Symbolist Collection (page 17)

The Toast of Bismarck. Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho)
2804791 The Toast of Bismarck. Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho) by Jeanniot, Pierre Georges (1848-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Toast of Bismarck)

George Frederic Watts, from The Magazine of Art, published 1878 (litho)
1772377 George Frederic Watts, from The Magazine of Art, published 1878 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: George Frederic Watts, 1817 A- 1904)

Remarkable Satiric Drawing coeval with, and emblematical of, Mary Queen of Scots and the Earl of Bothwell (engraving)
1612965 Remarkable Satiric Drawing coeval with, and emblematical of, Mary Queen of Scots and the Earl of Bothwell (engraving) by English School

Paul Verlaine, French poet (b / w photo)
980370 Paul Verlaine, French poet (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paul Verlaine (1844-1896), French poet.); Look and Learn / Elgar Collection

Max Klinger at Work, 1902 (soft-ground etching)
1067351 Max Klinger at Work, 1902 (soft-ground etching) by Orlik, Emil (1870-1932); 19.7x13.7 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

View of a Chateau Unterach on Lake Attersee, 1915 (oil on canvas)
LRI3037179 View of a Chateau Unterach on Lake Attersee, 1915 (oil on canvas) by Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918); 110x110 cm; Residenzgalerie, Salzburg; Luisa Ricciarini; Austrian, out of copyright

A Edgar Poe (Mellerio 37-43), 1882 (litho)
3429171 A Edgar Poe (Mellerio 37-43), 1882 (litho) by Redon, Odilon (1840-1916); 46.3x33 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: from a set of six lithographs and the paper folder in bistre, 1882)

Dream of the Orient or The Peri, c. 1881 (w / c & gouache on paper)
3432958 Dream of the Orient or The Peri, c.1881 (w/c & gouache on paper) by Moreau, Gustave (1826-98); 24.9x17 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Study for Die Cempfindung I, c. 1901-02 (gouache, pastel & pencil on paper)
CH401116 Study for Die Cempfindung I, c.1901-02 (gouache, pastel & pencil on paper) by Hodler, Ferdinand (1853-1918); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Swiss, out of copyright

Geneva Harbour and the Saleve, 1878 (oil on canvas)
CH401114 Geneva Harbour and the Saleve, 1878 (oil on canvas) by Hodler, Ferdinand (1853-1918); 28x36.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Two reclining nudes, c. 1913 (pen & ink and crayon on paper)
469723 Two reclining nudes, c.1913 (pen & ink and crayon on paper) by Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918); 37x56.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Woman from the left (pen & ink on paper)
469722 Woman from the left (pen & ink on paper) by Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918); 56.5x37.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Frau nach Links); Photo eChristies Images; Austrian, out of copyright

Reclining half nude to the right, c. 1914-15 (crayon & pencil on paper)
469719 Reclining half nude to the right, c.1914-15 (crayon & pencil on paper) by Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918); 37.3x56.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Eve (pastel on grey paper)
CH376440 Eve (pastel on grey paper) by Redon, Odilon (1840-1916); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; French, out of copyright

Profile of a Woman (oil on canvas)
CH376439 Profile of a Woman (oil on canvas) by Redon, Odilon (1840-1916); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; French, out of copyright

Portrait of Jeanne de Bauer, 1890 (oil on panel)
CH401491 Portrait of Jeanne de Bauer, 1890 (oil on panel) by Khnopff, Fernand (1858-1921); 53.1x35.1 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Belgian, out of copyright

St Michaels Mount, Nottingham Alabaster in Chapel, 15th Century (b / w photo)
5986864 St Michaels Mount, Nottingham Alabaster in Chapel, 15th Century (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Michaels Mount)

The Sacred Wood, mural in the Grand Amphitheatre depicting allegorical figures of
3512976 The Sacred Wood, mural in the Grand Amphitheatre depicting allegorical figures of the Sorbonne, Eloquence, Poetry, Philosophy, History, Botany, Geology, Physics and Geometry

Hope, 1888 (stained glass)
3475386 Hope, 1888 (stained glass) by Holiday, Henry (1839-1927); St Johns Church, Keswick, Cumbria, UK; (add.info.: Keswick, St John s, JPS, HH, Hope, 1888); © Alastair Carew-Cox

Fantastic animals left off the ark, 1911-24 (watercolour, pen and ink)
3617926 Fantastic animals left off the ark, 1911-24 (watercolour, pen and ink) by Crowley, Herbert E. (1873-1939); 22.2x31 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Hortensia, 1884 (oil on canvas)
3614060 Hortensia, 1884 (oil on canvas) by Khnopff, Fernand (1858-1921); 47.8x59.7 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Viewpoint emphasizes the hydrangea (hortensia)

May (engraving)
2780566 May (engraving) by Leighton, John (1822-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: May. Illustration for The Life of Man Symbolised by the Months of the Year (Longmans)

September (engraving)
2780562 September (engraving) by Leighton, John (1822-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: September. Illustration for The Life of Man Symbolised by the Months of the Year (Longmans)

The British Lion Asleep (chromolitho)
2800896 The British Lion Asleep (chromolitho) by Pearse, Alfred (19th Century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The British Lion Asleep. Painted for The Boys Own Paper.); © Look and Learn

Portrait of Alfred Jarry, c. 1896 (photo)
3433050 Portrait of Alfred Jarry, c.1896 (photo) by Nadar (1840-1930) (studio of); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alfred Jarry (1873 - 1907)

Poster for Delft Salad Oil, 1894 (paper)
3545858 Poster for Delft Salad Oil, 1894 (paper) by Toorop, Jan Theodore (1858-1928); 95x62.5 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (add.info)

United Nations March and Two Step (colour litho)
3656458 United Nations March and Two Step (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Friendship, Birthday greetings (colour litho)
3656230 Friendship, Birthday greetings (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Friendship, Birthday greetings)

Self portrait (blue crayon on paper)
2968246 Self portrait (blue crayon on paper) by Munch, Edvard (1863-1944); 26.5x23.5 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; Clarence Buckingham Collection; Norwegian, out of copyright

Female embodiment of Great Britain (colour litho)
3106167 Female embodiment of Great Britain (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Female embodiment of Great Britain)

Initiation of a Knight Kadosch (engraving)
3100767 Initiation of a Knight Kadosch (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Initiation of a Knight Kadosch)

A meeting of the Supreme Council (engraving)
3100765 A meeting of the Supreme Council (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A meeting of the Supreme Council)

Initiation of a Knight of the Brazen Serpent (engraving)
3100762 Initiation of a Knight of the Brazen Serpent (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Initiation of a Knight of the Brazen Serpent)

Degree of a Knight of the East and West (engraving)
3100748 Degree of a Knight of the East and West (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Degree of a Knight of the East and West)

Initiation to the degree of apprentice (engraving)
3100720 Initiation to the degree of apprentice (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Initiation to the degree of apprentice)

Fan, giving symbolism of flowers (chromolitho)
730489 Fan, giving symbolism of flowers (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fan)

Japanese Lilies, 1906 (oil on canvas)
ALI309591 Japanese Lilies, 1906 (oil on canvas) by Previati, Gaetano (1852-1920); Galleria Nazionale d Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Lazio, Italy; (add.info.: Gigli giapponesi; )

Self Portrait, 1887 (oil on canvas)
ALI269760 Self Portrait, 1887 (oil on canvas) by Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-98); Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany

Sunset on Lake Geneva, 1907 (oil on canvas)
PNH356355 Sunset on Lake Geneva, 1907 (oil on canvas) by Menard, Marie Auguste Emile Rene (1862-1930); 60x83 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

ms. ASPi, C. M. 15, c. 4r Two symbolic flowers, a page from the Liber figuratum e le proemissiones gioachimitiche
ALF360399 ms. ASPi, C.M. 15, c.4r Two symbolic flowers, a page from the Liber figuratum e le proemissiones gioachimitiche, by Joachim of Fiore (c.1135-1202) (vellum) by Italian School

Lohengrin, 1908 (pastel on paper)
PNH351374 Lohengrin, 1908 (pastel on paper) by Groux, Henri de (1867-1930); 79x61 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Lohengrin is a character in German Arthurian literature; a knight of the Holy)

Death and the Maidens, 1872 (oil on canvas)
CLK339851 Death and the Maidens, 1872 (oil on canvas) by Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824-98); 146.1x117.2 cm; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA; French

Portrait of a Woman in a Pink Veil, 1885 (pastel on paper)
PCD272441 Portrait of a Woman in a Pink Veil, 1885 (pastel on paper) by Redon, Odilon (1840-1916); 40x30.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait de femme au voile rose; ); Piccadilly Gallery

Death Takes All the Good Ones, and Leaves the Villains, c. 1850 (engraving)
AFC198091 Death Takes All the Good Ones, and Leaves the Villains, c.1850 (engraving) by Italian School, (19th century); 25x17 cm; Private Collection; Italian, out of copyright

Portrait of Stephane Mallarme (1842-98), c. 1873 (b / w photo)
CHT163321 Portrait of Stephane Mallarme (1842-98), c.1873 (b/w photo) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque Litteraire Jacques Doucet, Paris, France; eArchives Charmet; French

Study for The Temptation of St. Anthony, 1878 (gouache on paper)
MMT220028 Study for The Temptation of St. Anthony, 1878 (gouache on paper) by Rops, Felicien (1833-98); 34x27 cm; Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris

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