How do you like this Klimt?

How do you like this Klimt? A fragment of the Beethoven Frieze, 1901-1902.

At the centre of the composition is the dreadful giant Typhon, with Sickness, Madness and Death to his left, and Lust, Wantonness and Intemperance to his right, followed by Gnawing Grief

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Old studio photograph of a bearded man in a turban and striped robe, with a dagger and a long spear, a white cat sitting at his feet.

A Kurdish warrior with a spear and a white cat in a photograph of 1870

I have been seized by an unbounded respect for this Kurdish warrior with his cat, in a photograph of 1870

Church of St Sergius of Radonezh in Tashkent, consecrated in 1897 and demolished in 1932

Until 1932 Tashkent had a church of Saint Sergius of Radonezh. It was built at the state's expense on the initiative of the Governor-General of Turkestan, Baron Alexandr Vrevsky, and the construction cost 90,000 roubles. The church stood on Pushkinskaya Street, at the junction with Assakinskaya.

Old photograph of a standing man in a hat beside a reindeer carrying two children in fur clothing, on snowy ground.

Family portrait with reindeer, photograph from the 1910s

Portrait of a family with reindeer, 1910s

Black-and-white photograph of a man turning round from the back seat of a white convertible on a Roman street at night, lit by shop signs.

Jean-Paul in an open car on Piazza Colonna in Rome, 1960s

Such a lively and eloquent photograph, with soul. Jean-Paul on Piazza Colonna in Rome in the 1960s

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A Kurdish warrior with a spear and a white cat in a photograph of 1870

Church of St Sergius of Radonezh in Tashkent, consecrated in 1897 and demolished in 1932

Family portrait with reindeer, photograph from the 1910s

Jean-Paul in an open car on Piazza Colonna in Rome, 1960s