Shield Collection (page 22)

Relief of a Hittite warrior or war-god with shield, spear and sword. From the Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Achaemenid cylinder-seal impression referring to the Greek wars, showing a Persian soldier smiting a Greek

Hellenistic wall-painting of a soldier, 3rd century BC
Hellenistic wall-painting of a soldier, from Aegean Turkey, at the Archaeological Museum in Istanbul, 3rd century BC

A Queen - The Lewis Chessmen, (Norwegian?), c1150-c1200
The Lewis Chessmen, (Norwegian?), c1150-c1200. A Queen piece from a collection of ninety-three found at Uig on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

The Lewis Chessmen, (Norwegian?), c1150-c1200. King and Queen pieces from a collection of ninety-three found at Uig on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Twelfth century illustration of the murder of St Thomas-a-Becket (1118-1170) from a psalter
Illustration, from a late 12th century psalter, of the murder of St Thomas-a-Becket on the 29th of December 1170. The leader of the murderers is Reginald Fitzurse - note the bear on his shield

Brass plaque showing the Oba of Benin with attendants, Edo, Benin, Nigeria, 16th century
Brass plaque depicting the Oba of Benin with attendants, Edo peoples, Benin, Nigeria, 16th century. Benin society was highly structured with a King (Oba)

Roman relief of gladiators fighting wild beasts
Roman relief of gladiators fighting lions

Detail of Witham Shield, Celtic bronze, British

Detail of Celtic decoration, Battersea Shield, Celtic, c2nd - 1st century BC

Battersea Shield, Celtic, c2nd - 1st century BC. Found in RiverThames

Detail of Cows head, Battersea Shield, Celtic, c2nd - 1st century BC

Wall painting: returning from the expedition, Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Luxor, Egypt, c1470 BC
Wall painting:returning from the expedition to the Land of Punt, Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Luxor, Egypt, c1470 BC. Queen Hatshepsut reigned between 1479 BC and 1457 BC

Wall painting of Egyptian soldiers on the expedition, Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Luxor, c1470 BC
Wall painting of Egyptian soldiers on the expedition to the Land of Punt, Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Luxor, Egypt, c1470 BC. Queen Hatshepsut reigned between 1479 BC and 1457 BC

Reliefs showing cartouches of names of captive Near Eastern cities, Temple of Amun, Karnak, Egypt
Reliefs showing cartouches of the names of captive Near Eastern cities, Temple of Amun, Karnak, Egypt

Detail of fallen warrior from the East Pediment of Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, c500-c480 BC. This item is now in the Munich Glyptothek: Germany

Combat between Roland and Ferragus, c1820. Artist: Antonio Verico
Combat between Roland and Ferragus, c1820. Roland (by tradition d778) the semi-legendary French knight and hero of the 11th century Chanson de Roland (Song of Roland)

Esther in the presence of Ahasuerus, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Esther in the presence of Ahasuerus, 1866. Esther (Haddash or Hadassah) coming into the presence of King Ahasuerus fainting in fear as she expects to die if it is discovered that she is a Jew

Policy Verso, 1906. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
Policy Verso, 1906. A gladiator representing Free Trade triumphant in the arena, appeals to the crowd for their verdict. With the return of Liberal government in Britain in December 1905

Ceremony honouring Mariatale, goddess of smallpox, Negapattam, India, 1806
Ceremony honouring Mariatale, goddess of Smallpox at her temple at Negapattam, Southern India. A man, suspended by hooks and holding a sword and shield, is being swung through the air

Death of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field, 22 August 1485 (c19th century)
Death of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, 22 August 1485 (c19th century). Richard III (1452-1485), the last Yorkist king of England, usurped the throne on the death of his brother, Edward IV

Battle of Crecy, France, August 1346 (1864). A major engagement of the Hundred Years War between England and France (1337-1453)

David slaying Goliath, c1860. Having killed the Philistine giant with a stone from his sling, David makes sure that Goliath is really dead

Joshua urges on his army outside the walls of Jericho, c1860. Trumpeters process around the walls carrying the Ark of the Covenant and the walls of the city crumble. From the Bible (Joshua 6)

David slaying the Philistine giant Goliath, c1870. According to the Bible, Goliath was 6 cubits (approximately 3 metres) tall

Ancient Olympic Games: the relay race, 1922. Competitors had to keep alight the flame and hand it to their fellows.This reconstruction shows a runner protecting the flame with his shield

Gladiators in the Roman arena. Spectators are giving the thumbs down, signalling the victor not to spare his defeated adversary. Print after Jean-Leon Gerome

Model soldiers from the tomb of an 18th dynasty pharoah, Ancient Egyptian, 16th-13th century BC

Limestone relief showing Hittite soldiers, Temple of Abu Simbel, Egypt, 14th-13th century BC. The Hittites were a people whose empire covered much of Anatolia and northern Syria

Greek vase decorated with figures of warriors fighting

Statue of Minerva, Ancient Roman goddess of wisdom, and patroness of the arts. Minerva, wearing a helmet and holding a shield, is known as Athene in the Greek pantheon

Frederick I, Barbarossa, 12th century Holy Roman Emperor, 13th century. Frederick, Duke of Swabia (c1123-1190), succeeded his uncle Conrad III as Holy Roman Emperor in 1152

Charlemagne, King of the Franks, accepting the submission of the Saxons, 777 (19th century). Charlemagne (741-814) became King of the Franks in 768, jointly with his brother Carloman

Unhorsing of a Pawnee warrior by Dakota Sioux warrior Zintka Mato (Dog Bear), c1889-1927. Artist: Kills Two
Unhorsing of a Pawnee warrior by the spear of Dakota Sioux warrior Zintka Mato (Dog Bear), c1889-1927

Gladiators in the arena, Roman mosaic, Saarbrucken, Germany

Charles Martel, 7th century King of the Franks, 19th century. Charles Martel (the Hammer) (c688-741) depicted in a chain mail tunic carrying a mace and shield

St Michael the Archangel, c1503-1504. Artist: Raphael
St Michael the Archangel, c1503-1504. St Michael depicted as a knight in armour with shield and sword attacking the dragon as described in Revelations

Bayeux Tapestry, 1070s. The tapestry, which tells the story of the events leading to the Battle of Hastings in 1066, was probably commissioned by Odo, Bishop of Bayeux

Byzantine cavalrymen overwhelming enemy cavalry and foot soldiers. Illustrated manuscript

Battle between Alexander and the Persian king Darius III, 4th century BC
Battle between Alexander the Great and the Persian king Darius III, 4th century BC. Illustration after a Persian manuscript made in the Middle Ages or later

Representation of Odin or Wotan, 1834. The Scandinavian god Odin, known to the Anglo-Saxons as Wotan. God of the dead, he banqueted in Valhalla with those killed in battle

King John signing the Magna Carta at Runnymede, Surrey, 15 June 1215 (c1860). John (1167?-1216) became King of England in 1199

Knights Hospitallers, 16th century. Left: Knight of St John of Jerusalem. Right: Knight of Rhodes. The order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, a religious military order

The Heroic Age in Greece : combat of Ancient Greek warriors. These figures are based upon the seventh-century plaque in the British Museum, which is shown as an inset

Battle of Alnwick, Northumberland, 1174, (1864). Victorian depiction of the capture of William I of Scotland, The Lion (1143-1214) by the English

The death of Warwick the Kingmaker, 1471 (c1880). Richard Neville or Nevill, Earl of Warwick (1428-1471), English soldier and statesman was killed at the Battle of Barnet, 14 April 1471

Richard Neville or Nevill, Earl of Warwick, English medieval soldier and statesman, 19th century. Warwick (1428-1471) in armour holding a shield and sword

Roman soldiers taking part in decursio, the ritual circling of funeral pyre, c180-196
Roman soldiers taking part in decursio - ritual circling of funeral pyre, c180-196. Detail of a relief from the Antonine Column, Rome

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