Knowledge Collection

The Angel Standing in the Sun, 1846. Artist: JMW Turner
The Angel Standing in the Sun, 1846. The Archangel Michael with flaming sword on Judgement Day. From Tate Britain, London

Reading Room of the Great Library at the British Museum seen from the Entrance, c1935. The circular Reading Room of the British Museum in central London was designed by Sydney Smirke (1798-1877)

Knowledge Will Break the Chains of Slavery, poster, 1920. Artist: Alexei Radakov
Knowledge Will Break the Chains of Slavery, poster, 1920. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Roman mosaic with the text Know Thyself in Greek script over a skeleton, In the collection of the National Archaeological Museum in Rome

Philétas instruisant Daphnis et Chloé, c.1875. Creator: Jules Elie Delaunay
Philetas instruisant Daphnis et Chloe, c.1875. Philitas of Cos instructing Daphnis and Chloe

Interiorum corporis humani partium viva delineatio, from the second edition of the... 1555/59. Creator: Monogrammist R
Interiorum corporis humani partium viva delineatio, from the second edition of the Compendiosa totius anatomie delineation, 1555/59

Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 13ème arrondissement : Vertus civiques. 1878
Esquisse pour la salle des mariages de la mairie du 13eme arrondissement : Vertus civiques. 1878. Sketch for interior of reception hall for marriages. Civic virtues: study

Students reading in library at Georgetown Visitation... Washington, D.C. between 1890 and 1910(?)
Students reading in library at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, Washington, D.C. between 1890 and 1910(?). [Roman Catholic school for girls, founded in 1799

Woman Resting Her Head on a Book, 1770. Creator: Angelica Kauffman
Woman Resting Her Head on a Book, 1770

Gyan Bapi (Well of Knowledge), Varanasi, India, c1890. Illustration from Inde, Tombeaux et Monuments Sacres, (a work on Indian tombs and sacred monuments), by L Boulanger, (Paris, c1890)

The Good Samaritan Window, Chartres Cathedral, France, 13th century. God warning Adam and Eve not to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge

Knowledge (Chi), from the series "Five Cardinal Virtues", 1767
Knowledge (Chi), from the series " Five Cardinal Virtues", 1767

The Spirit of Knowledge, 1798. Creator: Henry Fuseli
The Spirit of Knowledge, 1798

Shadakshari Mahavidya, Pala period, 12th century. Creator: Unknown
Shadakshari Mahavidya, Pala period, 12th century

A Vanitas Still Life with a Flag, Candlestick, Musical Instruments, Books, Writing Paraphernalia, Globes and Hourglass, 1662

Christ Disputing with the Doctors, c. 1600. Creator: Unknown
Christ Disputing with the Doctors, c. 1600

Scholars at a Lecture, March 3, 1736. Creator: William Hogarth
Scholars at a Lecture, March 3, 1736

Ornament design for a thesis, the Strozzi coat of arms at top, ca. 1660

L Academie des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts, 1698. Creator
L Academie des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts, 1698

Amassing Knowledge, from The Course of Human Life, 1570. Creator: Pieter Furnius
Amassing Knowledge, from The Course of Human Life, 1570

The World Perishing Together with Knowledge and Love, from The Unrestrained World, plate 4, 1550

Foolish Knowledge and Foolish Love Trying to Restrain the World, from The Unrestrained World, plate 2, 1550

Scholars at a Lecture, ca. 1800. Creator: Dent
Scholars at a Lecture, ca. 1800

Tabula Cebetis, 16th century. Creator: David Kannel
Tabula Cebetis, 16th century

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, German, ca. 1530. Creator: Unknown
Saint Catherine of Alexandria, German, ca. 1530. The book she holds alludes to the knowledge that enabled her to refute the arguments of fifty pagan philosophers of Alexandria

Christ among the Doctors, German, early 16th century. Creator: Unknown
Christ among the Doctors, German, early 16th century

Still Life with Books, 1870s-80s. Creator: Attributed to William Notman
Still Life with Books, 1870s-80s

Seiryu Gongen, mid-14th century. Creator: Unknown
Seiryu Gongen, mid-14th century. Shinto goddess Seiryu Gongen gives a book to a girl outside her chamber

Central Door, South Kensington Museum, c1860s, (1881). Creator: Unknown
Central Door, South Kensington Museum, c1860s, (1881). Original bronze front entrance doors to the South Kensington Museum, (later renamed the Victoria & Albert Museum), in London

Chrysippus, (c279-206 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Chrysippus, (c279-206 BC), 1830. Chrysippus of Soli (c279-c206 BC) Greek Stoic philosopher and writer who excelled in logic, theory of knowledge, ethics, and physics

Christina, (1626-1689), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Christina, (1626-1689), 1830. Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626-1689) the only surviving legitimate child of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, had interest in religion, philosophy

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. c1897. Creator: Unknown
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. c1897. Construction began on the Smithsonian Institution Building in 1849 with design by architect James Renwick Jr

The Lecture, 1808, (1827). Creator: Thomas Cook
The Lecture, 1808, (1827). A group of Oxford scholars listen to William Fisher, Registrar of the University. Engraving after Scholars at a lecture of 1736 by Hogarth

The Lecture, 1736, (1830s). Creator: Unknown
The Lecture, 1736, (1830s). A group of Oxford scholars listen to William Fisher, Registrar of the University. Facsimile of Scholars at a lecture. [Jones & Co. Finsbury Square, London]

Erasmus, 1523, (1909). Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
Erasmus, 1523, (1909). Desiderus Erasmus (1497-1543), Dutch humanist and scholar, was probably the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance

Encyclopedia of Modern Knowledge Part 1 advertisement, 1935
Encyclopedia of Modern Knowledge Part 1 advertisement, . From The Popular Science Educator, Volume 1, edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London, ]

The Vital Question of your Childs Future - The Book of Knowledge, 1935
The Vital Question of your Childs Future - The Book of Knowledge, . From The Popular Science Educator, Volume 1, edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London, ]

Cover of the book El verdadero conocimiento de la peste, sus causas, senales, preservacion y curacion (The true knowledge of the pest, its causes, signs, preservation and healing)

Islamic doctor teaching some young people, 10th century

Tripe and offal shop, selling animal hearts. Miniature in the Tacuinum sanitatis, illuminated manuscript, late 14th century

Scholars at a lecture, 1736. Artist: William Hogarth
Scholars at a lecture, 1736. A group of Oxford scholars listen to William Fisher, Registrar of the University. Second and final state of the plate

Gerda Knew Every Flower in the Garden, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Gerda Knew Every Flower in the Garden, c1930. An illustration from The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Illustrations, a Pictorial Review of Knowledge... 1887. From Illustrations, a Pictorial Review of Knowledge, comprehending amusement, art, biography, economy, invention, literature, science

Luigi, c1914. Artist: George Washington Lambert
Luigi, c1914. From The Studio Volume 61. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1914]

Title page of Denis Diderots Encyclopedie, 1751 (1956). Diderot (1713-1784) was a prominent figure in the French Enlightenment

Desiderus Erasmus (1497-1543), Dutch humanist and scholar, 1523. Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
Desiderus Erasmus (1497-1543), Dutch humanist and scholar, 1523. Erasmus was probably the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance

Philosophy, History, and Prudence awakening the mind to a desire for knowledge, c1624, (1938). Originally mistakenly catalogued as Temptation of Youth, and attributed to Guildo Reni (1575-1642)

Philosophia, 1502 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
Philosophia, 1502 (1906). From Durer Des Meisters Gemalde Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte in 471 Abbildungen [Stuttgart und Leipzig, Deutsch Verlags-Ansalt, 1906]

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