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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.

Sarawak: five Kenyah warriors in a warfare ritual. Photograph.

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.

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.

Page 126: Durga with her arms on her mount being led by Hanuman. Watercolour drawing.

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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.

Page 126: Durga with her arms on her mount being led by Hanuman. Watercolour drawing.