Depicted Collection (page 21)

New York to Chicago
The passenger express from New York to Chicago depicted as it travels beside the Hudson River

Russian War Loan Card 1
Patriotic Russians are invited to subscribe to a war loan to support the brave soldiers at the front, one of whom is depicted advancing between rocks with bayonet bared

Humming Birds - 2
(Trochilidae) Birds of this species depicted among tropical flora

Budapest under Attack
The life of Pest the flourishing medieval city was transformed by 150 years of Turkish occupation between 1541 and 1686. Minarets and Mosques are depicted here

Sir John Ross / Croquis
A man (actually the arctic explorer Sir John Ross) puts his feet up over the fireplace and has a hot toddy to ward off the flu

Mural Paintings / Rome
Christian wall paintings from the Calixtus catacombs in Rome. The scenes depicted include representations of the dove of Moses and the feeding of the 5000

Goldsmith Writing
OLIVER GOLDSMITH depicted in the act of writing with his autograph

Joshua Reynols
JOSHUA REYNOLDS artist, depicted wearing spectacles and holding brush and palette with his autograph

Plants / Crescentia Cujete
The CALABASH-TREE, found by the conquistadors in the West Indies, depicted with other flora and fauna

Burke (Bretherton)
EDMUND BURKE statesman, depicted speechmaking in 1782

Istanbul 14th Century
Imperial Byzantium before the Turkish conquest : the artist had evidently never been there and didn t know anyone who had, so he depicted it as an English fortified town

Tel-El-Kebir (Marie)
BATTLE OF TEL-EL-KEBIR Wolseley defeats Arabi Pashas army decisively, quashing the revolt : depicted is the charge of the Highland Brigade

Victoria as Princess
Her Royal Highness the PRINCESS VICTORIA Heiress Presumptive to the Throne of England - depicted shortly before her accession. Date: 1819 - 1901

Medallion of Mesmer
Friedrich Anton (Franz) Mesmer - depicted on a medallion. Mesmer was a German physicist who explored ideas on magnetic and gravitational influences on health

Plato with Disciples
PLATO Greek philosopher, depicted conversing with his followers in the Groves of the Academe, Athens

St Bartholomew Flayed
SAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE depicted in the course of being flayed alive on the orders of a barbarian king, though the legend may have no basis in fact

St Bartholomew Reading
SAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE he is always depicted carrying a knife, even when - as here - he is reading a book

Bismarck (Gill)
OTTO graf von BISMARCK depicted as a warmonger by the French caricaturist

Thiers (Gill)
LOUIS-ADOLPHE THIERS French statesman, depicted as a man dwarfed by history

Cross and Symbols
depicted with a variety of other Christian symbols, including the Crown of Thorns, the nails with which Jesus was fixed to the Cross, the dice used by the soldiers &c

Cross with Dove Etc
depicted as a coffin, containing a sacred heart and a chalice, with grapes symbolising wine, wheat representing bread, and a dove

Anna Duchess Bedford
ANNA MARIA STANHOPE duchess of BEDFORD, wife of Francis, 7th duke : depicted as the goddess Hebe

Wellington Attacked
Arthur Wellesley, duke of WELLINGTON soldier and statesman, depicted being attacked by the London mob for his anti-reform bill views, circa 1830

Arundel Preaching
THOMAS ARUNDEL Archbishop of Canterbury, depicted preaching in support of Bolingbroke

Anne, Duchess Somerset
Anne Stanhope, duchess of SOMERSET wife of Edward Seymour, duke and protector : depicted as a widow

St Nicolas / Myra / Heures
SAINT NICOLAS, bishop of Myra, depicted restoring to life three boys who had been intended by a butcher for sausage-meat

William Gilbert
WILLIAM GILBERT doctor and scientist, depicted writing his De Arte Magnetica

Millais / Holman Hunt
SIR JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS Pre-Raphaelite artist at the age of 24, as depicted by his friend and fellow-artist

Archetypal Missionary
An allegory of the missionarys work - he is depicted with people of many races, most of them more or less eager to hear what he has to say

Rollon of Normandie
ROLLO, DUKE OF NORMANDY Norse invader of France who, preferring the climate to that of the North, establishes himself in France

16th C Yeoman of Guard
A Yeoman of the Guards during the reign of Elizabeth I is depicted on horseback

Pauls Last Imprisonment
St Pauls Last imprisonment. Depicted in chains he looks towards the window of his cell. (2 Timothy: IV 6-22)

Goethe at Wetzlar
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE depicted at the age of 23, at Wetzlar

Advert / Waring & Gillow
Sofa by Waring abd Gillow, one of Londons prestige furnishing stores, depicted in a setting with curtains and other items

Jesus and Soldier
Jesus depicted as protecting the soldier (provided he is fighting in a just cause, of course)

Pitt and Fox, 1793
A SMOKING CLUB A play on the word smoke which also means to mock someone : here the political antagonists are depicted attacking each other

NERO CLAUDIUS CAESAR DRUSUS GERMANICUS Roman emperor, depicted giving the thumbs down sign in the circus

Luther (Allenburgi)
MARTIN LUTHER German church reformer, depicted preaching

Saint Peter (Mosaic)
Church and Empire are depicted as equal partners, under the aegis of Saint Peter (in other words, the Pope has the last word...)

Saint Peter (Baldung)
SAINT PETER the first Pope, depicted holding one of the Keys of the Kingdom entrusted to him by Jesus

Rhazes in Baghdad Lab
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya RAZI, known as RHAZES in the west : Persian physician and chemist, leader of Islamic medicine, here depicted in his laboratory at Baghdad

Nurnberger Chronik
A 15th century, German view of what Babylon may have looked like depicted in Meisterlins Nurnberger Chronik

Nurnberger Chronik / Popes
Several popes depicted in Meisterlins Nurnberger Chronik: Gregory, Innocent and Adrianus

Waldeck-Rousseau / Demare
PIERRE MARIE HENRI ERNEST WALDECK-ROUSSEAU French statesman, depicted causing consternation among French lawyers with his plans for reform of the legal system

Asklepios Finds Betony
ASKLEPIOS, Greek demi-god of medicine, adopted by the Romans as AESCULAPIUS, depicted discovering the magical plant Betony

Petrarch Meets Laura
FRANCESCO PETRARCH Italian poet, depicted meeting Laura de Sade at Avignon

Wolsey / John Gilbert
THOMAS, CARDINAL WOLSEY depicted at the height of his power, on his way to Westminster Hall surrounded by suppliants and petitioners, lobbyists and parasites

William Ramsay / Harmswrth
sir WILLIAM RAMSAY Chemist; depicted conferring with Pierre Curie

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