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  • Kartikeya, also called Murugan, Hindu god of war, standing in front of a peacock and holding a spear. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • An écorché figure holding a spear, with left leg bent, seen from the right side. Line engraving by J. Tinney, 1743, after W. Cowper.
  • Hunting: dogs scare the deer into nets, while a hunter throws his spear into the antlers of a stag. Engraving by Philipp Galle after Stradanus.
  • A lady, who has her pulse taken by a doctor, has an apparition of death, dressed in cloak and crown, throwing a spear at her. Wood engraving.
  • A lady, who has her pulse taken by a doctor, has an apparition of death, dressed in cloak and crown, throwing a spear at her. Wood engraving.
  • Telephus (son of Hercules) cured of a potentially fatal wound with some rust from Achilles' spear, with which he had originally been wounded. Engraving after P. Brebiette, 16--.
  • Above, red-figured Greek wine bowl (bell-krater); below, detail of decoration showing two women and a naked man, seated and holding a spear. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Telephus (son of Hercules) cured of a potentially fatal wound with some rust from Achilles' spear, with which he had originally been wounded. Engraving by B. Picart, 1730, after P. Brebiette.
  • Telephus (son of Hercules) cured of a potentially fatal wound with some rust from Achilles' spear, with which he had originally been wounded. Engraving by B. Picart, 1730, after P. Brebiette.
  • Scenery to be used in a toy theatre: garlanded pillars, ceremonial fire, a rocky overhang, a palm tree and a cloth forming a tent with a drum and spear nearby. Lithograph.
  • Above, red-figured Greek wine bowl (bell krater); below, detail of decoration showing a naked man holding a spear and two women, one of them seated. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • A boy fishing with a rod; he steps into the water and kills a fish with a spear; his father, smoking a cigar, reprimands him and he cries. Colour process print, 1909.
  • A pope with a model of St Peter's enthroned on clouds, threatening a dragon with a spear; representing the Roman Catholic church fighting againsy heresy. Engraving by C. Grandi after A. Orazi.
  • A cossack on horseback, holding a spear; a wolf; instruments of serfdom; polar bears on icebergs; and an imperial eagle in the sky; representing the Russian Empire. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin.
  • Greenland: fishermen spearing whales from the safety of their boats; right, whale fisher in their attire. Coloured engraving.
  • A bedchamber with a man about to be blinded: a fire blazes in a cauldron and a man holds his spear in the fire while another man is restrained. Etching by G. van der Gucht after H. Gravelot.
  • A ritual execution whereby a victim kneels on the ground with his hands tied at the back having a spear thrust through his left shoulder, presumably piercing the heart. Wood engraving by G.-L. Devos after E. Riou.
  • Stags are chased out of the forest into the river and shot and speared by huntsmen in boats. Etching.
  • A forester stand with his spear in his hand before a lion and points to the tomb of Mausolus and a statue of a lion laying its head in a man's lap; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.
  • Two armour-clad hunting dogs resting next to a speared wild boar in a forest. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • A whale being speared with harpoons by fishermen in the Arctic sea. Engraving by A. M. Fournier after E. Traviès.
  • Two Hindu ascetics: left, a woman wearing saffron robes, brimless hat and slippers and smoking a hookah; right, a barefoot man wearing a saffron loincloth and a tigerskin, and carrying a spear and sword in a scabbard. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore).
  • General Gordon standing on the stairs of his house about to be speared by dervishes. Etching by H. Dicksee after G. W. Joy.
  • Double picture: Shiva protecting his devotee from Yama, the God of Death (left), Khandoba as a Mahratta horseman spearing a demon. Transfer lithograph.
  • A group of men spearing two bears to death aided by their dogs ferociously biting the bears. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol.
  • Huntsmen killing polecats by spearing them with long pikes on the trees or by setting the dogs on them. Etching by J. van der Straet.
  • A man pulling a condom over his body to protect himself from an approaching man wearing a grass skirt and devil's horns representing a personification of the AIDS disease; he holds a spear that breaks on impact with the condom; an advertisement for the AIDS Awareness Programme by the Pache Trust in Madurai, India. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A tumultuous hunting scene in which a stag is hunted into the river and speared, and a wild boar is shot while trying to escape from the hounds. Etching by A. Tempesta.
  • Khandoba alias Mantri avatar on horseback with a woman spearing the demon Malla daitya, another woman Murali approaches towards them while behind the couple, Vaghoba with an arrow and bell stands before the fallen demon Mangi. Transfer lithograph by Kusha Buvra Ramji.
  • Ethiopian Scroll comprising prayers against various ailments, including chest pains, the expulsion of evil spirits causing sickness and the protection of suckling infants. This illustration shows Susenyos spearing the demon, a popular motif in Ethiopean art similar to St George slaying the dragon.