FLO4607638: The bourgeois of Calais take hostage to Edward of England (1312-1377), during the siege of Calais (1346) - Surrender of Calais to King Edward III, 1346. Copperplate engraving by J. Hall after an illustration by Edwards from The Copper Plate Magazine or Monthly Treasure, G. Kearsley, London, 1778. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676205: Italian military costume, 15th century - Italian military costume from the 15th century - He wears a steel helmet and cuirassed ornamented with gold, violet scarf, green doublet, pink stockings, and holds a sword - From a painting in the Sistine Chapel from Lucas Signorelli - 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
XEE4141809: War of Independence of the United States of America (1775-1783): American General Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810) received the sword of Lord Cornwallis (1738-1805) from the hands of English General Charles O'Hara (1740-1802) during the surrender of Yorktown, 1781. engraving in “Histoire de France from the most remote times to the present day” by Jules Pacher. Patriotic imagery of Pont-a-Mousson. Late 19th century. Private collection., Pacher, Jules (19th-20th century) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4635136: Sudanese costumes: wife of Shendi, with her veil, wife Funje of Sennar and a warrior Sheygya. Below is a couple from the Gamamil region, two men from the town of Fazughli and a king, holding the distinctive sword of his title and a prayer rosary. Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Afrique” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), edition Meissen (Germany), 1835-1840. Costumes of Sudan: woman of Shendi in skirt and veil, Funje women of Sennar, and a Sheygya warrior with spear and shield. Man and woman of Gamamil province, and two men of Fazughli town, one a king (Melik) carrying a distinctive sword and prayer beads. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsch's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images