Hero Collection (page 6)

Odysseus pouring wine for Polyphemus (engraving)
8634990 Odysseus pouring wine for Polyphemus (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Odysseus pouring wine for Polyphemus. Illustration from Hellas)

Diomedes protected by Athena (engraving)
8634985 Diomedes protected by Athena (engraving) by Loeffler, Ludwig (1819-1876) ; Private Collection; (add.info.: Diomedes protected by Athena. Illustration from Hellas)

Chiron and Jason (engraving)
8634978 Chiron and Jason (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chiron and Jason. Illustration from Hellas)

'Splendid Jem',recognised by Tom amongst the convicts in the Naval Dock Yard at Chatham, 1821 (engraving)
536811 'Splendid Jem',recognised by Tom amongst the convicts in the Naval Dock Yard at Chatham, 1821 (engraving) by Cruikshank, Isaac Robert (1789-1856); (add.info.: 'Splendid Jem')

Like lightening in its quickness, Diamond Dick raised his revolver and returned the fire" from 'Dashing Dick
5668943 Like lightening in its quickness, Diamond Dick raised his revolver and returned the fire" from 'Dashing Dick Jr

Tapestry illustrating The Trojan War: Achilles' Death, c.1470 (tapestry)
CUL4896336 Tapestry illustrating The Trojan War: Achilles' Death, c.1470 (tapestry); (add.info.: AGAMEMNON. Legendary king of Argos and Mycenae. Left scene)

Edward N. Whittier 5th Maine Battery
3056294 Edward N. Whittier 5th Maine Battery; Private Collection; (add.info.: American Civil War, Edward N. Whittier 5th Maine Battery , fought at Gettysburg, won Medal of Honor); © Don Troiani

Edward N. Whittier 5th Maine Battery
3056291 Edward N. Whittier 5th Maine Battery; Private Collection; (add.info.: American Civil War, Edward N. Whittier 5th Maine Battery , fought at Gettysburg, won Medal of Honor); © Don Troiani

Illustration depicting a scene from the final tale in The Decameron written by Giovanni Boccaccio
3077645 Illustration depicting a scene from the final tale in The Decameron written by Giovanni Boccaccio; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a scene from the final tale in The Decameron written by)

colour - printed wood engraving of Joan of Arc
2603954 colour - printed wood engraving of Joan of Arc; (add.info.: Joan of Arc (c1412 - 1431) French patriot and martyr, wounded and captured while trying to relieve Compiegne

Sebastian Francisco de Miranda y Rodriguez (1750 - 1816 ) known as Francisco de Miranda
2600834 Sebastian Francisco de Miranda y Rodriguez (1750 - 1816 ) known as Francisco de Miranda; (add.info.: Sebastian Francisco de Miranda y Rodriguez (1750 - 1816 ) known as Francisco de Miranda

William Tell
3586121 William Tell; (add.info.: Illustration depicting William Tell, a folk hero of Switzerland. Dated 15th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

William Tell
3586120 William Tell; (add.info.: Illustration depicting William Tell, a folk hero of Switzerland. Dated 15th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Ignacy Jan Paderewski, 1885
1577260 Ignacy Jan Paderewski, 1885; (add.info.: Ignacy Jan Paderewski (18 November 1860 - 29 June 1941) Polish pianist and composer, politician

"You and I cannot imagine anything like it!" (litho)
8632810 "You and I cannot imagine anything like it!" (litho) by Gibbs, William (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "You and I cannot imagine anything like it)

Horatius Cocles defending the Pons Sublicius (engraving)
8635801 Horatius Cocles defending the Pons Sublicius (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Defile of Thermopylae, Greece (engraving)
8635031 Defile of Thermopylae, Greece (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Defile of Thermopylae, Greece. Illustration from Hellas)

Odysseus in the whirlpool of Charybdis (engraving)
8634991 Odysseus in the whirlpool of Charybdis (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Odysseus in the whirlpool of Charybdis. Illustration from Hellas)

Heroes of the Trojan War (engraving)
8634986 Heroes of the Trojan War (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Heroes of the Trojan War. Illustration from Hellas)

Heracles capturing the Cretan Bull (engraving)
8634966 Heracles capturing the Cretan Bull (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Heracles capturing the Cretan Bull. Illustration from Hellas)

The battle of Eruslan Lazarevich with Tsar Zmeisky. by an Unknown engraver. 1830s-1840s
5306123 The battle of Eruslan Lazarevich with Tsar Zmeisky. by an Unknown engraver. 1830s-1840s; (add.info.: The battle of Eruslan Lazarevich with Tsar Zmeisky. by an Unknown engraver. 1830s-1840s)

Hero and Leander is the Greek myth relating the story of Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite, 17th century (engraving)
3480614 Hero and Leander is the Greek myth relating the story of Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite, 17th century (engraving); (add.info.: Hero and Leander is the Greek myth relating the story of Hero)

The launch of the paddle steamers 'Windsor' and 'Ajax', 1850
3330493 The launch of the paddle steamers 'Windsor' and 'Ajax', 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the launch of the paddle steamers 'Windsor' and 'Ajax')

Black figure amphora. Ajax and Achilles playing dice
3262176 Black figure amphora. Ajax and Achilles playing dice.; Museo nazionale etrusco di Villa Giulia - Villa Poniatowski, Rome, Italy; © Mike Andrews. All rights reserved 2024.

Private George Wilson captures a German Maxim gun single handedly during WWI (litho)
3252930 Private George Wilson captures a German Maxim gun single handedly during WWI (litho); Private Collection; (add.info)

Calling card of Joshua L Chamberlain
3028935 -Calling card of Joshua L Chamberlain; Private Collection; (add.info.: Calling card of Joshua L Chamberlain , Colonel of the 20th Maine Volunteers and hero of the Little Round Top)

Scald relating a hero legend (engraving)
8632798 Scald relating a hero legend (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scald relating a hero legend)

Daniel Boone (1734-1820) American pioneer, hunter, frontiersman, and folk hero
528335 Daniel Boone (1734-1820) American pioneer, hunter, frontiersman, and folk hero. Boone in buckskins, defending his wife and son from a Native American wielding a tomahawk

Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard (1475-1524) French hero, the 'knight without fear and beyond reproach'
543215 Pierre Terrail, Seigneur de Bayard (1475-1524) French hero, the 'knight without fear and beyond reproach'. 19th century (trade card in chromolithograph); (add.info)

Leif Ericsson in His Viking Ship, 1910 (colour woodcut)
1202042 Leif Ericsson in His Viking Ship, 1910 (colour woodcut); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vintage illustration of Leif Ericsson on the high seas in his Viking ship c)

Extreme E 2021: Desert X-Prix
ALULA, SAUDI ARABIA - APRIL 01: (l-r) Oliver Bennett (GBR), Hispano Suiza Xite Energy Team, Christine 'GZ' Giampaoli Zonca (ESP), Hispano Suiza Xite Energy Team, Carlos Sainz (ESP)

Highland Settlers arriving at Pictou, Nova Scotia, from the "Hector," 1773 (colour litho)
8645595 Highland Settlers arriving at Pictou, Nova Scotia, from the "Hector," 1773 (colour litho) by English School

Greek hero, Achilles attacking Hector of Troy (litho)
8676238 Greek hero, Achilles attacking Hector of Troy (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Greek hero, Achilles, who was invulnerable, except in his heel)

WWI Poster "True Blue", pub. 1918 (colour lithograph)
3239910 WWI Poster "True Blue", pub. 1918 (colour lithograph) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection.

Arnold von Winkelried's sacrifice
5310323 Arnold von Winkelried's sacrifice; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Arnold von Winkelried's sacrifice at the Battle of Sempach)

Robin Hood on London Cigarette Card Company card 1924 (print)
5307862 Robin Hood on London Cigarette Card Company card 1924 (print); (add.info.: London Cigarette Card Company card 1924 depicting: Robin Hood is a heroic outlaw in English folklore who)

The farewell of Hector at Andromaque, 19th century (engraving)
NWI4930310 The farewell of Hector at Andromaque, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Greek mythology: the Trojan War, the farewell of Hector a Andromaque when he left to fight Achilles)

Aeneas carrying his father as he flees the destruction of Troy
3480499 Aeneas carrying his father as he flees the destruction of Troy; (add.info.: Aeneas carrying his father as he flees the destruction of Troy)

The king of Belgium in the trenches with his soldiers during WWI. Albert I (litho)
3252869 The king of Belgium in the trenches with his soldiers during WWI. Albert I (litho); Private Collection; (add.info.: The king of Belgium in the trenches with his soldiers during WWI)

Alonso Perez de Guzman, aka Guzman el Bueno, after an etching in Retratos de Los Espanoles Ilustres, Madrid, Spain
3473237 Alonso Perez de Guzman, aka Guzman el Bueno, after an etching in Retratos de Los Espanoles Ilustres, Madrid, Spain, pub

History. Switzerland. William Tell (Wilhem Tell, hero of Switzerland, XIVth cent.) Imagery, France, c.1900
2638813 History. Switzerland. William Tell (Wilhem Tell, hero of Switzerland, XIVth cent.) Imagery, France, c.1900.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Guillaume Tell (Wilelm Tell)

Tadeusz Kosciuszko in plumed hat, wearing two medals, 1870
1574921 Tadeusz Kosciuszko in plumed hat, wearing two medals, 1870; (add.info.: Tadeusz Kosciuszko in plumed hat, wearing two medals, one for the Society of the Cincinnati)

Thaddeus Kosciusko refusing a sword offered by Catherine II, 1883
1574843 Thaddeus Kosciusko refusing a sword offered by Catherine II, 1883; (add.info.: Thaddeus Kosciusko refusing a sword offered by Catherine II following the unsuccessful rebellion that led to)

Achilles, hero of Homer's Iliad bandaging the wound of his friend Patroclus
537570 Achilles, hero of Homer's Iliad bandaging the wound of his friend Patroclus. 13th-12th BC (drawing based on an antique vase); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Admiral John Benbow wounded fighting the French off Cape Santa Marta, West Indies, 1702 (colour litho)
8635352 Admiral John Benbow wounded fighting the French off Cape Santa Marta, West Indies, 1702 (colour litho) by Skelton

"'Remember Lot's wife'" (litho)
8632808 "'Remember Lot's wife'" (litho) by Gibbs, William (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Megistias predicting the death of the company of Leonidas at Thermopylae (engraving)
8635033 Megistias predicting the death of the company of Leonidas at Thermopylae (engraving) by Leutemann, Heinrich (1824-1905); Private Collection; (add.info)

Priam pleading with Achilles for the body of Hector (engraving)
8634984 Priam pleading with Achilles for the body of Hector (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Priam, King of Troy)

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"Unveiling the Spirit of Heroism: From Historic Triumphs to Modern Legends" Queen Elizabeth II presents Bobby Moore with World Cup: A moment frozen in time, as a true hero lifts the trophy high, uniting a nation through football glory. Heroic fireman rescuing girl from fire: Amidst raging flames, a courageous firefighter emerges as a guardian angel, saving lives and embodying selflessness. Attack of the Ulster Division, 1 July 1916: In the face of unimaginable adversity on the battlefield, heroes fought valiantly for their comrades and countrymen. Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell - The Epitome of Courage: An English soldier who inspired generations through his leadership and dedication to scouting principles. Roman statue of a drunken Hercules: Even mythical heroes had their flaws; this captivating sculpture reminds us that strength alone does not define heroism. Michael O'Leary Poster - Challenging Conventions with Boldness: A modern-day maverick who reshaped an industry by fearlessly pushing boundaries and revolutionizing air travel. Beowulf manuscript page - Tales etched in History's Hallows: Epic battles against monstrous foes immortalized in ink, celebrating bravery that echoes across centuries. Circe Invidiosa by John William Waterhouse - Bewitchingly Beautiful yet Deceptive Power: Heroes must navigate treacherous waters where even enchantment can mask danger beneath its allure. German propaganda poster, WW1 - When Heroes are Manipulated for War Efforts: Examining how narratives shape perceptions during times of conflict and challenge our understanding of heroism itself. The Gordon Highlanders at Dargai – Piper Findlater's Unyielding Valor (1897): One piper's unwavering courage amidst chaos earned him the Victoria Cross—a testament to extraordinary bravery. William Wallace - Statue in Aberdeen.