Watching Collection (page 56)

Hindu temple ceremony. Artist: CM Dixon
Hindu temple ceremony in Matale, near Kandy in Sri Lanka

Painting of the god Khrishna watching Radha at her bath, 19th century
Painting of Khrishna watching Radha at her bath from Garwhal in the Punjab hills, from the V&As collection, 19th century

King Candaules, after 1859. Artist: Jean-Leon Gerome
King Candaules, after 1859. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow. Candaules was a king of the ancient kingdom of Lydia, ruling from 735 until 718 BC

Etruscan bronze of an augur watching the flight of birds, 6th century BC
An Etruscan bronze of an augur watching the flight of birds for divination, 6th century BC

The Lamentation over Christ with a Carmelite Monk, c1510. Artist: Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano
The Lamentation over Christ with a Carmelite Monk, c1510. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The Snake Charmers, 1870. Artist: Mariano Jose Maria Bernardo Fortuny y Carbo
The Snake Charmers, 1870. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Saint Sergius the Builder, 1925. Artist: Nicholas Roerich
Saint Sergius the Builder, 1925. From a private collection

Bashkirs kuresh wrestling, Russia, 1913. The Bashkirs are a people of central Asia, conquered by the Russians in 1735-1740. Kuresh is the Tatar style of wrestling

Unloading food, the House of Scientists, Petrograd, Russia, c1920-c1924(?). The Vladimir Palace, built for Tsar Alexander IIs son, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, between 1867 and 1872

On board a prison hulk, 1848. A warder watching prisoners entering their ward on board convict hulk Warrior at Woolwich. This hulk held 600

Henry IV of France watching the departure of the Spaniards from Paris, 22 March 1594
Henry IV of France watching the departure of the Spaniards from Porte Saint-Denis, Paris 22 March 1594. Although Henry (1553-1610) became King of France in 1589

Armoured knights jousting at a tournament, 12th century, c1820. The knight on far side has a shattered lance and is being unhorsed

Hell: the city of Dis, Roman god of the underworld, 1863. Artist: Gustave Dore
Hell: the city of Dis, Roman god of the underworld, 1863. Dante and Virgil observing sinners burning in Hell. From Inferno, first part of Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri

Ancient Olympic Games: the relay race, 1922. Competitors had to keep alight the flame and hand it to their fellows.This reconstruction shows a runner protecting the flame with his shield

First manned flight in a hydrogen balloon, France, 1 December 1783 (1887). French aeronauts Jacques Charles (1746-1823) and Noel Robert made the first manned (free flight)

The Rocky Mountains, c1834-c1876. Artist: Frances Flora Bond Palmer
The Rocky Mountains, c1834-c1876. Emigrants crossing the plains watched by Native Americans. Published by Currier and Ives, New York, USA

Festival of Fire, India, mid 19th century. Artist: Emmanuel Adolphe Midy
Festival of Fire, India, mid 19th century. Men and a woman walking on hot embers observed by Europeans. From L Inde Francaise

Richard II, King of England, presiding at a tournament, 1377-1379 (15th century). Watched by the king, mounted knights in armour joust with lances

Scene from the Romance of Lancelot of the Lake. Artist: Gautier
Scene from the Romance of Lancelot of the Lake. The Count des Broches in combat with King Nabor and Sir Gawain. In the centre mounted knights in armour are fighting with lances and swords

The Women of Gaul, c1827-1893. Artist: Auguste Barthelemy Glaize
The Women of Gaul, c1827-1893. An episode during the Roman invasion of Gaul. Women and children look on in anguish as the Gaulish men are slaughtered by the Romans on the battlefield

Vacation Amusements No 4, 1840. Artist: John Doyle
Vacation Amusements No 4, 1840. A young Queen Victoria and Prince Albert join the Duke of Wellington for some holiday sketching and painting

Dante and Virgil looking down upon souls in torment in the inferno, 1863. Artist: Gustave Dore
Dante and Virgil looking down upon souls in torment in the inferno, 1863. Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was a great admirer of Virgil, and in his Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy)

King John signing the Magna Carta at Runnymede, Surrey, 15 June 1215 (c1860). John (1167?-1216) became King of England in 1199

February - Cutting Weather, 1839. Artist: George Cruikshank
February - Cutting Weather, 1839. A typical day at Dr Swishtails Academy. Boys at their desks look on as the schoolmaster punishes a boy by flogging him with the birch

Jean-Henri Fabre, French entomologist, c1890-1915
Jean-Henri Fabre, French entomologist, c early 20th century. Fabre (1823-1915), author of numerous books on the anatomy and behaviour of insects

Jean-Henri Fabre, French entomologist, c early 20th century. Fabre (1823-1915), author of numerous books on the anatomy and behaviour of insects, in his study at Serignan, Vaucluse, France

Napoleon and his staff watching the burning of Moscow, 1812 (late 19th century)

British girls of the Womens Land Army learning to plough with a tractor, World War II, 1939-1945. The Womens Land Army was established in June 1939 to meet the demand for agricultural labour caused

Theatre de la Gaite, Niagara Falls, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Theatre de la Gaite, Niagara Falls, 1892. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 13th February 1892

The French consul arrives in Bethlehem during Christmas festivities, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
The French consul arrives in Bethlehem during Christmas festivities, 1892. Bethlehem was under the control of the Ottoman Empire at the time

La Goulue and Valentin le desosse, 1895. Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Panneau pour la baraque de la Goulue a la Foire du Trone: Le Moulin Rouge. La Goulue (Louise Weber 1866-1929), et Valentin le desossee (Valentin the Boneless), 1895, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

The Prince of Wales visiting the building sites for the Exposition Universelle of 1900, Paris, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
The Prince of Wales visiting the building sites for the Exposition Universelle of 1900, Paris, 1898. The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France

Queen Victoria watching the procession of the red penitents, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
Queen Victoria watching the procession of the red penitents, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 24th April 1898

Launching a Ship at Brest, c1750-1810. Artist: Nicolas Marie Ozanne
Launching a Ship at Brest, c1750-1810

Untitled, c1750-1810. Artist: Nicolas Marie Ozanne
Untitled, c1750-1810

A Regatta at Asnieres During the Second Empire, c1868-1905. Artist: Antony Paul Emile Morlon
A Regatta at Asnieres During the Second Empire, c1868-1905

Dance of the Two Children, Hawaii, 19th century. Artist: Ellis
Dance of the Two Children, Hawaii, 19th century

Arrival of the first German troops in Paris, June 1940. The Germans entered Paris, which had been declared an open city by the departing French government, on 14 June

The Siege of La Rochelle, 1628 (20th century). During the Renaissance, La Rochelle adopted Protestant ideas, and from 1568 became a centre for the Huguenots

Virgin and Child with St Anne, 1502-1516. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Virgin and Child with St Anne, 1502-1516. St Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary, is not mentioned in the New Testament. From the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France

The Ghost of Napoleon on St Helena, c1825. Allegorical print of Napoleons tomb on St Helena, with the figure of Napoleon watching as a laurel wreath is laid on the stone

Mary Magdalene anointing the feet of Jesus, c1860. From the Bible (John 12)

A Lady in a Garden taking Coffee with some Children, probably 1742. Artist: Nicolas Lancret
A Lady in a Garden taking Coffee with some Children, probably 1742. From the National Gallery, London

The Four Times of the Day: Morning, 1739. Artist: Nicolas Lancret
The Four Times of the Day: Morning, 1739. From the National Gallery, London

A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier, c1658. Artist: Gerard Terborch II
A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier, c1658. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Execution of Jean Desmartes, 1383 (19th / early 20th century). Artist: Jean-Paul Laurens
Execution of Jean Desmartes, 1383 (19th/early 20th century). Jean Desmartes and eleven notables are decapitated after the revolt of the maillotins in Paris. From the Hotel de Ville, Paris, France

Dante and Virgil looking into the inferno, 1863. Artist: Gustave Dore
Dante and Virgil looking into the inferno, 1863. Dante, keeping close to his guide Virgil, looks down at one of the sinners burning in hell in their open tombs

Semiramis Building Babylon (unfinished), (detail), 1860-1862. Artist: Edgar Degas
Semiramis Building Babylon (unfinished), (detail), 1860-1862. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

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