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Colette / Fantasio 1909SIDONIE-GABRIELLE WILLY French novelist Date: 1873 - 1954
Columns / ClassicalClassical Greek orders
Restaurant of the Grand Hotel, Brussels, Belgium. Date: circa 1910
Academic Building, Nasson College, Springvale, Maine, USA. Date: 1950s
Ruins of Colchester castle.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages. 1798
Peter Pears Benjamin Britten and George Malcolm during rehearsals of St Nicholas at Orford Church, Aldeburgh Festival 1961 Date: 1961
Peter Pears 1961Peter Pears at the Aldeburgh Festival 1961 Date: 1961
Peter Pears talking with Dorothy Strode 1961Peter Pears and Dorothy Strode talking during an interval in the Aldeburgh Festival 1961 Date: 1961
Ragley Hall, Warwickshire, the seat of the Marquis of Hertford. The elaborate stairs leading to a first floor balcony are an unusual architectural feature - not beautiful
Schubert / RosamundeRosamunde
Athena / Minerva BustA colossal head of Minerva, an example of very early Greek sculpture. The goddess is shown in a heavily restored form with later additions of a helmet crest and owl motifs
Proteus and AristaeusProteus changes his shape to avoid using his oracular powers, but Aristaeus catches him unawares, binds him, and forces him to make revelations
Iphigenia in TaurisRescued by Artemis from sacrifice at Aulis, she becomes a priestess on Tauris, but her experience has given her a distaste for human sacrifice and she is unhappy
Abano Terme, Italy - Imposing entrace to the Ancient SpringsAbano Terme is a spa town and commune in the province of Padua, in the Veneto region, Italy, on the eastern slope of the Colli Euganei
View of Woburn Abbey, BedfordshireView of Woburn Abbey (east facade), Bedfordshire. Date: circa 1960s
Nottingham Town HallThe Council House, made of Portland stone, was the largest stone building to be built in Britain since World War One and was opened by the Prince of Wales on 22 May 1929 Date: 1950s
Hollman the CellistHOLLMAN " A great cellist" Date: 1897
Heather Harper, Janet Baker, Peter Pears and Bryan DrakeHeather Harper (Left), Janet Baker, Peter Pears and Bryan Drake rehearsing Schumann in the Jubilee Hall, for the concert in Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall on 21 June 1963, entitled Pot Pourri
Washington DC, USA - Library of Congress Mural - OrpheusWashington DC, USA - Mural Painting - The Greek Heroes by Walter McEwen (1860-1943). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Orpheus. Slain by the Bacchantes. Date: 1920
Come with a romp with Neptune! He is king of the sea, where the lobster and crabs, the sole and the dabs, dance in the waves with glee
Pomona (Rackham)She is the Roman goddess of fruit-trees and fruit
Poster advertising motor coach tours in Greece, arranged by the National Tourist Organization in cooperation with the travel agencies in Greece
Chapel Royal choristersSeven Chapel royal boy choristers make their way along the street towards Buckingham Palace for an 11 o clock service, on the occasion of the Kings return to London
Restored by AesculapiusPoseidons sea-monsters so terrify the horses of Hippolytus that they drag him to death; fortunately Asklepios is able to restore him to life
Romulus Becomes a GodRomulus joins the immortals
Hecuba and PolydoreShe sees the corpse of her youngest son, Polydore, whom she had sent away supposedly to safety; coming on top of so many calamities, the sight sends her mad
Fashions for November 1815Early 19th century fashion plate showing the typical Classical outline, and high waists fashionable of the period
MENDELSSOHNs ELIJAHELIJAH - cover of the book of words
Tools of an ArchitectA plan for a neo-classical building is rested against the tools of the surveyors architects and builders who will construct this edifice
Herakles and the AmazonsThe ninth labour : In order to obtain the Girdle of Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, he must first vanquish the Amazons themselves
Palmerston / Brockett HallHENRY JOHN TEMPLE THIRD VISCOUNT PALMERSTON Brockett Hall, where the English MP died on 18 October 1865
Iphigenia Not SacrificedAgamemnon is about to sacrifice his daughter so the Greek fleet can get under way to Troy, but Diana substitutes a deer at the last minute, and spirits her off to Tauris
Manchester / Royal ExchManchester: Royal Exchange
Advert / Ysaye BrusselsPoster for a classical music concert starring the Belgian violinist, conductor and composer Eugene Ysaye
Greece / Theatre AudienceA colourfully dressed and sophisticated audience at an Athenian theatre
Eros and FriendshipEros, the God of Love, makes friends with Friendship
Music Scores / Berliozpart of the score of Berliozs La Damnation de Faust, first performed in December 1846, and later turned into an opera
Penelope Embroideringat work on her embroidery, which she will unstitch at night to avoid remarriage; Odysseus faithful dog Argus, at her side, awaits, as she does, his masters return
Hippolyta / AmazonHippolyta, the Amazon Queen, in fighting mode
Muses - TerpsichoreTerpsichore muse of dance
Eros & Psyche - 2Psyche on the rock
Europa (Claude)Europa, picking flowers in a meadow, is abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull and taken to Crete where he turns into an eagle and fathers on her Minos, Rhadamanthus, Sarpedon
Apollo (Tooke)The bow testifies to his status as god of archery, the lyre to his patronage of the arts : his halo identifies him as the Roman equivalent of the Greek Sun-god HELIOS
Romulus & Remus LeftThey are left by a river bank to die
Mentor & King IdomeneusMentor and King Idomeneus
Pan / Engraving by MellanPan, the Greek god of the pastures
Theatre of DionysosThe restored theatre of Dionysos in Athens
Icarus by Durer 1493Icarus and Daedalus fly together. Then Icarus falls from the sky as the sun melts his wings