Metaphor Collection (page 21)

Louis XI of France visiting Cardinal Balue in his iron cage, 1469-1480 (1882-1884). Artist: Tamisier
Louis XI of France visiting Cardinal Balue in his iron cage, 1469-1480 (1882-1884). Jean Balue (c1421-1491) was a cardinal and minister of Louis XI

With a Turned Thumb, (Pollice Verso), 1872. A victorious Roman gladiator awaiting the verdict of the Emperor. After the painting by Jean-Leon Gerome

Long Walk, Windsor Park, 1880. A watercolour sketch from Windsor Castle and the Water-Way Thither by W H Davenport Adams, published by Marcus Ward and Co, (London, 1880)

Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and rocket engineer Sergey Korolyov, 1961. Pictured at Baikonur Cosmodrome, USSR. Korolyov (1907-1966)

Apollo and Marsyas, 17th century. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Apollo and Marsyas, 17th century. Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640). Found in the collection of the Far Eastern Art Museum, Khabarovsk

The Cave of the Storm Nymphs, 1903. Artist: Edward John Poynter
The Cave of the Storm Nymphs, 1903. From a private collection

Dinner for the poor in celebration of the coronation of King Edward VII, London, 1902. Food was provided for half a million of Londons poor for the occasion

Jupiter, 1757. Artist: Bernard de Montfaucon
Jupiter, 1757. From a sculpture in the Chateau de Versailles. A plate from Supplement au livre de L antiquite expliquee et representee en figures, Paris, 1757. Private Collection

Balloon, 1878. Artist: Pal Szinyei Merse
Balloon, 1878. Hot air balloons are the oldest successful human flight technology, dating back to the Montgolfier brothers, Musee de Beaux Arts, Budapest

Illustration from John Miltons Paradise Lost, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Illustration from John Miltons Paradise Lost, 1866. Illustration for Miltons (1608-1674) epic poem dramatising the fall of Man in the Book of Genesis in the Bible

The Anatomist, 1811. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
The Anatomist, 1811. Cartoon showing the terror of a patient and his wife as a surgeon opens his bag of instruments. Seeing the skeleton in the cupboard

Soul-bird & Mummy, Book of the Dead, Egyptian Papyrus of Ani, Thebes, c1250BC. The Papyrus of Ani is a papyrus manuscript with cursive hieroglyphs and color illustrations created c1250 BC

French statue of Eros and Psyche, 18th century. Artist: Claude Michel
French terracotta statue of the Greek gods Eros and Psyche, 18th century

Detail of a Greek vase showing Odysseus and Circe, 5th century BC
Detail of a Greek vase from Thebes showing Odysseus and Circe. She is handing the magic potion to Odysseus which will turn him into a pig, 5th century BC

Model of Allosaurs
Diorama of Allosaurs, from the Horniman Museum

Relief of an Assyrian archer on horseback from the palace of Ashurbanipal at Ninevah, from the Louvres collection

Persian hedgehog mounted on a wheeled carriage
Hedgehog mounted on a wheeled carriage made of calcite and bitumen, from Susa

Conversion of St Paul on the road to Damascus, 1493. Saul of Tarsus (1st century) who took the name Paul after seeing a vision of Christ on the road to Damascus

Income Tax, 1798. John Bull scratches his head at William Pitts (1759-1806) introduction of Income Tax. Pitt is shown as an angel playing a harp. Hand-coloured cartoon in the style of Gillray

Greek Vase-Painting Hercules fights the Lion, c6th century BC
Greek Vase-painting, Hercules fights the Lion, c6th century BC. National Archaeological Museum, Athens

Balfours Irrepressible Donkey, 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain
Balfours Irrepressible Donkey, 1888. Arthur James Balfour was the Chief Secretary for Ireland at the beginning of 1888 in Lord Salisburys Conservative administration.The cartoon is accompanied by a

Shiranui Kneeling Beside a Crucified Man, 1867. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Shiranui Kneeling Beside a Crucified Man, 1867. Series: Beauty and Valor in the Novel Suikoden

Sporting Scenes in Canada - Round the Traps, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sporting Scenes in Canada - Round the Traps, 1858....the marten is perhaps the most valuable of the animals sought after ; but in trapping for him a great variety of others of the furry tribes fall

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Displacement of the Cable on Board the "Agamemnon", 1858. Storm of 20th June

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Breaking Adrift of the Coal on Board the "Agamemnon", 1858. A storm on 20th June....everything broke adrift, whether secured or not

Mr. John Thomas Norris, M.P. for Abingdon, from a photograph by John Watkins, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Mr. John Thomas Norris, M.P. for Abingdon, from a photograph by John Watkins, 1858....member of Parliament for Abingdon, and well known in London as one of the most active members of the Common

Mr. Richard Davey, M.P. for Cornwall (West), from a photograph by Mayall, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Mr. Richard Davey, M.P. for Cornwall (West), from a photograph by Mayall, 1858. British politician, Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Cornwall

Mr. John Dove Harris, M.P. for Leicester, from a photograph by John Beattie, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Mr. John Dove Harris, M.P. for Leicester, from a photograph by John Beattie, 1858. British politician, Mayor of Leicester, Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Leicestershire

Depuis que Virginie a obtenu le septième accessit.. 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Depuis que Virginie a obtenu le septieme accessit.. 1844. Depuis que Virginie a obtenu la septieme accessit de poesie a l'Academie francaise il faut que ce soit moi...moi capitaine de la garde

Portion of an old broadcloth manufactury, Cranbrook, Kent, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Portion of an old broadcloth manufactury, Cranbrook, Kent, 1857....in this locality...cloth manufacture was at one period held in high repute; and Hasted, the historian of Kent

An Ox Standing, 1644. Creators: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, School of Rembrandt van Rijn
An Ox Standing, 1644

The Artist's Wife Reading, 1881. Creator: Michael Peter Ancher
The Artist's Wife Reading, 1881

Grandmother with her grandson, 1875. Creator: Kristian Zahrtmann
Grandmother with her grandson, 1875

A Peasant Giving his Son Something to Drink, 1781. Creator: Peter Cramer
A Peasant Giving his Son Something to Drink, 1781

A Hawk Pouncing on a Pair of Ducks, 1701-1755. Creator: Unknown
A Hawk Pouncing on a Pair of Ducks, 1701-1755

Rough Sea with a Steamer near the Coast of Norway, 1847-1850. Creator: Peder Balke
Rough Sea with a Steamer near the Coast of Norway, 1847-1850

Studio portrait of two young women, heads touching, c1890-c1899. Creators: R. D. Cochran, Unknown
Studio portrait of two young women, heads touching, c1890-c1899

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis: the awkward squad, cadets just entering, (1902?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis: the awkward squad, cadets just entering, (1902?). Instructor and cadets at attention, with rifles

Police "roll call inspection" at the White House, 1902. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Police "roll call inspection" at the White House, 1902. Quentin Roosevelt and Archie Roosevelt in the inspection

Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. - before entering school - seven Indian children... 1899 or 1900
Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. - before entering school - seven Indian children of uneducated parents, 1899 or 1900

Outdoor posture exercises, (1899?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Outdoor posture exercises, (1899?)

Uniformed cadets, Central High School, (1899?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Uniformed cadets, Central High School, (1899?)

Uniformed cadets, Central High School, (1899?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Uniformed cadets, Central High School, (1899?)

Russian Amulet, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Russian Amulet, 1854. One of the amulets worn by Muscovite soldiers...who fell at [the Battle of the] Alma...It consists of a small pewter locket, the workmanship very rude

McKinley & cabinet, between 1897 and 1901. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
McKinley & cabinet, between 1897 and 1901. President William McKinley and his cabinet around table

He Smothers Her, plate thirteen from Othello, 1844. Creator: Theodore Chasseriau
He Smothers Her, plate thirteen from Othello, 1844

Eskimos in Alaska: Drying whale meat, Hooper Bay, c1929. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Eskimos in Alaska: Drying whale meat, Hooper Bay, c1929

March through Tesacod Canyon, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
March through Tesacod Canyon, c1905. Rear view of Navajo Indians on horseback making their way over the sparse, dry, grassy floor of Tesacod Canyon

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