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Emerald Collection

Background imageEmerald Collection: Emerald Tablet, Smaragdine Table or Tabula Smaragdina

Emerald Tablet, Smaragdine Table or Tabula Smaragdina. Work attributed to the legendary alchemist Hermes Trismegistus who summarizes the process Magnum Opus or Great work for the creation of

Background imageEmerald Collection: Peacock Lagoon

Peacock Lagoon
And fishes of emerald, Dive for the moon, Whose silver is stained By the peacock lagoon. (Humbert Wolfe) An elegant lady reclines in a boat, drifting on a calm lagoon

Background imageEmerald Collection: Les Vedettes (Powered Lake Craft) at Dinard, France

Les Vedettes (Powered Lake Craft) at Dinard, France on the Emerald Coast. Date: circa 1908

Background imageEmerald Collection: Tahoe steamer at Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, California, USA

Tahoe steamer at Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, California, USA. Date: circa 1910

Background imageEmerald Collection: France - Brittany - Two Bisquines Cancalaises

France - Brittany - Two Bisquines Cancalaises
France - Brittany - Emerald Coast - Two Bisquines Cancalaises at Dinard. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageEmerald Collection: France - Emerald Coast - Racing Bisquines Cancalaises

France - Emerald Coast - Racing Bisquines Cancalaises at a regatta - traditional lugger boats from Brittany. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageEmerald Collection: Platinum Blonde Flapper

Platinum Blonde Flapper
A typical flapper with platinum blonde bobbed hair, green eye-shadow, rouge and pencil thin eyebrows. She wears emerald and diamond bangles, ear-rings & beads

Background imageEmerald Collection: Two gowns worn by actresses at the Poiniere Theatre, Paris

Two gowns worn by actresses at the Poiniere Theatre, Paris, 1925 - the left worn by Mlle Marken is an emerald green crepe edged with silver rose voile

Background imageEmerald Collection: Common stargazer and longsnout boarfish

Common stargazer and longsnout boarfish
Common stargazer, Kathetostoma laeve, and longsnout boarfish, Pentaceropsis recurvirostris. (Catfish, Kathethostoma loeve, and pig-faced lady)

Background imageEmerald Collection: Maple prominent and heart moth

Maple prominent and heart moth
Maple prominent, Ptilodon cucullina 1 and heart moth, Dicycla oo 2-5. Phalaena Bombyx cuculla. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die

Background imageEmerald Collection: Light emerald and scalloped hook-tip

Light emerald and scalloped hook-tip
Light emerald, Campaea margaritaria 1, 2, scalloped hook-tip, Falcaria lacertinaria 3-6. Bombyx falcatae, sesquistiataria, lacertula

Background imageEmerald Collection: Isle of Man Road Services Emerald bus, Wadham

Isle of Man Road Services Emerald bus, Wadham. Date: circa 1940

Background imageEmerald Collection: C Ross Emerald bus

C Ross Emerald bus. Date: circa 1940

Background imageEmerald Collection: United Emerald bus

United Emerald bus. Date: circa 1940

Background imageEmerald Collection: Emerald skink, Lamprolepis smaragdina

Emerald skink, Lamprolepis smaragdina. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig, 1842

Background imageEmerald Collection: Fifty guinea jewels: brooch, pendant, ring and bracelet

Fifty guinea jewels: brooch, pendant, ring and bracelet in diamond, pearl, opal, sapphire and emerald. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Background imageEmerald Collection: Fine gem rings in emerald, diamond, pearl and sapphire

Fine gem rings in emerald, diamond, pearl and sapphire. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Background imageEmerald Collection: Downy emerald dragonfly, Cordulia aenea

Downy emerald dragonfly, Cordulia aenea (Metallic dragonfly, Libellula aenea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Background imageEmerald Collection: African emerald cuckoo and red-billed malkoha

African emerald cuckoo and red-billed malkoha
African emerald cuckoo, Chrysococcyx cupreus, and red-billed malkoha, Zanclostomus javanicus. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys

Background imageEmerald Collection: Canivets emerald, Chlorostilbon canivetii. Almost adult

Canivets emerald, Chlorostilbon canivetii. Almost adult
Canivets emerald, Chlorostilbon canivetii (Ornismya canivetti). Almost adult. Handcolored steel engraving by Coutant after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Rene Primevere Lessons Natural

Background imageEmerald Collection: African emerald cuckoo and black-mandibled toucan

African emerald cuckoo and black-mandibled toucan
African emerald cuckoo, Chrysococcyx cupreus, and black-mandibled toucan, Ramphastos ambiguus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres

Background imageEmerald Collection: Blue-tailed emerald, Chlorostilbon mellisugus

Blue-tailed emerald, Chlorostilbon mellisugus (Golden-green hummingbird, Trochilus prasina). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology

Background imageEmerald Collection: Hispaniolan emerald, Chlorostilbon swainsonii

Hispaniolan emerald, Chlorostilbon swainsonii (Swainsons hummingbird, Trochilus swainsonii). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology

Background imageEmerald Collection: Geometer moths

Geometer moths. Brimstone moth, Opisthograptis luteolata 1, pale brindled beauty, Phigalia pilosaria 2, Jodis putata 3, large emerald, Geometra papilionaria 4

Background imageEmerald Collection: Exotic moths including the ailanthus silkmoth

Exotic moths including the ailanthus silkmoth
Large emerald pearl, Stemorrhages sericea (Botys Desmia? sericea) 1, ailanthus silkmoth, Samia cynthia (Saturnia cynthia) 2, Crotalaria pod borer, Argina astrea (Deiopeia astrea) 3

Background imageEmerald Collection: Lesser coucal and Asian emerald cuckoo

Lesser coucal and Asian emerald cuckoo
Lesser coucal, Centropus bengalensis (top), and Asian emerald cuckoo, Chrysococcyx maculatus. (Lark-heeled cuckow, Cuculus bengalensis and spotted curcucui)

Background imageEmerald Collection: Music cover, Alexandra Music Books

Music cover, Alexandra Music Books, Songs of the Emerald Isle. With a portrait of Princess Alexandra of Wales when she received the honorary degree of Doctor of Music (DMus) at Trinity College

Background imageEmerald Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 427

Curtis British Entomology Plate 427
Hymenoptera: Phagonia smaragdina = Halticoptera flavicornis (Emerald Phagonia) [Plant: Fumaria capreolata (Ramping Fumitory)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageEmerald Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 300

Curtis British Entomology Plate 300
Lepidoptera: Hipparchus smaragdarius = Thetidia smaragdaria (Essex Emerald Moth) [Plant: Ranunculus arvensis Corn Crowfoot)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageEmerald Collection: The Jade Shawl

The Jade Shawl
circa 1910s

Background imageEmerald Collection: Emerald Coast, France, Suspension Bridge, Port Saint-Hubert

Emerald Coast, France, Suspension Bridge, Port Saint-Hubert.opened in 1928 and destroyed during WW2 in 1944. Date: circa 1929

Background imageEmerald Collection: Buddhist monk - Temple of the Emerald Buddha

Buddhist monk - Temple of the Emerald Buddha
A young Buddhist monk in saffron robes looks directly at the camera as he passes through arches in the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Wat Phra si Raftana, Bangkok, Thailand Date: 1986

Background imageEmerald Collection: Emerald, Lady Cunard

Emerald, Lady Cunard (1872-1948), wearing a giant feather boa, pictured sitting next to Marquess of Milford Haven at the Ice Carnival

Background imageEmerald Collection: The brooch of the Romanoffs

The brooch of the Romanoffs
Brooch which had once owned to the Russian royal family. Part of a sale of Russian state jewels sold at auction at Christie, Manson and Woods auction house in 1927. 1927

Background imageEmerald Collection: Precious stones including diamond, ruby, sapphire

Precious stones including diamond, ruby, sapphire, and emerald.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich

Background imageEmerald Collection: Canine boa, dog-headed snake or emerald tree

Canine boa, dog-headed snake or emerald tree snake, Corallus canina.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Background imageEmerald Collection: St Malo, Brittany, France (Emerald Coast)

St Malo, Brittany, France (Emerald Coast)
Lightermen (and women) (" Garbarriers" ) - at St Malo, Brittany, France. Lightermen were workers who transferred goods between ships and quays

Background imageEmerald Collection: Fate Magazine cover, Bridey Murphy in Ireland

Fate Magazine cover, Bridey Murphy in Ireland
Cover of Fate Magazine, depicting Bridey Murphy (alias Ruth Simmons, alias Virginia Tighe) -- the subject of a reincarnation experience visiting Ireland, home of the supposed Bridey Murphy

Background imageEmerald Collection: Music Patrons by Tony Wysard

Music Patrons by Tony Wysard
Emerald, Lady Cunard, Sidney Beer and Lord Berners, pictured as patrons of music in a box at the opera. Date: 1938

Background imageEmerald Collection: Young woman working at a computer in a solicitors office

Young woman working at a computer in a solicitors office. circa 1990

Background imageEmerald Collection: France - Brittany - The Emerald Coast - Saint-Briac - Jetty

France - Brittany - The Emerald Coast - Saint-Briac - Jetty Date: 1911

Background imageEmerald Collection: Advert for John Bennett ring specialists 1913

Advert for John Bennett ring specialists 1913
Newest and most choice designs mounted with diamonds, emeralds, rubies, sapphires, pearls and other precious stones. 1913

Background imageEmerald Collection: The Township of Emerald, Victoria, Australia

The Township of Emerald, Victoria, Australia Date: circa 1920s

Background imageEmerald Collection: The Dublin to Cork Express

The Dublin to Cork Express hauled by " 800" Class Locomotive " Maeve". Eire Date: late 1930s

Background imageEmerald Collection: HMS Enterprise, anti-aircraft crew, Dar-es-Salaam

HMS Enterprise, anti-aircraft crew, Dar-es-Salaam
HMS Enterprise, Emerald class cruiser, with anti-aircraft gun crew, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa. Date: 1928

Background imageEmerald Collection: Baroque art. Sacred art. Plaque. Silver. Seu d Urgell. Catal

Baroque art. Sacred art. Plaque. Silver. Seu d Urgell. Catalonia. Spain. 17th century

Background imageEmerald Collection: Porte des Bes, Saint Malo, Brittany, Northern France

Porte des Bes, Saint Malo, Brittany, Northern France. Date: 1905

Background imageEmerald Collection: Various Precious Stones

Various Precious Stones
1. RUBY 2. EMERALD 3. GARNET 4. LAPIS LAZULI 5. TURQUOISE 6. DIAMOND 7&8. GOLD 9. SILVER 10. TOPAZ 11. SAPPHIRE 12. AMETHYST 13. OPAL 14. AGATE. Date: circa 1870



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