Orpheus Collection

Orpheus playing his lyre. Relief from Thessaloniki. Greece
Orpheus, wearing a Phrygian cap and surrounded by the beasts charmed by the music of his lyre. Relief from Thessaloniki. Greece

Mosaic of Orpheus. Miletus. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany
Mosaic of Orpheus. 200 AD. Of a private room, dining room or triclinium of a roman domus. From Miletus. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Margaret Morris, principal classical dancer in Orpheus. 1910

The Conscientious Exhilarator, by Bairnsfather
The Conscientious Exhilarator " Every encouragement should be given for singing and whistling" - (Extract from a Military Manual ) That painstaking fellow, Lieut

Washington DC, USA - Library of Congress Mural - Orpheus
Washington DC, USA - Mural Painting - The Greek Heroes by Walter McEwen (1860-1943). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Orpheus. Slain by the Bacchantes. Date: 1920

Lockheed JetStar N329J (1st prototype)
Lockheed JetStar N329J (msn 1001). The 1st prototype JetStar, powered by two Bristol Siddeley Orpheus turbojet engines, at a JetStar demonstration event, in company with a cabin mock-up on a trailer

Orpheus death. Illustration from the French version of Ovid's Metamorphoses (15th-16th centuries). Gothic art. Miniature Painting

ORPHEUS AND BACCHANTES
After the death of Eurydice, he goes off women, and they off him : when he meets a group of Maenads celebrating Dionysos, they tear him to pieces like wild animals

ORPHEUS POSTCARD 2 OF 5
The story of Orpheus and Eurydice performed by actors for a set of postcards : 2 - she dies : he is sad Date: 1914

Art Deco drawing by John Vassos called Orpheus and Eurydice, 1930 Date: 1930

Two photographs of Ruth St Denis and Ted Shawn, 1930
Two photographs of Ruth St Denis (In her Lamp dance) and Ted Shawn (in a scene for Orpheus Dionysus at the Munich Dance Congress), 1930 Date: 1930

Wall painting from a small bedroom in the House of Orpheus, Casa di Orfeo, or the house of Vesonius Primus. Reg. VI, Ins. 14, No. 20

Orpheus with lyre from the viridarium (garden)
Wall painting of Orpheus with lyre from the viridarium (garden) of the House of Vesonius Primus, a fuller. He is surrounded by animals including a lion, cougar, boar, stag, rabbit, and blue flamingo

Northern mockingbird, nightshades and beetle
Northern mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos orpheus 1, bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara 3, Solanum quercifolium 4, Mordella fasciata beetle 2. Moqueur, mordelle et morelles

Music cover, Orpheus Quadrille, after Offenbach
Music cover, Charles Godfreys Orpheus Quadrille, after Offenbachs operetta, Orpheus in the Underworld. Date: mid 19th century

Main Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Date: circa 1920

Bristol Orpheus turbojet engine at a 1950s SBAC Farnborough air show. Date: circa 1955

Lockheed JetStar N329J 1st prototype (msn 1001). The prototype JetStars were powered by two Bristol Siddeley Orpheus turbojet engines

Lockheed JetStar prototype N329J (msn 1001). The prototype JetStars were powered by two Bristol Siddeley Orpheus turbojet engines

ORPHEUS AND THE BEASTS
he charms the animals with the beauty of his voice and the skill of his music

ORPHEUS AND ANIMALS
He charms the animals with his melodious singing and sensitive lyre-playing

Orpheus and Cerberus
With his music Orpheus charms Cerberus, the guardian of the underworld, to let him enter and rescue his wife Eurydice, whom he almost succeeds in bringing back to life

Orpheus, Abundantia and Veritas, Greek and Roman gods.. Handcolored copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from Mythology in Prints

Orpheus in the Underground by Alfred Noyes
Inside pages of a promotional flyer for Orpheus in the Underground by Alfred Noyes, Frederick Norton and Herbert Tree, from Orphee aux Enfers by Hector Cremeux and Ludovic Halevy

North American Sabre F4 XB982 of the RAF
North American Sabre F4, XB982, of the RAF which was used as a testbed for the Bristol Siddeley Orpheus 801 turbojet

PROVENZALE, Marcello (1577-1639). Orpheus. 1618
" PROVENZALE, Marcello (1577-1639). Orpheus. 1618. PROVENZALE, Marcello (1577-1639). " Orpheus". 1618. Mosaic (44 x 63 cm). Baroque art. Mosaic. ITALY. Rome

DUGHET, Gaspard (1615-1675). Orpheus and Eurydice. 1648. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. ITALY. Rome. Galleria Nazionale d Arte Antica (National Gallery of Ancient Art)

Mr. Orpheus of Boston

Orpheus Loses Her
Orpheus almost succeeds in rescuing his wife Eurydice from the Underworld, but at the last minute he looks back, which is the one thing he has been told he must not do

Offenbach / Orphee / Satire
(Orpheus in the Underworld) A satirical comment on Offenbachs opera

Shipwreck of Orpheus / Iln
The wreck of sailing ship H.M.S Orpheus on Mankau Bar, New Zealand

Orpheus Charms Animals
Orpheus enchants the animals and trees with his music

Orpheus Rescues Eurydice
Orpheus tries to rescue his wife Eurydice from the Underworld, but he mustn t look back as they go : at the last minute he turns to check shes still there... alas !

Whittaker Star Maps 9
Including Orpheus

Orpheus Postcard 5 of 5
The story of Orpheus and Eurydice performed by actors for a set of postcards : 5 - he looks back - and all is lost !

Orpheus Postcard 4 of 5
The story of Orpheus and Eurydice performed by actors for a set of postcards : 4 - he leads her out of the underworld

Orpheus Postcard 3 of 5
The story of Orpheus and Eurydice performed by actors for a set of postcards : 3 - he goes to the underworld to find her

Orpheus Postcard 1 of 5
The story of Orpheus and Eurydice performed by actors for a set of postcards : 1 - he plays delightfully

Orpheus and Animals
Orpheus charms the animals with his music

Myth / Orpheus (Gorguet)
Orpheus in a forest, charming nymphs and fauns with the the music from his golden lyre

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