Heroism Collection (page 8)

Statue of Hercules with his child Telephos. 1779 (engraving)
7237419 Statue of Hercules with his child Telephos. 1779 (engraving) by Cannetti, Giovanni Battista (1750-1810); Private Collection; (add.info.: Statue of Hercules, wearing the Nemean lion skin)

The suicide of Lucretia (painting, 1640-1642)
LRI4622149 The suicide of Lucretia (painting, 1640-1642) by Reni, Guido (1575-1642); Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: The suicide of Lucrece Lucrece (Lucrezia, Lucretia)

Theseus, mythical king and founder-hero of Athens, 1807 (engraving)
7235637 Theseus, mythical king and founder-hero of Athens, 1807 (engraving) by Bodart, Pieter (1676-1712); Private Collection; (add.info.: Theseus, mythical king and founder-hero of Athens)

Still-Life of Fruit and Flowers (oil on canvas)
6816284 Still-Life of Fruit and Flowers (oil on canvas) by Marseus van Schrieck, Otto (c.1619-78) (after); 91.5x71 cm; Lyon & Turnbull

Friday bows down at the feet of Robinson Crusoe, 1842 (illustration)
7211521 Friday bows down at the feet of Robinson Crusoe, 1842 (illustration) by Souze, Auguste (b.1829 - fl.1860s); (add.info.: Cover of a volume of the adventures of Robinson Crusoe)

Sextus Tarquinius driven from Rome and is threatened by relatives of Lucretia. Detail from The Death of Lucretia
LRI4607545 Sextus Tarquinius driven from Rome and is threatened by relatives of Lucretia. Detail from The Death of Lucretia

Private Meston attacking, single-handed, several of the enemy who were advancing
STC412097 Private Meston attacking, single-handed, several of the enemy who were advancing, after capturing a British Trench (colour litho) by Stewart

The Story of Lucretia. Jorg Breu the Elder (ca 1475-1537) German painter. Pen and black ink on paper
542913 The Story of Lucretia. Jorg Breu the Elder (ca 1475-1537) German painter. Pen and black ink on paper. by Breu, Joerg the Elder (c.1475-1537); Universal History Archive/UIG

The magic purse. Folk tale. Illustration of Vaccari and Carrey in "Les beaux tales"collection "Nos
XEE4181689 The magic purse. Folk tale. Illustration of Vaccari and Carrey in " Les beaux tales" collection " Nos loisirs" around 1910. Private collection

The Argylls at the Second Battle of Ypres, 9. 30am May 10th 1915 (litho)
STC413371 The Argylls at the Second Battle of Ypres, 9.30am May 10th 1915 (litho) by Stewart, Allan (1865-1951); Private Collection; (add.info)

Private Meston attacking, single-handed, several of the enemy who were advancing, after capturing a British Trench
IL352837 Private Meston attacking, single-handed, several of the enemy who were advancing, after capturing a British Trench, illustration from Deeds that Thrill the Empire

Achilles, Greek warrior hero of Troy, 1741 (engraving)
7235571 Achilles, Greek warrior hero of Troy, 1741 (engraving) by Bodart, Pieter (1676-1712); Private Collection; (add.info.: Achilles, Son of Peleus and the Nereid Thetis)

The Death of Tristan (engraving)
7157340 The Death of Tristan (engraving) by Goldberg, Gustav Adolf (1848-1911); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Death of Tristan)

The Lifeboat of "The Mary of Denmark"Rescuing Hawker and Grieve (colour litho)
3105247 The Lifeboat of " The Mary of Denmark" Rescuing Hawker and Grieve (colour litho) by Davie, Howard (fl.1914-44); Private Collection; (add.info)

A tongue of blue flame shooting out from the enemys side of a mine gallery and severely burning Private T Bytheway
976444 A tongue of blue flame shooting out from the enemys side of a mine gallery and severely burning Private T Bytheway, 20 October 1915 (colour litho) by Stewart

Markos Botzaris (Botsaris) (vers 1788-1823) at the Battle of Karpenisi, on the night of August 8, 1823 par Tepa
FIA5401987 Markos Botzaris (Botsaris) (vers 1788-1823) at the Battle of Karpenisi, on the night of August 8, 1823 par Tepa, Franciszek Tomasz (1829-1889)

Portrait of Policarpa Salavarrieta (1795-1817), heroine of the independence of Colombia (painting)
AIS5377204 Portrait of Policarpa Salavarrieta (1795-1817), heroine of the independence of Colombia (painting) by Garay Caicedo, Epifanio Julian (1849-1903); Museo Nacional, Bogota

Allegory of the thirteen values of the republic: the heroism (Painting, after 1783)
LRI4696081 Allegory of the thirteen values of the republic: the heroism (Painting, after 1783) by Ratti, Carlo Giuseppe (1737-1795); Palazzo Ducale, Genova

General Maude Entering Bagdad. The Metropolis of the East March 11th, 1917 (colour litho)
3105253 General Maude Entering Bagdad. The Metropolis of the East March 11th, 1917 (colour litho) by Davie, Howard (fl.1914-44); Private Collection; (add.info.: General Maude Entering Bagdad)

Private Ross Tollerton winning the Victoria Cross, 14 September 1914 (colour litho)
976451 Private Ross Tollerton winning the Victoria Cross, 14 September 1914 (colour litho) by Stewart, Allan (1865-1951) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer, 1927 (wood engraving on vellum)
3610662 Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer, 1927 (wood engraving on vellum) by Gill, Eric (1882-1940); 30.8x18.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Golden Cockerel Press, 1927)

Private James Meston attacking, single-handed, several of the enemy who were advancing after capturing a British
976468 Private James Meston attacking, single-handed, several of the enemy who were advancing after capturing a British trench, First Battle of Ypres, 31 October 1914 (colour litho) by Stewart

Figure of Diomedes, with the Palladium, 1816 (engraving)
7235396 Figure of Diomedes, with the Palladium, 1816 (engraving) by Dagley, Richard (c.1761-1841); Private Collection; (add.info.: Figure of Diomedes with short sword holding the Palladium)

The king rewarding Beowulf (colour litho)
7185259 The king rewarding Beowulf (colour litho) by Crane, Donn P. (1878-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: The king rewarding Beowulf)

A cobbler buying a bust from a travelling Italian sculptor. 1831 (engraving)
7234811 A cobbler buying a bust from a travelling Italian sculptor. 1831 (engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Heroism in an Italian steamer, a captain who drops into an infected hold to save two... (colour litho)
2815641 Heroism in an Italian steamer, a captain who drops into an infected hold to save two... (colour litho) by Beltrame

Le dwarf jaune - Tale de tale de Marie Catherine (Marie-Catherine) d Aulnoy (1651-1705)
XEE4181595 Le dwarf jaune - Tale de tale de Marie Catherine (Marie-Catherine) d Aulnoy (1651-1705) - Illustration of Vaccari et Carrey in " Les beaux tales" collection " Nos

Le Peucet: Tale by Charles Perrault (1628-1703). Illustration of Vaccari and Carrey in "Les beaux
XEE4181516 Le Peucet: Tale by Charles Perrault (1628-1703). Illustration of Vaccari and Carrey in " Les beaux tales" collection " Nos loisirs" around 1910. Private collection

Illustration from Les Chansons de Bilitis, 1922 (pochoir)
2561830 Illustration from Les Chansons de Bilitis, 1922 (pochoir) by Barbier, Georges (1882-1932); Private Collection; (add.info)

Lieutenant Rhodes-Moorhouse flying over Courtrai to bomb the railway (colour litho)
STC413389 Lieutenant Rhodes-Moorhouse flying over Courtrai to bomb the railway (colour litho) by Stewart, Allan (1865-1951); Private Collection; (add.info)

Pergamus, son of the warrior Neoptolemus and Andromache, 1748 (engraving)
7235578 Pergamus, son of the warrior Neoptolemus and Andromache, 1748 (engraving) by Bodart, Pieter (1676-1712); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pergamus in helmet with plume)

Antinous, suitor of Penelope in Homers Odyssey, 1745 (engraving)
7235575 Antinous, suitor of Penelope in Homers Odyssey, 1745 (engraving) by Bodart, Pieter (1676-1712); Private Collection; (add.info.: Antinous, son of Eupeithes)

Hector, Trojan hero in Homers Iliad, 1742 (engraving)
7235572 Hector, Trojan hero in Homers Iliad, 1742 (engraving) by Bodart, Pieter (1676-1712); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hector)

Hyacinth, divine hero and lover of Apollo from Greek mythology, 1722 (engraving)
7235552 Hyacinth, divine hero and lover of Apollo from Greek mythology, 1722 (engraving) by Bodart, Pieter (1676-1712); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hyacinth)

A tongue of blue flame shooting out from the enemys side of a mine gallery
STC413336 A tongue of blue flame shooting out from the enemys side of a mine gallery, and severely burning Private Bytheway (colour litho) by Stewart

Beowulf (colour litho)
7185260 Beowulf (colour litho) by Crane, Donn P. (1878-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: Beowulf. Illustration from From the Tower Window of My Bookhouse (The Bookhouse for Children, Chicago)

Episodes of war, two French soldiers, one blinded and one wounded in the leg help each other... (colour litho)
2815695 Episodes of war, two French soldiers, one blinded and one wounded in the leg help each other... (colour litho) by Beltrame

Princess Scheherazade (Sheherazade) (tales of the thousand and one nights). Illustration by George Barbier (1882-1932)
GIA4770655 Princess Scheherazade (Sheherazade) (tales of the thousand and one nights). Illustration by George Barbier (1882-1932). circa 1910

Perseus & Andromeda, 18th century (engraving)
6199597 Perseus & Andromeda, 18th century (engraving) by Cars, Laurent (1699-1771); 33.2x26.9 cm; The McManus, Dundee, UK; (add.info.: After Francois Lemoyne (Paris, 1688 - Paris)

The collier Thordis about to ram a German submarine, 18 February 1915 (colour litho)
976467 The collier Thordis about to ram a German submarine, 18 February 1915 (colour litho) by Stewart, Allan (1865-1951) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The first Indian to win the Victoria Cross - Naik Darwan Singh Negi, Festubert, France, November 1914 (colour litho)
976454 The first Indian to win the Victoria Cross - Naik Darwan Singh Negi, Festubert, France, November 1914 (colour litho) by Stewart

Lieutenant Rhodes-Moorhouse flying over Courtrai to bomb the railway, 26 April 1915 (colour litho)
976433 Lieutenant Rhodes-Moorhouse flying over Courtrai to bomb the railway, 26 April 1915 (colour litho) by Stewart, Allan (1865-1951) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Lieutenant John Henry Stephen Dimmer repairing a machine gun while exposed to the fire of the Prussian Guard
976431 Lieutenant John Henry Stephen Dimmer repairing a machine gun while exposed to the fire of the Prussian Guard, Klein Zillebeke, Belgium, 9 November 1914 (colour litho) by Stewart

Hercules, Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, 1723 (engraving)
7235553 Hercules, Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, 1723 (engraving) by Bodart, Pieter (1676-1712); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hercules in laurel wreath)

Castlehill Barracks (b / w photo)
7191232 Castlehill Barracks (b/w photo) by Porter, James (1874-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Castlehill Barracks)

Perseus and Andromeda (Painting, 1607)
LRI4577468 Perseus and Andromeda (Painting, 1607) by Cesari, Giuseppe (Cavalier d Arpino) (1568-1640); Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The golden-haired beauty. Folk tale. Illustration of Vaccari and Carrey in "Les beaux tales"collection
XEE4181664 The golden-haired beauty. Folk tale. Illustration of Vaccari and Carrey in " Les beaux tales" collection " Nos loisirs" around 1910. Private collection

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"Unyielding Courage: A Glimpse into Heroism Through Time" In the face of adversity, heroes emerge from all walks of life. From the valiant soldiers who fought in the Attack of the Ulster Division on 1 July 1916, to the visionary leadership of Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, heroism takes many forms. Even ancient legends depict heroism with a touch of irony; a Roman statue portrays Hercules in his drunken state, reminding us that even flawed individuals can rise above their shortcomings to achieve greatness. Heroes are not limited to battlefields alone. Michael O'Leary's poster exemplifies modern-day heroism through entrepreneurship and innovation. His relentless pursuit transformed an entire industry and inspired countless others to challenge conventions. The Gordon Highlanders' Piper Findlater winning the V. C. At Dargai in 1897 showcases how ordinary people can perform extraordinary acts when faced with unimaginable circumstances. Heroic tales extend beyond national borders as well. "Britain's Sea Power Is Yours" reminds us of the courage displayed by sailors who protected their homeland against formidable foes across vast oceans. Che Guevara's image on a wall in Havana serves as a reminder that heroism is not confined to conventional notions but can also be found within those fighting for social justice and equality worldwide. From historical events like The South Wales Borderers defending Rorke's Drift during the Zulu War in 1879, to iconic moments captured by artists like Washington Crossing the Delaware or The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar, heroes have shaped our world throughout history. Lenin's portrait reflects his role as a revolutionary leader whose actions left an indelible mark on society during tumultuous times. Similarly, General Gordon's tragic death symbolizes sacrifice and unwavering dedication towards noble causes. These glimpses into various facets remind us that bravery knows no boundaries or limitations.