Shield Collection (#7)

Sir John Cornwall, First Baron Fanhope and Milbroke, English nobleman and soldier, 1364-1442
FLO4678472 Sir John Cornwall, First Baron Fanhope and Milbroke, English nobleman and soldier, 1364-1442. He wears a suit of plate armour, armorial tabard with a gold-crowned red lion on ermine field

Richard Fitzhugh, Constable of Chester and Standard Bearer of England, 1141
FLO4678445 Richard Fitzhugh, Constable of Chester and Standard Bearer of England, 1141. Richard Fitzhugh, Earl of Chester, carries the royal standard with two lions passant guardant

Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, 1416, commander at the Battle of Agincourt
FLO4678379 Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, 1416, commander at the Battle of Agincourt. He wears a suit of armour with small pallettes, bassinet wreath and inscription on the forehead plate

A knight of the Montford family, 1286. He wears a chainmail hauberk with armorial surcoat, sword in scabbard on belt
FLO4678329 A knight of the Montford family, 1286. He wears a chainmail hauberk with armorial surcoat, sword in scabbard on belt, and carries a mace and shield with coat of arms

Sir Eudo de Arsic III, Knight Templar, 1260. He wears a jacket over a chainmail hauberk with hood, chausses
FLO4678300 Sir Eudo de Arsic III, Knight Templar, 1260. He wears a jacket over a chainmail hauberk with hood, chausses, knee poleyns and carries a sword and shield. From an effigy in St

Sir John Harsich, 1384. He wears his tilting helmet with turkey-feather crest and cointisse over his bassinet
FLO4678208 Sir John Harsich, 1384. He wears his tilting helmet with turkey-feather crest and cointisse over his bassinet. The wreath below the crest is two pieces of silk in his armorial colours

The attack of the pel, 1309. Soldier in hauberk and capuchon, tunic and surcoat, with gamboised chausses and knees
FLO4678449 The attack of the pel, 1309. Soldier in hauberk and capuchon, tunic and surcoat, with gamboised chausses and knees, attacking a quintain with his sword

Two crossbow men, 1423. Man stringing a great stirruped crossbow, with his foot in the stirrrup
FLO4678417 Two crossbow men, 1423. Man stringing a great stirruped crossbow, with his foot in the stirrrup and winding on a moulinet and pulleys

A printed cotton cover decorated with scenes of a man wrestling a bull (cotton)
1767221 A printed cotton cover decorated with scenes of a man wrestling a bull (cotton); 165x205 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Coat of Arms of The City of London
1580324 Coat of Arms of The City of London; (add.info.: The arms consist of a silver shield bearing a red cross with a red upright sword)

The Elkington Challenge Shield, 1870 (engraving)
1575587 The Elkington Challenge Shield, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving of the Elkington Challenge Shield. This shield was presented to the volunteers of Warwickshire by Major Elkington)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637128 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Athene. The peplos and diploidion)

Military reenactments at the Tidworth Tattoo, Wiltshire (b/w photo)
8635465 Military reenactments at the Tidworth Tattoo, Wiltshire (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Military reenactments at the Tidworth Tattoo)

Battle between Danes and Saxons (engraving)
8631975 Battle between Danes and Saxons (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Battle between Danes and Saxons. Illustration for England's Pioneers)

Belgae man buying a mirror from Phoenician traders (litho)
8673164 Belgae man buying a mirror from Phoenician traders (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Christmas Day Gifts Certificate, 1915 (colour litho)
8673081 Christmas Day Gifts Certificate, 1915 (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christmas Day Gifts Certificate, 1915)

Rudolf I of Habsburg, King of Germany (engraving)
8672985 Rudolf I of Habsburg, King of Germany (engraving) by Swiss School, (19th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rudolf I of Habsburg (1218-1291), King of Germany

Perseus and Medusa (engraving)
8672602 Perseus and Medusa (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Perseus and Medusa. From Greek mythology)

Merrie England: Painting shields and surcoats (litho)
8642416 Merrie England: Painting shields and surcoats (litho) by Pearse, Alfred (19th Century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Painting shields and surcoats)

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The married man's Coat of Arms (colour litho)
8656240 The married man's Coat of Arms (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The married man's Coat of Arms)

Coat of arms of Oxford University (colour litho)
8656039 Coat of arms of Oxford University (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Coat of arms of Oxford University, Oxfordshire)

Cover illustration and advert for the book, Banks Views of Scottish Scenery (litho)
8677305 Cover illustration and advert for the book, Banks Views of Scottish Scenery (litho) by Scottish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Achilles, scene from Homer's Iliad (litho)
8664127 Achilles, scene from Homer's Iliad (litho) by Chesterman, Hugh (1884-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: Achilles, scene from Homer's Iliad)

Aristomenes in the cave sees the fox (engraving)
8664110 Aristomenes in the cave sees the fox (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aristomenes in the cave sees the fox)

The Battle of the Frogs and Mice (chromolitho)
8664000 The Battle of the Frogs and Mice (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Battle of the Frogs and Mice)

Hoplites, soldiers of ancient Greece (engraving)
8635026 Hoplites, soldiers of ancient Greece (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hoplites, soldiers of ancient Greece. 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)

Combat d'Abraham contre les quatre rois Amraphel (roi de Shinear), Arioch (roi d'Ellasar)
AIS5335292 Combat d'Abraham contre les quatre rois Amraphel (roi de Shinear), Arioch (roi d'Ellasar), Chodorlahomor (roi d'Elam) et Thadal (roi de Goim)

The equestrian monument to Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa, designed by Alfonso Balzico, Turin
3559853 The equestrian monument to Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa, designed by Alfonso Balzico, Turin; (add.info.: Artist: Balzico, Alfonso Date of Artwork: 1877 Location: Piazza Solferino)

Don Quixote de la Mancha the ingenious knight, 19th century (illustration)
8822168 Don Quixote de la Mancha the ingenious knight, 19th century (illustration) by Roux, George (1853-1929); Private Collection; (add.info)

A selection of late 17th and 19th century jewellery
1766485 A selection of late 17th and 19th century jewellery; Private Collection; (add.info.: A selection of late 17th and 19th century jewellery.); Photo © Christie's Images

King Richard the Lionheart, in chainmail armour on horseback with heraldic shield, and Thomas Plantagenet
FLO4623249 King Richard the Lionheart, in chainmail armour on horseback with heraldic shield, and Thomas Plantagenet, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, circa 1314, in helm, chainmail armour

Tools and weapons of the Australian aborigines. Drinking vessel made of dulse leaf 1, stone knife 2
FLO4624346 Tools and weapons of the Australian aborigines. Drinking vessel made of dulse leaf 1, stone knife 2, basket for shells 3, basket 4, shell necklace 5, spears 6-9, wooden sword 10, 12

Costumes of the Vietnamese: woman in layered tunics of various colors at left, man with parasol
FLO4624166 Costumes of the Vietnamese: woman in layered tunics of various colors at left, man with parasol, woman in conical hat with pipe, soldier with sabre and shield, etc

Statue of Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, in armour, helmet and cloak. In the Palazzo Massimi, National Roman Museum
FLO4997362 Statue of Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, in armour, helmet and cloak. In the Palazzo Massimi, National Roman Museum. Copperplate engraving by Gio

SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON. Valladolid. Monastery of San Bernardo de Valbuena. Group of Christian soldiers riding horses
CUL4847109 SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON. Valladolid. Monastery of San Bernardo de Valbuena. Group of Christian soldiers riding horses. Castilian school. 14th century

Warrior of Ombai with armour, shield and kris. He wears his hair tied up in a plume
FLO4695470 Warrior of Ombai with armour, shield and kris. He wears his hair tied up in a plume. Man of Ombai Island (Ombay), Indonesia

Ancient Briton with spear and shield, naked Caledonians with woad tattoos, and Queen Boudica with wooden chariot
FLO4623100 Ancient Briton with spear and shield, naked Caledonians with woad tattoos, and Queen Boudica with wooden chariot

St Nicholas in bishop's robes and St. George slaying a dragon, 1889 (chromolithograph)
5912634 St Nicholas in bishop's robes and St. George slaying a dragon, 1889 (chromolithograph); (add.info.: St Nicholas in bishop's robes and St. George slaying a dragon. St)

Costume of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, d. 1190, 1889 (chromolithograph)
5912579 Costume of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, d. 1190, 1889 (chromolithograph); (add.info.: Costume of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa or Friedrich der Rothbart, d. 1190)

Male or shield fern, Dryopteris filix-mas
5856190 Male or shield fern, Dryopteris filix-mas; (add.info.: Male or shield fern, Dryopteris filix-mas. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora")

Louis IV, the Bavarian, Holy Roman Emperor, 1282-1347, 1889 (chromolithograph)
5912612 Louis IV, the Bavarian, Holy Roman Emperor, 1282-1347, 1889 (chromolithograph); (add.info.: Louis IV, the Bavarian, Holy Roman Emperor, Ludwig der Bayer, 1282-1347)

DE SOTTO, Serafin Maria, Earl of Clonard (1793 - 1862). Historia organica de las armas de Infanteria y Caballeria
CUL4859624 DE SOTTO, Serafin Maria, Earl of Clonard (1793 - 1862). Historia organica de las armas de Infanteria y Caballeria espanolas. 1851 - 1859

The Pastrana Tapestries, manufacturing of Tournai, probably from the workshop of Passchier Grenier
CUL4901957 The Pastrana Tapestries, manufacturing of Tournai, probably from the workshop of Passchier Grenier, c.1471 - 1475 (tapestry) by Grenier

The Pastrana Tapestries, manufacturing of Tournai, probably from the workshop of Passchier Grenier
CUL4901174 The Pastrana Tapestries, manufacturing of Tournai, probably from the workshop of Passchier Grenier, c.1471 - 1475 (tapestry) by Grenier

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"Unyielding Protection: Tracing the Legacy of Shields Through History" Queen Boudica of the Iceni Tribe: A fierce warrior queen, her shield symbolized her indomitable spirit and unwavering determination. Rembrandt van Rijn's "A Man in Armour": This captivating painting immortalizes a knight with his trusty shield, showcasing the significance of this defensive tool throughout centuries. Battle of Hastings IC008_018: Amidst the chaos and bloodshed, shields became an essential line of defense for soldiers fighting for their lives on that fateful day in history. St. Marks Church and cobbles of the Square in Zagreb, Croatia: Here stands a testament to shields' enduring presence as they were once wielded by valiant knights who protected their lands and people. Anfield Road Football Stadium - Home of Liverpool FC: In modern times, fans unite under one emblematic shield to support their beloved team, reflecting unity and loyalty within football culture. King Harold's Foot Soldiers with Spears and Battle Axes (Bayeux Tapestry): The intricate tapestry captures warriors brandishing their shields while defending England during one of its most pivotal moments. Medieval English Shield Designs: Richly adorned with symbols representing honor, family lineage, or religious beliefs; these designs showcased both strength and individuality on medieval battlefields. The Statue of Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn Monument: Standing tall amidst Scotland's historic battlegrounds is a tribute to bravery where shields played an integral role in securing victory against adversity. Angels of Mons Cover Design for Piano Music : Inspired by folklore surrounding World War I battles, this artwork encapsulates how soldiers found solace behind imaginary angelic shields during times when hope seemed scarce. Roman Infantry Practising Combat J050053 .