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Combat

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  • Rama fighting with his sons with the help of Hanuman over a horse sacrifice. Watercolour drawing.
  • Rama fighting his sons Lava and Kusa with Hanuman helping. Watercolour drawing.
  • A Ugandan soldier of the National Resistance Army dressed in combat uniform holding a rifle; a thought-bubble containing a semi-naked woman appears to his left and a condom below, warning about the importance of safe-sex to prevent AIDS; an advertisement by the Public Health, NRA. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Jacob wrestles with the angel on a hilltop. Etching by R. Earlom, 1766, after S. Rosa.
  • Jacob wrestles with the angel on a hilltop. Etching with aquatint by R. Earlom, 1766, after S. Rosa.
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    Rama fighting with his sons with the help of Hanuman over a horse sacrifice. Watercolour drawing.

    | Reference: 26784i
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    Two men fighting while animals sit in pairs placidly watching; an allegory of man's ability to fight his own kind. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563.

    | Date: [1563] | Reference: 26267i
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    An episode in the Iliad: a warrior, aided by Athene in a chariot, picks up a boulder to throw at an archer aided by Ares. Watercolour by S. Rigaud, 1795.

    Rigaud, Stephen Francis Dutilh, 1779-1861. | Date: March 1795 | Reference: 3005081i
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    A furious cuckold rushes at his rival with a sword; representing vice as its own punishment. Engraving after O. van Veen (Vaenius), 1612.

    Veen, Otto van, 1556-1629. | Date: 1612 | Reference: 20090i
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    Two wretches fighting in mid-air being grabbed by monsters. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

    Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828. | Date: [1796/1798] | Reference: 37082i
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