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Noble Collection (page 3)

Background imageNoble Collection: Provincetown

Provincetown
A painting of some boats, docked tightly together in Provincetown, a seaside town at the northern tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Date: circa 1921

Background imageNoble Collection: Camouflage

Camouflage
This painting shows a large war ship in dazzle camouflage, used as a form of deception for enemy aircraft, mainly during WW1, not necessarily to conceal

Background imageNoble Collection: La Plage

La Plage
An oil painting of a French seaside scene, with lots of people crowding the beaches with picnic parasols. Colourful huts fill the edge of the beach. Date: circa 1918

Background imageNoble Collection: On The Plage

On The Plage
An oil painting of three young boys playing on a French beach in the tide, with shovels in hand. They are wearing similar clothes, contrastingly different in colour. Date: circa 1918

Background imageNoble Collection: The Basin, Brittany

The Basin, Brittany
This oil painting a canal in Brittany, France, with a variety of small, medium and large boats populating the waters. A row of portside buildings can be seen across the background. Date: circa 1918

Background imageNoble Collection: Queen Victoria's dog, Noble, Senior

Queen Victoria's dog, Noble, Senior - The Queen's Dogs Date: 1887

Background imageNoble Collection: Queen Victoria's dog, Noble, Junior

Queen Victoria's dog, Noble, Junior - The Queen's Dogs Date: 1887

Background imageNoble Collection: Alfonso VIII celebrating victory

Alfonso VIII celebrating victory
Alfonso VIII, king of Castile (1155-1214), celebrating the victory at the Batte of Las Navas de Tolosa, 1212, against the Almohad Muslim. Spain. Lithography. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration

Background imageNoble Collection: Maurice (1521-1553). Elector of Saxony (1547-1553)

Maurice (1521-1553). Elector of Saxony (1547-1553). Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Background imageNoble Collection: Alfonso VIII of Castile (1155-1214). King of Castile

Alfonso VIII of Castile (1155-1214). King of Castile
Alfonso VIII of Castile (1155-1214), called the Noble or the one of the Navas. King of Castile from 1158 and King of Toledo. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Background imageNoble Collection: Noble visigoth. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883

Noble visigoth. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883
Early Medieval Period. Iberian Peninsula. Noble visigoth. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Date: 2019

Background imageNoble Collection: Alfonso V of Leon (994-1028), called the Noble

Alfonso V of Leon (994-1028), called the Noble. King of Leon from 999 to 1028. Portrait. Detail. Illustration by Llanta. Lithography. Cronica General de Espana

Background imageNoble Collection: Minister Secretary of the three Orders of Charles III

Minister Secretary of the three Orders of Charles III, Noble Ladies of Queen Maria Luisa and Isabella the Catholic, wearing the insignia of this rank and the ceremonial dress of Commander of Number

Background imageNoble Collection: Royal Order of the Noble Ladies of Queen Maria Luisa

Royal Order of the Noble Ladies of Queen Maria Luisa. Spanish order created by king Charles IV in 1792, reserved only for noble women

Background imageNoble Collection: Music cover, The Touch of Your Lips, Hildegarde

Music cover, The Touch of Your Lips, Hildegarde
Music cover, The Touch of Your Lips, by Ray Noble, featured, broadcast and recorded by Hildegarde. Date: 1936

Background imageNoble Collection: A noble personage rides in a horse litter - one horse before, one horse behind. Date: 15th century

A noble personage rides in a horse litter - one horse before, one horse behind. Date: 15th century

Background imageNoble Collection: FUNERALS/JEHAN DE LYON

FUNERALS/JEHAN DE LYON
Jehan de Lyon, a Flemish noble, is buried at Ghent Date: circa 1380

Background imageNoble Collection: JAP FUNERAL PROCESSION

JAP FUNERAL PROCESSION
The funeral procession of a Daimio (a feudal noble) Date: circa 1850

Background imageNoble Collection: PERU FUNERAL HONOURS

PERU FUNERAL HONOURS
The body of a dead Peruvian noble is honoured, then he is buried with his womenfolk (still alive) for company Date: 1737

Background imageNoble Collection: Bjornstjerne Bjornson

Bjornstjerne Bjornson
A portrait of Bjornstjerne Bjornson (1832-1910). A Norwegian writer and winner of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry

Background imageNoble Collection: Masdevallia coccinea, Trisetella gemmata, Dracula chimaera

Masdevallia coccinea, Trisetella gemmata, Dracula chimaera
Orchids: Masdevallia coccinea, Trisetella gemmata and Dracula chimaera. Chromolithograph from an illustration by B. Herincq from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse

Background imageNoble Collection: Regency designs for wooden chin pieces for falling animals

Regency designs for wooden chin pieces for falling animals
Regency designs for wooden chin pieces to protect animals when they fall, and to keep away boring Christians. The Puzzle for the Dog, The Puzzle for the Horse, The Puzzle for Turk, Frenchman, or

Background imageNoble Collection: German female haberdasher in a shop selling thread, 1492

German female haberdasher in a shop selling thread, 1492
German female haberdasher in a shop selling colorful ropes of thread and buttons, 1492. She wears a tall hennin with veil, popular in France and Holland at the time

Background imageNoble Collection: Italian noble youth fashions from the late 15th century

Italian noble youth fashions from the late 15th century. They wear doublet and hose with many cutout panels, slits and slashes. From an oil painting by Bernardo Pinturicchio

Background imageNoble Collection: French mens costumes of the late 15th century

French mens costumes of the late 15th century. The top group shows a man being dressed in armour and helm, and the bottom group shows a rich man with partner in feather beret looking a a group of

Background imageNoble Collection: Costumes of Jewish noble woman and rabbi, 13th century

Costumes of Jewish noble woman and rabbi, 13th century
Costumes of 13th century. Young Jewish noble woman in crown (top), and rabbi and attendants praying at an altar (below). From miniature paintings in a Jewish prayerbook in Leipzig university library

Background imageNoble Collection: Costumes and sword of 13th century knights

Costumes and sword of 13th century knights. King and knights charging on horseback, and three knights guarding the tomb of Jesus Christ

Background imageNoble Collection: Costumes and armour of German knights, 13th century

Costumes and armour of German knights, 13th century
Costumes of German knights in battle A, B, and allegorical illustration of Venus ordering blacksmith Vulcan to make a helmet for Aeneas C, 1260-1300. Helmets with heraldic crests D-G

Background imageNoble Collection: Butlins - Skegness

Butlins - Skegness
Butlins Skegness - Chalets

Background imageNoble Collection: Cartoon, Lord Salisbury and William Gladstone

Cartoon, Lord Salisbury and William Gladstone - I have had lots of shots, and I m blest if I can bring that old bird down. 1885

Background imageNoble Collection: Love, pride and revenge in a photography studio

Love, pride and revenge in a photography studio
A dramatic scene unfolds within a photographic studio. As a noble woman sits to have her portrait captured she is met with a young man of lower class declaring his love towards her

Background imageNoble Collection: Noble Namaqua woman of South Africa

Noble Namaqua woman of South Africa. She wears a robe with beaded belt, necklace and armbands. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Background imageNoble Collection: Hawking scenes, 9th and 14th century

Hawking scenes, 9th and 14th century
Hawking scenes: Saxon noble and falconer from the 9th century (middle), and ladies and men hawking with falcons and prey from the 14th century (top, bottom)

Background imageNoble Collection: Medieval Europeans and Siamese women playing skittles

Medieval Europeans and Siamese women playing skittles
Medieval noble women playing skittles on a castle terrace, and Siamese women playing skittles. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse)

Background imageNoble Collection: Orders of Chivalry

Orders of Chivalry
Chain of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George 363, chain of the Order of Cyprus (Orden des Stillschweigens) 364, chain of the Order of cross of the Order of St

Background imageNoble Collection: Greek breastplate and weapons

Greek breastplate and weapons
Greek armour breastplate from a vase found in Nola, Naples. The gold bauble at front suggests it was for a young Roman noble. Greek shield, helmet, lance, bow and quiver from an antique basrelief

Background imageNoble Collection: Frontispiece with skull, hourglass and sacred heart

Frontispiece with skull, hourglass and sacred heart
Frontispiece of noble man and woman in 16th century Swiss costume standing beside an allegorical escutcheon with skull, helmet, Times hourglass, skeleton and sacred heart. Mortalium Nobilitas

Background imageNoble Collection: Corydalis species

Corydalis species
Noble corydalis, Corydalis nobilis, bracteated corydalis, Corydalis bracteata, hollow-rooted fumitory, Corydalis tuberosa, long-flowered corydalis, Corydalis longiflora, beautiful dielytra

Background imageNoble Collection: More noble cattleya orchid, Cattleya nobilior

More noble cattleya orchid, Cattleya nobilior. Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1883

Background imageNoble Collection: Noble dendrobium orchid, Dendrobium nobile

Noble dendrobium orchid, Dendrobium nobile (var. nobilius). Chromolithograph by J. Goffart after an illustration by A. Goossens from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1895

Background imageNoble Collection: Various shell specimens

Various shell specimens
Whelk, Buccinum undatum 1, Noahs ark, Arca noae 2, noble pen shell, Pinna nobilis 3, Tusus brevis 4, Caltrop murex, Murex tribulus 5, Admiral cone, Conus admiralis 6, volute, Voluta arenata 7

Background imageNoble Collection: Young Furst or nobleman in his student days

Young Furst or nobleman in his student days, wearing precious hat, doublet, hose and cape. From a lifesize oil painting in Nuremburg Museum

Background imageNoble Collection: Oil paintings of children and women, late 16th century

Oil paintings of children and women, late 16th century. Two-year old child A, one-year old child B, noble woman C, and Sabine of Wurttemberg, Landgravine of Hesse D

Background imageNoble Collection: Noble women of Senez, Provence, and German

Noble women of Senez, Provence, and German
Noble women of Senez, Provence, one riding sidesaddle with a page, and another walking with a boy (top) and German women of the same era from Jost Ammans playing cards

Background imageNoble Collection: Costume of a noble woman from a colour pen drawing, 1574

Costume of a noble woman from a colour pen drawing, 1574
Costume of a noble woman from a colour pen drawing by a German master with monogram DM, 1574. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes

Background imageNoble Collection: Italian womens fashions, late 16th century

Italian womens fashions, late 16th century
Woman of Genoa with bouquet A, woman of Pisa holding a feather fan B, and details of a pair of Venetian womans shoes in sheepskin C, D, E, F

Background imageNoble Collection: Italian fan or Ventarola of the late 16th century

Italian fan or Ventarola of the late 16th century
Italian woven straw fan or Ventarola A, noble Venetian woman in a shell cloak B, noble Venetian C, and noble Genoan D. After paintings in a famous costume book by Jost Amman

Background imageNoble Collection: The noble Ladys Slipper, Resemblance

The noble Ladys Slipper, Resemblance
The noble Ladys Slipper, Cypripedium reginae, Resemblance. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after an illustration by Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora



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