Armour Collection (#5)

Prince V. Furstenberg in uniform, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Prince V. Furstenberg in uniform, 1913.

Prince Nicolas of Roumania, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Prince Nicolas of Roumania, 1910.

Moltke, E. Bieber, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Moltke, E. Bieber, 1910.

Count Hermann von Scherr-Thoss, in uniform, E. Waldleben, Breslau, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Count Hermann von Scherr-Thoss, in uniform, E. Waldleben, Breslau, 1916.

King Portugal, 1914. Creator: George Graham Bain
King Portugal, 1914.

The Presentation of the Captain General's Baton to Antonio Moncada by the Queen Regent....1410
The Presentation of the Captain General's Baton to Antonio Moncada by the Queen Regent Blanca of Sicily in 1410, 1664

The Submission of the Sicilian Rebels to Antonio Moncada in 1411, 1663. Creators: David Teniers II, Jan van Kessel
The Submission of the Sicilian Rebels to Antonio Moncada in 1411, 1663. Antonio de Moncada, having defeated the rebels, represented by two kneeling men in the foreground

Saint George (Exterior Right Wing), 1514. Creator: Lucas Cranach the Elder
Saint George (Exterior Right Wing), 1514.

Cosimo de Medici in Armour, 1545. Creator: Agnolo Bronzino
Cosimo de Medici in Armour, 1545.

Saint George On Horseback, 1505-08. Creator: Albrecht Durer
Saint George On Horseback, 1505-08.

Young Knight in a Landscape, 1505. Creator: Vittore Carpaccio
Young Knight in a Landscape, 1505.

Sir Jeffrey Amherst, K. B., 1766. Creator: James Watson
Sir Jeffrey Amherst, K. B., 1766.

Alex Arcasa - Stansil Powell, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Alex Arcasa - Stansil Powell, between c1910 and c1915.

Wisdom Supporting Liberty, c1889. Creator: Jules Dalou
Wisdom Supporting Liberty, c1889.

Getting ready for fire KAISER WILHELM the 2nd, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Getting ready for fire KAISER WILHELM the 2nd, between c1910 and c1915.

Vulcan Presenting Arms To Venus For Aeneas, 1756. Creator: Francois Boucher
Vulcan Presenting Arms To Venus For Aeneas, 1756. In Virgil's epic Aeneid, Venus seduces Vulcan and persuades him to forge weapons for her son Aeneas

Exhibition at Alton Towers...in aid of the Wedgwood Institute...Picture-Gallery and Armoury, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Exhibition at Alton Towers, Staffordshire, in aid of the Wedgwood Institute of Burslem - the Picture-Gallery and Armoury, 1865

"Christmas Time", by Miss E. Osborne, in the exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1865. Creator: W Thomas
"Christmas Time", by Miss E. Osborne, in the exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1865. Engraving of a painting '...which in technical qualities

The War in Denmark: Prussian outposts before Düppel: "Wer da?" ("Who goes there?"), 1864
The War in Denmark from a sketch by our special artist with the allied German armies: Prussian outposts before Duppel: "Wer da?" ("Who goes there?"), 1864

The Shakspeare Commemoration: scene from..."King Henry IV.", Part I, played at Drury Lane..., 1864
The Shakspeare Commemoration: scene from Shakspeare's play of "King Henry IV.", Part I, as played at Drury Lane - Battle of Shrewsbury, in the last act, 1864

Garibaldi in England: Garibaldi receiving an address at the Nine Elms railway station, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Garibaldi in England: Garibaldi receiving an address at the Nine Elms railway station, 1864. View of '...the interior of the large goods' shed at the Nine Elms station of the London

"John of the Syde", by F. Weekes, in the Exhibition of the British Institution, 1864. Creator: W Thomas
"John of the Syde", by F. Weekes, in the Exhibition of the British Institution, 1864. Engraving of a painting. 'Mosstroopers and Border freebooters, with their adventures

Officers of the 1st Surrey Volunteer Rifle Corps., 1864. Creator: W Thomas
Officers of the 1st Surrey Volunteer Rifle Corps., 1864. Portrait of British soldiers '...in full uniform. This is one of the oldest of the metropolitan [ie London] corps

The War in Schleswig: chapel at Gravenstein used as a Prussian barrack..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig: chapel at Gravenstein [in Denmark] used as a Prussian barrack - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

The War in Schleswig: Prussian ammunition-train entering Flensburg - by our special artist, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig: Prussian ammunition-train entering Flensburg - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. '...the Prussians...have brought up heavy siege-guns and trains of ammunition

The War in Schleswig: Prussian field mail on its way from Rendsburg to the front, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig: Prussian field mail on its way from Rendsburg to the front, 1864. From "Illustrated London News", 1864

The War in Denmark: Prussian troops leaving Altona for Schleswig...at the railway station, 1864
The War in Denmark: Prussian troops leaving Altona for Schleswig - the officers taking a hasty meal at the railway station, from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

Marines from Mich. 1918 or 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines from Mich. 1918 or 1919. American Marines from Michigan after their return to the United States after World War I. One soldier wears a German Pickelhaube helmet

Dressing wounds of British, 18 Aug 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Dressing wounds of British, 18 Aug 1918. Wounded British soldiers of the 9th Division being attended by Royal Army Medical Corps personnel after being brought in by German prisoners during action at

British ambulance drivers, 30 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British ambulance drivers, 30 Jul 1917. Elsie Knocker, the Baroness de T'Serclaes (1884-1978) and Mairi Chisholm (1896-1981) standing in the ruins of Pervijze (Pervyse), West Flanders

British building railroad, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British building railroad, 28 Jul 1917. British soldiers laying a light railway line near Boesinghe, Belgium, July 28, 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele (the Third Battle of Ypres)

King Geo. sees German armor, 11 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
King Geo. sees German armor, 11 Jul 1917. A British staff officer wearing a German breastplate and helmet as he speaks to King George V at Vimy Ridge, France, July 11, 1917 during World War I

British & captured gun, 10 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service. British & captured gun, 10 Jun 1917
British & captured gun, 10 Jun 1917. British soldiers with a captured German field gun (7.7 cm FK 96 n.A.) near Wytschaete, Belgium, during the Battle of Messines during World War I, on June 10, 1917

Lieut. Seely, Lt. Col. P.A. Guthrie, Col. J.S. Denis [i.e. Dennis], Capt. Black, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Lieut. Seely, Lt. Col. P.A. Guthrie, Col. J.S. Denis [i.e. Dennis], Capt. Black, July 1917. Officers of Canadian Highlander regiments standing outside the 71st Regiment Armory

Some of the men who took Tilloy, 10 Apr 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Some of the men who took Tilloy, 10 Apr 1917. Soldiers of the 13th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment with captured machine guns in front of a German mobile pill box and observation post

France - in a front line trench, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
France - in a front line trench, 1917. British troops in a trench in France during World War I

British booty Tilloy, 10 Apr 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British booty Tilloy, 10 Apr 1917. The troops of the 13th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment with some German machine guns which they captured in Tilloy-les Mofflaines, France, April 10

[Neufmont]iers, [F.], looking at battlefield booty, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
[Neufmont]iers, [F.], looking at battlefield booty, between c1914 and c1915. German or French soldiers looking at war booty at Chauconin-Neufmontiers, France during World War I

Poilus making mattresses, between c1915 and c1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Poilus making mattresses, between c1915 and c1918. French soldiers making mattresses during World War I

German Protection against gas bombs, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German Protection against gas bombs, between c1910 and c1915. German soldier wearing a face mask to protect against gas attacks during World War I

Russian Barricade, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Russian Barricade, between c1915 and 1918. A soldier behind a metal Russian barricade during World War I. The barricade has holes, through which the soldier can shoot

Hans von Minning, 15 years, mascot of German Reg't, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Hans von Minning, 15 years, mascot of German Reg't, between c1914 and c1915. Possibly shows Hans von Mining, a mascot with the German Army during World War I

German artillerists on firing line, Verdun, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German artillerists on firing line, Verdun, between c1914 and c1915. German soldiers eating during World War I, Verdun, France

German soldier's "Auf Wiedersehen", 27 Jan 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German soldier's "Auf Wiedersehen", 27 Jan 1915 (date created or published later). A German soldier saying goodbye to a woman, in front of the Gotha Carbonic Acid Plant

King Ludwig of Bavaria & Excellenz von Strantz, 6 Jan 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
King Ludwig of Bavaria & Excellenz von Strantz, 6 Jan 1915 (date created or published later). Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845-1921) and General Hermann von Strantz (1853-1936)

"The Escape", by R. Beavis, from the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1864. Creator: W Thomas
"The Escape", by R. Beavis, from the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1864. Engraving of a painting depicting a...chivalric and important personage - a [Scottish] Border chieftain

S. Kh. Randrup's Factory in Omsk, 1909-1914. Creator: Unknown
S. Kh. Randrup's Factory in Omsk, 1909-1914. This collection includes tsarist-era advertisements and a set of posters from the era of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)

U.S. infantry & machine gun men assigned in trenches, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service. U.S
U.S. infantry & machine gun men assigned in trenches, between c1915 and c1920. American soldiers in France during World War I

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"Unyielding, timeless, and steeped in history - the allure transcends time. From Albrecht Durer's iconic depiction of a rhinoceros clad in impenetrable plates to Rembrandt van Rijn's mesmerizing portrayal of a man adorned with steel, these masterpieces capture the essence of strength and protection. The Battle of Hastings, immortalized in IC008_018, showcases the pivotal role that armour played in shaping destinies. As knights donned their suits of armor atop majestic horses like the Willys Jeep charging into battle, they became living embodiments of power and resilience. Intricately crafted statues like St. Joan of Arc standing resolute amidst colored light streaming through stained glass windows at Notre Dame Church or Robert the Bruce overseeing Bannockburn from his monument evoke awe-inspiring images that echo through centuries. Armour is not limited to medieval times; it has witnessed countless clashes throughout history. The meeting between Scipio Africanus and Hannibal at the Battle of Zama stands as a testament to its enduring significance. Similarly, Agincourt marks an indelible moment when English archers faced French knights on fields drenched in valor. Roman infantry honed their combat skills relentlessly while wearing meticulously designed attire that epitomized both functionality and grandeur. Napoleonic Wars saw fearless cuirassiers charging fearlessly into battle under heavy cavalry regalia - symbols of invincibility etched into memory forever. From ancient Rome to Dover Castle sieges captured by J020152's lens, it has safeguarded lives while becoming an emblematic representation for courage against all odds. "