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Shahril Dzulkifli
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Posted: Tue 03 Feb, 2015 9:43 pm Post subject: Portraits of people with swords |
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General José de San Martín, one of the so-called Liberators of South America
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength”
- Marcus Aurelius
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Tom Carr
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Niels Just Rasmussen
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Posted: Fri 06 Feb, 2015 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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Generalmajor Frederik Adolf Schleppegrell attacking on horse with saber at Isted 25 juli 1850 in the first Slesvig War (1848-51).
For bigger coloured version of the original painting by Otto Bache in 1896.
See: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons...G_5878.jpg
Generalmajor Schleppegrell was a Norwegian that had chosen Denmark after Norway was ceded to Sweden in 1814/15. He died in that attack.
Another Norwegian in the Danish army was Generalmajor Olaf Rye. Here painting by August Jandorff i 1895. Rye lead the 5'th brigade at the breakout-battle of Fredericia in 1849, where he was killed but had secured Danish victory.
Source: http://www.vimu.info/image.jsp?id=for_3_1_19_...p;size=xxl
Olaf Rye is also the world first ski jumper with a measured length. Modest 9,5 meter in Norway 1809, but it was a small hill.
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Rim Andries
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Posted: Fri 06 Feb, 2015 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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Portrait and info come from The Dayton Art Institute:
"This full-length and larger-than-life-sized portrait of a young dandy, once thought to be a self-portrait, most certainly dates from Ferdinand Bol's years in Rembrandt van Rijn's studio. It would seem to be inspired by several of Rembrandt's self-portraits and other works of the same period. Rembrandt's Reconciliation of David and Absalom of 1642, in the collection of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, uses almost identical objects to the ones found in Bol's portrait. In the aforementioned Rembrandt and in Bol's portrait, a quiver of arrows, a heavily embroidered velvet tunic, and a velvet scabbarded sword are the studio props evidently shared by master and pupil."
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Sir Dreamin'
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Rim Andries
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Posted: Fri 06 Feb, 2015 1:22 pm Post subject: |
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Again from sabels.net:
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Rim Andries
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Posted: Fri 06 Feb, 2015 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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Niels Just Rasmussen wrote: |
Another Norwegian in the Danish army was Generalmajor Olaf Rye. Here painting by August Jandorff i 1895. Rye lead the 5'th brigade at the breakout-battle of Fredericia in 1849, where he was killed but had secured Danish victory.
Source: http://www.vimu.info/image.jsp?id=for_3_1_19_...p;size=xxl |
Talk about an image with haunting qualities... chilling the way he stands there, both stoic and proud, the slain body of his opponent layed down at his feet... gruesome yet impressive.
Sir Dreamin'
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Lloyd Winter
Location: Los Angeles Joined: 27 Aug 2011
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Posted: Fri 06 Feb, 2015 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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The Company of Captain Rosencrans
Check out the 2 handed saber (?) the guy ion the left is holding.
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Niels Just Rasmussen
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Posted: Sun 08 Feb, 2015 5:52 am Post subject: |
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Rim Andries wrote: |
Talk about an image with haunting qualities... chilling the way he stands there, both stoic and proud, the slain body of his opponent layed down at his feet... gruesome yet impressive. |
It's definitely a picture in the heroic style
By the way Olaf Rye was also a prominent collector of weapons and guns. His collection is at Kastellet today. [As usual impossible to find any pictures of weapons on the net from most Danish museums]
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Niels Just Rasmussen
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Shahril Dzulkifli
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Posted: Wed 11 Feb, 2015 4:57 am Post subject: Portraits of people with swords |
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An 1861 illustration of the Italian general Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), the man responsible for unifying Italy and is widely regarded as a national hero in that country today.
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength”
- Marcus Aurelius
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Shahril Dzulkifli
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Posted: Thu 23 Apr, 2015 6:00 am Post subject: Portraits of people with swords |
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Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758-1805) by John Rising
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength”
- Marcus Aurelius
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Lafayette C Curtis
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Posted: Mon 27 Apr, 2015 10:12 am Post subject: |
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Lloyd Winter wrote: | The Company of Captain Rosencrans
Check out the 2 handed saber (?) the guy ion the left is holding. |
I think that's a straight two-handed sword blade bending under its own weight, not a curved blade as such: http://myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=26886&highlight=
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Houston P.
Location: United States Joined: 20 Apr 2015
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Posted: Mon 27 Apr, 2015 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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Surprised this one wasn't added already.
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Robert E. Lee
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A better look at the sword.
...and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. (Luke 22:36)
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Roger Hooper
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Posted: Mon 27 Apr, 2015 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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Banastre Tarleton - portrait by Joshua Reynolds
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Houston P.
Location: United States Joined: 20 Apr 2015
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Posted: Mon 27 Apr, 2015 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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And since I already posted one Confederate...
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J. E. B. Stuart
...and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. (Luke 22:36)
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Ben R.
Location: Baden - Germany Joined: 04 Apr 2015
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Posted: Sat 02 May, 2015 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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Lynn C. Thompson - President of Cold Steel
The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.
Terry Pratchet
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Edward Lee
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Posted: Sat 02 May, 2015 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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Oh my god
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Ben R.
Location: Baden - Germany Joined: 04 Apr 2015
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Posted: Sat 02 May, 2015 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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Perseus statue in Florence/Italy (B. Cellini)
The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.
Terry Pratchet
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Roger Hooper
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Posted: Sat 02 May, 2015 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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William III of Britain and Orange
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Shahril Dzulkifli
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Posted: Fri 15 May, 2015 5:40 am Post subject: Re: Portraits of people with swords |
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Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte (1763-1844), who later became King Charles XIV of Sweden.
Bernadotte was one of Napoleon's controversial marshals, first serving under the French emperor then beat him in the War of the Sixth Coalition before being crowned King of Sweden in 1818.
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength”
- Marcus Aurelius
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