Triumphant Gallery

Prosobranchia sea snail shells

Prosobranchia sea snail shells: triumphant star turban, Guildfordia triumphans 1, imperial cone, Conus imperialis 2, Madras harp, Harpa davidis 3, Venus comb, Murex pecten pecten 4, branched murex, Chicoreus ramosus 5, distaff spindle, Fusinus colus 6, and sunburst star turban, Astraea heliotropium 7, 8. Chromolithograph by Adolf Glitsch from an illustration by Ernst Haeckel from Art Forms in Nature, Kunstformen der Natur, Liepzig, Germany, 1904. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans

Cartoon, Delicious Dreams! Castles in the Air

Cartoon, Delicious Dreams! Castles in the Air! Glorious Prospects! Vide An Afternoon Nap after the Fatigues of an Official Dinner, by James Gillray. Showing five Cabinet ministers (Portland, Hawkesbury, Perceval, Castlereagh and Canning) sleeping and dreaming at a round table. The vision above is of Britannia riding in triumph, to the dismay of Napoleon. Date: 1808

© The Sharp Illustration Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

Victory, 1892-1903 (bronze gilt)

3614036 Victory, 1892-1903 (bronze gilt) by Saint-Gaudens, Augustus (1848-1907); 96.5 high cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: This cast 1914-16, adapted from the full-size figure on the artist's equestrian monument to Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman in New York, this winged allegorical figure wears a classical gown emblazoned with an eagle, a laurel crown and holds a palm frond--both traditional emblems of victory. The principal model was Hettie Anderson, an African-American woman who was a favoured New York artists model at the time.); American, out of copyright

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