Utopia Collection

BURNE-JONES: ADAM & EVE. When Adam delved and Eve span. Pen-and-ink drawing by Edward Burne-Jones for William Morriss A Dream of John Ball, 1888

Walter Cranes Garland
Walter Crane shows his political allegiance in this May Day design. The ribbon that holds the garland of flowers together bears the slogans of his creed

The March of intellect, 1829. Artist: Heath, William (1795-1840)
The March of intellect, 1829. Found in the collection of British Museum

Port Sunlight - a workers utopia
Page from The Illustrated London News with photographs reporting on the model factory village of Port Sunlight on the Wirral, near Birkenhead

Salvation Army Social Campaign propaganda poster, London, c. 1910 (chromolitho)
XND75970 Salvation Army Social Campaign propaganda poster, London, c.1910 (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: In Darkest England and the Way Out)

The Garden of Earthly Delights, 1490-1500 (oil on panel)
3107159 The Garden of Earthly Delights, 1490-1500 (oil on panel) by Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516); Prado, Madrid, Spain; (add.info.: Detail of central panel); Netherlandish, out of copyright

Robert Owen / New Harmony
New Harmony, Indiana, USA. Robert Owen established an experimental co-operative community to compliment his ideas for social reform. The project failed in 1928

D Oyly Cartes Opera Co. in Utopia, limited Gilbert & Sullivans new opera. Date c1894

American Indians. John Francis, chief of the Passamaquoddy I
Indian chief dressed in embroidered tunic and trousers from Lake Utopia, New Brunswick, Canada

Utopiae Insulae Figura (Map of the New Island of Utopia
5615728 Utopiae Insulae Figura (Map of the New Island of Utopia) from the 1516 first edition of Utopia by Sir Thomas More (1478-1535)

BIRTH OF EVE. Woodcut from the Cologne Bible, 1478

THE VIEW OF UTOPIA. Colored woodcut from Sir Thomas Mores Utopia, 1518
THE VIEW OF UTOPIA. Colored woodcut from Sir Thomas Mores " Utopia, " 1518

OWENITE COMMUNITY, 1824. Design for an Owenite community by Stedman Whitwell, the architect who accompanied Robert Owen to New Harmony, Indiana in 1824

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Robert Owen seeks to create an ideal working community at New Lanark, near Glasgow, Scotland - schoolgirls dancing a quadrille

Woodcut from 1518 third edition of Utopia by Sir Thomas More (1478-1535
5615729 Woodcut from 1518 third edition of Utopia by Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) published in Basel showing the author conversing with the protagonist Raphael Hythloday about the ideal society he

Welcome to my dream - Music Sheet Cover, words by Johnny Burke, music by Jimmy Van Heusen. Paramount Presents Road to Utopia starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour

"Earth filled with Spring", propaganda poster from the Chinese Cultural Revolution, 1970 (colour litho)
RDA78557 "Earth filled with Spring", propaganda poster from the Chinese Cultural Revolution, 1970 (colour litho) by Chinese School (20th century) ; Private Collection; (add.info)

Cross-section of a house in the Napoleon housing development
CHT219394 Cross-section of a house in the Napoleon housing development, 58 rue Rochechouart, Paris, 1849 (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

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Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). En el que sabe la grandeza de nuestro manana no cabe el pesimismo (Who knows the greatness of tomorrow has no place for pessimism)

The Universal Democratic and Social Republic, 1848 (lithograph)
JLJ4680502 The Universal Democratic and Social Republic, 1848 (lithograph) by Sorrieu, Frederic (1807-c.1861); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

School of orange Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) on a coral reef with table corals (Acropora sp)
School of orange Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) on a coral reef with table corals (Acropora sp.) and red soft corals (Dendronephthya sp.), Ras Mohammed National Park, Sinai, Egypt

Happy Island: scene of fable representing boats joining guests at a banquet on the grass
JLJ4567990 Happy Island: scene of fable representing boats joining guests at a banquet on the grass. Detail of a painting on wallpaper by Paul Albert Besnard (1849-1934). 1900

The Saint Xavier Mission, from Hacia alla y para aca (colour litho)
IND257186 The Saint Xavier Mission, from Hacia alla y para aca (colour litho) by Paucke, Florian (1719-89); Museo de America, Madrid

Illustration from Dantes Divine Comedy, Paradise, Canto II, 1921 (w / c on paper)
XOT361810 Illustration from Dantes Divine Comedy, Paradise, Canto II, 1921 (w/c on paper) by Bayros, Franz von (Choisy Le Conin) (1866-1924); Private Collection

Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) from Receuil des Estampes, representant les Rangs et les Dignites
STC196068 Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) from Receuil des Estampes, representant les Rangs et les Dignites, suivant le Costume de toutes les Nations existantes

View of the island of Utopia (Utopia) from the book of Thomas More (1478-1535)
GIA4698258 View of the island of Utopia (Utopia) from the book of Thomas More (1478-1535), " De optmo republicae statu deque nova insula Utopia". Engraved by Johann Froben. 1518

Belvedere in Saint Leu la Foret, France, c. 1820 (engraving)
1721341 Belvedere in Saint Leu la Foret, France, c. 1820 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Belvedere in Saint Leu la Foret, France, c. 1820)

Portrait of Herbert George Wells, English journalist and novelist (1866-1946). In Fantasio on 01 / 09 / 1922
LSE4110653 Portrait of Herbert George Wells, English journalist and novelist (1866-1946). In Fantasio on 01/09/1922. Drawing by Barrere

The postman in 2000 s, 1910 (chromolithograph)
XEE4105860 The postman in 2000 s, 1910 (chromolithograph) by Villemard (fl.19th); Private Collection; (add.info.: from the Series of chromolithography from Villemard " En L an 2000")

Mores Utopian Alphabet, 1929 (litho)
3643516 Mores Utopian Alphabet, 1929 (litho) by Gill, Eric (1882-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mores Utopian Alphabet, 1929)

Didier Erasme (Erasmus of Rotterdam, 1469 - 1536) and Thomas More - in "Cassells illustrated history of
XEE4114779 Didier Erasme (Erasmus of Rotterdam, 1469 - 1536) and Thomas More - in " Cassells illustrated history of England", vol. II, by William Howitt, 1857

Paradise Garden, illustration from The Travels of Marco Polo, by Rustichello da Pisa (tempera on vellum)
1129575 Paradise Garden, illustration from The Travels of Marco Polo, by Rustichello da Pisa (tempera on vellum) by Italian School, (15th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Muß©Ñammad)

Mr Rutland Barrington as King Paramount in "Utopia"(b / w photo)
7163906 Mr Rutland Barrington as King Paramount in " Utopia" (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

La chute de Phaeton (Phaethon) (1625) - Fresco en trompe l
LSE4196092 La chute de Phaeton (Phaethon) (1625) - Fresco en trompe l oeil by Carlone - Ceiling of the hall of the old medieval castle (1320) - Cagnes sur Mer (Cagnes-sur-Mer)

La chute de Phaeton (Phaethon) - in "Les Metamorphoses"by Ovide
GIA4698271 La chute de Phaeton (Phaethon) - in " Les Metamorphoses" by Ovide, 1497 by Unknown Artist, (15th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Illustrated frontispiece of the French translated book "L Utopia "
AIS5356800 Illustrated frontispiece of the French translated book " L Utopia " (Utopia) by the English humanist Sir Thomas More (1478-1535). Engraving from 1643. Barcelona

The Peach Blossom Spring from a poem entitled Tao Yuan Bi Jing
CH105925 The Peach Blossom Spring from a poem entitled Tao Yuan Bi Jing written by Wang Wei (701-761), 1524 (ink and colour on paper) by Wen Zhengming (1470-1559)

Mr Ws Gilbert (engraving)
3628011 Mr Ws Gilbert (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Ws Gilbert. Illustration for The Picture Magazine, 1895.); © Look and Learn

Utopiensium Alphabetum (Utopian Alphabet) from the 1518 third edition of
5615730 Utopiensium Alphabetum (Utopian Alphabet) from the 1518 third edition of Utopia by Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) first published in 1516

Printers mark of Johann Frobens (c. 1460 -1527) showing two hands holding
5615734 Printers mark of Johann Frobens (c.1460 -1527) showing two hands holding the caduceus from the 1518 third edition of Utopia by Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) first published in 1516

The Loss of the Anchor Line SS "Utopia"off Gibraltar, the Vessel sinking about Ten Minutes after fouling
1062649 The Loss of the Anchor Line SS " Utopia" off Gibraltar, the Vessel sinking about Ten Minutes after fouling the Ram of HMS " Anson" (engraving) by English School

Sir Arthur Sullivan and Mr Gilberts New Opera, "Utopia, Limited, "at the Savoy Theatre (engraving)
1063067 Sir Arthur Sullivan and Mr Gilberts New Opera, " Utopia, Limited, " at the Savoy Theatre (engraving) by Paget

Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna (pen & ink with w / c on paper)
449387 Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna (pen & ink with w/c on paper) by Wittel, Gaspar van (Gaspare Vanvitelli) (1653-1736); eThe Devonshire Collections

Titlepages to Francis Bacons New Atlantis
XJF377208 Titlepages to Francis Bacons New Atlantis, edition published in 1660 (print) by English School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

On the Way to Klondike (litho)
1598136 On the Way to Klondike (litho) by Wright, Henry Charles Seppings (1850-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: On the Way to Klondike, Scenes on the Route from Victoria, British Columbia)

The Garden of Eden (oil on canvas)
PNH351911 The Garden of Eden (oil on canvas) by French School, (19th century); 150x200 cm; Private Collection; Photo ePeter Nahum at The Leicester Galleries, London; French, out of copyright

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"Exploring the Concept of Utopia: From Art to Social Movements" In Burne-Jones' masterpiece, "Adam & Eve, " we witness the beginning of humanity's journey towards utopia. As Adam delves and Eve spins, they symbolize the harmony between labor and creation. Walter Crane's vibrant garland represents a vision of utopia, where nature intertwines with human existence in perfect harmony. It reminds us that our surroundings can shape our ideal world. Port Sunlight stands as a testament to a workers' utopia. This model village provided decent housing and amenities for its residents, emphasizing the importance of community welfare in achieving an ideal society. The Salvation Army's propaganda poster from 1910 promotes their social campaign for equality and justice – key elements in any utopian vision. Their message resonates even today as we strive for a fairer world. Hieronymus Bosch's "Garden of Earthly Delights" challenges traditional notions of paradise by depicting both pleasure and sin. It urges us to question what constitutes true happiness within our own personal utopias. Robert Owen envisioned New Harmony as an experimental community based on cooperation rather than competition – an early attempt at creating a societal utopia rooted in shared values and mutual support. D'Oyly Carte Opera Co. 's production of "Utopia, Limited" satirizes the idea that perfection is attainable through governance alone. It serves as a reminder that true utopias require more than just laws; they demand active participation from all members of society. Chief John Francis embodies Native American wisdom, reminding us that indigenous cultures have long held visions of harmonious coexistence with nature – lessons integral to any sustainable future utopia. "The Birth of Eve" woodcut captures the potential for renewal within every new beginning. It symbolizes hope for change and growth towards achieving individual or collective ideals within our imagined paradises.