George's Pictures

George is interested in the history of Arms and Armor, both from a technical and an aesthetic point of view. He is a professional level photographer and the items presented here are photos from collections around the world.

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Generally speaking, they are grouped by geographic area which also have historical associations. North America includes both Indian and industrial products. Afghanistan to Egypt is another group. Southeast Asia includes Indonesia, the Philippines and the Malay peninsula. There are also subject groupings. These decisions are rather arbitrary and at the discretion of the editor. We hope that the viewer understands this is for convenience and does not reflect any political opinions.



Japan	Russia and The Caucasus	Western Europe


Near East	Indonesia	North America


Archery		Microscopy

India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
Ghurka Kukri Also see detail 1 and detail 2	Ghurka	Mystery Kukri (& Mystery Solved)	Hip Flask	Description by J.G. Wood	Map of Nepal

Jaipur by Vereschagin	Rajput Hero	Rajput Warrior		Piha-Kaetta	Sinhalese Chief
China and Tibet
Chinese Woodblock	Mencius	Repeating Crossbow	Chinese Trousse	Chinese Sword	Tibetian Trousse
Also see the works of Mencius.
Efimoff
The Forbidden City	Temple	Tuan City	River in China	Caravan	Efimoff
Photography			Saturday Afternoon at George's
Beauty & Science			Fred, Jack, Joe, Paul and Walt and, as usual, George behind the camera.