Laurels Collection (page 2)

Jean Racine / Huyot / Didot
JEAN RACINE the French dramatist is led forward by his muse and Melpomene to be crowned by Immortality Date: 1639 - 1699

Jean Racine Collyer
JEAN RACINE French dramatist Date: 1639 - 1699

James Thomson - Paton
James Thomson (1700 - 1748) Scottish poet at the age of 46, with cherubs

John Gay Myles
JOHN GAY English poet, playwright and theatre manager, famous for The Beggars Opera Date: 1685 - 1732

John Dryden Chapman
JOHN DRYDEN The English poet and Poet Laureate, from an edition of his Ode on St Cecelia. Date: 1631 - 1700

Apotheosis of Homer
The apotheosis of Homer - divine beings crown him with laurels, musicians sing his praises... Date: 9 - 8th century BC

Homer / Bust / Burney
HOMER Blind Greek poet Date: 9th - 8th Century BC

Victor Hugo / Plaque
VICTOR HUGO Commemorative plaque to the French novelist, placed on the wall of his birthplace in Besancon, December 1880 Date: 1802 - 1885

Tennyson - Figaro cartoon
Alfred, lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892) English poet Cartoon

Heinrich Heine / Montmartr
HEINRICH HEINE Proposed monument to the German poet and critic in Montmartre Cemetery (he lived in Paris from 1831) Date: 1797 - 1856

English Novelist Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding - English novelist. Date: circa 1750s

Queen Anne / Van Gunst
QUEEN ANNE Reigned from 1702 Date: 1665 - 1714

Advertisement for Shell Motor Spirit - a speeding car. Date: early 20th century

Cartoon, The vision, WW1
Cartoon, The vision. Kaiser Wilhelm sits looking at a map of Europe, with the figure of a Roman emperor hovering behind him. He realises that one moment of genius is worth more than 44 years of work

WW2 birthday card, To Victory, with a portrait of a medieval knight. Date: circa 1942

King James II statue
King James II of England (1633-1701, reigned 1685-1688), a statue of him in Roman costume by the sculptor Peter Van Dievoet (1686), previously in the Privy Garden, Whitehall

Recruitment postcard, England expects, , WW1
Recruitment postcard during the First World War: England expects that every man will do his duty. Be Prepared. Date: circa 1914

Giovanni Spagnola
GIOVANNI BATTISTA MANTUANUS CARMELITA SPAGNOLA - Italian churchman from Mantova, general of the Carmelites, also a poet (writing in Latin) depicted crowned with laurels. Date: 1444 - 1516

Design for Woven Textile in red and pink. Pencil on copy paper. Silver Studio. 1962

TRAJAN, Marcus Ulpius Traianus (53-117). Portrait of Trajan with laurels. Detail of the original engraving. Engraving

Rudolf Ii / Hre / Anon Eng
EMPEROR RUDOLF II Holy Roman Emperor (1576- 1612), also crowned King of Hungary (1572) and Bohemia (1575) Date: 1552 - 1612

Rudolf Ii / Hre / Circular
EMPEROR RUDOLF II Holy Roman Emperor (1576- 1612), also crowned King of Hungary (1572) and Bohemia (1575) Date: 1552 - 1612

Charles II of England, British Royalty
King Charles II of England, British Royalty (reigned from 1660). Date: 1630 - 1685

King George II of Britain (reigned 1727 - 1760). Date: 1683 - 1760

King George I of Britain (reigned 1714 - 1727). Date: 1660 - 1727

Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1576-1612), also crowned King of Hungary (1572) and Bohemia (1575). Date: 1552 - 1612

Henry V, King of England (reigned 1413-1422). Seen here in profile, in helmet and armour. Date: 1387 - 1422

King Richard I, The Lionheart
King Richard I of England, The Lionheart (1157 - 1199, reigned 1189 - 1199)

Swimming medal, 100 Yards Breast Stroke
Medal of the Derby & District Swimming & Life Saving Association, awarded to K. W. Watson for coming 2nd in the 100 Yards Breast Stroke. Date: 1933

Swimming medal, Water Polo Championship
Medal of the Midland Counties Amateur Swimming Association, awarded to the runners up in the Water Polo Championship. Featuring an outdoor swimming scene with a lifebelt design below. Date: 1909

Mascheroni / Lorenzo / Brama
LORENZO MASCHERONI Italian mathematician Date: 1750 - 1800

Wilhelm Ii / Fantasio 1908
WILHELM II German Emperor admires himself in his bathroom mirror: " Papa Lohengrin" Date: 1908

Marot / Clement / De Brij
CLEMENT MAROT French poet Date: 1496? - 1544

Soldier and sailor, United Service Waltz music cover

Metropolitan Police badge
A Metropolitan Police badge

The Republic of Ireland proclaimed
Eire becomes a republic on the anniversary of the Easter Rising of 1916: the General Post Office in O Connell Street, focal point of the rebellion

The Victory of the Allies
Representatives of the Allied countries climb the steps to a classical temple to be crowned with victory laurels by the goddess Nike. An allegorical illustration of the end of World War I

Milo of Crotona / Dugoure
MILO or MILON of CROTONA Greek athlete, renowned for his strength; wrestling champion in the Olympic and Pythian games

Voltaire Walker
FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET a celebratory portrait of the French writer and philosopher

Voltaire Oval Frame
FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET the French writer and philosopher

Louis Jos Bourbon Conde
LOUIS JOSEPH DE BOURBON Prince de CONDE French military

Homer / Celebrated
HOMER Blind Greek poet: angels celebrate his Iliad and Odyssey

Herodotus / Muse / Leutemann
HERODOTUS Greek historian reading his works to the Greek people

Cervantes / Brown / Morenus
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES Spanish novelist

Lodovico Ariosto / Morghen
LODOVICO ARIOSTO Italian writer, famous for his epic poem Orlando Furioso

Sappho / Cazenove / Oval
SAPPHO Greek lyric poet from Lesbos

Sandwich / John Montagu
JOHN MONTAGU 4th EARL of SANDWICH Statesman attributed with the invention of the sandwich (1762) to be eaten at the gaming table

Shakespeare / Immortality
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Playwrights bust crowned by the Nymph of Immortality

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