, 1617-1619)

Romulus and Remus suckling from the she-wolf. Detail from a marble monument to the twin founders of Rome, who according to legend were abandoned in the wild and raised by a she-wolf

Shepherd guarding his flock at night, early 16th century. Under his arm are his bagpipes. He has two dogs with spiked protective collars to help him guard his animals

Air Raid Precautions, cigarette card, British, 1938. Rendering your refuge room gas-proof: red arrows highlight danger points

Apiary of wooden hives, Lismore, Ireland, 1890. A woman in a protective veil using bellows to puff smoke into a hive to render bees less aggressive before opening the hive

King Arthur fighting a giant, 1514. Arthur, under the protection of the Virgin Mary, engages a giant in single combat, watched by the men of two armies. From Chroniques de Bretagne. (Paris, 1514)

Blacksmiths at work, 1715. Note the heavy leather aprons worn as protection from hot metal and charcoal. From Magia Naturalis by Johannes Baptista della Porta, originally published in Naples in 1558

A French telephone post in a cave, France, World War I, 1915. A print from Le Pays de France, 9 September 1915

Execution of Robespierre and his accomplices, 1794. Maximilien Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794), French revolutionary

The Emperor Napoleon I during the French Campaign, 1814. Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I) (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815

Rizpah, King Sauls concubine, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Rizpah, King Sauls concubine, 1866. Rizpah stopping the birds and beasts devouring the bodies of her sons and five others killed by the Gibeonites as a harvest sacrifice after a famine

La Defense de Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III, the Prussians surrounded Paris on 9 September 1870

Greek relief of Hoplites in battle From the British Museums collection

Gold Thraco-Getic helmet, 4th century BC
Gold Thraco-Getic helmet from Cotofenesti, Romania. Now in the National Museum of Antiquities in Bucharest, 4th century BC

Sectional view of a typical Boer entrenchment, Boer War, c1900. The 2nd Boer War 1899-1902

Cholera quarantine in Italy. Travellers from Switzerland en route for Italy being kept in quarantine at Bardonnechia, Italy, for five days. Illustration published London, 16 August 1884

Laying siege canon on target, from Le diverse et artificiose machine, 1620
Laying siege canon on target, from Agostino Ramellis Le diverse et artificiose machine, 1620 (first edition 1588). Bottom right is a gunners level

Utriusque cosmi historia, 1517-19. Artist: Robert Fludd
Utriusque cosmi historia, 1517-19. Gunners laying siege to moated and fortified enclosure. Attackers are using earth-filled Gabions to protect their guns and themselves

The Police (of the Future), 1886. Artist: Corbould
The Police (of the Future), 1886. This, according to Punch is what the appropriately equipped police officer will be wearing to go about his day to day duties

Genuine Enthusiasts, 1884. The dedicated follower of tennis will always make every effort to watch a match to the bitter end, no matter what the weather

The Cherub!, 1884. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Cherub!, 1884. Joseph Chamberlain is the cherub watching over the British sailor. This relates to Chamberlains Merchant Shipping Bill which aimed to do away with the shipping owners who insured

Two Forces, 1881. Artist: Joseph Swain
Two Forces, 1881. Britannia, armed with a large sword labelled The Law, protects Hibernia from a stone-throwing, animalistic Irish anarchist

The Only Seal of Confession, 1865. A wife admitting some small sin to her protective, kindly, and forgiving husband. Punch is making the point that the only confession that should be permitted in

Divorce A Vinculo, 1861. Mrs Carolina, a representative of the slave-owning south of America, holding a cat o nine tails and declaring her right to beat her own property

Birds of a Feather, 1859. In 1859, there was an ongoing struggle between France and Austria over Italian independence as the Italian states tried to rid themselves of despotic rulers

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