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Vase and plate; William Chaffers (British, active 1870s); London, England; 1872; Woodburytype; 12.3 × 8.9 cm (4 13,16 × 3 1,2 in.)
Vase and plate; William Chaffers (British, active 1870s); London, England; 1872; Woodburytype; 12.3 × 8.9 cm (4 13,16 × 3 1,2 in.)
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Showcase with objects of (noble) metal; Halls of crafts July 1962..Tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte. Unknown, photographer about 1865-1880 A sarcophagus set on a rectangular base in the center of a round building. The walls of the building are lined with niches, relief sculptures, and groups of flags on low poles. The floor of the tomb is decorated with patterns encircling the tomb. The pattern nearest the tomb has words such as "Pyramides," "Marenco," and "Austerlitz" painted along the border.Young Girl Wearing Gingham Shawl, Resting on Pillow 1853-56 Beckers & Piard. Young Girl Wearing Gingham Shawl, Resting on Pillow. Beckers & Piard. 1853-56. Daguerreotype. PhotographsPhoto collection Government information service. Wrought iron clock in French style. undatedTablecloth and towel with embroidery; Fluzka do prostirky; Rucnik. .Showcase with European porcelain; Halls of arts and crafts July 1962 ..Older Man Wearing Top Hat and Coat. Artist: Unknown (American). Dimensions: Image: 9.1 x 6.7 cm (3 9/16 x 2 5/8 in.)Plate: 10.8 x 8.3 cm (4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)Case: 1.9 x 11.7 x 9.4 cm (3/4 x 4 5/8 x 3 11/16 in.). Date: 1850s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Still Life of Two Vases on Covered Table; French, Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard (French, 1802 - 1872); Lille, France; about 1853; Albumen silver printStill Life Reminiscent of Dutch Painting. Heinrich Kühn (Austrian, born Germany, 1866 - 1944)Head of a maiden 17th-18th century Italian. Head of a maiden 198347Still life by Franz Antoine d. J. depicting a stone mug, helmet with harness, various weapons, and a botanical book, photographed on salt paper and mounted on a box in August 1859.Belgian photo album with standard with 24 photos, anonymous, anonymous, 1860 - 1900 Photo album with 6 sheets with a total of 24 photos. The album contains, except for one loose photo, cabinet photos, all portraits. Two portraits are attached in the frontplate. The album can also be used as a photo frame, a metal standard is attached to the back platform. photographic support. cardboard. plush. metal. glass carbon print / albumen print historical persons. adult man. adult woman. adolescent, young woman, maiden37 Miniature portraits of Dutch writers, Anonymous, c. 1873 - In or Before 1878 Photo montage paper albumen print portrait of a writerThree earthenware scales and pots of the Hopi people from Arizona, Gustaf Nordenskiöld (Possible), c. 1891 - In or Before 1893 photomechanical print Three earthenware scales and pots of the Hopi people from Arizona. ArizonaVienna paper container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vaseElaborate Design for a Chandelier 19th century Anonymous, French, 19th century French. Elaborate Design for a Chandelier 359617State Ceremonial Trophy. (Germany.); The International Exhibition of 1862..Portrait of an unknown sitting woman, Anonymous, 1855 - 1870 photograph glass. metal. velvet (fabric weave). leather ambrotype historical persons. sitting figure - AA - female human figureBell from 1850 from the local Wróblowice (Galicia), requisitioned in 1917/1918 - a general view between other bells; Not after 5.10.1918 (1917-00-00-1918-00-00);Still life with statuette and basket.Commemorative key, key case; 1833 (1833-00-00-1833-00-00);Five scales and candlesticks. Above: two scales, under: three candlesticks decorated with figures.Armchair, 1885, S.-PeterburgJohn Tuffs ca. 1861 Augustus Saint-Gaudens American During Saint-Gaudenss years as a cameo cutters apprentice, he helped his employer meet the demand for carved shell broaches, bracelets, and other wearable keepsakes. The delicately-rendered portrait of New York attorney John Tuffs (1812-1859) is believed to be his earliest surviving work. A posthumous portrait likely based on a daguerreotype, it presents the sitter in a technically challenging three-quarter pose. The young apprentice dutifully conveyed the details of Tuffs dress and the thin wisps of his hair, yet with equal precision he naively depicted Tuffss wandering left eye. More than ten years after ordering the portrait of her husband, Hannah Rohr Tuffs (1829-1905) commissioned her pendant cameo (1990.78.2a,b) when visiting Rome with her sister. The pair is housed in original velvet-lined leather cases.. John Tuffs 13396Hands Resting on Tool; Tina Modotti (American, born Italy, 1896 - 1942); Mexico; 1927; Palladium print; 19.7 x 21.6 cm (7 3,4 x 8 1,2 in.)Showcase with glass objects, mainly jars; Louis Xiiie Gang ..Still life with musical instruments, Henri Charles Guérard, after Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin, c. 1890 print paper. pencil etching still life of related objects. musical instruments; group of musical instrumentsTwo tulips with shell and two crickets, Jacob Marrel, 1639 drawing The drawing is part of an album. parchment (animal material). deck paint. pencil. watercolor (paint) brush flowers: tulip. insects: cricket. molluscs (+ shell, snail-shell etc.)Snow landscape with a wooden chopping man, anonymous, c. 1862 - in or before 1867 photograph United States of America photographic support albumen print snow. winter landscape; landscape symbolizing winter (the four seasons of the year). tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: axe. adult manYoung Woman with Elbow Resting on Small Pile of Books and Head on Hand 1840s Unknown The daguerreotype, the first photographic process, was invented by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (French, 1787-1851) and spread rapidly around the world after its presentation to the public in Paris in 1839. Exposed in a camera obscura and developed in mercury vapors, each highly polished silvered copper plate is a unique photograph that, when viewed in proper light, exhibits extraordinary detail and three-dimensionality. The daguerreotype soon became extremely popular in the United States, where in the 1840s and 1850s thousands of daguerreotypists vied for clients from Boston and New York to San Francisco. The new medium’s success here was built upon the patronage of the average citizen who desired a simple likeness to keep or, perhaps, to send to a loved one in the era’s most enduring pledge of friendship.. Young Woman with Elbow Resting on Small Pile of Books and Head on Hand 291822Showcase with plates, tiles and drinking equipment; West. Courtyard. .Bayonne, France Basque museum, tombstones , 1924 - Aquitaine - Auguste Léon (French - Bayonne , France Musée basque , pierres tombales). Stele, interior view, funeral architecture, sculpture, funeral inscription, sculpted decor, Habitat , Architecture , Art , Inscription , information, France, Bayonne, tombstonesPlaques hanging against a fabric background; Silver cabinet. .Burial portrait of an unknown woman, 1880 - 1950 photograph . adult womanWooden barrels with drink on a rack. Part of family album including photos of Wijnhandel Kraaij & Co. Bordeaux-Amsterdam.Box Of Stereoscopic Views, Thirty-Six Selected Haynes Stereoscopic Views of the Yellowstone National Park; Photographed by Frank Jay Haynes (American, 1853 - 1921); cream paperboard; Overall: 18.4 x 9.5 x 5.1 cm (7 1/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 in.) Each card: 8.9 x 17.7 cm (3 1/2 x 7 in.) Each photograph mounted side by side: 8 x 7.5 cm (3 3/16 x 3 in.)World Exhibition , Bierbrauerei von Kammel in Scheletau No, Michael Frankenstein , Comp, Photo Studio, Viennese Photographer Association, Publishing HouseJoan Larsen's 21st birthday cake, March 1942, maker unknown. Gift of Andrea Hill, 2009.Product image from A. W Nilsson's factories, Malmö.Cagon No 25 B.Composition of 8 photos and decoration of dried branches.Discarded large metal container, Franklin, New Hampshire. Benning N. Poor (American, active 1860s - 1870s)Boiler type. Referral donor's brother's grandfather's name Officer in Umeå.Another view of the throne which Sultan Selim I captured in Iran, and kept in the Treasury of the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace) / Abdullah FrèresCross with fluted barrel Claude-Louis Bernier (1755-1830). Cross with fluted barrel. Black stone. 1786.The Salon of 1850 Salon de 1850. Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820 - 1884)Middle-aged Man with Glasses Holding Pocket Watch. Artist: Antoine-François-Jean Claudet (French, active Great Britain, 1797-1867). Dimensions: Image: 11.3 x 8.7 cm (4 7/16 x 3 7/16 in.)Plate: 14.6 x 12.2 cm (5 3/4 x 4 13/16 in.)Case: 2.2 x 17.8 x 15.2 cm (7/8 x 7 x 6 in.). Date: 1844-1859. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Post-mortem of man with Legion d'Honneur ribbon, c. 1850. France. Daguerreotype, sixth plate; overall: 8 x 7 cm (3 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.).Platter - "Hospital, Boston". Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 22.9 x 25.4 cm (9 x 10 in.) Original IAD Object: 12 3/4" long; 9 3/4" wide. Medium: black and white photograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Helmut Hiatt.Fountains in Bad Elster, Monuments and memorials to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Park benches in Germany, Parks in Saxony, 1912, Vogtlandkreis, Bad Elster, Goethe, BrunnenTrade cards depicting flowers, girls, Easter eggs and a barn interior.. Trade cards. 1876 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Easter, Eggs, FlowersGezicht op genua, Ferrier father -son and shoe (Possible), 1860 - 1870 Knee Glass. Seal Rand: Paper slide city-view in general; 'veduta' KneeTwo wooden plots, three female ceramic figures13th New Jersey Inf't. Monument , Battlefields, Monuments & memorials, Sculpture, Historical markersParis (11th arr.), FRANCE MERCHANTE FLOWERS Place Voltaire, Current Place Léon-Blum , (French - Paris ( XIe arr. ) , France Marchande de fleurs place Voltaire , actuelle place Léon-Blum). Small job, itinerant trade, flower, rear, place, Economic activity, First World War, France, Paris, Flower Merchant Place Voltaireportrait of a young man and woman, 1852-1858, Jeremiah Gurney, American, 1812 - 1895, 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (8.26 x 6.99 cm) (image)3 5/8 x 3 1/4 x 7/8 in. (9.21 x 8.26 x 2.22 cm) (mount), Daguerreotype (1/6 plate), hand tinted, United States, 19th centuryIrving Cockloft, 1864, Jeremiah Gurney; Publisher: Hurd and Houghton, New York, American, 1812 - 1895, 3 9/16 x 2 13/16 in. (9.05 x 7.14 cm) (image)9 1/2 x 11 in. (24.13 x 27.94 cm) (mount), Albumen print, United States, 19th centuryBowls, 1870-1890 , New Zealand, maker unknown.Stove, designed by A. Stevens for Robson & Hoole of Sheffield.. Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820-1877. Prints. 1852. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Decorative arts , Exhibitions, Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)Photo Frames, anonymous, 1890 - 1910 Photograph. visit card. frame baryta paper. cardboard. glass. textile materials gelatin silver print child. anonymous historical person portrayedGreat Britain, Scotland, Edinburgh, The Writers' Museum, Robert Louis Stevenson Room, Exhibit of Robert Louis Stevenson MemorabiliaSeated Young Man with Arm Resting on Table. Artist: Unknown (American). Dimensions: Image: 6.5 x 5.3 cm (2 9/16 x 2 1/16 in.)Plate: 8.3 x 7 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)Case: 1 x 9.5 x 8.1 cm (3/8 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/16 in.). Date: 1840s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.The 'Prismatic' (Multi-colour) Fairy Fountain at an Exhibition in Hull. The safe manufacturer Samuel Withers & Co. of West Bromwich, Birmingham can be seen in the background. 1908A Well; Kusakabe Kimbei (Japanese, 1841 - 1934, active 1880s - about 1912); Japan; 1870s - 1890s; Hand-colored Albumen silver printThe 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: an exhibit relating to wine, including a display of wine bottles. Photograph, 1904.Floral wreath at memorial group as placed for May 30, 1940, Quabbin Park Cemetery, Ware, Mass., June 5, 1940 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, cemeteriesPaper collectors badge of the Society for the Protection of Children Central Office of Publishers of the Supreme National Committee, Printing House of the Jagiellio UniversityGroup of 14 stereographs of Africa and Actors. Artist: Unknown; Kilburn Brothers (American, active ca. 1865-1890); H. Ropes & Co., American. Dimensions: Mounts approximately: 8.2 x 17.1 cm (3 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.) to 8.9 x 17.8 cm (3 1/2 x 7 in.). Publisher: Keystone View Company; Underwood & Underwood (American); F. G. Weller (1833-1877). Date: 1850s-1910s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.