"A Ravenwood Conspiracy"
American artist: Dustin Van Wechel
Oil on linen

an illustration from the children's book Album of Sharks by Tom McGowen, published in 1977 and illustrated by Rod Ruth.

Gareth McConnell

Chris Austin.

Fang Chuxiong

Hunting sword with sheath: Sword maker: Handle attributed to Joseph Deutschmann (German, Imst 1717-1787 Passau) Date: ca. 1740 Munich.
Very similar ivory sword handles, carved with elaborate Rococo ornament of nautilus shells, snails and waves, are registered in the armoury of the Prince Elector of Bavaria in Munich in the 1740s. The lion at the top of the handle holds a crescent moon under its foot, likely alluding to recent European victories over the Ottoman Turks in Eastern Europe