The Old and The Ancient

Description: Astrology: the Egyptian zodiac. Coloured engraving by J. Chapman after V. Denon. Wellcome Collection

Description: Astrology: signs of the zodiac, Pisces. Coloured engraving by S. Hall. Wellcome Collection.

Description: Astrology: signs of the zodiac, Libra. Coloured engraving by S. Hall. Wellcome Collection.

Description: Astrology: signs of the zodiac, Cancer. Coloured engraving by S. Hall. Wellcome Collection.

Description: Astrology: signs of the zodiac, Aquarius. Coloured engraving by S. Hall. Wellcome Collection.

Description: A cosmological plan of 1732, based on the vision of Copernicus. Wellcome Collection.

Description: Abalone Divers (Awabi-tori) is a famous 1788 color woodblock triptych print by Japanese ukiyo-e master Kitagawa Utamaro

Description: From an album of Prints by Kikugawa Eizan, Utagawa Kunisada, and Utagawa Kunimaru

Description: A Boat Cast Adrift’ (Ukifune)

Description: woman with leopard

Description: Album of Prints by Kikugawa Eizan, Utagawa Kunisada, and Utagawa Kunimaru

Description: Ochanomizu in the Rain, mid 19th century, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Description: Woman Applying Makeup, 1918, Hashiguchi Goyo

Description: Women Near a River 1850 Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Description: Recovering the Stolen Jewel from the Palace of the Dragon King, 1853, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Description: Roshungi (Chinese, Lu Zhunyi) as a Woman with a Pipe Riding on a Buffalo_Edo Period_Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Description: Picture of Mitsumata, 19th century, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Description: Joker card from a pack of playing cards of 1888

Description: A hanging from Nurata, in southern Uzbekistan, inhabited by Tajik people

Description: 18th century french floral pattern

Description: 18-19th century print by Jacques Caillard

Description: Italian dantelle pattern by Isabella Catanea. 18-19th century Italy

Description: Yang Xiang (Yō Kō), from the series A Child’s Mirror of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijūshi kō dōji kagami) 1843, by Utagawa kuniyoshi

Description: Yanagawa Shigenobu ,1822, Konami of the Kurahashiya in the Front Group of Musicians

Description: Women Near a River, 1850, Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Description: Woman Holding Flowers, in The New York Drawing Book

Description: 19th century, Print

Description: The Poet's Cabin in Tatsumi, 1845, Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Description: Jeweled Chaplet, 1845, Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Description: The Courtesan Hanaōgi of the Ōgiya Brothel (Ōgiya Hanaōgi) by Chobunsai Eishi, 1794

Description: Sumo Wrestlers Kagamiiwa Hamanosuke and Koyanagi Tsunekichi, with Judge Sakaigawa Namiemon and Referee Shikimori Kiichirō. 1847 Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Description: Princess Yaegaki, 19th c, Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Description: Portrait of Yokogawa Kanhei Munenori, 1852, utagawa kuniyoshi

Description: Portrait of Yada Gorosaemon Suketake, 1852, utagawa kuniyoshi

Description: Portrait of Tominomori Sukeyemon Masakata, 1852, utagawa kuniyoshi

Description: Portrait of Oboshi Yuranosuke Yoshio (The Leader), 1852, Utagawa Kuniyoshi