Relief Collection (page 15)

The Deluge or Flood, mid 19th century. Noah builds an altar and makes a burnt offering in thanks for the receding of the waters and the preservation of the Ark and its occupants

Sacrificial procession of a bull preceded by trumpeters, 30-40. Relief from an altar of the Vicomagistri, the Roman organisation responsible for police and fire protection

Fragment of a Roman relief showing gladiators fighting

Hecate and giants, Roman relief. Hecate was the Greek goddess of the lower world, magic, ghosts and witchcraft. Honey, dogs and black lambs were offered to her at crossroads

Limestone relief at the Temple of Philae, Ancient Egyptian. Isis (centre), sister and wife of Osiris and principal goddess of the Egyptian pantheon

Woman in a birthing chair, Ancient Egyptian limestone relief from Kawm Umbu. Various medical instruments are depicted on the right

Goddess Isis with King Tuthmosis III, Ancient Egyptian, 15th century BC. Painted limestone relief at Deir el Bahn, Luxor, Egypt

Return of the Prodigal Son, 1865-1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Return of the Prodigal Son, 1865-1866. Parable in which a younger son requested his portion of the family property and left home for a distant country

Painted wall relief, Temple of Rameses III, Medinet Habu, Egypt, 12th century BC
Painted wall relief showing a royal barge, Temple of Rameses III, Medinet Habu, Egypt, 12th century BC. Rameses III was Pharaoh of Egypt from 1187-1156 BC

Mayan lintel listing the nine generations of rulers at Yaxchilan, 450-550. Yaxchilan was a major city of the Mayan Classic period, reaching its greatest power in the reign of King Shield Jaguar II

Griffin-lion relief in glazed brickwork, Achaemenid Period, Ancient Persia, 530-330 BC. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris

Home from the War, 1865. Artist: Currier and Ives
Home from the War, 1865. Currier and Ives print of a Union (northern) soldier returning safely to home and family at the end of the American Civil War

First relief of Lucknow by General Henry Havelock, Indian Mutiny, 15 September 1857. The siege of Lucknow was one of the major engagements of the uprising against British rule in India which began in

Field Marshal Roberts relieving the siege of Kimberley, Boer War, South Africa, 1900. Frederick Sleigh Roberts (1832-1914) was Commander-in-Chief in the field in the 2nd Boer War

Ur-Nanshe, king of Lagash, Sumeria, c2500 BC. Detail of a limestone relief showing Ur-Nanshe, one of the kings of the Ur Dynasty I (2650-2350 BC) wearing the traditional fur skirt or Kaunakes

The Departure and Return of the Conscript, 19th century

Wall painting from the tomb of Ti, Saqqara, Ancient Egypt, Early 5th Dynasty, c2498-2450 BC. A detail of a painted relief showing two carpenters at work

Thoth, ibis-headed god of the Moon, Ancient Egyptian, 5th-6th Dynasty (c2498-2181 BC). Thoth was patron of scribes and magicians, and secretary of the gods. Limestone relief

VE Day celebrations, Paris, 8 May 1945. A soldier smothere with kisses by jubilant women

Liberation of Paris, 25 August 1944. Gendarmes, soldiers and Resistance fighters escorting German prisoners through crowds of jubilant civilians in front of the Opera

Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) heretic Egyptian pharaoh. Relief originally in the Temple of the Sun, Thebes, showing Akhenaten with his wife Nefertiti and their two daughters offering gifts to the Sun

Imhotep, Ancient Egyptian physician. Limestone relief. Imhotep is shown seated (right) together with surgical instruments (centre) and a birthing chair (left). Imhotep was something of a polymath

Greek warrior fighting an Amazon, 8th-5th century BC. Limestone Relief. The Amazons were legendary female warriors in Greek mythology

First relief of Lucknow, Indian Mutiny, 25th September 1857
First relief of Lucknow, during the Indian Mutiny, 25th September 1857. Soldiers of a Highland Regiment entering the city

First Anglo-Afghan War 91838-1842), c1880
First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842: Rescue of British prisoners from the Afghans after the defeat of Akbar Khan, April 1842

Roman relief showing the ritual plowing of the boundaries of a new city, from the British Museums collection

Greek relief of Hoplites in battle From the British Museums collection

Greek relief, Agamemnon seated left with Talthybis and Epeios, c5th century BC. Fragment of a relief, maybe the armrest from the throne of a cult statue

Hermes. Greek relief from Thasos, Greece, c470 BC. Relief of the Passage of Theori, from the agora of Thasos. Thasian marble with traces of polychromy

Cleobis and Biton pull their mothers chariot, c6th century BC

Greek Relief of Young man holding Strygil with Boy holding Oil Vessel, c400 BC. Oil for massage after Athletic activity is cleaned off with strygil, Athens

Greek Funerary Relie, Young girl with Bird and Dog, 4th century BC. From Athens

Ploughing from an Egyptian Stele, 18th Dynasty, 1332BC-1323 BC. Horemheb ploughing land in the Fields of Aaru in order to gain eternal life. Relief from the Tomb of Horemheb

Mortuary Temple of Rameses III at Medianat Habu, Luxor, Egypt, 12th Century BC. The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of

Wrestlers, Temple of Rameses III at Medianat Habu, Luxor, Egypt, 12th Century BC. The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of

Detail of Greek Ship with Large Steering Oar, Relief Carving 2nd century BC. Relief on rocks of Acropolis at Lindos, Rhodes, Greece

Greek relief, Greek soldiers form a Phalanx, 5th century BC. Phalanx is an ancient Greek expression for an organized, heavily armed infantry defense line

Roman relief of women having their hair dressed, 3rd century
Roman relief of women having their hair dressed, from Neumagen near Trier in Germany, 3rd century

Roman relief of a Lictor carrying the Fasces in a procession

Relief showing scene from a sutra, Barabudur, Java, c750-850. Photograph

Funerary vase with a relief decoration of the horse of Troy, 7th century BC
Detail of a funerary vase with a relief decoration of the wooden horse of Troy from Mykonos Museums collection, 7th century BC

Roman marble relief of a bakers oven and corn mill
Roman marble relief of a bakers oven (above) and horse-driven corn mill (below)

Salvation Army shelter, Blackfriars, London, early 20th century. The Penny Sit-Up for men, where the homeless could find shelter sitting on a bench for a penny a night

Gallo-Roman relief of the Celtic horned god Cernunnos
Gallo-Roman relief of Cernunnos, the Celtic horned god, from Rhiems. Note the rat, associated with his cult, as well as the bull and deer

Roman relief of a chariot race and spectators, from the Vatican Museums collection

Relief of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius making a state sacrifice, 2nd century
Relief of Marcus Aurelius (April 26, 121- March 17, 180) making a state sacrifice, from the Capitoline Museums collection in Rome, 2nd century

Archaic Roman relief of Jupiter
Archaic Roman marble relief of Jupiter from the Capitoline Museums collection in Rome

Archaic Roman relief of Apollo with his lyre, from the Capitoline Museums collection in Rome

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