Nocturnal Collection (#8)

The Ballet, 1943 (oil on canvas)
823004 The Ballet, 1943 (oil on canvas) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 40.8x50.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Ballet. Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1943

Tiger Hunting Scene, 17th or 18th century (illuminated manuscript)
AIS5356001 Tiger Hunting Scene, 17th or 18th century (illuminated manuscript); (add.info.: Syrian Art: Tiger Hunting Scene Manuscript page of the 17th or 18th century.); © Iberfoto

War of the Seven Years (1756-1763): French warships attacking the British fleet off Quebec City (Canada) at night
MMM5458374 War of the Seven Years (1756-1763): French warships attacking the British fleet off Quebec City (Canada) at night, on 28 June 1759 by Serres, Dominic (1722-93); National Maritime Museum

French policeman shooting a gunman in a gunfight in a Paris street, 1911
3480928 French policeman shooting a gunman in a gunfight in a Paris street, 1911; (add.info.: Illustration depicting French policeman shooting a gunman in a gunfight in a Paris street)

Crowds walking along the beach whilst the tide rolls in, 1850
3331170 Crowds walking along the beach whilst the tide rolls in, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting crowds walking along the beach whilst the tide rolls in at night)

Diagram of a Nocturnal
3740622 Diagram of a Nocturnal; (add.info.: Diagram of a Nocturnal, an instrument used to determine time at night by the stars. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The sun is setting.... Earth like a tired child turns her face to the bosom of the night (colour litho)
8639690 The sun is setting.... Earth like a tired child turns her face to the bosom of the night (colour litho) by Waite, Edward Wilkins (1854-1924); Private Collection; (add.info)

Fetching the Doctor (engraving)
8639618 Fetching the Doctor (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fetching the Doctor)

Aurora Borealis over the Alps (engraving)
8676954 Aurora Borealis over the Alps (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aurora Borealis over the Alps, 28 August 1859)

Fireworks for the coronation of Alexander II Emperor of Russia (colour litho)
8663609 Fireworks for the coronation of Alexander II Emperor of Russia (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

On the look out (colour litho)
8655825 On the look out (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: On the look out. Bulldog wearing clothes and carrying a cudgel at night in the city)

Moonlight night, 1909 (painting)
8680990 Moonlight night, 1909 (painting) by Previati, Gaetano (1852-1920); 119x150 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Painting by Premiati Gaetano Original title)

An unseen presence (chromolitho)
8677505 An unseen presence (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An unseen presence)

Man and girl on a street at night (engraving)
8672965 Man and girl on a street at night (engraving) by Robida, Albert (1848-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man and girl on a street at night)

Nocturnal Spires (w/c on paper)
810406 Nocturnal Spires (w/c on paper) by Dulac, Edmund (1882-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

Sketch for "The Oriental Dream", before 1904 (oil on fabric)
XOS5882386 Sketch for "The Oriental Dream", before 1904 (oil on fabric) by Lecomte du Nouy, Jean Jules Antoine (1842-1923); 12.4x19.6 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

World's Children: Roumanian, Night (colour litho)
8625659 World's Children: Roumanian, Night (colour litho) by Menpes, Mortimer Ludington (1855-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Roumanian, Night)

Daylight saving (litho)
8656780 Daylight saving (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Daylight saving. After a four hours promenade)

Shepherd life (engraving)
8658551 Shepherd life (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shepherd life. Illustration for Rays from the East or Illustrations of the Holy Scriptures)

Jack the link boy throws a light on my path (colour litho)
8644873 Jack the link boy throws a light on my path (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jack the link boy throws a light on my path)

Do You Know: Why "Bobbies"? (colour litho)
8668147 Do You Know: Why "Bobbies"? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Why "Bobbies")

Piccadilly Circus (colour litho)
8635559 Piccadilly Circus (colour litho) by Ludovici, Albert Jnr. (1852-1932); Private Collection; (add.info.: Piccadilly Circus, London. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

London Nights: Four Policemen on Duty (litho)
8635322 London Nights: Four Policemen on Duty (litho) by Huyot, Jean Georges (1863-1938) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: London Nights: Four Policemen on Duty)

The Falling Stars (engraving)
8655501 The Falling Stars (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Falling Stars, Leonid Meteor Storm of 1833)

The Metropolitan Opera House at night (engraving)
8646963 The Metropolitan Opera House at night (engraving) by Frost, Arthur Burdett (1851-1928); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Metropolitan Opera House at night. Broadway, New York)

Forest of Fontainebleau, The "Reine Blanche" 1860 (Oil on canvas)
8766691 Forest of Fontainebleau, The "Reine Blanche" 1860 (Oil on canvas) by Barye, Antoine Louis (1796-1875); 30.5x39 cm; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

Deer hunt scene, 17th or 18th century (illuminated manuscript)
AIS5355987 Deer hunt scene, 17th or 18th century (illuminated manuscript); (add.info.: Syrian art: deer hunt scene. Manuscript page of the 17th or 18th century.); © Iberfoto

Cover of the Farewell Dinner (farewell meal) menu for the passenger liner Atlantis, representing the liner
MMM5475382 Cover of the Farewell Dinner (farewell meal) menu for the passenger liner Atlantis, representing the liner, seen from under the bow, sailing under a starry sky by Shoesmith

A Zeppelin raid, 8 October 1915, c.1915-18 (oil on canvas)
MMM5459095 A Zeppelin raid, 8 October 1915, c.1915-18 (oil on canvas) by Fraser, John (1858-1927); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: A nocturnal raid by Zeppelin on London (England)

Smugglers based on the original drawing by Mrs Yates, etching in colors, 1799
MMM5457499 Smugglers based on the original drawing by Mrs Yates, etching in colors, 1799; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Smugglers based on the original drawing by Mrs Yates)

Who is there? refers to a story of the same title, a man in a nightgown and holding a candle in his hand
MMM5484761 Who is there? refers to a story of the same title, a man in a nightgown and holding a candle in his hand, opens a door and takes one foot outside, and looks to his right

Comets, 1850-60 (cotton, brass)
7340079 Comets, 1850-60 (cotton, brass) by British School, (19th century); 89.8x121 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator)

Wall hanging, 1858-60 (cotton, brass)
7340078 Wall hanging, 1858-60 (cotton, brass) by British School, (19th century); 87.5x119 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

HMS Erebus passing through the chain of bergs, 1842, 19th century (oil on canvas)
7295341 HMS Erebus passing through the chain of bergs, 1842, 19th century (oil on canvas) by Beechey, Richard Bridges (1808-95); 78.8x111.8 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Perilous position of HMS Terror, Captain Back, in the arctic regions in the summer of 1837
7295339 Perilous position of HMS Terror, Captain Back, in the arctic regions in the summer of 1837, 19th century (oil on canvas) by Smyth

Bastille Day, 1892 (monotype in oil colours)
XOS5873741 Bastille Day, 1892 (monotype in oil colours) by Prendergast, Maurice Brazil (1858-1924); 30.5x24.8 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: By Maurice Prendergast)

Death of Freedom; Tod der Freiheit, 1929 (oil on canvas)
653502 Death of Freedom; Tod der Freiheit, 1929 (oil on canvas) by Filla, Emil (1882-1953); 89x116 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Death of Freedom; Tod der Freiheit. Emil Filla (1882-1953)

Firelight, (oil on canvas)
650906 Firelight, (oil on canvas) by Sharp, Joseph Henry (1859-1953); 76.2x92.1 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Firelight. Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953). Oil on canvas

Tinsel Toes, 1914 (pastel, watercolour, brush and black ink on board)
650536 Tinsel Toes, 1914 (pastel, watercolour, brush and black ink on board) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 68.8x75.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Tinsel Toes. Everett Shinn (1876-1953)

Adano Putra, daughter of Dipak Raga, c.1730-50 (gouache)
1196993 Adano Putra, daughter of Dipak Raga, c.1730-50 (gouache) by Yakovlev, Vassily Nikolayevich (1893-1953); 34.3x23.6 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christie's Images

Woodcutter, (painting)
8719872 Woodcutter, (painting) by Ulving, Even (1863-1952); 55x80 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: By Even Ulving (1863-1952)); Photo © O. Vaering

Fireworks, c.1840-1850 (drawing)
8698387 Fireworks, c.1840-1850 (drawing) by Ruggieri, Claude (1777-1841); (add.info.: History. France. Fireworks by Ruggieri fireworks during an anniversary of the July Revolution (1830)

Charles Quint and Francis I, 1909 (illustration)
8698365 Charles Quint and Francis I, 1909 (illustration) by Robida, Albert (1848-1926); (add.info.: History. France. Charles V of Spain (Charles Quint, Holy Roman Empire) at the castle of Amboise

Colomba brings two men armed with rifles into his house, 1940 (illustration)
8683016 Colomba brings two men armed with rifles into his house, 1940 (illustration) by Neziere, Raymond de la (1865-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

Germany, Thuringia, the Wartburg, 1876 (engraving)
UTD4916327 Germany, Thuringia, the Wartburg, 1876 (engraving); (add.info.: Germany, Thuringia, the Wartburg, original text : " view to the inside part of the castle)

The sea lit up by phosphorescence at night, 1850
3331154 The sea lit up by phosphorescence at night, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the sea lit up by phosphorescence at night. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Music. Opera. Max and Kaspar cast the magic bullets. Scene of the Wolf's Glen in: Der Freischutz
3434025 Music. Opera. Max and Kaspar cast the magic bullets. Scene of the Wolf's Glen in: Der Freischutz, by Carl Maria von Weber (1821). Illustration by G

Atlantic telegraph, 1866
3478907 Atlantic telegraph, 1866; (add.info.: Atlantic telegraph: The forge on board the Great Eastern 1866.); Universal History Archive/UIG

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"Nocturnal Wonders: Exploring the Enigmatic World of Nighttime Creatures" As the moon rises, a Fennec Fox emerges from its burrow, ready to conquer the night. Perched on a post in Northumberland, England, a Barn Owl keeps watch over its nocturnal domain. The Dormouse awakens from its slumber as darkness falls, venturing out into the mysterious night. A pair of Barn Owls gracefully glide through the moonlit sky, their silent wings captivating all who witness their beauty. In Costa Rica's jungles, a young 3 Toed Sloth clings onto branches with ease under the cover of darkness. Journeying across deserts north of Sahara in Africa, a Fennec Fox leaves behind delicate footprints as it navigates through moonlit dunes. Seeking shelter and sustenance amidst human gardens, a Hedgehog finds solace within an inviting flower pot at nightfall. With wings spread wide and feathers gliding effortlessly through the air, a Barn Owl soars majestically during its nightly hunt. Captured in stunning artwork C016/3233, this Barn Owl showcases its ethereal grace and elegance even in complete darkness. Hidden beneath murky waters lies the Great Crested Newt; only emerging after sunset to reveal its vibrant colors and unique features. Taking advantage of twilight's fading light, a Tawny Owl perches on top of a post in Bedfordshire UK - an emblematic silhouette against nature's canvas. In this captivating world where daylight fades away and shadows come alive, These creatures thrive under starry skies, Unveiling secrets hidden from our sight, Nocturnal wonders that ignite our curiosity every night.