Inspiration Collection

Dante Alighieri, Italian poet, sees his beloved Beatrice
Dante Alighieri, Italian poet, best known for his long narrative poem, the Divine Comedy, sees his beloved Beatrice Portinari on the Lung Arno, Florence

Frederic Chopin / Nocturne
FREDERIC CHOPIN Polish musician composing his Nocturne opus 9 number 2 Date: 1810 - 1849

Shakespeares Bees by Pauline Baynes
William Shakespeare, lost in thought, and inspired by a swarm of honey bees as he writes Henry V

BRUNO, Giordano (1548-1600). Italian Renaissance philosopher, of pantheistic inspiration. Portrait. Litography

Archangel Gabriel

Top Withens, Haworth, West Yorkshire
Top Withens - a (now ruined) farmhouse near Haworth, West Yorkshire, England which is said to have been the inspiration for the location of the Earnshaw family house Wuthering Heights in the novel of

Roman mosaic of the Muses. 3rd-4th century AD. Torre de Palm
Roman mosaic of the Muses. From left to right: Calliope, Euterpe, Erato, Thalia, Melpomene, Clio, Polyhymnia, Urania, Terpsichore. 3rd-4th century AD. From Torre de Palma

Nicolas II and Kneeling troops - WWI
WWI - Emperor (Tsar) Nicholas (Nicolas) II of Russia holds up a sacred icon to his troops, who drop to their knees in penitence. Date: circa 1915

Record cover sleeve, 78 rpm Columbia New Process Records - Inspiration, with an illustration by Bernard Partridge. early 20th century

Nativity Scene

Woolbridge Manor House, near Lulworth, Dorset
Woolbridge Manor House, just outside the village of Wool, near Lulworth, Dorset. It was the inspiration for Wellbridge House

Kennet Chintz Design
A floral design for a chintz, by William Morris from his disgust of Victorial industrially made textiles, allowing him to take inspiration from earlier examples in style. Date: 1883

Titanic postcard from passenger and victim Alfonzo Meo
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - postcard written by Third-Class passenger and victim Alfonzo Meo-Martino from Queenstown, Ireland, on 11 April 1912

Inspiration of the painter, 1897, by Jacek Malczewski
Jacek Malczewski (1854-1929). Polish painter. Inspiration of the painter, 1897. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland. Date: 2018

Luigi Cherubini and the Muse of Lyric Poetry, by Ingres
Luigi Cherubini and the Muse of Lyric Poetry, by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, an oil painting showing the Italian classical and romantic composer, Luigi Cherubini

Bleak House, Broadstairs, Kent, which inspired Charles Dickens novel of the same name. Date: circa 1910

Command Death Swan Dance Dancing Dances Dancer
command, death, swan, dance, dancing, dances, dancer, inspiration, movement, nature, inspired, pond, water, swans, performing, artist, mort, du, cygne, performance, anna, pavlova, costume, first

POET WRITING IN GARRET
A poet writing in a garret (illustration to The Poet and the Death-Watch Beetle) Date: 1761

Bjornstjerne Bjornson
A portrait of Bjornstjerne Bjornson (1832-1910). A Norwegian writer and winner of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry

The Old Curiosity Shop, Holborn, london
Vintage, 19th, century, photograph, A, shop, named, The, Old, Curiosity, can, be, found, at, 13-14, Portsmouth, Street, Holborn, London, WC2A, 2ES, amongst, buildings, of, School, Economics

Nannie Langhorne Shaw pictured in The Sketch at the time of her engagement to Waldorf Astor. Her sister Irene was married to the artist Charles Dana Gibson

The Dream of youthful William Shakespeare - showing his characters Falstaff, Prospero, Miranda, Titania, Macbeth, King Lear. 16th century

A negligee of Eastern inspiration by Lucile
A romantic and exotic creation, reminiscent of the Orient, by the dress designer, Lucile, aka Lady Lucy Duff Gordon. Date: 1920

Marie Daubron as La Belle aux Cheveux d Or, 1846
Madame Marie Daubron as La Belle aux Cheveux d Or by the Cogniard brothers, Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, 1846. She was the inspiration for the poet Charles Baudelaires Fleurs du Mal

The Tutankhamen Touch - fashion inspired by Ancient Egypt
Page from The Sketch reporting on patterned outfits inspired by Tutankhamen, whose tomb was discovered the previous year. Date: 1923

Fraulein Mercedes Jellinek (1889-1929), daughter of the Austrian automobile entrepreneur Emil Jellinek. She was the inspiration for the name of the Mercedes car. early 20th century

The sculpting of the Titanic Statue designed by Mrs Harry Payne Whitney and Mr John Horrigan, representing the last inspiration of a departing soul

Alger Seeks Inspiration Date: 1950

La Mousme, by Van Gogh
La Mousme (also: La Mousme, Sitting in a Cane Chair), half-figure, with a branch of oleander, by Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) - oil painting on canvas. Date: 1888

JEAN CAVALIER - 1703
Protestant Insurrection in Cevennes - The leader, Jean Cavalier receives inspiration on the road. Date: 1703

9TH CENTURY SCHOLAR
A medieval scholar looks to the heavens for inspiration Date: 9th century

Detached head - Bronze Greek Equestrian sculpture - Florence
The detached head of a full-scale Greek equestrian sculpture in bronze from the second half of the 4th century BCE. It was already recorded in 1494 as part of the collections in the Medici palace

Monument in memory of Uncle Tom - Rev. Josiah Henson
Monument erected in memory of abolitionist, minister and author Rev. Josiah Henson - born into Slavery in 1789 in Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland

Muse. The Roman sculpture after an original of about 130 BC was restored by Bertel Thorvaldsen. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Mrs Wilfrid Ashley at the Venice Lido, Italy
Mrs Wilfrid Ashley (?-1954), later Lady Mount Temple, nee Muriel (Molly) Spencer and formerly the Hon Mrs Forbes-Sempill. Seen here at the Venice Lido, Italy, seeking inspiration for her work

Advert for Mandel Brothers department store 1913
Announcement for the opening of the new spring collection at Chicagos Mandel Brothers department store. Advert showing some well dressed women and a men being welcomed by a Sikh boy. Date: 1913

St Teresa of Avila as supplicant
Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), visionary, receives holy inspiration as a supplicant

Dr Frederick L H Willis, American spiritualist and physician
Dr Frederick Llewellyn Hovey Willis (1830-1914), American spiritualist minister and physician. He grew up in the same household as Louisa May Alcott and her family

Statue of Alexander Selkirk - Lower Largo, Fife, Scotland
Crusoe statue at Lower Largo (or Seatown of Largo) a village in Fife, Scotland. The village has gained fame as the 1676 birthplace of Alexander Selkirk

Walled garden, Great Maytham Hall, near Rolvenden, Kent
View of the walled garden at the back of Great Maytham Hall, a Grade II listed country house near Rolvenden, Kent. It was the inspiration for the childrens classic, The Secret Garden

The Descent of the Holy Ghost - Acts 2. circa 1688

Bern, Switzerland - Monument de l Union Postale Universelle
The UPU (Union postale universelle / Universal Postal Union) monument (Weltpost Denkmal) in Bern designed by Rene de Saint-Marceaux (1909), which inspired the logo of the organisation

Advert for State Express Cigarettes 1912
An Inspiration - an advertisement for State Express Cigarettes, showing a very smart dapper young gent wooing his beloved

WW1 - Albert I - King of Belgium - protects his army
The King protects his army - Albert I, King of Belgium (1875-1934) who, during the first years of WW1, fought with his troops and shared their dangers, while his wife, Queen Elisabeth

Cervantes reads his La Galatea to his wife Dona Catalina
Miguel de Cervantes, a famous Spanish novelist, poet and playwright, sits reading to his lover, Dona Catalina, his La Galatea, of which she was his inspiration. Date: 1585

Roman sarcophagus. About 180 AD. Athena, Apollo and the nine
Roman sarcophagus. About 180 AD. Goddess Athena, God Apollo and the nine Muses (goddesses of the inspiration of literature, science and the arts. Reliefs. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Baro de Quadras Palace. Facade. Detail. Barcelona. Spain
Spain. Catalonia. Barcelona. Baro de Quadras Palace. 1904-1906. Modernist. Built by Josep Puig Cadafalch (1867-1957). Facade. Detail

Duns Scotus at Work
JOHN DUNS SCOTUS Scottish scholastic theologian depicted drawing inspiration for his thesis on the Immaculate Conception from a painting of Mary Date: 1266? - 1308

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