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"The #Cyclops at their #Forge"

Engraver: #JohnMurphy
after the painting by #LucaGiordano
In Greek #mythology cyclopes were three sons of #Uranus and #Gaea. Their names were #Arges, #Brontes and #Steropes. They had to forge the thunderbolts for #Zeus. https://t.co/GXxAIFvQDf

Musaphaga commonly known as Louries live in sub-Sahara countries: Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, Zambia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa.
Hermann Schlegel and G.F. Westermann
Publ. 1860 #stunning

I have no idea, why people keep rats a a pet, but well...
The Rat. Copper engraving by J. Meyer for Johann Michael Seligmann, ca 1760.
And:
1. Le Rat 2. Le Souris 3. Le Rat D´eau
Wood engraving edited by Garnier Freres in Paris ca 1860.
https://t.co/I80yziQHL0

It’s #FrescoFriday!
Dancing!
Ikarus & Daedalus
The famous School of Athens by Raphael
https://t.co/oW6l71kS5B

Impressive costume!
Flag waving Landsknecht!
Weissenburg - Ingelheim

"Weissenburg" (In Mittelfranken)
Auf dr Rückseite:
"Ingelnheim" (Ingelheim in Rheinland-Pfalz)
https://t.co/9ixJZQipnX

@GermanAmbUK Hercules first of 12tasks: Defeat the Nemean Lion.
The Nimean Lion was not just "a lion". It was, in Greek Mythology,  a monster lion living in Nemea (a city on the Peloponnese).
Wall fresco in Herculaneum
Anonymous hand-colored (gouache) copper etching.
Published 1757-1792

Combat Singulier entre Mardi-Gras et Mercredi-des-Cendres"
Copper etching by monogramist G. B. Ch. after his own drawing.
Published in Paris, ca. 1830
Frugality fighting opulence. Frugality winning over debauchery in Ash Wednesday, the beginning of lent the ending of carnival.

Some lovely antique prints of Italy. Oh how we miss beautiful Italy!
#italy🇮🇹 #italy #italytravel #italygram #italyiloveyou #italy❤️ #antiquemaps #antiquemapsandprints #antiqueprintsforsale #antiqueprints #rareprints #italia #italien

@galdemzine "Moros-Indianer" (Bolivia)
Below the wood engraving is text that continues on the reverse side
about the indigenous peoples of Bolivia. Published 1877.

Elite Prussian military regiment formation, named for the Czar of Russia Alexander Ist. Formed in 1814, renamed, as in the title of our print in the year 1819. Russia was in that time an ally of Prussia and Soldier of Prussian Territorial Army https://t.co/BIopnhORue