Visual Collection (page 4)

Maori carving, Coromandel, North Island, New Zealand
A Maori carving over the entrance to a Marae (meeting place or house) in Kennedy Bay, Coromandel, North Island, New Zealand

Dorothy Tennant Stanley, artist
Dorothy (nee Tennant), Lady Stanley, neoclassical painter, notable for her pictures of street children. She was the wife of (1) the explorer Henry Morton Stanley, and (2) of Henry Curtis

Comic postcard, couple in an art gallery where the Venus de Milo is on display -- If thats how woman ought to look, I fear they made a howling mess of you, my dear. Date: circa 1900s

Watercolour by Reg Carter, The Squall
Watercolour by Reg Carter (1886-1949), freelance commercial artist, entitled The Squall, probably painted at Southwold, Suffolk, where he had his studio in the High Street

Sketching lesson at Chesieres, Vaud, Switzerland -- Lucy Auerbach and friends with their tutor, Mr Flemwell (probably George J Flemwell, an English artist based in Switzerland). Date: circa 1910

Comic visual and verbal pun - Reign of Terror
Cartoon - Comic visual and verbal pun - Reign of Terror. 19th Century

Comic visual and verbal pun -- A China-man
Cartoon - Comic visual and verbal pun - A Chinaman. 19th century

Wreck of the Idun, Southwold, by Reg Carter
Wreck of the Idun, Southwold, 17 January 1912, by Reg Carter (1886-1949), freelance commercial artist based in Southwold, Suffolk, where he had his studio in the High Street

Artists on the beach at St Ives, Cornwall. circa 1948

Cadburys Happy Families - Miss Vogue
Cadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Miss Vogue the Artists Daughter. circa 1950

Cadburys Happy Families - Master Vogue
Cadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Master Vogue the Artists Son. circa 1950

Scene in an art gallery, England
Silhouetted figures in an art gallery, England. circa 1970

Young woman at Tate Gallery, London
Young woman looking at Edgar Degass statue, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, at The Tate Gallery, London, England. circa 1970

Two young women in an art gallery, London, England. circa 1969

Calais, France - Burghers of Calais statue by Rodin, commemorating the siege of 1347. Date: circa 1910s

Public Exhibition, Winterhalter royal painting
Her Majestys Public Exhibition, Winterhalters portrait of the Royal Family on display in the Banqueting Room of St Jamess Palace, London. 1847

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visit RA Exhibition
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visiting the Royal Academy Exhibition in May 1847. 1847

London Trade Card - Thomas Sandby, artist
London Trade Card - Thomas Paul Sandby (1753-1832), artist (son of Thomas Sandby), St Georges Row, Oxford Street, offering drawing lessons

Easel and artist on a cutout Christmas card -- a mans face can be seen through a hole in the canvas, and the artist is falling backwards in surprise. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Easel and boy on a cutout Christmas card -- he has stuck his head through the canvas from the back, making the shocked artist fall backwards on the other side. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Landwasser Railway Viaduct, Filisur, Switzerland
Landwasser Viaduct - a single-track, 65m-high, 6-arched railway viaduct leading straight into the Landwasser Tunnel. The viaduct spans the Landwasser River between Schmitten and Filisur

Poster, art exhibition, Wlodzimierz Zakrzewski, Paris
Poster, art exhibition of Polish scenes by Wlodzimierz Zakrzewski (1916-1992), a social realist artist, 29 March to 15 April 1957, Palmes Gallery, Place St Sulpice, Paris, France. 1957

Easel and artists palette on a Christmas card
Easel with landscape, an artists palette and a yellow curtain on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Easel, painting and artists palette on a greetings card -- Kensington Palace, birthplace of Queen Victoria. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, Artist painting a landscape, WW1
Cartoon, Artist painting a landscape which includes a ruined church building. Two passing soldiers comment: Artists are also doing something for national defence. Date: 1917

Sculpture on a fountain, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Sculpture of a male figure with a jar on the 18th century Robba Fountain (also known as the Fountain of the Three Carniolan Rivers) in the Town Square of Ljubljana

Cartoon, The Little Guignol, Game of Cubes. A satire on the modern art style of Cubism, showing an artist on stage, a woman dressed in squares and cubes, and a pantomime horse for good measure

Roman art. Mosaic. Opus sectile. Marble. House of the Faun. Pompeii. Italy

Roman Mosaic of polychrome geometric motifs. 3rd century B. C
Roman Art. Italy. Roman Mosaic of polychrome geometric motifs. Dated to 211 BC. It comes from Lucus Feroniae. Lazio

Poster advertising the Ellora Caves, India
Poster by V A Mali, advertising the Ellora Caves, India. Printed for the Government of India by Bolton Fine Art, Bombay. Date: circa 1930

Poster advertising the Ajanta Frescoes, India
Poster by G M Salgaonkar advertising the Ajanta Frescoes and Cave Temples, India. Printed for the Government of India by Bolton Fine Art, Bombay. Date: 1934

Caricature of Richard Claude Belt, English sculptor
Caricature of Richard Claude Belt (1851-1920), English sculptor -- The Champion-Belt. A libel case between him and a former employer, Charles Lawes, ran for six months in 1882

Cartoon, Portrait of Douglas Jerrold by W G Wills
Cartoon, Portrait of Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857), journalist and playwright, by the Irish artist and writer William Gorman Wills (1828-1891)

Frog artist and patron on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, Modern artist and visitor
Cartoon, modern artist showing his abstract painting to a visitor. She says she likes it; he replies: I can tell you re a connoisseur ! Date: 1919

A fantasy shoemaker, covered in shoes, with a shop counter attached round his waist. Date: circa 1700

William Hogarth, artist, with wig and palette
William Hogarth (1697-1764), artist, wearing a wig and holding a palette. Date: circa 1730

Three Wise Men visiting Mary and the Christ Child
The Three Wise Men visiting the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child, depicted in Art Nouveau style. Date: 1900

Dog artist at work on the beach on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Tate Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
View of the Tate Gallery, which opened in 1993, overlooking Porthmeor Beach, St Ives, Cornwall. Date: circa 1990s

Two artists painting, Portholland, Cornwall
Two artists painting at Portholland, Cornwall, looking across towards Dodman Point. Date: circa 1970s

Artist at work, St Michaels Mount, Cornwall
An artist at work on the beach, painting St Michaels Mount, Cornwall. The Mount is united with nearby Marazion by a manmade causeway which can only be walked on at mid to low tide -- at high tide

Artist at work on a canvas, Brixham Harbour, Devon
Artist at work on a canvas at Brixham Harbour, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

Cartoon, Art in 1916, WW1
Cartoon, Art in 1916. A sitter comments to her artist that his latest portrait doesn t look at all like her. He replies that the war is to blame! Date: 1916

Japanese lacquer postcard artist at work in a London shop. Date: circa 1924

Collectors card, artist at work on a portrait. Date: early 20th century

Collectors card, architect at work. Date: early 20th century

Collectors card, stone carver at work. Date: early 20th century

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