Spiders Web Collection

Ogre faced / Net-casting spider {Deinopis sp} with web held between legs that it will stretch over prey that walks below it. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar

The Corsican Spider in His Web!, July 12, 1808. July 12, 1808
The Corsican Spider in His Web!, July 12, 1808

Human invention anticipated: Birdlime (engraving)
8658045 Human invention anticipated: Birdlime (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Birdlime)

Johanna Beckmann silhouette (litho)
8667605 Johanna Beckmann silhouette (litho) by Beckmann, Johanna (1868-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Das Feuer (Stiftungsverlag, c.1925).); © Look and Learn.

Spider's web (engraving)
8650505 Spider's web (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spider's web. Illustration for The Children's Treasury of Pictures and Stories 1889)

Johanna Beckmann silhouette (litho)
8667309 Johanna Beckmann silhouette (litho) by Beckmann, Johanna (1868-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Das Feuer (Stiftungsverlag, c.1925).); © Look and Learn.

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The Lion and the Fly, 1732. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Oudry
The Lion and the Fly, 1732

Minamoto no Yorimitsu Cuts at the Earth Spider, 1892. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Minamoto no Yorimitsu Cuts at the Earth Spider, 1892. From New Forms of the Thirty-six Ghosts

Des Conflits entre chasseurs et propriétaires, 1865. Creator: Félicien Rops
Des Conflits entre chasseurs et proprietaires, 1865. From Des conflits entre chasseurs et proprietaires, frontispiece

Athena Changing Arachne into a Spider, published 1606. Creators: Antonio Tempesta, Wilhelm Janson
Athena Changing Arachne into a Spider, published 1606. From The Metamorphoses of Ovid, pl. 54

Woman with Spider's Web Between Bare Trees, 1803. Creator: Caspar David Friedrich
Woman with Spider's Web Between Bare Trees, 1803

Punishment of the slanderer, 1777. Creator: Jan Brandes
Punishment of the slanderer, 1777. The slanderer is depicted on the one hand as a dung fly being hunted by a swallow. On the other hand, a man stands at the pillory in a Dutch summer landscape

Cartoon on the voluntary sacrifice for the Fatherland, 1774-1833. Creator: Jacob Smies
Cartoon on the voluntary sacrifice for the Fatherland, 1774-1833. A sleeping man by an offering box covered with a large spider web. a minister with an orange cockade flees

Mystery of Broadwalk Asylum, Los Angeles, [193-]. Creator: Unknown
Mystery of Broadwalk Asylum, Los Angeles, [193-]. Hollywood Playhouse...C. E. Reynolds "Mystery of Broadwalk Asylum" - Thrills! Chills!...A Federal Theatres Attraction - Div

Self-Portrait with a Spider in the Window, 1758. Creator: Georg Friedrich Schmidt
Self-Portrait with a Spider in the Window, 1758

Théâtre Français, in or after 1756. Creator: Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin
Theatre Francais, in or after 1756

Diadem spider, Cross spider, European garden spider -Araneus diadematus-, habitat Europe

European garden spider net with dew drops - Germany, Bavaria, Upper Bavaria, Starnberg, Inning am Ammersee - Funfseenland, Lake Ammer

Metallic Double Cobweb Valentine, 1845. 1845. Creator: Anon
Metallic Double Cobweb Valentine, 1845

An Incomplete Angler (engraving)
7200966 An Incomplete Angler (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Incomplete Angler)

La charite romaine (Roman charity). Une femme allaite un homme en prison et enchaine
FIA5342355 La charite romaine (Roman charity). Une femme allaite un homme en prison et enchaine. Cimon condamne a mourir de faim en prison se nourrit du sein de sa fille Pero

Du Moulins pursuers misled by a spiders web (engraving)
7160981 Du Moulins pursuers misled by a spiders web (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Du Moulins pursuers misled by a spiders web)

Allegory of Speed, Toil and Exercise, from the ceiling of the library (fresco)
FTB95830 Allegory of Speed, Toil and Exercise, from the ceiling of the library (fresco) by Franco, Battista (1498-1561); Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice, Italy; Italian, out of copyright

Common Orb Weaver (Metellina sp. ) male. With the camera at a very precise angle to
Common Orb Weaver (Metellina sp.) male. With the camera at a very precise angle to the sun, the silk of the web refracted the light into a rainbow of coloured bands

Spiders: Mygole, plate 18 from Over de Voorteeling, 1730 (coloured engraving)
RA10763 Spiders: Mygole, plate 18 from Over de Voorteeling, 1730 (coloured engraving) by Merian, Maria Sibylla Graff (1647-1717); Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK; Swiss, out of copyright

The Old Woman and her Two Servants, from Fontaine Fables, pub. 1905 (engraving)
3472072 The Old Woman and her Two Servants, from Fontaine Fables, pub. 1905 (engraving) by Billingshurst, Percy J. (1871-1933); The Stapleton Collection; out of copyright

Wanted A Wife (chromolitho)
2816133 Wanted A Wife (chromolitho) by Browne, Tom (1872-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wanted A Wife. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

The Spider and the Fly, illustration from Aesops Fables
VCH175726 The Spider and the Fly, illustration from Aesops Fables, published by Heinemann, 1912 (colour litho) by Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Le Lion Et Le Moucheron (engraving)
2787213 Le Lion Et Le Moucheron (engraving) by Johannot, Tony (1803-52) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Lion Et Le Moucheron)

Various Arachnids from South America, 1726 (hand-coloured engraving)
986257 Various Arachnids from South America, 1726 (hand-coloured engraving) by Merian, Maria Sibylla Graff (1647-1717); 52.2x35.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The Spider (engraving)
961447 The Spider (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Spider. Engraving by R Bong after an original painting by Ignace Spiridon (1869-1900)

Spider, fly and bee (colour litho)
979075 Spider, fly and bee (colour litho) by Griset, Ernest Henry (1844-1907); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spider, fly and bee)

Shakespeare sacrificed or the Offering of Avarice, pub. 1789 (hand coloured engraving)
3025370 Shakespeare sacrificed or the Offering of Avarice, pub. 1789 (hand coloured engraving) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Logierian system, or unveiling the new light to ye musical world
3035648 The Logierian system, or unveiling the new light to ye musical world!!With the discovery of a general thoro base bass discord in the old school-, pub

The Spider and the Swallow, from Fontaine Fables, pub. 1905 (engraving)
3472549 The Spider and the Swallow, from Fontaine Fables, pub. 1905 (engraving) by Billingshurst, Percy J. (1871-1933); The Stapleton Collection; out of copyright

The Stag in the Ox Stall, from A Hundred Fables of Aesop, pub. 1903 (engraving)
3504443 The Stag in the Ox Stall, from A Hundred Fables of Aesop, pub.1903 (engraving) by Billingshurst, Percy J. (1871-1933); The Stapleton Collection; out of copyright

The Lion and the Mosquito (chromolitho)
2817119 The Lion and the Mosquito (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lion and the Mosquito)

Claude Frollo in the Tiny Room of the Tower, illustration from
CHT163862 Claude Frollo in the Tiny Room of the Tower, illustration from Notre-Dame de Paris (1831) by Victor Hugo (1802-85), engraved by Auguste Francois Garnier

Boat seat with spider web design from Ecuador, early 20th century. Creator: Unknown
A carved wooden boat seat with two legs and a concave center. The seat has a design etched into its surface of a spider web. A spider is at the center of the web

Les Fleurs Animees, 1867. Creator: Charles-Michel Geoffroy
Les Fleurs Animees, 1867

French Theatre (Theatre Francais), from Essai de Papilloneries Humaines par Saint Aubin, ca. 1756-60

Cobweb Valentine, 1810-30. Creator: Anon
Cobweb Valentine, 1810-30

Frost covered spiderweb at sunrise, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium, March

Drops of dew on a spiderweb with an Argiope spider in the background

The Symbol Shop, c1898, (1924). Artist: Edmund Joseph Sullivan
The Symbol Shop, c1898. Illustration to Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle (1795?1881). From The Studio Volume 88 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1924.]

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"The Intricate World of Spiders' Webs: A Captivating Tapestry of Nature's Artistry" Step into the mesmerizing realm of spiders' webs, where beauty and ingenuity intertwine. From the Corsican Spider in His Web on that fateful day of July 12, 1808 to the Ogre-faced/Net-casting spider delicately holding its web between its legs, these arachnids have perfected their craft. In Burgenland, Austria, behold the Orb-weaving Spider - Argiope bruennichi - spinning a masterpiece that glistens under the sun's rays. Dew-kissed strands adorn European garden spider nets in Germany's picturesque Bavaria region, creating ethereal landscapes fit for fairy tales. Amidst this natural wonder lies an unexpected contrast – a woman with a tattooed face in Mrauk U, Myanmar. Like intricate threads woven by spiders themselves, her ink tells stories untold and mysteries yet to be unraveled. The Diadem spider and Cross spider gracefully navigate their European habitats while captivating observers with their delicate silk creations. Meanwhile, an anonymous creator crafts a Metallic Double Cobweb Valentine in 1845 – love entangled within shimmering strands. Artistic engravings transport us further into this world; "An Incomplete Angler" finds solace amidst nature's tapestry while "La charite romaine" depicts an act of selflessness as Cimon survives through his daughter Pero's nourishment behind prison bars. Even human pursuers can fall victim to deception as depicted in "Du Moulins pursuers misled by a spider's web. " Just like Coles Phillips Girl caught up in her own net results or Allegory of Speed reminding us of life’s constant motion and effort captured on library ceilings through frescoes—spider webs serve as metaphors for our own lives.