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Rama fighting with his sons with the help of Hanuman over a horse sacrifice. Watercolour drawing.

Rama fighting his sons Lava and Kusa with Hanuman helping. Watercolour drawing.

A Ugandan soldier of the National Resistance Army dressed in combat uniform holding a rifle; a thought-bubble containing a semi-naked woman appears to his left and a condom below, warning about the importance of safe-sex to prevent AIDS; an advertisement by the Public Health, NRA. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

Jacob wrestles with the angel on a hilltop. Etching by R. Earlom, 1766, after S. Rosa.

Jacob wrestles with the angel on a hilltop. Etching with aquatint by R. Earlom, 1766, after S. Rosa.

Durga slaying the Buffalo Demon. Chromolithograph, 1883.

The fight between the Horatii and the Curiatii in an arena surrounded by spectators. Engraving after Giulio Romano, 1541.

People in a boxing club having a fist-fight: the chairman in the middle holds up a gavel, and a woman hits a man over the head with a tankard. Etching by J. Barlow, 1789, after S. Collings.

Prize wrestlers. Gouache drawing.

Two wretches fighting in mid-air being grabbed by monsters. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

Two men fighting while animals sit in pairs placidly watching; an allegory of man's ability to fight his own kind. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563.

An episode in the Iliad: a warrior, aided by Athene in a chariot, picks up a boulder to throw at an archer aided by Ares. Watercolour by S. Rigaud, 1795.

A furious cuckold rushes at his rival with a sword; representing vice as its own punishment. Engraving after O. van Veen (Vaenius), 1612.

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Rama fighting with his sons with the help of Hanuman over a horse sacrifice. Watercolour drawing.

Two men fighting while animals sit in pairs placidly watching; an allegory of man's ability to fight his own kind. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563.

An episode in the Iliad: a warrior, aided by Athene in a chariot, picks up a boulder to throw at an archer aided by Ares. Watercolour by S. Rigaud, 1795.

A furious cuckold rushes at his rival with a sword; representing vice as its own punishment. Engraving after O. van Veen (Vaenius), 1612.

Two wretches fighting in mid-air being grabbed by monsters. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.