Confrontation Collection

Black-figure pottery, Attic vase of Exekias depicting Achilles and Ajax playing dice
Greek civilization, 6th century b.C. Black-figure pottery. Attic vase of Exekias depicting Achilles and Ajax playing dice. Detail

The filming of Dr Who - Daleks characters across the river from Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. 1964

Scotland forever, by Elizabeth Southerden Thompson, oil on canvas, 1881
Elizabeth Southerden Thompson, Lady Butler (1846-1933), Scotland forever, 1881, oil on canvas

Brown Hares - boxing in field - Oxon - UK - February
RES-1277 Brown Hares - boxing in field Oxon - UK - February Lepus capensis George Reszeter Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Brown Hares - boxing in field - Oxon - UK - February
RES-1279 Brown Hares - boxing in field Oxon - UK - February Lepus capensis George Reszeter Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Brown Hares boxing in Oxordshire February
RES-1063-C Brown Hares - two boxing Oxfordshire, UK, February 2010 Lepus capensis George Reszeter Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Vintage Civil War print of the Battle of Fort Sanders. The battle was fought in Knoxville, Tennessee on November 29, 1863

Bald Eagle - Being harassed by crow during winter snowstorm. Alaska. BE2635
TOM-699 Bald Eagle - Being harassed by crow during winter snowstorm Alaska

Civil War painting of Union and Confederate troops fighting at The Battle of Antietam
Vintage Civil War painting of Union and Confederate troops fighting at The Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg

Hares Boxing
USH-49 HARES - boxing Lepus europaeus Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Lion - male with cub
YAB-192 LION - single male playing with cub Panthera leo Yann Arthus-bertrand Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

France, Paris, Greek War of Independence, Insurrection flag
Greece - 19th century - War of Independence. Insurrection flag 1821

Harlequin Ladybird - with 7-spot Ladybird on the left
SPH-3268 Harlequin LADYBIRD - with 7-spot ladybird (on left) Harmonia axyridis The Harlequin is a voracious predator and easily out competes our native ladybirds for food

Northern Elephant Seal - females squabbling over newborn pup (still wet from birth) - Ano Nuevo State Reserve
SE-1098 Northern Elephant Seal - females squabbling over newborn pup (still wet from birth) Ano Nuevo State Reserve, CA

European Bee-Eater
ROY-381-m European Bee Eater - Perched with a honey bee in its bill being approached by a Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Goldfinches- Birds fighting at niger feeder Bedfordshire, UK
BB-780 Goldfinches- Birds fighting at niger feeder UK Carduelis carduelis Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Lion - Male, charging
CRH-361-m Lion - Male, charging Moremi, Botswana Panthera leo Chris Harvey Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Russian Revolution 1905 - 1906, The last of the riots in Moscow: Soldiers firing on rioters who had taken refuge in the Prokhorof factory, Presnenskaia District

Goldfinches - fighting - Bedfordshire - UK 007044
BB-1741 Goldfinches - fighting Bedfordshire - UK Carduelis carduelis Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Musk Ox - bulls butting heads, dominance behavior
TOM-1413 Musk Ox - bulls butting heads, dominance behavior. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Stone Curlew CK 451 Aggressive display Burhinus ondicnemus © C
CK-451 STONE-CURLEWS - aggressive display with wings outstretched Burhinus ondicnemus Distribution: Southern United Kingdom east to southern Russia and south to Spain, Italy and the Balkans

Badger in garden with cat - Bridgewater, Somerset, England
ME-1415 Badger in garden with cat Bridgewater, Somerset, England Meles meles Johan De Meester Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Northern Elephant Seal - males fighting in the surf - Piedras Blancas colony - California coast - North America
FG-DC-540 Northern Elephant Seal - males fighting in the surf Piedras Blancas colony - California coast - North America - Pacific Ocean Mirounga angustirostris Francois Gohier Please note that prints

Dave Mackay of Tottenham Hotspur confronts Billy Bremner of Leeds during their First Division Football match at White Hart Lane. 20th August 1966

Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine and Rosamund Clifford
Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of King Henry II, and Rosamund Clifford, the kings mistress, in Woodstock Park, Oxfordshire

An Alvarezsaurid bird cleans the mouth of a Giganotosaurus carolinii dinosaur

Ankylosaurus dinosaurs defend themselves against a T-Rex
A pair of Ankylosaurus herbivore dinosaurs defending themselves against a deadly carnivorous T.Rex during Earths Cretaceous Era

Tyrannosaurus Rex eats the carrion of a dead Triceratops
A Tyrannosaurus Rex eats the carrion of a dead Triceratops in prehistoric wetlands

A large Rajasaurus roars in an attempt to scare two Indosuchus away from their kill
A large Rajasaurus bellows in an attempt to intimidate two Indosuchus dinosaurs away from a dead Titanosaurus. A pack of small Compsosuchus watch while they eat scraps of meat in the foreground

A raptor stalks a pair of grazing Europasaurus holgeri dinosaurs

Labocania attacking a Magnapaulia dinosaur
Labocania attacking a Magnapaulia. The tyrannosaurid stumbled and fell, allowing the lambeosaurine to escape

young couple with flashlights
young couple in the dusk, lighting at each other with flashlights

Anaconda and Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) at water's edge - Guyana - South America
NG-1498 Green ANACONDA & Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) Guyana

Black Grouse - males displaying in lek - Sweden
WAT-14902 Black Grouse - males displaying in lek Sweden Tetrao tetrix M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Leopard Seal - & Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga) fighting
AU-102-GR Leopard SEAL (on right)

Affray of rival Aboriginal tribes, three miles from Brisbane in New South Wales, Australia

Battle at the Porte St Denis, 28th July, 1830, Paris. Artist: Hippolyte Lecomte
Battle at the Porte St Denis, 28th July, 1830, Paris. Fighting between the people and royalist troops during the French Revolution of July 1830. From the Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Illustration of English and Welsh archers using cross bows against attacking French army during Hundred Years War

Attic pelike depicting Heracles killing king Busiris and Egyptian priests
Greek civilization, 5th century b.C. Red-figure pottery. Attic pelike attributed to the Pan Painter. Recto: Heracles killing the king Busiris and the Egyptian priests. Detail

A scene from the Dr Who tv series, the story is called "The Chase"
A scene from the Dr Who tv series

Vintage American Civil War print of The Battle of Cherbourg, between the United States Navy warship, the USS Kearsarge, and the Confederate States Navy warship, the CSS Alabama, on June 19, 1864

Vintage Civil War print of the Battle of Gettysburg. The famous battle took place in early July 1863 and resulted in the largest number of casualties during The American Civil War

Two southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bulls rear up and attack to establish dominance, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands, South America

South Georgia Island, St. Andrews Bay, King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) & Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella)

Black Grouse - Two cocks facing up on lek -Scotland Uk
CK-4374 Black Grouse - Two cocks facing up on lek Scotland UK Tetrao tetrix Chris Knights Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Goldfinches - Fighting at niger feeder Bedfordshire, UK
BB-784 Goldfinches - Fighting at niger feeder UK Carduelis carduelis Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

House Sparrows - 2 Males fighting on garden fence Lower Saxony, Germany
USH-1798 House Sparrows - 2 Males fighting on garden fence Lower Saxony

African Elephant bull - giving photographer a bluff charge
TOM-852 African ELEPHANT bull - giving photographer a bluff charge. Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe

Wild Horse - Stallions meet along backroad in display of dominance behavior
TOM-765 Mustang Wild Horse - Stallions meet along backroad in display of dominance behavior. White stallion was made famous in PBS movie and is called Cloud

Dogs - Bernese Mountain Dog and Golden Retriever sniffing each others nose
ME-1307 Dogs - Bernese Mountain Dog and Golden Retriever sniffing each others nose Johan De Meester Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Ramon Berenguer III the Great (1082 - 1131) nailing the flag of Barcelona in the tower of the Fos castle, oil on canvas, 1856-1857

Caricature of the bashful faction. Engraving washed with watercolor
Italy, 18th century. Caricature of the bashful faction. Engraving washed with watercolor

Savoy Cavalry Charge, by G F Gonzaga, 1942
G. F. Gonzaga, Savoy Cavalry Charge, 1942

Riot at the amphitheater, from Italy, Campania, Pompeii, painting on plaster, 55-79 B. C
Roman civilization, 1st century A.D. Riot at the amphitheater, 55-79 d.C. painting on plaster, 170x185 cm. From Pompei

Common Starling - flock squabbling on chimmney pot - Northumberland - England
USH-4975 Common Starling - flock squabbling on chimmney pot Northumberland - England Sturnus vulgaris Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

African Elephant - breeding herd with matriarch threatening
VAN-281 African ELEPHANT - breeding herd with matriarch threatening Okavango Delta

Galapagos Giant Tortoise - aggression JPF03390
AUS-1776 Galapagos Giant Tortoise - aggression Geochelone nigra Jean Paul Ferrero / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

European Wolf - 2 magpies annoying resting wolf and being snarled at
USH-1967 European Wolf - 2 magpies annoying resting wolf and being snarled at, winter Bavaria

Giraffe two bulls fighting rotating their long necks Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa
SAS-53 Giraffe - two bulls fighting rotating their long necks Etosha National Park, Namibia

Grey Wolves - Confronting Grizzly Bear, Denali National Park, Alaska, North America
MG-898 Grey Wolves confronting grizzly bear Denali National Park, Alaska

European Starlings - in snow squabbling over apple. Alsace - France
WAT-10183 European Starlings - in snow squabbling over apple. Alsace - France Sturnus vulgaris M

Bald Eagles - Squabble over perch BE5571
TOM-698 Bald Eagles - Squabble over perch Alaska, USA Haliaeetus leucocephalus Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Flags of Algeria and France on cracked surface - politics, relationship concept

St. Vincent Ferrer (1350-1419). Dominican friar, theologian and preacher. His preaching skills placed him at the service of Pedro de Luna, and later Benedict XIII

First Carlist War (1833-1840). Battle of Villarrobledo
History of Spain. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Battle of Villarrobledo (20 September 1836). It took place in the area known as Vega de San Cristobal, on the outskirts of the town

First Carlist War (1833-1840). Battle of Villarrobledo
History of Spain. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Battle of Villarrobledo (20 September 1836). It took place in the area known as Vega de San Cristobal, on the outskirts of the town

First Carlist War (1833-1840). Action of Larrasoana
History of Spain. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Navarre. Action of Larrasoana (24 June 1836)

First Carlist War (1833-1840). Battle of Mendigorria
History of Spain. Navarre. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Battle of Mendigorria (16th July 1835)

First Carlist War (1833-1840). Action in the Amescoas valley
History of Spain. Navarre. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Action in the Amescoas valley (19 to 24 April 1835), the den of the Carlist Zumalacarregui

Spain. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Basque Country
Spain. First Carlist War (1833-1840)

Spain. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Northern Front
Spain. First Carlist War (1833-1840)

First Carlist War (1833-1840)
Juan Manuel Balmaseda (1801-1846). Guerrilla and Carlist general. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Attack to Balmaseda, the leader of the Carlist faction. Illustration by Manuel Miranda

First Carlist War (1833-1840). Skirmish at Hernani
Spain. First Carlist War (1833-1840)

Spain. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Action of Zalduendo
Spain. First Carlist War (1833-1840)

Death of Visigothic king Theodoric I during battle
Theodoric I (d. 451). Visigothic king

Battle of Trafalgar (October 21, 1805). Engraving, 1898
Battle of Trafalgar (October 21, 1805)

Battle of Trafalgar (October 21, 1805). Engraving, 1898
Battle of Trafalgar (October 21, 1805)

English occupation of Egypt, 1882. Population of Tel-el-Kebir (Lower Egypt). Bedouin horsemen attacking the British outposts. Drawing by Comba. Engraving by Tomas Carlos Capuz

Charles, Prince of Viana (1421-1461). Infante of Aragon and Navarre, Prince of Viana and Gerona, duke of Gandia and Montblanc. He was also called Charles IV of Navarre (1441-1461)

Profile of two women in struggle while their arms being wrestled

A sumo wrestler prepares for his bout at the Ryogoku stadium in Tokyo Japan

Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur hunting a juvenile Triceratops Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur hunting a juvenile Triceratops

Police officer holding beat up businessman on floor in office

Skinheads clash in Farringdon Road, London. Twenty to thirty youths were chased along the Farringdon Road after incidents involving a dmaged train and an alleged attack on a man

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"Confrontation: A Clash of Strength, Courage, and Determination" In Elizabeth Southerden Thompson's captivating masterpiece "Scotland forever, " the spirit is vividly captured on canvas. The gallant soldiers stand tall, ready to face their foes with unwavering bravery. Nature too showcases its own confrontations; in the fields of Oxon, UK, Brown Hares engage in a mesmerizing boxing match during the chilly month of February. Their elegant movements display both aggression and grace as they assert dominance over one another. Meanwhile, a Harlequin Ladybird finds itself in an unexpected confrontation with a 7-spot Ladybird. These tiny warriors engage in a miniature battle for territory or perhaps even love. The Northern Elephant Seals present a spectacle like no other as males fiercely fight amidst crashing waves along the California coast. In this ultimate test of strength and dominance, these magnificent creatures prove that they can shape destinies. Even within the animal kingdom lies evidence of confrontational encounters; two majestic lions charge at each other with unyielding force. Their manes flowing wildly behind them as they vie for supremacy over their pride. On an ancient Attic vase by Exekias, Achilles and Ajax are depicted locked in intense confrontation while playing dice. This scene reminds us that sometimes conflicts arise even amongst friends or allies. Yet not all they are fueled by aggression; a male lion tenderly interacts with his cub - teaching it valuable lessons about survival and courage through playful sparring sessions. In modern times, even fictional characters find themselves entangled in confrontations; Daleks from Dr Who ominously hover across the river from Big Ben - symbolizing an eternal struggle between good and evil. And finally, Goldfinches engage in fierce battles over precious resources amidst Bedfordshire's picturesque landscapes. These vibrant birds remind us that even beauty can be found within moments of conflict. From historical masterpieces to natural wonders and cultural references they can an intrinsic part of our world.