Plenty of Nothing

Porcelain Amazon

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George and the Dragon by Cranach

Lucas Cranach the Elder painted this Saint George in 1525. Somebody walked off with it in 1945 and it has been missing ever since. Source.

Napoleon at Cherbourg

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Battle of the Spurs, 1513

Albrecht Dürer's "The Meeting After the Battle of the Spurs" depicts events of August 16, 1513, 510 years ago today. Source.

This walnut panel by Alexander Colyn expands on the battle in the upper right corner of Dürer's engraving. Source.

And this marble panel from the cenotaph of Maximilian I, also by Colyn, does likewise. Source.

Horse and Dragon

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The Battle of Ballantyne Pier

On this date in 1935 mounted cops moved in on striking longshoremen in Vancouver's East End, injuring 60 and arresting 24.  Source.

Secretariat

Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths to complete the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing on this date in 1973. The jockey was Ron Turcotte of Drummond, New Brunswick. Source.

Bronze Horse from Yemen

An equestrian bronze from 2nd-century Yemen, now at Dumbarton Oaks. Source.

George and the Dragon by Tilman Riemenschneider

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Geese

From E.O. Somerville, Slipper's ABC of Fox Hunting (1903). Source.