EditorialPhotograph - 'Lieut Tubb', Captain Edward Albert McKenna, World War I, 1914-1915, One of 139 photographs in an album from World War I likely to have been taken by Captain Edward Albert McKenna. The photographs include the 7th Battalion training in Mena...
EditorialPersonification of Courage Samson conquers the lion The performance is reminiscent of Samson overcoming the lion, but is intended here as a personification of Courage. The print is part of an album, Samson kills the lion with his bare hands, Courage, B...
EditorialHonorable with sheath awarded to captain of the infantry H.E. Schoggers at Simpang Olim on November 14, 1876 for showing bravery, Saber in sheath. Fire-gilt copper hilt, lion-shaped knob, openwork side bar with laurel wreath and missing ornament: see h...
EditorialWilliam III, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Bronze Medal. Obverse: man's chest piece by two Caution and Bravery crowned with laurel wreath over empty cartouche within a circle. Reverse: Fame blowing on two praises with pennant and inscription., Willem III (P...
EditorialAttack on Cremona by Eugenius Frans of Savoy and capture of Francois de Villeroy, Marshal of France, Silver Medal. Obverse: man's bust inside a circle surrounded by branches of victory, below it Fame blowing on a trumpet and French hens fleeing in frig...
EditorialFigure of Bravery (Herzhaftigkeit). Berlin Porcelain Manufactory (K?nigliche Porzellan-Manufaktur im Berlin); Germany, 1763-1918. Date: 1770-1780. Dimensions: H. 26.4 cm (10 3/8 in.). Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels and gilding. Origin: Be...
EditorialFigure of Bravery (Herzhaftigkeit). Berlin Porcelain Manufactory (K?nigliche Porzellan-Manufaktur im Berlin); Germany, 1763-1918. Date: 1770-1780. Dimensions: H. 26.4 cm (10 3/8 in.). Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels and gilding. Origin: Be...
EditorialPlum Blossoms in the Forrest of Ikuta, from the series Bravery-Beauty of the four seasons (Buyu setsugekka no uchi-Ikuta no mori, Ebira no ume).
EditorialSawamura Kito ???? in the role of Koshimoto Shiori ???????, Konishi Hirosada (Japanese, about 1819-1864), Edo, 1849, color woodblock print, 9-7/16 x 6-3/4 in. (image) 10-6/16 x 7-1/2 in. (sheet), Signed by artist: Hirosada Publisher's Mark: Kinkado Ins...
EditorialGaius Mucius Scaevola. Legendary Roman hero. Early Roman Republic. He was famous for his bravery. After being taken prisoner by the Etruscans, put his hand on the sacred fire with great courage without showing any gesture of pain, in presence of the Et...
EditorialParody of the Armor-pulling Scene (Kusazuribiki), from the series "Fashionable Parodies of Bravery in Love (Furyu mitate iro-buyu)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1765-1777. Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Ori...
EditorialFrancisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'Dream 5. Teacher witch giving lessons of bravery to her disciple on the latter?s first flight. Training witches'. 1796 - 1797. Pencil, Iron gall ink, Black chalk lines on dark yellow laid paper.
EditorialFrancisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'Dream 5. Teacher witch giving lessons of bravery to her disciple on the latter?s first flight. Training witches'. 1796 - 1797. Pencil, Iron gall ink, Black chalk lines on dark yellow laid paper.
EditorialParody of the Armor-pulling Scene (Kusazuribiki), from the series "Fashionable Parodies of Bravery in Love (Furyu mitate iro-buyu)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1765-1777. Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Ori...
EditorialFigure of Bravery (Herzhaftigkeit). Berlin Porcelain Manufactory (K?nigliche Porzellan-Manufaktur im Berlin); Germany, 1763-1918. Date: 1770-1780. Dimensions: H. 26.4 cm (10 3/8 in.). Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels and gilding. Origin: Be...
EditorialTHE PRESENTATION OF MEDALS TO GUARDSMEN ON THE HORSE GUARDS' PARADE IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR BRAVERY AT THE RECENT FIRE AT WELLINGTON BARRACKS.
EditorialGaius Mucius Scaevola. Legendary Roman hero. Early Roman Republic. He was famous for his bravery. After being taken prisoner by the Etruscans, put his hand on the sacred fire with great courage without showing any gesture of pain, in presence of the Et...
EditorialCaptain Matsuzaki's great bravery in the fighting at the Ford of Ancheng. . Anjō-watashi daigekisen Matsuzaki Taii yūmō. August, 1893. Source: 16126.d.3.(30). Language: Japanese.
EditorialSepoy Khudad Khan, V.C; 129th Baluchis. Khudadad Khan, VC (20 October 1888 – 8 March 1971), was the first native-born Indian to win the Victoria Cross, during the first battle of Ypres. His citation reads: 'On 31st October, 1914, at Hollebeke, Belgi...
EditorialOutacite, chief of the Cherokees. Outacite was a war title conferred for bravery. This is possibly the Outacite, who in 1762, went to England with Henry Timberlake, where he was visited by thousands of people, and had an audience with the king. The Lon...
EditorialLieut J.G. Smyth, V.C., 15th Sikhs. Brigadier Sir John George Smyth, 1st Baronet, VC MC PC (25 October 1893 – 26 April 1983) was a British Indian Army officer and Conservative Member of Parliament. He was a lieutenant in the 15th Ludhiana Sikhs, 3rd ...
EditorialCaptain Matsuzaki's great bravery in the fighting at the Ford of Ancheng . Anjō-watashi daigekisen Matsuzaki Taii yūmō. August 1893. Source: 16126.d.2 (40). Language: Japanese.
EditorialMajor V.C. who charged the foe single-handed'. Major George Massy Wheeler, of the Indian army, who has been awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery at Shaiba, Mesoptamia, in performing which he unhappily lost his life'. He was Major in the 7th Hariana ...
EditorialFrancisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'Dream 5. Teacher witch giving lessons of bravery to her disciple on the latter?s first flight. Training witches'. 1796 - 1797. Pencil, Iron gall ink, Black chalk lines on dark yellow laid paper.
EditorialPlum Blossoms in the Forrest of Ikuta, from the series Bravery-Beauty of the four seasons (Buyu setsugekka no uchi-Ikuta no mori, Ebira no ume).
EditorialDagger (Katar), 1852, Bundi, Rajasthan, Indian, Rajasthan, Steel, gold, L. 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm); W. 3 9/16 in. (9 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 4.4 oz. (578.3 g), Daggers, Unique to South Asia, the katar is a dagger that is gripped at the crossbars in a clenched fist...
EditorialCAPTAIN ARTHUR KNYVET WILSON, V.C., R.N., AT THE BATTLE OF TEB. During one of the Arab charges on the British Square Captain Wilson, R.N., sprang to the front, and, though his sword was broken, he engaged in single combat with several of the enemy. But...
EditorialRoman art. Fragment of a sarcophagus. About 270 AD. The lion hunt is a symbol of great bravery (lion and front part of the horse are casts from originals in Milan, Chapel Hill). Glyptothek. Munich. Germany.
EditorialLEFT IMAGE: THE BARONESS ROSEN (MOTHER METROPHANE ABBESS OF SERPUCHOV), RIGHT IMAGE: CAPT. MARK SEVER BELL, R.E., RECENTLY DECORATED WITH THE VICTORIA CROSS FOR AN ACT OF BRAVERY DURING THE ASHANTEE WAR.
EditorialTHE PRESENTATION OF MEDALS TO GUARDSMEN ON THE HORSE GUARDS' PARADE IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR BRAVERY AT THE RECENT FIRE AT WELLINGTON BARRACKS.