Images Dated 2014 July

Varieties of edible-podded pea, or sugar pea

Varieties of edible-podded pea, or sugar pea. Chromolithograph, by G. Severeyns, of Brussels, from Ernst Benary, Album Benary. Date: 1876-86

© The John Innes Centre/The John Innes Foundation/Mary Evans

1876, 86, Album, Benary, Brussels, Chromolithograph, Edible, Ernst, Pea, Podded, Severeyns, Sugar, Varieties

15 Jul 2014

© Mary Evans Picture Library/Hubertus Kanus

1589, 16th, Bayern, Century, German, Germany, Historical, History, Hochstadt, Palace

Under the Protection of the Gods

Under the Protection of the Gods: A Fantasy of ancient and Modern Egypt. A drawing by Howard Carter showing a hoopoe in the crack of a wall which has ancient Egyptian paintings. The impression given is of the modern bird being protected by the outstretched wings of the Goddess Nekhbet, the divine vulture. Date: 1951

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans