Antique Poem

This poem became the struggle song of the German Workers' Association (later the SPD Social Democratic Party).

I kept it for me for long time: now it's for another reader, lover of poems.

From the edition of only 50 impressions printed with a short poem. Two minor edge tears at the right sheet edge, one measuring approximately 1-inch, the other approximately 1/4- inch...

The Chinese scholar drew his inspiration from nature; He didn't venture into nature to paint or compose poems, explains Christie's specialist Pola Antebi.

Kangxi was so happy that he asked the “翰林院 Hanlin Academy” to write poems to entertain for fun. Herein extracted a good line of the poem: 重译梯航神兽通, Re-run of the Maritime Silk Road an...

These included his hatred of cruelty to animals and defence of beards (which were extremely unfashionable at the time), and his works were sometime accompanied by lengthy explanation...

A French 18 karat (18K) yellow gold love charm pendant with a rebus spelling out "Plus qu'hier, moins que demain" ("More than yesterday, less than tomorrow") - a line taken from the ...

A rectangular Japanese porcelain bowl decorated in blue and white colours. Motives of a poem and a rooster and hen. A very attractive piece of Japanese porcelain.

Vuillard’s lithograph is a visual poem of dense textures, ghostly forms, and floating text, capturing the introspective tone of the production and the intellectual world around it.

There are several literary passages that mention a tiger in a landscape and could have inspired this work, but William Blake's "The Tyger" (1794) is the most famous poem about a tige...

There are several literary passages that mention a tiger in a landscape and could have inspired this work, but William Blake's "The Tyger" (1794) is the most famous poem about a tige...

The poem is an outstanding example in the English language of the genre of mock-epic.

There is a signature and a poem engraved on side. Comes from an old Swedish collection formed in the 1950s.

Subject: Seascape of Maine Coast Medium: Gouache on paper Artist Julian Walbridge Rix Signature: Lower Left Corner "J.W. Rix" Poem on verso titled, "The Queen of the Wood Feast" by ...

The book is highly sought after and features twenty etched plate drawings of realistic cats, each one named and with a corresponding poem.

The discourse between Piscator and Venator as Piscator teaches Venator how to bait a hook, catch varied species of freshwater fish, and cook them, is enriched with songs and poems, f...

Each new development in the English Royal Family was signalled by engraved shells, complete with commemorative inscriptions and poems, one signed by the engraver C. H. Wood, horn emb...

More than a decorative object, this is a sculptural poem in stillness...a rare piece where silence becomes style.

Homer was author of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Chikanobu presents them from right to left: the New Year Festival / Oshogatsu when special gifts are offered on footed trays of unpainted wood / sambo ; Boys’ Festival / Tango no sek...

Coleridge's favourite Poem called Zapolya: or the Warwolf.» [Wise 46].

Poem loosely translates to: Whose hometown? I don't know where...

Bensley of Fleet Street Illustrated engraving plates throughout add visual interest to the poetry Includes the titular poems in part 1 & 2, The Two Sisters and To a Friend on his Mar...

The inspiration behind the design is John Milton’s poem ‘Paradise Lost’, first published in 1667, which recounts the biblical tale of humanity’s fall, highlighting Satan’s temptation...

The most astounding detail – if there is one detail less impressive than the other with this piece – is the verse that winds its way around the ''hull'' of this vessel and which goes...

If Love thou art—then farewell rest. The poem is a playful twist on the language of romance and passion, casting it in a light of over-the-top melodrama, which, when paired with the...

He possessed a refined aesthetic sense, was highly educated, and even left a collection of poems behind. Some of the architectural marvels attributed to his reign include the Temple ...

Ink is ground with dew that has accumulated on potato leaves, poems and wishes are written on five colored strips of paper, which are then hung on bamboo branches to celebrate the tw...

Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938) Study for "Le Cocher" carbon pencil on thin paper 14.5 x 13 cm In good condition Framed : 36.7 x 31 cm Provenance: Estate of the artist and...

Torquato Tasso (1544–1595) was an Italian Renaissance poet best known for his epic poem Gerusalemme liberata (1581), which masterfully recounts the Siege of Jerusalem during the Firs...

He also participated in the artistic life of Montmartre; created a local newspaper; wrote articles, fairy tales and poems.

Fionn MacCumhail was transformed into the character "Fingal" in James Macpherson's poem cycle Ossian (1760), which Macpherson claimed was translated out of discovered Ossianic poetry...

This English bust depicts the legendary poet and author Homer who is presumed to have penned the two of ancient Greece’s most epic poems: the Iliad and the Odyssey. Scholars are unce...

The painting is accompanied by an original poem by C.D. Stewart. The popular subject, fine condition, period frame, and poem make it a wonderful addition to any collector’s home.

A charming large antique staffordshire flat back pottery double figure of Tam O`Shanter and Souter Johnny from the world famous poem by Robert Burns, Period Victorian: These figure...

It is likely that the title of this piece was taken from a poem written by William Whiting in 1860. Whiting, originally from Winchester, was a student who was about to set sail for t...

From the special edition of signed and numbered impressions before the edition that was published to include the poem of the same title by François Coppé. In very good condition with...

One of the early earls is rumoured to have been a poet of some significance and the great Robert Burns, Scotland's most famous poet, referred to the family in his poem Highland Mary ...

The composition unfolds like a gentle poem of rural life, with lush vegetation embracing rolling hills while an ancient windmill stands majestically on the distant hillside, creating...

The name Bimini was taken from a poem by Heinrich Haine, 1852, which refers to Bimini as a 'miracle island ith the spring water of eternal youth'.

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right "A Successful Man," by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, from book Poems of Optimism (1919).

WILLIAM COMBE (1742 – 1823) was a British writer best known as the author of The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax, a comic poem, illustrated by artist Thomas Rowlandson's color plates.

A French 18 karat (18K) yellow gold love charm pendant with a rebus spelling out "Plus qu'hier, moins que demain" ("More than yesterday, less than tomorrow") - a line taken from the ...

Samuel Palmer had always admired the work of John Milton, and executed a suite of watercolors which were made into photo-engravings for "The Shorter Poems of John Milton" published i...

Samuel Palmer had always admired the work of John Milton, and executed a suite of watercolors which were made into photo-engravings for "The Shorter Poems of John Milton" published i...

The artwork is part of the Poem of Paul Feuillâtre. The work is glued on cardboard. 

Also noteworthy on the back is the presence of a poem in English, attributable to the Irish poet and lyricist Thomas Moor (1779-1852) which reads: “By Celia's arbor all the night / H...

What is also striking though is that the carving on the serpentine base mirrors the carving on the top edge of the chest. To complete the poem in intricate carving and blind fretwor...

Hamilton also wrote many letters, poems, and five tales.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox's powerful three-part poem advocates for a shift in the artistic and spiritual portrayal of Christianity.

The name Bimini was taken from a poem by Heinrich Haine, 1852, which refers to Bimini as a 'miracle island ith the spring water of eternal youth'.

The name Bimini was taken from a poem by Heinrich Haine, 1852, which refers to Bimini as a 'miracle island ith the spring water of eternal youth'.

They were used to hold scrolls of ancient scripture and poems written in Chinese calligraphy. 19th-century era ( Possible Qianlong dynasty era) Large fishbowl/planter of the Chinese...

A French 18 karat (18K) yellow gold love charm pendant with a rebus spelling out "Plus qu'hier, moins que demain" ("More than yesterday, less than tomorrow") - a line taken from the ...

The set includes some of Shakespeare's plays and poems, making it a must-have for any library. Regarded as the greatest writer in the English language, Shakespeare is called England'...

Woven for the elite salons and chateaux of the Belle Époque, its romantic pastoral scene unfolds with the grace of an oil painting and the subtle complexity of a symphonic poem. At t...

At that time Shelley in fact thought that the events were too recent to issue the poem.

Woven beneath Anatolia’s golden light, this hand knotted wool antique Turkish Oushak rug unfurls like a page from an epic poem—each thread a stanza of harmony and heritage.

Though he died in 1321, Dante’s works have lived on throughout the centuries, his epic poem ‘La Commedia’ (also known as ‘The Divine Comedy’) considered one of the world’s greatest w...

Meiji period (1868-1912) ink painting of plum branches in bloom against a full moon with calligraphy. The calligraphy is a poem about winter. Signature reads: Matsuura Ryosai, Dated:...