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Tsai Shen Yeh - The Chinese God of wealthTsai Shen Yeh is a Chinese God of wealth (often also called Lu Shing or The Star God of Wealth). Images of the God can be seen in many Chinese and oriental houses and buildings
W. Heath RobinsonCartoon, To the Last Drop. A justly incensed spouse shouts, Good Heavens, hes got the thermos as her husband falls over a cliff
God and his AngelsGod and his angels enthroned on high in the Heavens
Wotan and Frea look out from the windows of the Heavens
Junction PictureA medieval missionary finds a place where the Earth touches the Heavens. (Note that this is not a medieval illustration but a very clever 19th century pastiche !)
Planet earth as perceived by Cosmas, with walls on either side of the Heavens, a transparent firmament, a reservoir of waters above the planet, and above them the Empyrean vault
BLUNT / ORION / 52 / 1849The constellation of Orion, one of the most brilliant in the heavens
Astronomy / Greenwich 1911GREENWICH OBSERVATORY The Astronomer Royal, Mr Frank Dyson, taking a reading with an altazimuth (a theodolite for determining the altitudes and azimuths of the heavens)
Comic postcard, I dreamt I was marriedComic postcard, Man has nightmare - I dreamt I was married!! Date: 20th century
At last I heard a voice up on the slope cry to the summit, is there any hope. Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennysons poem, The Vision of Sin. Date: c.1920
Advertisement for Osram lamps - arm stretches down from the Heavens Date: 1919
THE HEAVENS (KRAUS)Six angels take our Earth up into the Heavens, where God the Father and his son Jesus sit on the North Pole and the Spirit flutters above, while angels dance and sing for joy Date: 1694
9TH CENTURY SCHOLARA medieval scholar looks to the heavens for inspiration Date: 9th century
SACRED HEART OF JESUSTHE SACRED HEART Mary and Joseph have a dramatic aerial vision of their sons heart, bleeding, flaming, wrapped in thorns but lighting up the heavens
PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM /Plan of the Heavens, showing Ptolemys explanation for the eccentric movement of the Sun round the Earth, in relation to the Fixed Stars and Planets Date: 17th century
Mexico - Cathedral, Mexico City. The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heavens is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico
Front Cover of Balls Popular Guide to the Heavens Date: 1910
National League for Opposing Woman Suffrage. Deputation to Mr. Asquith on Womans Suffrage. Cartoon shows the male voter in a lock, captioned, Good Heavens, if she opens that lock, I shall be drowned
THOMAS DICK / 1774-1857THOMAS DICK Scottish scientific writer, author of The Christian Philosopher and The Sidereal Heavens Date: 1774 - 1857
Atlas Carrying WorldAtlas, a Titan who was punished for rebelling against the Gods by being made to carry the heavens on his shoulders; later he was turned to stone, becoming the Atlas Mountains
Dominic Meets FrancisSaint Dominic meets Francesco d Assisi, both equally unaware that their encounter is being watched by God and Mary from the heavens above Date: 1170-1221
The HeavensThe Christian concept of the heavens Date: medieval
The flag / crest of the Viceroy of IndiaThe flag/crest of the Viceroy of India displayed the Star of the Order beneath the Tudor Crown. Date: circa 1910s
Discussion about a patient - WWI humourLady Visitor: Thats a bad case - what are you going to do with him Orderly: Oh, es going back again to the front. Lady Visitor: Good heavens - whatever for Orderly: E thinks e know who done it
AtlasModel of the titan Atlas in the Visions of Earth gallery at the Natural History Museum, London
Galileo points to the heavens
Dragon rising to the heavens. Print shows a serpent or dragon ascending on a cloud to the top of a mountain. Date 1897
The heavens in November
LA Salle in the HeavensJEAN-BAPTISTE DE LA SALLE French churchman, educator and benefactor, founder of the Freres Chretiens, finds himself surrounded by cherubs when he gets to Heaven. Date: 1651 - 1719
The Meteora, Greece - KalabakaThe Meteora (" suspended rocks", " suspended in the air" or " in the heavens above" ) - one of the largest
Iris Makes RainbowIn pre-scientific days, rainbows were credited to Iris, the messenger of the gods : the rainbow was the bridge whereby she came down from the heavens
Delhi Observatory - Janter Manter. Built by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II of Jaipur in 1710
Planets - Title PageTitle page of Planetarum effectus, showing Jove/Zeus with eagle and thunderbolts, ruling the heavens of which he has a cosmic blueprint with the zodiacal signs
Futurist Portrait- Thank heavens, Mummy is never going to know that I sat for this portrait !
Clytie a SunflowerWhen the sea-nymph Clytie is deserted by her lover the sun- god Apollo, she is changed into a sunflower, her face turned towards him as he crosses the heavens daily
TITANSThe Titans - a race of giants - seek to scale the heavens by piling mountains upon one another, but Zeus hurls his thunderbolts and they are thrown into the Underworld
Three Ladies in a CarThree ladies, who evidently spend a good deal of time in the sun at heavens knows what risk to their complexion, drive in their convertible with the windscreen down
Observing the HeavensTwo young sixteenth century astronomers contemplate the sun, moon and stars while their elderly colleague contemplates the consolations of philosophy
Earth Touches HeavensEarths junction with the heavens
Atlas and the eleven spheres of the heavens
The Heavens OpenThe Heavens opened
Herakles and the HeavensHe holds up the sky
Hamper Hypothesis 4THE HAMPER HYPOTHESIS - 4 The child, who arrives fully dressed, turns out to be a boy - Gracious heavens ! they exclaim, Its just what we always wanted !
Marriage Made in HeavenA MARRIAGE MADE IN THE HEAVENS - at San Antonio, Walter Stowe weds Mary Shelton at 800 metres
Nu Kua ShihThe goddess Nu Kua, half woman, half dragon, created the first humans out of clay. She also repaired the sky & heavens after a great battle
Hindu New YearINDIA The women of a Hindu household offer food to the gods of the heavens in the traditional Pongol new year ceremony
Rhino and TelescopeA bird invites the rhinoceros to examine the heavens through his telescope
The Radios LiesThe Radios lies are enough to make the Heavens weep !
Atlas & SphereA Titan, condemned by Zeus to carry the heavens on his shoulders
Atlas & HeavensA Titan, condemned by Zeus to carry the entire heavens on his back
Atlas & PlanetsA Titan, condemned by Zeus to carry the entire heavens on his back : the planets in their orbits are clearly marked !
Atlas Holds up HeavensThe Titan Atlas supports the Heavens on his shoulders (other versions have him holding up the world, but this is probably the original version)
Loss of a Hat- Great heavens, hes shot his hat off !
Surya the Sun-GodThe Hindu deity Surya is an archetypal sun-god, traversing the heavens in his chariot and overpowering his enemies with the heat of his rays
Astronomy / 13th CenturyObserving the heavens with primitive instruments
Ptolemaic System /Plan of the Heavens, showing Ptolemys explanation for the eccentric movement of the Sun round the Earth, in relation to the Fixed Stars and Planets
Chang T ien-ShiCHANG T IEN-SHI, Master of the Heavens, depicted riding a tiger, holding the drink of eternal life and slaying the Five Venomous Beasts with his magic sword
