A bas-relief, representing a couple of chimaeras lapping water from vessels held to them by two youths, who are attired in Asiatic dresses, and are each kneeling on one knee
Category Archives: Mythology
Head of a Triton
A bas-relief, representing the head of a Triton, on each side of which is a Cupid riding on a dolphin.
Description | English: Engraving of an ancient terracotta in the British Museum |
Date | 1810 |
Source | A description of the collection of ancient terracottas in the British Museum (https://archive.org/details/descriptionofcol00brit) |
Author | “W. A.,” illustrator; H. Moses, engraver |
Combat of the Amazons and the Griffins
Description | English: Engraving of an ancient terracotta in the British Museum |
Date | 1810 |
Source | A description of the collection of ancient terracottas in the British Museum (https://archive.org/details/descriptionofcol00brit) |
Author | “W. A.,” illustrator; H. Moses, engraver |
Ancient Mythology—The Golden Fleece
Description | English: The Golden Fleece: Illustration from Gleason’s Pictorial, 1852 |
Date | 1852 |
Source | Gleason’s Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion (https://archive.org/details/gleasonspictoria04glea/page/4/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous |
More Ancient Greek Page Borders
Description | English: Page borders from the Breviary Treasures edition of Selections from Aristophanes and Lucian, 1904 |
Date | 1904 |
Source | Selections from Aristophanes and Lucian (https://archive.org/details/breviarytreasure00dole/page/n5/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous |
Decorative Page Borders with an Ancient Greek Theme
Description | English: Page borders from the Breviary Treasures edition of Selections from Aristophanes and Lucian, 1904 |
Date | 1904 |
Source | Selections from Aristophanes and Lucian (https://archive.org/details/breviarytreasure00dole/page/n5/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous |
Janus
Description | English: Janus, from a book published in Rome in 1517 |
Date | 1517 |
Source | Illustrium imagines (https://archive.org/details/imaginesillvstri00fulv/page/n13/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous (possibly Giovanni Battista Palumba, active early 1500s) |
Dragon-Slayer Headpiece
Description | English: Headpiece with knight battling dragon |
Date | 1909 |
Source | S. I. M. (https://archive.org/details/simrevuemusicale190951pari/page/122/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous |
Orpheus Headpiece
Description | English: Headpiece with Orpheus playing lyre |
Date | 1905 |
Source | S. I. M. (https://archive.org/details/simrevuemusicale190951pari/page/70/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous |
Roxana, by Fred Mason
Description | English: Roxana, from The Story of Alexander |
Date | 1894 |
Source | The Story of Alexander (https://archive.org/details/storyofalexander00steeuoft/page/ii/mode/2up) |
Author | Fred Mason |