FLO4644371: Ceremonial robes of knights of the Golden Fleece A, Order of the Garter B, Teutonic Knights C, D, and sword and wreath of Georg Hund von Wenkheim E, 1560-1600. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4685977: Lord, reign of Louis XIII, 1633. Handcoloured steel engraving by Hippolyte Pauquet after “” Le Bal”” by Abraham Bosse (1604-1676) from the Pauquet Brothers' “” Modes et Costumes Historique” (Historical Fashions and Costumes), Paris, 1865. Hippolyte (b. 1797) and Polydor Pauquet (b. 1799) ran a successful publishing house in Paris in the 19th century, specializing in illustrated books on costume, birds, butterflies, anatomy and natural history. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4705497: Prince of Orange (Dranien), 1572, with his command staff, and a French businessman, 1581. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's “” Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages,”” Vienna, 1811. Illustration based on Thomas Jefferys Collection of Dresses of Different Nations, Antient and Modern. After the Designs of Holbein, Van Dyke, Hollar, and others, London, 1757. / Bridgeman Images
ELD4840735: Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) during a sword duel with his cousin in which his opponent chooses his nose, Rostock, 1566 - (Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe in a duel with his cousin who cut his nose, 1566) Engraving from “” Les sciences'-populaires” 1880 Private collection / 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
FLO4674226: Knight Templar in combat uniform, 12th century. He wears a steel helm, white tunic and stockings, carries a sword and buckler. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from “” French Costumes from KingClovis to Our Days,”” Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4601856: Thomas Brown, valiant English soldier at Dettingen who recaptured the regimental standard despite receiving eight sword cuts and two musketballs. Copperplate engraving by R. Grave from John Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, Young, London, 1819. / Bridgeman Images
KWE619307: English sword, c. 1580, with very rare flat pommel and swept S-Hilt, inlaid with silver. On the pommel and extremities of the hilt are inlaid medallions of silver representing St. George and the Dragon, from The British Army: Its Origins, Progress and Equipment, published 1868., English School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4277675: Illustration by Gustave Dore for Theophile Gautier's novel “” Le Capitaine Fracasse”” - Edition Charpentier 1883, practically identical to the first edition illustrated by G. Dore at the same publisher in 1866. Chapter “” Sword, batting, and other adventures””: “The street was free, and victory remained for the comedians.”, Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images