Images Dated 25th May 2011

497. Native Vanilla hanging from the Wild Orange,. Praslin, Seyc

Vanilla Phalaenopsis, Reichb. f., is endemic in the Seychelles, and, like several other species of the genus, it is leafless. The orange on which it grows is naturalised only in these islands

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Art, Artist, Flowers, Landscape, Leaves, Marianne North, Orange, Painting, Praslin, Rocks, Seychelles, Vanilla, White

France, Midi-Pyrenees Region, Tarn-et-Garonne Department, Montauban, Pont Vieux bridge

France, Midi-Pyrenees Region, Tarn-et-Garonne Department, Montauban, Pont Vieux bridge and Musee Ingres art museum

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Hina, (bronze with brown patina)

652435 Hina, (bronze with brown patina) by Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903); height: 36.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Hina. Paul Gauguin (1848-1903). Bronze with brown patina. Original tamanu wood sculpture carved c. 1890s. Bronze version cast 1960s. 36.9cm high. Hina, The Tahitian Goddess of the Moon and symbolic of matter and rebirth features in many sculptures and paintings of the period by the artist incl Que Sommes-nous?, MFA Boston.); Photo A© Christie's Images; French, out of copyright

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