Marco Gallery

St. Marks Square, Venice, Italy - The Horses of St. Mark

The Horses of Saint Mark (the Triumphal Quadriga) - a set of Roman bronze statues of four horses, originally part of a monument depicting a quadriga (a four-horse carriage used for chariot racing), placed on the facade, on the loggia above the porch, of St Mark's Basilica in Venice after the sack of Constantinople in 1204. Date: circa 1905

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Dancers of Variety, 1928

Dancers of Variety, 1928. Don Rose and Peggy Malloy (top left) appearing in the Franchon and Marco The Mask idea in West Coast theatres, Marian and Marcellus (top right) appearing on the Keith Vaudeville circuit, Alexis Ruloff and Joan Elton (bottom right) performing their adagio routine in vaudeville and Tina Valen (bottom right) appearing in her act called Vanities on the Pantages vaudeville circuit Date: 1928

© Mary Evans / Jazz Age Club Collection

Portrait of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, from his seal

Portrait of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, from his seal. He sits on a throne with crown, sceptre and orb. Throne of the HRE at right. Sigillo rappresentante l'Imperatore Federigo I. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Roberti from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1844

© Florilegius