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PCT4281293: Napoleon gives his sword to Baron Jean Dominique (Jean-Dominique) Larrey, chief surgeon of the army (1766-1842) who had seen his own derobed by enemies on the battlefield - Engraving from the book “L'Annee Francaise, un heros par jour” by Charles Ponsonhailhe, edition Mame 1900 / Bridgeman Images
HGP3526687: Simon Peter, St. Peter, cuts off ear of Malchus, servant of Caiaphas, with sword, in Garden of Gethsemane, for betraying Jesus, stained glass Passion Window by Adolph Didron of Paris, 1860, Feltwell, Norfolk, England, UK, The Easter Story, French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5157395: Lib - Friendship Force - The Killingworth Sword Dancers entertain the crowd in Stone Mountain Park's Memorial Hall, 16 miles east of Atlanta, USA. Nearly 400 Geordies and their Atlanta hosts watched two performances by the dancers before a tour through the 3,200 acre park and an evening picnic, c. 14 July, 1977 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4602857: Maximilian Christopher Miller, the German Giant, 8 feet tall, exhibited at London fairs. He wears a Hungarian jacket, fancy cap with plume of feathers and carries a gilt sceptre and falchion sword. Copperplate engraving by R. Grave from John Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, Young, London, 1819. / Bridgeman Images
LSE4328588: Commemorative funeral procession of the martyrdom of Hossein, in Schusha (Transcaucasia, Russia), the men move in line, inflicting torture and beating their head with a sword. Engraving to illustrate the voyage in the provinces of the Caucasus, by Basile Vereschaguine, in 1864-1865, published in “” le tour du monde””, under the direction of D'Edouard Charton, Hachette, Paris 1869.Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4326210: The training of Japanese warriors in sword and spear combat, in a kind of arena surrounded by stretched canvas. Engraving to illustrate the voyage to Japan, in 1863-1864, by Aime Humbert, minister of the Swiss Confederation, in “” Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages”” published under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1867, Paris. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LRI4567953: Branches of knowledge represented by Aristotle (top left) represents Natural Philosophy, with Seneca representing Moral Philosophy on the right, the Emperor Justinian (top centre). The woman in the centre has a sword and a flowering branch issuing from her mouth (woodcut, 1508), Unknown Artist, (16th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4160537: Death and succession of Charles II the Bald (823-877), 877: the king handed over to the imperress the imperial crown, his golden sceptre, the sword of Saint Peter and a testament by which he designees his son Louis the Begue for inheritance. Engraving by Jean Michel Moreau, dit Moreau le Jeune (1741- 1814), 18th century., Moreau, Jean Michel the Younger (1741-1814) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4281736: Title page illustrated by Robida for the complete works of Francois Rabelais published by the Librairie Illustree in 1885 - Pantagruel, roy (king) of the dipsodes, restored to its naturalness with its hopes and prowess by the late M. Alcofribas Nasier (anagram of Francois Rabelais) abstractor of quinte essence (quintessence) - The giant weapon of a huge sword goes on galloping horse (load) - / Bridgeman Images