Epic Collection (page 2)

Arjuna Battles Raja Tamradhvaja, Folio from a Razmnama, ca. 1616-17. Creator: Unknown
Arjuna Battles Raja Tamradhvaja, Folio from a Razmnama, ca. 1616-17

Homer (c. 850 a. C. ), Greek epic poet, bust, Roman copy
Homer (c. 850 a.C.), Greek epic poet, bust, Roman copy

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table fighting the Saxons, miniature in the incunable Lancelot du Lac, Paris, 1490

Assault and taking of a castle by the knights of King Arthur, miniature in the incunable Lancelot du Lac Paris, 1490

Detail from a poster promoting Cabiria, published 1914 (colour lithograph)

Kirat-Arjuna, 1913. Artist: Nandalal Bose
Kirat-Arjuna, 1913. A scene from the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata. Illustration from Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita and Ananda Coomaraswamy, 1st edition, 1913

The Trial of the Princes, 1913. Artist: Nandalal Bose
The Trial of the Princes, 1913. A scene from the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata. Illustration from Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita and Ananda Coomaraswamy, 1st edition, 1913

The return of Rama, 1913. Artist: K Venkatappa
The return of Rama, 1913. A scene from the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. Rama returns from Lanka after defeating the evil Ravana and freeing his captured wife, Sita

Building of Ramas bridge, 1913. Artist: K Venkatappa
Building of Ramas bridge, 1913. A scene from the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. The monkeys Naal and Neel build a floating bridge to enable the army of Rama

Burning of Lanka, 1913. Artist: K Venkatappa
Burning of Lanka, 1913. Hanuman burns the island of Lanka with his tail after it was set on fire by the Lankan demon-king Ravana

Rama sending his signet-ring to Sita, 1913. Artist: K Venkatappa
Rama sending his signet-ring to Sita, 1913. A scene from the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. Hamuman, the greatest of the vanaras, a monkey race, prepares to go in search of Ramas wife, Sita

Ravana fighting with Jatayu, 1913. Artist: K Venkatappa
Ravana fighting with Jatayu, 1913. A scene from the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. Jatayu, a demi-god in the form of a vulture, fighting Ravana, the most powerful mortal with ten heads and twenty hands

The death of Maricha, 1913. Artist: K Venkatappa
The death of Maricha, 1913. A scene from the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. Maricha takes the form of a golden deer and is killed by Rama

Ramas Marriage, 1913. Artist: K Venkatappa
Ramas Marriage, 1913. A scene from the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. Rama marries Sita, daughter of King Janaka, after proving able to wield the great bow presented to the king by the god Shiva

Rama Drawing the Great Bow, 1925. A scene form the Hindu epic poem the Ramayana. Rama preparing to fire the Brahmastra in his final victorious battle with the demon-king Ravana

Hanumans Leap, 1925. A scene from the Hindu epic poem, the Ramayana. Hanuman is a vanara, an ape-like forest-dweller, who hepls Rama in his struggle against the demon-king Ravana

Sita Lets Her Veil Fall among the Monkeys, 1925. Sita is one of the principal characters of the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. From The Book of Myths by Amy Cruse, 1925

MS. Illumination Showing the Vision of Jacob, 12th century, (1902). From the Book of Genesis, Lambeth Palace Library, London. From Social England, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A

Sheet of Studies of Horses, a Cat and of St. George and the Dragon, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Sheet of Studies of Horses, a Cat and of St. George and the Dragon, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Arma Virumque Cano, c1900, (1910). Artist: Reginald Augustus Wymer
Arma Virumque Cano, c1900, (1910). From The Army Pageant, edited and arranged by F.R. Benson and Algernon Tudor Craig. [Sir Joseph Causton & Sons, Limited, London, 1910]

Homer, 1st-2nd century, Roman poet, from Baiae, Campania, Italy, 1924
Homer, Roman, from Baiae, Campania, Italy, 1st-2nd century. The blind poet, Homer, is thought to have lived in Greece around 750 to 700 BC

Folding Prints for Enclosure in Split Thalers, 1907
Folding Prints for Enclosure in Split Thalers. From The Connoisseur Vol. XVIII [Otto Limited, London, 1907.]

The Virgin and Child Enthroned, with Narrative Scenes, c1263, (1911). Artist: Margarito d Arezzo
The Virgin and Child Enthroned, with Narrative Scenes, c1263. Painting held in The National Gallery, London. From A History of Painting Vol. 1 by Haldane MacFall [T.C. and E.C

The last Day of Pompeii, 1833. Artist: Karl Briullov
The last Day of Pompeii, 1833. Briullov, Karl Pavlovich (1799-1852). Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

St Ursula Shrine, Arrival in Basle, 1489. Artist: Hans Memling
St Ursula Shrine, Arrival in Basle, 1489. St Ursula Shrine, Memling Museum, Sint-Janshospitaal, Bruges

St Ursula Shrine, 1489. Artist: Hans Memling
St Ursula Shrine, 1489. The Reliquary of St Ursula, Memling Museum, Sint-Janshospitaal, Bruges

Virgin and Child, St Ursula Shrine, 1489. Artist: Hans Memling
Virgin and Child, St Ursula Shrine, 1489. Reverse of the Reliquary of St Ursula, Memling Museum, Sint-Janshospitaal, Bruges

The Tyrrhenians, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
The Tyrrhenians, 1615. The Tyrrhenians or Tyrsenians is an exonym used by Greek authors to refer to a non-Greek people. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates

Leaf for a Psalter, Canterbury Christ Church, c1155-1160
Leaf for a Psalter: Canterbury Christ Church, c1155-1160. The Eadwine Psalter or Eadwin Psalter is a heavily illuminated 12th-century psalter named after the scribe Eadwine, a monk of Christ Church

Akkadian cylinder-seal and impression of the flood epic, showing Uta-Napaishtim in a boat, and Gilgamesh with a bull

The Flood Tablet
This tablet is the 11th tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh

Akkadian cylinder-seal impression showing the flood-epic. Utanapishtim is in the ark, and Gilgamesh is fighting the Bull. From the British Museums collection

Cuneiform tablet relating part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Neo-Assyrian, 7th century BC. A tablet from the library of the Assyrian King Ashurbanipal (reigned 669-631 BC)

The Argonauts finding the Golden Fleece, 1556
The Argonauts finding the Golden Fleece, a fleece placed in a spring by the Colchians to collect alluvial gold dust, 1556

Les Grandes Journees de la Revolution Francaise, Revolution of 1789, France. Colour Lithograph. Private collection

Les Journee Fatales du Premier Empire, Revolution of 1789, France. Colour Lithograph. Private collection

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