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
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
LZT1111817: Shodan, Act One [of the Chushingura]. [Between 1815 and 1818], 1 Print : Woodcut, Color ; 19.8 X 25.7 ., Print Shows a Woman on the Left, Kaoyo, Wife of Enya (Asano Naganori), Who Has Received a Love Letter from Morono (Kira Yoshinaka), Who is Standing on the Right, and, in the Middle, Wakasanosuke About to Draw His Sword., Kuniyasu, Utagawa (1794-1832) / 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
LZT1111822: Kudanme, Act Nine [of the Chushingura]. [1775 or 1776], 1 Print : Woodcut, Color ; 25.4 X 18.4 ., Print Shows Tonase Holding a Sword, Standing behind Her Step-Daughter Konami on a Veranda As Honzo Walks by, Disguised As a Traveling Monk, Wearing a Beehive-Shaped Basket Over His Head and Playing a Recorder., Shunsho, Katsukawa (1726-93) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4673616: Military costume of a Norman soldier (or Saxon), 12th century, from a manuscript in England. He wears a tunic with sleeves, stockings, shoes, and is armed with a lance, buckler (shield), sword and helmet. 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
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
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
ELD4846067: Jansenist convulsionary (or Saint Medard) (Works of convulsions) in the 18th century: “” experience of catalepsy and ansensitivities of a convulsionary, the young woman in convulsion gives herself blows”” (Convulsionnaire practices (Convulsionnaires of Saint-Medard) in the 18th century: secours at a convulsionary meeting, a young girl in convulsion bites herself with a sword) Engraving from “Les mysteres de la science” by Louis Figuier, Private Collection / Bridgeman Images
ITR4553817: Detail of the left part of the base of the portal. Representations of virtues and vices are a frequent moral teaching in the 13th century. Here, the Lachete is represented by a knight whom a hare has frightened and who fled by throwing his sword. Notre Dame de Paris Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris - Paris 4 - XIIIth, XIIIth, XIXeme, rehabilitation by Viollet-le-Duc - / Bridgeman Images