Antique Flies

Beneath the bows of a tree, beside a pagoda, a female figure stretches out her hand towards a seated man, fanning himself as a swallow flies overhead. Cartouches feature on the cabi...

**Various Fly Species (Diptera)**: Flies are characterized by having only one pair of wings, with the second pair reduced to small structures called halteres that are used for balanc...

She holds a pair of large lotus blooms in her right hand and stylized rice sheaths in her left. A bat flies above her left shoulder beside a wisp of an S shaped cloud.

First edition mixed state: issue points are as follows (those not included have been corrected): Page xiii Chapter XXXV, the last four letters not aligned in 'family'; page xiv, 'Cha...

He also realized original engravings and humorous illustrations, many of which dedicated to the animal world: dogs, monkeys, cats, and even flies. His greatest passion were Japanese ...

The army defends the citadel outside the walls and the soldiers scan the horizon looking downwards: this leads us to place the scene on the fortifications of a city, in particular th...

As soon as she does this, Ravana lifts Sita onto his shoulders and flies far, far away. Ultimately I believe the moral of the story is to stray away from temptation (the prospect of...

The figures below him seem surprised by so much wind. An umbrella flies away on the left, the women hold their hair and scarf, the clothes are caught in the power of the wind, there ...

When rising with a fish, the Bird of Washington flies to a considerable distance, forming, in its line of course, a very acute angle with the surface line of the water.

Barricades bar all access and the red flag flies over the July column. Bullets roam the square and General Négrier advances, followed by a few men, towards the center of the square.

A Silhouette of an airplane flies into the distance with the words, “Over There!”

Instead, a heron emerges from the hollow between the banks and flies towards the water. In conformity with the original watercolour, Short's mezzotint is indiscriminate and impressio...

If you stop to watch it, that instant it sounds a loud shrill note of alarm; and should you advance farther towards it, when it has neither nest nor young, off it flies quite out of ...

When he finds out it was a gift from Lil’s boss, he flies into a jealous rage, snatches the case away, leaps in the air, and stomps on it, crying out “He’s sweet on you, the old bug,...

Deviations include the lack of five, five-pointed stars arched below and the placement of the latin motto "Alis Volat Propriis" (she flies with her own wings). On the actual seal, th...

The flies are suspended from an elegant bar brooch, on which sits the largest of the flies.

The sleeping soldier set within a jumble of armor with neither face nor hands exposed, is covered with what appears to be a shield emblazoned with two flies on a white field, somewha...