Spear Collection (#17)

Icon, Late 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Distemper on wood diptych composed of St. George and the Dragon on the proper right panel, with an equestrian saint on a white horse spearing a serpent on a background of red seperated by a green

Aristomenes Fighting His Way Out of Eira, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Aristomenes Fighting His Way Out of Eira, 1890. Aristomenes, king of Messenia, celebrated for his struggle with the Spartans c685BC and resistance to them on Mount Eira for eleven years

Fourteen heads of Boxers on the walls of Tchio-Tchao, China, 1900. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Fourteen heads of Boxers on the walls of Tchio-Tchao, China, 1900. Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion from November 1899 to September 7, 1901, against foreign influence in areas such as trade

Horus on a Horse spears a Crocodile, Egyptian Sandstone, 5th century

Detail from the Francois Vase, Peleus and Atalanta with Calydonian Boar Hunt, c6th century BC Artists: Ergotimos
Detail from the Francois Vase, Peleus and Atalanta with Calydonian Boar Hunt, c6th century BC. Etruscan Tomb finding. Greek Vase signed by Clitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter) c560 BC

Detail from the Francois Vase, Etruscan Tomb Find, c6th century BC. Artists: Ergotimos, Kleitias
Detail from the Francois Vase, Etruscan Tomb Find, c6th century BC. Greek Vase signed by Clitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter) c560 BC

Bone Harpoons for fishing, Dordogne region, France, Paleolithic Period, (c20th century). The Paleolithic age is a prehistoric period of human history distinguished by the development of the most

Bronze statue of Leonidas at Thermopylae, c20th century. Artist: Vasos Falireas
Bronze statue of Leonidas at Thermopylae, c20th century. This small monument commemorates the battle in 480 BC in which a small band of about Spartan soldiers held off a huge Persian army

Statue of Athena from Greek temple of Aphaia at Aegina, 6th century BC
Statue of the Greek goddess Athena from the west pediment of the temple of Aphaia at Aegina, 6th century BC

Persian miniature of battle between Alexander the Great and Darius, 16th century
Persian miniature illustrating a battle between Alexander the Great (20/21 July 356 - 10/11 June 323 BC) and Darius III (c)

Hittite relef of a Hittite warrior or war-god with shield spear and sword. In the collection at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Australian aborigines butchering a kangaroo, 1885-1888. A family of New South Wales natives butchering the spoils of their hunting expedition, preparatory to cooking

Odin and Brunhilde. Act 3 from Richard Wagners (1813-1883) opera The Valkyrie

Cossacks. Artist: Chichagov, Konstantin Nikolayevich (1849-1903)
Cossacks. Found in the collection of the Regional A. Deineka Art Gallery, Kursk

Soldiers fighting over Booty in a Barn, c. 1623. Artist: Duyster, Willem Cornelisz (1599-1635)
Soldiers fighting over Booty in a Barn, c.1623. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Cossacks, 1910s. Artist: Vladimirov, Ivan Alexeyevich (1869-1947)
Cossacks, 1910s. From a private collection

Dyptychon with Circus scenes, 5th century. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Christ and John the Baptist as Children, between 1655 and 1660. Artist: Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Christ and John the Baptist as Children, between 1655 and 1660. Murillo, Bartolome Esteban (1617-1682). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Calvary, between 1545 and 1550. Artist: Maerten van Heemskerck
Calvary, between 1545 and 1550. Heemskerck, Maarten Jacobsz, van (1498-1574). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Bacchus and Ariadne, 1780s. Artist: Giuseppe Cades
Bacchus and Ariadne, 1780s. Cades, Giuseppe (1750-1799). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Saint George and the Dragon, 17th century. Artist: Giuseppe Cesari
Saint George and the Dragon, 17th century. Cesari, Giuseppe (1568-1640). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Rider Pierced by a Spear, 16th century. Artist: Francesco Salviati
Rider Pierced by a Spear, 16th century. Rossi, Francesco, de (1510-1563). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The Lion Hunt, c1621. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
The Lion Hunt, c1621. Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Saint George and the Dragon, late 14th century. Russian icon, Novgorod School. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Stationarii, a Gaul and a Roman, c1887 Artist: Francois Cudet
Stationarii, a Gaul and a Roman, c1887. Histoire des corps de troupes de la ville de Paris

With a spear our foe is done 1941 Artist: Kukryniksy
With a spear our foe is done, then we did him with a gun, as before with steel we fought him, so we smash him where we spot him, 1941

Jupiter strikes a monarch on the crown in his palace, 1777. Artist: Nicola Bertuzzi
Jupiter strikes a monarch on the crown in his palace, 1777

Cossacks fighting Manchus, Russo-Japanes War, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 3rd April 1904

Russian nurse taken prisoner by the Manchus being handed over to the Japanese, Manchuria, 1904
Russian nurse taken prisoner by the Manchus being handed over to the Japanese, Manchuria, Russo-Japanese War, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 4th December 1904

The passengers and equipment of Admiral Gueydon shipwrecked on the African coast, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 11th October 1903

Civil war in Morocco, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 18th January 1903

Massacre of a German Garrison in Damaraland, South-West Africa, 1903
Massacre of a German Garrison in Damaraland, South-West Africa, 22nd November 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 22nd November 1903

French Victory in the Sahara, 1900. Artist: Joseph Belon
French Victory in the Sahara, 1900. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 21st January 1900

Two French officers murdered by the Quang-tcheou-wan, 1899. Artist: Jose Belon
Two French officers murdered by the Quang-tcheou-wan, 1899. Sino-Japanese War. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 3rd December 1899

The Massacre of an English Mission in Benin, 1897. Artist: F Meaulle
The Massacre of an British expedition in Benin, 1897. In 1896 a small armed British force under the command of Lieutenant James Phillips was sent to Benin, then an independent kingdom

Zulu chief, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

The Hova army, Madagascar, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
The Hova army, Madagascar, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 19th May 1895

The Danes Sailing up the English Channel, c877 AD, (19th century)

Paris besieged by the Normans, 885 AD, (1875). Artist: T Sherratt
Paris besieged by the Normans, 885 AD, (1875). The Normans occupied the northern area of France now known as Normandy in the latter half of the 9th century

Amazonian warriors, 1891. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 28th February 1891

The Army of Vassily before Moscow, 19th century

Insurrection in Manpur, India, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
Insurrection in Manpur, India, 1891. Manpur was brought under British paramountcy in 1891. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 2nd May 1891

Armed robbery in the East, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
Armed robbery in the East, 1891. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 20th June 1891

Massacres in China, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
Massacres in China, 1891. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 19th December 1891

Destruction of a German expedition in Africa, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
Destruction of a German expedition in Africa, 1891. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 3rd October 1891

Kauikeaouli, Hawaii, 1825. Artist: Dampier
Kauikeaouli, Hawaii, 1825. Kamehameha III, King of Hawaii (born Kauikeaouli) (1813-1854) was the king of the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1824 to 1854. He was Hawaiis longest reigning monarch

Young officer wearing a typical costume of malo, Hawaii, 1819. Artist: Jacques Etienne Victor Arago
Young officer wearing a typical costume of malo, Hawaii, 1819. A feather cloak and helmet, tattooing with geometrical designs as well as the death date of Kamehamena I in English

Chief Natei, Nelua, 1892

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