Symbolism Collection (page 6)

Easter - French model holding giant model egg. Date: circa 1910s

Three British bulldogs on a greetings card
Three British bulldogs standing on a Union Flag on a greetings card -- Defenders of the Empire. Date: early 20th century

White doves and church bells on a cross-shaped card. circa 1890s

White flowers and dove on a cross-shaped Easter card
White flowers and a dove on a cross-shaped Easter card, with a Biblical quotation. Date: circa 1890s

Flock of white doves on a cross-shaped Easter card. Date: circa 1890s

New Year Baby with mother on a New Year card -- Learn to Creep Before You Run. Date: circa 1890s

New Year Baby with gifts on a New Year card
New Year Baby with gifts, sitting on top of a train on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas and New Year card, British War Office
Christmas and New Year card (front), British War Office, with blue and red ribbon, and a golden lion on a crown. Date: 1951

Cartoon, The useless trap, WW1
Cartoon, The useless trap. Kaiser Wilhelm asks Chancellor Bethmann if he thinks the enemy will recognise his dove, which is really a two-headed eagle with white feathers. Date: 1917

Cartoon, The vision, WW1
Cartoon, The vision. Kaiser Wilhelm sits looking at a map of Europe, with the figure of a Roman emperor hovering behind him. He realises that one moment of genius is worth more than 44 years of work

Cartoon, The imperial eagle, WW1
Cartoon, The imperial eagle. He will return to his eyrie devoid of feathers, never to return. A comment on a German retreat during the First World War. Date: 1916

Cartoon, On the Isonzo, WW1
Cartoon, On the Isonzo (a river on the eastern Italian Front). Showing an Italian carabiniere holding the imperial eagle upside down -- it will make a nice starter for his wolfs dinner

Cartoon, Russian army on battlefield, WW1
Cartoon, Russian army charging across a battlefield. A Russian man tells a French man that they will soon put paid to the German enemy. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Chancellor Bethmann and his work, WW1
Cartoon, Chancellor Bethmann and his work, showing the German Chancellor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, replacing the German eagle with a duck (canard, an idiom for a hoax or rumour). Date: 1916

Cartoon, The peace treaty, WW1
Cartoon, The peace treaty. An imaginary peace treaty with a sword sticking into a German eagle, and the signature of Rosalie (a nickname for the French bayonet) signed in the eagles blood below

Cartoon, The little English knife, WW1
Cartoon, The little English knife. A French soldier in a trench on the Western Front tells his English colleague that he is faithful to his Rosalie (the name for his bayonet)

Cartoon, Ten centuries have passed, WW1
Cartoon, Ten centuries have passed. An allegorical female representing the medieval period holds the famous sword named Durandal (or Durendal), from the time of Charlemagne

Cartoon, Do not sell the bears skin, WW1
Cartoon, Do not sell the bears skin, showing a large white bear (representing Bulgaria) with blood dripping from its claws, towering above its Central Powers colleagues from Germany

Illustration, A Song of the English, British Empire
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine). My arm is nothing weak, My strength is not gone by

Illustration, A Song of the English, Capetown
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

Illustration, A Song of the English, Halifax
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine). Halifax -- Into the mist my guardian prows put forth

Illustration, A Song of the English, The Sea
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

French Theatre -- Science et Anerye
Science et Anerye (Science and Stupidity), a morality play. Showing an allegorical female figure representing Stupidity in a black cloak with a donkeys head, legs and tail attached to her

WW2 Christmas card, soldier fighting dragon
WW2 Christmas card, soldier fighting a dragon. Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, Keep Going... for a Happy Christmas. The message inside reads: A message of cheer this Christmastide / To help to KEEP GOING along the steps / That lead towards a just

WWI Poster, US Marines
Teufel Hunden (Devil Dogs), German nickname for US Marines, American recruiting poster, showing a bulldog chasing a dachshund. 1918

Texas Heroes Monument, Galveston, Texas, USA, in memory of those who died in the Texas Revolution (Texas War of Independence, 1835-1836)

Speakers Corner
Evangelist at Speakers Corner, Marble Arch, 1987 Date: 1987

DENIS, Maurice (1870-1943). Breton women. 1890. Symbolism. Les Nabis. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 d Orsay (Orsay Museum)

MARIUS PICTOR (1852-1924). Red sunset, fine morning. 1882-1902. Symbolism. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 d Orsay (Orsay Museum)

G܉RALDES, Ricardo (1886-1927). Argentinian writer
G܉ RALDES, Ricardo (1886-1927). Argentinian writer

VUILLARD, Edouard. Theatre Scene
VUILLARD, Edouard (1868-1940). Theatre Scene. 1893. Symbolism. Les Nabis. Oil on canvas. GERMANY. LOWER SAXONY. Hanover. Lower Saxony State Museum

DENIS, Maurice. Breton Women
DENIS, Maurice (1870-1943). Breton Women. Symbolism. Les Nabis. Oil on canvas

DENIS, Maurice. Portrait of Yvonne Lerolle
DENIS, Maurice (1870-1943). Portrait of Yvonne Lerolle. 1897. Symbolism. Les Nabis. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES. Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Maurice Denis Le Prieur駠 Museum

Fountain in Place de la Concorde Paris
Bronze fountain sculpture in Place de la Concorde, Paris. A triton or naiad holding a fish spouting water to represent the Rhone and Rhine

Tutankhamen Funeral Mask
Profile of the gold funerary mask of Tutankhamun inlaid with lapis lazuli. Cairo Museum collection

The Crown of Peace by Sir W. B. Richmond
An angel with a crown of olive leaves, holds a crown embellished with flowers and filigree. Date: 1914

Britannia, Royal Naval & Military Tournament, Olympia
A young woman dressed as Britannia, at the Royal Naval & Military Tournament, Olympia, London. Date: 1910

Boy Scouts painting totem pole, Nanking, China
Boy Scouts painting a totem pole at a national rally in Nanking (Nanjing), China. The pole symbolises comradeship. Date: 1937

Ceiling of San Ignazio, Rome
The trompe l oeil ceiling of San Ignazio in Rome representing the continents

Captain James Cook -- an allegory
Captain James Cook (1728-1779), explorer. An allegory, showing Neptune raising him up to Immortality, a Genius crowning him with a Wreath of Oak, and Fame introducing him to History

Cartoon, The Glad Hand, WW1
Cartoon, The Glad Hand -- Brother Jonathan (representing the USA) tells Kaiser Wilhelm to wash his hand first, before shaking it

British coins, two Elizabeth II sixpences for 1966 and 1967, with a design on the reverse representing England (rose), Scotland (thistle), Wales (leek) and Ireland (shamrock). Date: 1966-1967

Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm discarding uniforms, WW1
Cartoon showing Kaiser Wilhelm II discarding the uniforms and orders he has previously received from Britain, now that the First World War has started

Cartoon, The Waterloo Cup, WW1
Cartoon, The " Waterloo" Cup, and the " turn" of the Belgian Hare. Showing a hare thumping a German dachshund in the stomach -- a comment on recent events in the early days of

St. Patricks Day Postcard
Fair as the Lily White Is My Irish Sweetheart St. Patricks Day is a Delight O Erin may we never part. Date: circa 1907

Poster, Italian liberation, Piave, Italy, WW1
Italian fundraising poster during the First World War, showing a soldier about to sink an axe into a large encroaching hand on the other side of the Piave River. Date: circa 1917-1918

Patriotic British postcard with bulldog, WW1
First World War patriotic postcard, showing a fierce-looking British bulldog: Who said Germany? Date: 1914-1918

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