Defensive Collection

Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton, in a straw hat, c. 1782-94 (oil on canvas)
HEH416343 Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton, in a straw hat, c.1782-94 (oil on canvas) by Romney, George (1734-1802); 76.2x63.5 cm; Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA

Spitfires over Forth
German Heinkel IIIs over the Forth Bridge are intercepted by Spitfires - the first defensive aerial action of the war

England, Northumberland, Bamburgh Castle. Bamburgh Castle and dunes near Bamburgh village

Typhoon FGR4 at RAF Leuchars
A Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft is pictured at RAF Leuchars in Scotland. Typhoon provides the RAF with a multi-role combat aircraft

Aleppo, Syria - The Citadel - Gatehouse and Entrance. Date: circa 1930s

Glenveagh castle on lake Lough Beagh in the Glenveagh National Park, County Donegal, Ulster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Botanik Digitalis purpurea L. Fingerhut 160: 1
Foxglove leaf. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a section through a leaf from a foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) plant, showing its hairs (trichomes)

Bar inside a martello tower, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
View of a stylish circular bar which was built inside a martello tower at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. Martello towers were small defensive forts

Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niliticus) on shore of Mara River with open jaws, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) adult male, charging, Etosha N. P. Namibia
Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) adult male, charging, Etosha N.P. Namibia

Common opossum {Didelphis marsupialis} playing dead as defence strategy

Inflated spotted porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix), Maui, Hawaii

Trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus hastatus) with mandibles open, Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru

Veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) resting on top of the two halves of an old clam shell on the sandy seabed. These octopus regularly carry pieces of shell so they can use them as protective

Murmuration of Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) with Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) hunting them, The Netherlands, November

Edwards Atlas Moth (Attacus edwardsii) in defensive posture, Bhutan, June

Syria. Krak des Chevaliers. Castle built in the twelfth century by the Knights Hospitaller during the Crusades to the Holy Land

Bactrian Camel. Ukraine
Bactrian Camel (Camelus Bactrianus) at the Genoese Fortress. Sudak. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Ukraine

WW2 - Laundry - It ll soon be hanging on the Siegfried Line
WW2 humour - " Two British soldiers doing their laundry comment that " It ll soon be hanging on the Siegfried Line!". Date: circa 1944

The Boys Of The New Home Guard
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for The Boys Of the New Home Guard, printed as a contibution to the Home Guard Spitfire fund

Green tree ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) defending their leaf nest, Daintree River, Wet Tropics World Heritage area, Queensland, Australia

Rhodes Town, Rhodes, Greece

Common eider duck (Somateria mollissima) female defending her nest from arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus). Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen. June

Framlingham Castle, Framlingham, Suffolk, England, UK, 25 / 5 / 10. Creator: Ethel Davies
Framlingham Castle, Framlingham, Suffolk, England, UK, 25/5/10. 12th century Framlingham Castle, built by the Earl of Norfolk, in the market town of Framlingham, Suffolk, England, UK

Typhoon from 29 (R) Squadron based at RAF Coningsby performs at RIAT 2014. The Typhoon FGR4 provides the RAF with a highly capable and extremely agile multi-role combat aircraft

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell (purple) engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (pink)

Dartmouth Castle guarding the entrance to the river Dart, Dartmouth, Devon, England

Westgate, Canterbury, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Westgate, Canterbury, 1898. Grade I listed Westgate, a medieval gatehouse in the city walls of Canterbury were built from Kentish ragstone c1379. From " Our Own Country, Volume VI"

Map of Yugoslavia by G. H. Davis
Map of Yugoslavia, Britains latest ally in the Second World War: her defensive mountains and valleys. Mountainous Yugoslavia, her valleys and airfields. Date: 1941

Agios Nikolaos Lighthouse & entrance to Mandraki Harbour, Rhodes Town, Rhodes, Greece

Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus)
A small herd of muskoxen stand together in a defensive formation.Dovrefjell National Park

Tallinn, Estonia - Defensive moat around the old town Date: 1902

Hunyadi Castle or Corvins Castle illuminated at dusk, Hunedoara, Transylvania, Romania

Roman soldiers making a tortoise with their shields, 1605. This tactic of the Roman infantry was intended to protect the soldiers from projectiles

Monnow Bridge and Gate, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales. Built across the River Wye, circa 1270, a rare survival of a bridge with a defensive gateway. Date: 13th century

Hulluch underground system 1918
Hulluch underground system known as Charing Cross near Loos. The 3rd Australian Tunnel Company engaged in defensive work on the Western Front in France during World War I in January 1918

A battle flag, the Union Jack is held by a horseman on top of a mound in a London News illustration
Illustrated London News record of Transvall War 1899-1900. The achievements of the home and colonial forces in the great conflict with the Boer Republics. Spencer Wilkinson record. Sons of the Blood

Chepstow Castle, Wales - Viewed from the Bridge
Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales - Viewed from the Bridge Date: 1893

The Fort at Chitral
The Chitral Expedition: the fort at Chitral as seen from the river

Aerial image of Wansdyke (from Wodens Dyke), an early medieval series of defensive linear earthworks, Tan Hill, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Accumulation of land snails (Euryptyxis labiosa), escaping the desert heat by resting on a shrubs bark, Ayn Sahnawt, Sultanate of Oman, February

Armadillo girdled lizard (Cordylus cataphractus) coiled up in defensive posture in persons hand. Elands Bay, South Africa

Frill-necked lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii) threat display with neck frill extended, Cooktown, Queensland, Australia

Aggregation of thousands of moulting Spider crabs (Leptomithrax gaimardii), South Australia Basin, Australia. Pacific Ocean

Front of Mail Breech, Europe, 15th century. Creator: Unknown
Front of Mail Breech, Europe, 15th century

Lamington spiny crayfish (Euastacus sulcatus) blue form, in leaf litter under tree roots with claws raised, rare crayfish that commonly forages away from water on the forest floor above 300m

Guineafowl puffer fish (Arothron meleagris) inflated, displaying defensive behaviour over coral reef, Yap, Indo Pacific, Micronesia

Judo as self-defence as demonstrated by Phyllis Boutell
Page showing Miss Phyllis Boutell and Mr Charles Cawkell demonstrating how judo, or ju-jitsu, can be an effective form of self-defence if attacked

The Jaffa Gate in the city wall of the Old City of Jerusalem
Israel, Jerusalem, The Jaffa Gate on the west wall of the Old City. Behind is the Citadel or the Tower of David. The Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls is a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Yellow spotted monitor standing threat display {Varanus panoptes panoptes} Queensland, Australia

Boxer Crab (Lybia tessellata) with sea anemones in its claws for defense. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Larvae of Birch sawfly (Craesus septentrionalis) in alarm position, Upper Bavaria, Germany. October

Eastern tiger snake (Notechis scutatus) female, Yarra River corridor in suburban Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in mid-summer

View from the slopes of Stowes Pound, Stowes Hill, Bodmin Moor, near Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. 1965
View over the North Darley area, taken from the Neolithic monument, Stowes Pound. Photographer: Charles Woolf

Picture No. 12479109
City wall of Visby - Gotland island - Sweden Date:

Indonesian blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua gigas) with tongue extended, captive, from Papua New Guinea

Bullseye / Io moth (Automeris io) showing eye spot markings on wings during deimatic display to deter predators, photographed on a white background, originating from North and Central America

Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica) ejecting venom Kruger, South Africa, Controlled conditions

Chinese cobra (Naja atra) in threat stance, Shek Pik, southwestern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong, China

Sawfly larvae (Nematus pavidus) defensive posture, Peatlands Park, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. September

Peacock mantis (Pseudempusa pinnapavonis) in defensive posture; captive occurs in Burma and Thailand

Calabar burrowing boa snake (Calabaria reinhardtii) in defensive ball, captive, occurs equatorial rain forest of West and central Africa. Head and tail are very similar

Yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata) in defensive posture showing warning colours, on dried soil with mud cracks, Lower Saxony, Germany. August

Bombardier Beetle (Pheropsophus jessoensis) protecting itself by ejecting a boiling, noxious chemical spray, Nagasaki, Japan

Frill-neck Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii), displays on a termite mound. Northern Territory, Australia

Venus Castle, Erice, Sicily, Italy

Sunrise over Ait Benhaddou, Atlas Mountains, Morocco

The Berber village of Aguerd Oudad and the rock formation Le Chapeau de Napoleon (Napoleons Hat), nr. Tafraoute, Anti Atlas, Morocco

St. Catherines Gate, Rhodes Town, Rhodes, Greece

Palace of the Grand Masters & Mandraki Harbour, Rhodes Town, Rhodes, Greece

Hohenzollern Castle, Swabia, Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany, RF

Sigmaringen Castle, Swabia, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

Hohenzollern Castle illuminated at sunset, Swabia, Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany, RF

Neuburg Castle Illuminated at Sunrise, Neuburg, Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Bavaria, Germany

Neuburg Castle reflected in the River Danube at sunrise, Neuburg, Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Bavaria, Germany

Neuburg Castle reflected in the River Danube at dawn, Neuburg, Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Bavaria, Germany

Armadillo Lizard (Cordylus cataphractus) biting its own tail while trying to roll into a defensive ball, captive, from South Africa

German Landsknechts forming circles to defend against a cavalry attack (chromolitho)
2782993 German Landsknechts forming circles to defend against a cavalry attack (chromolitho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Macedonian phalanx reinforced by elephants (chromolitho)
2782997 Macedonian phalanx reinforced by elephants (chromolitho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Macedonian phalanx reinforced by elephants)

French infantry forming squares to defend against attacking Cossack cavalry (chromolitho)
2782992 French infantry forming squares to defend against attacking Cossack cavalry (chromolitho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Illustration depicting the survivors of the defence of Lucknow, India
3523055 Illustration depicting the survivors of the defence of Lucknow, India; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the survivors of the defence of Lucknow, India)

Engraving depicting a view of Wansdyke, a series of early medieval defensive linear earthworks in the West Country of
5308723 Engraving depicting a view of Wansdyke, a series of early medieval defensive linear earthworks in the West Country of England

Fencing movements
3253074 Fencing movements; (add.info.: Fencing movements. From Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui, published c. 1900)

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"Defensive: A Glimpse into Nature's Protective Strategies" Spitfires over Forth: Witness the majestic Spitfires soaring through the skies, a symbol of England's defensive prowess during World War II. Bamburgh Castle and dunes near Bamburgh village, Northumberland: Nestled amidst picturesque landscapes, this ancient castle stands as a testament to centuries fortifications. Typhoon FGR4 at RAF Leuchars: Marvel at the sleek and powerful Typhoon fighter jet, ready to defend the skies with its advanced technology and formidable capabilities. Bar inside a martello tower, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex: Step back in time as you enjoy a drink within the walls of this historic tower that once served as protection against potential invaders. Black Rhinoceros charging in Etosha N. P. , Namibia: Witness nature's ultimate defense mechanism as an adult male rhino charges forward to protect its territory from any potential threats. Nile crocodile on shore of Mara River with open jaws: Behold the fearsome sight of a Nile crocodile basking on the riverbank, showcasing its impressive defensive display with wide-open jaws. Aleppo Citadel - Gatehouse and Entrance in Syria: Explore the ancient fortress that has stood tall for centuries, safeguarding Aleppo against countless invasions throughout history. Glenveagh Castle in Glenveagh National Park, County Donegal: Discover Ireland's enchanting castle nestled by Lake Lough Beagh—an architectural marvel built to withstand external forces while offering breathtaking views. Botanik Digitalis purpurea L. : Delicate yet resilient, this purple foxglove plant showcases nature's own defense mechanisms through its toxic properties—a reminder that beauty can often be protective too. Inflated spotted porcupinefish in Maui, Hawaii.