Unusual Collection (page 5)

Interior with bird concert, 1620-1715. Creator: Cornelis Saftleven
Interior with bird concert, 1620-1715. Possibly by Cornelis Saftleven

Interior with cat concert, 1620-1715. Creator: Cornelis Saftleven
Interior with cat concert, 1620-1715. Possibly by Cornelis Saftleven

Bal Masqué in the Zwanenburgerstraat (diary, March 26), 1805-1808. Creator: Christiaan Andriessen
Bal Masque in the Zwanenburgerstraat (diary, March 26), 1805-1808

Sea fishing, 1778. Creator: Jan Brandes
Sea fishing, 1778. Garfish found inside another fish, flatfish, cuttlefish and flying fish

Cyparissus, c.1701. Creator: Jacob Toorenvliet
Cyparissus, c.1701. Apollo turns Cyparissus into a cypress tree after Cyparissus becomes inconsolable for accidentally killing his favourite deer

The Blue Grotto at Capri - from Mr. Albert Smith's New Entertainment, 1857. Creator: Richard Principal Leitch
The Blue Grotto at Capri - from Mr. Albert Smith's New Entertainment, 1857. Painted scenery from a show by author and mountaineer Albert Richard Smith at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London

A Swinging Festival in India, 1857. Creator: Unknown
A Swinging Festival in India, 1857....the infatuated native who was to be swung came in, amid the beating of Indian drums and the shouts of the people

The Raree-show ('t Fraay Curieus), 1718. Creator: Willem van Mieris
The Raree-show ('t Fraay Curieus), 1718. In 17th and 18th century Europe, raree shows (also known as peep shows or peep boxes) were a popular form of entertainment provided by wandering showmen

Memorial to the late Marquess of Londonderry, in course of erection on Scrabo Hill...Ireland, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Memorial to the late Marquess of Londonderry, in course of erection on Scrabo Hill, County Down, Ireland, 1857. Folly in Scottish baronial style, in memory of Charles Vane

The journey of Prince Maurits in Charon's ferry, 1710-1720. Creator: Anon
The journey of Prince Maurits in Charon's ferry, 1710-1720. Prince Willem II crosses the River Styx to the underworld; drowning people in the water, bodies hanging above

The Atlantic Cable, ready for shipment, Morden Wharf, East Greenwich, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Atlantic Cable, ready for shipment, Morden Wharf, East Greenwich, [London], 1857. The core is conveyed to [Glass, Elliott, and Co.'s works at] East Greenwich upon large reels

Hendrik Waller (1887-1951) at the age of three, 1890. Creator: Pieter Oyens
Hendrik Waller (1887-1951) at the age of three, 1890

The birdwatchers, c.1744. Creator: Nicolaas Verkolje
The birdwatchers, c.1744. Young people catching birds. On the left are a bird in a cage, a string of dead birds, clay pipes, and a bottle. On the right a struggle is ensuing

Fighting Orchids, 1917. Creator: Adrianus Johannes Jacobus de Winter
Fighting Orchids, 1917. Janus de Winter raised a furore around 1916 with depictions of his own feelings - sensations - as abstractions

Drawing lessons at an academy, 1774-1833. Creator: Jacob Smies
Drawing lessons at an academy, 1774-1833. A dozen men are drawing a life model who is smoking a pipe

View of the ice, piling up on and against the parapet behind the Runmolen...1799, (1807). Creator: Cornelis de Jonker
View of the ice, piling up on and against the parapet behind the Runmolen in Gorinchem on 20 February 1799, (1807). Gezicht van de opkruijing van het ijs

Kirsten Svendsdatter Finds the Gold Horn at Gallehus on 20 July 1639, 1859. Creator: Niels Simonsen
Kirsten Svendsdatter Finds the Gold Horn at Gallehus on 20 July 1639, 1859. (In 1639, a young peasant woman discovered a golden horn sticking out of the ground near her home in Denmark)

A Jutland Shepherd on the Moors, 1855. Creator: Frederik Vermehren
A Jutland Shepherd on the Moors, 1855. [Note knitting needles and wool.]

Young woman with a cigarette, 1823-1892. Creator: Antonio Zona
Young woman with a cigarette, 1823-1892

Princesses, partly in male dress, participating in a hunt, 1749-1848. Creator: Unknown
Princesses, partly in male dress, participating in a hunt, 1749-1848

Standing woman in the dress of Münster, 1645. Creator: Anna ter Borch
Standing woman in the dress of Munster, 1645. Possibly after Gerard ter Borch

Man riding sidesaddle on a draft horse, 1939. Creator: Alfred Ost
Man riding sidesaddle on a draft horse, 1939

The Founding of Thebes, 1661. Creator: Salvator Rosa
The Founding of Thebes, 1661. The goddess Pallas Athena orders Cadmus to sow the dragon's teeth; an army of warriors emerges from the ground

The poet crowned by two apes at the feast of the animals, 1623. Creator: Workshop of Roelant Savery
The poet crowned by two apes at the feast of the animals, 1623

A Man Dancing with a Dog, c.1655-c.1665. Creator: Hendrick Bogaert
A Man Dancing with a Dog, c.1655-c.1665. (Formerly attributed to Francois Verwilt)

Nemesis - lioness with her cubs near the body of a black man, 1870-1905. Creator: John MacAllan Swan
Nemesis - lioness with her cubs near the body of a black man, 1870-1905

Of One Heart, 1830. Creator: Cornelis Kruseman
Of One Heart, 1830

The Gulf of Naples with the Island of Ischia in the Distance, 1818. Creator: Josephus Augustus Knip
The Gulf of Naples with the Island of Ischia in the Distance, 1818

Cimon and Pero (Roman Charity), 1670-1750. Creator: Unknown
Cimon and Pero (Roman Charity), 1670-1750. Copy after Adriaen van der Werff

The Mystic Marriage of St Rose of Lima, 1666-1670. Creators: Lazzaro Baldi, Santa Rosa of Lima
The Mystic Marriage of St Rose of Lima, 1666-1670

Christian IV, 1638-1641. Creator: Karel van Mander III
Christian IV, 1638-1641. Danish king wearing lace-trimmed suit of gold silk

Columbia, Newport, Aug 2, 1899. Creator: Johns Johnston
Columbia, Newport, Aug 2, 1899. Columbia with a broken mast. She was an American racing yacht designed and built in 1898-99 by Nathanael Herreshoff

U.S.S. Mayflower, between 1898 and 1901. Creator: Edward H Hart
U.S.S. Mayflower, between 1898 and 1901. Motor vessel originally built as a private yacht - served in a variety of military, governmental, and commercial roles

Shower of Bon-Bons on the Esplanade of the Invalides, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Shower of Bon-Bons on the Esplanade of the Invalides, 1856. Paris celebrates the birth of Prince Louis Napoleon, heir to the French throne

Ursula, a Newport catboat, 1895. Creator: Johns Johnston
Ursula, a Newport catboat, 1895

The Ascent of Balloons from the Esplanade of the Invalides, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Ascent of Balloons from the Esplanade of the Invalides, 1856. Paris celebrates the birth of Prince Louis Napoleon, heir to the French throne

Spunk, 1899 July 4. Creator: Johns Johnston
Spunk, 1899 July 4

Costumes from the Fancy-Dress Ball, in Aid of the Royal Academy of Music, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Costumes from the Fancy-Dress Ball, in Aid of the Royal Academy of Music, 1856....superb dresses worn by those members of the female aristocracy...The Countess of Jersey as "Night"

Allegory of Nature as the Mother of Art, 1540-1557. Creator: Jan Sanders van Hemessen
Allegory of Nature as the Mother of Art, 1540-1557. Other Title(s): Allegory (Nature as the Nursemaid of Art)

The Peace Commemoration at Salford - the Townhall, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration at Salford - the Townhall, 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War - crowds marvel at a...painting, 36 ft

The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine, 1650-1720. Creator: Follower of Sébastien Bourdon
The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine, 1650-1720

Pharaoh's Daughter Discovers Moses in the Rush Basket, c.1635-c.1638. Creator: Paulus Bor
Pharaoh's Daughter Discovers Moses in the Rush Basket, c.1635-c.1638

Progress of the Great Ship, building at Millwall, for the Eastern Steam Navigation Company, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Progress of the Great Ship, building at Millwall, for the Eastern Steam Navigation Company, 1856. Scene by the River Thames in London: Brunel's SS Great Eastern, an iron sail-powered

Flying Foxes in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's-Park, 1856. Creator: Pearson
Flying Foxes in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's-Park, [London], 1856. The Flying Fox is the largest of the fruit-eating bats of India

Sunday-School Jubilee Commemoration in the Piece Hall, Halifax - from a photograph by Haigh, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Sunday-School Jubilee Commemoration in the Piece Hall, Halifax - from a photograph by Haigh, 1856. Concert attended by...a total of 24, 787 teachers and scholars

Erichthonius found by the daughters of Cecrops, 1650-1672. Creator: Hendrick Heerschop
Erichthonius found by the daughters of Cecrops, 1650-1672. The goddess Athena's son - according to legend, he was found with either a snake coiled around him, or was half-human and half-serpent

Amor Kissing Venus, 1700-1725. Creator: Unknown
Amor Kissing Venus, 1700-1725. Manner of Adriaen van der Werff

The Card Game on the Cradle: Allegory, 1643-1683. Creator: Johannes van Wijckersloot
The Card Game on the Cradle: Allegory, 1643-1683. An adult man the size of an infant lies in the cradle, rocked by a woman, as a game of cards goes on around them

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