Ceres Collection

Persephone & Demeter
Persephone (Proserpina) is reunited for the Spring and Summer with her mother Demeter (Ceres) until each Autumn and Winter, when she must return to her husband Pluto (Hades)

Short S23 Empire Flying Boat G-AETX Ceres
Short S23 Empire Flying Boat, G-AETX, Ceres

Lady Alexandra Haig as Ceres at the Fete Champetre at Ashcombe House given by Cecil Beaton and Sir Michael Duff-Assheton-Smith, 1937. The theme is Society Nymphs and Shepherds. Date: 1937

Reconstruction of the Mystic Temple of Ceres in Eleusis 1812 Date: 1812

Commonwealth Aircraft CA-28 Ceres ZK-BPU (msn CA-28-4), of Aerial Farming of NZ Ltd. at Milson NZ. on 5 January 1961. Date: 1961

The Eleusinian Mysteries, initiations for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at Eleusis, Greece. The goddess Ceres sits on the Puteal on the Callirhoe well surrounded by dancing virgins

Depiction of a Roman Bacchanal or Bacchanalia
Depiction of a Roman Bacchanal from a sculpture on a labrum in the Pio Clementino Museum. Five Fauns with horns and tails and five Bacchantes in Spartan tunics dance. Baccanali

Capotoline sarcophagus representing the Nine Muses
Capotoline sarcophagus bas relief representing the Nine Muses. Clio 1, Thalia 2, Erato 3, Euterpe 4, Polyhymnia 5, Terpsichore 6, Calliope 7, Urania 8, Melpomene 9

Theodosius I on horseback with sceptre. Theodosius the Great with sceptre, plumed helmet and caparisoned horse. From a column in Istanbul built after his victory over Magnus Maximus. Porta Aurea

HMS Cardiff, British cruiser, with film crew at work on deck
HMS Cardiff, British Ceres class cruiser, with film crew at work on deck -- the ship was involved in the production of the 1927 British documentary film, The Battles of Coronel and Falklands

Medals and statues of Hannibal, Malchus and Dido of Carthage
Medals and statues of kings and queens of Carthage: Hannibal in battle helmet 1, helmet 2, Ceres 3, Mago, Malchus with huge cudgel 7 and Dido 8

Title page vignette of goddess of agriculture
Title page with vignette of Demeter goddess of agriculture with scythe amid statuary in a park. Engraving by Pillement finished by Nee after a painting by Percier

Bacchic rites of Thalysia
Two ministers of Bacchus with sacrificial offerings of leaves, cembalo (cymbal) and patera (bowl). Perhaps the festival of Thalysia

Bacchic initiation rites
Bacchic rite. Women offering figs on platters to Bacchus, and seated woman in an initiation rite accompanied by a genius of Ceres (boy with wings)

DEMETER / CERES
Demeter / Ceres, and Dionysos / Bacchus, depicted on an onyx vase owned by Ferdinand Albrecht, herzog von Braunschweig-Luneberg. (one of two) Date: BCE

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

Greece - Costume
Various Ancient Greek costumes; left to right - philosopher, citizen, Priest of Ceres, 2 Priests of Bacchus with a female Bacchante in between and a priestess. Date: circa 600 BC

OFFERINGS TO CERES
Roman ladies deck a statue of Ceres with flowers

ROMAN CELEBRATION / VIRGIL
Dancing in honour of CERES (Demeter), the goddess of agriculture. On Ceres let him call & Ceres praise, With uncouth dances & with country lays. Date: First published: 29 BC

Fountain of Ceres - Palace of Versailles, France
Fountain Of Ceres - Versailles Date: 18th Century

Pigeons - Black and Dun Barbs, English Fancy Breed
A portrait of a Black and Dun Barbs, and two White Barbs in the background. The Barb, also called the English Barb is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding

Sculpture. The ancient torso (Artemis statue). Was restored
Artemis. Goddes of the Hunt. Daughter of Zeus and sister of Apollo. Roman equivalent is Diana. The ancient torso (roman sculpture after an Artemis statue of the 4th century BC)

Pigeons - Red, White and Yellow Dragoons, London Fancy Breed
A Red, White and Yellow Dragoon pictured together in their coop. The Dragoon belongs to the Fancy pigeon breed, these Dragoons are also in common with London

Jupiter, Juno and Ceres.. Handcolored copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from Mythology in Prints, or Figures of Fabled Gods

Ceres, Fife: Church and Village. Hunter, George Leslie 1877 - 1931

HMS Cardiff, British light cruiser, WW1
HMS Cardiff, British Ceres group C-class light cruiser, launched 1917, part of the Grand Fleet during the latter part of the First World War, decommissioned 1946. Date: circa 1917-1918

Bridge approaching Ceres, Cape Colony, South Africa
Bridge approaching the town of Ceres, Cape Colony, South Africa. Date: circa 1908

Toll House, Mitchells Pass, Cape Colony, South Africa
Toll House, Mitchells (or Michell s) Pass, near the town of Ceres, Cape Colony, South Africa. Date: circa 1908

Italy. Paestum. Temple of Athena or Ceres. 6th century BC

Demeter. Goddess of the harvest. Sculpture. Museum of Eleusis. Greece

Team of light cruiser HMS Ceres - Fleet Rowing Competition
Crew team of the HMS Ceres - winners of the all comers race at the Royal Navy Fleet Rowing Competition, 1928. In the centre is Admiral Sir Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley VC

Pigeons - Red and Yellow Barbs, Fancy Breed
A portrait of a Red and Yellow Barb pictured inside their coop. The Barb is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding

Pigeons - Young and Old, Blue and Silver Dun Dragoon
A portrait of three young and old, Blue and Silver Dun Dragoons, who are a member of the Fancy Breed of pigeon, most commonly found in London

An Etruscan warrior and Ceres, goddess of grain crops and agriculture.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of

Royal Navy C-Class Light Cruiser HMS Ceres, . Showing Galley Crew - Cup Winner of Sailing Race 1920. Date: 1920

The solar system.. The solar system, showing the sun, Mercury, Venus, the earth, Mars, Juno, Pallas, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, the Georgian planet (Uranus) and Vesta (asteroid)

August. Goddess Ceres
Ceres, the Roman goddess of harvest, agriculture, grain, crops, fertility and motherly relationships. Artist: Sydney Carter Date: 1903

Months of the year. August. Depicting Ceres who in Roman mythology embodied agriculture and growth. Date: circa 1903

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

Street scene in Scottish Highlands
Street scene in the Scottish Highlands, with a little girl sitting on a stone step. A stone carving of a weight scale carries the inscription: God Bless The Just. Date: circa 1920s

Italy - Paestum - The Temple of Athena
The Temple of Athena or Temple of Ceres (circa 500 BC) is a Greek temple found at Paestum, Italy. Date: circa 1910s

Kotor, Montenegro - View of the castle
Photographed taken during a courtesy visit paid by HMS Ceres to Montenegro (Kotor) in 1932 Date: 1932

Ceres, Fife, Scotland Date: 1911

German Harvest Festival
Harvest festival dedicated to the goddess Ceres, in ancient Germany

Boy into Lizard
Demeter, desperately seeking her abducted daughter, gets thirsty : the boy Stellio mocks her for drinking so quickly, so of course she turns him into a lizard

Ceres & the Satyrs
Mother Ceres (Demeter) asks two satyrs if they have seen her daughter Persephone (Proserpina). But Pluto (Hades) has taken her to the underworld until the Spring

Month of April C18Th
This month is honoured by a wreath of myrtle and burnt incense given as offerings to the goddess Ceres

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