Postcard depicting George Sand 1804-76 listening to Frederic Chopin 1810-1849 play the piano -
Adolf Karpellus
The Inferno, Canto 11, lines 6-7: From the profound abyss, behind the lid Of a great monument we stood retird -
Gustave Dore
Mr B finds Pamela writing illustration from Richardsons Pamela -
Joseph Highmore
Double Portrait of a Lady and a Gentleman -
John Weesop
Mademoiselle Sibyl Sanderson 1865-1903 and Monsieur Jean Francois Delmas (1861-1933) in 'Thais' by Jules Massenet 1841-1912 from Le Petit Journal, 26th March 1894 -
Oswaldo Tofani
Maori food storehouse ('whatas' or 'patukas') from the 'New Zealand Illustrated' -
George French Angas
Francois Rene 1768-1848 Vicomte de Chateaubriand and Pauline de Beaumont in the ruins of the Colosseum, illustration from Memoires d'Outre-Tombe by Chateaubriand, engraved by Jean Charles Pardinel 1808-c.1861 -
(after) Philippoteaux, Felix
Scheherazade, from the series 'Designs on the dances of Vaslav Nijinsky' -
Georges Barbier
Blood letting, from 'Tractatus de Pestilencia' -
M Albik
Bianca Cappello 1542-87 Fleeing with her lover Francesco de Medici 1541-87 -
Louis Ducis
Lord Cavendish with His Wife Margaret in the Garden of Rubens in Antwerp -
Peter Paul Rubens
Political Ravishment Or the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street in Danger -
James Gillray