Symbolic Collection (page 9)

Library of Congress Mural - Mosaic Panels - Law
Washington DC, USA - Mural - The Mosaic Panels by Frederick Dielman (1847-1935). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Law

Library of Congress Mural - Mosaic Panels - History
Washington DC, USA - Mural - The Mosaic Panels by Frederick Dielman (1847-1935). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. History

Washington DC - Library of Congress Mural - The Four Seasons
Washington DC, USA - Mural - The Four Season by Frank Weston Benson (1862-1951). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. (3/4). Autumn. Date: 1920

Library of Congress Mural - The Printing Press
Washington DC, USA - Mural - The Evolution of the Book by John White Alexander (1856-1915). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. The Printing Press

Washington DC - Library of Congress Mural - The Heiroglyphic
Washington DC, USA - Mural - The Evolution of the Book by John White Alexander (1856-1915). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. The Heiroglyphic

Library of Congress Mural - Tale of the Eastern Story Teller
Washington DC, USA - Mural - The Evolution of the Book by John White Alexander (1856-1915). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Oral Tradition

Library of Congress Mural - Emersons Uriel
Washington DC, USA - Mural - Poetry Series by Henry Oliver Walker (1843-1929). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Emersons Uriel

Library of Congress Mural - Miltons Comus
Washington DC, USA - Mural - Poetry Series by Henry Oliver Walker (1843-1929). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Miltons Comus. Listening to the ladys song. Date: 1920

Library of Congress Mural - Wordsworths Boy of Winander
Washington DC, USA - Mural - Poetry Series by Henry Oliver Walker (1843-1929). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Wordsworths Boy of Winander

Library of Congress Mural - Shakespeares Adonis
Washington DC, USA - Mural - Poetry Series by Henry Oliver Walker (1843-1929). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Shakespeares Adonis - slain by a wild boar. Date: 1920

Washington, Library of Congress Mural - Keats Endymion
Washington DC, USA - Mural - Poetry Series by Henry Oliver Walker (1843-1929). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Keats Endymion - The shepherd boy asleep on Mount Latmus

Washington, Library of Congress Mural - Tennysons Ganymede
Washington DC, USA - Mural - Poetry Series by Henry Oliver Walker (1843-1929). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building

Washington, Library of Congress Mural - Muse of Lyric Poetry
Washington DC, USA - Mural - Poetry Series by Henry Oliver Walker (1843-1929). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. The Muse of Lyric Poetry. Date: 1920

Phil May as the Joker riding off on a mule into the sunset
Phil May as the Joker / Court Jester riding off on a mule into the sunset Date: circa 1900

Soviet QSL card - plaque on Venus
A commemorative card from a Soviet Radio Station (a QSL card) commemorating the sending of a plaque bearing a portrait of Lenin to the Planet Venus

A pair of young French lovers talking sweet nothings to one another as a large heart appears (transported by cherubim) above their heads. Date: circa 1910s

Jeremiah breaking the potters vessels
Jeremiah breaking the Potters vessels. circa 19th century

Saint Luke the Evangelist
Luke the Evangelist. In traditional depictions, such as paintings, evangelist portraits and church mosaics (as here), St. Luke is often accompanied by an ox or bull, usually having wings

The Three Symbolic Animals of Alchemy. Islamic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Cursus Cometae, treated on the location and trajectory of the comets in the years 1664-65, work by Johannes Hevelius

Jugend front cover, two young women dancing
Front cover design for Jugend magazine, depicting two young women dancing. They are holding symbolic items representing arts and crafts, including an artists palette and brushes

19th century Insurance Company Fire Notice, County Fire office, with an image of Britannia with lion and shield

Coronation of Napoleon, with balloon
Festival for the Coronation of Napoleon and Josephine, scene in the Place de la Concorde, Paris, with five balloons ascending as part of the celebrations. 3 December 1804

Valentines Postcard - Matchless Valentine
Cupid strikes a match of love, casting his spell on two sweethearts... Though you may set these all alight, My heart is safe you know; For that has been aflame for you Sweetheart, long long ago

A dead German, lying symbolically in a field of wheat
" The Harvest" Caption: " And with mine own hand labour d it to grow, and his as all the harvest that I reap d" The moralising quote, from the Rubaiyat of Omar Kyyam

Marianne and the British Bulldog - Franco-British Exhbition
Marianne smiles favourably toward the British Bulldog - a symbolic postcard, denoting the thawing of international relations between France and Britain following the Entente Cordiale (signed in 1904)

Drawing of Erato, Muse of Song and Poetry
A drawing of Erato, the Muse of Lyric Song and Poetry in Greek mythology, from a statue in the British Museum. By Ellen Philadelphia Smyth (1828-1881), an aunt of Robert Baden Powell. circa 1850s

On Closer Inspection - Kaiser and King George
The Kaiser: " Why, I always thought your Lion was showing his teeth; I see, now, its been intended for a genial smile

Royal Wedding 1923 - The Wing Commander by Elcock
Symbolic illustration by Howard K. Elcock celebrating the wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey on 26 April 1923

King Edgar is rowed down the Dee
As a symbolic act of allegiance, eight tributary kings row King Edgar down the River Dee at Chester. Date: 973

Locks on a gate to symbolise love
Arkhangelsk (Archangel), Russia - Locks fastened to a gate to symbolise eternal love. 2010

Royal wedding 1893 - the wedding dress material
The pattern of the wedding dress was selected by the bride herself, Princess May of Teck(later the Duchess of York, then Queen Mary)(1867-1953)

Maori Chief - New Zealand, with a spectacular tattoo on his face and wearing a smock made of tiny seashells. Date: 1904

Rue Royale Fires
Fires are started in parts of Paris, often by petroleuses - women carrying cans of fuel. Firemen fight fires in the fashionable rue Royale, seen as symbolic of the old regime. Date: April- May 1871

Matteo Bellintani
MATTEO BELLINTANI Capuchin friar, depicted clutching a crucifix, and surrounded by symbolic creatures - lion, swan, phoenix - and fruit. Date: CIRCA 1624

American election cartoon with Uncle Sam voting
Cartoon by Clifford K Berryman entitled Anxious Moments, showing Uncle Sam voting in an American presidential election, about to drop his voting paper into the ballot box

Standard Motor Company advert featuring Coronation Chair, 19
An advertisement, or rather, loyal tribute on the occasion of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II by the Standard Motor Company featuring a colour photograph of the Coronation Chair

1920s jewellery design
1920s costume jewellery design, taking its inspiration from different subjects such as nature and religion. 1924

Ripon Hornblower
The Ripon Hornblower, with his fantastic curved horn and distinctive tricorn hat. This tradition originates with the wakeman of Ripon

Hymnodia Sionia by Praetorius, 1611
Title page of Hymnodia Sionia(1611), by Michael Praetorius. Musicians on earth echo the heavenly music of angels and even King David, as they worship the lamb of God

Syntagma Musicum by Praetorius, 1620
Title page of Syntagma Musicum(1620), by Michael Praetorius. Musicians on earth echo the heavenly music of angels and even King David, as they worship the lamb of God

Buckingham Palace gates, 1835
The gates of Buckingham Palace, as shown on the front cover of The Mirror, 1835. See picture 10030204 for a photographic version, now at Marble Arch. Date: 1835

Music at home - harmony before matrimony
Harmony before matrimony, by James Gillray. A couple perform a duet de l amour in a Georgian interior, whilst two cats play on the sheet music on the floor. Date: 1805

ILN cover design, Festival of Britain Exhibition Number. Showing Britannia in a red cloak, standing on a cliff top waving to some arriving ships (no doubt containing exhibition visitors)

Granpops Lodge of Instruction
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood showing his orang-utan character, Granpop together with a monkey and a pig attending a Freemasons meeting at a makeshift Lodge! 1934

Queen Victorias visit to Ireland, 1900
Colour supplement to the Sketch, commemorating Queen Victorias visit to Ireland in 1900. The monarchs face is shown on a shamrock on a union jack flag, with an Irish girl curtseying

Ancient Irish Priests
A priest of the ancient Irish pagan religion, together with a heraldic bard, prepare to initiate an infant into the mysteries of their religion, watched by a symbolic dog. Date: early centuries AD

Racial / Sri Lanka / Dancers
Two Sri Lankan Devil Dancers accompanied by a barrel drum. Their hands are held in detailed positions (mudras) which have symbolic & narative meaning. Date: circa 1890

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