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Romulus,vainqueur d'Acron - Romulus' victory over Acron. One of several sketches for a painting of 1812 for the apartments of Empress Marie-Luise at the Palazzo Montecavallo in Rome. Pen and pencil, black ink, grey wash, hightened in white. 33,5 x 53 cm. RF 4623
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Romulus,vainqueur d'Acron - Romulus' victory over Acron. One of several sketche...

Apotheosis of Napoleon I. Inscription, in gold, underneath: "In nepote redivivus erit" - he shall live in his nephew. Tondo, 14.5 cm across. RF 3608
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Apotheosis of Napoleon I. Inscription, in gold, underneath: "In nepote redivivu...

The Flight to Egypt, 1557-1559. Angels are shown pulling down the branches of a tree for the infant Jesus to take the fruit and eat. The Virgin Mary and the Christchild are riding on a donkey, led by the aged Saint Joseph.
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The Flight to Egypt, 1557-1559. Angels are shown pulling down the branches of a...

'A Horse Affrighted by a Lion', 1777. The picture is intended to express the terror of the horse and to invite the spectator to identify with the innocent and beautiful victim. The sublime emotional intensity is reinforced by the stormy weather and the wild landscape. Stubbs has transferred a formula for expressing human terror - staring eyes, stretched nostrils, bared teeth - to his animal subject. The design exploits the increasing sympathy felt in the late eighteenth century for animals in distress and for victims of cruelty in general. PD, 1865-1-14-909
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'A Horse Affrighted by a Lion', 1777. The picture is intended to express the ter...

Rossetti lamenting the death of his wombat, 1869. Dante Gabriel Rossetti loved exotic animals and began to collect them with a passion after the tragic death of his wife Elizabeth Siddal in 1862. He had moved to 16 Cheyne Walk in Chelsea, a house with a large garden that soon became a miniature zoo. The wombats had a special place in Rossetti's heart. In a letter to his brother he described the arrival of the first one as 'a Joy, a Triumph, a Delight, a Madness'. This drawing commemorates the short-lived second wombat. Instead of being laid to rest in the tomb depicted in the background, the marsupial was stuffed and placed in Rossetti's entrance hall. PD, 1939-5-13-6
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Rossetti lamenting the death of his wombat, 1869. Dante Gabriel Rossetti loved e...

"Linda maestra" - "Gentle mistress",etching No.68 from the "Caprichos",around 1798
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"Linda maestra" - "Gentle mistress",etching No.68 from the "Caprichos",aro...

"Alla va eso",("This way"),etching No.66 from the "Caprichos",around 1798.
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"Alla va eso",("This way"),etching No.66 from the "Caprichos",around 1798.

A demon flies from the Thunder God, Edo period, 17th-early 18th century. A winged demon has been surprised by Raijin, the Thunder God. Raijin can be identified by the ring of drums which he beats to sound like thunder. A wild boar and an owl watch from the right. These scenes are from a handscroll with comic pictures which may have been intended as a model for other artists to copy. JA,JP 657 (1902.6-6.012)
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A demon flies from the Thunder God, Edo period, 17th-early 18th century. A winge...

A pair of porcelain elephants, Edo period, late 17th. Pair of model elephants with tusks, wearing harnesses. Many such models of animals, such as dogs, cats, deer, boars and horses were made as ornaments for European mantle- pieces. Real elephants would not have been seen in Japan at this time and these may have been inspired by pictures of Indian processional elephants. JA,1980.3-25.1-2
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A pair of porcelain elephants, Edo period, late 17th. Pair of model elephants wi...

Partridges, Edo period, 1790. A government official, Seki Mitsubumi, was visiting Nagasaki in 1789 and commissioned a resident Chinese artist to paint a set of five handscrolls, showing birds which had been imported from China in 1762 on a boat called the Hachiban (Boat No. 8).On his return to Edo, Mitsubimi showed the paintigs to the publisher Matsumoto Zembei, who decided to publish a selection as a deluxe woodblock -printed album. Masayoshi was employed to copy the Chinese artist's paintings. JA, JIB90
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Partridges, Edo period, 1790. A government official, Seki Mitsubumi, was visitin...

Bugaku mask of Ryo-o, the "Dragon King", 17th century. The Dragon King is a character from a Chinese story from the Northern Qi dynasty,who was so handsome he had to wear a fearsome mask so that his enemies would be terrified. The mask was used in Bugaku, a courtly ritual dance which survived in Japan since the Heian period and was popular in the Edo period. JA, 1978.4-21.2a
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Bugaku mask of Ryo-o, the "Dragon King", 17th century. The Dragon King is a char...

"Rabbits and autumn grasses", Edo period, mid-18th century Twelve rabbits shown in different activities, mainly feeding, but also chasing each other and one climbing amorously onto another's back. This screen was probably one of a pair painted by an artist of the Rimpa school. JA, JP Add88 (1933.9-29.03)
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"Rabbits and autumn grasses", Edo period, mid-18th century Twelve rabbits shown...