Artwork Gallery

Cliquot by Frank W Green and J Riviere

Promotional music sheet for Cliquot music hall song of 1870 by Frank W. Green & J. Riviere and sung by the ever-popular Alfred Vance, billed here as The Great Vance'. Illustrated by Alfred Concanen, it shows a very dapper Vance in a red coat and white breeches with a cane and wearing a top hat at a jaunty angle and sporting a waxed moustache, This was one of several songs of the time in praise of particular champagne brands. Date: 1870

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

Plant illustration by Franz Andreas Bauer

Plant illustration by Franz Andreas Bauer - Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Date: 1796

© Mary Evans / Natural History Museum

1796, Andreas, Art, Artwork, Bauer, Botanical, Drawing, Exotic, Flower, Francis, Franz, Heath, Illustration, Kew, Pink, Plant

Altar of Mars and Venus. rome. italy

Roman art. Italy. Altar of Mars and Venus in marble lunense. Roman artwork of the end of the reign of Trajan (98-117 ), later re-used under the Hadrianic era (117-132) as a base for a statue of Silvan. Portico of the Piazzale delle Corporazioni (Ostia). Palazzo Massimo. National Roman Museum. Rome

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans

2nd, Age, Altar, Ancient, Antica, Art, Artwork, Carriage, Century, Chariot, Cherubs, Cupids, Decorated, Decoration, Fed, God, Historical, History, Italy, Lunense, Marble, Mars, Massimo, Museum, Myth, Mythological, Mythology, National, Ostia, Palatine, Palazzo, Panel, Putti, Relief, Remus, Roman, Rome, Romulus, Sculpted, Sculpture, She Wolf, Tiber, Venus