FLO4578186: Glaieul has yellow flowers in epis and sword-shaped leaves. Yellow flowered, square-leaved cornflag. Gladiolus tristis. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine”” 1790-1800., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4616781: French gentleman in ceremonial dress, 17th century - Lithography based on an illustration by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard (1825-1902), from “Costumes historiques des 16e, 17e et 18e ecles” by Georges Duplessis (1834-1899), edition 1867, Lechevallier-Chevignard, Edmond (1825-1902) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4622152: Gladiator sacrifice to the Aztec god Xipe Totec or Tlatlauhca, Mexico City. An Aztec warrior with sword and shield fights a captured enemy on a raised stage before an audience. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1843. / Bridgeman Images
XEE4149464: Charles Edward Stuart ('the Young Pretender') (Charles Edouard Stuart (1720-1788) draws his sword as the Highland Clans gather to fight for his cause, August 1745 - Engraving in “L'Histoire d'Angleterre, depuis les temps plus recules” by Francois Guizot 1877, French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4623280: Warriors and their weapons from the 9th to 11th century. Soldiers in chainmail tunics and helmets, fighting with sword, lance, cudgel, and shield. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico after Giuseppe Bramati from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1844. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4706804: Knight Gate Sword or Brother of the Sword. The militia of Christ of Livonia or Livonian Order was founded in 1202 by Albert Buxhoeveden, Eveque of Riga or Eveque Prince of Livonia (present-day Latvia). Order is called chastete, poverty and obedience and war against the infideles of Livonia. The order became very rich and joined the Teutonic order in 1228, then separated in 1525, before disappearing shortly afterwards. Hand-coloured copper engraving, in “Images historiques des costumes des principaux peuples de l'Antiquite et du Middle Ages” by Robert Von Spalart, published in 1796. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4634405: Caucasus costumes: A Circassian prince with a club and a Kabardin prince grabbing his sword and an archer and a Kabardin prince. Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Asie”” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), edition Meissen (Germany), 1835-1840. Circassian prince with mace, and a Kabard prince drawing his sword above, with a Kabard archer and Kabard prince below. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images