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Nathan Robinson
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 Posted: Fri 17 Nov, 2006 2:44 pm Post subject: Artwork: Guards of the Highland Broadsword |
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Located in a museum right here in San Francisco is an interesting piece of art called The Guards of the Highland Broadsword, by Thomas Rowlandson, 1799.
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The Guards of the Highland Broadsword
by Thomas Rowlandson, 1799
Copyright: Collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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Martin Wilkinson
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It looks similar to one of the manuals in Chivalry Bookshelf's Highland Broadsword...
I may be mistaken though.
Is interesting though.
"A bullet you see may go anywhere, but steel's, almost bound to go somewhere."
Schola Gladiatoria
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Greyson Brown
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There are a couple of those guards that differ from the ones in I:33, but most of it looks very similar. The image at the top demonstrating that any attack to the legs can be avoided and defeated by taking a step back and cutting or thrusting to your opponents head could just about have been lifted from I:33.
-Grey
"So long as I can keep the path of honor I am well content."
-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company
Last edited by Greyson Brown on Fri 17 Nov, 2006 6:04 pm; edited 1 time in total
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Patrick Kelly
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This is also illustrated in an old book I have: The Art and History of Personal Combat by Arthur Wise 1971, well worth picking up if you can find it.
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Henrik Bjoern Boegh
Location: Agder, Norway Joined: 03 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Fri 17 Nov, 2006 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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As Martin pointed out, Highland Broadsword by Mark Rector and Paul Wagner shows exactly the same situations and guards.
Interesting print! Thanks for sharing, Nathan!
Cheers,
Henrik
Constant and true.
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