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Peter Hudson · 7th December 2022, 03:44 PM

Good point and I saw some variants with and without quillons and handguiard...and suspect the sword in various similar forms appeared over about 20 or 30 years ..

Please see https://tresors.nice.fr/oeuvre/glaiv...l'attester. [/B] from which I QUOTE." The students of the Ecole de Mars are equipped with a uniform and an antique saber inspired by short, straight Roman swords. An iron and brass weapon that is more decorative than functional, its design is sometimes attributed to Jacques-Louis David, although none is known to attest to this. If the name of the artist has been put forward, it is probably because of the costume projects he produced in 1794 at the request of the Committee of Public Safety, thus fulfilling a wish of the Popular and Republican Society of the Arts in clothing material. David's proposal for the military dress will be copied to provide the uniform for the students of the School of Mars. The weapon consists of a straight two-edged blade and a brass handle, molded and chiselled with ribbed scales, which ends in a dome. Three curved iron quillons stand out from a rectangular crosspiece under which appears a Phrygian cap in relief. The scabbard, consisting of two wooden splints, is covered with red cloth. It ends with a rectangular brass leaf trim decorated with seven-stranded palmettes and a wider, rounded dart decorated with a ribbed palm. The iconography of the sword is scarce, it appears at the earliest in an Academy of a pupil of the School of Mars, painted around 1796 by an anonymous artist from the group known as the "Primitives". In the 19th century, the Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais (1829-1896), represented him in a painting entitled The Romans leaving Britain exhibited at the Royal Academy in 18653. The subject of the work, inspired by Raphael Holinshead's Chronicles of the History of England (1577) has as its theme the departure of the Roman legions at the end of the period of occupation of the British Isles. Authentic, reconstructed or adapted for other uses, several swords are known in museums, such as the one in the old collections of the Château de Malmaison which was worn by the actor François-Joseph Talma (1763-1826). Work restored in 2007 by the Olivier Morel workshop".UNQUOTE.

7th December 2022, 03:44 PM	#6
Peter Hudson Member Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 289	Good point and I saw some variants with and without quillons and handguiard...and suspect the sword in various similar forms appeared over about 20 or 30 years .. Please see https://tresors.nice.fr/oeuvre/glaiv...l'attester. [/B] from which I QUOTE." The students of the Ecole de Mars are equipped with a uniform and an antique saber inspired by short, straight Roman swords. An iron and brass weapon that is more decorative than functional, its design is sometimes attributed to Jacques-Louis David, although none is known to attest to this. If the name of the artist has been put forward, it is probably because of the costume projects he produced in 1794 at the request of the Committee of Public Safety, thus fulfilling a wish of the Popular and Republican Society of the Arts in clothing material. David's proposal for the military dress will be copied to provide the uniform for the students of the School of Mars. The weapon consists of a straight two-edged blade and a brass handle, molded and chiselled with ribbed scales, which ends in a dome. Three curved iron quillons stand out from a rectangular crosspiece under which appears a Phrygian cap in relief. The scabbard, consisting of two wooden splints, is covered with red cloth. It ends with a rectangular brass leaf trim decorated with seven-stranded palmettes and a wider, rounded dart decorated with a ribbed palm. The iconography of the sword is scarce, it appears at the earliest in an Academy of a pupil of the School of Mars, painted around 1796 by an anonymous artist from the group known as the "Primitives". In the 19th century, the Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais (1829-1896), represented him in a painting entitled The Romans leaving Britain exhibited at the Royal Academy in 18653. The subject of the work, inspired by Raphael Holinshead's Chronicles of the History of England (1577) has as its theme the departure of the Roman legions at the end of the period of occupation of the British Isles. Authentic, reconstructed or adapted for other uses, several swords are known in museums, such as the one in the old collections of the Château de Malmaison which was worn by the actor François-Joseph Talma (1763-1826). Work restored in 2007 by the Olivier Morel workshop".UNQUOTE. Last edited by Peter Hudson; 7th December 2022 at 04:02 PM.