Levant Collection

Claude Monet (1840 1926). Impression, Sunrise (Impression
Claude Monet (1840 1926). Founder of French impressionist painting. Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant). 1872. Oil on canvas. Museum of Marmottan Monet. Paris. France

Wormwood, Artemisia absinthium, and santonica
Wormwood or absinthe, Artemisia absinthium, and santonica or Levant wormseed, Artemisia cina. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal

Indian berry, fish berry or Levant nut, Anamirta cocculus, Coque du Levant. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Turkish wartycabbage or Turkish rocket, Bunias orientalis, Bunias de Levant. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar

Exotic moths including yam and Levant hawkmoths
Yam hawk moth, Theretra nessus 1, Trichura druryi, female 2, Horama plumipes 3, and Levant hawk-moth, Theretra alecto 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Digitalis lamarckii Ivanina (Levant foxglove, Digitalis orientalis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a drawing by John Curtis for Samuel Curtis continuation of William Curtis

Levant cotton and tea plant
Levant cotton plant, Gossypium herbaceum, and tea plant, Camellia sinensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Christian Muller from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs

Levant wormseed, Artemisia pauciflora. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

A Levantine Port - The Levant is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean

The Turkish Port of Smyrna Bombarded
A necessary incident in the main operation. The Turkish port of Smyrna (now name Izmir) is bombarded by the Allied Fleet 1915

Abandoned Levant tin mine, near Pendeen, Cornwall, England
The abandoned Levant tin mine, near Pendeen, Cornwall, England. The mine is now renovated, owned by The National Trust and turned into a museum

Former tin miner in the abandoned Levant tin mine, near Pendeen, Cornwall, England. He leans on some of the derelict machinery

Crimson-flowered peony, a native of the Levant, Paeonia monticola (Paeonia peregrina).. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtiss

Syria. Ain Dara Temple. Panorama
Eastern Mediterranean Civilizations. Ain Dara Temple. 10th century BC. Near Aleppo. Syria

House of Jacques Coeur (1395-1456). Bruges, Belgium. Engravi
Jacques Coeur (1395-1456). French trader. House of Coeur in Bruges, Belgium. Engraving by William James Linton in The Iberian illustration, 1885.(1812-1897). The Iberian illustration, 1885. Colored

Vases, bowl and jug. Tomb 55. Meidum, Egypt. 2613-2589 BC
Vases and bowl of alabaster and jug imported from the Levant. Tomb 55 of Meidum, Egypt. Reign of Snofru. Old Kingdom. 4th Dynasty. 2613-2589 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

John Galt, Writer 3
JOHN GALT Scottish writer, mostly novels on Scots themes but also travels in the Levant and a biography of Byron. Date: 1779 - 1839

John Galt, Writer 2
JOHN GALT Scottish writer, mostly novels on Scots themes but also travels in the Levant and a biography of Byron. Date: 1779 - 1839

John Galt, Writer
JOHN GALT Scottish writer, mostly novels on Scots themes but also travels in the Levant and a biography of Byron whose bust you can see behind him. Date: 1779 - 1839

View at Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall
View of Levant Mine and Beam Engine, Trewellard, Pendeen, near St Just, Cornwall, where tin and copper were mined between 1820 and 1930. Date: circa 1980s

Levant and Tree cotton
Gossypium herbaceum (Levant cotton) and Gossypium arboreum (tree cotton) Date: 1839

Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839)
Illustration of Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope, the English traveller, pictured in Middle-Eastern garb smoking a pipe. In the early 19th century Lady Stanhope travelled in the Levant

Nicholas Leate
NICHOLAS LEATE London merchant trading in the Levant, holding gloves. Date: ? - 1631

Christmas Postcard from the 512 Field Survey Company, M.E.F. (Middle Eastern Force) - serving The Middle East. The badges/flags of the regions/areas covered by (and in alliance with) the Co

Sir Henry Blount
SIR HENRY BLOUNT Traveller in the Levant Date: 1602 - 1682

Olivia Manning (1908 - 1980)
Olivia Manning, British novelist and poet, pictured at her home in St Johns Wood, north London, which she shared with her husband R.D. Reggie Smith

Venetians in the Levant
Venetian traders in the Levant

Carrying Relics
Monks carry home relics from the Levant

Venetians Trade W / Arabs
Venetians trading with Arabs in the Levant Date: circa 1400

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