Protecting Collection (#9)

In the Tavern, (oil on canvas)
658465 In the Tavern, (oil on canvas) by Benlliure y Gil, Jose (1855-1937); 36x47 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: In the Tavern. Jose Benlliure y Gil (1855-1937). Oil on canvas

The Valley of Vision, c. 1910 (pencil, red chalk and watercolour)
659823 The Valley of Vision, c.1910 (pencil, red chalk and watercolour) by Payne, Henry A. (Harry) (1868-1940); 37.5x47.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Valley of Vision. Henry A)

The Spanish-American War, before the Battle of San Juan (litho)
1606362 The Spanish-American War, before the Battle of San Juan (litho) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Spanish-American War)

France protects the national flag against antipatriotism (colour litho)
2779547 France protects the national flag against antipatriotism (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

London under the nightmare of war (Colour Litho)
2783935 London under the nightmare of war (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: London under the nightmare of war)

Statue of the ram of Amun, c. 680 BC (granite)
1216400 Statue of the ram of Amun, c.680 BC (granite) by Egyptian, Late Period (715-332 BC); 95x55x156 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

The Guardian Angel, protecting boy, girl and doll fishing (chromolitho)
668065 The Guardian Angel, protecting boy, girl and doll fishing (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Guardian Angel, protecting boy)

Madonna della Misericordia (oil on panel)
BAT309472 Madonna della Misericordia (oil on panel) by Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (c.1488-1576); 184x174 cm; Galleria Palatina & Appartamenti Reali di Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Tuscany

In all the world there was only one who pitied him
IL253670 In all the world there was only one who pitied him, illustration from The Heroes of Asgard, tales from Scandinavian Mythology, by A & E Keary, 1930 (colour litho) by Brock

The Shepherd (oil on canvas)
PNH354570 The Shepherd (oil on canvas) by La Thangue, Henry Herbert (1859-1929); 102x71 cm; Private Collection; Photo ePeter Nahum at The Leicester Galleries, London; English, out of copyright

Love that Moves the Sun (w / c on paper)
PNH360431 Love that Moves the Sun (w/c on paper) by Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98); 213.3x106.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Johnny Appleseed (1774-1847) (coloured engraving)
PNP246254 Johnny Appleseed (1774-1847) (coloured engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Virgin of the Misericordia, frontispiece from a book of the Scuola della Trinita dei
MMT220743 Virgin of the Misericordia, frontispiece from a book of the Scuola della Trinita dei Frati Teutonici, 1422 (vellum) by Cortese, Cristoforo (c.1350-1445); 302.x22 cm; Musee Marmottan Monet

MS McClean 123 f. 40v Underdrawing for a miniature showing a hunter catching a unicorn
FIT418062 MS McClean 123 f.40v Underdrawing for a miniature showing a hunter catching a unicorn lying naked in a virgins lap, from The Nuneaton Book, c.1280-1300 (ink on parchment) by English School

Eskimaux Encampment on Richards Island, from Narrative of a Second Expedition
STC181162 Eskimaux Encampment on Richards Island, from Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1825-27 by Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)

French soldiers in their barracks (colour litho)
2818618 French soldiers in their barracks (colour litho) by Lix, Frederic Theodore (1830-97) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: French soldiers in their barracks)

A Colima Warrior, c. 100 BC-250 AD
1767145 A Colima Warrior, c. 100 BC-250 AD by Colima Culture; 41.9 high cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Colima Warrior, Protoclassic, Ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 250)

A Collie with her Puppies (oil on canvas)
1766685 A Collie with her Puppies (oil on canvas) by Eerelman, Otto (1839-1926); 90x130.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Collie with her Puppies. Otto Eerelman (1839-1926). Oil on canvas

Cockerel, Hen and Chicks, 1892 (hanging scroll, colored lacquer on prepared paper")
1766597 Cockerel, Hen and Chicks, 1892 (hanging scroll, colored lacquer on prepared paper" ) by Zeshin, Shibata (1807-91); 31.5x37.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Cockerel, Hen and Chicks)

Christian at the Foot of the Cross, (oil on canvas)
1199591 Christian at the Foot of the Cross, (oil on canvas) by Paton, Joseph Noel (1821-1901); 40x26.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Scottish, out of copyright

Seated Child, 1916 (pencil on paper)
1196045 Seated Child, 1916 (pencil on paper) by Schiele, Egon (1890-1918); 44.6x29 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Austrian, out of copyright

Motherhood, (oil on canvas)
1195871 Motherhood, (oil on canvas) by Tarkhoff, Nikolai Alexandrovich (1871-1930); 65x54.6 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Russian, out of copyright

The Plague, from the Of Death, Part Two series, 1898 (etching)
REY77743 The Plague, from the Of Death, Part Two series, 1898 (etching) by Klinger, Max (1857-1920); 36x31 cm; Private Collection; German, out of copyright

Advertisement for Page fencing (chromolitho)
6030765 Advertisement for Page fencing (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertisement for Page fencing)

Thaumalea Picta (Golden Pheasants), 1870-1872 (hand-coloured lithograph)
991230 Thaumalea Picta (Golden Pheasants), 1870-1872 (hand-coloured lithograph) by Wolf, Joseph (1820-99) & Smit, J. (fl.1870); 47x59.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Quasimodo pours boiling oil onto the army of villains trying to rescue Esmeralda
909632 Quasimodo pours boiling oil onto the army of villains trying to rescue Esmeralda - illustration from Notre Dame de Paris, 19th Century (b/w engraving) by Chifflart

Mother and Child, 1870 (oil on canvas)
827165 Mother and Child, 1870 (oil on canvas) by Merle, Hugues (1823-81); 101.6x81.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Mother and Child. Hugues Merle (1823-1881). Oil on canvas. Painted in 1870

Hands off! (colour litho)
3627296 Hands off! (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hands off! British lion defending the Empire from a German eagle)

A peaceful cannonade (colour litho)
2779617 A peaceful cannonade (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A peaceful cannonade)

A means of protecting the back of the head and neck from exposure to the sun (engraving)
2799334 A means of protecting the back of the head and neck from exposure to the sun (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Brave animals (colour litho)
2807671 Brave animals (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Brave animals. Two Dogues de Bordeaux setting upon a gang of robbers after they attacked)

St Mary, Protectress of the Innocents (colour litho)
3102749 St Mary, Protectress of the Innocents (colour litho) by Mathauser, Joseph (1846-1917); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Mary, Protectress of the Innocents)

The Curetes beating their shields to drown out the cries of the infant Zeus in order to save him from being killed by
3100660 The Curetes beating their shields to drown out the cries of the infant Zeus in order to save him from being killed by his father Cronus (chromolitho) by Spanish School

Reims Cathedral, securing bronze statue, 1914-19 (b / w photo)
STC359850 Reims Cathedral, securing bronze statue, 1914-19 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

Battle of the Pygmies and the Storks, illustration from Wonders of Land and Sea
IL352803 Battle of the Pygmies and the Storks, illustration from Wonders of Land and Sea, published by Cassell, London, 1914 (colour litho) by Twidle, Arthur (1865-1936); Private Collection; English

Epaminondas defending Pelopidas, illustration from Plutarch
STC412032 Epaminondas defending Pelopidas, illustration from Plutarchs Lives for Boys and Girls, retold by W.H. Weston, London c.1910 (colour litho) by Rainey

MS McClean 123 f. 40v Underdrawing for a miniature showing a hunter catching a unicorn
FIT418063 MS McClean 123 f.40v Underdrawing for a miniature showing a hunter catching a unicorn lying naked in a virgins lap, from The Nuneaton Book

An Unwelcome Visitor (oil on panel)
474369 An Unwelcome Visitor (oil on panel) by Schlesinger, Felix (1833-1910); 39.4x44.7 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; German, out of copyright

Maternity, cast in 1965 (bronze)
POL275761 Maternity, cast in 1965 (bronze) by Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri (1891-1915); height: 27.9 cm; Private Collection; Susannah Pollen Ltd; French, out of copyright

Coffee Cultivation in Guatemala, Central America (engraving)
1049703 Coffee Cultivation in Guatemala, Central America (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Coffee Cultivation in Guatemala, Central America)

The Revolt in the Transvaal, General Colleys Camp and the Battle of Majuba Hill, 27 February (engraving)
1037829 The Revolt in the Transvaal, General Colleys Camp and the Battle of Majuba Hill, 27 February (engraving) by English School

Caught by Surprise, (oil on canvas)
985106 Caught by Surprise, (oil on canvas) by Goodwin, Philip Russell (1882-1935); 61.5x91.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Caught by Surprise. Philip Russell Goodwin (1882-1935). Oil on canvas

The Spanish-American War (litho)
1039543 The Spanish-American War (litho) by Staniland, Charles J. (1838-1916) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Spanish-American War)

Three Guardian Angels, 1822 (oil on canvas)
2622349 Three Guardian Angels, 1822 (oil on canvas) by Kadlik, Franz (1786-1840); Private Collection; Photo eGraphicaArtis; Bohemian, out of copyright

Mother and Child; Mere et Enfant, 1922 (oil on canvas)
656341 Mother and Child; Mere et Enfant, 1922 (oil on canvas) by Gris, Juan (1887-1927); 92x73 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Mother and Child; Mere et Enfant. Juan Gris (1887-1927)

A Royal Life Guard on Duty Outside the Royal Palace Amalienborg, Copenhagen
659637 A Royal Life Guard on Duty Outside the Royal Palace Amalienborg, Copenhagen, (oil on panel) by Fischer, Paul (1860-1934); 24.7x32.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Lid of an alabaster jar decorated with a bird in a nest containing eggs
XZL149415 Lid of an alabaster jar decorated with a bird in a nest containing eggs, from the tomb of Tutankhamun (c.1370-52 BC) New Kingdom (painted and stuccoed wood)

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"Guardians of Prosperity: Embracing the Divine Blessings and Natural Defenders" In a world where protection is paramount, we find solace in various forms. Just as Tsai Shen Yeh watches over our wealth, the Great Pyrenees stands tall as a faithful guardian. Like Leon-Maxime Faivre's "Two Mothers, " they embody the essence of maternal protection. Through history's lens, we witness Paolo Uccello's depiction of "The Battle of San Romano, " reminding us that safeguarding what we hold dear requires strength and resilience. And just as contact lenses shield our vision, so too do they symbolize our commitment to protecting clarity in every aspect of life. Within the Manneken Pis Postcard Album lies an image capturing a nun surrounded by children—a testament to nurturing souls who protect innocence with unwavering devotion. Mrs Sullivan from Covent Garden Market embodies the guardianship bestowed upon nature's bounties. In Monterey Bay, USA, sea otters cradle their young pups in their natal pelage—nature's way of ensuring safety amidst turbulent waters. As flags flutter atop Fortress El Morro in Puerto Rico, they stand for unity and defense against adversity. Amidst icy landscapes in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, polar bears teach us about familial bonds forged through protection and love. Solar panels harness energy from the sun—an emblematic shield against environmental harm while embracing sustainable solutions. Lastly, within the Pentagram Sigil lies ancient symbolism representing spiritual guardianship—a reminder that protecting one's soul is equally vital. From divine blessings to earthly defenders; whether it be wealth or wildlife; art or technology—we are reminded that protecting what matters most unites us all on this journey called life.