Medusa Collection

Medusa Raft - 1
When French ship wrecks on the African coast, all take to boats, towing a raft; but the boats abandon the raft with 157 on it, who suffer terribly and fight, only 15 surviving. Date: July 1816

PERSEUS & MEDUSA PERSEUS & MEDUSA
PERSEUS slays MEDUSA, not looking at her because to see her is fatal; his horse Pegasus also looks away

The Head of Medusa, ca. 1618. Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640). Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 118 cm

Medusa and Perseus
The only way to defeat Medusa is not to look at her : Perseus keeps his gaze averted as she seeks to destroy him

Barrel jellyfish, Rhizostoma cuvieri. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig, 1842

Medusa, by Leonardo da Vinci
The chief of the Gorgons, her face is so terrible that anyone who sees it is turned to stone, : but Perseus slays her by looking in a mirror as he removes her head

Electric Permanent Waving Machine 1928
A permanent electric waving machine, medusa, Serpents, exhibited at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibition. Date: 1928

Sculpture, Camille Claudel Museum, Nogent-sur-Seine, Aube
Perseus and the Gorgon, marble sculpture, c. 1897, by Camille Claudel, 1864-1943, and Francois Pompon, commissioned by countess Arthur de Maigret, in the Camille Claudel Museum, opened 2017

Medusa
A portrait sketch depiction of the Greek mythological gorgon, Medusa, whose gaze famously turned her victims to stone. Her hair comprises of a writhing bundle of snakes

Illustration for Capricorn, Erte
Illustration for those born under Capricorn, showing a woman with Medusa shadow, goat, lucky days, mimosa and stone walls

Sarcophagus tub. 2nd century AD. Medusa. From Sidon (Lebanon)
Roman sarcophagus tub. 2nd century AD. Marble. Medusa. From Sidon (Lebanon). Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey

Sarcophagus tub. 2nd century AD. From Sidon (Lebanon)
Roman sarcophagus tub. 2nd century AD. Marble. From Sidon (Lebanon). Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey

SS Medusa in the Kiel Canal, Germany
Vintage 19th century photograph: ship SS Medusa in the Kiel Canal, Germany, steel bridge

Cotton-spinner or tubular sea cucumber, Holothuria tubulosa. Oloturia tubulosa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Naked-eye medusa and hydrozoan jellyfish
Naked-eye medusa, Orythia viridis, Oritia verde 1, and hydrozoans, Geryonia proboscidalis, Dianea gabert 2, and Liriope tetraphylla, Gerionia tetrafilla 3

Jellyfish and stinging jellyfish species
Jellyfish species. Favonia octonema 1, Lymnorea triedra 2, and stinging jellyfish, Cyanea labiche 3. Favonia ottonema, Limnorea triedra, Cianea Labiche

Naked-eye medusa and crystal jelly
Naked-eye medusa jellyfish, Berenix euchroma 1 and crystal jelly, Aequorea cyanea 2. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Moon jellyfish, Aurelia labiata. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Portrait medallion of the Medusa. Chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Frederick Rathbones Old Wedgwood, the Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Work Produced by Josiah Wedgwood, Quaritch, London, 1898

Portraits of the Medusa, Cicero, Hecules
Portrait medallions of the Medusa, Cicero, Hecules and Omphale, Cleopatra and Mark Antony. Chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Frederick Rathbones Old Wedgwood

Varieties of jellyfish, siphonophores and medusae. Including Portuguese man o war, Physalia physalis, Physophora hydrostatica, sea raft jellyfish, Velella velella, and blue button, Porpita porpita

Blue button, Porpita porpita (Nummular medusa, Medusa nummularia). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Discomedusae jellyfish species
Discomedusae jellyfish: lions mane jellyfish, Cyanea annasethe 1, 2, Floresca species 3, and compass jellyfish, Chrysaora hysoscella 4

Anthomedusae plantonic medusa: Zanclea gemmosa, Koellikerina fasciculata, Neoturris pileata, Larsonia pterophylla, and Sarsiella dinema

Leptomedusae jellyfish: Aequorea pensilis 1, Zygocanna diploconus 2, 3, 5, many-ribbed jellyfish, Aequorea forskalea 4, and Orchistoma elegans 6

Trachymedusae jellyfish: Geryonia proboscidalis 1-7. Chromolithograph by Adolf Glitsch from an illustration by Ernst Haeckel from Art Forms in Nature, Kunstformen der Natur, Liepzig, Germany, 1904

Siphonophorae hydrozoa: Porpema prunella and Porpita species, young and adult colonies, gas bladder, etc. Chromolithograph by Adolf Glitsch from an illustration by Ernst Haeckel from Art Forms in

Narcomedusae jellyfish: Pegantha pantheon 1, 2, Aeginura grimaldii 3, Pegantha godeffroyi 4, golf tee medusa, Aegina citrea 5, 6, 7, Aegina species 8, and Cunina octonaria 9

Medusa epidendrum orchid, Epidendrum medusae (Nanodes medusae). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Perseus rescuing Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus. On his shoulders is the helmet that made him invisible, his sword Harpe and under his cloak is the severed head of Gorgon Medusa

Carmarina hastata, jellyfish model
A glass model of a jellyfish, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

Cymbeline and Winters Tale
Miss Kemble as Imogen in Cymbeline and Mrs Ward as Hermione in The Winters Tale Date: late 18th century

Versailles - Greed Revenge
Greed, revenge and other devils gloat over the Treaty of Versailles. Date: 1919

Perseus on Pegasus
Perseus, carrying the severed head of Medusa in his hand, rides away triumphantly on the winged horse Pegasus

Hermathena. Fresco. Italy
Hermathena. Fusion of Mercury and Athena. 16th century fresco by Federico Zuccari. Farnese Palace. Caprarola. Italy

Perseus by Benvenuto Cellini - Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence
Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571). Perseus (1554). Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence, Italy. Date: 1554

Medusa Rondanini. Roman copy of a classical work of the 5th
Medusa Rondanini. The Gorgon. The model for this Roman work was the Gorgon head on the shield of the cult statue in the Parthemon on the Acropolis in Athens

Medusa Raft Abandoned
When French vessel wrecks on African coast, all take to boats or a raft, to be towed by the boats : but the raft is abandoned, the 157 on it suffer terribly, only 15 survive. Date: July 1816

Four portraits for an exhibition by Madame Yevonde
Goddesses and Others -- four portraits for an exhibition by Madame Yevonde at her studio in Berkeley Square, London. From top left, clockwise, they are: Arethusa (Lady Bridget Poulett)

Medusa (Anon)
The chief of the Gorgons, her face is so terrible that anyone who sees it is turned to stone : but Perseus slays her by looking in a mirror as he removes her head

Crazy theatrical costume from the early 20th century, part Eastern, part mythical, part Cumberland sausage...!! Date: circa 1910s

Eagle and Medusa Head. Mosaic floor. Synagogue at Yafia, Low
Eagle and Medusa Head. Part of a mosaic floor Synagogue at Yafia, Lower Galilee. 4th century AD. Israel

Head of Medusa. Roman relief. Terracotta. 50 BC-50 AD. From
Head of Medusa. Monster, Gorgon. Roman relief. Terracotta. 50 BC-50 AD. From Catalonia. Episcopal Museum of Vic. Catalonia. Spain

Medusa. Relief in a roman sarcofagus. Istanbul Archaeology Museums. Turkey

Turkey. Istanbul. The Basilica Cistern. Head of medusa. Pedestal

Basilica Cistern. 6th century. Medusa column base. Istanbul
Turkey. Istanbul. Basilica Cistern. 6th century. Erected during the reign of Justinian I. Medusa column base. Detail

Medusa. Relief. Aphrodisias. Turkey
Roman art. Medusa. Relief. Monster. Sarcophagi. Aphrodisias. Caria. Turkey

Roman Sarcophagus. Medusa. Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey

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