Spike Collection

Bassist Spike Heatley (left) at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, December 1986

The War in Schleswig: Prussian field mail on its way from Rendsburg to the front, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig: Prussian field mail on its way from Rendsburg to the front, 1864. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

Ancient instrument of torture called "The Virgin", found in the Castle of Feistritz, Germany, 1860
Ancient instrument of torture called "The Virgin", found in the Castle of Feistritz, in Germany, 1860. Mr. Pearsall was lucky enough to hear in casual conversation that a specimen of this

Lieutenant-General Liprandi, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Lieutenant-General Liprandi, 1856. Pavel Liprandi, Russian officer who fought in the Crimean War. It is from his command in the Crimea, rather than from his previous career

Jael and Sisera, c. 1523. Creator: Albrecht Altdorfer
Jael and Sisera, c. 1523

Jael and Sisera, c. 1513. Creator: Albrecht Altdorfer
Jael and Sisera, c. 1513

Returning from a Poetry Gathering, Japan, c. 1785/89. Creator: Kubo Shunman
Returning from a Poetry Gathering, Japan, c. 1785/89. Detail from a larger artwork

Returning from a Poetry Gathering, Japan, c. 1785/89. Creator: Kubo Shunman
Returning from a Poetry Gathering, Japan, c. 1785/89. Detail from a larger artwork

The Chapel-Yard, Newgate Prison, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Chapel-Yard, Newgate Prison, [London], 1850. The quadrangle for the men is much like the women's, but larger. It consists of two or three yards, and the building surrounding them

The annual change of the Household Brigade the Second Life Guards arriving at Albany... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The annual change of the Household Brigade the Second Life Guards arriving at Albany-Street Barracks, [London], 1862. The annual change of quarters of the brigade of Household Cavalry took place

Streaky Breasted Red Dunn. Called the Bone Crusher, 19th century. Creator: C R Stock
Streaky Breasted Red Dunn. Called the Bone Crusher, 19th century. Fighting cock with metal spurs attached to its legs

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

Bell (nao), Western Zhou dynasty (1046-771 B. C. ). Creator: Unknown
Bell (nao), Western Zhou dynasty (1046-771 B.C.). A bell with two convex sides of nearly rectangular shape and an opening at top rests on a slim cylindrical base

Returning from a Poetry Gathering, Japan, c. 1785 / 89. Creator: Kubo Shunman
Returning from a Poetry Gathering, Japan, c. 1785/89

Shaffron, Steel with gilding, c. 1575. Creator: Unknown
Shaffron, Steel with gilding, c. 1575. Armoured headpiece for a horse

Gold Spike, c. 1936. Creator: Sebastian Simonet
Gold Spike, c. 1936

Clawed Arm Defense, Italy, mid-19th century in the early 17th centlury style

Half-Shaffron, Europe, c. 1560. Creator: Unknown
Half-Shaffron, Europe, c. 1560

Digging Tool, c. 1939. Creator: Arthur P. Reynolds
Digging Tool, c. 1939

Spur, c. 1940. Creator: William Kieckhofel
Spur, c. 1940

Hannibals Navy Battling the Rhodians, 1634. Creator: Willem Basse
Hannibals Navy Battling the Rhodians, 1634

Helmet with Talismanic Inscriptions, Iran, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Helmet with Talismanic Inscriptions, Iran, 18th century. Shi a inscription calling for protection against harm and danger

Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons, late 15th century. Creator: Master FVB
Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons, late 15th century

Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons, ca. 1470-75. Creator: Martin Schongauer
Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons, ca. 1470-75

St. Catherine, ca. 1505. Creator: Hans Baldung
St. Catherine, ca. 1505

The Frogs Who Wanted a King, July 14, 1789. Creator: Unknown
The Frogs Who Wanted a King, July 14, 1789

The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria. n. d. Creator: Albrecht Durer
The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria.n.d

The death of Marcus Atilius Regulus, shown being nailed into a tub by the Carthagi... ca
The death of Marcus Atilius Regulus, shown being nailed into a tub by the Carthaginians, ca. 1661-62

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, kneeling with her elbow resting on the spiked wheel, and an angel crowning her with a flower wreath, 1698

Marcus Atilius Regulus in a barrel while two men are hammering in the nails, various figures throughout, 1555-77

A Corsican Toad Under a Harrow, November 27, 1813. November 27, 1813
A Corsican Toad Under a Harrow, November 27, 1813

The Resurrection. Creator: Unknown
The Resurrection

William I, King of Prussia & Emperor of Germany, c1872. Creator: William Holl
William I, King of Prussia & Emperor of Germany, c1872. Portrait of Wilhelm (1797-1888) who became King of Prussia in 1861 and was proclaimed Emperor of Germany in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian War

Von Roon, c1872. Creator: William Holl
Von Roon, c1872. Portrait of Albrecht Theodor Graf Emil von Roon (1803-1879), Prussian soldier and politician who was Minister of War from 1859 to 1873

Spike Milligan at Beaulieu 1968. Creator: Unknown
Spike Milligan at Beaulieu 1968

King John at Poitiers, (1356), 1890. Creator: Unknown
King John at Poitiers, (1356), 1890. John II of France (1319-1364), surrounded and captured by the French army of Edward the Black Prince at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356 during the Hundred Years

Murder of the Princess de Lamballe, (1792), 1816. Creator: Unknown
Murder of the Princess de Lamballe, (1792), 1816. Marie-Louise, Princesse de Lamballe )1749-1792) of the House of Savoy, Lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoinette was killed in a massacre of September 1792

Boy making a face at a German cavalry officer. Creator: Unknown
Boy making a face at a German cavalry officer. A child makes a gesture of defiance at a soldier wearing a spiked helmet, in a comment on the German occupation of France during the First World War

Best Mode of Going to Bartholomew Fair, c1825. Artist: Theodore Lane
Best Mode of Going to Bartholomew Fair, c1825. A man wearing a spiked barrel, marked By Your Leave. Possibly a derogatory comment on the Irish, as he is wearing green, and carries a wooden club

Spike Robinson, Ronnie Scotts, London, 1993. Artist: Brian O Connor
Spike Robinson, Ronnie Scott s, London, 1993

Spike Robinson, Ronnie Scotts, London, 1993. Artist: Brian O Connor
Spike Robinson, Ronnie Scott s, London, 1993

Spike Robinson playing the tenor saxophone at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 11 September 1986. Pianist Ted Beament is visible on the left of the photograph

Tenor saxophonist Spike Robinson playing at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 11 September 1986

Phil Bates and the tenor saxophone of Spike Robinson at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 1986
Bassist Phil Bates and the tenor saxophone of Spike Robinson at The Bell, Codicote, Hertfordshire, 11 September 1986

Spike Robinson playing tenor saxophone at The Fairway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 1992
Spike Robinson playing tenor saxophone at The Fairway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 13 September 1992

Tenor saxophonist Spike Robinson playing at The Fairway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 1992
Tenor saxophonist Spike Robinson playing at The Fairway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 13 September 1992

Bronze candlestick, late 13th-early 14th century, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Bronze candlestick, late 13th-early 14th century, (1843). Illustration from Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages from the Seventh to the Seventeenth Centuries, by Henry Shaw, (London, 1843)

Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke, German Field Marshal, 19th century. As chief of the Prussian General Staff, Moltke (1800-1891)

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