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A Chartist party, 1843Chartists attempte to force their giant charter through parliament. 1843
Jewish Scroll MsA carved Esther scroll case depicting the story of Purim. This is a Jewish manuscript from Eastern Europe
Veiled Egyptian Woman - Cairo. Date: circa 1910s
Japanese girl practising calligraphy Date: 1909
Suffragette Votes for Women Christmas Card. Tabby cat with a feather in its hat, ribbon badge and satchel, holds a Vote for Women scroll
A pair of AngelsA very beautiful chromolithographic postcard depicting a pair of angels, one bowed in prayer and one holding a long thin scroll. Date: circa 1910s
The Torah scroll. It contains the Pentateuch (Five Books ofThe Torah scroll is regarded as the holiest object in the synagogue. Contains the Pentateuch (Five Books of Moses). Israel Museum. Jerusalem
Ara Pacis Augustae. Scrolling acanthus reliefRoman Art. Italy. Ara Pacis Augustae. Dated 13 BC. Scrolling acanthus relief. Museum of the Ara Pacis. Rome. Italy
Zoe Porphyrogenita (978-1050). MosaicZoe Porphyrogenita (978-1050). Byzantine empress. Mosaic of the South Gallery. Hagia Sophia. Istanbul. Turkey
Ancient Greek BooksellerAn ancient Greek travelling bookseller holds up a scroll and has more scrolls in the basket at his feet
Ancient Jewish scrolls in Jerusalem, thought to be the oldest Pentateuch manuscript
Maruyama Okyo - Woman sitting on an Elephants backReproduction of a painting on a Japanese hanging scroll by Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795), depicting a woman sitting on an Elephants back. Date: late 18th century
Bookseller and Author Date: early 19th century
Gothic Scroll DesignsA lithographic plate produced by Day and Sons, showing some different designs for scrolls in the gothic style. Date: circa 1855
Eagle Star British Dominions Insurance AdvertAn advertisement illustration for the Eagle Star & British Dominions Insurance Company Ltd, showing a fine tudor house, with a large scroll placed over it, bearing the words
RMS Titanic - Maria Robinson's gold memorial medalRMS Titanic - property of Maria Robinson, fiancee of Wallace Hartley, bandleader and violinist, who died in the disaster. A 9 carat gold round medallion, unnamed, with hallmarks for Birmingham 1912
The Old Treasury, Lang Street, SydneyPhotograph showing The Old Treasury, in Lang Street, Sydney. The building in shot has a large porches, fronted with pillars with scroll decoration. Date: circa 1922
Ind Coope Allsopp Pale Ale (Scroll)
Statue of Alfred the Great, Wantage, Oxfordshire. Date: 1880
Egyptian art. Fragment of a papyrus with hieroglyphic writing. Egyptian Museum of Turin. Italy
Memorial Scroll and letter - 2nd Lt Edward James KnightMemorial Scroll and letter commemorating the death of 2nd Lieutenant Edward James Knight, 7th Battalion, attached 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, died 12th May 1917
Edinburgh University, bust of Demosthenes Date: 19th century
Public library of Sultan Abdul Hamid I, 1787Public library of Abdul Hamid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1773-1789. Scholars in turbans reading books and scrolls in a carpeted libary surrounded by bookcases. Biblioteca di Abdul-Hamid
View of the Laleli Mosque or Tulip Mosque, Istanbul. Built by Sultan Mustafa III in the 18th century with large dome and two minarets. Moschea Lalely
Etruscan marble urn and mirrorAncient Etruscan marble urn showing a regal throne 1, and Etruscan mirror depicting Eris, Menrfa in helmet, Hercules with club and lionskin, and Thetis 2. Urna marmorea rappresentante un trono
Etruscan cavalry and warriors at the siege of Thebes. They throw lances and human heads at the Greek defenders The cavalry wears body armour or lorica. Cavalieri con lorica
Woman from Cairo - Veiled Date: circa 1908
John Milton, English poet, writer and civil servantJohn Milton (1608 - 1674), English poet, writer and civil servant. Portrait with associated locations -- Ludlow Castle (top left), Chalfont (top right), Christs College Cambridge (lower left)
Animal imitators, 14th centuryPerformers imitating animals in the 14th century: man with pipe and tabor dancing with a man in stag costume; man with dancing dog, man with stick receiving a scroll from a boy with a dogs head
Plaque showing Vitruvian scroll and birds nest. Chromolithograph drawn by Grivell and lithographed by Parrot et Co. from Frederick Rathbones Old Wedgwood
Long plaque with scroll of convolvulus foliageLong plaque with scroll of bindweed or convolvulus foliage. Chromolithograph drawn by Grivell and lithographed by Parrot et Co
Pitcher by Bernard Palissy, potter from Saintes, Charente, 16th century. With helmet spout, scroll handle, sun emblem, mythical scene, and floral pattern. Now in the Victoria Albert Museum
Frontispiece with skull, hourglass and sacred heartFrontispiece 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
Calliope, muse of epic poetry, holding a scroll and wearing a wreath of ivy. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789
Clio, Roman muse of history, reading a scroll. She wears a laurel wreath, sits on a chair above a Cassettino Cilindrico (cylindrical barrel)
Purim ceremony 1712Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from Haman, who had planned to kill all Jews. Purim involves exchanging gifts of food and drink
Columbus explains his plans to Ferdinand and Isabella c. 1492Christopher Columbus explains his plans to Ferdinand and Isabella in the royal court. Columbus kneels holding a scroll, as Ferdinand and Isabella listen from their thrones. Date: 1492
Biblical Tales by John Lawson, Jesus in the Temple
Envelope design, Hotels in Scotland and the UKEnvelope design, advertising the George Hotels in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the Kings Head Hotel in Sheffield, and the Midland Hotel in Birmingham. 1909
Ionic Columns Date: 1550
ANCIENT PALESTINE SCROLLAn ancient Palestinian scroll - a cylinder enclosing the Samaritan Torah, or Pentateuch, comprising the first five books of the Bible
Hawk on a pine tree by Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795). Date: circa 1770s
William Ernest HenleyWILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY writer - It matters not how strait the gate, how charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul ! Date: 1849 - 1903
Costume / Roman MenANCIENT ROME: Clothing worn by a Public Orator; a Senator; a Citizen and an Equestrian (rider)
William Shakespeare's Will on a Christmas card -- a local habitation and a name. Date: circa 1890s
Scroll of Esther by Shalom Italia (1619-1655). Israel MuseumScroll of Esther, Amsterdam 1640, by the scribe and artist Shalom Italia (1619-1655). Handwritten in ink on parchment. Israel Museum. Jerusalem
Italy. Florence. Loggia del Bigallo. A prophet. 14th centuryItaly. Florence. Loggia del Bigallo. Gothic style (1352-1358). Bas-relief depicting a prophet
Roman Art. Togatus. Restored as Augustus. Emperor (27 B. CRoman Art. Togatus. Restored as Augustus. First Roman Emperor (27 B.C. -14 A.D.). Sculpture. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark