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Images about Military art and science

10 images from works
  • Four physiognomies expressing the propensity to command. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.
  • Cupid (Love) with arrows sits next to items representing arts and sciences. Etching by H. Winstanley, 17--, after F. Snyders and A. van Dyck.
  • Figures with measuring instruments and a cannon; representing geometry and military science. Etching by C. Schut after himself.
  • Putti plan war manoeuvres on maps with the help of geometrical diagrams; representing geometry and military science. Etching by B. Picart, 1729, after himself.
  • A sheet of sketches showing war defences and victims during the Chinese Campaign, 1860, China. Tinted lithograph after Lt. Col. Crealock, 1860.
  • Sarawak: four Dayak men in a warfare ritual. Photograph.
  • A portable device used to counteract poisonous gases, being carried on a man's back. Halftone.
  • Wisdom shows Britannia the measurements of the globe; figures representing other continents stand watching. Engraving by W. Swift after W.M. Craig.
  • Sarawak: five Kenyah warriors in a warfare ritual. Photograph.

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War
Weapons
Body armor
Soldiers
Geometry
Death
Shields
Saraks
Malaysia
Spears