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Minor Collection

"Exploring the Byzantine Empire through a captivating map, we unravel the rich history and cultural heritage of this ancient civilization

Background imageMinor Collection: Map of The Byzantine Empire

Map of The Byzantine Empire
A map showing the extent of the Byzantine Empire - the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Date: 1800

Background imageMinor Collection: Frederic Chopin / Etude

Frederic Chopin / Etude
FREDERIC CHOPIN Polish musician composing his C minor Etude

Background imageMinor Collection: 1957 Morris Minor

1957 Morris Minor 1000

Background imageMinor Collection: Deux meres ( Two Mothers ), 1888. Artist: Leon-Maxime Faivre

Deux meres ( Two Mothers ), 1888. Artist: Leon-Maxime Faivre
Deux meres ( Two Mothers ), 1888. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Background imageMinor Collection: Saint Francis of Assisi

Saint Francis of Assisi (Giovanni Francesco di Bernardone 1182-1226) - Catholic deacon and preacher and founder of the Order of Friars Minor, more commonly known as the Franciscans

Background imageMinor Collection: 1957 Morris Minor

1957 Morris Minor 1000

Background imageMinor Collection: 1970 Morris Minor

1970 Morris Minor Traveller

Background imageMinor Collection: Pergamon Altar. Hecate fighting against the giant Klytios ne

Pergamon Altar. Hecate fighting against the giant Klytios ne
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy. South frieze. The three-faceted goddess Hecate fighting with a torch

Background imageMinor Collection: 1970 Morris Minor

1970 Morris Minor Traveller

Background imageMinor Collection: Pergamon Altar. Athena against the giant Alcyoneus

Pergamon Altar. Athena against the giant Alcyoneus
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. East frieze. Gigantomachy. Struggle between gods and giants

Background imageMinor Collection: Sheffield Street 1966

Sheffield Street 1966
A Sheffield street scene

Background imageMinor Collection: One of Our Minor Wars, by Bairnsfather

One of Our Minor Wars, by Bairnsfather
One of Our Minor Wars " Well, if you knows of a better ole, go to it" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, possibly his most famous, shown as it first appeared in The Bystander 1915

Background imageMinor Collection: 1949 Morris Minor

1949 Morris Minor

Background imageMinor Collection: 1970 Morris Minor

1970 Morris Minor Traveller

Background imageMinor Collection: Morris Minor driving through English village

Morris Minor driving through English village
The modern Morris Miner driving through the village of Bibury, Gloucestershire

Background imageMinor Collection: Ursa Minor Star Map

Ursa Minor Star Map
Draco and Ursa Minor constellation

Background imageMinor Collection: Chloroform / Experiment

Chloroform / Experiment
Hannah Greener, who became the first fatality under chloroform anasethesia during a minor operation to have a toe nail removed

Background imageMinor Collection: Morris Minor 1000 Convertible 1963 Green tan roof

Morris Minor 1000 Convertible 1963 Green tan roof
MOR03993

Background imageMinor Collection: Cast copy of the Juno Ludovisi

Cast copy of the Juno Ludovisi
Modern cast copy of the Juno Ludovisi (Hera Ludovisi) - a colossal 1st century Roman marble head depicting an idealized and youthful Antonia Minor as the goddess Juno. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageMinor Collection: Pergamon Altar. Hephaistos and goddess Eos riding a horse

Pergamon Altar. Hephaistos and goddess Eos riding a horse
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. South frieze. Gigantomachy

Background imageMinor Collection: Morris Minor Alec Issigonis

Morris Minor Alec Issigonis

Background imageMinor Collection: Great and lesser spotted woodpeckers

Great and lesser spotted woodpeckers
Great spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos major, and Lesser spotted woodpecker, Dryobates minor. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard

Background imageMinor Collection: Virgin and Child, 16th century

Virgin and Child, 16th century. From the Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece

Background imageMinor Collection: Mosaic of Orpheus. Miletus. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Mosaic of Orpheus. Miletus. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany
Mosaic of Orpheus. 200 AD. Of a private room, dining room or triclinium of a roman domus. From Miletus. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Background imageMinor Collection: Lesser spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos minor

Lesser spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos minor.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Background imageMinor Collection: JONAH (783-743 BC). Minor Prophet in the Old

JONAH (783-743 BC). Minor Prophet in the Old
" JONAH (783-743 BC). Minor Prophet in the Old Testament. Jonah on the beach. Illustration from " Sacred Bible" of Martin Luther. Edition printed in Franckfurt in 1704. Engraving."

Background imageMinor Collection: Leo Major and Leo Minor

Leo Major and Leo Minor. Astronomical chart showing two lions forming the constellation. Date 1825

Background imageMinor Collection: American Woodcock, on breeding territory during courtship. CT in March. USA

American Woodcock, on breeding territory during courtship. CT in March. USA
JZ-3850 American Woodcock, on breeding territory during courtship CT in March. USA Scolopax minor Jim Zipp Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imageMinor Collection: Monoceros Etc Constell

Monoceros Etc Constell
The constellation of Monoceros - a unicorn - and Canis Minor - a small dog

Background imageMinor Collection: Death of Richard I

Death of Richard I
Richard I, dying of his wounds during a minor engagement in France, pardons Bertrand, the archer who shot him

Background imageMinor Collection: Ants (litho)

Ants (litho)
6013525 Ants (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ants. Illustration for The Harmsworth Encylopaedia (c 1922).); © Look and Learn

Background imageMinor Collection: Haworthia minor or Tulista minima

Haworthia minor or Tulista minima (Least pearl aloe, Aloe margaritifera minima). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis The

Background imageMinor Collection: Fools parsley, hemlock and northern water hemlock

Fools parsley, hemlock and northern water hemlock
Fools parsley, Aethusa cynapium 1, hemlock, Conium maculatum 2, and northern water hemlock, Cicuta virosa 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Background imageMinor Collection: BEETHOVEN: SONATA, 1801. A page from Sonata in C Sharp Minor, Op

BEETHOVEN: SONATA, 1801. A page from Sonata in C Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (also known as Moonlight Sonata ) by Ludwig van Beethoven, 1801

Background imageMinor Collection: Canis Minor Star Map

Canis Minor Star Map
The constellation of the Unicorn and Canis Minor

Background imageMinor Collection: Bears Great and Small

Bears Great and Small
URSA MAJOR and URSA MINOR (The Great Bear and the Little Bear) in the northern sky

Background imageMinor Collection: Yellow spotted-leaved Phaius orchid. Ganzekiran

Yellow spotted-leaved Phaius orchid. Ganzekiran
5855606 Yellow spotted-leaved Phaius orchid. Ganzekiran; (add.info.: Yellow spotted-leaved Phaius orchid. Ganzekiran. Phaius (Phajus) maculatus Lindl. var. minor FS

Background imageMinor Collection: Women workers filtering coal from a mine in England, 19th century. Colourful engraving, 19th century

Women workers filtering coal from a mine in England, 19th century. Colourful engraving, 19th century
NWI4826316 Women workers filtering coal from a mine in England, 19th century. Colourful engraving, 19th century.; (add.info.: Women workers filtering coal from a mine in England, 19th century)

Background imageMinor Collection: Gold Rush: gold seeker at a dam in California (hydraulic mine), 1850 years

Gold Rush: gold seeker at a dam in California (hydraulic mine), 1850 years. Colourful engraving of the 19th century
NWI4827994 Gold Rush: gold seeker at a dam in California (hydraulic mine), 1850 years. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Gold Rush)

Background imageMinor Collection: Tunnel in a California mine, 1850s

Tunnel in a California mine, 1850s
NWI4826881 Tunnel in a California mine, 1850s.; (add.info.: Tunnel in a California mine, 1850s.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

Background imageMinor Collection: Volunteers descending into the coal mine to rescue miners in England, 1860s

Volunteers descending into the coal mine to rescue miners in England, 1860s
NWI4827966 Volunteers descending into the coal mine to rescue miners in England, 1860s.; (add.info.: Volunteers descending into the coal mine to rescue miners in England)

Background imageMinor Collection: Colonial Africa: Hotel Swan in the diamond mine of the South Africa region, years 1870

Colonial Africa: Hotel Swan in the diamond mine of the South Africa region, years 1870
NWI4855366 Colonial Africa: Hotel Swan in the diamond mine of the South Africa region, years 1870. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Colonial Africa)

Background imageMinor Collection: Colonial Africa: African workers descending into a diamond mine near Johannesburg (British Colony)

Colonial Africa: African workers descending into a diamond mine near Johannesburg (British Colony), South Africa
NWI4855500 Colonial Africa: African workers descending into a diamond mine near Johannesburg (British Colony), South Africa

Background imageMinor Collection: Oil extraction in Pennsylvania in 1869 19th century engraving

Oil extraction in Pennsylvania in 1869 19th century engraving
JAB5037188 Oil extraction in Pennsylvania in 1869 19th century engraving; (add.info.: Oil extraction in Pennsylvania in 1869 19th century engraving); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Background imageMinor Collection: Sulphur ore mining: a man with a shovel digs the soil of a sulfur

Sulphur ore mining: a man with a shovel digs the soil of a sulfur. Detail of a page of the manuscript " Treat
VEN5028042 Sulphur ore mining: a man with a shovel digs the soil of a sulfur. Detail of a page of the manuscript " Treat on herbs" (Tractatus de herbis) by Pedanius Dioscorides (Dioscorides)

Background imageMinor Collection: Hedge bindweed, Calystegia sepium. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration

Hedge bindweed, Calystegia sepium. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's
FLO4668553 Hedge bindweed, Calystegia sepium. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageMinor Collection: Dyer's weed or German greenweed, Genista germanica. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a

Dyer's weed or German greenweed, Genista germanica. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration
FLO4667438 Dyer's weed or German greenweed, Genista germanica. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageMinor Collection: Families worried waiting for news from their loved ones after an explosion in the coal mines of

Families worried waiting for news from their loved ones after an explosion in the coal mines of Staffordshire (England)
NWI4829159 Families worried waiting for news from their loved ones after an explosion in the coal mines of Staffordshire (England), circa 1880 - Colorised engraving




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"Exploring the Byzantine Empire through a captivating map, we unravel the rich history and cultural heritage of this ancient civilization. " "The timeless elegance of the 1957 Morris Minor takes us on a nostalgic journey back to an era of classic cars and vintage charm. " "Immerse yourself in Frederic Chopin's mesmerizing Etude as his genius compositions transport you to a world filled with passion and emotion. " "Inspired by Saint Francis of Assisi's unwavering devotion to nature, let us embrace his teachings and strive for harmony between mankind and the environment. " "The 1970 Morris Minor stands as a testament to enduring style, capturing hearts with its sleek design and undeniable charisma. " "Leon-Maxime Faivre's masterpiece 'Deux meres (Two Mothers)' invites contemplation on the complexities of motherhood, portraying love, sacrifice, and resilience. " "With Athena fiercely battling against Alcyoneus on the Pergamon Altar, we witness her strength as she defends justice against overwhelming odds. " "The 1949 Morris Minor evokes nostalgia for simpler times when life was slower-paced yet full of adventure on open roads under blue skies. " "As we admire the craftsmanship behind the 1970 Morris Minor, let it remind us that beauty can be found even in everyday objects if we take time to appreciate them fully. " "One of Our Minor Wars' by Bairnsfather reminds us that even seemingly small conflicts have profound impacts on individuals caught up in their midst. Let us strive for peace instead.