Allegory Collection (page 7)

Cartoon, Bluebeard, WW1
Cartoon, Bluebeard. France and Belgium wave from their tower as American ships come to rescue them, with the Stars and Stripes flag in the background. Date: 1919

Cartoon, War and Peace, WW1
Cartoon: You forced your war on us, we shall force our peace on you! An allegorical female figure with a sword (France) confronts the German invaders

Cartoon, German Kultur, WW1
Cartoon, German Kultur or the cultivated truth during the First World War, showing a blindfolded allegorical female figure with flames rising around her. Date: 1915

Cartoon, The peaceful ex-scarecrow, WW1
Cartoon, the peaceful ex-scarecrow, a satirical comment on the mistake of believing in a peaceful relationship between France and Germany during the First World War. Date: 1915

Cartoon, New Year gifts for France, WW1
Cartoon, New Year gifts for France -- Peace... but only with Victory. A French soldier sees a vision on the battlefield. Date: 1916

Franz Joseph / Beurre 1906
FRANZ JOSEPH Austrian emperor in 1906: " After him, the deluge" Date: 1830 - 1916

Ang Kauffmann / Allegory
ANGELICA KAUFFMANN Swiss artist, resident in London (1766-81) and then in Rome; here depicted in the character of Design listening to the Inspiration of Poetry Date: 1741 - 1807

Carlo Goldoni / Symonds
CARLO GOLDONI Italian playwright, who created modern Italian comedy in the style of Moliere, thereby superseding the older style commedia dell arte Date: 1707 - 1793

Britannia & Erin 1812
A rather optimistic allegory of Erin (Ireland) making friends and shaking hands with Britannia (Britain). Date: 1812

Cartoon, Armenia Delivered, WW1
Cartoon, Armenia Delivered. Russia delivers Armenia from the Turks, depicted here in an allegorical way. Date: 1916

Ja Froude / Waddy / Oaw
JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE British historian and writer, satirised for his concern for Truth Date: 1818 - 1894

Maison des Bateliers, Anvers (Antwerp), Belgium
Maison des Bateliers (Watermens House), Anvers (Antwerp), Belgium, dating back to the 16th century. Date: circa 1910

King Henry V of England and his family, allegorically depicted. Henry VIII can be seen as a boy second from the left, kneeling behing his elder brother and father. Date: 1387 - 1422

Spanish Monument, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America
Spanish Monument, Palermo district, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. Its full name is Monument to the Carta Magna and Four Regions of Argentina

Cartoon, On the Isonzo, WW1
Cartoon, On the Isonzo (a river on the eastern Italian Front). Showing an Italian carabiniere holding the imperial eagle upside down -- it will make a nice starter for his wolfs dinner

Cartoon, Russian army on battlefield, WW1
Cartoon, Russian army charging across a battlefield. A Russian man tells a French man that they will soon put paid to the German enemy. Date: 1916

Cartoon, They don t have any in Germany, WW1
Cartoon, They don t have any in Germany. Allied soldiers celebrate with a drink of Pinard (cheap wine or plonk), happy to think that its not available in Germany

Cartoon, Ten centuries have passed, WW1
Cartoon, Ten centuries have passed. An allegorical female representing the medieval period holds the famous sword named Durandal (or Durendal), from the time of Charlemagne

Medal commemorating Wellington and von Blucher
Silver medal commemorating the Duke of Wellington and Field Marshal von Blucher 1815; J N Lang (1776-1835), Vienna and Austria, 1815 (c).Obverse, struck: portrait busts of Wellington, left

Cartoon, Political Dreamings, Visions of Peace! Perspective Horrors! by James Gillray. Showing William Windham, British War Minister, asleep and dreaming in bed, surrounded by visions

Illustration, A Song of the English, British Empire
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine). My arm is nothing weak, My strength is not gone by

Illustration, A Song of the English, Capetown
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

Illustration, A Song of the English, Halifax
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine). Halifax -- Into the mist my guardian prows put forth

Illustration, A Song of the English, The Sea
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

French Theatre -- Science et Anerye
Science et Anerye (Science and Stupidity), a morality play. Showing an allegorical female figure representing Stupidity in a black cloak with a donkeys head, legs and tail attached to her

Frontispice de l Afrique. Engraving of the Encyclopedie des voyages (1792-1796) by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur. Engraving. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Speech of Louis XVI to the Assembly of Notables at Versailles on February 22, 1787. Assembly proposed by Charles Alexandre de Calonne to approve a new land tax that also affect the nobles and clergy

Spain (1810. 1814). Cᤩz Cortes. Allegory of the
Spain (1810.1814). Cᤩ z Cortes. Allegory of the 1812 Constitution. Litography. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Museo de Historia

Il Colosso di Rodi. Allegory of the British Empire as the Colossus of Rhodes monitoring and controlling the passage of the Bosphorus

BESNARD, Paul Albert (1849-1934). First World War (1917). Peace for Victory (La Paix par la Victoire), illustration for la D馥 nse Nationale(French National Defense, 24th November, 1917)

Atlas Novus, 17th c The Sun
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula. Allegory of Sun. Detail of the ancient elements

Atlas Novus, 17th c Planet Mercury
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula. Detail depicting and allegory of Mercury

Robert Shaw Monument, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Robert Gould Shaw (1837-1863) Monument, Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Depicting Shaw as commander of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

View of Konigsplatz, Berlin, Germany, with the Bismarck Memorial (left) and Victory Column (right). Date: circa 1910

James Lick Monument, San Francisco, California, USA
James Lick Monument, City Hall Square, San Francisco, California, USA. The monument was unaffected by the earthquake and fire of 1906

Trade card, Keystone Wringer, Best in the World, manufactured by F F Adams & Co, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

Britannia, Royal Naval & Military Tournament, Olympia
A young woman dressed as Britannia, at the Royal Naval & Military Tournament, Olympia, London. Date: 1910

Certificate - Japan-British Exhibition
Japan-British Exhibition 1910. Commemorative Diploma, Shepherds Bush, London. Certificate by and after F C Butcher, 1910. Associated with the Royal Navy. Date: 1910

Captain James Cook -- an allegory
Captain James Cook (1728-1779), explorer. An allegory, showing Neptune raising him up to Immortality, a Genius crowning him with a Wreath of Oak, and Fame introducing him to History

Poster design, Moteur Ceres, J de Bucy, manufacturers of farming equipment. Date: circa 1910

Poster, Cycles La Gracieuse & Gloria
Poster design, Cycles La Gracieuse & Gloria, depicting an allegorical female figure with wings and a bicycle. Date: circa 1910

Poster, French National Defence
Poster, Emprunt de la Defense Nationale (French war bonds) -- subscribe to save the peace and your freedom. Date: circa 1930

London street with King George VI display
A narrow London street with a display marking the accession of King George VI. Date: circa 1936

Alliance with England
Allegory of the alliance with England : Elizabeth and Leicester are depicted as supporting the Netherlands against the king of France. Date: 1576

Siege of Gibraltar - 5
An allegory of the Great Siege of Gibraltar : Fame crowning General St George Augustus Eliott with the Wreath of Immortality. Date: 1782

Ostende Surrenders
Allegory on the surrender of Ostende to the Spanish under general Spinola. Date: 2 September 1604

Allegory of the Via Aemilia. Unknown. Date: Unknown

Allegory of the Napoleonic Wars. Singleton, Henry 1766 - 1839

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