Allegory Collection (page 3)

Cupid playing a drum with his standard on a column. Exercising his drum, having placed his banner in safety. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by William Nelson Gardiner after an illustration by

Regency actor John Emery singing John Grouse
Popular Regency actor John Emery singing the comic song John Grouse and Mother Goose at Covent Garden Theatre, London, 1808

Woman wearing a seethrough frilly veil around her bust. Portrait of Iris, a beauty to rival Venus. Imitation of Anacreon. A woman poses naked like the statue of the famous Greek poet

Portrait of Roman Emperor Julian
Roman Emperor Julian, 332-353. Flavius Claudius Julianus Augustus, philosopher and author in Greek, Byzantine Emperor. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy

Portrait of Roman Emperor Titus
Roman Emperor Titus, 39AD-81AD, Titus Flavius Caesar Vespasianus Augustus. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma, Utrecht, 1697

Cartoon, So Just! -- Just So! (Disraeli)
Cartoon, So Just! -- Just So! A satirical comment on Benjamin Disraeli apparently managing to use common sense to balance Labour and Capital, and put an end to destructive industrial action

Union, Strength and Security - England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland before Britannia seated on a throne. circa 1840

The Months Welcoming the Young Year. 1860

Musica, Pre-Raphaelite Needlework Picture. 1906

Plaque showing the choice of Hercules between Virtue and Vice. Chromolithograph drawn by Grivell and lithographed by Parrot et Co

Indulgence granted by the Archbishop of Armagh Rowland Jorse 1312 with his seal showing him in religious robes with crozier

Personal seals in wax from the Middle Ages
Various personal seals from the time of King Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI and Edward IV. Handcoloured etching drawn

Emblems and heraldic shields
An angel holding a shield with chalice and wafer M, the five wounds of Christ N, and various heraldic shields. Paintings on the south wall of the Chancel

Saint George fighting the dragon in front of a virgin princess with lamb, while her parents watch from the castle of Silene

Painting of an angel, verses, castle towers
Painting beneath the assassination of St. Thomas a Becket showing an angel, verses, castle towers and a corpse in winding robes

Saxon saints Modwena and Edmund the King
Saxon Saint Modwena in abbess robes and Saint Edmund the King. Paintings in niches on the side of the nave. Handcoloured etching drawn

Bishop of Worcester praying before a crucifix, and mythical beasts above the Vicars door. Paintings from the south side of the Chancel

Emperor Heraclius bearing the true cross to Jerusalem
Byzantine Emperor Heraclius riding with the Holy Cross taken from Persian King Khosrau II visited by an angel (I), and Heraclius walking bearing the true cross into Jerusalem (K)

Empress Helena raising a woman from the dead
Empress Helena raises a woman from the dead with the Holy Cross (E), and Empress Helena bringing the cross to Constantinople (F)

Empress Helena on her quest for the Holy Cross
Empress Helena leaving Constantinople (C), and Judas revealing to her the location of the Holy Cross (D). Painting on the north side of the Chancel

The Queen of Sheba visiting the court of King Solomon of Israel. Painting on the north side of the Chancel. Handcoloured etching drawn

View of the Chapel of the Trinity next to Shakespeares House in Stratford Upon Avon. Etching by Thomas Fisher from his Paintings on the Walls of the Chapel of the Trinity, Stratford upon Avon, 1808

Calligraphic title page in black and red
Calligraphic title reading A Series of Antient Allegorical Historical and Legendary Paintings which were uncovered in the summer of 1802 on the walls of the Chapel of the Trinity at Stratford upon

Frontispiece with skull, hourglass and sacred heart
Frontispiece of noble man and woman in 16th century Swiss costume standing beside an allegorical escutcheon with skull, helmet, Times hourglass, skeleton and sacred heart. Mortalium Nobilitas

Allegorical depiction of Asia reclining on a bed, with a garland of flowers, and a bowl of incense smoking. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre after an illustration by Andrea Appiani

Monument with allegorical statues representing 14 ancient cities of Asia, including Thenia, Magnesia, Philadelphea, Tmolus, Cyme, Temnos, Cybira, Myrina, Ephesos, Apollonidea, Hyrcania, Mostene

Death Crowning Innocence by G F Watts. circa 1888

Patriotic poster, Be British and Buy British
Patriotic poster, Buy British campaign -- Be British and Buy British (quoting a speech by the Lord Chancellor at the Guildhall on 9 November 1931)

Study, An Allegory of Social Strife, by Archibald Ziegler
Study for a painting, An Allegory of Social Strife, by Archibald Ziegler. A reflection on postwar mass unemployment and social unrest, recalling the 1926 General Strike. late 1920s

Drawing, An Allegory of Social Strife, by Archibald Ziegler
Preparatory drawing for a painting, An Allegory of Social Strife, by Archibald Ziegler. A reflection on postwar mass unemployment and social unrest, recalling the 1926 General Strike. late 1920s

American recruitment poster, Columbia Calls, WW1
American recruitment poster, poem by Frances Adams Halsted, design by Vincent Aderente, Columbia Calls, Enlist Now for US Army, First World War. circa 1916

Peace Plate, designed by W H Goss, to celebrate the end of the First World War. circa 1919

French postwar poster, finance for reconstruction
French postwar poster, design by Rene Lelong, Credit National, finance for reconstruction after the First World War. circa 1920

Verdun -- On ne passe pas, by Louis Mattei
Verdun -- On ne passe pas (They shall not pass), original plaster maquette by Louis Octave Joseph Mattei, First World War. circa 1917

Hell, drawing by Archibald Ziegler, a preparatory study for his painting, An Allegory of Social Strife, a reflection on postwar mass unemployment and social unrest, recalling the 1926 General Strike

Patriotic group in national costume, with Britannia
Patriotic group in national costume, including Scottish and Welsh, with boy scouts and a Britannia figure -- possibly for Empire Day celebrations. Date: circa 1910

Llull, Ramon (1233 / 1235-1315 / 1316). Majorcan writer and phi
Llull, Ramon (1233/1235-1315/1316). Majorcan writer and philosopher. Engraving of Arbor Scientiae (Tree of Science) published in Leiden in 1635

Poster, Munich Olympics, Germany, 1936
Poster advertising the Munich Olympics, Germany, 16 August to 3 September 1936. Date: 1936

ITS A WOMANS WORLD
A feminist view of our planet - The World, surrounded by Emblematical Females. Date: circa 1800

Ceres - Demeter Crane 1889
Ceres (Demeter), a symbol of harvest time. Date: 1906

SPAIN GOYA WAR VULTURE
The Carnivorous Vulture: a satire on Napoleons arrival in Spain during the Peninsular War. Date: circa 1808

ROYALTY, EPISCOPACY, LAW
Royalty, episcopacy and law: George I depicted with a guinea coin for his head, a bishop, and a lawyer with a mallet for a head. Date: 1722

THE WOLF AS SHEPHERD One of Dores finest illust- -rations, simply taken at face value, and at the same time a powerful allegory of brute force hiding its brutality

Cartoon, AFTER THE DERBY
Cartoon, After the Derby! Death doffs his hat and kindly opens the gate for a coachload of revellers back from the Derby. Hell be getting to know them a whole lot better soon. Date: 1870

ALLEGORY OF MINING
Allegorical depiction of mining, showing two of the little folk traditionally associated with mining, and various tools Date: circa 1890

ALLEGORY OF MECHANICS
LA MECANIQUE allegorical design depicting the angel of mechanics, fire in one hand, a locomotive in the other, against a background of machinery Date: circa 1890

NUN & CHORUS-GIRL NUN & CHORUS-GIRL
The NUN and the CHORUS-GIRL are both welcome in Heaven Date: 1866

TRIUMPH OF VIRTUE
The triumph of virtue

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