Bull Gallery

American Indians. Sitting Bull, Chief of the Sioux

Portrait of Sitting Bull with elaborate feathered head dress reaching to the ground. Sitting Bull lead the resistance against the Americans which culminated in the defeat of General Custer. He escaped into Canada in 1879, but was shot following another rising on December 15th 1890, shortly after this image appeared

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Exotic dancer by Rene Bull

A stylised illustration by Rene Bull (1872-1942) showing a scantily clad exotic dancer in a beautiful garden hanging with fruits. Bull had travelled to the Middle East and the influence of Oriental art and Arabian customs is expressed here

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1872, 1942, Arabian, Art, Beautiful, Bull, C1915, Clad, Customs, Dancer, East, Exotic, Expressed, Fruits, Garden, Hanging, Historical, History, Illustration, Influence, Middle, Oriental, Rene, Scantily, Showing, Stylised, Travelled

Gladiators fighting wild animals in Pompeii ampitheatre

Interior of Pompeii ampitheatre during the Games. Naked gladiators battle wild animals, bulls, boars and tigers in the arena as part of a Venatio. Chromolithograph by Dietrich after an illustration by G. Cel from Antonio Niccolini's Pompeii: Views and Restorations (Pompeii: Essaies et Restaurations), published by Fausto Niccolini, Naples, 1898. Antonio was grandson of the architect Antonio Niccolini Sr. Interior of Pompeii ampitheatre during the Games. Naked gladiators battle wild animals, bulls, boars and tigers in the arena as part of a Venatio. Chromolithograph by Dietrich after an illustration by G. Cel from Antonio Niccolini's Pompeii: Views and Restorations (Pompeii: Essaies et Restaurations), published by Fausto Niccolini, Naples, 1898. Antonio was grandson of the architect Antonio Niccolini Sr. Date:

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