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Background imageWinged Collection: War and Peace

War and Peace
An illustration depicting a man in armour, wielding a sword and shield, the embodiment of war, standing beside his opposite, an angelic winged woman, symbolising peace

Background imageWinged Collection: The Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Advertisement

The Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd of Regent Street, London. The images show three examples of military jewellery, including a 1st Life Guards badge

Background imageWinged Collection: Italy, Pompeii. House of the Vettii. 1st century AD

Italy, Pompeii. House of the Vettii. 1st century AD. Triclinium. Fresco depicting Cupids selling wine. Detail. Date: 2014

Background imageWinged Collection: Melancholia

Melancholia
This etching shows a glum looking winged figure, a personification of melancholia, surrounded by a number of objects symbolising carpentry, alchemy, geometry and numerology. Date: circa 1514

Background imageWinged Collection: Fragment of a roman sarcophagus tub. 2nd century AD. From Cr

Fragment of a roman sarcophagus tub. 2nd century AD. From Cr
Fragment of a roman sarcophagus tub. 2nd century AD. Marble. From Crete (Greece). Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey

Background imageWinged Collection: 4th Century Bc Acheron Aeneid Allegoric Allegorical

4th Century Bc Acheron Aeneid Allegoric Allegorical
4th, century, bc, acheron, aeneid, allegoric, allegorical, allegory, ancient, age, art, boat, boatman, boundary, campania, charon, cross, dead, death, deceased, ferry, ferryman, gravestone, greek

Background imageWinged Collection: 10th Century BC 22nd Dynasty 900 900BC Ancient

10th Century BC 22nd Dynasty 900 900BC Ancient
10th, Century, BC, 22nd, Dynasty, 900, 900BC, ancient, age, Ancient, Egypt, Art, British, Museum, Cartonnage, case, colour, coloured, death, Detail, egyptian, England, funerary, god, Great, Britain

Background imageWinged Collection: The Venetian Arsenal, Venice, Italy

The Venetian Arsenal, Venice, Italy
The Venetian Arsenal - a complex of former shipyards and armouries clustered together in the city of Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageWinged Collection: The Lion of Venice, Italy

The Lion of Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageWinged Collection: The Lion of St Mark s, Venice, Italy

The Lion of St Mark s, Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageWinged Collection: Winged Bulls, Hall of All the Nations, Persepolis, Iran

Winged Bulls, Hall of All the Nations, Persepolis, Iran
Pair of Winged Bulls at the Hall of All the Nations, Persepolis, Iran. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageWinged Collection: Evening grosbeak, brown creeper and black and white warbler

Evening grosbeak, brown creeper and black and white warbler
Evening grosbeak, Coccothraustes vespertinus 1, 2, brown creeper, Certhia americana 3, and black and white warbler, Mniotilta varia 4

Background imageWinged Collection: Pine grosbeak, red crossbill and white-winged crossbill

Pine grosbeak, red crossbill and white-winged crossbill
Pine grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, male 1, female 2, American crossbill or red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra 3, white-winged crossbill, Loxia leucoptera 4, males

Background imageWinged Collection: Senegal bushbaby or lesser galago, Galago senegalensis

Senegal bushbaby or lesser galago, Galago senegalensis. The galago of the Senegal. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves l Afrique, Paris, 1814

Background imageWinged Collection: Allegorical illustration of a winged woman riding

Allegorical illustration of a winged woman riding a hobby horse with horn and portrait of Henry Bunbury. The Apotheosis of Geoffery Gambado

Background imageWinged Collection: Regency gentleman riding a horse with one hind leg tied

Regency gentleman riding a horse with one hind leg tied
Regency gentleman riding a horse with one hind leg buckled into the surcingle. A man with tobacco pipe and ale jug shouts at him. Another rider falls from galloping horse

Background imageWinged Collection: Margin-winged stick insect and red epacris

Margin-winged stick insect and red epacris
Margin-winged stick insect, Ctenomorpha chronus, and red epacris, Epacris impressa. (Walking stick mantis, Phasma sp.) Chromolithograph after an illustration by Louisa Anne Meredith from her book

Background imageWinged Collection: Copperleaf snowberry and purple apple-berry

Copperleaf snowberry and purple apple-berry
Copperleaf snowberry, Gaultheria hispida, and purple berry, Billardiera longiflora. With emerald king butterfly, Papilio palinurus

Background imageWinged Collection: Fox hunting gentleman riding out with boys on ponies

Fox hunting gentleman riding out with boys on ponies
Fox hunting gentleman Mr. Jug Boyston riding out with boys on ponies, 19th century. The Jug and his juvenile field. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by John Leech from Robert Smith

Background imageWinged Collection: Actors playing Henry Tudor fighting King Richard III

Actors playing Henry Tudor fighting King Richard III of England on stage in a theatre. Other actors wait in the wings in tunics with red and white roses

Background imageWinged Collection: Greater argonaut and winged argonaut octopus

Greater argonaut and winged argonaut octopus
Greater argonaut octopus, Argonauta argo 1, and winged argonaut, Argonauta hians 2. Polpo navigatore degli Antichi, Polpo di Cranch

Background imageWinged Collection: Red-winged pytilia, Pytilia phoenicoptera

Red-winged pytilia, Pytilia phoenicoptera (Red-winged bengaly, Pytilia phaenicoptera). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of

Background imageWinged Collection: Cut-throat finch, Amadina fasciata

Cut-throat finch, Amadina fasciata
Cut-throat finch or ribbon finch, Amadina fasciata. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa in Sir William

Background imageWinged Collection: Black-winged red bishop, Euplectes hordeaceus

Black-winged red bishop, Euplectes hordeaceus (Crimson-crowned weaver, Euplectes flammiceps). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his

Background imageWinged Collection: African cuckoo-hawk, Aviceda cuculoides

African cuckoo-hawk, Aviceda cuculoides
African cuckoo-hawk or cuckoo falcon, Aviceda cuculoides. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa in Sir William

Background imageWinged Collection: Dara Shukohs head presented to Aurangzeb, 1659

Dara Shukohs head presented to Aurangzeb, 1659
Dara Shukohs severed head is presented to his brother Muhi-ud-Din Muhammad (later Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb), 1659. La testa di Dara-Chekouh presentata a suo fratello. From a miniature

Background imageWinged Collection: Odysseus entertained by Alcinous ruler of the Phaiacians

Odysseus entertained by Alcinous ruler of the Phaiacians
Odysseus entertained by Alcinous, ruler of the Phaiacians on the island of Scheria. Alcinous wife Arete and daughter Nausicaa listen while seated under a Thessalian-style umbrella

Background imageWinged Collection: View of Saint Peters Basilica, Rome

View of Saint Peters Basilica, Rome. Esterno di S. Pietro. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World

Background imageWinged Collection: A winged genius carries Emperor Antoninus Pius to heaven

A winged genius carries Emperor Antoninus Pius to heaven
A winged genius carries Emperor Antoninus Pius and his wife Faustina to heaven. Campus Martius holds an obelisk at left, and Roma in armour sits at right with shield depicting Romulus and Remus

Background imageWinged Collection: Etruscan goddess Persipnei and griffon

Etruscan goddess Persipnei and griffon
Persipnei (Prosperpina) kidnapped by the god of the underworld Aita (Hades) in front of her mother Ceres from a bronze patera 1, and bas-relief of a mythical beast, the griffon 2

Background imageWinged Collection: Ancient Etruscan figures of Apollo

Ancient Etruscan figures of Apollo. Mirror showing seated Apulu or Apollo with two other gods, and marble bas-relief showing Apollo flaying alive Marsyas. Apollo che scortica Marsia

Background imageWinged Collection: The Porta all Arco, Etruscan door in the walls of

The Porta all Arco, Etruscan door in the walls of Volterra, Tuscany. Decorated with three heads of Jupiter, Castor and Pollux (or Tinia, Uni and Menrva in Etruscan mythology)

Background imageWinged Collection: Woman wearing a seethrough frilly veil around her bust

Woman wearing a seethrough frilly veil around her bust. Portrait of Iris, a beauty to rival Venus. Imitation of Anacreon. A woman poses naked like the statue of the famous Greek poet

Background imageWinged Collection: Duck-winged game birds: Simon and Miss Etty

Duck-winged game birds: Simon and Miss Etty
Duck-winged game birds, Gallus gallus domesticus. Bred by John Goodwin. Simon, cup winner at Birmingham 1885 and Miss Etty, first prize at the Dairy Show 1885

Background imageWinged Collection: Silver Pencilled Hamburgh cock and hen

Silver Pencilled Hamburgh cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus, H. Pickles pair, cock first and cup at Birmingham 1871 and hen first at Kendal

Background imageWinged Collection: Winged dragon

Winged dragon, mythological creature. Illustration from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life, Georg Dollheimer, Leipzig, 1932

Background imageWinged Collection: Reconstruction of a swamp forest in the Carboniferous era

Reconstruction of a swamp forest in the Carboniferous era. Colour print after an illustration by Hugo Wolff-Maage from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life, Georg Dollheimer

Background imageWinged Collection: Malachite beetle, net winged beetle, etc

Malachite beetle, net winged beetle, etc
Malachite beetle, Malachius bipustulatus 1, net-winged beetles, Lycus melanurus 2, Lycus punctatus 3, Saperda punctata 4, Saperda species 5, Trichodes octopunctatus 6 and Trichodes apiarius 7

Background imageWinged Collection: Rove and chafer beetles

Rove and chafer beetles
Lampyris beetle, rove beetle, Staphylinus erythropterus 2, Staphylinus species 3, Ampedus sanguineus 4, Silpha pedemonta 5, Temnoscheila virescens 6, and rose chafer, Cetonia aurata 7

Background imageWinged Collection: The shadow passeth when the tree shall fall. Illustration by Florence Harrison to

The shadow passeth when the tree shall fall. Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennysons poem, Love and Death. Date: c.1920

Background imageWinged Collection: At last I heard a voice up on the slope cry to the summit, is there any hope

At last I heard a voice up on the slope cry to the summit, is there any hope. Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennysons poem, The Vision of Sin. Date: c.1920

Background imageWinged Collection: Great stone sarcophagus of Tutankhamen revealed

Great stone sarcophagus of Tutankhamen revealed
The huge stone sarcophagus of the Egyptian boy-king Tutankhamen showing the relief of winged figures of the goddesses Isis, Nephthys, Neith and Selk standing on each corner. Date: 1924

Background imageWinged Collection: Wall paintings of monsters from the Palazzo del Te, Mantua

Wall paintings of monsters from the Palazzo del Te, Mantua
Wall paintings of monsters, masks, tigers, winged creatures and chimera from the Palazzo del Te, Mantua. Handcoloured lithograph by Konter after an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his Ornament of

Background imageWinged Collection: Patera from Millin, Peintures et Vases Antiques

Patera from Millin, Peintures et Vases Antiques. Shallow ceramic dish with mythological winged figures, possibly Venus and Cupid

Background imageWinged Collection: Patera in the British Museum

Patera in the British Museum. Shallow ceramic dish with dancing winged figure holding mirror and dish. Genius of Apollo with string of pearls around its thigh and calf

Background imageWinged Collection: Jasione, Michauxia and rampion species

Jasione, Michauxia and rampion species
Perennial sheep scabious, Jasione perennis, campanula-like michauxia, Michauxia campanuloides, scorzonera-leaved rampion, Phyteuma scorzonerifolium, and winged candiot rampion, Petromarula pinnata

Background imageWinged Collection: Barclays Maurandia, the winged Thunbergia and Forget me not

Barclays Maurandia, the winged Thunbergia and Forget me not
Barclays Maurandia, Maurandya barclayana, the winged Thunbergia, Thunbergia alata, Memory; Scorpion Grass, Forget me not, Myosotis scorpioides

Background imageWinged Collection: Helmets, crests, chainmail hoods, armour, etc

Helmets, crests, chainmail hoods, armour, etc
Jousting helm 1, horned helmet of the Earl of Dammartin 2, winged helm of the Constable of Clisson 3, royal helm 4 and chainmail hood and cap 5



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