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Adonis Collection

Background imageAdonis Collection: Columns and cornices from Pompeii

Columns and cornices from Pompeii
Column (left) from Casa di Caccia Antica or House of the Ancient Hunt, VII.IV.48, Column (right) from Domus M. Asellini or House of Adonis, VI.VII.18, head of Oceanus from Domus M

Background imageAdonis Collection: Wall painting from a room in the Domus M

Wall painting from a room in the Domus M. Asellini or House of Adonis or House of Venus and Adonis or Casa di Ione or Casa con Xystus, Reg. VI.7.18

Background imageAdonis Collection: Adonis Morpho and Pavonia anaxandra butterflies

Adonis Morpho and Pavonia anaxandra butterflies
Adonis Morpho butterfly, Morpho adonis 1, and Pavonia anaxandra 2, 3 (Dasyophthalma creusa?). Handcolored engraving by Choubard after an illustration by Delarue from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire

Background imageAdonis Collection: Adonis, columbine, clematis and hepatica species

Adonis, columbine, clematis and hepatica species
Spring adonis, Adonis vernalis, feathery columbine, Thalictrum aquilegifolium, entire-leaved clematis, Clematis integrifolia, common hepatica, Hepatica triloba, and American hepatica

Background imageAdonis Collection: Spring pheasants eye, Adonis vernalis

Spring pheasants eye, Adonis vernalis. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Background imageAdonis Collection: Varieties of blue butterflies

Varieties of blue butterflies
Adonis blue butterfly, Polyommatus bellargus, male 1, female 2, brown argus, Polyommatus argus 3, azure blue, Polyommatus argiolus, male 4, female 5, Bedford blue, Polyommatus alsus 6

Background imageAdonis Collection: Spring pheasants eye or false hellebore

Spring pheasants eye or false hellebore, Adonis vernalis, Adonide printaniere. Handcoloured steel engraving by Charles Louis Constans after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre

Background imageAdonis Collection: Adonis flower or pheasants eye, Adonis

Adonis flower or pheasants eye, Adonis annua, Adonis autumnalis, Adonide d automne. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil

Background imageAdonis Collection: Pheasants eye, Adonis annua

Pheasants eye, Adonis annua, Polygynia, hermaphrodite flower with many pistilla. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis

Background imageAdonis Collection: Pheasants eye or spring adonis, Adonis vernalis

Pheasants eye or spring adonis, Adonis vernalis
L Adonide des Alpes. Pheasants eye or spring adonis, Adonis vernalis. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus

Background imageAdonis Collection: Exotic butterflies of Surinam

Exotic butterflies of Surinam
Brown page butterfly, Siproeta epaphus 1, 2, and adonis morpho butterfly, Morpho adonis, 3, 4, upperside and underside. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch

Background imageAdonis Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 167

Curtis British Entomology Plate 167
Coleoptera: Malachus bispinosus = Malachius marginellus Olivier (Spined Soft-beetle) [Plant: Adonis annua (Asonis autumnalis, Pheasant?s Eye)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageAdonis Collection: Sculpture of a Male Swedish Swimmer

Sculpture of a Male Swedish Swimmer Date: circa 1900s

Background imageAdonis Collection: Adonis blue butterfly

Adonis blue butterfly from the collections at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageAdonis Collection: Shakespeare - Venus and Adonis

Shakespeare - Venus and Adonis - Vouchsafe, thou wonder, to alight thy steed. circa 1830s

Background imageAdonis Collection: Ferdinando Tacca (1619-1686). Italian Baroque sculptor. Venu

Ferdinando Tacca (1619-1686). Italian Baroque sculptor. Venu
Ferdinando Tacca (1619-1686). Italian Baroque sculptor. School of Florence. Venus and Adonis. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Background imageAdonis Collection: Italy. Pompeii. The House of Adonis. Atrium

Italy. Pompeii. The House of Adonis. Atrium

Background imageAdonis Collection: Library of Congress Mural - Shakespeares Adonis

Library of Congress Mural - Shakespeares Adonis
Washington DC, USA - Mural - Poetry Series by Henry Oliver Walker (1843-1929). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Shakespeares Adonis - slain by a wild boar. Date: 1920

Background imageAdonis Collection: Venus and Adonis

Venus and Adonis by VERONESE, Paolo Caliari, called Paolo (1528-1588). Renaissance art. Oil on canvas

Background imageAdonis Collection: Fukujuso (Adonis plant): Tosa diary bookmark Fukujus? (Adoni

Fukujuso (Adonis plant): Tosa diary bookmark Fukujus? (Adoni
Fukujuso (Adonis plant): Tosa diary bookmark. Print shows diary and potted plant. Date between 1830 and 1835


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