An Abyssinian soldier. Photographer: Swayne, Harald George Carlos
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Inscription: Numbered '46' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Soldier posed with shield, spear and rifle in the British mission compound at Addis Ababa.
Lahore Fort. Old Armoury. Photographer: Bremner, Frederick
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Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bremner 826' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the interior of the armoury, showing walls lined with breastplates,shields, swords and muskets.
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of a Pathan levy, armed with a sword and a small shield. Possibly a member of the Dir Levies.
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Coloured (photochrome) view of the shield of Henri II, richly engraved in relief with battle scenes and other decoration. This image gives a good indication of the remarkable subtlety of colour rendition that this process was capable of supplying.
Shield, present to the Prince of Wales by the King of Prussia. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Head-on view of the circular embossed shield, given to the Prince of Wales as a christening present by the King of Prussia: 'His Majesty furnished the general plan of the work: the drawings for it were designed by the celebrated painter Cornelius, the architectu...
Shield in Damascene steel; Falloise. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Arrangement of shield and sword and scabbard in centre, flanked by various designs of cups, made by J. Falloise of Liège. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.