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Gladiators

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Images about Gladiators

4 images from works
  • A fatally wounded gladiator kneeling on his shield while blood gushes from the wound in his side. Line engraving with etching by P. Duflos.
  • A dying gladiator. Etching by J. Wagner after R. Dalton, 1744.
  • An actor poses as a classical sculpture of a gladiator. Photographic postcard, 190-.
  • An actor poses as a classical sculpture of a gladiator. Photographic postcard, 190-.

Works from the collections

6 works

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    • Online

    An actor poses as a classical sculpture of a gladiator. Photographic postcard, 190-.

    | Date: [between 1900 and 1909?] | Reference: 2046160i
    Part of: Rotary photographic series
    • Pictures

    A dying gladiator. Etching by J. Wagner after R. Dalton, 1744.

    Dalton, Richard, 1715?-1791. | Date: 20 Sep. 1744 | Reference: 663766i
    • Pictures
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    A fatally wounded gladiator kneeling on his shield while blood gushes from the wound in his side. Line engraving with etching by P. Duflos.

    Duflos, Pierre, 1742-1816. | Reference: 43714i
    • Books

    Spectacles of death in ancient Rome / Donald G. Kyle.

    Kyle, Donald G. | Date: 1998
    • Pictures

    Gladiators salute the emperor Vitellius in the Colosseum before a bout. Photograph by R.J. Bingham, 1859, after J.L. Gérôme.

    Gérôme, Jean Léon, 1824-1904. | Date: Le 1er 8bre 1859 [1 October 1859] | Reference: 3043927i
    Part of: Galerie photographique.

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