Romantic Circles Gallery
Romantic Circles Gallery
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The Opening of Waterloo Bridge Painter:
c. 1829
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Stone HengeIn the immediate foreground of the picture plane is a herd of sheep. The sheep are reclining on the ground in manner that suggests that they have either been struck dead or are sleeping. Only several... Painter:
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1829
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Verbs with AdverbsThe image is divided down the center of the page into two parts. On the left, a man holds an axe over his head, preparing to chop at the base of a tree. There is a severed tree limb lying on the... Artist Unknown
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1829
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VerbsThe image is set in what appears to be a schoolroom. The master holds a stick above his head, preparing to give "strokes" to the young boy he grips by the elbow. The boy, dressed in a long coat and... Artist Unknown
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1829
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UntitledThe top image—labeled "Page 13" below and "1" at its top right corner—depicts a bee on a sunflower; the second, labeled "2" and "Page 32," depicts a lesson given concerning a beehive, and the third,... Artist Unknown
1830
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The Organs of the Senses Familiarly Described, Plate 13This image, Plate 13 of Bell's illustrations, depicts the ear without the skin. The numbers and their labels are given below: Illustrator:
1830s
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Treatise on Sound, Plate 3These scientific diagrams depict "vibrations in solid bodies," including rods and plates. Engraver:
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1830
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Hadleigh Castle (Progress Proof b)The two remaining towers of Hadleigh Castle stand in the left register of the picture plane. A single scrawny tree grows between the decaying stone edifices. The surrounding hillside is completely... Painter:
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1830
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The Organs of the Senses Familiarly Described, Plate 16This image, Plate 16 of Bell's illustrations, depicts the inner ear. Bell describes it as such: "These are the mastoid cells. They are thought to strengthen the effect of the sound, by reverberating... Illustrator:
1830s
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New Wear on the WyeCliffs, presumably near New Weir (spelled “New Wear” in the title), stretch upward, taking up most of the left half of the print. In the foreground, at the foot of the cliffs, is a small house. A... Engraver:
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1830
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The Organs of the Senses Familiarly Described, Plate 17This image, Plate 17 of Bell's illustrations, depicts the three small bones of the ear. Bell describes it as such:
The natural size of these bones is shown in Fig. 1 Plate 17, (the... Illustrator:
c. 1830s
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The Organs of the Senses Familiarly Described, Plate 18This image, Plate 18 of Bell's illustrations, depicts the semicircular canals of the ear. Bell further describes the image: "The cochlea is named by its similitude to the shell of a snail. It is the... Illustrator:
1830s
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The Death's Head MothThis image depicts a death's-head moth on a white background, with wings outstretched. Artist Unknown
1831
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The Hornet and PeacockThis image depicts a confrontation between an American and a British ship, each displaying their national flag. The flag of the British ship, on the left, is upside down. Both ships have tattered... Artist Unknown
1831
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Portrait of Lady Caroline Montagu in Byronic CostumeThis portrait depicts a young woman, in colorful costume, seated on the ground against a large rock by the sea. The large outcrop of rock is crowned with a variety of vegetation. Mountains can be... Painter:
1831
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The InvitationThe empress of the moths, a saturnia pavonia minor, perches on a leaf. She is reading her visitor's book. The emperor, a male of the same species, sits on the branch facing her. To their left, in the... Artist Unknown
1831
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Battle of Lake ErieAt least fourteen ships are engaged in battle. Dark smoke billows up from the surface of the water on the left horizon line, spreading to either side of the sky and obscuring the entire top of the... Engraver:
1831
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The Chamber IdyllIn the center of the image, a nude male figure sits on the edge of a bed, one leg resting on the floor. He looks up at a female figure who stands between his legs undressing, untying the strings of... Engraver:
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1831
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The Constitution and GuerrierThis image depicts a naval battle between two ships. Each ship flies its colors in three flags prominently displayed, although one of the American flags appears to have only stripes. Cannon smoke... Engraver:
1831
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The Volcanic District Bounded by the Rivers Nette and Bruhl on the Lower RhineDepicting roughly 35 miles of the Eifel mountain range, this topographic map is color coded to indicate rock type. Volcanoes are depicted by sets of lines, each which culminates in a circle to... Illustrator:
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1832
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History of the extinct volcanoes of the basin of Neuwied on the Lower RhineThese images depict the European landscape in 1832 as shaped by a Laacher See eruption. In the upper left corner, a farmer is plowing his field with the help of a mule. The village of Eich is... Illustrator:
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1832
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Hadleigh CastleThis image depicts the ruins of Hadleigh Castle, near Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. The two remaining towers of the castle stand in the left register of the picture place, a scrawny tree between them. In the... Painter:
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1832
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The Cornfield Painter:
Engraver:
c. 1832-34
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The Queen of CandyThe Queen of Candy, the Candian king’s daughter, poses in a chair, legs crossed, against a mountainous landscape. Her elongated neck is covered with exotic, shell-like jewelry. Her hair is bound... Painter:
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10 January 1833
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A Map of VesuviusThis map of Vesuvius is color-coded to indicate the various routes of lava flows traced during Vesuvius’ major eruptions from 1631. Palo, the larger cone, is marked with every lava flow (colored red... Illustrator:
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1833
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Monument of the Porterfields at KilmacolmThe image depicts a momument, inscribed with an epitaph, in two parts: the topmost figure appears to be the top of a momument, while the figure below it may be the base. The upper part is decorated... Illustrator:
1834
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The Ashmolean MuseumThe engraving depicts the exterior of the “Old Ashmolean” building at the University of Oxford. We see it at a slight distance, with a good view of the street on which it is stationed. Three figures... Engraver:
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1 December 1834
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Rome & Its Environs., from a Trigonometrical SurveyThis large map, measuring 71 x 98cm, details the topography of Rome and its environs, from Lacus Sabatinus [Lago di Bracciano] in the north to Norba in the south, and from Nerola in the east to the... Engraver:
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September 1834
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Interior View of the Old AshmoleanThe engraving depicts the lower room of the “Old Ashmolean” building at the University of Oxford. Various natural specimens, including a giraffe and a dodo, are evident, as well as two groups of... Engraver:
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1 December 1834
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My Mother's GraveA girl is sitting on a large grave in a cemetery, looking down. Behind her a large tree is depicted, a few tombstones, and a church. From beyond a fence bordering one side of the churchyard, a woman... Artist Unknown
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1834
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The Rajpootnee BrideSimilar to the central figure of A Hindoo Female, the subject of The Rajpootnee Bride is initially striking on account her size; the female body fills the space of the image. The... Painter:
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1835
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Keelmen Heaving Coals by Moonlight“To the right, the keelmen and the dark, flat-bottomed keels that carried the coal from Northumberland and Durham down the River Tyne are silhouetted against the orange and white flames from the... Painter:
1835
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The Indian Fruit SellerThe woman depicted is named, like the image, by her work: “the fruit seller.” The fruit seller stands in the foreground, leaning against the pole of a stand, her breasts exposed and her head lowered... Painter:
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1835
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The Temptation on the MountainSatan and Jesus are silhouetted on the right at the edge of a cliff. A serpent hangs from a cliff on the left. Cities and rivers are revealed far below them, from the bottom of the print to about 2/3... Engraver:
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1835
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St Michael’s Mount Shipwreck of Lycidas / The Death of Lycidas—Vision on the Guarded MountA ship is tipped towards the viewer, almost completely submerged by a wave crashing over it. Only the main mast, part of a second mast, and a sliver of the deck rise above the tumultuous water. Men... Engraver:
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1835
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Dover Castle from a Market Stall on Castle StreetA woman in a black cloak with a young bonneted girl behind her stands in a covered, open-air market filled with baskets of fruits and fresh goods. The woman grips a large basket of grapes and looks... Painter:
1835
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N-Nightmare, Cruikshank's Comic AlphabethThe illustration depicts a man sleeping in bed with his mouth open; he wears a nightcap, and only his face is visible above the covers. A miniature sultan, with a dark visage and an immense moustache... Illustrator:
1836
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Beverly's Falls, Mouth of Hoarfrost RiverTwo men on the far right of the frame stand near a campfire and tent on the banks of Hoarfrost River. The closer man stands with his back to the viewer, next to a basket and what appears to be a... Engraver:
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1836
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View to Seaward from Montreal IslandThe frame is split between a rocky shore bordering an icy sea and an expanse of gray sky, with clouds scudding low on the horizon. Five people sit around a pot on an outcropping of rock to the far... Engraver:
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1836
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Portage in Hoarfrost RiverThe frame is vertically oriented and presents the viewer with an elevated perspective. A cliff on the left shadows the river, which moves down the left third of the image. Three men are pushing a... Engraver:
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1836
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The Reliques of Father Prout - He Dieth, and is ChestedThe image shows a young man reading; he sits at a generously laid table, and a woman standing behind it pours water into a teapot. In front of the man, an open chest filled with loose pages draws the... Illustrator:
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1836
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The Reliques of Father Prout - Rogueries of Tom MooreThe image shows a young man in profile, lying with his eyes closed, knees slightly bent, on a bed with its curtain pushed to one side. In front, next to the bed, a book lies open, face-down, on the... Illustrator:
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1836
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Victoria Headland, Mouth of the Thlew-ee-cho-de-zethA crew rows their boat away from the viewer and towards the mouth of a river in lightly choppy seas. A man standing in back steers with the rudder oar. A sand beach extends on the left, while bluffs... Engraver:
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1836
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Crossing Lake Aylmer (3hs. a.m.)This image portrays an icescape with distant mountains. The Arctic sun is low on the horizon, and smoke-like clouds extend in a widening mass from the far right of the image to the upper left corner... Engraver:
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1836
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A Hindoo FemaleA native “Hindoo” woman is portrayed carrying three pots of water on her head as she descends down to the river. The viewer is presented with a voyeuristic gaze of her backside; the implied motion of... Painter:
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1836
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Western View From Near Mount BarrowThis image depicts an icescape in fog. The immediate foreground features a prominent rock jutting out of the ground to the left, next to what appears to be a large vertebra. The center portion of the... Engraver:
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1836
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Street of Tombs, PompeiiDuring the latter part of their honeymoon in 1837-38, Hannah Palmer and her husband Samuel, also a painter and a follower of William Blake, spent much time sketching at Pompeii. For this view, she... Painter:
1838
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Automaton SwanIn his A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, Andrew Ure provides a lengthy explanation for the mechanical workings displayed in this simple line-drawing. He begins by describing its... Artist Unknown
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1839
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A Description of a view of Thebes, now exhibiting at the Panorama, Broadway, corner of Prince and Mercer Streets, New-YorkA schematic drawing shows the two halves of Burford’s Description of a View of the Great Temple of Karnak and the Surrounding City of Thebes: the top half depicts the Karnak Temple as a... Delineator:
1839
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UntitledThis illustration depicts a rough image of Earth, which is shown floating in black space that grows misty near the edges. Europe is white, while everything "east," as well as Australia, is colored a... Author:
1839
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