Dixon Collection

Flora or Primavera, Roman wall painting from Pompeii, c1st century. Wall painting of Flora, goddess of fertility and abundance, or Primavera. At Naples National Archaeological Museum

Horse of Selene from the Parthenon
Horse of Selene from the east pediment of the Parthenon, from the British Museums collection

Greek vase painting of Achilles and Patroclus. Artist: Sosias
A Greek vase painting of Achilles and Patroclus, where Achilles is binding the wounds of Patroclus. Currently in the Berlin Greek and Roman Museum

The Blue Bird fresco from Knossos, 17th-14th century BC
The Blue Bird fresco from the Minoan royal palace at Knossos, now at the Archaeological Museum in Heracleion, 17th-14th century BC

Roman mosaic of a dog, 1st century
Roman mosaic of a dog, bearing the legend Cave Canem underneath, from Pompeii, from Naples National Museums collection, 1st century

An ivory mask from Benin, Nigeria worn by the Oba of Benin on ceremonial occasions
This mask was worn by the Oba of Benin at the waist on ceremonial occasions. It represents an ancestor or predecessor

Greek statue, the boxer of Apollonius, 1st century BC
The boxer of Apollonius, a bronze sculpture In the collection of the National Archaeological Museum in Rome, 1st century BC

Union Street, Aberdeen, Scotland, c1960s. Artist: CM Dixon
Union Street, Aberdeen, Scotland, c1960s. Union Street is a major street and shopping thoroughfare in Aberdeen, named after the Acts of Union 1800

Drumcree, 1911. Creator: Unknown
Drumcree, 1911. Portrait of racehorse Drumcree, winner of the 1903 Grand National, ridden by Percy Woodland. From " British Sports and Sportsmen: Racing Coursing and Steeplechasing"

Moifaa, 1911. Creator: Unknown
Moifaa, 1911. Portrait of Moifaa, a New Zealand-bred racehorse who won the 1904 Grand National by eight lengths. Moifaa had travelled from New Zealand

Mr C G Assheton-Smith and Cloister, 1911. Creator: Unknown
Mr C G Assheton-Smith and Cloister, 1911. Portrait of British landowner and amateur caricaturist Sir Charles Garden Assheton-Smith (1851-1914) with a racehorse

Hercules Brings Cerberus to Eurystheus, with Hermes and Athena, c6th century BC. Greek Vase from an Etruscan Tomb

Bronze head of Augustus, Roman, from Meroe, Sudan, c27-c25 BC. This head once formed part of a statue of the emperor Augustus (27 BC-AD 14). From the British Museums collection

Painting of a princess listening to female musicians
Painting of a princess with a huqqa listening to female musicians in a palace garden, from Guler in the Punjab, from the V&As collection

Barges in the Pool of London. River Thames and Tower Bridge, London, 1962. Artist: CM Dixon
Barges in the Pool of London. River Thames and Tower Bridge, London, 1962. Part of the Tideway of the Thames, the Pool of London was navigable by tall-masted vessels bringing coastal

Cernunnos, the Celtic Horned God from the Pillar of the Boatmen of Paris, AD14-37. Constructed by Gaulish sailors. Discovered in 1710 within the foundations of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris

Union Street, built with Aberdeen Granite, Aberdeen Scotland, c1960s. Artist: CM Dixon
Union Street, built with Aberdeen Granite, Aberdeen Scotland, c1960s. Union Street is a major street and shopping thoroughfare in Aberdeen, named after the Acts of Union 1800

A statue of Hercules and Cerberus
Hercules is capturing Cerberus and completeing his twelfth labour. This is from the portal of the Michaelertrakt, Hofburg, Vienna

The Dying Gaul statue, a Roman copy of a Hellenistic Greek bronze, 3rd century BC. Artist: Epigonus
A Roman copy in marble of a Hellenistic Greek bronze from Pergamon. The original was commissioned by Attalus I of Pergamon to celebrate his victory over the Celtic Galatians in Anatolia

Roman Relief of Saturn. Saturn is a god in ancient Roman religion, and a character in myth as god of generation, dissolution, plenty, wealth, agriculture, periodic renewal and liberation

Middleham Castle, 12th century. Artist: Robert Fitzrandolph
Inside the great tower of Middleham Castle, the main home of Richard III, 12th century

Detail of Chartres Cathedral, 12th century
Detail of Chartres Cathedral, showing Kings and Queens in the central door of the west front, 12th century

Clay tablet with linear B script, 15th century BC
Clay tablet from Knossos with linear B script, from the British Museums collection, 15th century BC

Odysseus passing the Sirens rock, 3rd century
Roman mosaic from Tunisia of Odysseus passing the Sirens rock, tied to the mast, 3rd century

Map of the English city of Exeter by John Hooker, 1587. Artist: John Hooker
Birds eye view map by John Hooker, engraved by Remegius Hogenberg: 8000 inhabitants lived in 93 acres. The town was economically powerful and well known for its trade of wool

The Saffron-Gatherer Fresco from Minoan Royal Palace, Knossos, Crete. c15th century BC. At Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, Crete

Mycenaean Linear A tablet
Minoan Linear A tablet from Aghia Triadha, from the Archaeological Museum of Heracleions collection in Crete. Linear A is an early Mycenean writing system that has not yet been deciphered

Bronze Portrait Head of Philosopher, found in sea of Antikythera, circa late 3rd century BC. Probably Bion of Borysthenes, a cynic in 4th century BC

Punjabi illustration of a lady with a hawk
Illustration of a lady with a hawk for the musical mode Saveri Ragini, from Guler in the Punjab. from the V&As collection

A gorgon and panthers from the pediment of the temple of Artemis on Corfu
The archaic west pediment of the temple of Artemis on Corfu, showing Medusa in the centre fleeing from Perseus. On the left side is Pegasus, and on the right is Chyrisppus

Pottery cremation urn, from a grave at Loveden Hill, Lincolnshire, Anglo-Saxon, 6th-7th century
Pottery cremation urn, from a cremation grave in a cemetery at Loveden Hill, Lincolnshire, Anglo-Saxon, 6th-7th century. The urn is decorated with deeply incised chevrons which are filled with

Apollo offering a libation to the raven, kylix, 5th century BC
Attic White Ground kylix of the early 5th century BC. Showing Apollo sitting on a stool performing a libation whilst holding a lyre. A raven looks

Simonian and Fullerton, c1891, (1911). Creator: Unknown
Simonian and Fullerton, c1891, (1911). Portrait of coursing greyhounds Simonian and Fullerton who were mentioned in " The Kennel Gazette" of April 1891

Mr W H P Jenkins, 1911. Creator: Unknown
Mr W H P Jenkins, 1911. Portrait of British amateur jockey William Henry Philips Jenkins (1842-1916) who began steeplechase riding while studying at Merton College, Oxford

Prince Hatzfeldt and Ascetics Silver, 1911. Creator: Unknown
Prince Hatzfeldt and Ascetics Silver, 1911. Portrait of German racehorse owner Franz Edmund Joseph Gabriel Vitus Hatzfeldt

Relief from mausoleum of Hercules chaining Cerberus, c2nd century. Trier Museum

Greek Head of Gorgon or Medusa, Syracuse, Sicily. In Greek mythology, Medusa was a monster, a Gorgon, generally described as a winged human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair

St. Hilda of Whitby holding an ammonite, West window, Hereford Cathedral, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
St. Hilda of Whitby holding an ammonite, West window, Hereford Cathedral, 20th century. Medieval stained glass window in Hereford Cathedral depicts Hilda of Whitby or Hild of Whitby (c)

Alabaster statue of Queen Elizabeth I, 16th century
Alabaster statue of Queen Elizabeth I, on the tomb of Blanche Parry, her maid-of-honour, in Bacton Church in Herefordshire

Pendeen Lighthouse

Greek statue known as the Kritios Boy, 5th century BC
The Kritios Boy, a Greek marble kouros, at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, 5th century BC

Maponus a Celtic god associated with Apollo - head, 2nd century
Maponus head, from Corstopitum, Northumberland. Now at Corstopitum Museum, Northumberlands, 2nd century

Michelangelos David. Artist: Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelangelos David, at the Galleria dell Accademia in Florence

Minoan fresco showing a boy with fishes, 20th century
Minoan fresco from Thera showing a boy with fishes, 20th century

Priest-King fresco from Knossos
Priest-King fresco from the Minoan palace at Knossos, from the Archaeological Museum of Heraclion, Crete

Venus of Rhodes, a Hellenistic statue
The Venus of Rhodes, a Hellenistic statue of Aphrodite bathing, from Rhodes Museum

Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, from Thebes, Egypt, c1550 BC
Detail of the Rhind mathematical papyrus, showing mathematical problems, from Thebes, Egypt, End of the Second Intermediate Period, c1550 BC

Sumerian cylinder-seal impression depicting a governor being introduced to the king
Sumerian cylinder-seal impression depicting Haskhamer, Governor of the city of Ishkun-sin is introduced to the King of Ur (Ur-Nammu) who is seated by the goddess Ishtar, note the symbol of the moon

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