John Dickson Batten (1860-1932) initially studied law before realising he'd chosen the wrong career. His subsequent paintings contained mythological & allegorical motifs which ultimately steered him toward illustrating fairy tales, nursery rhymes & nonsense tales.

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We won't rest until every ghast, spook, and ghoulie are free from their allegorical demijohn. That's the Ghost in a Bottle Promise™

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The man has been out of office for a year and a half now and they're STILL thinking about him enough to have allegorical jabs at him in the stuff they make?

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Odilon Redon, Allegorical Figure (The Giant), 19th-20th century https://t.co/OgBkpPkpz3

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Jacques de Lalaing (1858-1917) Anglo-Belgian painter/sculptor, specializing in animals. As a painter he continued to work in a realistic, naturalistic style, as a portrait painter and producing historical scenes. As a sculptor he produced allegorical bronzes and memorial art.

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new picture from the series ,, In close vicinity ,, about people who live their full lives in ,,apocalypse,, . at first I removed it because of lack of necessary allegoricalness, but now I inserted it again. Today was hard day- let it be here.

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Allegorical engraving of Elizabeth I as a female British warrior-queen. She is channeling St. George complete with a hydra-dragon representing Spain. The Latin text reads "Elizabeth queen of England & Hibernia (Scotland), etc." In the background is the English fleet

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Second to none
Willing and able
Call forth the chosen one
King by fear and fable (c)

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Attack (Fin. Hyökkäys) is an 1899 painting by Finnish artist Edvard Isto. Dedicated to the events of the Russification of Finland and allegorically depicts the attack of a double-headed eagle on a Finnish girl. It is in the collection of the National Museum of Finland

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We look at the history and shifting representation of mermaids in art, shown at sea, longing for the shore, or joining allegorical narratives.

https://t.co/2JZkpkaong

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Odilon Redon, Allegorical Figure (The Giant), 19th-20th century https://t.co/OgBkpPkpz3

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An allegorical text in which the Sufi mystical journey towards truth is narrated through the symbolic use of animals, especially birds.

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See the rivers flowing
Downwards to the sea,
Pouring all their treasures
Bountiful and free?
Yet to help their giving
Hidden springs arise;
Or,if need be,showers
Feed them from the skies!

✍️Adelaide Anne Procter(1825-1864)
🎨George Dunlop Leslie (Allegorical Maidens)
🤗💝🙏😉✨

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Excited to share the latest addition to my shop: Sandman Original Weaver Bringer Allegorical Deity Sage Starry Kingdom Whimsical In Violet Blue https://t.co/EEBtuEhD8L

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The Eleusinian Mysteries, one of the most acclaimed religious festivals in the Greek world honored Demeter, goddess of the harvest and her daughter, Persephone, queen of the underworld. The myth is allegorical of agricultural renewal, from life to death and back.

Persephone

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Allegorica Draconis ()

Each piece is an allegory in itself that will be interpreted by the observer to complete the artistic phenomenon

Voksen
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Voksen (Allegorica Draconis Colection )

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Dragons do not exist in material form but they can exist in an allegorical way. It is fitting then that this work exists only in digital form through a collection of 1/1 NFTs

Allegorica Draconis ()

1-Lille
2-Eget
3-Voksen
4-Dehinaka


https://t.co/uhPowww7wN

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I often wonder Eskel x Jaskier x Geralt 🤔🤔🤔
Allegorical sketch

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