
COUPLE OF CRANES
Text on the reverse side: The Japanese fabled life span of a thousand years, has given these birds an association of long life. Throughout Asia, th...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The Japanese fabled life span of a thousand years, has given these birds an association of long life. Throughout Asia, th...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The peacock and peahen symbolise guidance and protection, but also represent attributes that are vital to happiness - int...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The first bell for the tower, originally meant to be called Royal Victoria, was first cast in 1856. With a grand ceremony...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889-1946), an English figure and landscape painter, etcher and lithographer, who stu...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The anemone symbolises protection against illness or bad luck. The flower’s reaction of closing up at night and opening f...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Painted for the birth of Van Gogh's nephew, the “Blossoming Almond Tree” represents the rebirth of nature in spring and t...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Van Gogh painted many versions of the “Sunflowers”. The first he depicted were those used to decorate Gauguin’s room in t...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: While studying at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Van Gogh painted this humoristic memento mori. Some argue th...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The scene of the “Café Terrace” was painted by Van Gogh at the location, where he opted to paint during the night in orde...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: “Starry Night” is not derived from any real place. It could be divided into three parts: The upper section of the sky, dr...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Designed by the American artist, Louis Tiffany, this window represents the River of Life. The magnolia flower symbolises ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: We are made whole by books, as by great space and the stars. Mary Carolyn Davies, 20thC American Poet. A6 size (148mm x...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Japanese woodblock prints exercised a lasting influence on Van Gogh. The iris flower in Japanese art is a motif said to p...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Named after the French botanist Pierre Magnolia in the 1600s, the flower symbolises nobility, perseverance, dignity and t...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Birds of Paradise are found on the island of New Guinea, where the tribal people of New Guinea consider their feathers as...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: “Starry Night” is not derived from any real place. It could be divided into three parts: The upper section of the sky, dr...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: In Greco-Roman mythology, the peacock tail was said to have the "eyes" of the stars. Peacocks, their graceful beauty, sym...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: This painting is not a copy but a reinterpretation of the iconic “Plum Tree Teahouse at Kameido”, originally a woodblock ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The expression is widely accepted to the extent that even the Oxford English Dictionary officially recognised the phrase ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Japanese woodblock prints exercised a lasting influence on Van Gogh. The iris flower in Japanese art is a motif said to p...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Illustration by John Tenniel (1820-1914) from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Depicted is the White Rabbit saying to it...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Capturing the hustle and bustle of Parisian life, the use of short and quick brushstrokes creates simply the "impression"...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Illustration by draughtsman Jean Bernard in 1815. There are over 500 million domestic cats in the world, and are one of, ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: There are over 2,000 species of cacti of various shapes and sizes. Caldera cacti in south-western US can reach over 20 m ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The wheat field series by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) feature cypresses. The towering trees featuring in his landscapes,...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Japanese woodblock prints exercised a lasting influence on Van Gogh. The iris flower in Japanese art is a motif said to p...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Junger Dackel (Young dachshund) by the artist Karl Reichert (1836–1918). He studied at the Academy of Drawing in Gratz, ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The image based on an antique tile by Minton Hollins & Co. Birds in several ancient cultures, symbolise the human sou...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Painted by Everett Shinn, he attempts to capture what he called “the uptown life.” With the dramatic lighting on the danc...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The centrepiece of the Palm House is a gigantic Jurassic cyad with a four metre wide trunk. Collected in the early 1770s,...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Painted by Carl Spitzweg c.1850, the library is decorated in rococo style with a man standing at the top of a ladder. His...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Monet was a passionate horticulturist and in 1893 he purchased a property near Giverny and built his water lilies garden....
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Van Gogh's portrait of a courtesan, is not simply a copy of the original by Eisen, but is a composite picture from differ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The bunny, on the night before Easter, is said to bring baskets filled with coloured eggs, candy, and sometimes toys to t...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Parrots are well known for being chatty. With an impressive recognised set of 1,728 words, a cheery blue parakeet, Puck, ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The painting by Monet (1840-1926) features his young son on the garden path, with other family members further back. The ...
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