Stong Collection

dragonfly
Fulvio Pellegrini

Corinna or Vocal Charms 1810 (gravure)
671691 Corinna or Vocal Charms 1810 (gravure) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); Private Collection; (add.info.: Corinna or Vocal Charms 1810)

Hunts Remedy (chromolitho)
3656998 Hunts Remedy (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hunts Remedy. Illustration for trade card)

Faaturuma (Melancholic), 1891 (oil on canvas)
3106609 Faaturuma (Melancholic), 1891 (oil on canvas) by Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903); 93x68.3 cm; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA; French, out of copyright

Picture No. 10922148
Ocellate River Sting Ray / Peacock-eye Stingray. a freshwater ray native to the basins of the Uruguay, Parana, Orinoco, and Amazon Rivers. (Potamotrygon motoro).. Date:

Electricity plyon erected, 1933
Erecting the last pylon: hauling up a section of the 26, 265th steel cable tower built by the central electricity board to carry current all over Great Britain

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Amidst the marshy depths, a dragonfly takes flight, its delicate wings a stark contrast to the ominous instruments of torture once housed within the hallowed halls of the Marshalsea Prison. Trained and prepared, Corinna's vocal charms of 1810, as depicted in this engraving, once offered solace to the incarcerated. Hunts Remedy, a chromolitho from a bygone era, promises relief from unspecified ailments. Faaturuma's melancholic oil painting from 1891, Picture No. 10922148, captures the somber mood of the past. And in the modern age, the electric pylon erected in 1933 stands as a testament to humanity's relentless pursuit of progress, a stark reminder of the contrasting realms of beauty and brutality that have shaped our collective history.