Daggers Collection (#4)

Guard of the Carbonara Legion
Guard dressed in uniform holding a gun and with a sword around his shoulder Guard of the Carbonara Legion Date: 1821

Small male figure wearing hat daggers hands placing
Artokoloro

Illustration, short sword with brown hilt

Quarrel over a game, 1764 (etching)
XJF867881 Quarrel over a game, 1764 (etching) by Bartolozzi, Francesco (1727-1815); Private Collection; (add.info.: after Guercino. ); Italian, out of copyright

Tamerlane, or Timur, from L Histoire Universelle Ancienne et Moderne, published in Strasbourg c
KW2603383 Tamerlane, or Timur, from L Histoire Universelle Ancienne et Moderne, published in Strasbourg c.1860 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tamerlane)

Abraham Offering Isaac
Handpainted engraving of Abraham offering Isaac, c. 1880. (Engraving by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

A Turkish Nobleman - caricature by Phil May, sketched from life. Date: circa 1890s

Four Convair F-102A Delta Daggers

Four Convair F-102A Delta Daggers on the runway at Palmdale, California

The Sword Maker. Craftsman at his workbench holds item in a vice while he works on it with a file. Around him are daggers and swords he has made. Woodcut by Jost Amman (1539-1591) Swiss engraver

A muhunt and gosaeens
A horseman with a shield slung across his back and carrying a lance surrounded by armed retainers on foot.. From: Letters written in a Mahratta camp during the year 1809. Date: 1813

Men fighting with daggers & sword while two women stand to side and woman gestures from stairs. Date 1881?

Fencing with daggers
A group of men engage in combat with one another, using daggers to fence with. Date: 1570

A Delhi, Turkish Light Infantry
A Dehli - Turkish light cavalry. A cavalry trooper wearing a tall hat with a lance in his hand, a musket slung over his back and a curved sword at his side. He is mounted on a brown horse. 1803

Romans fight the Sabines
Marginal drawings depicting combat between the Romans and the Sabines. 1543

Officers of the 33rd, 56th and 50th Regiments of Foot in uniform, carrying swords. Above each soldier is a description of where he is positioned in the formation

Fight between Romulus and Mettius Curtius
Page of text with marginal drawing showing a horseman outside Rome, and a fight between the horseman and another figure. The horse has collapsed under its rider

Rifleman Officer and Officer of Marines
A Rifleman Officer in Colonel Coote Manninghams Corps of Riflemen (left), and an Officer of Marines (right). Both are carrying swords. 1801

The Chaous Baushee, Afghan court official
The Chaous Baushee in his dress of Office. A 19th century Afghan official in uniform, riding a horse. The Chaous Baushee presents persons admitted to pay their respects to the King

Two British Light Dragoons on horseback. On the left is an officer of the 7th or The Queens Own Regiment of Light Dragoons; on the right is an officer of the 16th or The Queens Regiment of Light

Topgis Bashi, Commandant of the Ottoman Artillery
The Topgis Bashi, or Commandant of Artillery. The commander of the Turkish Ottoman artillery wearing colourful robes and a tall turban

Mameluke soldier
A Mamaluke Soldier. A mameluke wearing a red turban and carrying a curved sword with pistols and knives tucked into his waistband. 1803

Durani gentleman on horseback, Afghanistan
A Dooraunee Gentleman. A 19th century Afghan man riding a horse. He has a sword hung at his side. 1815

Officer of the 7th Regiment of Foot
Officer of the Seventh Regiment of Foot in uniform, carrying a sword. Described as: An officer standing at ease on the left of his division, the regiment being at open column, the right in front

Two Officers of the Highland Infantry
Two officers of the Highland Infantry with their swords. On the left is a member of the 76th Regiment of Foot, in the act of fronting; on the right is a member of the 42nd Regiment of Foot

Officers, Regiments of Light Dragoons
An officer of the Tenth or the Prince of Wales Regiment of Light Dragoons (left) and an officer of the Eighth or Kings Royal Irish Regiment of Light Dragoons

Roman Knives & Axes
Censers and assorted weapons from the Roman era : daggers, knives and axes. Date: ANCIENT ROME

French Revolution 1791
The Affaire des Poignards ( Affair of the daggers ) - royalist Chevaliers du Poignard attempt a coup at the Palais des Tuileries but are foiled by Lafayette. Date: 28 February 1791

Racial / Japan / 3 Men 19C
Three Japanese men with various daggers and swords Date: late 19th century

Egypt Hunt Breakfast 19C
A hunt breakfast. Date: 1888

Ossetian soldiers - northern Georgian
Ossetian soldiers in tradition attire. They carry a wide variety of swords and daggers, their coats are adorned with cartridge pouches and they sport fabulously extensive facial hair!

Albania - Muslims from Shkoder
Two Muslim soldiers from Shkoder, both pro-Ottoman - a Macedonian (left) and an Albanian (right)

French Sabre Practice
French cavalrymen practice using their sabres

French Sabre Practice 2
French cavalrymen practice using their sabres while mounted

Bronze Age Man & Woman
A German man and woman of the Bronze Age; they wear shoes, and a lot of ornament : both are armed with daggers

Bedouin Arab with horse
A Bedouin Arab with his horse

Daggers excavated at Ur, Iraq, Middle East

Germans in Vineyard
German troops helping themselves to grapes in a vineyard in Italy

Swords & Daggers / Racinet
Swords and daggers, mostly of Indian orgin, some of Persian and Turkish

Swords & Daggers 1851
Swords, daggers etc. in Trophy of Arms, India

German Tribal Men
Three German tribesmen armed with a variety of weapons - a club, sword and daggers, spear

A Paris Concierge 1860
A Paris concierge looks daggers at a resident who fails to wipe his boots before ascending her stairs

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