Bladed weapon longer than a knife or dagger

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Judith with a sword holding the head of Holofernes. Mezzotint by A. von Prenner after A. Varotari, il Padovanino, ca. 1720.

Matthias Schenck, aged 24, wearing a sword and holding a book in his right hand. Line engraving.

Cupid presides over a group of naked women who sit separated from groups of yearning men; symbolising the passion of love. Etching by J. Audran after C. Gillot.

Christ's Hospital: the Great Hall during a ceremony. Engraving by J. G. Walker, 1822, after T. Stothard, 1799.

King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Engraving by B. Baron, 1736, after H. Holbein, 1542.

A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by E. de Boulonnois, 16--.

Seven uniformed senior British army staff, two of whom are mounted. Chromolithograph, c. 1880.

Three uniformed German army officers in the Kingdom of Württemberg, two from the disabled soldiers corps. Coloured lithograph by H.M.D. Monten, ca. 1838.

A Sikh soldier with his wife offering him betel leaves. Gouache drawing.

The blind school, Southwark. Coloured engraving, 1813.

The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist (as a child), Saint Paul and Saint Mary Magdalene. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Francia.

The mocking and flagellation of Christ. Line engraving by G. Sadeler after J. Palma the elder.

King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Coloured engraving by W.P. Sherlock, 1817, after H. Holbein, 1542.

A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

A king holding a flower. Gouache drawing.

Schleswig-Holstein War: an ambulance arriving at a battlefield in Düppel 18 April 1864. Lithograph by W. Funke, 1864.

A uniformed soldier from the army medical staff. Watercolour, 1886.

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Swords

Images from the collections

Images referencing Swords

Works from the collections

King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Coloured engraving by W.P. Sherlock, 1817, after H. Holbein, 1542.

A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

A king holding a flower. Gouache drawing.

Schleswig-Holstein War: an ambulance arriving at a battlefield in Düppel 18 April 1864. Lithograph by W. Funke, 1864.

A uniformed soldier from the army medical staff. Watercolour, 1886.

Swords

Images from the collections

Images referencing Swords

Works from the collections

King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Coloured engraving by W.P. Sherlock, 1817, after H. Holbein, 1542.

A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

A king holding a flower. Gouache drawing.

Schleswig-Holstein War: an ambulance arriving at a battlefield in Düppel 18 April 1864. Lithograph by W. Funke, 1864.

A uniformed soldier from the army medical staff. Watercolour, 1886.

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