Form Collection (page 5)

Letter Z: These men have knees, praying to God that He will help them, and the light in zigzags, resemble Z
DUV4214796 Letter Z: These men have knees, praying to God that He will help them, and the light in zigzags, resemble Z, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim)

'La soupe du Bonhomme', 19th century (chromo)
DUV4208792 'La soupe du Bonhomme', 19th century (chromo); Private Collection; (add.info.: The soup of the Bonhomme. Children's games.); Photo © Duvallon.

Sporting brooches mounted in diamonds: pug dog, frog, wheel, polo pony, locust, etc
FLO4709594 Sporting brooches mounted in diamonds: pug dog, frog, wheel, polo pony, locust, etc. Chromolithograph from Edwin Street's Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London

Red Laughter, Satirical in Colours, 1918_12_7: War of 14 -18, Belligerants and Symbols
ICA4849151 Red Laughter, Satirical in Colours, 1918_12_7: War of 14 -18, Belligerants and Symbols, Astronomy - Illustration by Georges Lorin (1850-1927); (add.info.: Red Laughter)

Nude seated in front of a mirror, 1929 (pencil & ink on paper)
2651484 Nude seated in front of a mirror, 1929 (pencil & ink on paper) by Rooke, Noel (1881-1953); Private Collection; © Liss Fine Art.

Korean nobleman or government official carried in a form of litter by four porters with straps over shoulders
528250 Korean nobleman or government official carried in a form of litter by four porters with straps over shoulders. Two personal attendants hold the chair. Watercolour c1890

Man, woman & small boy working wheel for combing long staple wool into slivers for worsted manufacture
538585 Man, woman & small boy working wheel for combing long staple wool into slivers for worsted manufacture, c.1845 (engraving); (add.info.: Man)

Chapter head illustration by Gustave Dore for the Drolatic Tales (1855) by Honore de Balzac (1799-1850)
PCT4285093 Chapter head illustration by Gustave Dore for the Drolatic Tales (1855) by Honore de Balzac (1799-1850): the succubus (vampire) - skeleton, death, heart, blood- by Dore

Pate-de-verre pendants, c.1920s (pate-de-verre glass, cord)
991185 Pate-de-verre pendants, c.1920s (pate-de-verre glass, cord) by Argy-Rousseau, Gabriel (1885-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pate-de-verre pendants)

An Indo Portuguese floor spread of couched yellow floss silk ground, with a central roundel depicting a pelican
1767179 An Indo Portuguese floor spread of couched yellow floss silk ground, with a central roundel depicting a pelican, peacocks and mermaids (silk); 170x262 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Self Portrait
Merel Takken

Petra
Merel Takken

Canine
Ariel Ariel

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing in a heart a hairy man regaining his fiance during a leave, 1918
LUX4740484 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing in a heart a hairy man regaining his fiance during a leave, 1918; (add.info)

Perspective view of Jesse Ramsden's circular dividing engine, 1773. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry
FLO4592311 Perspective view of Jesse Ramsden's circular dividing engine, 1773. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

Patriotic map showing a soldier in uniform in a trench thinking of his child appearing in a star
LUX4743425 Patriotic map showing a soldier in uniform in a trench thinking of his child appearing in a star and titled "Star of the Hairy"

Letter G: This monkey, see-you, he is there to sing the great G, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214965 Letter G: This monkey, see-you, he is there to sing the great G, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Letter G: This monkey, see-you, he is there to sing the great G, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214951 Letter G: This monkey, see-you, he is there to sing the great G, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Letter H: By giving your hand, you have, without knowing, the turn that the H has! 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214948 Letter H: By giving your hand, you have, without knowing, the turn that the H has! 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Letter U: By the feet to the trapeze one sees the hanging of the great U, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214829 Letter U: By the feet to the trapeze one sees the hanging of the great U, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Letter W: Two candy cones, it's often happened, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214804 Letter W: Two candy cones, it's often happened, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Letter A: When the mouth, opens to shout: the mouth does Ah!, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4215012 Letter A: When the mouth, opens to shout: the mouth does Ah!, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Letter B: When one has the mouth in heart, the beak bomb makes a great B, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4215009 Letter B: When one has the mouth in heart, the beak bomb makes a great B, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Letter E: the nanny blows up the marmot astonished, does not he looks like a E? 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214986 Letter E: the nanny blows up the marmot astonished, does not he looks like a E? 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Letter L: Ah! I cut myself! But what can I see, o heaven! Man, arm and razor, we draw three L, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214909 Letter L: Ah! I cut myself! But what can I see, o heaven! Man, arm and razor, we draw three L, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim)

Letter T: When we see this hammer, we see represent the great T, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214832 Letter T: When we see this hammer, we see represent the great T, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Puddling furnace and mechanical hammer (right background): Pig iron puddled to remove carbon and oxygen
531837 Puddling furnace and mechanical hammer (right background): Pig iron puddled to remove carbon and oxygen, ball of hot metal (bloom) then hammered. Process sometimes repeated

Boiling, a form of puddling, at Phoenix Iron Works, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. From The Science Record, New York, 1873
530438 Boiling, a form of puddling, at Phoenix Iron Works, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. From The Science Record, New York, 1873; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Jeune Femme au Bouquet (oval oil on canvas, laid down on board)
985524 Jeune Femme au Bouquet (oval oil on canvas, laid down on board) by Sonrel, Elisabeth (1874-1953) (attr. to); 61.2x55.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A Victorian diamond necklace/tiara, c.1890; An antique Russian diamond brooch
1766503 A Victorian diamond necklace/tiara, c.1890; An antique Russian diamond brooch, c.1890; An antique diamond serpent brooch, later rhodium plated, c.1840; five Victorian star brooches

In the Piazza San Marco, (gouache, chalk and pen and brown ink)
827280 In the Piazza San Marco, (gouache, chalk and pen and brown ink) by Dulac, Edmund (1882-1953); 30.5x24.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: In the Piazza San Marco. Edmund Dulac (1882-1953)

Arthur Balfour, Conservative, and Herbert Asquith, Liberal, with their Christmas stockings
527908 Arthur Balfour, Conservative, and Herbert Asquith, Liberal, with their Christmas stockings. In the General Election of December 1910 neither had an overall majority

A specter of Brocken, the enlarged shadow of an object, here a mountaineer
NWI4929527 A specter of Brocken, the enlarged shadow of an object, here a mountaineer, observed from a mountain summit in the direction opposite the sun, on fog

Patio de la Monteria (hunting court) (late 14th century) of the fortified palace of the Alcazar of Seville (Spain)
JEB4936565 Patio de la Monteria (hunting court) (late 14th century) of the fortified palace of the Alcazar of Seville (Spain); (add.info)

First World War: France, Postcard showing an aviator distributing hearts to the admirers looking at him from their
LUX4734647 First World War: France, Postcard showing an aviator distributing hearts to the admirers looking at him from their windows titled the magnet of hearts

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a soldier at the front reading a letter from his fiancee, 1918
LUX4742769 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a soldier at the front reading a letter from his fiancee, 1918; (add.info.: World War I - War 14-18 (1914-1918) - World War I (WWI or WW1)

Sporting brooches mounted in diamonds: dog, horse, hansom cab, pheasant, and cat
FLO4709583 Sporting brooches mounted in diamonds: dog, horse, hansom cab, pheasant, and cat. Chromolithograph from Edwin Street's Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London

Phelp's Duplex telephone, 1879
3479333 Phelp's Duplex telephone, 1879; (add.info.: Wall form of Phelp's Duplex telephone used by the American Telephone Company. From George B. Prescott)

The months, years and centuries according to the Mexican Aztec calendar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi
FLO4622180 The months, years and centuries according to the Mexican Aztec calendar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient

Different types of flower: personate, infundibuliform, ringent, campanulate, rotate and hypocratiform
FLO4671478 Different types of flower: personate, infundibuliform, ringent, campanulate, rotate and hypocratiform. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Main's Popular Botany

Letters V and W: A candy cone: have you noticed that it looks like the letter V? Two cones of candy, it happens a lot
DUV4214816 Letters V and W: A candy cone: have you noticed that it looks like the letter V? Two cones of candy, it happens a lot. On a double bonheur alors

Letter B: When one has the mouth in heart, the beak bomb makes a great B, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214996 Letter B: When one has the mouth in heart, the beak bomb makes a great B, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Letter J: A superb pipe: we smoke at home, and in the mouth we have the J, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214921 Letter J: A superb pipe: we smoke at home, and in the mouth we have the J, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Letter M: Everyone holds the sheet with a tip and laughs. What is that? a great M, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214911 Letter M: Everyone holds the sheet with a tip and laughs. What is that? a great M, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Letter P: Poor Doc! He's badly camping! Dame Nature created a P, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214875 Letter P: Poor Doc! He's badly camping! Dame Nature created a P, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Letter V: A candy cone: have you noticed that it looks like the letter V? 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214826 Letter V: A candy cone: have you noticed that it looks like the letter V? 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

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"Form: A Multifaceted Expression of Beauty and Strength" From the majestic Waterloo Highlanders marching in perfect form to the delicate fossils from the Palaeozoic era, we witness the enduring power throughout history. Just as Dante's Paradiso depicts a saintly throng forming a celestial rose in Canto 31, art captures this essence too. Julio E Fossa-Calderon's nude painting evokes vulnerability and raw beauty, while "Whistle and I'll Come 2" beckons us with its mysterious forms. Even in recruitment cards for the U. S. Navy, form takes center stage, showcasing discipline and unity. Francois Pompon's sculpture of a polar bear reminds us that even nature embraces exquisite form. The melanistic phase of a leopard resting on a log displays an elegant yet fierce silhouette against its surroundings. But form is not limited to visual arts alone; it extends to our very identities. Fingerprint sheets tell unique stories etched upon our skin—each line representing an individual journey. Amedeo Modigliani's portrait "Alice" captures both her physical features and inner essence through his distinctive style. Intriguingly, artistic Italian nudes stand amidst stylized watery backdrops—a testament to how water molds itself around every curve and contour just as life shapes us all differently. Lastly, seven champion divers soaring through LA skies epitomize gracefulness personified by human bodies defying gravity with their flawless forms. Whether found in military precision or natural wonders captured by artists' hands, these glimpses into various forms remind us that beauty lies not only in what we see but also how it is presented—an eternal celebration of shape, structure, and expression across time and mediums alike.