Watching Collection (page 55)

And still they don t go!, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
And still they don t go!, 1799. Plate 59 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression

Filling and Heading Casks, 1826. Artist: Amelia Alderson Opie
Filling and Heading Casks, 1826. From The Black Mans Lament; or How to Make Sugar by Amelia Opie. (London, 1826)

Changing of the guard at Lenins mausoleum, Red Square, Moscow, 1980

Circus Sideshow, 1887-1888. Artist: Georges-Pierre Seurat
Circus Sideshow, 1887-1888. A parade, the free entertainment offered at the entrance of a traveling theatre, is intended to attract a crowd and encourage the sale of tickets

Prometheus Bound, c1640. Artist: Jacob Jordaens
Prometheus Bound, 1640. Hermes, messenger of the gods, watches as the eagle swoops down to peck out the liver of the chained Prometheus. Each night the liver regenerated

Count de la Forest with his Wife and Daughter, 1804. Artist: Andre Vincent Francois
Count de la Forest with his Wife and Daughter, 1804. From the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany

Le Cirque ( The Circus ), 1891. Artist: Georges-Pierre Seurat
Le Cirque ( The Circus ), 1891. This picture was exhibited in 1891 at the 7th Salon des Independants in Paris. During the exhibition Seurat died. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Anastasis, fresco in the parekklesion of Church of Christ in Chora, c1310-c1320. Christ, surrounded by mandorla, helps Adam and Eve from their graves watched by St John the Baptist and David

St Martins Dream, 14th century. Artist: Simone Martini
St Martins Dream, 14th century. St Martin of Tours (c316-397), Hungarian-born soldier and saint. He gave half his coat to a beggar in Amiens on a winters night

Carnival in the Streets of Paris, 1757. Artist: Etienne Jeaurat
Carnival in the Streets of Paris, 1757. From the Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France

World War 2: Liberation of France, 1944. Triumphal poster showing General De Gaulle watching the liberation of a war-damaged France

Ambroise Pare, 16th-century French military surgeon, (19th century). Ambrose Pare (1509-1590) is widely regarded as the father of modern surgical practice

Madonna and Child, c1510. Artist: Titian
Madonna and Child, c1510. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Playmates, 1868. Artist: George Cochran Lambdin
Playmates, 1868

Caricature of Napoleon I watching the fall of the Colonne de Vendome, Paris Commune, 1871. The Paris Commune voted to dismantle the column erected by Napoloeon I in the Place Vendome

Susanna and the Elders, 1555. Artist: Jacopo Tintoretto
Susanna and the Elders, 1555. From the Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Sacrifice of Iphigenia, 1735. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Sacrifice of Iphigenia, 1735. Artemis, the Greek goddess of hunting, watches the preparations for the sacrifice of Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, that she has demanded

The Baptism of Christ, 16th century. From the Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece

The Crucifixion, (part of a diptych), early 14th century. Artist: Pacino di Bonaguida
The Crucifixion, (part of a diptych), early 14th century. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

The Crucifixion, St Marks Basilica, Venice, Italy

Prussian prisoners, Franco-Prussian War, 1870 (1872). Artist: Auguste Bry
Prussian prisoners, Franco-Prussian War, 1870 (1872). From a private collection

Le Jour du Bataille ( The Day of the Battle ), Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870 (1871). Artist: Auguste Bry
Le Jour du Bataille ( The Day of the Battle ), Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870 (1871). After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

Christ on the Cross, 16th century. From Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis, Portugal

The Duchess of Villais in Costume, 18th century. From the Museum of Tesse, Le Mans, France

Tirailleurs Parisiens, Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Print from a series titled Souvenirs du Siege de Paris. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

Arrival at Calais, 1816. From French Characteristic Costume. (London, 1816)

Puppet Show, Marlet
Puppet show, Marlet. From the Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Tournament in a Court of the Vatican, Rome, 1565. The tournament was held on the occasion of the marriage of the Count Annibale Altemps, nephew of Pope Pius IV, to Ortenzia Borrome in 1565

Train Crash at Bellevue in 1842 (19th century). From the Chateau of Sceaux, France

Entrance of Charles VIII into Naples, 12th May 1495 (19th century). From the Palace of Versailles, France

White Heron and Irises, 1833
hunting, water, geographical feature, lake, pond, bird, heron, flower, iris, arts, colour, white, Japan, Japanese, beak, vegetation, oriental, Asia, Asian, foliage, reeds, watching, vertical

The Princess Nyosan, 1765. Artist: Suzuki Harunobu
The Princess Nyosan, 1765

US Mail Boat, 1870. Artist: Leila Bauman
US Mail Boat, 1870. From the Washington National Gallery of Art, USA

The Haymakers, 1880. Artist: Jules Bastien-Lepage
The Haymakers, 1880. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Woman with a Child Afraid of a Dog, 17th century. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Woman with a Child Afraid of a Dog, 17th century. From the Museum of Fine Art, Budapest

A Village Bullfight, c1812-1814. Artist: Francisco Goya
A Village Bullfight, c1812-1814. From the Royal Academy of San Fernando, Madrid, Spain

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1759 (1906). Mozarts (1756-1791) first attempt, at the age of three, to play the piano. In the doorway his sister Nannerl and his father Leopold look

Mozart at the age of seven in front of Empress Maria Theresa, 1763. (1906). Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) playing his violin in front of the Empress of Austria

Watts First Experiment, 18th century, (c1870). Artist: Herbert Bourne
Watts First Experiment, 18th century, (c1870). James Watt (1736-1819) Scottish engineer, as a boy experimenting with the tea-kettle at the dining table of his childhood home at Greenock

The Tale of a Tea-kettle, 1844. Artist: Ebenezer Landells
The Tale of a Tea-kettle, 1844. James Watt as a boy watching the kettle boiling in the fire. Watt (1736-1819), Scottish engineer and inventor, was born at Greenock on the Clyde, Scotland

William Lee, English inventor of the frame-knitting machine, 19th century. Born in Nottinghamshire, Lee (c1550-c1610) invented his knitting machine in 1589

Jean Henri Fabre, French entomologist, 1911. Artist: L Patriarche
Jean Henri Fabre, French entomologist, 1911. Fabre (1823-1915) examining specimens through a magnifying glass. He wrote numerous books on the anatomy and behaviour of insects

The four great alchemists, 1652. Artist: Robert Vaughan
The four great alchemists, 1652. From left to right: Al-Jabir (Geber, 14th century Spanish); Arnald or Arnold of Villanova (Spanish, c1240-c1310); Rhazes (Abu Bakr Abu Bakr al-Razi)

Comet of December 1680 (Kirch), 1681. Isaac Newton calculated that the comet was travelling at 88, 000 mph and that it passed so near the Sun that at one time it was only 1/6 of the Suns diameter

Public witness of the solar eclipse, London, c1870. Depicting a street scene with a crowd of people all gazing up at the sky. This plate was taken from Illustrated London News, Vol 57

Vesuvius erupting, Italy, c1815. Vesuvius during one of its early 19th century eruptions. People observing the eruption from inside the volcanos cone which is emitting smoke and flames

Detail from a Psalter, Massacre of the Children, c1140. Probably illuminated at Canterbury c.1140 AD

Detail of Crucifixion, Frankfurt, West Germany, 1430. Hans Von Metz, Rheinischer Meister

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