Smelling Collection

Head of a Girl, 1882. Creator: Helene Schjerfbeck
Head of a Girl, 1882.

Cantor, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Cantor, between c1915 and c1920. Shows singer Eddie Cantor (ca. 1892-1964)

The sense of smell, c1750. Creator: Unknown
The sense of smell, c1750

"The Blonde", by Schlesinger, in MacLean's Gallery, Haymarket, 1869. Creator: W Thomas
"The Blonde", by Schlesinger, in MacLean's Gallery, Haymarket, 1869. 'That generally-natural and sweetly-fascinating painter, Greuze, was probably in the mind of Mr

Woman And Roses, 1879. Creator: Auguste Toulmouche
Woman And Roses, 1879. A young woman in a spotless white dress has paused, while strolling through a well-tended garden, to enjoy the fragrance of a cluster of pink roses

The five senses, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Unknown
The five senses, late 18th-early 19th century. Depiction of sight, sound, taste, smell and touch: looking through a monocle, listening to a pocket watch, smelling perfume, tasting food,

Young Man with a Flower, 11th century AH/AD 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Young Man with a Flower, 11th century AH/AD 17th century. Images of elegantly dressed men and women were exceedingly popular in Safavid Iran

Costumes de Différents Pays, Bouquetieres de St. Domingue, c1797. Creator: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Bouquetieres de St. Domingue, c1797

Smell, 1684-1756. Creator: Martin Engelbrecht
Smell, 1684-1756. With caption in Latin and German. Odoriferi atque fragrantes Flores obiectant, herba tamen Tobaci nasum reficit magis meum (They object to odoriferous and fragrant flowers)

Department of Agriculture Chrysanthemum Show, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Department of Agriculture Chrysanthemum Show, 1917. Japanese and Chinese Varieties for Greenhouse Cultivation

La bonne prise, 1836. Creator: Honore Daumier
La bonne prise, 1836. The right catch

Sans doute M. Riflot le droit... 1839. Creator: Honore Daumier
Singles Day (La Journee du Celibataire) - Sans doute M. Riflot le droit... 1839. No doubt the law

Murdock, Ann, Miss, portrait photograph, 1914 May 8. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Murdock, Ann, Miss, portrait photograph, 1914 May 8

L'amateur de melons, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
L'amateur de melons, 19th century. The beautiful days of life - The melon lover

A Young Girl with a Rose, 1889. Creator: Carl Bloch
A Young Girl with a Rose, 1889

The Paris Season - drawn by Mars; A Flower Girl in the Avenue Du Bois de Boulogne, 1891. Creator: Mars
The Paris Season - drawn by Mars; A Flower Girl in the Avenue Du Bois de Boulogne, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

In the garden, c1880. Creator: Unknown
In the garden, c1880

Woodcock Shooting, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Woodcock Shooting, 1850. A difference of opinion will be found to exist as to the best kind of dog for the pursuit of the woodcock

Girl, n.d. Creator: Pietro Antonio Martini
Girl, n.d

The Smell of Death, 1915. Creator: Edvard Munch
The Smell of Death, 1915

Omega and the Flower, 1908/09. Creator: Edvard Munch
Omega and the Flower, 1908/09

Sense of Smell, 1774. Creator: Jean Baptiste Le Prince
Sense of Smell, 1774

Sense of Smell (copy), 16th century. 16th century. Creator: Anon
Sense of Smell (copy), 16th century

Javanese Jungle, ca. 1860. Creator: Raden Saleh
Javanese Jungle, ca. 1860

Smell, 1730-65. Creators: Caylus, Anne-Claude-Philippe de, Etienne Fessard
Smell, 1730-65

Smell, ca. 1638. Creator: Abraham Bosse
Smell, ca. 1638

Smell, 1635-38. Creator: Abraham Bosse
Smell, 1635-38

Walking Up the High Street, Edinburgh (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the First), May 15, 1786

Conversation Piece (The Sense of Smell), probably 1791. Creator: Jan Ekels the Younger
Conversation Piece (The Sense of Smell), probably 1791

He smelt - O Lord! How he did smell!, c1820. Creator: George Cruikshank
He smelt - O Lord! How he did smell!, c1820. Satirical cartoon, with a quote from Southeys " Minor Poems", vol. iii p. 103

All Cares and Sorrows Were Forgotten By Him Who Inhaled Its Fragrance, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
All Cares and Sorrows Were Forgotten By Him Who Inhaled Its Fragrance, c1930. An illustration from The Swineherd by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Advert for Wrights coal tar soap, 1923. A print from The Magpie, 1923

Smell (from the series The Five Senses ), late 1720s or early 1730s. Artist: Jean Raoux
Smell (from the series The Five Senses ), late 1720s or early 1730s. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Women with Flowers and Lotus, 18th Dynasty. Fragment of wall painting in Egyptian tomb, Egypt Museum, Berlin

Portrait of Yvonne Lerolle, 1897. Artist: Maurice Denis
Portrait of Yvonne Lerolle, 1897. Private Collection

Gardener smelling a carnation or pink (Dianthus), c1750. Artist: Thomas Kitchin
Gardener smelling a carnation or pink (Dianthus), c1750. French philosopher Rene Descartes interaction theory stated that the reflexes were mechanistically determined and that body

The Five Senses: smell, hearing, sight, touch and taste, c1850. Illustration from a childrens book. (London, c1850)

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