Symbol Collection (page 5)

Patriotic postcard, England as a butterfly, WW1
Patriotic postcard, England as a butterfly, First World War. 1914-1918

Good Luck Card - Penzance - Lawson Wood - Black Cat and Red Horseshoe Date: circa 1937

Berlin
Brandenburg Gate looking towards the West symbol of German division at this time of the cold war Date: circa 1960

Enlist with the Free French Navy
Reproduction on a postcard of a poster encouraging men to enlist with the Free French Navy - To Liberate France. Date: 1943

Emblems of the Evangelists and The Passion. The symbols of the four Evangelists are here depicted in the Book of Kells. The four winged creatures symbolize, clockwise from top left, Matthew, Mark

Christmas Hymn Date: 1375

Osiride pillar of pharaoh Sesostris I. Egypt
Egyptian Art. Osiride pillar of pharaoh Sesostris I, second king of 12th Dynasty. Middle Kingdom. Ruled between 1956 and 1910 BC. Luxor Museum. Egypt

Winged lion statue of Saint Mark on a granite column in the Piazzetta. Venice. Italy

Cutting through the Vendome Column; Paris Commune 1871
A group of Communards cutting through the base of the column in the Place Vendome, Paris, 1871. The Communards decided to remove the column, a symbol of imperial splendour

Ceres - Demeter Crane 1889
Ceres (Demeter), a symbol of harvest time. Date: 1906

GOOD TIMES FOR UNCLE SAM
Uncle Sam enjoys good times whilst riding with the Republican Grand Old Party (symbolised by the elephant) Date: 1906

FAUST AND BLACK DOG
Faust and Wagner see the Black Dog - a sinister symbol (scene from Goethes drama)

MITHRAS depicted by the Gauls as a serpent, symbol of eternity, and - in this case - accompanied by Signs of the Zodiac Date: circa 1st century BC

Lurking demon in the corn
A demon lurks among the cornstalks, waiting to ensnare the innocent girl as she pursues a butterfly, symbol of frivolity... Date: 1866

Symbolic cutting of pigtails in Shanghai, China
At Shanghai, 500 young men voluntarily relinquish their traditional pigtails, symbolising the new spirit of China. Date: 1911

Empyrean Heaven and fall of Lucifer
System of the empyrean, or interior heaven, showing the fall of Lucifer. Date: 1794

Bridge Heraldry, York

Ghent (Gand), Belgium - Monument to Jan Frans Willems (1793-1846) by sculptor Isidoor de Rudder (1899) - Flemish writer and father of the Flemish movement. Date: circa 1900s

Doorway with Order of the Garter motto above - Windsor
Doorway with the French maxim used as the motto of the British chivalric Order of the Garter above - Windsor, Berkshire. Date: circa 1980s

Siena, Italy - Contrada - Selva (Wood)
Standard bearer of the Contrada of Selva (Wood), Siena, Italy. At birth you become a member of one of the 17 Contrade (Districts) and your life revolves around your Contrada

St Barbara - Santa Barbara, California
St Barbara - known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was an early Christian Greek saint and martyr

WW2 - The Free French Air Force in Africa Date: circa 1943

The Flag of Switzerland. Date: 1909

Siena, Italy - Costume of the Contrada dell Istrice
Costumes of the Contrada of Istrice (Porcupine), Siena, Italy. At birth you become a member of one of the 17 Contrade (Districts) and your life revolves around your Contrada

Los Realejos, Tenerife, Spain - Dragon Tree. Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, is a subtropical tree-like plant in the genus Dracaena, native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde

Bulldog with cigar
Unusual Friends - bulldog with cigar. 1950s

Group photo, Masonic Lodge, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Group photo, Rock of Gwalior Masonic Lodge, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1930s

Enormous cotton tree, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Cotton tree with enormous buttresses, historic symbol of Freetown, capital city of Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1908

Ancient Egyptian jewellery from Tutankhamuns tomb
Ear-ornaments from the tomb of Tutankhamun (reigned 13321323 BC), as discovered by Howard Carter among others in 1922 in the Valley of Kings

Jacobs Dream. Engraving by Gustave Dore. Colored
Old Testament. Jacob. Patriarch and prophet. Jacobs Dream. Genesis. Chapter XXVIII. Engraving by Gustave Dore. 19th century. Colored

Romanesque Art. Catalonia. Altar frontal from the Virgin and Child with fleur-de-lis in El Coll. Last quarter of the 12th century. Tempera on poplar wood

Egyptian Art. Temple of Kom Ombo. The eye of Horus. Relief
Egyptian Art. Temple of Kom Ombo. Ptolemaic Dynasty. 2nd century B.C. Dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and falcon god Haroeris. The eye of Horus. Relief

Granida and Daifilo, 1625, by Gerard van Honthorst (1592-165
Gerard van Honthorst (1592-1656). Dutch painter. Granida and Daifilo, 1625. Detail. Centraal Museum. Utrecht. Netherlands

Shiva Nataraja. Bronze. 12th century. India
Shiva Nataraja. 12th century. Bronze, Chola style. Tamil Nadu, India. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Egyptian Art. Karnak. The goddess Bastet. Relief
Egyptian Art. The Karnak Temple Complex. Relief depicting the goddess Bastet. 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Egypt

Emblem of Ahura Mazda. Atashkadeh Fire Temple. Iran
Atashkadeh Fire Temple. Emblem of Ahura Mazda. Detail. Yazd. Iran

Bust of Athena. Roman sculpture after original of about 420
Athena. Goddess of wisdom, courage, law and justice. (Roman equivalent: Minerva). Bust of Athena. Roman sculpture after original of about 420 BC. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Roman mosaic depicting the Chi-Rho symbol with alpha and omega. Found in Barcelona. Museum of History. Barcelona. Spain

German flag at the German Parliament building (Reichstag). Berlin. Germany

Quadriga by Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764-1850). Brandenbur
Quadriga, chariot drawn by four horses driven by Victoria Goddess. Copy by the original of 1793, by Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764-1850). Brandenburg Gate. Berlin. Germany

Mother Denmark, 1851, by Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1819-18
Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1819-1881). Polish-Danish painter. Mother Denmark, 1851. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Head from monumental statue problably from Amenhotep III. Eg
Head from monumental red granite statue of an egyptian king wearing the double crown. Probably Amenhotep III. Around 1390 BC. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. From the temple of Mut, Karnak, Thebes

Great Temple of Ramses II. Hieroglyph. Abu Simbel. Egypt
Great Temple of Ramses II. Hieroglyph. 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Abu Simbel. Egypt

Minoan art. Crete. Phaistos Disc, possibly dating to the middle or late Minoan Bronze Age (2nd millennium B.C.). Side A. Fired clay

The Victor Monument. Belgrade. Serbia
Pobednik (The Victor). Built by Ivan Mestrovic to commemorate Serbian victories in the First Balkan War and the World War I. Kalemegdan Fortress. Belgrade. Serbia

Temple of Ramses III. Winged sun relief as a symbol of prote
Temple of Ramses III. Winged sun relief (falcon wings with two uraeus and solar disk), as a symbol of protection above the doors of the temples. New Kingdom. (1550-1069 b.C). Twentieth dynasty

Relief depicting a hand with an ankh or crux ansata. Egypt
Relief depicting a hand with an ankh or crux ansata. Temple of Hatshepsut. Eighteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Egypt

Relief depicting Hatshepsut and hieroglyph on the walls. Temple of Hatshepsut. Egypt. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Deir el-Bahari. Egypt

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