Knees Gallery

Proposal on a leap year

A woman proposing to her boyfriend on Valentine's Day during a leap year - the only occasion by tradition that this is allowed !! The Gentleman to whom the question is being popped seems a little bit unsure of what response to offer... The parrot offers the advise "Hurry up! Don't keep the girl waiting"

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

John o Arnha choking a monster

John o Arnha choking a monster, beating him with a cudgel while other demons fly above and three witches stir a cauldron. The Kelpy tried we John to grapple, But Arn caught him by the thrapple, And gar'd his carcase sweep the stanners, Whilk made a noise like corn fanners... Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Beattie's John o Arnha, Montrose, Scotland, 1826

© Florilegius

Greek Art.. Funerary stele. V century B.C

GREEK ART. Greece. V century BC. Funerary stele marble. Relief with a Young offers a bird with her left hand to a child kneeling who's standing to pick it up. The memorial was erected by the parents of two brothers Mnesagora? and Nikochares. Found in Vari (Attica). Dated around 420 B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans