FLO4576448: Costumes and customs of Vietnam, 18th century. Vietmamese peasants making offerings to a statue of Buddha in a banyan tree 1, and group of Vietnamese including peasants and soldiers 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676443: Costume d'une homme de la noblesse provencale, 15th century - Nobleman of Provence, 15th century, holding a falcon - He wears a crimson hat with fur and scarlet plumes, tunic in red velvet, slashed grey coat lined with fur, red belt and purse, dagger, green stockings and red shoes - From an illustration by Barthelemy d'Eyck in Rene of Anjous Tournament Book,” “1488 - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4706455: Sir Philip Sydney, poet, wearing tight shorts breeches and mittens, 1586. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's “” Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Peoples of Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the New Era,”” written by Leopold Ziegelhauser, Vienna, 1837 / Bridgeman Images
LZT1112650: Yodaime Ichikawa Danzo, Ichikawa Danzo I. [Between 1776 and 1781], 1 Print : Woodcut, Color ; 30.1 X 14.5 ., Print Shows Ichikawa Danzo I, a Kabuki Actor, Full-Length Portrait, Standing, Facing Slightly Left, Holding a Sword Over Right Shoulder, Possibly in the Role of a Samurai or As Shoki the Demon Queller., Shunsho, Katsukawa (1726-93) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4277943: At the beginning of the 20th century, school curricula were very linked to rural life. This excerpt from a reading book shows a country guard from the French countryside. However, in this lecture of village morality, highlighting the sound “” on” (phoneme), the text is not entirely in line with the image: indeed, if the guard seems to have a sword, he wears a cap and not a tricorn! / Bridgeman Images
CH6386999: Portrait of King James I of England and VI of Scotland (1566-1625), three-quarter-length, in a white doublet with a lace collar, jewelled hose and a fur cloak, wearing the Greater George, a black hat with a jewel, holding a pair of gloves in his right hand, his left hand resting on the hilt of his sword (oil on panel), Critz, John de (1555-1641) (attr.to) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4678553: A suit of a Genoese demi-launcers' armour in the possession of Llewelyn Meyrick, 1543. Black armour with raised foliage; pauldrons, elbow-pieces and knee-pieces with raised lion's heads. Sword-breaking weapon. Handcoloured lithograph by Maddocks after an illustration by S.R. Meyrick from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick's A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour. / Bridgeman Images
LZT1112237: Sanjo Kokaji No Manebigoto Zu, Remake of the Noh Play About the Swordmaker Sanjo Kokaji. [Between 1848 and 1854], 1 Print (3 Sheets) : Woodcut, Color ; 34.8 X 23.5 (Left Panel), 35 X 24.7 (Center Panel), 34.8 X 23.9 (Right Panel), Print Shows Three Actors As Warrior/Metalworkers Hammering a Sword., Kunisada, Utagawa (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865) / Bridgeman Images
LZT1111821: Sandanme, Act Three [of the Chushingura]. [Between 1815 and 1818], 1 Print : Woodcut, Color ; 19.7 X 25.6 ., Print Shows, at the Entrance to a Foot-Bridge, a Man (Kampei) with Sword Raised Over His Head, Poised to Strike, and Standing Next to Him is a Woman (Okaru), and Lying on the Ground is a Man Who is Possibly One of Moronô's (Kira Yoshinaka) Ruffians., Kuniyasu, Utagawa (1794-1832) / 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