Depicted Collection (page 22)

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

Prince Albert Soliciting
PRINCE ALBERT, CONSORT OF Victoria, depicted soliciting help for the Great Exhibition of 1851

Mary Queen of Heaven
Arrived in Heaven, she is given a crown by God and her son Jesus, while the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove flutters above them and angels express their admiration

Cardigan a Hero
Lord Cardigan depicted as the hero of the Charge of the Light Brigade

Oostacker-Lourdes
The virgin depicted on a card from Oostacker-Lourdes, a Belgian pilgrimage site created in emulation of Lourdes

Ms - Bible Sceness
Bible scenes depicted in the French manuscript Somme le roi

Ms - Flemish Bible
Jesus ascends to Heaven, as depicted in a Flemish bible

Manuscript / Joseph
Two scenes from the life of Joseph, depicted in an English psalter

Jesus (12th Century Ms)
JESUS OF NAZARETH as depicted in a 12th century English psalter

Bismarck / Moloch / 1882
OTTO BISMARCK German Chancellor depicted as a bit of a thug

Emma Hamilton / Cassandra
EMMA, LADY HAMILTON Wife of Lord Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson, depicted as Cassandra

Mary / Galleus
Depicted showing the infant Jesus a single rose. Two angels hover above holding a crown over her head. Her gown is covered in stars

James II Satirised
JAMES II OF SCOTLAND caricatured as an owl, kneeling to the Pope who is depicted as a peacock

Admiral Byrd / Skyward
Richard Evelyn Byrd American admiral and aerial explorer; depicted entering his aircraft for the North Pole flight, 9 May 1926

Gounod / Balestrieri / Faust
CHARLES GOUNOD French musician and composer depicted composing his opera Faust

Cj Fox / As Robespierre
CHARLES JAMES FOX British statesman depicted as Robespierre for his Republican sympathies, at the time of the French Revolution

St Luke Writing / Miniatur
SAINT LUKE depicted in the act of writing the Gospel which bears his name

Saint Peter with Key
SAINT PETER, apostle and first pope, depicted holding the Key of the Kingdom, entrusted to him by Jesus

Erasmus / Bartholomae
DESIDERIUS ERASMUS Dutch humanist, depicted as an iconoclast to be admired

Darwin / Medallion / Medal
CHARLES DARWIN Naturalist, depicted on a medal of The Linnean Society

Airy / Sambourne / Punch
SIR GEORGE BIDDELL AIRY Astronomer Royal 1835-1881, depicted with the red time ball of the Greenwich Observatory

St Teresa & Child Jesus
Though Teresa normally met Jesus as an adult, on one occasion she was privileged to meet him as a child - the scene depicted in this window

Aesop / Bust / Rome
AESOP Greek writer of fables as depicted by a portrait bust in the Villa Albani, Rome

Aesop / Figuier / Savants
AESOP Greek writer of fables as depicted by an antique bust at the Villa Albani, Rome

Tsar Alexander Ii / A Gill
TSAR ALEXANDER II depicted with the Russian bears feet

Louis IX (Head)
LOUIS IX king of France, crusader and saint, depicted reading a book

Robert Peel(E) / Anon
SIR ROBERT PEEL (ELDER) Calico manufacturer, depicted here in 1805

Prince Albert Hunting
PRINCE ALBERT Romantically depicted as the heroic stag hunter at Balmoral, Scotland, while Queen Victoria admires him

Titus Manlius Torquatus
TITUS MANLIUS TORQUATUS Roman soldier and statesman, depicted vanquishing an enemy in single combat

Danish Military Habits
Danish military habits (showing shin guards) depicted on a Saxon reliquary

Sterne (Bramati)
LAURENCE STERNE author, depicted in pensive mood with his characteristic finger-on-forehead gesture

Bismarck and Puppets
OTTO BISMARCK depicted manipulating the three emperors - of Russia, Austria and Germany - as though they are puppets

Philippe I D orleans
PHILIPPE I, duc d ORLEANS brother of Louis XIV, founder of later Orleans line : here depicted for some obscure reason as John the Baptist

Voltaire (Gleyre)
FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET known as Voltaire French writer, depicted sitting rather uncomfortably at a table holding a snuff box, possibly ?

King of Leinster / Macmurr
ARTHUR MACMURROUGH, king of Leinster, Irish chieftain. Depicted in action, huring a spear. He was a leading opponent of Richard IIs Irish campaign

Emile De Girardin / Don Qu
EMILE DE GIRARDIN French journalist depicted as a destructive bulldog

1893 / Home Rule / Lustige
Gladstone, depicted as a kangaroo, defends Irish Home Rule (the joey in his pouch) against Lord Salisbury

G Clemenceau / Moloch 1882
GEORGES CLEMENCEAU French statesman depicted riding his " principles"

J-M Charcot / Renouard
JEAN-MARTIN CHARCOT French neurologist, with some of his patients depicted in the background

Eusebius of Caesarea
EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA Palestinian church historian, depicted reading one from a pile of books, with the city of Caesarea behind him

John Bull as Protector
John Bull der Freund und Beschutzer der Kleinen - John Bull depicted as the friend and protector of lesser nations

Pekingese Chinese
A white pekingese dog and puppies as depicted in an Imperial Dog Book

John Hancock
JOHN HANCOCK American soldier, statesman and governor of Massachusetts, depicted working on his accounts

Science / Lavoisier
ANTOINE-LAURENT LAVOISIER French chemist & founder of modern chemistry. Depicted determining the composition of the atmosphere

Trembley in his Study
Abraham Trembley (1700 - 1784), Swiss naturalist, depicted in his study. He was the first to witness multiplication of protozoans by cell division in algae

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