Idol Collection

Tatler cover - Ronald Colman and his Sealyham Terrier
Film star Ronald Colman (1891-1958) pictured on the front cover of The Tatler with his Sealyham Terrier in 1931. Date: 1931

Bardelys The Magnificent, by Hamilton and Sabatini
Bardelys The Magnificent, by Henry Hamilton and Rafael Sabatini, from Sabatinis novel (1906). First produced at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, August 1910, then the Globe Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue

Rudolph Valentino / Mail
RUDOLPH VALENTINO Italian-American romantic film idol with his fan mail Date: 1895 - 1926

Man with a glass. (2800-2300B. C. ). Cycladic Art. Ancient per
Cycladic Art. Ancient period II. Greece. Man with a glass. Canonical style. Belongs to the Syros phase (2800-2300 b.C.). Museum of Cycladic and Ancient Greek Art. Athens. Greece

Charlemagne
CHARLEMAGNE as Catholic ruler preceded by Charles Martel, accompanied by the defeated Wittekind, followed by his successors, tramples on the pagan idol Irminsul

Ancient Germanic gods: Irmensula, Crodo and Prono
Ancient Germanic deities: Irmensula, god of the Saxons and Westphalians depicted in medieval armour 1, Crodo or Cronus (Saturn) with spear and shield 2, and Prono or Brennus

Le Ciel - Paris Cabaret Nightclub - Adoration of golden pig
Le Ciel - Montmartre, Paris Cabaret Nightclub. The Cabaret du Ciel (Cabaret of Heaven) was an early version of modern theme restaurants

Aztec Statuettes - Idols - In the National Museum of Mexico, Mexico City. Date: 1910s

Indian Idol in the grounds, Sandringham, Norfolk - Painted by artist Charles Howard for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Idol Vitzliputzli (Huitzilopochtli). Mexican idol. Engraving. Historia de la Conquista de Mexico, poblacion, y progresos de la America septentrional

Idol in Red Idol Gorge, on the road to Gyantse, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to

Idols in monastery at Gyantse, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa

Canton. Candelabra before the Idol of Longevity
Pierre Joseph Rossier. Views in China issued by Negretti and Zambra in 1859 and 1861. First Series and second series. These important images were the first commercial views of China to be sold in

Greta Garbo in Mata Hari
Greta Garbo (1905-1990) playing the title role in the 1931 film Mata Hari'. Date: 1931

Wooden anthropomorphic figure. Chimu culture
Wooden anthropomorphic figure. There were idols and depictions of ancestors In the temples and shrines. Chimu culture. Late Intermediate Horizon (1000-1470 AD). Peru. Museum of the Americas

Caricature illustration, showing man coming in from gardening, treading clay into to neat living room carpet, with woman looking away in despair

Caricature illustrations by H M Bateman of a man speaking at a party and at dinner. Captioned, The Raconteur: a suburban idol'

May Palfrey in The Ladies Idol Date: 1890s

Cartoon, Henry Irvings return from America - The peoples idol is none the worse for his sojourn in America. Showing the famous actor-manager smoking a cigar and sitting on a pile of money. 1885

Statue of an Egyptian female idol in black marble found in the Canopus of Hadrians Villa at Tivoli. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Giacomo Bossi from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabilis

Bust of the Egyptian idol Canopus, god of water, in basalt found in the Canopus of Hadrians Villa at Tivoli. Copperplate drawn

Statue of an Egyptian idol in diaphanous robe holding an ankh and lotus. Found in the Canopus of Hadrians Villa at Tivoli. Copperplate engraving by G. Bossi after an illustration by G

Moorish idol, grey angelfish, and rock beauty
Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus, grey angelfish, Pomacanthus arcuatus, and rock beauty, Holacanthus tricolor. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Plee Jr

Tattooed or scarified guards at the door to the Queens Palace, Tandi, Angola. There are 500 guards, with three at the main door: two seated with clubs, and one standing with spear, bow and arrows

Interior of a Chinese temple at Kupang, Timor, 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi after Jacques Etienne Victor Arago from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Interior of a Morai or sacred cemetery on Kauai, Hawaii (Atooi). Interior of a long house or mana in the heiau (morai) at Waimea with carved representations of the gods

Hawaiian natives offer a sacrificial pig to Captain James Cook before 12 priests and a wooden idol in the sacred Orono house

Worshippers making offerings to a statue of Buddha or Fo in a banyan tree, Vietnam. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Chinese gods of desire, immortality, etc
Statues of Chinese gods: Kin-gan or Chin-hoan, god of tutelage, Ni-ni-fo or Fo-tek god of voluptuousness, and god of immortality with deer and crane

Busts of sacred idols of the Aztecs, Mexico. Kneeling idol Chalchiuhtlicue with pearl headdress and triangular neckerchief

Ancient Peruvian utensils and tools, including Inca tomb A, B, pendant in gold and silver C, copper axe heads D, mirrors called Inca-rirpo E, F, G, stone axe H, pins I, L, M, clip K

Costumes of religious elite of Ouidah, Benin, and an idol of black clay with a crown of lizards, snakes and feathers seated on a pedestal

Giwon Deity
Japanese deity Giwon also known as the Prince of Heaven with the head of an Ox. Date: 1731

Xaca, Japanese Deity
Japanese deity Xaca Date: 1737

Idol of Canon
Canon idol (also referred to as kannon, kwannon) Date: 1737

Japanese Preacher
A Japanese Preacher haranguing (preaching to) the people who are assembled to worship their Tuteler-Idol. Date: 1760

Japanese Buddhist Deities Tiedebaik and Amida
Japanese idols Tiedebaik and Amida. Amida is a Buddha who rules over paradise, enjoying endless and infinite bliss. Date: 1737

Japanese Matsuri Festival
Matsuri is the Japanese word for a festival or holiday. In Japan festivals are usually sponsored by a local shrine or temple

RUDOLPH VALENTINO Italian-American romantic film idol who died at a tragically young age Date: 1895 - 1926

RUDOLPH VALENTINO / BANKY
RUDOLPH VALENTINO Italian-American romantic film idol with Vilma Banky in The Son of the Sheik Date: 1895 - 1926

Hera bull idols from Tiryns, Greece
Hera bull idols from Tiryns, an archaeological site in Mycenae, Greece. Date: BCE

Statue of the Buddhist divinity Kuveraa in the grounds of Sandringham, Norfolk. It It was acquired for the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII)

Minoan Art. Crete. The younger snake goddess, from the palac
Minoan Art. Island of Crete. The younger snake goddess, from the palace of Knossos. C. 1600 BC. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Greece

Advertisement for Pebeco toothpaste, recommended by doctors and dentists. Free sample from P Beiersdorf & Co, Idol Lane, London. Date: 1914

Prehistory. The wooden idol from Pohjankuru. Finland, ca. 30
The wooden idol from Pohjankuru. Southern Finland, dates from ca. 3000 BC and is the oldest known portrait of an inhabitant of Finland. The National Museum of Finland. Helsinki

The Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum) by Hartmann Schedel. 1493. IllustratorMichael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Language: Latin, German. Engraving

Mumbo Jumbo
Explorer Mungo Park reports the honour given by natives of Senegal/Nigeria to MUMBO- JUMBO, an idol to whom even the king must pay reverence, as shown here. Date: 18th century

Column Idol. ca. 5000 BC. Neolithic art. Sculpture on ivory. SPAIN. Madrid. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: SPAIN. EXTREMADURA

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