Angler Gallery

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, c.1555 (oil on canvas)

XIR3675 Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, c.1555 (oil on canvas) by Bruegel, Pieter the Elder (c.1525-69); 73.5x112 cm; Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium; (add.info.: La Chute d'Icare;Icare
In Greek mythology, Daedalus made his son Icarus wings using feathers stuck with bees wax. Ignoring his father's warning, he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted. Icarus fell into the sea and drowned - his legs are thrashing in the sea just below the ship. ); Flemish, out of copyright

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Cartoon, The Anglers Return (Derby and Disraeli)

Cartoon, The Anglers Return -- Lord Derby and Benjamin Disraeli portrayed as fishermen, examining the Conservative party's poor returns from the recent General Election -- the Liberal party under Lord Palmerston had won more seats, and held a majority.
1859

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1850s, 1859, 19th, Angler, Anglers, Bag, Bags, Benjamin, Boroughs, Britain, British, Cartoon, Cartoons, Century, Comment, Conservative, Coronet, Counties, Crown, Depiction, Derby, Disappointed, Disraeli, Election, Fish, Fisherman, Fishermen, Fishing, General, Glum, Government, Lord, Majority, Man, Men, Minority, Mp, Mps, Party, Political, Politician, Politicians, Politics, Poor, Power, Railway, Return, Satire, Satirical, Seats, Symbolic, Symbolism, Ticket, Tickets, Tory, Victorian

Smoothhand shark, angler fish, burrfish and sawfish bill

Common smoothhand, Mustelus mustelus, Vulnerable 1, angler fish, Lophius piscatorius 2, burrfish, Chilomycterus schoepfi 3, and bill of a sawfish, Pristis pectinata, critically endangered 4. Un petit haay ou requin, Mustelus laevis, le petit diable marin, Rana piscatrix, un petit poisson rapace des Iles Antilles, la scie ou la corne dentee d'un espadon, Pristis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Christian Leinberger from Georg Wolfgang Knorr's Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden der Natuur, Blusse and Son, Nuremberg, 1771. Specimens from a Wunderkammer or Cabinet of Curiosities owned by P.L. Muller. Date:

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