Venus Collection

Palmistry map of the hand
A palmistry map of the hand, labelling the different areas

Birth of Venus. Alessandro (Sandro) Botticelli
BOTTICELLI, Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi, also called Sandro (1445-1510). The Birth of Venus. ca. 1485. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Oil on wood

Saartje Baartman, also known as The Hottentot Venus
Saartje ( Sarah ) Baartman (1789-1815), also known as The Hottentot Venus - an African servant girl from South Africas Eastern Cape of the Khoisan tribe brought to London in 1810 & exhibited at freak

Map of Cyprus - The Island of Venus. circa 1930s

Venus of Brassempouy
The Venus of Brassempouy carved out of ivory some 18, 000 years ago and discovered in Brassempouy, France. Believed to have been carved during the last stage of the Upper Palaeolithic age

CANOVA, Antonio (1757-1822). The Graces and Venus dancing in front of Mars. Circa 1798. Neoclassicism. Tempera. ITALY. Possagno. Museum of Antonio Canova

Venus of Laussel. 25 mil. -18 mil. BC. Venus holding a horn. Upper Paleolithic. Solutrean. Relief on rock. FRANCE. Bordeaux. Mus饠 d Aquitaine (Aquitaine Museum). Proc: FRANCE. LOT-ET-GARONNE

The Feast of Venus, after 1635. Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640). Oil on canvas, 217 x 350 cm

Birth of Aphrodite
She is born from the foam of the sea

Transit of Venus 1874
A diagram showing the areas of the world which will be able to view the transit of Venus across the face of the sun on the 8th December 1874

Eros & Psyche - 6
Eros/Cupid is scolded by his mother Aphrodite/Venus, for loving Psyche

Aphrodite / Venus
Aphrodite/Venus rides her chariot, drawn by doves, through the clouds

OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
Mr. Venus surrounded by the trophies of his art

Nail Polish Remover
A beautiful art nouveau label for Wlandres Venus nail polish remover, distributed by Wadanola Beauty Supply of Syracuse, New York

Mrs Bryan Guinness (Diana Freeman Mitford) as Venus
Front cover photograph from The Sketch of the Hon. Mrs. Bryan Guinness, formerly the Hon. Diana Mitford, cast as the role of Venus at the Olympian Party

Venus between terminal gods by Aubrey Beardsley
Venus Between Terminal Gods by Aubrey Beardsley. Date: 1895

Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula. Illustration from John Ellis, Directions for bringing over seeds and plants from the East Indies to which is added

PINBALL MACHINE / 1963
A pinball machine first manufactured by J.H. Keeney & Co. Inc. in April 1963. The game, Venus, is loosly based on bingo and there are six bingo cards on the back glass. Date: 1963

Love and Beauty by Ernest Procter (1886-1935) as exhibited at the Royal Academy exhibition in 1931. The figures of Venus and Cupid float above London

Elegant venus shell, Hysteroconcha dione.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Venus Kebab House
Dining outside the Venus Kebab House on the corner of Percy Street, central London, with the Post Office Tower behind. Date: 1969

The temple of Venus at Baiae, near Naples, Italy, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

22, 000 - 30, 000 years old Venus figures
Left to right. a) In fired clay from Moravia. b) In mammoth ivory from France. The Willendorf Venus c) In limestone from Austria. d) In mammoth ivory from Ukraine

John Farleigh Woodcuts for Shaw s
John Farleighs Woodcuts for George Bernard Shaws " The Adventures of The Black Girl in her search for God." 1932

HMS Venus, Scapa Flow, WW2. 1943

Madame Vestris
LUCIA ELIZABETH VESTRIS (nee Bartolozzi), actress, singer and manager : as Venus in The Paphian Bower

A Winters Tale - on board the motor ship Venus
A spread from The Tatler featuring photographs by Anthony Armstrong Jones and recorded the numerous passengers on board the " Venus" which was heading to Madeira in January 1952

Renaissance Art. Italy. Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510). Venus and Mars, c. 1483. Detail of Venus. Tempera on panel. National Gallery. London. England. UK

Madam gorgon, Acicarpha tribuloides. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Tsar Nicholas II and the Tsarevich Alexei, School at Bakhmut
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II and the Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich reviewing the children of the popular school Venus in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine. Date: circa 1913

Illustration, The train is just coming in now, said the little porter. Date: 1938

Illustration, In Nursery-Rhyme Land - Why, all the people are alive, cried Betty. Date: 1938

Comic postcard, The Astronomers - Venus, Jupiter and Mars Date: 20th century

Italy - Temple of Venus, Baiae, Naples
Vintage 19th century photograph: Italy - Temple of Venus, Baiae, Naples

Italy - Temple of Venus, Rome
Vintage 19th century photograph: Italy - Temple of Venus, Rome

Rainbow lorikeet, Trichoglossus moluccanus. Blue-bellied parrot. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of an illustration by William Hayes from Portraits of Rare

Interior of the Heliopolis, Baalbek, Lebanon
View of the interior of the Heliopolis or Temple of Baalbek, Lebanon Beqaa Valley. Interno del Tempio di Balbec. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios

King Priam and family after the departure of Hector
King Priam and Hectors wife Andromache and son Astynanax make ritual offerings before a priest in Troy after the departure of Hector

Capotoline sarcophagus representing the Nine Muses
Capotoline sarcophagus bas relief representing the Nine Muses. Clio 1, Thalia 2, Erato 3, Euterpe 4, Polyhymnia 5, Terpsichore 6, Calliope 7, Urania 8, Melpomene 9

Theodosius I on horseback with sceptre. Theodosius the Great with sceptre, plumed helmet and caparisoned horse. From a column in Istanbul built after his victory over Magnus Maximus. Porta Aurea

Roman legionaries with ballista during a siege
Roman legionaries in lorica armour and galea helmets with shields and spears during a siege. Slingers sling lead shot, and two artillery men load darts into a ballista protected by fortifications

The Venus of the Seas
France - The Venus of the Seas - a young woman in a red swimsuit enjoying a spot of Water skiing. Date: circa 1930s

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Knights Tale. Palamon in the Temple of Mars, Arcite in the Temple of Venus. Date: 1845

Giulio Romano, Italian artist, with three cupids
Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi, c1499-1546), Italian artist and architect, with three cupids from his painting of Venus persuading Vulcan to forge Cupids arrows (original in the Louvre, Paris)

Patricia Ellis, American actress
Patricia Ellis (1918-1970), American actress. 1938

Three vases showing reliefs by Lady Templeton, Venus bound by putti and the goddesses Pomona and Flora. Chromolithograph drawn by Grivell and lithographed by Parrot et Co

Teapots, cream jugs and sucrier
Large teapot in blue jasper with reliefs by Lady Templeton, pink jasper ewer with Venus (top L), basalt sucrier (bottom L)

Chocolate pot, vase, cup and saucer
Green chocolate pot with Three Graces and dancing nymphs (top); blue ewer or vase with Venus and Cupid (bottom); white cup and saucer with ivy leaves; and green cup and saucer with Venus

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