
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: 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: Chinese silk embroidery with gold threads, portrays a five clawed dragon - the quintessential symbol of imperial power. D...
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: 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: 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: 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: Jingle Bells, the iconic song in the festive period, was written in 1857 by James Lord Pierpont. It was recorded on an Ed...
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: The oleander is an ornamental plant normally associated with the Mediterranean Basin where it grows since the time of the...
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 ...
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: The painting depicts the landscape seen from the bank of the Rhône, a couple minutes walk from the Yellow House where Van...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: “Starry Night” is Van Gogh’s interpretation of the view of Sait-Rémy-de-Provence. The artist observed the night sky form ...
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: By the French painter, Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), the unidentified girl is portrayed in profile, reading a little...
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: In Greco-Roman mythology, the peacock tail was said to have the "eyes" of the stars. Peacocks with their graceful beauty,...
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: The books depicted in the painting by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), are recognisable as French paperback novels of the ti...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Monet produced around 200 paintings of the waterlily pond of his home in Giverny. Depicted solely of an expanse of water,...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Depicted is Monet's first wife Camille Doncieux. Prior to their marriage, she had been his mistress whilst serving as a m...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The Chinese silks and leather shapes skilfully portray the Bodhisattva Manjushri, whose name means Gentle Glory in Sanskr...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Two children reading c.1919 by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, an Australian illustrator of children's books. The artist first pub...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Did you know that a group of cats is called a clowder, a male cat is called a tom, a female cat is called a molly or quee...
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: Monet was a passionate horticulturist and in 1893 he purchased a property near Giverny and built his water lilies garden....
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