Sandys Collection

Portrait of Sir Edwin Sandys, with turned-down ruff, c1560-1570, (1937). Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Sir Edwin Sandys, showing a turned-down ruff, the predecessor of the Vandyke collar. Reign of James I, c1560-1570, (1937). Edwin Sandys (1519-1588) English Archbishop

Cassandra and Helen, 1866. Creator: Sandys, Frederick, (after) (1829-1904)
Cassandra and Helen, 1866. Private Collection

Cassandra and Helen, 1866. Creator: Sandys, Frederick, (after) (1829-1904)
Cassandra and Helen, 1866. Private Collection

La Belle Isolde, 1862. Artist: Frederick Augustus Sandys
La Belle Isolde, 1862. From The Connoisseur Volume 103. [Otto Limited, London, 1939]

Rosamond, Queen of the Lombards. c1850-1900, (1923). Artist: Frederick Augustus Sandys
Rosamond, Queen of the Lombards. c1850-1900, (1923). Rosamund ( fl. 572) was a Lombard queen. She was the daughter of Cunimund, king of the Gepids, and wife of Alboin, king of the Lombards

Amor Mundi. From Christine Rossettis Poem. c1850-1900, (1923). Artist: Frederick Augustus Sandys
Amor Mundi. From Christine Rossettis Poem. c1850-1900, (1923). The tone of the poem in general describes in loss of hope and misery

Skit on Sir Isumbras and the P. R. B. (1923)
Skit on Sir Isumbras and the P.R.B. (1923). Published in The Outline of Literature, by John Drinkwater, London, 1923

Autumn 1860-1862. Creator: Frederick Augustus Sandys
Autumn 1860-1862. An ageing soldier is depicted reclining on a river bank watched attentively by a woman and a child. The three figures appear to symbolise the three stages of life whilst the title

Medea, 1868. Creator: Frederick Augustus Sandys
Medea, 1868. Greek legend describes Medea as a sorceress and the wife of Jason. When he deserted her for another woman, Medea poisoned both her rival (Glauce) and her two children

Morgan-le-Fay, 1864. Creator: Frederick Augustus Sandys
Morgan-le-Fay, 1864 Artist: Frederick Sandys. Morgan le Fay is a powerful enchantress in the Arthurian legend. Early appearances of Morgan do not elaborate her character beyond her role as either a

Portrait of George Sandys, with slashed doublet and Vandyke collar, c1610-1630, (1937)
Portrait of George Sandys, Secretary of the Virginia Colony, showing slashed doublet and Vandyke collar. Reign of Charles I, c1610-1630, (1937)

Old Chelsea in 1750, (c1876). Creator: Unknown
Old Chelsea in 1750, (c1876). King Henry VIII acquired the manor of Chelsea from Lord Sandys in 1536, by 1694 Chelsea remained rural and served London as a market garden

The Motion, 1741. The Duke of Argyll, with a flaming sword, driving a coach from which Lord Carteret cries Let me get out.Several people are run over

Cleopatra VII (69-30 BC), Queen of Egypt, dissolving pearls in wine, 1866. Artist: Frederick Augustus Sandys
Cleopatra VII (69-30 BC), Queen of Egypt, dissolving pearls in wine, 1866. Cleopatra was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, established when Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BC

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