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Fine Arts


Painting, Watercolour, Plastic Arts, Woodcuts, Etching, Drawing.



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Altars

ALTARS

Armours

ARMOURS

Book Illumination

BOOK ILLUMINATION

Carvings

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Ceramic

CERAMIC

Drawing

DRAWING

Enamel

ENAMEL

Engravings

ENGRAVINGS

Fresco and Wallpainting

FRESCO AND WALLPAINTING

Goldsmith Works

GOLDSMITH WORKS

Handicraft

HANDICRAFT

Jewelry

JEWELRY

Mosaics

MOSAICS

Painting

PAINTING

Plastic Arts

PLASTIC ARTS

Posters

POSTERS

Prints

PRINTS

Relief

RELIEF

Sculpture

SCULPTURE

Silverwork

SILVERWORK

Textile Works

TEXTILE WORKS

Watercolour

WATERCOLOUR

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Open book. German school, first quarter of the 16th century. Oil on wood, 70,2cm x 65cm Inv. 1890 no.6191
#03080261

Open book. German school, first quarter of the 16th century. Oil on wood, 70,2...

A Maori bartering a crayfish with an English naval officer. Drawings illustrative of Captain Cook's First Voyage (1768-1770). Illustration; 1769. Shelfmark: Add. 15508 Page Folio Number: f.11
#03080270

A Maori bartering a crayfish with an English naval officer. Drawings illustrati...

Moses draws water from a rock and the miracle of manna. 1480-90.
#030803 2

Moses draws water from a rock and the miracle of manna. 1480-90.

Map of Cambridge. From De antiquitate Cantebrigiensis Academi: libri duo by John Keys, engraved by Richard Line. London; 1574. Shelfmark: C.24.a.27
#03080314

Map of Cambridge. From De antiquitate Cantebrigiensis Academi: libri duo by Joh...

The boat of the Emperor Yang-Ti (Sui dynasty, 581-618). Yang-Ti undertook several large projects during his rule, most notably the completion of the Grand Canal, which is the largest ancient canal or artificial river in the world. From the Life of the Chinese Emperors. Qing dynasty, 17th century. Engraving.
#03080315

The boat of the Emperor Yang-Ti (Sui dynasty, 581-618). Yang-Ti undertook sever...

The Chinese junk, "Keying", Captain Kellett. The Junk Keying was a Chinese junk which sailed from China around the Cape of Good Hope to the United States and England between 1846 and 1848. She is of particular interest, since she testifies to the power of Chinese shipping and shipbuilding at the time of the beginning of industrialization in the West.
#03080322

The Chinese junk, "Keying", Captain Kellett. The Junk Keying was a Chinese junk...

Chinese boat for washing apparel. watercolour; 1793.
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Chinese boat for washing apparel. watercolour; 1793.

Opium Ships at Lintin in China, 1824. The East India Company sold opium grown in Bengal to China in exchange for Chinese tea and porcelain. When others became involved in opium exports after 1833, the trade eventually led to the Opium Wars between China and Britain in the 1840s and 1850s. Engraved by Duncan Edward after a watercolour by William John Huggins. England; 1838.
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Opium Ships at Lintin in China, 1824. The East India Company sold opium grown i...

The 'Sophia Jane' was the first working steamship to be seen in Sydney Harbour. She arrived from England in May 1831 after being built by Barnes and Millar in 1826. She was 153 tons and had one engine of 50 horse power.
#03080325

The 'Sophia Jane' was the first working steamship to be seen in Sydney Harbour....

Revolutionary War Sergent Ezra Lee attacking HMS Eagle in the first military submarine service in New York harbour on September 7, 1776. Watercolour; 19th century. Turtle was the first American submarine, invented in Connecticut in 1775 by David Bushnell as a means of attaching explosive charges to ships in a harbor. On September 7, 1776, Turtle, under the guidance of Army volunteer Sergeant Ezra Lee, attacked HMS Eagle, which was moored off what is today called Liberty Island, but it could not manage to bore through the hull. When he attempted to try another spot in the hull, he lost the ship, and eventually abandoned the attempt.
#03080327

Revolutionary War Sergent Ezra Lee attacking HMS Eagle in the first military sub...

Battle of Öland between Swedish and Danish fleets for the dominion of the Baltic Sea. Canvas; 16th century.
#03080329

Battle of Öland between Swedish and Danish fleets for the dominion of the Baltic...

Danish frigate Freia under Captain Krabbe attacking English ships. Canvas; 1800.
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Danish frigate Freia under Captain Krabbe attacking English ships. Canvas; 1800.