Pike Collection (#3)

Vatican City, Rome, Italy - Swiss Guard in Ceremonial Costume Date: circa 1920s

Friar's Crag, Derwentwater, Lake District, Cumbria
Friar's Crag, Derwentwater and Causey Pike, Lake District, Cumbria - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Topley Pike, Buxton, Derbyshire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Four types of old Infantry Uniforms, 1750-1835
Four types of old Infantry Uniforms, Private (1750), Officer (1780), Sergeant (1807), Private (1835) Date: 1750-1835

Mercenary soldiers. Landsknechte. Engraving after etching by Daniel Hopfer, 1530. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020

Dr Richard A Pike, IMechE Director General and Secretary
Portrait of Dr Richard A Pike, IMechE Director General and Secretary, 1993-1998. Date: circa 1998

Charles the Bold (1433-1477). Allegory of the death of Cha
Charles the Bold (1433-1477). Duke of Burgundy (1467-1477). Allegory of the death of Charles the Bold. 15th century. Miniature of Le Chevalier deliberate. Chateau de Chantilly. France

Book of the Tournament. Knight on horseback and armed with spears. Miniature. Fol. 40 v. 15th century Vatican Apostolic Library. Italy

Rorqual Whale captured in the River Dart, Devon 1856
Pike-headed rorqual whale being attacked by a local cottager on the north shore of Millbay Creek, River Dart. The whale had beached itself when the tide fell

THE DAY'S CATCH
The Day's Catch - freshly caught pike in the front of a boat on the Norfolk Broads, England. Date: 1960s

A Yeoman of the Guard on duty at the Tower of London Date: circa 1870

Battle of Kawanakajima, probably 4th battle in 1561, on the plains of the Chikuma River. Armies fighting
528731 Battle of Kawanakajima, probably 4th battle in 1561, on the plains of the Chikuma River. Armies fighting. Shuntei Katsukawa (1770-1820) Japanese artist, 1809

Pike by H.J. Oliver

Crummock Water and Whiteless Pike by A. de Breanski, Junr

A pike man of the Cromwellian period. From The British Army: Its Origins, Progress and Equipment, published 1868
619353 A pike man of the Cromwellian period. From The British Army: Its Origins, Progress and Equipment, published 1868. by English School

Story of Cyrus II The Great, c. 1590 (tapestry)
CUL4906289 Story of Cyrus II The Great, c.1590 (tapestry) by Belgian School, (16th century); (add.info.: Story of Cyrus: Astyages recognizes Cyrus. ca. 1590. (343 x 316 cm)

A soldier carrying his pike at the slope, from the Lansquenets series, plate 11, ... published 1608
A soldier carrying his pike at the slope, from the Lansquenets series, plate 11, in Waffenhandlung von den Roren Musquetten undt Spiessen / Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende Spiessen

Riot at Lyon, 27th November 1768 (ink & wash on paper) (b / w photo)
CHT213091 Riot at Lyon, 27th November 1768 (ink & wash on paper) (b/w photo) by French School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

DDE-90020904
Madagascar, Baie de Sakalava, Tsingy spike rocks on the beach Date: 15/05/2007

Bent Raider or Pike, 1939. Creator: Orison Daeda
Bent Raider or Pike, 1939

Cromwell leading the storming party at Drogheda, 10th September 1649 (litho)
STC343838 Cromwell leading the storming party at Drogheda, 10th September 1649 (litho) by Stott, W.R.S. (1878-1939) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Lord Mayors Day: Procession of the old Lord Mayors of London (litho)
607206 Lord Mayors Day: Procession of the old Lord Mayors of London (litho) by Wilson, Thomas Walter (1851-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lord Mayors Day)

Fergus goes down into the lake, illustration from The High Deeds of Finn
STC323711 Fergus goes down into the lake, illustration from The High Deeds of Finn, and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by T.W

Yeoman of the Guard parading at Queen Victorias coronation procession
6338937 Yeoman of the Guard parading at Queen Victorias coronation procession by British School, (19th century); (add.info.: Yeoman of the Guard parading at Queen Victorias coronation procession)

Fiddlers Pike Racehorse 27 March 1997 Date: 27 March 1997

The kitchen in Smestad
6330853 The kitchen in Smestad by Jorde, Lars (1865-1939); 65x95 cm; Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

Noblewoman with halberdier (c. 1520), by Albrecht DAOErer, published in 1881
Noblewoman on horseback with a halberdier. Woodcut after an engraving (c. 1520) by Albrecht Durer (German painter and engraver, 1471 - 1528) from my archive, published in 1881

Spontoon of the Holstein Regtiment, Sweden, 1700 / 1800. Creator: Unknown
Spontoon of the Holstein Regtiment, Sweden, 1700/1800

Officers Half-Pike (Spontoon), Sweden, 1670 / 1700. Creator: Unknown
Officers Half-Pike (Spontoon), Sweden, 1670/1700

The Continence of Scipio, c. 1706. Creator: Sebastiano Ricci
The Continence of Scipio, c. 1706. [The Roman general Scipio Africanus refuses to hold a woman as a captive of war]

The Haunt of the Pike, 1886. Creator: Peter Henry Emerson
The Haunt of the Pike, 1886. A work made of platinum print, pl. xv from the album " life and landscape on the norfolk broads" (1886); edition of 200

James Bruce killing a hyena with pistol and pike in his tent in Maitsha, Abyssinia (near Gondar, Ethiopia)
6337358 James Bruce killing a hyena with pistol and pike in his tent in Maitsha, Abyssinia (near Gondar, Ethiopia) by English School

Safavid processional standard (cut steel)
1775695 Safavid processional standard (cut steel) by Iranian School (17th century); height: 64.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Alam, of typical drop form with flaring spikes above)

Langdale Pikes, Westmorland (oil on board)
CH401427 Langdale Pikes, Westmorland (oil on board) by Cole, George Vicat (1833-93); 31.7x45.7 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

Halberdier (chalk, pen & ink and wash on paper)
CH463063 Halberdier (chalk, pen & ink and wash on paper) by Rosa, Salvator (1615-73); 14.8x8.9 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Italian, out of copyright

A Fishmonger displaying a Pike to a Maid, 1727 (oil on canvas)
827705 A Fishmonger displaying a Pike to a Maid, 1727 (oil on canvas) by Angelis or Angillis, Pierre (1685-1734); 48.6x38.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Fishing at Warwick (engraving)
6016448 Fishing at Warwick (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fishing at Warwick)

A visit to Greenwich Hospital: Entrance to the West Dining Hall (engraving)
608913 A visit to Greenwich Hospital: Entrance to the West Dining Hall (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A visit to Greenwich Hospital)

Order of the Bath (chromolitho)
1094040 Order of the Bath (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Order of the Bath)

Rare Animals (engraving)
972679 Rare Animals (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rare Animals. French Revolutionary caricature depicting Louis XVI as a turkey)

Second Scene of Burglars: The Burglars Arrested, 1810 (oil on canvas)
877321 Second Scene of Burglars: The Burglars Arrested, 1810 (oil on canvas) by Boilly, Louis Leopold (1761-1845); 27.6x35.2 cm; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown

Fishes
LLM462370 Fishes by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fishes. Illustration for Cassells Natural History (1884).); © Look and Learn

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