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A duel on horseback between Alvar Sánchez and Gonzalo Gomez, watched by Doña Lambra: Alvar Sánchez is killed. Etching by A. Tempesta after O. Vaenius.
Veen, Otto van, 1556-1629.Reference: 42729i
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A woman is holding her dying lover; a sword lying at his feet. Aquatint by F. Goya, 1812/1888.
Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828.Date: 1812/1888Reference: 567176i
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Abel Drugger, from Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist', in a posture of combat. Engraving by J. Thornthwaite, 1777, after Roberts.
Roberts, fl. 18th century.Date: 1791Reference: 36891i
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Men and violence : gender, honor, and rituals in modern Europe and America / edited by Pieter Spierenburg.
Date: [1998], ©1998
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Du suicide considéré aux points de vue philosophique, religieux, moral et médical, suivi de quelques réflexions sur le duel / Par P.-J.-C. Debreyne.
Debreyne, Pierre Jean Corneille, 1786-1867.Date: 1847
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Two gentlemen duelling with pistols. Etching, 1823.
Sams, William.Date: 1823Reference: 568668i
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Frogs conducting a duel: one frog has killed another with his sword, watched by their seconds. Photograph by J.P. Soule, 1876, after a drawing.
Date: 1876Reference: 644719i
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Earl Talbot stands behind a fire screen armed with a spit and a pot lid in an attempt to defend himself from John Wilkes who is armed with a pen and an ink-bottle. Etching with etched verse below, 1762.
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807.Date: (Oct 3 1762)Reference: 581197i
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Top: Daniel O'Connell as a cock supported by Jewish finance and the Roman Catholic church; below, O'Connell withdrawing from fighting a duel (?). Coloured lithograph by Robert Seymour, 1835.
Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.Date: [1 December]Reference: 12246i
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Three dissertations; on the pernicious effects of gaming, on duelling, and on suicide / First pub. in 1783, 1784, 1785, by appointment; as having gained, in the University of Cambridge, the three prizes of an anonymos donor. By Richard Hey. Rev. and cor., in 1811, by the author.
Hey, Richard, 1745-1835.Date: 1812
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The history and examination of duels. Shewing their heinous nature and the necessity of suppressing them. In two parts / By John Cockburn. With the edict of the King of France against duels; and an abridgment of that of the King of Poland.
Cockburn, John, 1652-1729.Date: 1720
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Two ladies duelling with pistols. Engraving, 1792.
Date: 1 August 1792Reference: 568670i
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Mrs Fitzherbert and George Prince of Wales represented as Adam and Eve standing under the Tree of Knowledge surrounded by the trappings of fashionable pastimes and vices, causing the devil to flee. Etching, 1786.
Date: Nov. 24 1786Reference: 571243i
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A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by E. de Boulonnois, 16--.
Date: 1600-1699Reference: 18173i
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A full inquiry into the subject of suicide : To which are added (as being closely connected with the subject) two treatises on duelling and gaming. In two volumes / by Charles Moore.
Moore, Charles, 1743-1811.Date: MDCCXC [1790]
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A full inquiry into the subject of suicide. To which are added (as being closely connected with the subject) two treatises on duelling and gaming / By Charles Moore.
Moore, Charles.Date: 1790
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A nobleman shoots his opponent in a duel with pistols. Aquatint after H. Dawe, 184-.
Dawe, Henry Edward, 1790-1848.Date: [between 1840 and 1849]Reference: 32915i
Part of: Life of a nobleman
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A complete bibliography of the art of fence : comprising that of the sword & of the bayonet, duelling, etc., as practised by all European nations, from the earliest period to the present day, with a classified index / by Carl A. Thimm.
Thimm, Carl A. (Carl Albert)Date: 1891
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Durga slaying the Buffalo Demon. Chromolithograph, 1883.
Date: 1883Reference: 26457i
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Three dissertations ; on the pernicious effects of gaming, on duelling, and on suicide / First pub. in 1783, 1784, 1785, by appointment; as having gained, in the University of Cambridge, the three prizes of an anonymos donor. By Richard Hey. Rev. and cor., in 1811, by the author.
Hey, Richard, 1745-1835.Date: 1812
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Goliath, covered in splendid armour, towers over the humble David. Engraving.
Reference: 18549i
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A man is wounded after duelling with pistols in Phoenix Park, Dublin. Engraving, 1834.
Date: [1834]Reference: 568672i
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An elephant fight in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, watched by crowds of people and armed soldiers. Engraving by J Stephenson, ca. 1837, after W. Daniell, R.A.
Daniell, William, 1769-1837.Date: 2 Octr 1837Reference: 39831i

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A duel on horseback between Alvar Sánchez and Gonzalo Gomez, watched by Doña Lambra: Alvar Sánchez is killed. Etching by A. Tempesta after O. Vaenius.

A woman is holding her dying lover; a sword lying at his feet. Aquatint by F. Goya, 1812/1888.

Abel Drugger, from Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist', in a posture of combat. Engraving by J. Thornthwaite, 1777, after Roberts.

Men and violence : gender, honor, and rituals in modern Europe and America / edited by Pieter Spierenburg.

Du suicide considéré aux points de vue philosophique, religieux, moral et médical, suivi de quelques réflexions sur le duel / Par P.-J.-C. Debreyne.

Two gentlemen duelling with pistols. Etching, 1823.

Frogs conducting a duel: one frog has killed another with his sword, watched by their seconds. Photograph by J.P. Soule, 1876, after a drawing.

Earl Talbot stands behind a fire screen armed with a spit and a pot lid in an attempt to defend himself from John Wilkes who is armed with a pen and an ink-bottle. Etching with etched verse below, 1762.

Top: Daniel O'Connell as a cock supported by Jewish finance and the Roman Catholic church; below, O'Connell withdrawing from fighting a duel (?). Coloured lithograph by Robert Seymour, 1835.

Three dissertations; on the pernicious effects of gaming, on duelling, and on suicide / First pub. in 1783, 1784, 1785, by appointment; as having gained, in the University of Cambridge, the three prizes of an anonymos donor. By Richard Hey. Rev. and cor., in 1811, by the author.

The history and examination of duels. Shewing their heinous nature and the necessity of suppressing them. In two parts / By John Cockburn. With the edict of the King of France against duels; and an abridgment of that of the King of Poland.

Two ladies duelling with pistols. Engraving, 1792.

Mrs Fitzherbert and George Prince of Wales represented as Adam and Eve standing under the Tree of Knowledge surrounded by the trappings of fashionable pastimes and vices, causing the devil to flee. Etching, 1786.

A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by E. de Boulonnois, 16--.

A full inquiry into the subject of suicide : To which are added (as being closely connected with the subject) two treatises on duelling and gaming. In two volumes / by Charles Moore.

A full inquiry into the subject of suicide. To which are added (as being closely connected with the subject) two treatises on duelling and gaming / By Charles Moore.

A nobleman shoots his opponent in a duel with pistols. Aquatint after H. Dawe, 184-.

A complete bibliography of the art of fence : comprising that of the sword & of the bayonet, duelling, etc., as practised by all European nations, from the earliest period to the present day, with a classified index / by Carl A. Thimm.

Durga slaying the Buffalo Demon. Chromolithograph, 1883.

Three dissertations ; on the pernicious effects of gaming, on duelling, and on suicide / First pub. in 1783, 1784, 1785, by appointment; as having gained, in the University of Cambridge, the three prizes of an anonymos donor. By Richard Hey. Rev. and cor., in 1811, by the author.

Goliath, covered in splendid armour, towers over the humble David. Engraving.

A man is wounded after duelling with pistols in Phoenix Park, Dublin. Engraving, 1834.

An elephant fight in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, watched by crowds of people and armed soldiers. Engraving by J Stephenson, ca. 1837, after W. Daniell, R.A.