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Knights and knighthood

Person granted an honorary title by a monarch or other political leader

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Images referencing Knights and knighthood

14 images from works
  • A man with a scimitar, and a bleeding heart; representing the blood donation service run in Cuba by the Comité de Defensa de la Revolución. Colour silk screen print by S. Goire Castilla, 1987.
  • A stippled impression of a woman with long hair decorated with flowers wearing an off-the- shoulder gown and pearls sitting between the pink line drawn legs of a woman; with the statement 'Vienna is the other way'; an advertisement for a gay event from 11 June to 7 July [199-] in Vienna [?] organised by sieben zu eins Kulturkontor. Colour lithograph.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • A knight in armour with the silhouette of his sword and a fluorescent pink condom below representing the need for sexual protection against AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.

Works from the collections

25 works

    • Pictures

    An inn-keeper, mistaken by Don Quixote for a knight, humours the Don by dubbing him a knight errant. Line engraving by J. Mynde, 1725, after C.A. Coypel.

    Coypel, Charles-Antoine, 1694-1752. | Date: [1725?] | Reference: 3006306i
    • Ephemera

    Pity the shame of an elderly dame... without Cetiprin : Elizabeth de Northwood c.1330 / AB Kabi.

    | Date: 1972
    • Ephemera

    Pity the plight of an ancient knight... : Cetiprin : Knight of the Pecock (Peacock) family, St. Michaels, St. Albans, Herts. c.1380 / AB Kabi.

    | Date: 1971
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A man with a scimitar, and a bleeding heart; representing the blood donation service run in Cuba by the Comité de Defensa de la Revolución. Colour silk screen print by S. Goire Castilla, 1987.

    Goire Castilla, Suitberto, 1951- | Date: [1987?] | Reference: 689321i
    • Ephemera

    Pity the plight of an ancient knight... : Cetiprin : Sir John de Northwood, 1330, Minister in Sheppey, Kent / AB Kabi.

    | Date: 1971

Related topics

Pharmaceutical Preparations
Drug Industry
Urinary Incontinence
Brass rubbing
United Kingdom
Genealogy and Heraldry
Orders of knighthood and chivalry
Safe Sex
Condoms
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

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