Pointing Collection (page 11)

Britannia Crowned
Britannia crowned by Victory, trampling upon the chains of France, holding the trident of Neptune, whilst Fame proclaims the glory of her arms by pointing to military triumphs

Reine Claude
CLAUDE, first wife of Francois I : she gave her name to a species of greengage, to which she is pointing in this picture

Liberty Rouses Europe
Liberty, pointing to the success of Spain and Portugal (with a little help from England) in resisting France, urges the rest of Europe to arise against tyranny !

Jan Van Eyck / Boulonois
JAN VAN EYCK Flemish Artist

Congreve / Gucht
WILLIAM CONGREVE Restoration playwright

Lucius Seneca the Elder
LUCIUS SENECA THE ELDER Roman statesman and philosopher

Marcus Tullius Cicero
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO Roman orator and writer

DEFFAND (1679 - 1780)
MARIE DE VICHY-CHAMROND MARQUISE DU DEFFAND French social leader, saloniste and friend of Voltaire, Walpole and D Alembert

100 Yrs War Charles VII
Charles VII is mocked by the English as he prays God to save France

Event / Wallace 1300
William Wallace warned of English treachery awaiting him in Ayr

Advert for Baldness Cure
Going bald

London policeman directing tourists
A London policeman directing tourists to their destination

Arnold Mytens / Boulonois
ARNOLD MYTENS Flemish painter

Philip Reproaches Rome
Philip of Macedon reproaches Roman ambassadors for the way they treat him

Robert E Lee / Langez?
ROBERT EDWARD LEE American Confederate general as a young soldier

Syntax / Inspecting Bank
Doctor Syntax inspecting the bank

Hernando Cortes / Thevet
HERNANDO CORTES Spanish conqueror of Mexico

Hernando Cortes / Larmessi
HERNANDO CORTES Spanish conqueror of Mexico

Clemens Alexandrinus / The
TITUS FLAVIUS CLEMENS Saint Clement of Alexandria, Greek theologian

John Campbell / Snow 1841
JOHN CAMPBELL Philanthropist and missionary in Africa

Balearic Slingers / Mirys
Slingers of the Balearic Islands

Cherif / Africa / Thevet
CHERIF African ruler of Fez and Morocco

Esmail I / Iran / Thevet
ESMAIL I or SHAHANSHAH (King of Kings) Shah of Iran (1501-24)

Polydore Virgil / Thevet
POLYDORE VIRGIL Historian

Mr Whatsisname
A dramatic scene from Mr What s-his-name at Wyndhams Theatre, London - the pointing fingers seem to indicate that the man on the bed has been up to hanky-panky of some sort

Basrelief / Egypt / Chephren
An ancient Egyptian bas- relief, cut into the rock, near the Pyramid of Chephren. The bas-relief is on the same rock face and same line as the entrance to Santons cave

Copperfield / Mr Peggotty
Mr Peggotty (pointing) in his search for lost little Emily

C17 Ball Timekeeper
The FALLING BALL TIMEKEEPER has a central band which slowly rotates; the time is indicated by a pointing figure

Water Babies / Fairies / Tom
The inhabitants of Polupragmosyne show Tom the way, though they all point in different directions

Ussr Police / Okhrana 1934
Secrets of the Okhrana - the pre-revolutionary secret police

RAFFLES / HORNUNG / 20TH
Mr. Gerald du Maurier & Mr. Laurence Irving in a scene from Ernest William Hornungs play Raffles

John the Baptist (Raph. )
John announces the coming of Jesus, pointing to a cross even though Jesus has yet to be crucified and the cross has yet to become a symbol

Paris-Londres - 3
By rail and sea from Paris to Brighton or London, featuring a sailor pointing out sights to a passenger 3 of 8

Hand / Albion Press / 1810
A pointing hand

Sf Earthquake Cartoon 3
America helps San Francisco to rebuild after the earthquake, pointing to future prosperity

Theodor Von Hase
THEODOR VON HASE German churchman, theologian of Bremen, pointing to a book - very likely, drawing our attention to his own writings

Hereward & his Mother
HEREWARD THE WAKE Herewards interview with his mother and the priest Herluin, in which she accuses him of robbing the Church of God

Tourists / Rhine / Kronheim
Tourists admire the Rhine. Sitting on a rock they look along the valley at the Rolandseck, the Drachenfels and the Island of Nonnenwerth

Wallace / Cambuskenneth
William Wallace rejects the English proposals at Cambuskenneth

1886 Kite Flying
A boy lies on the grass while a girl flies a kite

Archimedes demonstrating reflecting mirrors
Archimedes, Greek mathematician and inventor, demonstrating the use of reflecting mirrors to set fire to enemy ships

Scene from Shakespeares Henry VI Part I, in which Joan of Arc (Joan la Pucelle) at Chinon correctly identifies the Dauphin (the future Charles VII), who has disguised himself as one of his courtiers

Futuristic sea view
A futuristic sea view, as people observe strange marine creatures from the deck of an under-ocean cruise liner

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