Sponge Collection

Attention, Gargouillet, v'là le bourgeois qui passe... 1842. Creator: Honore Daumier
Attention, Gargouillet, v'la le bourgeois qui passe... 1842. Attention, Gargouillet, v'la le bourgeois qui passe avec son epouse

Susanna and the Elders, 1653. Creator: Jacob Jordaens
Susanna and the Elders, 1653

Spahi (Algerian Troops), French Battery on the Heights of Balaclava - from a sketch by... 1854. Creator: Unknown
Spahi (Algerian Troops), French Battery on the Heights of Balaclava - from a sketch by Lieutenant Montagu O'Reilly, 1854. Crimean War

The Allied Troops preparing to silence Inkerman, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Allied Troops preparing to silence Inkerman, 1854. Crimean War, extract from Lord Raglan's dispatch: The morning was extremely dark, with a drizzling rain

Sponge Cup, c. 1936. Creator: John Dana
Sponge Cup, c. 1936

Diving for sponges on the coast of Syria, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Diving for sponges on the coast of Syria, 1862. Latakia sponges are known and appreciated in England, but very few of the superior quality ever reach this country

Le bain (The Bath). Creator: Nicolas-Francois Regnault
Le bain (The Bath)

Calvary, c. 1470/1480. Creator: Master of the Death of Saint Nicholas of Münster
Calvary, c. 1470/1480

Man of Sorrows, from Speculum Passionis Domini Nostri Ihesu Christi, 1507

Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and Saints Longinus, Mary Magdalen and John, 1505

Heavy Artillery, 1861-65. Creator: Unknown
Heavy Artillery, 1861-65. Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady

Esfakis - Sponge Packing House - Nassau, Bahamas, c1930s. Creator: Unknown
Esfakis - Sponge Packing House - Nassau, Bahamas, c1930s. Women processing sponges for export, cleaning and trimming them in the warehouse

Sponge Market, Nassau, Bahamas, 1930s. Creator: Unknown
Sponge Market, Nassau, Bahamas, 1930s. At the height of the Bahamian sponge industry at the turn of the 20th century, the sponge fleet consisted of some 600 vessels

D. G. Lillie, with Some of the Siliceous Sponges, c1911, (1913). Artist: Herbert Ponting
D. G. Lillie, with Some of the Siliceous Sponges of Which He Secured a Record Haul with the Dredge, c1911, (1913). Marine biologist Dennis Lillie (1884-1963) on board the Terra Nova with specimens

Had I not four or five women once that tended me? The Tempest, 1926
Had I not four or five women once that tended me? illustration from William Shakespeares The Tempest, pub. 1926 (colour lithograph). William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616); Act I: Scene II, Line 46

Elounda, Crete, Greece

Sponge Industry, Key West, Florida, c1940s. From Souvenir Folder of Quaint Key West Fla.. [Tichnor Quality Views, Boston, c1940s]

Femme assise sur le bord d une baignoire ets epongeant le cou, c1880, (1936). Artist: Edgar Degas
Femme assise sur le bord d une baignoire ets epongeant le cou, c1880. From The Studio Volume 112 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1936.]

Hot-Weather Hints for Motorists, 1906. Artist: Harold Robert Millar
Hot-Weather Hints for Motorists, 1906. After a cartoon by Harold Robert Millar (1869-1942). From The Tatler Volume 21 [The Tatler, London, 1906]

Sponge market, Key West harbour, Florida, USA, c1900(?). Artist: Keystone View Company
Sponge market, Key West harbour, Florida, USA, c1900(?). Stereoscopic card. Detail

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