Gender Collection (#20)

Costume designs for classical deities, 16th century. Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldi
Costume designs for classical deities, 16th century. Diana/Artemis and Mars/Ares. From the Department of Prints and Drawings, Florence

British Short Horn, 1839. The shorthorn, an English breed of cattle with a recorded history back to the 18th century. Originally a dual purpose, dairy and beef, animal

Old English breed of pig, 1842. Illustration of a sow from a French edition of The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands by David Low, (Paris, 1842)

Somerset cows, 1842. Polled (with horns removed) variety belonging to John Weir of West Camel and a horned cow from the herd at Montacute House near Yeovil

Mochica stirrup-spout vessel of a male figure with a jaguars head, 3rd century
Mochica stirrup-spout vessel of a male figure with a jaguars head and a crouching jaguar with a mans head, 3rd century

Willendorf Venus, a paleolithic mother-goddess figure, 23rd century BC

Melanesian male and female ancestor figures from New Ireland, from the Hornimann Museums collection

Male Reed Bunting at a nest
Male Reed Bunting (Emberiza Schoenichus) at a nest

Male Whinchate (Saxicola Rubetra)

Female temple dancer from Deccan, 12th century
Female temple dancer from Hoysala, Deccan. From the British Museums collection, 12th century

Detail of a Celtic-Iberian style bronze female figurine
Detail of a Celtic bronze female figurine from Aust on the Severn, Gloucestershire, England, in Celtic-Iberian style. From the British Museums collection

Egyptian figure of baked clay
Predynastic female Egyptian figure of baked clay, from the British Museums collection

Late Neolithic female figure from Romania, 40th century BC
Late Neolithic female figure, from Vinatori, Romania, now in Iasi Museum, 40th century BC

Stone figure from a Mithraeum near Hadrians Wall, 3rd century
Stone figure from a Mithraeum at Carrawburgh near Hadrians Wall, depiciting a local Mother Goddess, 3rd century

Stone female head, Roman Britain, 1st-4th centuries, from Towcester, Northamptonshire. This female head was probably a finial from a monumental tomb alongside Watling Street outside the Roman town of

Roman copper alloy figure of the god Hermaphrodite?
Roman copper alloy figure of a nude male wearing a turban with wavy hair beneath. In his right hand he holds an object which might be a jumping weight or a folding mirror

Copper alloy figure of Mars with silver inlay, Roman Britain, 2nd century
Copper alloy figure of Mars with silver inlay, wearing the armour of a general, Roman Britain, 2nd century. From Earith, Cambridgeshire and the finest bronze figurine of Mars from Roman Britain

Paleolithic female figure of baked clay from a mammoth-hunters camp in Dolni Vestonice, Moravia

Babylonian terracotta figure of a male musician
Terracotta figure of a male musician from Susa, from the Louvres collection

Female statuette, probably the Great Goddess of Babylon. From Nabaster, Goldek, Babylon. From the Louvres collection

Paleolithic ivory female head
A female head made out of ivory from Brassemboury, France

Relief of Queen Hatshepsut in male dress, Temple of Amun, Karnak, Egypt, c1500 BC. The Queen in male dress with Pharaonic beard is embraced by Amun-Ra

Nymphs attending the winged horse, Pegasus. In Greek mythology Pegasus assisted Bellerophon in his fight against the Chimera and the Amazons

Romulus and Remus suckling from the she-wolf. Detail from a marble monument to the twin founders of Rome, who according to legend were abandoned in the wild and raised by a she-wolf

Egyptian goddess Nut supporting the sky, New Kingdom, Ancient Egypt, 14th-13th century BC. Wall painting from the tomb of Horemheb, last king of the 18th dynasty, who reigned from c1319-c1292 BC

The goddess Minerva holding a young olive tree. According to legend she created the olive as the most necessary and useful present to man. Engraving after a seal from Ithaca

Diana / Artemis, goddess of hunting
Diana/Artemis, goddess of hunting. Marble statue of the goddess of hunting, known to the Ancient Greeks as Artemis and to the Romans as Diana

Athena of Varvakion. A Roman copy of a gold and ivory ceremonial statue of the goddess by Pheidias which stood at the Parthenon, Athens

Sphinx from Sparta, Ancient Greece. In Greek mythology a Sphinx was a female monster with a human head and a lions body. It posed riddles and killed people who could not answer

Cycladic male seated figure, 25th century BC
Cycladic male seated figure holding a cup, from the Goulandris collection from the British Museums collection, 25th century BC

Mexican Terracotta Figurine, Huaxtec Culture, Aztec Period, c15th century. The Huastec civilization was a pre-Columbian civilization of Mesoamerica

Pottery figure found in grave, known as Pretty Ladies, Guanajuato, Mexico, 2000BC-300. Pretty Ladies is the name archaeologists gave to pre-Columbian female figurines in Mexico

Cycladic figure
Cycladic female figure

Stone head of Fat Lady from a Copper Age Megalithic temple on Malta, from the Valetta Museums collection

Stone female figure from the Tarxien temples. 31st century BC
Stone female figure from the Tarxien temples on Malta, at the Valetta Museum. 31st century BC

accomplishment, achievement, ai, ar, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, battle
Cyborg woman standing on head of defeated man robot

ar, arms raised, augmented reality, blister pack, box, brunette, color image, concept
Trapped woman kneeling in toy box

Miss Evelyn Millard in The Adventure of Lady Ursula
The Adventure of Lady Ursula by Anthony Hope. First produced at the Duke of Yorks Theatre, London, on 11 October 1898, revival at the Garrick Theatre 5 January 1909

Emancipation, her man at arms-length on a piece of string
Female Emancipation - A well-dressed lady keeps her man (in WW1 military attire) safely at arms-length on a piece of string. Date: circa 1916

Cartoon, Ordinance, WW1
Cartoon, Ordinance. A soldier doing a stack of washing up says his wife is working in a munitions factory making shells. Their roles appear to have reversed! Date: 1915

Suffragette Geese Miss Hissy. Miss Hissy addresses a meeting of the Gooses Social and Political Union, asking, Is a question of gander - I mean gender to stand between us and the vote

Woman Firefighter - Taking on traditional male roles
First World War postcard charting womens role in filling many traditionally male jobs. In this case, a female firefighter stands in her uniform, hose at the ready. Date: circa 1916

No Objection Taken - womens war work, 1916
A page of sketches of mans work the men want the women to want, a humorous (and slightly chauvinistic) comment on the traditionally male jobs taken by women during the First World War. 1916

Women finding themselves suddenly unemployed in 1919
" Good-bye-e-e!" These girls marching off to pastures new seem a jolly bunch, although for the 750000 women who found themselves suddenly unemployed in 1919

Head goddess New Kingdom Ramesside Dynasty 19
Head, goddess, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, ca, 12951270 B.C, Egypt, quartzite, H, 16.2 cm, 6 3/8, head, statue, unidentified female, deity, gender, suggested, lack, beard, simple hairstyle

Brown female and colourful male Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) standing together at edge of water

Hannukah by Georg Puschner from Kirchners Judisches Ceremoniel, 1726
XJF862992 Hannukah by Georg Puschner from Kirchners " JAOEdisches Ceremoniel", 1726 (engraving) by German School

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