Peacocks have always made their presence known in my life. From the mosaic picture that hung over my parent’s sofa, to my studies of the Peacock Angel, Melek Taus, the theme has left it’s impression indelibly on me.
Earthquake Damage. Lily Cole photographed by Tim Walker in Whadwhan Palace, Gujarat (India), 2005
La Grande Odalisque, 1814, Jean AugusteDominique Ingres
The Peacock Room, 1876-7, James McNeill Whistler
The Peacock Throne is the most notable piece of furniture of the Moorish Kiosk, a building located at Linderhoff Palace in Bavaria, Germany. It’s the smallest of the three palaces built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria
Illustration of Sir Vane Peacock, JJ Grandville, 1852
The Kiss, 1896 Will Bradley
Aubrey Beardsley
Alphons Mucha
Kimono by Iida Takashimaya. Circa 1904-1908
Erté
George Barbier
Illustration to a Russian fairy tale about Жар-птица (The Firebird), 1899, by Ivan Bilibin
Walter Crane
Orson Lowell
The Majestic Peacock, by Elisabeth Sonrel
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