EditorialThe Battle of Kinghorn, Dunfermline: Colonel James Erskine and his thugs storm the inn and are rebuffed by James Hutton, the landlord William Skinner and postilion Bruce armed with cudgels. Copperplate engraving by John Kay from A Series of Original Po...
EditorialRussian peasants playing the game of Pristinky, skittles, bowls, cudgels, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847.
EditorialTwo fencing students fighting a mock duel with bucklers and cudgels, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876.
EditorialNomadic Giagas or Gallas, a ferocious, warlike people from Sierra Leone who destroyed the Kingdom of Benguela (Angola), depicted with spears, shields and cudgels. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Roberto Freschi from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and ...
EditorialMedieval swordfight show. Performers with swords and shields fighting (top), Performers with swords and shields fighting accompanied by a bagpiper (middle), and two students fighting with bucklers and cudgels (bottom). Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph...
EditorialTwo incroyables (fops) with cudgels hinder the promenade of two merveilleuses by pinning the tails of their dresses. One looks back coquettishly at the ridiculous dandy. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817.
EditorialDuel with cudgels - detail. Two men, up to their knees in mud or soil, unable to separate, fight each other. One of the "black paintings" from the Quinta del Sordo, Goya's house. 1819-1823 Canvas,123 x 266 cm Cat.758.