Metaphor Collection (page 8)

The Division Lobby, House of Commons: Taking the Votes, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Division Lobby, House of Commons: Taking the Votes, 1857....the recording of the votes of members of the House decides every question of policy

Members of the House of Commons Taking the Oaths, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Members of the House of Commons Taking the Oaths, 1857. From the mysterious recesses of the brass-clasped yellow boxes...are drawn...oblong pieces of cardboard exactly of the size

View of the Admiralty warehouse in Amsterdam, 1752. Creator: Anon
View of the Admiralty warehouse in Amsterdam, 1752. A view of the Admiralty at Amsterdam, of the store houses, wharfes and docks, belonging to it and to the East India Company of Holland'

The Emperor Meeting the Crimean Troops on the Place de la Bastille, Paris, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Emperor Meeting the Crimean Troops on the Place de la Bastille, Paris, 1856....a triumphal arch was erected near the Porte St. Martin Theatre

Arrival of the French Crimean Troops at the Place de la Bastille, Paris, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Arrival of the French Crimean Troops at the Place de la Bastille, Paris, 1856. A triumphal arch...from the designs of M. Baltard...[was] inscribed "To the Glory of the Army." In

Scenes from the Elections - drawn by George Thomas, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Scenes from the Elections - drawn by George Thomas, 1857. Voting in Britain. In the 1857 general election, the Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, won a majority in the House of Commons

The War in China - Examination at the Police-Office, Victoria, Hong-Kong, of Esing... 1857
The War in China - Examination at the Police-Office, Victoria, Hong-Kong, of Esing, the Baker, upon the Charge of Poisoning, 1857

The Speaker of the House of Commons Levee, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Speaker of the House of Commons Levee, [London], 1857. The Right Honourable the Speaker of the House of Commons gave his last Parliamantary full-dress dinner on Saturday evening

Still Life with Roemer, Beer Glass and a Pipe, 1658. Creator: Jan Jansz van de Velde
Still Life with Roemer, Beer Glass and a Pipe, 1658

Still Life with Stoneware Jug and Pipes, 1647. Creator: Jan Jansz Treck
Still Life with Stoneware Jug and Pipes, 1647

Silk Culture in China: preparing raw silk, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Silk Culture in China: preparing raw silk, 1857. When the worms have cast their several skins...they are removed...preparatory to their spinning

'La hauteur de Douaumont vue du la Chaume, 1916 (1924) Creator: Francois Flameng
'La hauteur de Douaumont vue du la Chaume, 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

"The Rover's Bride" abandoned at sea - boat of the Royal Mail Steamer "Atrato" boarding, 1857....from a sketch by H. B

Cossacks on a country Road near Bergen in North Holland, 1813, 1813-1815. Creator: Pieter Gerardus van Os
Cossacks on a country Road near Bergen in North Holland, 1813, 1813-1815

Committee-room, House of Commons, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Committee-room, House of Commons, 1857. Interior of the Palace of Westminster, London. It would be difficult to point to any edifice, ancient or modern

Departure of Spanish Occupation Troops from Breda, October 10, 1637, 1647-1683. Creator: Hendrick de Meijer
Departure of Spanish Occupation Troops from Breda, October 10, 1637, 1647-1683

Woman spinning, 1652-1662. Creator: Nicolaes Maes
Woman spinning, 1652-1662. Alternative title: woman spinning, a reel on the wall

Aspect de Paris, depuis qu'on a joue... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Aspect de Paris, depuis qu'on a joue... 19th century. Aspects of Paris, since we played the famous moral comedy entitled the Stock Exchange

Fishing Boats in a Gale, mid-late 17th century. Creator: Willem van de Velde the Younger
Fishing Boats in a Gale, mid-late 17th century

Landscape with Conversion of Saint Paul, 1600-1625. Creator: Kerstiaen de Keuninck
Landscape with Conversion of Saint Paul, 1600-1625

The Three Drinkers. Creator: Cornelis Bega
The Three Drinkers

Farm house at the fork of a country road, 1783. Creator: Jan Bulthuis
Farm house at the fork of a country road, 1783

Autumn, evening and water; the four seasons, times of day and elements, 1797. Creator: Jacob Cats
Autumn, evening and water; the four seasons, times of day and elements, 1797

Two fish: gurnard and herring, 1836. Creator: Ishikawa Kazan
Two fish: gurnard and herring, 1836

Fortune Riding on a Wheel, 16th century. Creator: Anon
Fortune Riding on a Wheel, 16th century

The sleeping lace worker, 1795-1873. Creator: Ignatius van Regemorter
The sleeping lace worker, 1795-1873. Woman dozing as a cat tangles the threads of her lace work. Design for a print

The Musicians, c.1876-c.1877. Creator: Henriette Ronner
The Musicians, c.1876-c.1877. An amusing contrast can discerned in this lively scene by Henriette Ronner-Knip, renowned for her sentimental depictions of cats and dogs in domestic interiors

Hawk, July 22, 1891, 1891 July 22. Creator: Unknown
Hawk, July 22, 1891, 1891 July 22

Gloriana, June 23, 1891, 1891 June 23. Creator: Unknown
Gloriana, June 23, 1891, 1891 June 23

Cinderella, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
Cinderella, between 1880 and 1899

Victor, June 25, 1887, 1887 June 25. Creator: Unknown
Victor, June 25, 1887, 1887 June 25

Cinderella, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
Cinderella, between 1880 and 1899

Merlin, 1892 Aug 8. Creator: Unknown
Merlin, 1892 Aug 8

Primrose, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
Primrose, between 1880 and 1899

Hawk, Sept. 5, 1892, 1892 Sept 5. Creator: Unknown
Hawk, Sept. 5, 1892, 1892 Sept 5

Constellation, Aug. 10, 1892, 1892 Aug 10. Creator: Unknown
Constellation, Aug. 10, 1892, 1892 Aug 10

Quickstep and Gloriana, August 6, 1892, 1892 Aug 6. Creator: Unknown
Quickstep and Gloriana, August 6, 1892, 1892 Aug 6

Drusilla, August 4, 1892, 1892 Aug 4. Creator: Unknown
Drusilla, August 4, 1892, 1892 Aug 4

Coffee, 1831-1892. Creator: David Joseph Bles
Coffee, 1831-1892

Wasp, June 11, 1892, 1892 June 11. Creator: Unknown
Wasp, June 11, 1892, 1892 June 11

A steamship in a storm in the Atlantic, 1863. Creator: Carl Bille
A steamship in a storm in the Atlantic, 1863

Reception of the envoys of the King of Kandy by Governor Imam Falck, 1772. Creator: Carel Frederik Reimer
Reception of the envoys of the King of Kandy by Governor Imam [sic] Falck, 1772. Iman Willem Falck, Governor of Zeylan (Dutch Ceylon, now Sri Lanka)

Vanenna, between 1880 and 1930. Creator: Unknown
Vanenna, between 1880 and 1930

Portrait of Anna Maria Augusta Hilverdink, 1852-1914. Creator: Anthony Cornelis Cramer
Portrait of Anna Maria Augusta Hilverdink, 1852-1914. Wife of Anthony Cornelis Cramer Nz

Two strings to her beaux, between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Two strings to her beaux, between 1900 and 1905

The Doge and Grand Council in Sala del Maggior Consiglio, 1761-1765. Creator: Canaletto
The Doge and Grand Council in Sala del Maggior Consiglio, 1761-1765

Excavating for new reservoir at Slater, Mo. 1901 Oct 10. Creator: Unknown
Excavating for new reservoir at Slater, Mo. 1901 Oct 10

Palm cockatoo, in or after c.1780. Creators: Robert Jacob Gordon, Johannes Schumacher
Palm cockatoo, in or after c.1780

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