Greek Collection (page 20)

Wild nigella, Nigella arvensis, and corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Black cumin, Nigella sativa. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Aloe vera and coriander, Coriandrum sativum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Common butchers broom, Ruscus aculeatus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Wild fullers herb, Saponaria officinalis and oleander, Nerium oleander. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Soapwort or fullers herb, Saponaria officinalis
Species of soapwort or fullers herb, Saponaria officinalis. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Ancient Greek brass helmet and another similar one
Ancient Greek brass helmet in the form of an owl, Minervas favourite bird, 1, 2, 3 and another helmet from Rome 4, 5. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a

Opera singer Anna Thillon as Irma with lyre in Le Macon by Daniel Auber, Theatre Royal de l Opera Comique, 1844. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor

Ancient Greek women at their toilet: washing hair in a font, trying on clothes, arranging hair, admiring a necklace, etc, Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso after a painting by Pelagio

Musicians playing ancient Greek lyres, zither and tibia
Types of Greek lyres 1-5, 9, woman playing kithara or zither 6, 7, and man playing aulos or tibia from ancient Greek vases

View of the market or bazaar in Athens, 18th century. Greek, Turkish and Albanian men smoking, walking and bartering, women setting out stalls on the road, the Acropolis in the background

Greek and Italian female costume, 18th century. Woman in walking dress, women in the strange dress of Argentiera, Sassari, and women from the Greek islands of Paros, Chios and Ios

Ceremonial dance for Artemis or Diana the Huntress in a sacred forest on the island of Delos. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso after a painting by Angelo Monticelli from Giulio Ferrarios

Sacred instruments to Egyptian, Greek and Roman gods including phallic statue to Bacchus, sacrificial altars, vases, ladles, etc

Egyptian gods in the Graeco-Roman style: Isis from a Greek temple 1, Isis with snake from a Roman temple, and Serapis with snake from a Greek temple 3

Greek strawberry tree, Arbutus andrachne. Handcoloured stipple engraving by Moret after an illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redoute from Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceaus Traite des Arbres et Arbustes

Xanthippus, father of Pericles, from a bas relief on his tombstone in the collection of Charles Townley. Copperplate engraving by J. Parker from a drawing by J

Varieties of masonry for walls, ancient and modern
Varieties of masonry for walls, including reticulated, incertain, isodomum, pseudisodomum with unequal courses, Roman emplection with core of rubble and Greek emplection

Greek orchids: bumblebee orchid, Ophrys bombyliflora (Ophrys tabanifera) and horseshoe bee-orchid, Ophrys ferrum-equinum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by

Classical architecture orders: original 1, Tuscan 2, Doric 3, Ionic 4, Corinthian 5 and Roman or Composite 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Hawksbill sea turtle and Greek tortoise
Hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, critically endangered 1, and land or Greek tortoise, Testudo graeca, vulnerable 2

Plan and entrance to the Labyrinth caves of Crete
Plan of the underground caves near Agioi-Deka, Gortyn, Crete, and entrance to the caves. Believed to be the site of the mythical Labyrinth by Charles Robert Cockerell

A winged Victory, soldier and trophy
Winged Victory making a trophy with a horned helmet above a tree trunk with young soldier crowned with leaves and wearing military garb that could be Greek or Roman

Front cover, The Scottish Students Song Book, published for the Song Book Committee of the Students Representative Councils of Scotland

Advert, Cassandra Perfume
Advert for Cassandra Perfume by Weil. 1936

British troops in gas masks - Uprising in Nicosia
British troops armed with batons and wearing gas masks, standing by to quell disturbances by Greek Cypriots in Nicosia, Cyprus during rioting in Nicosia - late October 1955. 1955

Princess Elisabeth of Greece and Denmark (1904 - 1955), second daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and sister to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent

Sister Hope Creche, Greek Street, London
A nurse sits by a baby in its cradle at the Sister Hope Creche, Lincoln House, Greek Street, London. Date: circa 1896

Island of Chios, Greece. circa 1790

Illustration, Timon of Athens, by William Shakespeare
Illustration by Kenny Meadows to Timon of Athens, by William Shakespeare. Introductory illustration, profile portrait of Timon. Date: 1840

Illustration, Troilus and Cressida, by William Shakespeare
Illustration by Kenny Meadows to Troilus and Cressida, by William Shakespeare. Introductory Remarks, with Trojan War scene. Date: 1840

Greek woman in national costume
Greek woman standing at a well in national costume. Date: circa 1900s

General view of Portaria, Mount Pelion, Greece
General view of the village of Portaria, Mount Pelion, Greece. Date: circa 1908

Women dancing at Megara, near Athens, Greece
Women in traditional costume, dancing at Megara, near Athens, Greece. Date: circa 1910

Equestrian statue of Theodoros Kolokotronis, Athens, Greece
Equestrian statue of Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general in the War of Independence (1821-1829), Athens, Greece. Date: circa 1908

Souvenir card of Athens, Greece, showing the Academy building, St Eleutherius Church and the Royal Palace. Date: circa 1900

General rooftop view of Athens, Greece. Date: circa 1908

Greek and Italian royalty at Olympic Games, Athens, Greece
Greek and Italian royalty in the stadium during the Olympic Games, Athens, Greece. Date: 1906

Zappeion Exhibition Hall, Athens, Greece, used during the 1896 Olympic Games. Date: circa 1908

Temple of Neptune and Basilica, Pesto (Paestum), Italy
Tempio di Nettuno e Basilica (Temple of Neptune and Basilica), Pesto (Paestum), Italy. Date: circa 1900

Mrs Fearnley-Whittingstall in tennis shorts, with a Greek sculpture of an Amazon by Pheidias for comparison. Date: 1933

Metelin - The Church of St Therape, Lesbos, Greece
The Church of Agios Therapon in Mytilene in Lesbos, Greece. Date: circa 1908

Metelin - Lighthouses of the Port, Lesbos, Greece - at this stage under Turkish control. Date: circa 1908

Comic Christmas card, Apollo and Daphne, designed by Robert Dudley. Date: circa 1880s

Photius Carapano, Senator of the Greek Government, Governor of the Island of Naxia (Naxos) in 1824. 1822

Apology to Greek Orthodox priest alleged to have eaten wife
An apology in The Graphic which had, in January 1928, run a story claiming that a Greek Orthodox priest had pickled and eaten his wife after she had fallen down some stairs and broken her neck

Father Nicholas of Tirana accused of eating his wife
Story in The Graphic in January 1928 alleging that Father Nicholas, a Greek Orthodox priest from Tirana was being tried for pickling

Illustration, Bottom as Pyramus
Illustration, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Bottom as Pyramus in the play within a play. 19th century

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