Feathers Collection (page 29)

Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot, French revolutionary. A member of the National Convention, Carnot (1753-1823) was the organiser of victory in Frances revolutionary wars

John James Audobon (1780-1851), American ornithologist and artist, 1836. In this cartoon, Audobon has a beak for a nose, and his collar, epaulettes and headdress are made of feathers

Madame Elisabeth, 1893. Elisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France (1764-1794), commonly called Madame Elisabeth, was a French princess, the daughter of Louis

The Wounded Cuirassier, 1893. Artist: Theodore Gericault
The Wounded Cuirassier, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 14th January 1893

Feather-dresser, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777. Private Collection

Picket Pin, Dakota Sioux North American Plains Indian, c1900

Standing Bear, Chief of the Dakota Sioux, North American Plains Indians, c1885-c1890. Pictured wearing ceremonial robes and a full length head-dress of eagle feathers

Tecumseh (c1768-1813), Native American chief of the Shawnees. Tecumseh led an uprising against the whites, which was crushed in 1811

Portrait of a Young Man, 18th / early 19th century. Artist: Jean-Honore Fragonard
Portrait of a Young Man, 18th/early 19th century. From the Musee Cognacq-Jay, Paris

Prester John, legendary Christian priest-king, riding out from a city, 1540. In the 12th and 13th centuries Prester John was said to have been a powerful ruler in Asia

Men Omini War-Pipe, North American Indian. Smoked during ceremonial preparation for war and as part of peace-making ceremony

Spirit of the Earthquake, Nootka Mask, Pacific Norwest Coast American Indian. Possibly American Museum of Natural History. Acquisition Year: 1901

Vasco Nunez de Balboa (1475-1529), Spanish explorer, late 19th century. Balboa founded a colony at Darien, in what is today Panama. He was the first European to sight the Pacific Ocean

Lute Player, 1624. Artist: Gerrit van Honthorst
Lute Player, 1624. Detail. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

A Friend in Need, 1873. Artist: Joseph Swain
A Friend in Need, 1873. Mr Gladstone is seen here with John Bright. In the background, an African man, dressed in skins and feathers is nonetheless armed with a very modern rifle

Scene From The American Tempest, 1863. Caliban (Sambo) says: You Beat Him Nough, Massa! Berry LittleTime, I ll Beat Him Too. - Shakespeare

Retrogression (A Very Sad Picture), 1862. War-Dance of the IOU Indian. The American dancing in native feathers bears a striking resemblance to President Abraham Lincoln

Last Eglinton Tournament. - The Earl doing Battle for his Lady. 1858
Last Eglinton Tournament. - The Earl doing Battle for his Lady, 1858. Lord Eglinton, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, is the knight in shining armour

A Little Tea Party, 1858. Britannia asks: A little more gunpowder, Mr. China?, (a play on words as gunpowder is also a kind of tea)

The Armistice, 1859. Napoleon remarks Well, Brother, haven t they had almost Enough of This? Napoleon III and Francis Joseph are seen setting their eagles in the manner of those setting their

Cranes on Branch of Snow-covered Pine, late 1820s. Creator: Hokusai
Cranes on Branch of Snow-covered Pine, late 1820s

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