Arranged engagement in combat between two individuals

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Two gentlemen duelling with pistols. Etching, 1823.

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

A woman is holding her dying lover; a sword lying at his feet. Aquatint by F. Goya, 1812/1888.

Durga slaying the Buffalo Demon. Chromolithograph, 1883.

Mrs Fitzherbert and George Prince of Wales represented as Adam and Eve standing under the Tree of Knowledge surrounded by the trappings of fashionable pastimes and vices, causing the devil to flee. Etching, 1786.

Goliath, covered in splendid armour, towers over the humble David. Engraving.

A nobleman shoots his opponent in a duel with pistols. Aquatint after H. Dawe, 184-.

Abel Drugger, from Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist', in a posture of combat. Engraving by J. Thornthwaite, 1777, after Roberts.

Two ladies duelling with pistols. Engraving, 1792.

A duel on horseback between Alvar Sánchez and Gonzalo Gomez, watched by Doña Lambra: Alvar Sánchez is killed. Etching by A. Tempesta after O. Vaenius.

Top: Daniel O'Connell as a cock supported by Jewish finance and the Roman Catholic church; below, O'Connell withdrawing from fighting a duel (?). Coloured lithograph by Robert Seymour, 1835.

Men and violence : gender, honor, and rituals in modern Europe and America / edited by Pieter Spierenburg.

Du suicide considéré aux points de vue philosophique, religieux, moral et médical, suivi de quelques réflexions sur le duel / Par P.-J.-C. Debreyne.

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Dueling

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A duel on horseback between Alvar Sánchez and Gonzalo Gomez, watched by Doña Lambra: Alvar Sánchez is killed. Etching by A. Tempesta after O. Vaenius.

A woman is holding her dying lover; a sword lying at his feet. Aquatint by F. Goya, 1812/1888.

Abel Drugger, from Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist', in a posture of combat. Engraving by J. Thornthwaite, 1777, after Roberts.

Men and violence : gender, honor, and rituals in modern Europe and America / edited by Pieter Spierenburg.

Du suicide considéré aux points de vue philosophique, religieux, moral et médical, suivi de quelques réflexions sur le duel / Par P.-J.-C. Debreyne.

Dueling

Images from the collections

Images about Dueling

Works from the collections

A duel on horseback between Alvar Sánchez and Gonzalo Gomez, watched by Doña Lambra: Alvar Sánchez is killed. Etching by A. Tempesta after O. Vaenius.

A woman is holding her dying lover; a sword lying at his feet. Aquatint by F. Goya, 1812/1888.

Abel Drugger, from Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist', in a posture of combat. Engraving by J. Thornthwaite, 1777, after Roberts.

Men and violence : gender, honor, and rituals in modern Europe and America / edited by Pieter Spierenburg.

Du suicide considéré aux points de vue philosophique, religieux, moral et médical, suivi de quelques réflexions sur le duel / Par P.-J.-C. Debreyne.

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