Woman Collection (page 6)

Detail of Chartres Cathedral, 12th century
Detail of Chartres Cathedral, showing Kings and Queens in the central door of the west front, 12th century

Scene from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, 1836. Artist: Hablot Knight Browne
Scene from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, 1836. Mr Pickwick slides on the ice

Old woman (witch or fairy) spinning, 1547. Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
Old woman (witch or fairy) spinning, 1547. Woodcut attributed to Holbein from an edition of De consolatione philosophiae by the Roman scholar and philosopher Boethius

Le Coup de Lance, 1620. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Le Coup de Lance, 1620. At the Crucifixion the soldier pierces Christs side to make sure he is dead. At bottom right, the Virgin Mary and St John the Apostle turn aside in despair

Pandora. Pandora (the all-gifted ) was the first mortal woman according to the Greek poet Hesiod. She was sent by Zeus as a gift to Epithemus

Girl with a Pearl Earring, c1665. Artist: Jan Vermeer
Girl with a Pearl Earring, c1665. The girls headdress has an exotic effect. Turbans were a popular fashionable accessory in Europe as early as the 15th century

Ride of the Valkyries. Artist: Delitz
Ride of the Valkyries. Scene from Richard Wagners (1813-1883) opera The Valkyrie, showing Brunhilde bearing a wounded warrior to Valhalla

Eu haere ia oe (Woman Holding a Fruit. Where Are You Going?), 1893. Artist: Paul Gauguin
Eu haere ia oe (Woman Holding a Fruit. Where Are You Going?), 1893. Detail. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Childhood of Christ, c1620. Artist: Gerrit van Honthorst
Childhood of Christ, c1620. Detail. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Mystical Bird (Karyobinga), 1820-33. Creator: Hokusai
Mystical Bird (Karyobinga), 1820-33

Nude, ca. 1850. Creator: Jacques Antoine Moulin
Nude, ca. 1850

Self-Portrait with a Harp, 1791. Creator: Rose Adelaide Ducreux
Self-Portrait with a Harp, 1791

The Intercession of Christ and the Virgin, before 1402. Creator: Lorenzo Monaco
The Intercession of Christ and the Virgin, before 1402. Christ and the Virgin pray to God on behalf of a prominent Florentine family

Sponsa De Libano, 1891, (c1930). Creator: Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Sponsa De Libano, 1891, (c1930). The North and South Winds blow on the Bride of Lebanon. The lilies symbolise her virginity

Novembre, 1896. Creator: Eugene Samuel Grasset
Novembre, 1896. From " Calendrier la Belle Jardiniere", by Eugene Grasset. [Paris, 1896]

The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist, 1499-1500, (1943). Creator
The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist, (The Burlington House Cartoon), 1499-1500, (1943). The Virgin Mary sits on the lap of her mother

Ana Gloria & Rolando - Queen and King of Mambo, c1950s. Creator: Unknown
Ana Gloria & Rolando - Queen and King of Mambo, c1950s. Dancers Ana Gloria Varona and Rolando Garcia performed at the Tropicana Club in Havana, Cuba

Nina Simone, Mstricht Jazz Festival, 1992. Creator: Brian Foskett
Nina Simone, Mstricht Jazz Festival, 1992. Simone was an American singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights activist

His Girl, The Huntsmans Meet. Creator: Victor Venner
His Girl, The Huntsmans Meet

Anne of Cleves, 1539, (1909). Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
Anne of Cleves, 1539, (1909). Henry VIII married Anne (1515-1557), a German Protestant princess, in 1540 for political reasons at the urging of his Chancellor, Thomas Cromwell

The May-pole, 1866. Artist: Charles Cousen
The May-pole, 1866. 19th century imagining of Elizabethans celebrating May Day, an annual European tradition thought to have originated as a pagan fertility rite

View of the (proposed) western archway of the Thames Tunnel, London, c1831. The Thames Tunnel, connecting Wapping and Rotherhithe, was the first underwater tunnel in the world

Persia, 1912. Artist: Georges Barbier
Persia, 1912. Illustration from The Art of Perfume, 1912. Pochoir print

Possession, c. 1912. Found in the collection of Museu Nacional d Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

Salisbury Cathedral, 1823, (c1915). Artist: John Constable
Salisbury Cathedral, 1823, (c1915). The painting is part of the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney

Bournemouth Pier, c1910. From Souvenir of Bournemouth. [J. H. Bishop, Bournemouth, ]

South Shields - All The Fun Of The Fair. 1895. From Round the Coast. [George Newnes Limited, London, 1895]

Grace, Lady Parker, c1540-1543 (1945). Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
Grace, Lady Parker, c1540-1543 (1945). Lady Grace Parker (born 1515) Lady Parker was married to Sir Henry Parker in 1523 at the age of eight

The Wedding of St George and Princess Sabra, 1857. Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The Wedding of St George and Princess Sabra, 1857. Painting held by the Tate, London. From The Studio Volume 69. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1916-17]

Rue De La Grosse Horloge, Rouen, 1821. Artist: Henry Edridge
Rue De La Grosse Horloge, Rouen, 1821. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXIII, edited by C. Reginald Grundy. [The Connoisseur Ltd, London, 1929]

The Royal Family in the grounds of the Royal Lodge, Winsor, 1946. Artist: Lisa Sheridan
The Royal Family in the grounds of the Royal Lodge, Winsor, 1946. King George VI (1895-1952) with his family: his wife Queen Elizabeth (1900-2002)

Tiy, Ancient Egyptian queen of the 18th dynasty, 14th century BC (1926). Artist: Winifred Mabel Brunton
Tiy, Ancient Egyptian queen of the 18th dynasty, 14th century BC (1926). Tiye was the wife of Amenhotep III and the mother of Akhenaten

Front cover of The Illustrated London News Wedding Number, 28th April 1923. Commemorating the wedding of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and the Duke of York (the future King George VI)

The Toilet of Lampito, 1896. Artist: Aubrey Beardsley
The Toilet of Lampito, 1896. Illustration from Lysistrata by Aristophanes

Sand pit, Bishops Park, Fulham, London, 1926-1927. Children playing in a large sand pit at Bishops Park by the River Thames

The Souvenir (Fidelity), c1787-1789, (1912). Artist: Jean-Baptiste Greuze
The Souvenir (Fidelity), c1787-1789, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

Mona Lisa, c1505, (1912). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa, c1505, (1912). A colour print of Leonardos famous painting of Mona Lisa or La Gioconda from Famous Paintings with an Introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London)

Will you follow me, men?, c61 AD, (1905). Artist: As Forrest
Will you follow me, men?, c61 AD, (1905). The British Queen Boudicca (or Boadicea) of the Iceni encourages her soldiers to fight the Romans

Women by Lamplight, 1892. Artist: Edouard Vuillard
Women by Lamplight, 1892

The departure of an automobile rally, 1931. Artist: Guy Sabran
The departure of an automobile rally, 1931. A print from the front cover of the magazine L Illustration, 3 October 1931

Cycling, Sport, Fun, Travel, 20th century. A print from La Manufacture Francais D Armes et Cycles de Saint-Etienne, French mail order catalog

Allegory of the Good Government, 1338-1340. Artist: Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Allegory of the Good Government, 1338-1340. Ambrogio Lorenzetti frescoed the side walls of the Council Room (Sala dei Nove) of the City Hall (Palazzo Pubblico) of Siena

Wall paintings in the Tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt

Punjabi illustration of a lady with a hawk
Illustration of a lady with a hawk for the musical mode Saveri Ragini, from Guler in the Punjab. from the V&As collection

Morning, 1897. Artist: Mikhail Vrubel
Morning, 1897. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg

God Speed, 1900. Artist: Edmund Blair Leighton
God Speed, 1900

A landscape with wood; Diana offers a hare to a nymph; Silenus and Ceres in foreground, c1614. Artist: Abraham Govaerts
A landscape with wood; Diana offers a hare to a nymph; Silenus and Ceres in foreground, c1614. From a private collection

Apollo offering a libation to the raven, kylix, 5th century BC
Attic White Ground kylix of the early 5th century BC. Showing Apollo sitting on a stool performing a libation whilst holding a lyre. A raven looks

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