Portraits of people with swords. -- myArmoury.com

Shahril Dzulkifli · Posted: Tue 03 Feb, 2015 9:43 pm Post subject: Portraits of people with swords

General José de San Martín, one of the so-called Liberators of South America

Tom Carr · Posted: Wed 04 Feb, 2015 3:46 pm Post subject:

https://undereveryleaf.wordpress.com/2014/05/09/north-staffordshire-regiment-1908-part-one/

Niels Just Rasmussen · Posted: Fri 06 Feb, 2015 1:05 pm Post subject:

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.

Rim Andries · Posted: Fri 06 Feb, 2015 1:19 pm Post subject:

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."

Rim Andries · Posted: Fri 06 Feb, 2015 1:22 pm Post subject:

Again from sabels.net:

Rim Andries · Posted: Fri 06 Feb, 2015 1:55 pm Post subject:

Lloyd Winter · Posted: Fri 06 Feb, 2015 2:26 pm Post subject:

The Company of Captain Rosencrans
Check out the 2 handed saber (?) the guy ion the left is holding.

Niels Just Rasmussen · Posted: Sun 08 Feb, 2015 5:52 am Post subject:

Niels Just Rasmussen · Posted: Tue 10 Feb, 2015 4:51 am Post subject:

Cossacks from Lviv (or Russian Lvov). Here those in favour of Ukrainian Nationality
[The Kuban Cossack host - that see themselves as descended from the Zaporozhian Cossacks - favours Russia in general, but those in favour of Ukraine would likely call themselves Zaporozhian Cossacks]

Source: http://www.lvivtoday.com.ua/lviv-society/282
Young guy showing nice saber.

There are many different cossack hosts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cossack_host

Otherwise cossacks are famous for their saber dance:
Here some proof it is still a living tradition and some older guys still can move.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvFBOvmYrsI [Swords comes out after 1 min]

Younger man with sword swirling control [watch the woman who decides to get kids close to him away after 30 secs lol]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs00JsJF6Sk

Women also do it: [this is pro artistic level !]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do2vsNz-Ync

Really bad-ass looking “Zaporozhian“ cossacks! [dual at 3.30 min]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNUz-EvBLWE

Horse acrobatic and sword-play:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To1YV_5_l00

Shahril Dzulkifli · Posted: Wed 11 Feb, 2015 4:57 am Post subject: Portraits of people with swords

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.

Shahril Dzulkifli · Posted: Thu 23 Apr, 2015 6:00 am Post subject: Portraits of people with swords

Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758-1805) by John Rising

Lafayette C Curtis · Posted: Mon 27 Apr, 2015 10:12 am Post subject:

Houston P. · Posted: Mon 27 Apr, 2015 3:09 pm Post subject:

Surprised this one wasn't added already.

Roger Hooper · Posted: Mon 27 Apr, 2015 3:32 pm Post subject:

Banastre Tarleton - portrait by Joshua Reynolds

Houston P. · Posted: Mon 27 Apr, 2015 8:44 pm Post subject:

And since I already posted one Confederate...

Ben R. · Posted: Sat 02 May, 2015 1:47 pm Post subject:

Lynn C. Thompson - President of Cold Steel Laughing Out Loud

Edward Lee · Posted: Sat 02 May, 2015 1:58 pm Post subject:

Oh my god

Ben R. · Posted: Sat 02 May, 2015 2:00 pm Post subject:

Perseus statue in Florence/Italy (B. Cellini)

Roger Hooper · Posted: Sat 02 May, 2015 4:08 pm Post subject:

William III of Britain and Orange

Shahril Dzulkifli

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.