Sujet

Sword and Watch of Oliver Cromwell, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Sword and Watch of Oliver Cromwell, [17th century], 1850. The sword '...is in the very interesting collection of antiquities in the United Service Museum. This sword is the identical weapon used by Oliver Cromwell at the siege of Drogheda, on the 10th of September, 1649; and it bears on its blade the tokens of war, as there are the marks of two musket bullets on it...The hilt and guard are painted black, and richly ornamented with gilded trophies, arabesques, &c. ; the grip is of black shagreen...it was inherited by Joshua S. Simmons Smith, Esq., as a collateral descendant of the Protector; and it was presented by him to the Museum...The Watch...bears the name of Jaques Cartier as its manufacturer...we apprehend it is a clock watch, which strikes the hours...It is scarcely necessary to observe that the Watch and Sword are not drawn of their proper relative sizes'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22A34_036

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

21,2Mo (1,1Mo) / 12,7cm x 42,0cm / 1496 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

time British weapon weapons war Victorian century sword Britain watch newspapers press blade swords concept B&W pocket watch timepiece warfare 17th century engraved engraving 19th century civil war black & white black and white B W weaponry nineteenth century seventeenth century The Print Collector English Civil War Illustrated London News ILN newspaper Unknown Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector of the Commonwealth Lord Protector Cromwell Oliver English Civil Wars First English Civil War 19th-century