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Artistic Portraits and Caricatures

Prints and etchings illustrating figures and portraits from the 18th and 19th centuries, focusing on character and societal roles in a stylized manner.

The corner of the sofa, no. 3 | Library of Congress
The corner of the sofa, no. 3 | Library of Congress
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Chahine, Edgar (n.1874 - D.1947), Le Tonneau (Tabanelli 232) (main title), 1907. Dry point on Japan. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.
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Detective. Christian Boltanski; French, born 1944. Date: 1972-1973. Dimensions: . Black-and-white photomechanical reproduction mounted on paper, glass, and tape. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Painting the panorama of Rac Avice: Micha Soza -standing pallets on scaffolding with a part of the scenes presenting the scenes Escasts of Russian artillery vehicles in the direction Janowiczek; Unknown, Hamel and Feigl (Lviv; Sk Ad photographic materials; 1892-Ca 1905); 1893/1894 (1893-00-00-1894-00-00);Hamel and Feigl (Lviv - composition of photographic materials - 1892 -Ca 1905), Kossak, Wojciech (1856-1942), Kossak, Wojciech (1856-1942) - reproduction, Lviv (Ukraine), Universal National Exhibition (Lviv - 1894), Sozański, Michał (1853-1923), Sozański, Michał (1853-1923)-iconography, Styka, Jan (1858-1925), Styka, Jan (1858-1925)-reproduction, Styka, Jan (1858-1925) and others . Panorama of Racławicka, painting accessories, painting, Polish painting, painters, painting panoramas, portraits, portraits of artists, artists' studios, painting workshops, scaffolding, purchase (provenance)
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Man with fur hat and pipe, Quirin Boel (attributed to), after David Teniers (II), 1635 - 1690 print Bust of a man with a fur hat on. He is putting a pipe. A second pipe is attached to his hat. paper etching pipe ~ tobacco
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Phra-Kéo-Pha, Frère du Roi. Artist: Emile Gsell (French, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 1838-1879 Vietnam). Dimensions: 24.8 x 20.8 cm (9 3/4 x 8 3/16 in.). Date: 1866. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Serenade, Johann Wilhelm Kaiser (I), after Judith Leyster, 1823 - 1900 print Lute player with a beret with feathers on his head. The print is part of a series of 25 prints to Dutch masters. Above the image: PL XV. paper. etching tuning the lute
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Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair - Cricket. 'A Century Maker'. K.L. Hustings. 14 August 1907, 1907. Chromolithograph.
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Zelfportret: B-1-1, 14 februari. Zelfportretten van Cor van Teeseling (series title). Draughtsman: Cor van Teeseling. Dating: 14-Feb-1942. Place: Weteringschans (Amsterdam). Measurements: h 35.5 cm × w 27.0 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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L.E. Myers, Runner, from World's Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes 1888 Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from "World's Champions," Series 2 (N29), issued in 1888 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes.. L.E. Myers, Runner, from World's Champions, Series 2 (N29) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes 410371
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Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704-1767, Le garcon content, undated. Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper.
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Figure 57: Astonishment, stupefaction, amazement 1854-56, printed 1862 Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne de Boulogne French. Figure 57: Astonishment, stupefaction, amazement 623059
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Aggression, wickedness, plate 18 from the album, The Mechanism of Human Facial Expression. Dated: 1854-1856. Dimensions: image: 22 × 16.2 cm (8 11/16 × 6 3/8 in.) mount: 40.2 × 27.6 cm (15 13/16 × 10 7/8 in.). Medium: albumen print, printed 1862. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne).
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Washington & Lincoln (Apotheosis) / S.J. Ferris, Pinxt. ; Photo. and pub. by Phil. Pho. Co., 730 Chestnut St.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Death & burial, Washington, George, 1732-1799, Death & burial, Apotheosis, 1860-1870, Death, 1860-1870, Wreaths, 1860-1870, Symbols, 1860-1870.
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Black Anonymous. "Noiret". Lithograph, 1880-1900.
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Highland Fling, from National Dances (N225, Type 2) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the series "National Dances" (N225), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Brothers Cigarettes for Kinney Tobacco Company. There were two card variations issued within the series. Type 1 cards display a white border around the edges whereas Type 2 have no border.. Highland Fling, from National Dances (N225, Type 2) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company
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F.F. Ives, Cyclist, from World's Champions, Second Series (N43) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 15/16 x 3 1/4 in. (7.4 x 8.3 cm). Lithographer: Lindner, Eddy & Claus (American, New York). Publisher: Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia). Date: 1888.Trade cards from "World's Champions," Second Series (N43), issued in 1888 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Ike Weir, Pugilist, from World's Champions, Series 1 (N28) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (7 x 3.8 cm). Lithographer: Lindner, Eddy & Claus (American, New York). Publisher: Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia). Date: 1887.Trade cards from "World's Champions," Series 1 (N28), issued in 1887 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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'Le Chef de l'Hôtel Chatham, Paris', c1921. Artist: William Newenham Montague Orpen.
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Rip Van Winkle Daniel Chester French (American, 1850-1931). Rip Van Winkle, 1925. Bronze, 19 x 6 x 6 1/2 in., 14.2 lb. (48.3 x 15.2 x 16.5 cm, 6.4kg). American Art 1925
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The Star Boarder, Charles H. Boyle (center), surrounded by caricatures of John Philip Sousa, 1890s.
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Detective. Christian Boltanski; French, born 1944. Date: 1972-1973. Dimensions: . Black-and-white photomechanical reproduction mounted on paper, glass, and tape. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Selma Burke with her portrait bust of Booker T. Washington. Burke, Selma, 1900-. 1935 - 1943. Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Artists , United States, African American artists, African American art, Artists, Black, Federal Art Project, United States. Works Progress Administration, Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915, Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
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Self-Portrait. Artist: El Lissitzky (Russian, Pochinok 1890-1941 Moscow). Dimensions: Image: 17.3 x 12.1 cm (6 13/16 x 4 3/4 in.). Date: 1924-25.Before the outbreak of World War I and his return to Russia, El (Lazar Mordukovich) Lissitzky studied architecture and engineering in Germany and traveled in Europe absorbing the new imagery of Cubism, Futurism, and Expressionism. In 1919 he began teaching in Vitebsk, where he worked closely with Kasemir Malevich. From this rich ground emerged his Proun paintings (1919-23), imaginary free-floating quasi-architectural constructions clearly informed by Suprematist and Constructivist principles.One of Lissitzky's most famous works is a photographic self-portrait entitled "The Constructor," which superimposes the artist's eye and his hand holding a compass onto graph paper, with the implication that the artist is a visionary engineer--a notion common among avant-garde artists of the 1910s and 1920s. This self-portrait was made during the same peri
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Study of the Head of John the Baptist in a Charger. Date/Period: 1855. Photographyy. Albumen print. Height: 157 mm (6.18 in); Width: 203 mm (7.99 in). Author: Oscar Gustave Rejlander.
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Franz Xaver Kozell 1767-1842, Hofrat, Knight of the Leopold Order, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated