FLO4578186: Glaieul has yellow flowers in epis and sword-shaped leaves. Yellow flowered, square-leaved cornflag. Gladiolus tristis. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine”” 1790-1800., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4186764: An assault that ends badly: during training one of the two shooters breaks the blade of his sword and the trunks of the weapon crosses the chest of his opponent who is killed. Engraving in “” Le Petite Journal illustrious””, on 29/01/1922. Private collection., Anonymous / Bridgeman Images
LSE4319112: People of pen and sword: Louis Leon Faidherbe (1818-1889), French military, Camille Cremer (1840-1876), French general, and Philippe Toussaint Joseph Bordone (1821-1892), physician and military. Cover in “” L'Eclipse”” by Gill, October 8, 1871, Paris., Gill, Andre (1840-85) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4326489: A frightened woman observes a scene of combat with the sword between riders, cover illustration for the novel “Les etranges noces de Rouletabille, 1st part: l'incomprehensible fiancee” by Gaston Leroux (1868-1927), edition Pierre Lafitte, Paris, 1922. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4618316: Sword-leaved helleborine, Cephalanthera longifolia (Narrow-leaved helleborine, Serapias ensifolia) (epipactis a broad leaf) Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Clases and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst, London, 1816. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4705160: A nobleman from Friesland in full dress from the 11th century, with crossbow, sword and quiver. 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
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
XEE4149464: Charles Edward Stuart ('the Young Pretender') (Charles Edouard Stuart (1720-1788) draws his sword as the Highland Clans gather to fight for his cause, August 1745 - Engraving in “L'Histoire d'Angleterre, depuis les temps plus recules” by Francois Guizot 1877, French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4623280: Warriors and their weapons from the 9th to 11th century. Soldiers in chainmail tunics and helmets, fighting with sword, lance, cudgel, and shield. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico after Giuseppe Bramati from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1844. / Bridgeman Images