MPX5156103: Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, DSO & Bar, MC & Bar (16 September 1906 Ð 8 March 1996), a.k.a. Jack Churchill, Fighting Jack Churchill and Mad Jack, a British soldier who fought throughout World War II armed with a longbow, arrows, and a Scottish broadsword. He is known for the motto "any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly armed." Source. Wikipedia. Pictured 2nd March 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4672360: Matthew Prior (1664-1721), poet and ambassador during Queen Anne's regne (1702-1714), wearing a pink velvet jacket, lace collar, stockings and buckle shoes. From a portrait of the British Museum, London, England. Lithograph by Charles Martin, engraving by Leopold Martin, published in “” Costumes civils d'Angleterre depuis la conquete à nos jours”, 1842, London. / Bridgeman Images
LZT1111982: Nidanme, Act Two [of the Kanadehon Chushingura]. [Between 1804 and 1812], 1 Print : Woodcut, Color ; 22 X 16.9 ., Print Shows, in the Background, Konami Sitting Inside a Building, Probably Meeting with Her Lover Rikiya, Who is Not Visible, Though the Hilt of a Sword Can Be Seen Through the Opening, at Center is Wakasanosuke Sitting on a Porch, and, in the Foreground, Honzo, a Samurai and Wakasanosuke's Retainer, Cutting a Pine Branch from a Small Tree in Front of the Porch, Demonstrating His Loyalty. A Scene from Act Two of the Play Chushingura or Revenge of the 47 Ronin., Hokusai, Katsushika (1760-1849) / Bridgeman Images