Octopus Collection (page 6)

Roman art: "still life with fish"Fresco from the site of Pompei
LRI4639301 Roman art: " still life with fish" Fresco from the site of Pompei. 1st century AD. Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale by Roman, (1st century AD); Museo Archeologico Nazionale

fishing octopus, 19th century
GIA4697606 fishing octopus, 19th century by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Octopus fishing. 19th century engraving.); eGiancarlo Costa; out of copyright

Illustration from Aquatilium animalium historiae, liber primus
3091091 Illustration from Aquatilium animalium historiae, liber primus by Ippolito Salviani, 1554 (engraving) by Lafreri, Antonio (1512-77); 41x27 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

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Octopus, 1833-39 (coloured engraving)
999640 Octopus, 1833-39 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Dictionnaire pittoresque d histoire naturelle et des phenomAnes de la natureA)

The dramas of the deep sea, a diver attacked and clutched by the tentacles of a huge octopus (Colour Litho)
2815159 The dramas of the deep sea, a diver attacked and clutched by the tentacles of a huge octopus (Colour Litho) by Beltrame

An exciting and dramatic fishing on the coast of Brittany (colour litho)
2814959 An exciting and dramatic fishing on the coast of Brittany (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

A gigantic octopus, exposed in a tub on a beach near Toulon, has seized... (colour litho)
2783584 A gigantic octopus, exposed in a tub on a beach near Toulon, has seized... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A gigantic octopus)

Aventures Perilleuses De Narcisse Nicaise Au Congo (engraving)
2783316 Aventures Perilleuses De Narcisse Nicaise Au Congo (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aventures Perilleuses De Narcisse Nicaise Au Congo)

Comic postcard, two women discuss an octopus Date: 20th century

Greater argonaut and winged argonaut octopus
Greater argonaut octopus, Argonauta argo 1, and winged argonaut, Argonauta hians 2. Polpo navigatore degli Antichi, Polpo di Cranch

Blue field madder, Sherardia arvensis, Sherarde des champs. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Neptune grass, Posidonia oceanica
Neptune grass or Mediterranean tapeweed, Posidonia oceanica. Caulinia oceanica, Zostera oceanica, Cauline de l ocean. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus

Jellyfish and stinging jellyfish species
Jellyfish species. Favonia octonema 1, Lymnorea triedra 2, and stinging jellyfish, Cyanea labiche 3. Favonia ottonema, Limnorea triedra, Cianea Labiche

Capital letter Q, from L Art Croquis d Animaux
STC255184 Capital letter Q, from L Art Croquis d Animaux, published Paris, c.1920 (colour litho) by Saude, Jean (Miarko) (fl.c.1900-25); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; French

The Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite, fragment of pavement, from Constantine
XIR234492 The Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite, fragment of pavement, from Constantine, Algeria (mosaic) by Roman, (4th century AD); Louvre, Paris, France; out of copyright

Fish, Molluscs and Crustacea (mosaic)
XIR174640 Fish, Molluscs and Crustacea (mosaic) by Roman; 127x127 cm; Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; (add.info.: fish in a seabed; ); out of copyright

Still Life with Fish, 1640 (oil on panel)
BAL53649 Still Life with Fish, 1640 (oil on panel) by Adriaenssen, Alexander van (1587-1661); 44.5x79 cm; Museum of Fine Arts (Szepmuveszeti) Budapest, Hungary; Flemish, out of copyright

Cover of "Le Don Quixote", number 777, Satirique en Couleurs
ICA4925168 Cover of " Le Don Quixote", number 777, Satirique en Couleurs, 1889_5_18: La peine du talion - Social, Pays d Europe - Bismarck

Ned Land, Professor Aronnax and his servant Conseil look at the Giant Octopus through
GIA4807447 Ned Land, Professor Aronnax and his servant Conseil look at the Giant Octopus through the porthole of the submarine Nautilus Engraving of the book of Jules Verne " Twenty thousand

Architeuthis princeps, the giant squid failed on the beach of Fortune Bay (Newfoundland
GIA4800937 Architeuthis princeps, the giant squid failed on the beach of Fortune Bay (Newfoundland) in December1874 and first described by Professor A.E. Verrill. Era engraving

Drama at the bottom of the sea: a scaphandler attacked by an octopus in the seabed near
XEE4187032 Drama at the bottom of the sea: a scaphandler attacked by an octopus in the seabed near Aget Samd in the United States. Engraving in " Le petit Journal Illustre", on 21/05/1922

The net of the fishing boat "La Perle"is invaded by octopus
LSE4429671 The net of the fishing boat " La Perle" is invaded by octopus, causing its loss in the bay of Erquy in Brittany in " Le Petit Parisien"

Marine life. 2nd century BC. (mosaic)
LRI4592232 Marine life. 2nd century BC. (mosaic) by Roman, (2nd century AD); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania

Marine life (mosaic, 199-80 BC)
LRI4643200 Marine life (mosaic, 199-80 BC) by Roman, (2nd century BC); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; (add.info.: Roman Art: marine fauna Mosaic from the house of the fauna)

Brazilian squid - after Denys Montfort in "Histoire naturelle generale et peculiar
LSE4097670 Brazilian squid - after Denys Montfort in " Histoire naturelle generale et peculiar des mollusques", Paris, 1805 by Unknown Artist

Octopus Fishing at Takasago in Harima Province, from the Series Famous Products of the Provinces
1766567 Octopus Fishing at Takasago in Harima Province, from the Series Famous Products of the Provinces (colour woodblock print) by Kuniyoshi

Krake, in Seinem Steinneste Lauernd (chromolitho)
5211329 Krake, in Seinem Steinneste Lauernd (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Krake, in Seinem Steinneste Lauernd)

Common octopus (litho)
6013676 Common octopus (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Common octopus. Illustration for The Harmsworth Encylopaedia (c 1922).); © Look and Learn

The Treasure Ship in Fairy Seas, London Hippodrome
The Christmas production at the London Hippodrome, using its famous water tank to enact an underwater wcene about treasure seekers beneath the sea

Poster for The Treasure Ship in Fairy Seas London Hippodrome
Poster for the latest wonder show at the London Hippodrome, for Christmas 1906. The Treasure Ship in Fairy Seas featured several scenes played under water in the Hippodromes transparent tank

Range of marine life found at the seaside - octopus, squid or decapod, smallest British cuttlefish, sea slug, and periwinkle. Date: circa 1950s

Sea Serpent, Kykkos Monastery, Troodos Mountains, Cyprus (mosaic)
829525 Sea Serpent, Kykkos Monastery, Troodos Mountains, Cyprus (mosaic) by Cypriot; Kykkos Monastery, Troodos Mountains, Cyprus.; (add.info)

Ici on lit La Revanche partout 5 centimes le na, 1886 (colour litho)
696825 Ici on lit La Revanche partout 5 centimes le nA, 1886 (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Revanchism (from French: revanche)

Red Coral, plate from "Brehms Tierleben: Allgemeine Kunde des Tierreichs", vol
AGD241753 Red Coral, plate from " Brehms Tierleben: Allgemeine Kunde des Tierreichs", vol.10, p.608, published by Bibliographisches Institut, 1893 (colour litho) by German School

Paper Nautilus, plate from "Brehms Tierleben: Allgemeine Kunde des Tierreichs"
AGD241725 Paper Nautilus, plate from " Brehms Tierleben: Allgemeine Kunde des Tierreichs", vol.10, p.273, published by Bibliographisches Institut, 1893 (colour litho) by German School

Greater argonaut octopus, Argonaut argo
Greater argonaut octopus or paper nautilus, Argonaut argo, female in its shell and without its shell. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History

Common octopus, Octopus vulgaris (Eight-armed cuttlefish, Sepia octopus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Undersea creatures, copy of a Hellenistic original (mosaic)
ALG174639 Undersea creatures, copy of a Hellenistic original (mosaic) by Roman; Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania

Greater argonaut octopus, Argonauta argo. Lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1848

Squid and octopi
Gamochonia octopi and squid: long-armed squid, Chiroteuthis veranii, umbrella squid, Histioteuthis bonnellii, Pinnoctopus cordiformis, common octopus, Octopus vulgaris, and Amphioctopus granulatus

Octopus and insects
Pseudoscorpion, Chthonius orthodactylus 1, Octyptera bicolor 2, tuberculate pelagic octopus, Ocythoe tuberculata 3, and false oil beetle, Oedemera nobilis 4. Obisie, Ocyptere, Ocythoe, Oedemere

Octopus and sea snail
Common octopus, Octopus vulgaris 1, and sea snail, Dicathais orbita 2. Poulpe commun, Pourpre. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard

Ciuffettino on the seabed, illustration from "Le Avventure di Ciuffettino"
3497657 Ciuffettino on the seabed, illustration from " Le Avventure di Ciuffettino" by Conti Novelli, Enrico de, aka Yambo (1876-1943); Centro Apice, UniversitA degli Studi di Milano

A deep sea diver attacked by an octopus in Toulon harbour (colour litho)
2779834 A deep sea diver attacked by an octopus in Toulon harbour (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Fight with a cephalopod (engraving)
3622476 Fight with a cephalopod (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fight with a cephalopod)

Octopus (chromolitho)
1094388 Octopus (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Octopus. French educational card, late 19th or early 20th century)

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"The Enigmatic Octopus: From Ancient Mosaics to Modern Imagery" Discover the fascinating world of the octopus, as depicted throughout history in various forms of art and literature. The Fish Mosaic from Pompeii showcases the intricate beauty of Roman seafood mosaics, with an octopus taking center stage among other marine creatures. Legend meets reality in depictions like the Kraken attacking a ship during a storm, where sailors' fears come alive through powerful imagery. In an American cartoon from 1882, John Bull embodies England as the octopus of imperialism, symbolizing its land-grabbing tendencies across continents. From fiction to real-life encounters, witness gripping moments such as Captain Nemo's sailor being seized by a giant cuttlefish in Jules Verne's "20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea. " A French poster boldly proclaims that "The Future Lies in Socialism, " using an octopus as a metaphor for societal change. In more contemporary settings, divers encounter these intelligent creatures face-to-face. Whether it is a diver interacting with an octopus or witnessing the majestic Giant Pacific Octopus along Alaska's coastlines down to California. Even beyond artistic representations and underwater encounters lies cultural significance. Witness drying octopuses hanging in Mandrakia on Milos Island in Greece – capturing both tradition and culinary delights found within Aegean waters. The enigma surrounding this creature continues to captivate our imagination. With its ability to adapt and survive amidst diverse environments worldwide, the octopus remains one of nature's most intriguing marvels - reminding us that there is always more than meets the eye beneath our oceans' depths.