Conversing Collection (page 10)

Ostracon Fragment, Cheetah, Bird and Monkey, Egypt. Egyptian Museum, Cairo

The Terrace of the Tuileries, 1807. Artist: Jean Pierre Norblin
The Terrace of the Tuileries, 1807

Foot Soldiers, 1828. Artist: Marlet et Cie
Foot Soldiers, 1828. A lithograph from L Inde Francais, 1828. From the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Farm Owner, 1828. Artist: Marlet et Cie
Farm Owner, 1828. A lithograph from L Inde Francais, 1828. From the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

A caricature about two bourgeois French women, World War I, 1915. Artist: Albert Guillaume
A caricature about two bourgeois French women, World War I, 1915. Madam, do you have anyone at the front?; Pardon, yes my chauffeur. A print from the Le Flambeau (the Torch), 18th September 1915

St Andrew and St Francis, c1590-1595. Artist: El Greco
St Andrew and St Francis, c1590-1595. From the collection of the Prado, Madrid, Spain

The Transfiguration, 17th century. Artist: Moses
The Transfiguration, 17th century

The Englishman at the Moulin Rouge, 1892. Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The Englishman at the Moulin Rouge, 1892. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Count de la Forest with his Wife and Daughter, 1804. Artist: Andre Vincent Francois
Count de la Forest with his Wife and Daughter, 1804. From the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany

Ouvriers du Batiment ( Construction Workers ), c1911. Artist: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Ouvriers du Batiment ( Construction Workers ), c1911. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

The Carmelite Nuns in the Warming Hall, mid 18th century. Artist: Charles Guillot
The Carmelite Nuns in the Warming Hall, mid 18th century. From the Musee d Art et d Histoire, St Denis, France

Memories of the trip from Paris to Cadiz - Alexandre Dumas (Pere) in Spain, 1830. Artist: Pierre Francois Eugene Giraud
Memories of the trip from Paris to Cadiz - Alexandre Dumas (Pere) in Spain, 1830. From the Musee Renan Scheffer, Paris

The Tribute Money, 1560-1568. Artist: Titian
The Tribute Money, 1560-1568. Christ, in a red robe with a blue cloak, is asked by a Pharisee if it is right to pay taxes to the Romans

Marriage A-la-Mode: 2. The Tete a Tete, 1743. Artist: William Hogarth
Marriage A-la-Mode: 2. The Tete a Tete, 1743. The young nobleman comes home from a night of revelry at 1.20 am and ignores his wife who has been holding a card party. The steward walks out in disgust

Paternal Admonition, 1654-1655. Artist: Gerard Terborch II
Paternal Admonition, 1654-1655. From a private collection

Centre of the Thabor, stained glass, Chartres Cathedral, France, 1194-1260

Commissaire de Police, Paris Commune, 1871. Cartoon from a series titled Types de la Commune. The Paris Commune was established when the citizens of Paris, many of them armed National Guards

Garde Nationale Auxiliaire, Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. A woman shopper and a member of the National Guard (Garde Nationale)

The Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard, 1637. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
The Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard, 1637. From the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

Unidentified Flemish proverb, late 16th / early 17th century. Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Younger
Unidentified Flemish proverb, late 16th/early 17th century. From a private collection

Scene from a story of chivalry, c1400. An armoured knight converses with a blind man standing between two soldiers. On the right the knights groom or page holds a cloak and sword and a dog on a lead

Detail from the altarpiece of St Anthony, 16th century. Two soldiers walking through the landscape. Detail from the central panel of the triptych. From the Church of St Nicholas, Tallinn, Estonia

William Harvey, English physician, in Windsor Park, 17th century (1870). Harvey (1578-1657) explaining to Charles I the results of his investigations into reproduction

Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish chemist and physicist and Denis Papin, French physicist, 1870
Robert Boyle, 17th century Anglo-Irish chemist and physicist, in his laboratory with Denis Papin, French physicist, 1870. Papin (1647-1712) is pointing to Boyles (1627-1691) air pump

Courting by telephone across Paris, 1883. An idea of one of the results of the invention of the telephone. From Le Vingtieme Siecle (The 20th Century) by A Robida. (Paris, 1883)

Private and Confidential, opening of the Anglo-French telephone line, 1891. Artist: John Tenniel
Private and Confidential, opening of the Anglo-French telephone line, 1891. The British Prime Minister (Lord Salisbury) in conversation with the French President (Sadi Carnot). Cartoon from Punch

Opening of the Anglo-French telephone line, 1891. The first London to Paris telephone conversation at the General Post Office, London. Bell instruments were used at the London end

The Conversion of Sundarananda. Relief from Afghanistan, 2nd century. Nanda was chief disciple of Gautama Buddha. At British Museum

Alexander the Great holding court in China, 4th century BC. Illustration after a Persian manuscript made in the Middle Ages or later

Scene at Covent Garden fruit and vegetable market, London, early 20th century. Market women discuss the merits of cauliflowers while in the left background a porter is carrying a stack of baskets or

The surrender of Confederate forces in North Carolina, American Civil War, 1865. Artist: Currier and Ives
The surrender of Confederate forces in North Carolina, American Civil War, 1865. Union General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) (left)

Generals Grant and Pemberton negotiating the surrender of Vicksburg, American Civil War, 1863. General Ulyssess Grant (left) (1822-1885)

Headpiece from Thomas Mores Utopia, 1518. First published in 1516, Utopia was a work depicting an ideal state where reason ruled

A print from 19th Century Egypt, 1847. Artist: Jean Adolphe Beauce
A print from 19th Century Egypt, 1847

In the Moulin Rouge, 19th century. Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
In the Moulin Rouge, 19th century. From the collection of the Museum of Fine Art, Budapest, Hungary

The Mysteries of the Commune, 1871. Satirical cartoon depicting Bismarck and Wilhelm I of Germany at the time of the Paris Commune (1871). From a private collection

Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham, late 17th / early 18th century. Artist: Adriaen van der Werff
Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham, late 17th/early 18th century. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

Concert champetre, ( The Pastoral Concert ), c1510-1511. Artist: Titian
Concert champetre, ( The Pastoral Concert ), c1510-1511. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

The Four Times of the Day: Morning, 1739. Artist: Nicolas Lancret
The Four Times of the Day: Morning, 1739. From the National Gallery, London

Flower Sellers of Seville. Artist: Jose Rico Tejedo
Flower Sellers of Seville. From the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville, Spain

Une Bonne Prise, 1870-1871. Cartoon depicting a scene during the Prussian Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)

La Grande Loge ( The Royal Box ), 1896-1897. Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
La Grande Loge ( The Royal Box ), 1896-1897. From the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Five Bathers, c1875-1877. Artist: Paul Cezanne
Five Bathers, c1875-1877. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Florence, View from the Boboli Gardens, 1835-1840. Artist: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Florence, View from the Boboli Gardens, 1835-1840. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris

The Departure of Abraham and Isaac, 17th century. Artist: Cornelis van Poelenburgh
The Departure of Abraham and Isaac, 17th century. From a private collection

The Suicide of Lucretia, early 16th century. Artist: Jorg Breu the Elder
The Suicide of Lucretia, early 16th century. Perspective: the artist shows the lines going back to the vanishing point. From the Museum of Fine Arts (Szepmueveszeti Muzeum), Budapest, Hungary

Rug Merchant, 19th / 20th century. Artist: Frederico Bartolini
Rug Merchant, 19th/20th century. From a private collection

Sending and receiving apparatus with battery box at base, Edison carbon telephone, 1890. Solid metal diaphragm. Wood engraving

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