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Plate 9: Argonauts Hicleus and Naucleus led in the float of Neptune

Plate 9: Argonauts Hicleus and Naucleus led in the float of Neptune (Hicleo e Naucleo Argon. condotti nel carro di Nattunno), with male sea creatures blowing horns from the water below, from the series The magnificent pageant on the river Arno in Florence for the marriage of the Grand Duke (Le Magnifique carousel fait sur le fleuve de l'Arne a Florence, pour le mariage du Grand Duc), for the wedding celebration of Cosimo de Medici in Florence, 1608, 1664. After Remigio Cantagallina . After Giulio Parigi

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Chimney Rock, near Fountain City, 1874. Creator: Alfred Waud

Chimney Rock, near Fountain City, 1874. Rock formation on the River Mississippi in Wisconsin, USA. In the foreground men steer a large raft with oars - smoke issues from one of the timber buildings on the raft. On the right is a paddle steamer. The spectator who views this peculiar mass of limestone from above the river will fail to see why it received its name. But, from below, and passing abreast, one observes that the extreme mass on the right hand is altogether detached, and presents a very striking resemblance to the enormous stone chimneys which are built up outside the houses in Virginia'. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. II, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1874]

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The Royal Visit to Fingals Cave, Staffa, Scotland, 1847, (1900).Artist: William Barnes Wollen

The Royal Visit to Fingal's Cave, Staffa, Scotland, 1847, (1900). Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visited the sea-cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The best known of the caves on the southwest coast of Staffa, it was the inspiration for Felix Mendelssohn's overture The Hebrides. The cave was formed by basalt lava flows which cooled to form hexagonal columns similar to those of the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. Illustration from The Life and Times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, (1900)

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