Spearing Collection

La bataille de Cannes, 1863. Creator: Francois-Nicolas Chifflart
La bataille de Cannes, 1863. Battle of Cannae. Episode of the 2nd Punic War which took place on 2 August 216 BC in the Puglia region (Italy)

Paysage d'Italie avec trois chevaliers, 1806. Creator: Pierre-Athanase Chauvin
Paysage d'Italie avec trois chevaliers, 1806. Italian landscape with three knights by a river. The scene is near Frascati (Lazio region in Italy)

Christ on the cross between the two thieves, ca. 1631. Creator: Anon
Christ on the cross between the two thieves, ca. 1631

Salmon-poaching on the Tweed: "Burning the Water", 1862. Creator: Unknown
Salmon-poaching on the Tweed: "Burning the Water", 1862. Illegal fishing in Scotland. Night poaching from boats, using leisters - a type of spear - was called "burning the water"

Buffalo Hunt on the Southwestern Prairies, 1845. Creator: John Mix Stanley
Buffalo Hunt on the Southwestern Prairies, 1845

Indian Hunting Buffalo, late 19th-early 20th century. Creator: Edwin Willard Deming
Indian Hunting Buffalo, late 19th-early 20th century

Buffalo Hunter, ca. 1920-1925. Creator: Julian Martinez
Buffalo Hunter, ca. 1920-1925

The Entrance to the Tautira River, Tahiti. Fisherman Spearing a Fish, c. 1895

Stag at bay, from Animal hunts (Chasses adifferents animaux), ca. 1654
Stag at bay, from Animal hunts (Chasses a differents animaux), ca. 1654

Plate 22 from the Tauromaquia : Manly courage of the celebrated Pajuelera in [the ring]
Plate 22 from the Tauromaquia :Manly courage of the celebrated Pajuelera in [the ring] at Saragossa. 1816

Plate 1 from The Tauromaquia : The way in which the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseback in the open country, 1816

Plate 3 of the Tauromaquia : The Moors settled in Spain, giving up the superstitions of the Koran, adopted this art of hunting, and spear a bull in the open, 1816

Plate 2 of the Tauromaquia : Another way of hunting on foot, 1816

Plate 11 from the Tauromaquia : The Cid campeador spearing another bull. 1816

Plate 10 from La Tauromaquia : Charles V spearing a bull in the ring at Valladolid, 1816

Plate 5 from The Tauromaquia : The spirited Moor Gazul is the first to spear bulls according to the rules, 1816

Plate 77 from Los Caprichos : What one does to another (Unos aotros. ), 1799
Plate 77 from Los Caprichos :What one does to another (Unos a otros.), 1799

A Princely Hunt, late 16th century. Creator: Unknown
A Princely Hunt, late 16th century

Australian Aborigines Spearing Fish, 19th century. From The Colonial Portfolio. [The Werner Company, London]

Natives Spearing an Elephant, 1883. A print from The Life and explorations of David Livingstone, LL.D. compiled from reliable sources, Adam and Co, 14 Ivy Lane, London and Newcastle, 1883

Khoikhois spearing fish, South Africa, 1931. Plate taken from Historic Farms of South Africa, by Dorothea Fairbridge, published by Oxford University Press (London, 1931)

Speared manatee, north-west Australia, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

General Garibaldi spearing fish by night off Caprera, Sardinia, Italy, 1861. Artist: Frank Vizetelly
General Garibaldi spearing fish by night off Caprera, Sardinia, Italy, 1861. Italian patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) using a trident to catch fish off the island of Caprera

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

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