Virtue Collection

Cincinnatus called from the plough
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (519 BC-438 BC) is called from the plough to serve as Roman Consul

Unicorn & Reptiles
A unicorn, with assorted reptiles, and a Latin motto: " Not with might, but with virtue"

Epicurus / Virtus Mihi
EPICURUS Greek philosopher: the Latin inscription reads " Virtue is my only pleasure"

La Vertu Dedaignant Les Presents De L'Amour
This illustration, translated as Virtue Disdaining Love's Gifts portrays an old man wearing a bath robe, closely inspecting a little green book

Dacia
A portrait sketch of Jamaica born actress, Dacia Deane, 1899-1989, known for playing roles in movies including Love, Life and Laughter, (1923) and Easy Virtue (1928). Date: 1921

Knight of the Order of Charles III. Chapter costume
Knight of the Order of Charles III, stablished by King Charles III of Spain on September 19, 1771, to decorate individuals for their merits and virtues. Chapter costume. Chromolithography

Miss Isabel Jeans
A painting of English stage and film actress, Miss Isabel Jeans, wearing a pink dress. She went on to play major roles in two Alfred Hitchcock silent films, Downhill (1927) and Easy Virtue (1928)

Cover design, Harry Coverdales Courtship
Part-work cover design, Harry Coverdales Courtship and all that came of it, by Frank E Smedley, illustrated by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne), Part 1, Price one shilling. 1854

Knight of the Red Cross
Red Cross Knight, a fictional character, is the protagonist of Book I of The Faerie Queene (1590), an epic poem by Edmund Spenser

Two ladies talking in a parlor watching a woman paint in oils. She says, How many more virtues and talents... She thinks, To remain a woman

Plaque showing the choice of Hercules between Virtue and Vice. Chromolithograph drawn by Grivell and lithographed by Parrot et Co

Statue of Julia Avita Mamaea with the attributes of Pudicitia, goddess of modesty. Copperplate engraving by G. Perini from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabilis Il Museo Capitolino (The Capitoline Museum)

Statue of Pudicitia in veiled robes
Statue of Pudicitia, goddess of modesty, in veiled robes. In the Belvedere Courtyard in the Vatican. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by L

TRIUMPH OF VIRTUE
The triumph of virtue

Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506). Triumph of the Virtues
Renaissance. Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506). Italian painter. Triumph of the Virtues (Minerva Expelling the Vices from the Garden of Virtue). 1502. Louvre

Promenade in the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, London - a place with a reputation for picking up women of easy virtue, but popular nevertheless with the urbane gentleman

Fountain of Saint Peter, 1595. By Hans Ruprecht Hoffmann (15
Germany. Trier. Fountain of Saint Peter, 1595. By Hans Ruprecht Hoffmann (1545-1617)

Saint Monica (331-387 A. D. ) trusting God saves her son. Alle
Saint Monica (331-387 A.D.) trusting God saves her son. Allegory about Hope. Colored engraving

Samuel Botley
SAMUEL BOTLEY Writer on stenography, which doesn t sound very glamorous but the fulsome inscription hints at Art, Love, Wit and Virtue as well... Date: 1642 - 1696

Rev Robert Hawker / Virtue
REV ROBERT HAWKER Clergyman and writer, Vicar of Charles, Plymouth Date: 1753 - 1827

MARIA THERESIA 1740 (2)
Vienna : the coronation procession of Maria Theresia as Empress, by virtue of the Pragmatic Sanction, an event which will lead to the Austrian Succession War Date: 22 November 1740

A portrait of Isabel Jeans
A portrait of Isobel Jeans (wife of the dramatist Gilbert Wakefield) just finished work on the film Easy Virtue Date: 1927

Isabel Jeans in Easy Virtue (1927)
Isobel Jeans in Easy Virtue (1927) directed by Alfred Hitchcock Date: 1927

Thomas Kent, gardener from the west of England, who underwent a conversion experience on hearing a sermon on the Prodigal Son, and turned over a new leaf

Walking on Le Sentier de la Vertu, Bois de Boulogne, Paris
Taking a walk on a style-conscious stretch of the Bois de Boulogne called Le Sentier de la Vertu, Paris, France. Date: circa 1910s

Edinburgh / Alfred / Virtue
ALFRED DUKE OF EDINBURGH Second son of Victoria, in naval uniform Date: 1844 - 1900

Italian Patriotic Card - Do your Duty, do your best! - extolling the national virtue of contributing to a bank savings scheme to aid the underwriting of the Italian war effort. Date: circa 1910s

Temple of Ancient Virtue at Stowe
The Temple of Ancient Virtue at Stowe, in Buckinghamshire

A Bath Ball or Virtue in Danger

Kitchener / Bassano / Virtue
Horatio, Lord Kitchener 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum Soldier

Charles I Vorsterman
CHARLES I OF ENGLAND The King whose majesty and virtue are in equal balance

Morals / Virtue & Vice
Virtues and vices: (1) nobility (2) anger and accidie (3) envy

David Rice Atchison
DAVID RICE ATCHISON American judge and senator, who by virtue of Zachary Polks refusal to be inaugur- -ated on the Sabbath, was nominally President for a day

William and Mary
WILLIAM III and MARY they accessed the throne by virtue of descent - he as a grandson of Charles I, she as daughter of James II. with their autographs

Vanity Fair / Virtue Rewrd
Virtue rewarded, a booth in Vanity Fair

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