Shield Gallery

The Shield of Achilles, used in his battle with Hector

The Shield of Achilles, used in his battle with Hector. Scenes include the earth, sky and sea, the sun, the moon and the constellations, two beautiful cities full of people, a field being ploughed, a king's estate where the harvest is being reaped, a vineyard with grape pickers, a herd of straight-horned cattle, a sheep farm, young men and women dancing, the great stream of Ocean. Scudo di Achille. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Angelo Monticelli from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1842

Aspidium filix mas or Male Shield fern

Aspidium filix mas or Male Shield fern. Handcoloured engraving from William Curtis, Flora Londiniensis; containing a history of the plants indigenous to Great Britain. Edited by George Graves and William Jackson Hooker (vol. 1). Date: 1835

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Edward refuses succour to his son at Crecy, 1346 (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle

Edward refuses succour to his son at Crecy, 1864. King Edward III, (1312- 1377) standing on a hillside refusing succour to his son Edward the Black Prince, (1330-1376)) at the at the Battle of Crecy, France, 1346. The black prince was an exceptional military leader, and his victories over the French at the Battles of Crecy and Poitiers made him very popular in England during his lifetime. From A Chronicle of England B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485 by James E. Doyle. [Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, London, 1864]

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