Tool intended or likely to inflict damage or harm

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Samson carries the gates of Gaza out of the city. Woodcut.

David steals a spear and jug from Saul, who lies deep in a sleep imposed by God. Engraving.

A man of an Amazonian tribe, holding a spear and wearing a feathered head-dress, in a photographic studio.

The resurrected Christ rises over terrified soldiers. Engraving after A. Dürer, 1512.

A woman being bled by one man while another holds her arm, two dogs lap up her blood; representing France in the grip of Louis XIV and Cardinal Richelieu, while the financiers drain her resources. Engraving.

Durga slaying the Buffalo demon depicted on a stand and surmounted on a torana decorated with smaller figures of demon kings and Hindu gods. Transfer lithograph.

Sthenelos bandaging the wounded finger of Diomedes. Ink drawing by S.W. Kelly, 1937, after a Chalcidian neck-amphora c. 550 B.C.

Narasimha disembowelling Hiranyakasipu in front of his son and attendants. Chromolithograph, 1883.

M0019301: Illustration of three wooden clubs, Fiji

The fatal wounding of Sir Ralph Abercrombie at Alexandria, 1801. Line engraving.

Circe sits with books and wand; to right, men transformed into animals. Etching by G.B. Castiglione, 165-.

Musée du Congo, Tervuren, Belgium: one of five interior scenes. Collotype.

M0019308: Illustration of a variety of clubs from Oceania

An animal, possibly a cat or rabbit, with a gun aimed at its head

The death of Sir Philip Sidney at the battle of Zutphen. Line engraving.

Left, two members of the Garde nationale de Paris; right, a soldier receiving treatment from a surgeon and a military nurse, 1814. Coloured lithograph by G. David, ca. 1861, after A. de Marbot.

The republican solidarity of Joseph Priestley and Thomas Paine; indicated by the grinning devil that links them. Etching by I. Cruikshank, 1792.

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Weapons

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M0019308: Illustration of a variety of clubs from Oceania

An animal, possibly a cat or rabbit, with a gun aimed at its head

The death of Sir Philip Sidney at the battle of Zutphen. Line engraving.

Left, two members of the Garde nationale de Paris; right, a soldier receiving treatment from a surgeon and a military nurse, 1814. Coloured lithograph by G. David, ca. 1861, after A. de Marbot.

The republican solidarity of Joseph Priestley and Thomas Paine; indicated by the grinning devil that links them. Etching by I. Cruikshank, 1792.

Weapons

Images from the collections

Images referencing Weapons

Works from the collections

M0019308: Illustration of a variety of clubs from Oceania

An animal, possibly a cat or rabbit, with a gun aimed at its head

The death of Sir Philip Sidney at the battle of Zutphen. Line engraving.

Left, two members of the Garde nationale de Paris; right, a soldier receiving treatment from a surgeon and a military nurse, 1814. Coloured lithograph by G. David, ca. 1861, after A. de Marbot.

The republican solidarity of Joseph Priestley and Thomas Paine; indicated by the grinning devil that links them. Etching by I. Cruikshank, 1792.

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