Scimitars

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Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Revolt in the desert. 16/2/28

Date: 1928

From: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930 :Episodes of the Great War. 1914-1928

Reference: E-024-f-2-061

Description: An Arab man dressed in white, a scimitar in his right hand Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen, ink and wash on postcard, 240 x 343 mm

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Artist unknown :Elizabethan sideboard or court cupboard in Warwick Castle. [Printed by]...

Date: 1840 - 1869

From: Various artists :[Eleven British and American etchings and woodcuts. 1800s-1900s]

By: Leighton Brothers (Firm)

Reference: A-097-046

Description: Shows an illustration of an ornate carved sideboard, featuring eagles and caryatids. Parts of a suit of armour are resting on the lower shelf and there is a helmet on the top. A stand at the right supported the top half and helmet of another suit of armour, and a long halberd rests against the wall at the right. On the wall behind the sideboard is a portrait (of a man) flanked by two curved scimitars, with a shield on the wall at the left. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Coloured woodcut, 250 x 177 mm, on sheet 350 x 253 mm. Transfers: Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Papers-9109.