Cultural Collection (page 16)

Poster advertising the Ellora Caves, India
Poster by V A Mali, advertising the Ellora Caves, India. Printed for the Government of India by Bolton Fine Art, Bombay. Date: circa 1930

Poster advertising the Ajanta Frescoes, India
Poster by G M Salgaonkar advertising the Ajanta Frescoes and Cave Temples, India. Printed for the Government of India by Bolton Fine Art, Bombay. Date: 1934

Turkey / Pergamum
Pergamum became the centre of a large kingdom in the 3rd century BC and retained its status as a political and cultural leader in the Byzantine period. Date: mid 19th century

Pergamum / Turkey
Pergamum beame the centre of a large kingdom in the 3rd century BC and retained its status as a political and cultural leader in the Byzantine period. Date: 1834

Monastery Destroyed
RELIGION PERSECUTED On the pretext of building a cultural centre, officials blow up the church of an ancient monastery Date: 1930

Japanese woman carrying her baby -- mother and child doing well! Date: circa 1920

Cornish Gorsedd, Sword of Arthur, St Just, Cornwall
The Cornish Gorsedd, a community of modern-day bards, taking part in the Sword of Arthur ceremony at St Just in Cornwall. The Gorseth Kernow (Gorsedd of Cornwall)

Matthew Arnold by Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) by Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys (1829-1904), engraved by Octave Lacour (1855-1921). Date: 1884

The Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland - opened by King George V on 12th July 1927. Date: circa 1928

Cornish Gorsedd, Sword of Arthur, Cornwall
The Cornish Gorsedd, a community of modern-day bards, taking part in the Sword of Arthur ceremony at St Just in Cornwall. The Gorseth Kernow (Gorsedd of Cornwall)

Christian procession in Ankobar, Ethiopia
Annual procession of clergy from the church at Ankobar. Johann Martin Bernatz. Watercolour, 1842. 1842

Cultural links between India and Babylonia
Archaeology revealing cultural links between India and Babylonia from the dig at Tell Agrab, a settlement mound southeast of Eshnunna in the Diyala region. 1928

Municipal art gallery and museum, Leeds
Various scenes at Leeds fine art gallery which was erected by the Municipal Corporation of Leeds and opened by the Mayor on 3rd October 1888. Date: 1888

Cartoon, German women gossipping, WW1
Cartoon, German women gossipping about a diner in a restaurant -- He must be a horrible French spy! Hes eating his veal without jam! Date: 1915

The South Bank in London
Article entitled South Bank in Crystal showing a new plan which was part of the Centres South Bank 2001 strategy to commemorate not only the Millennium but also the 50th anniversary of the Festival

Cooking classes. Illustration published in the Illustrated London News, 1921. Engraving

Tomb of Artaxerxes II. ca. 358 BC. IRAN. FARS. Naqsh-e Rustam. Artaxerxes II tomb. Persian art. Achaemenid period

Dance scene. 6th c. BC. Kylix with black figures. Archaic Greek art. Ceramics. ITALY. LAZIO. Rome. National Etruscan Museum of Villa Julia

Camoes or Camoens, Luis Vaz de (1524-1580). Portuguese Renaissance writer and poet. Monument dedicated to the writer. Sculpture. INDIA. Goa

GALLEN KALELLA, Axel-Gallen (1865-1931). Lemminkainen s
GALLEN KALELLA, Axel-Gallen (1865-1931). Lemminkainens Mother. 1897. Oil on canvas. FINLAND. UUDENMaN. Helsinki. Ateneum Museum of Finnish Art

QUINTANA, Manuel Jos頨1777-1857). Spanish writer
QUINTANA, Manuel Jos頨 1777-1857). Spanish writer and liberal politician. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library

GAMBOA, Federico (1864-1939). Mexican Writter. Engraving

LOPEZ LOPEZ, Joaqu�Mar�(1798-1855). Spanish
LOPEZ LOPEZ, Joaqu� Maric (1798-1855). Spanish liberal politician, lawyer and writer. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library

HERVAS Y PANDURO, Lorenzo (1735-1809). Spanish Jesuit and famous philologist. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Royal Academy of History

G܉RALDES, Ricardo (1886-1927). Argentinian writer
G܉ RALDES, Ricardo (1886-1927). Argentinian writer

LOPEZ VELARDE, Ram󮠨1888-1921). Mexican poet
LOPEZ VELARDE, Ram󮠨 1888-1921). Mexican poet

SCARLATTI, Alessandro (1660-1725). Italian Baroque composer. Italian anonymous portrait of the 18th c. Oil on canvas. ITALY. EMILIA-ROMAGNA. Bologna. Musical Bibliographical Museum

SIENKIEWICZ, Henryk (1846-1916). Polish writer, Nobel Prize winner in 1905. Engraving

Maupassant, Guy de (1850-1893). French writer. Title page of Bel-Ami, in an edition of the collected works of Guy de Maupassant printed in Paris. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

FLAUBERT, Gustave (1821-1880). French writer. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library

ARNICHES, Carlos (1866-1943). Spanish playwright. Engraving

Mensa scrutiniorum (scrutiny table), 18th-19th c. It was made for receiving the professor election in the Cervera University. SPAIN. CATALONIA. LLEIDA. Cervera. Cervera Museum

ALARCON Y ARIZA, Pedro Antonio de (1833-1891). Spanish poet, novelist and journalist. Engraving

GUERRERO, Francisco (1528-1599). Spanish composer. Engraving

BREUIL, Henri (1877-1961). French abbot. Archaeologist
Henri Breuil (1877-1961), often referred to as Abbe Breuil. French Catholic priest, archaeologist, anthropologist, ethnologist and geologist. Portrait

A child pretending he is a musician. Illustration published in Harpers Magazine. Engraving

Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl, found at Colle de las Escalerilla. Aztec art. Sculpture. MEXICO. FEDERAL DISTRICT. Mexico City. National Museum of Anthropology

VICENTE, Gil (1465-1537). Portuguese playwright and poet, considered the chief dramatist of Portugal. Auto da Barca do Purgat󲩯 (Act of the Ship of Purgatory), 1518. Facsimil edition

Gold Rython. 16th C. BC. Object found in the Fourth Tomb of A-level Tombs. Mycenaean art. Jewelry. GREECE. ATTICA. Athens. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: GREECE. PELOPONNESE. ARCADIA. Mycenae

BRONTE, Charlotte (1816-1848). English novelist and poet. Litography. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library

PEREZ ESCRICH, Enrique (1829-1897). Spanish writer. Cover of La Caridad Cristiana. 1863. Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library

MARIN DEL SOLAR, Mercedes (1804-1866). Writter of Chile. Engraving

MANRIQUE, Jorge (1440-1479). Spanish poet. Sculpture. SPAIN. Paredes de Nava

MɒIMɅ, Prosper (1803-1870). French novelist, playwright
Mɒ IMɅ, Prosper (1803-1870). French novelist, playwright, essayist and Hispanist. Title page of Colomba, 1840. Publication created in Leipzig

INDIA. Khajraho. Hindu temple Kandariya Mahadeva (Shiva Deity), ca 1050

MARCUSE, Herbert (1898-1979). German-Jewish philosopher, political theorist and sociologist, and a member of the Frankfurt School. Oil

A Chinese Woman spinning, Qianlong Period (1736-96) (gouache on paper). Chinese art. SWITZERLAND. Bern. Bernese Historical Museum

AMADOR DE LOS RIOS, Jos頨1818-1878). Spanish historian
AMADOR DE LOS RIOS, Jos頨 1818-1878). Spanish historian and semitic. La Ilustraci󮠅 spa񯬡 y Americana. Engraving

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