Virtue Collection (page 4)

Italian Renaissance ornamental painting, (1898). Creator: Unknown
Italian Renaissance ornamental painting, (1898). Examples of painted building facades: Figs 1-7: From the front of a house in Genoa (Via San Matteo. Nr, 10)

John Milton, (1943). Creator: George Vertue
John Milton, (1943). Portrait of English writer and poet John Milton (1608-1674) aged 62 in 1670, according to the Latin inscription

Lycurgus, (fl c820 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Lycurgus, (fl c820 BC), 1830. Lycurgus (fl c820 BC) lawgiver of Sparta who established military reforms in accordance with the Oracle of Delphi, promoting virtues of equality (among citizens)

King Alfred, 1733. Creator: George Vertue
King Alfred, 1733. Portrait in an oval frame inscribed Alfredus Magnus Rex Angliae, (Alfred the Great, King of England). On the table below are a crown, books, arrows, a lyre

Danejohn Hill, c1829. Creator: Henry Adlard
Danejohn Hill, c1829. The Dane John Mound, a former Roman cemetery at Canterbury in Kent, was converted into a motte-and-bailey castle in the 11th century

Antisthenes, (c445-365 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Antisthenes, (c445-365 BC), 1830. Antisthenes (c445-c365 BC) Greek philosopher and a pupil of Socrates who advocated an ascetic life in accordance with virtue

The Divorce of Josephine, 1846, (mid 19th century). Creator: FranSois de Meersman
The Divorce of Josephine, 1846, (mid 19th century). The French Emperor Napoleon divorced his wife Josephine in 1810 as she had not produced a male heir

Milton, c1800. Creator: Hilton
Milton, c1800. Portrait of English writer and poet John Milton (1608-1674). Milton, author of " Paradise Lost", became totally blind in about 1652

The Three Tahitians, 1899, (c1950). Creator: Paul Gauguin
The Three Tahitians, 1899, (c1950). Young man flanked by two women who may be offering him a choice between vice, symbolised by an apple, and virtue, symbolised by flowers

The Negro-Page, c1854. Artist: J Godfrey
The Negro-Page, c1854. Engraving after A Page with Two Horses, painting made c1655-1660, in the Royal Collection

The Foundling, c1869. Artist: P Lightfoot
The Foundling, c1869. Engraving after a painting in the Tate Gallery, London. A baby - the foundling - surrounded by people puzzling over documents

The Tomb of Grace Darling, c1851-1886. Artist: John Godfrey
The Tomb of Grace Darling, c1851-1886. Children laying flowers at the monument to Grace Darling, the sea in the background

Susanna and the Elders, 1928. From Old Furniture, Volume IV. edited by Lieut.-Col. E. F. Strange, C.B.E. [Old Furniture Ltd. London, 1928]

Courtyard of the Tabard Inn, Borough High Street, Southwark, London, 1871. Artist
Courtyard of the Tabard Inn, Borough High Street, Southwark, London, 1871. View with a cart and a horse feeding from a bucket

Hermione. c1855. Artist: Joseph Durham
Hermione. c1855. Queen of Sicilia and wife of Leontes in Shakespeares The Winters Tale. Hermione is a stable, warm-hearted wife and mother whose virtue is called into question only by her husband

Hermione. 1856. Artist: Joseph Durham
Hermione. 1856. Queen of Sicilia and wife of Leontes in Shakespeares The Winters Tale. Hermione is a stable, warm-hearted wife and mother whose virtue is called into question only by her husband

The Orchard, 1890. Found in the Collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

The Orchard of the Wise Virgins, 1893. Private Collection

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins. Artist: Borovikovsky, Vladimir Lukich (1757-1825)
The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins. Found in the collection of Regional Art Gallery, Tver

Virtue on a Balloon. Artist: Orelli, Vincenzo Angelo (1751-1813)
Virtue on a Balloon. Found in the collection of Church in Grumello de Zanchi, Bergamo

Jupiter, Mercury and the Virtue (Jupiter Painting Butterflies). Artist: Dossi, Dosso (ca. 1486-1542)
Jupiter, Mercury and the Virtue (Jupiter Painting Butterflies). Found in the collection of Wawel Royal Castle, Krakow

Allegory of Virtue and Nobility. Artist: Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770)
Allegory of Virtue and Nobility. Found in the collection of Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan

Allegory of Virtue and Vice, 1505. Artist: Lorenzo Lotto
Allegory of Virtue and Vice, 1505. The painting is part of the Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. From Masterpieces of Painting, edited by Huntington Cairns and John Walker

Gualdrade - Pucelle Florentine, 1403, (1939). Artist: Master of Berrys Cleres Femmes
Gualdrade - Pucelle Florentine, 1403, (1939). Gualdrada was a member of the nobility in 13th century Florence, Italy. She was a daughter of Bellincion Berti

Loves Game of Chess - The Orchard of Nature, 1937. Artist: Emile- Aurele Van Moe
Loves Game of Chess - The Orchard of Nature, 1937. From Verve - Vol.1, No. 1, December 1937. [Verve, France, 1937]

The Order of the Lion D Or, c19th century
The Order of the Lion D Or. The House-order of the Golden Lion was founded in 1770 by Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel (1720-1785)

The Round Tower Windsor Castle, 1887. Artist: Axel Herman Haig
The Round Tower Windsor Castle, 1887. The keep, called the Round Tower, on top of the motte is based on an original 12th-century building

The Industrious Prentice Lord-Mayor of London - Plate 12 from Industry and Idleness, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth
The Industrious Prentice Lord-Mayor of London - Plate 12 from Industry and Idleness, 1747. The industrious apprentice is drawn along Cheapside in his coach watched by Frederick

Sketch for Plate IV from Industry and Idleness, 1747. Artist: William Hogarth
Sketch for Plate IV from Industry and Idleness, 1747. The industrious apprentice stands with his master in the counting house. A porter enters, bearing rolls of cloth

Shakeseares Cliff, Dover. Kent, 1831. Artists: Henry Gastineau, Henry Adlard
Shakeseares Cliff, Dover. Kent, 1831. After Henry Gastineau (1791-1876). [Geo Virtue, London, 1831]

The Tomb of Kosciusko, 1837. Artist: R Young
The Tomb of Kosciusko, 1837. The tomb of Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746-1817), Polish army officer and statesman who gained fame both for his role in the American Revolution

Allan Cunningham (1784-1842), Scottish poet and author, 1840. Artist: J Thomson
Allan Cunningham (1784-1842), Scottish poet and author, 1840. After Henry Room (1802?1850). From The Complete Works of Robert Burns, illustrated by W. H. Bartlett, T. Allom, and other artists

Robert Burns - Poet, 1840. Artist: John Rogers
Robert Burns - Poet, 1840. Robert Burns, Scottish poet. Burns (1759-1796) was a pioneer of the Romantic movement. After Alexander Nasmyth (1758-1840)

Sophia Western, c18th century, (1902). Artist: John Raphael Smith
Sophia Western, c18th century. Sophia Weston is the virtuous love interest in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding (1707-1754). After John Hoppner (1758-1810)

Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude and Justice, 1290-1300. From La Somme Le Roy, produced in France. Illustration from Illuminated Manuscripts in the British Museum, Miniatures, Borders

The Lottery, 1721. Artist: William Hogarth
The Lottery, 1721. A theatre stage upon which the allegorical figures of virtue and vice perform a production. This was Hogarths way of criticising the government for raising money by lottery

The Apotheosis of the Duchess of Devonshire, 1784. Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, flanked by Truth and Virtue, tramples Scandal underfoot

Bob-cherry, 14th century (1833). Game in which the cherry is hung so as to bob against the mouth, in order to teach the virtues of patience and constancy

An Allegory (Vision of a Knight), c. 1504. Artist: Raphael (1483-1520)
An Allegory (Vision of a Knight), c. 1504. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Salvator Mundi flanked by the Wise and Foolish Virgins, c. 1500. Artist: South German master (16th century)
Salvator Mundi flanked by the Wise and Foolish Virgins, c. 1500. From a private collection

Vision of a Knight, c1504. Artist: Raphael
Vision of a Knight, c1504. The sleeping knight may be intended to represent the Roman hero Scipio Africanus (236-184 BC) who was presented in a dream with a choice between Virtue

Good and Evil, 19th century. Artist: Andre Jacques Victor Orsel
Good and Evil, 19th century. The rewards women might expect as a result of their conduct. Christ sits in judgment (top), sorting the blessed on his right from the damned on his left

Italian earthenware plate showing the birth of Hercules
Depiction on an Italian earthenware dish of the birth of Hercules, with fortune and the seven planets and virtues around it

A Foolish and a Betting Man and A Wise and a Better Man, 1852. Cartoon from Punch (London, 1852) on the folly and profligacy of smoking and betting contrasted with the wisdom and prudence of saving

George Washington (1732-1799), First President of the USA
George Washington (1732-1799), first President of the USA. Oil on canvas

The Battle of Love and Chastity, 1504-1523 Artist: Perugino
The Battle of Love and Chastity, 1504-1523. A combat between the forces of virtue and lust. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris

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