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Fencing: a man is in position with a sword in his hand. Engraving by Hall after J. Gwyn.

James Figg the  pugilist on stage holding his sword. Etching..

Fencing: two men are practising their positions. Engraving by Hall after I. Gwyn.

Men fencing. Engraving by P. Iselburg, 1628.

Men fencing. Engraving by Scheltus a Bolswert.

Men fencing. Engraving by P. Serwouters.

The elaborately dressed rake holds a purse as a man presents him with an invoice; a lace-seller, a fencing master, a violin player, a cocker and a jockey represent the services and pursuits he is engaged in. Engraving by Thomas Bowles, 1735.

Two men in posing pouches thrust and parry with swords held in their right hands. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Fencing: a man is standing in position with his hand on the sword at his side. Engraving by Hall after J. Gwyn.

Two men posing naked in a photographic studio, standing with fencing epees. Stereo photograph, c.1900.

Trattato di scientia d'arme, con vn dialogo di filosofia. Di Camillo Aggrippa Milanese / [Camillo Agrippa].

Das Stoss- und Hiebsechten mit Degen und Säbel / von Hugo Rothstein.

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Trattato di scientia d'arme, con vn dialogo di filosofia. Di Camillo Aggrippa Milanese / [Camillo Agrippa].

Fencing: two men are practising their positions. Engraving by Hall after I. Gwyn.

Das Stoss- und Hiebsechten mit Degen und Säbel / von Hugo Rothstein.

James Figg the pugilist on stage holding his sword. Etching..

Fencing: a man is in position with a sword in his hand. Engraving by Hall after J. Gwyn.