Imagined Collection

Tenderly flirting, illustration from Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
XJF451387 Tenderly flirting, illustration from Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen, edition published in 1894 (engraving) by Thomson

His Majesty Edward VIII (1894-1972) - in a highly unusual imagined portrait (published early in 1936), illustrating a scene which was never to take place as the King abdicated on 11th December 1936

On Referendum Day cartoon illustrations by Norman Morrow. Showing imagined scenes of husband and wife on referendum day, including at breakfast, discussions, visits of canvassers

Dromedary in an Eastern Landscape with a City, 1600 (ink and brush on paper)
4071442 Dromedary in an Eastern Landscape with a City, 1600 (ink and brush on paper) by Vos, Maarten de (1532-1603) (after); 30x38 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

La Terre vue de la Lune (engraving)
3645822 La Terre vue de la Lune (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Terre vue de la Lune. Illustration for Le Magasin Pittoresque (1877)

An Old World Wanderer, 1887 (oil on canvas)
3743854 An Old World Wanderer, 1887 (oil on canvas) by Riviere, Briton (1840-1920); 108x172.7 cm; Nottingham City Museums and Galleries (Nottingham Castle); (add.info)

A Disenchantment (engraving)
5237232 A Disenchantment (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Disenchantment. Cartoon from Pictures from Punch (Bradbury, Agnew & Co)

Plate 4 from the Carceri series, 1761 (etching)
XJF417326 Plate 4 from the Carceri series, 1761 (etching) by Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-78); Private Collection; (add.info.: a series of imaginary designs for prisons; ); Italian

The Phantom Ship, c. 1889 (oil on canvas)
Ma447088 The Phantom Ship, c.1889 (oil on canvas) by Wyllie, William Lionel (1851-1931); 43.75 x 53 inches cm; Private Collection; Photo eThe Ms Gallery, London; English, out of copyright

French Hoek (b / w photo)
3092310 French Hoek (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: French Hoek. Illustration for Picturesque South Africa (Dennis Edwards)

Castles of the Rhine, c. 1845-60 (oil on canvas)
3949689 Castles of the Rhine, c.1845-60 (oil on canvas) by Chambers, Thomas (c.1808-69); 56.8x76.2 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

Fantastic mountainous landscape with bridges spanning rvines
CTS449158 Fantastic mountainous landscape with bridges spanning rvines, a city and travellers (pen & brown ink with brown wash) by Valckenborch

Des Voyageurs Ironts Asseoir Sur Les Ruines, Aux Bords De La Tamise (engraving)
3650292 Des Voyageurs Ironts Asseoir Sur Les Ruines, Aux Bords De La Tamise (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The palaces of Nimroud [Calah] restored, 1853 (lithograph)
3899808 The palaces of Nimroud [Calah] restored, 1853 (lithograph) by Layard, Austen Henry (1817-94); New York Public Library

A Holiday by the Sea (colour litho)
1041639 A Holiday by the Sea (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Holiday by the Sea)

The Drawbridge, 1761 (etching)
1068738 The Drawbridge, 1761 (etching) by Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-78); 54.6x40.6 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info.: Plate seven from the Carceri series. ); gift of Mrs

Imaginary View of a Venetian Square or Campo, c. 1780
3472221 Imaginary View of a Venetian Square or Campo, c.1780 by Guardi, Francesco (1712-93); 31.4x27 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; Italian, out of copyright

Imaginary Landscape, Italian Harbour Scene, 1746 (oil on canvas)
487930 Imaginary Landscape, Italian Harbour Scene, 1746 (oil on canvas) by Vernet, Claude Joseph (1714-89); 97.7x123.1 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

Frederic Chopin (1810-49) in concert at the Hotel Lambert, Paris, 1840 (oil on canvas)
CHT165858 Frederic Chopin (1810-49) in concert at the Hotel Lambert, Paris, 1840 (oil on canvas) by Kwiatowski, Antar Teofil (1809-91); Bibliotheque Polonaise, Paris

Frontispiece for The Comical History of the States
486384 Frontispiece for The Comical History of the States and Empires of the World of the Moon by Cyrano de Bergerac, published 1687 (engraving) by Hove

Capriccio with St. Pauls and Old London Bridge, c. 1744-48 (oil on canvas)
5667222 Capriccio with St. Pauls and Old London Bridge, c.1744-48 (oil on canvas) by Joli, Antonio (1700-77); 106.7 x 119.4 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Imagined scene of a royal procession of the time of King Louis XIV of France being startled by the whistle of a steam
5207270 Imagined scene of a royal procession of the time of King Louis XIV of France being startled by the whistle of a steam train (engraving) by French School

Cheap excursion trains, ie the future of mass tourism imagined (engraving)
5997850 Cheap excursion trains, ie the future of mass tourism imagined (engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cheap excursion trains)

A Strange Case Of Collective Suggestion, Workers Flight To Sestri Ponente (colour litho)
2798745 A Strange Case Of Collective Suggestion, Workers Flight To Sestri Ponente (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Design for a Cenotaph, 1804 (pen, ink & w / c on paper)
2639838 Design for a Cenotaph, 1804 (pen, ink & w/c on paper) by Gandy, Joseph Michael (1771-1843); 75x130 cm; Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Temple Courtyard (pen & ink on paper)
XJF417325 Temple Courtyard (pen & ink on paper) by Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-78); Private Collection; Italian, out of copyright

View of St. Peter s, Rome, 1826 (oil on paper mounted on canvas)
487892 View of St. Peter s, Rome, 1826 (oil on paper mounted on canvas) by Corot, Jean Baptiste Camille (1796-1875); 24.4x42.2 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

A native Deity, from Noa Noa, Voyage a Tahiti, published 1926 (colour litho)
STC255158 A native Deity, from Noa Noa, Voyage a Tahiti, published 1926 (colour litho) by Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

Kaiser Wilhelm II imagined removing the obelisk from Paris by Zeppelin (litho)
3093226 Kaiser Wilhelm II imagined removing the obelisk from Paris by Zeppelin (litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Knysna Heads (b / w photo)
3092460 Knysna Heads (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Knysna Heads. Illustration for Picturesque South Africa (Dennis Edwards)

Vue interieure de la maison de Pansa restauree, a Pompei (engraving)
2789945 Vue interieure de la maison de Pansa restauree, a Pompei (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vue interieure de la maison de Pansa restauree)

Fantastic rocks by the coast, buildings at the shore (pen & brown ink on paper)
CTS449209 Fantastic rocks by the coast, buildings at the shore (pen & brown ink on paper) by Callot, Jacques (1592-1635); 7.9x15.5 cm; eThe Devonshire Collections

A Scene from Georges Dandin by Moliere (1622-73) 1852 (oil on canvas)
CHT173703 A Scene from Georges Dandin by Moliere (1622-73) 1852 (oil on canvas) by Mirecourt, Adolphe (fl.1834-52); Comedie Francaise, Paris, France; eArchives Charmet; French, out of copyright

The Battle of Alexandrovno, imagined battle scene in a war between Russia
6014292 The Battle of Alexandrovno, imagined battle scene in a war between Russia and Germany using electric light to illuminate the battlefield at night (litho) by Wood, Stanley L

Imagined visit of King Louis XIV and his court to the Pavilion of Machines at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in
5207268 Imagined visit of King Louis XIV and his court to the Pavilion of Machines at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889 (engraving) by French School

Reconstructing Ancient Pompeii by Fortunino Matania
In front of the magnificent temple of Apollo: a reconstruction of Pompeii before the terrible eruption of 79 A.D. A scene drawn by Sphere special artist Fortunino Matania

Temple Of Artemis Temple Of Diana Ephesus Turkey
An imagined recreation of the now disappeared Temple of Artemis, also known as the Temple of Diana, at Ephesus. The temple dating from circa 550 BC was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

The Forum of Augustus, as it may have appeared in Rome in 312 AD. After a section of a panoramic painting of Rome created by Professor J

The Temple of Juno Moneta, as it may have appeared in Rome in 312 AD. After a section of a panoramic painting of Rome created by Professor J

The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus and behind, on the right, the Theatre of Marcellus as they may have appeared in Rome in 312 AD

The Roman Forum, centre, the Palatine (right) and the Colosseum (background)
The Roman Forum, centre, the Palatine (right) and the Colosseum (background, left) as they may have appeared in Rome in 312 AD. After a section of a panoramic painting of Rome created by Professor J

Artists impression of Solomons Temple in ancient Jerusalem before it was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar II after the Siege of Jerusalem of 587 BC

Artists impression of the Acropolis of Athens in ancient Greece

Paul Gauguin Haere Pape 1892 Oil canvas Fed up
Paul Gauguin: Haere Pape, Paul Gauguin, 1892, Oil on canvas, Fed up with industrialized Europe, Paul Gauguin went to Tahiti in 1891 seeking a simpler, more primitive way of life

Giza, Egypt. Pyramids And Sphinx As Imagined By 18Th Century Artist. (From 18Th Century Print) Engraved By J.Clark 1735

France - Loie Fuller - Dance of the Seven Veils (Salomes dance performed before King Herod Antipas). Date: circa 1905

Lunar Landscape 1911
The surface of the Moon as imagined in 1911, with a volcanic crater, a rocky plain and mountains. Date: 1911

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"Imagined: A Journey Through Time and Imagination" Step into a world of tenderly flirting characters, as if straight out of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice illustrations. Let your imagination wander to the era of His Majesty Edward VIII, where romance and elegance reigned supreme. But don't stop there; venture even further back in time to encounter the enigmatic Neanderthal Man. Picture yourself in their ancient world, trying to decipher their ways and understand their existence. On Referendum Day, join a husband and wife through whimsical cartoon illustrations by Norman Morrow. From breakfast conversations to visits from canvassers, experience an imagined day filled with discussions and debates that shape history. Follow them on a visit to the Red Lion pub before they finally return home, pondering over the outcome. Reconstruct Ancient Pompeii alongside Fortunino Matania's vivid artwork. Walk through its streets as if you were truly there - witness the bustling life before tragedy struck this once-thriving city. In France, lose yourself in Loie Fuller's mesmerizing Dance of the Seven Veils. Watch as she gracefully moves across the stage, veils swirling around her like ethereal spirits dancing in harmony with her every step. Marvel at an intriguing plate from Carceri d'invenzione series - etchings that transport you into mysterious prison-like structures where reality blends with fantasy. Let your mind unravel these intricate designs while contemplating their deeper meaning. Travel eastward with a dromedary against an enchanting landscape dotted with cities drawn delicately on paper using ink and brush techniques from 1600s. Feel the allure of distant lands calling out to your adventurous spirit. Gaze upon La Terre vue de la Lune engraving – see our beloved Earth from afar as if you were standing on our celestial neighbor's surface itself. Marvel at how small yet magnificent our planet appears when viewed through the lens of imagination.