Survival Gallery

Cover design for Dutch Dolls Polka

Cover design for Dutch Dolls Polka, a song by May Ostlere, published by Enoch & Sons, London. Arrangements are also available for orchestra, instrumental septet, and military and brass bands. A large number of wooden dolls are depicted floating on the sea in a tub, with more tubs on the distant horizon

© Mary Evans Picture Library

Scene from Shakespeares Cymbeline

A scene from shakespeare's Cymbeline, in which Imogen, dressed as a boy, has found a hut in the forest and, being hungry, has eaten some food. The owners of the hut, a man and two boys, have just returned, and are surprised to see her there. Little do they know that she and the boys are related, but for that we will have to wait for the final recognition scene

© Mary Evans Picture Library

The Jockey of Artemision

The Jockey of Artemision - a Hellenistic bronze statue of a young boy riding a horse, dated to around 150140 BC. A very rare surviving original bronze statue from Ancient Greece (preserved in a shipwreck off Cape Artemision, in north Euboea in 1926). Date: circa 1929

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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