Symbolism Collection (page 8)

Standard of the White Horse
The Standard of the White Horse shown on this flag, carried by a British King, here the sign of a British regiment in the First Century AD

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

Decorated Camel - Syria
An opulently-decorated camel from Syria - covered in decorative symbols related to the Turkish Ottoman Empire Date: circa 1910s

Flowers and People 1884
Two pages from a book about the symbolism of flowers, popular in Victorian times: a cornucopia full of flowers, and three little fairies dancing in a ring. Date: 1884

Quadriga, Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany
The Quadriga (four horses drawing a chariot), seen here in silhouette against the sky, on top of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany

Statue of Maximilian II, Munich, Germany
View of the statue of King Maximilian II of Bavaria on Maximilianstrasse in Munich, Germany

See-saw on an Easter Egg with the Easter Bunny
A rather splendid symbolism-packed Easter card, with two children, a boy and a girl, playing on a see-saw balanced on a giant Easter egg

Rehearsal for unveiling of Victoria Memorial
A rehearsal for the unveiling of the Victoria Memorial, a Grade I listed building at the centre of Queens Gardens in front of Buckingham Palace, Central London

Garter banner of Queen Mary
The garter banner of Queen Mary, made at the Royal School of Art Needlework (now the Royal School of Needlework) in South Kensington, London

Bible presented to King George V
Detail of the cover of a Bible presented to King George V by the British and Foreign Bible Society

Garter banner of King George V
The garter banner of King George V, made at the Royal School of Art Needlework (now the Royal School of Needlework) in South Kensington, London

Mexico City - Independence Monument
The Independence Mounument (Monumento a la Independencia) at Mexico City, Mexico, erected in 1910 to mark 100 years of Mexican Independence

Union Workhouse, Axbridge, Somerset
The workhouse, designed by Samuel Welch, was erected in 1837 on West Street in Axbridge. It later became St Johns Hospital

RMS Olympic, Queens Hotel Queenstown
Two items relating to the RMS Olympic luxury cruise liner. An information card for the Queens Hotel, Queenstown (on the southern coast of Ireland) boasts of redecoration

Programme and two leaflets
A programme and two leaflets relating to shipwrecks: 1. Programme for a concert in aid of the survivors of RMS Titanic, taking place on 13 May 1912

RMS Carpathia medal
The silver RMS Carpathia medal (image side) presented to Thomas Alfred Holmes, 3rd Engineer on the ship that rescued survivors from the Titanic disaster in April 1912

Modern Life in Silhouette by Pierrot
Interesting illustration depicting various people of 1924, including a soldier, a couple in evening dress and a newsboy, following a line which eventually transforms into a group of dancing nymphs

German Allies at the top of the pole
A terrific fold-out card depicting the German allies as the dominant holders of a spot at the top of the European maypole as their enemies fail to cling on as they attempt an ascent

Easter Card - German Allies of World War One
The German allies in World War one depicted as painted eggs in this propaganda Easter Card

Religious card with quotation from Revelation 2: 7
A religious card with a quotation from the Book of Revelation, Chapter 2, Verse 7 -- " To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the Tree of Life which is in the midst of the Paradise of

Shakespeare / Immortality
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Playwrights bust crowned by the Nymph of Immortality

Marianne Versions 1910
Marianne, symbol of the French Republic, seen as a Liberal, a Socialist, and a plain Democrat -- its as easy as changing your hair colour!

Suggestive Fig Leaves
A kneeling one-armed man (a piece of statuary no doubt) holding an erect club hides his aroused modesty behind an up-turned fig leaf. All very explicit if a tad coy

Flacid Fig Leaf Statue
Half man half something else, a type of satir perhaps with one large leg with an eagles foot & forked beard models the down-turned or passive fig leaf. What the bell means ?

Emblem of the Sun Fire Office, insurance company
The emblem of the Sun Fire Office, an insurance company established in the early 18th century

Gunpowder Plot, watched by the eye of God
The Gunpowder Plot -- an allegorical representation of God witnessing the plotters carrying out their dastardly plans

German alchemist at work
An allegorical portrait of a German alchemist at work, with various symbolic items -- Sun and Moon, Flowers and Furnace, and a lion swallowing a serpent

George Washington, American soldier and statesman

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