Element Collection (#9)

Amphitrite or Allegory of the Element Water, early-mid 18th century. Creator: Georg Engelhard Schroder
Amphitrite or Allegory of the Element Water, early-mid 18th century

Air. Creator: Unknown
Air, unknown date

Earth. Creator: Unknown
Earth, unknown date

Fire. Creator: Unknown
Fire, unknown date

Elementa geometriae, 1482. Creator: Unknown
Elementa geometriae, 1482. Page from Euclid's "Elements", a mathematical treatise consisting of 13 books attributed to the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid c300 BC

Summer, afternoon and sky; the four seasons, times of day and elements, 1797. Creator: Jacob Cats
Summer, afternoon and sky; the four seasons, times of day and elements, 1797

View of the Solfatara at Pozzuoli, outside Naples, c.1611. Creator: Gerard ter Borch I
View of the Solfatara at Pozzuoli, outside Naples, c.1611

Frontispiece, from Élements, n.d. Creator: Ange-Laurent de La Live de Jully
Frontispiece, from Elements, n.d

Part of air compressor at Ellison Hoist, Lead Homestake Mine, between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Part of air compressor at Ellison Hoist, Lead Homestake Mine, between 1900 and 1910

Rococo Fountain with Lovers and the Four Elements. Creator: Johann Esaias Nilson
Rococo Fountain with Lovers and the Four Elements

The Four Elements, 1588. Creator: Jacob Matham
The Four Elements, 1588

The Four Elements, probably 1588. Creator: Jacob Matham
The Four Elements, probably 1588

Air. Creator: Jan van de Velde II
Air

Parmi les astres (L'Air), c.1905. Creator: Adrien Moreau-Neret
Parmi les astres (L'Air), c.1905. Among the stars (the Air)

Parmi les astres (L'Air), c.1905. Creator: Adrien Moreau-Neret
Parmi les astres (L'Air), c.1905. Among the stars (the Air), detail

Sketch for dining room in the Hotel de Ville in Paris: Water, Earth, Air, between 1891 and 1892

Dessein d'une Fontaine orné avec les quatre Elements (Design for a Fountain...), c. 1755/1760
Dessein d'une Fontaine orne avec les quatre Elements (Design for a Fountain Decorated with the Four Elements), c. 1755/1760

Design for a Gilt Leather Panel, ca. 1660-70. Creator: Anon
Design for a Gilt Leather Panel, ca. 1660-70

A Huntsman with a Dead Hare and a Dog (Study for "Terra"), 1590/95. Creator: Jacques de Gheyn II
A Huntsman with a Dead Hare and a Dog (Study for "Terra"), 1590/95

Georgia road sign, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Georgia road sign. ['Prepare to Meet Thy God and Free Air']

Fire, plate four from The Four Elements, 1622. Creator: Jan van de Velde II
Fire, plate four from The Four Elements, 1622

Water, plate three from The Four Elements, 1622. Creator: Jan van de Velde II
Water, plate three from The Four Elements, 1622

Air, plate two from The Four Elements, 1622. Creator: Jan van de Velde II
Air, plate two from The Four Elements, 1622

Earth, plate one from The Four Elements, 1622. Creator: Jan van de Velde II
Earth, plate one from The Four Elements, 1622

Wood | 木 | Mu
Thoth Adan

Water | 水 | Shui
Thoth Adan

Metal | 金 | Jin
Thoth Adan

Fire | 火 | Huo
Thoth Adan

Erde | 土 | Tu
Thoth Adan

Yellow Dragon of the Center
Thoth Adan

Vermilion Bird of the South
Thoth Adan

White Tiger of the West
Thoth Adan

Azure Dragon of the East
Thoth Adan

Black Warrior of the North
Thoth Adan

Original print of Miss Wong by Vladimir Tretchikoff

Air, ca. 1748. Creator: Jean Daullé
Air, ca. 1748. After Francois Boucher

Copper, United Mines, Gwennap, Cornwall, England
This specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 17)

Copper, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England
A dendritic growth of copper crystals. Also known as native copper, the specimen is pure copper, uncombined with any other elements

Native Copper, Cooks Kitchen, Illogan, Cornwall, England
Solid crystalline copper like a root of a tree crystallised at the points. Collector Philip Rashleigh wrote in his mineral catalogue: Virgin Copper in form of the Root of a Tree

Copper with Quartz, South Caradon Mine, St Cleer, Cornwall, England
Copper with crystalline quartz. Most Cornish copper specimens are dull, but native copper (pure copper, uncombined with any other elements) from Caradon is invariably bright

Copper, Cornwall, England
An intricate dendritic growth of copper crystals. Also known as native copper, the specimen is pure copper, uncombined with any other elements

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The After-work Activities Centre of the War Ministry of Bologna, trip to Trieste, June 21, 1930
3562238 The After-work Activities Centre of the War Ministry of Bologna, trip to Trieste, June 21, 1930 by Unknown photographer

Rutger's Presbyterian church, the Ansoni Hotel and the Giuseppe Verdi Monument on Broadway
3562880 Rutger's Presbyterian church, the Ansoni Hotel and the Giuseppe Verdi Monument on Broadway by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: New York City, 1930-1935 ca)

A young woman posing nude on a couch
3562656 A young woman posing nude on a couch by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: France 1925-1930 ca. Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Skyscrapers in Manhattan
3563382 Skyscrapers in Manhattan by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: United States 1930 ca. Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Female portrait, Frassene, Voltago Agordino
3568085 Female portrait, Frassene, Voltago Agordino by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Frassene, Voltago Agordino 1960 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Four women resting on a bench in Gorki Park, Moscow, Russia
3567029 Four women resting on a bench in Gorki Park, Moscow, Russia by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Moscow, Gorki Park, Russia 1960 ca)

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