Paradise Collection (page 2)

Advert for winter holidays in Switzerland, 1927 - come and see the worlds playground, the paradise of winter sports and the clear, bracing Alpine air Date: 1927

Advert for summer holidays in Switzerland, 1927 described as the Worlds playground, the Paradise of Summer Sports in the clear, bracing Alpine air. Date: 1927

Girl and Bird of Paradise
Art Deco style illustration of a fashionable girl holding a bird of paradise. Artist: Mela Koehler Date: circa 1925

Marylebone School
The St Marylebone School began as the Marylebone Day School of Industry, founded in 1791 in what was then Paradise Street, now Moxon Street, to educate the children of the poor in the parish

Hamiltons spindletree, Euonymus hamiltonianus
Hamiltons spindletree and Himalayan spindle Euonymus hamiltonianus Euonymus atropurpureus, Evonimo nero porporino. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus

Paepalanthus dendroides (Joncinelle dendroide). Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence

Olive-naped weaver, Ploceus brachypterus
Olive-naped weaver or round-winged weaver, Ploceus brachypterus. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa in Sir

Audience with the Grand Vizier in the throne room of Topkapi Palace. Sala del Trono. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient

Girl in blue velvet jacket trimmed with skunk, with white suede gaiters. Manteau de fillette en velours bleu garni de skungs, guetres de suede blanc

A scene from Paradise For Three (1938) with Mary Astor wearing a smart suit designed by Dolly Tree edged in fur with a matching hat. Date: 1938

Florence Rice in Paradise For Three (1938) wearing a Dolly Tree gown and with Frank Morgan (left) and Robert Young (right) Date: 1938

Mary Astor in Paradise For Three (1938) wears this smart suit designed by Dolly Tree edged in fur with a matching hat. Date: 1938

Long-tailed paradise whydah, Vidua paradisaea
Long-tailed paradise whydah or eastern paradise whydah, Vidua paradisaea (Vidua paradisea). Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History

Poinciana, Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Poinciana pulcherrima). Handcoloured lithograph by D. Blair after an illustration by Lena Lowis from her Familiar Indian Flowers with Coloured Plates, L

Paradise riflebird and blue-throated bee-eater
Paradise riflebird, Ptiloris paradiseus, and blue-throated bee-eater, Merops viridis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Trumpet manucode, Phonygammus keraudrenii. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Arfak astrapia, Astrapia nigra (Gorget paradise bird, Paradisea gularis). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Hackled paradise bird, possibly a hybrid or extinct species. Drawn from a specimen in the collection of General Davies. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Annobon paradise flycatcher, Terpsiphone smithii. Vulnerable
Annobon paradise flycatcher, Terpsiphone smithii, Vulnerable. (Rufous-bellied flycatcher, Muscipeta rufiventer). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William

Brazilian tanager, Ramphocelus bresilius, and paradise tanager, Tangara chilensis. Tanaisie, Tansy, Tanacetum vulgare. Handcoloured steel engraving from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire

Paradise lily, Paradisea liliastrum. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Long-tailed paradise whydah, Vidua paradisaea, in breeding plumage and after moulting (non-breeding male). Handcoloured lithograph by Burggraaff from Th

Grains of paradise, Aframomum melegueta
Grains of paradise, Melegueta pepper, alligator pepper, Aframomum melegueta (Amomum melegueta). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Illustration, The Earthly Paradise, William Morris
Illustration, The Earthly Paradise, an epic poem by William Morris. The Three Graces title page for the 1890 edition. 1890

Landing of Swedish Settlerd at Delaware Bay
Swedish settlers, under Peter Minuit, land at Paradise Point along Delaware Bay. The settlers arrive onshore and start to explore the land in groups

Advertisement for Peter Pans Playground, Southend-on-Sea
Advertisement for Peter Pans Playground, a paradise for children of all ages, both sides of the pier at Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Date: 20th century

Advert, Wests music publishers, Moor Street, London
Advert for West s, music publishers, 12 Moor Street, Charing Cross Road, London, September 1919. Featuring the Hawaiian Music from a play at the Palace Theatre, The Bird of Paradise

Advert for Les Ambassadeurs floor show, Paris (1938) with Grace Poggi, the 10 Anacaona Sisters, Ketty Mara and partner, Arnaut Brothers

Paradisia Liliastrum (Paradise Lily). Date: circa 1930s

Plate - WWI humour
Plate - Here with a loaf of bread beneath the row. A muttered curse, but neer a whine. And thou - beside me, singing in the wilderness. The wilderness is paradise enow. Good condition

BEATRICE & DANTE: HEAVEN BEATRICE & DANTE: HEAVEN
Beatrice leads Dante to the Fifth Heaven. Date: First published: 1307-21?

ANGELS / PLANET MERCURY
The angels in the Planet Mercury: So drew full more than thousand splendours towards us. (Canto V, lines 99-100) Date: First published: 1307-21?

DANTE / DORE / PARADISE
DANTE ALIGHIERI Italian poet with Beatrice in Paradise Date: 1265 - 1321

Milton, Paradise Lost
Him the Almighty Power Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky. (Book I, lines 44, 45). Date: First published: 1667

Vision of the golden ladder
The vision of the golden ladder. Date: First published: 1307-21?

DANTE / ANGELS / PARADISE
The angelic wreaths: About us thus, of sempiternal roses, bending wreathed those garlands twain;. (Canto XII, lines 16-19) Date: First published: 1307-21?

ANGELS IN PARADISE
Dante and Beatrice, standing on a cloud, watch the angels as they circulate in Paradise

DANTES PARADISO
Schematic plan of Paradise, visited by Dante Alighieri in company with Beatrice

9TH HEAVEN OF PARADISE
Dante and Beatrice, standing on a cloud, contemplate the Ninth Heaven of Paradise

MILTON DICTATES
JOHN MILTON, blind in old age, dictates Paradise Lost to his three daughters. Date: 1608-1674

VISION / CROSS / ANGELS
The vision of the cross covered with angels: Beamd on that cross; & pattern fails me now. (Canto XIV, lines 96-97) Date: First published: 1307-21?

ANGEL WREATHS
Angels in Paradise form aerial wreaths, haloes, circles, rings, or whatever

Sri Lankan beach fishermen hauling nets - 3
Sri Lankan fishermen hauling a fishing net ashore on beach in Galle Date: 1994

Sri Lankan beach fishermen hauling nets - 2
Sri Lankan fishermen hauling a fishing net ashore on beach in Galle. Another gang of men launch their wooden fishing boat Date: 1994

Sri Lankan beach fishermen hauling nets - 1
A line of beach fishermen hauling their fishing net from the Indian Ocean, Galle, Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Ragged boatman, Sri Lanka
Barefoot, ragged, skinny boatman wearing big floppy cap sits on a beached fishing boat on the beach at Galle, Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Adam and Eve disobeying God. Banishes from the Garden of Ede
Old Testament. Original sin. Adam and Eve disobeying God. Banishes from the Garden of Eden. Book of Genesis. Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

Gothic Art. Spain. 14th Century. Altarpiece of Fray Martin de Alpartir. Table of the Last Judgement. Tempera painting on wood, c

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