1880s Coastal Pier Fashion Plate from La Moda de la Elegancia Parisiense This original 1881 hand-colored fashion engraving comes from the July edition (Tomo XIII, No. 29) of the ...
Spanish fashions for a family, Winter 1890. La Moda Elegante Ilustrada. Against the backdrop of a large family home and a stone balustrade, a mother and her five children ...
Late Victorian Spanish Fashion Plate from La Moda Elegante Ilustrada This exquisite late 19th-century winter fashion illustration originates from the December 14, 1890 extraordinary issue (No. 46) of Madrid’s ...
The sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator. They also have the largest brain of any creature. Spermaceti (sperm oil), from which ...
Turn-of-the-Century Edwardian Summer Gown and Botanical Illustration This exquisite hand-colored antique fashion plate captures the ethereal elegance of a young woman from the late Victorian to early Edwardian transition ...
元治新撰皇都細見圖 | Kōto saikenzu Street map of Kyoto, showing temples, shrines, palaces, mansions, etc. Relief shown pictorially in surrounding area. Japanese. Panel title. Oriented with north to the left. ...
1820s Regency Era Fashion Plate from Modes Parisiennes This rare 1820 hand-colored fashion engraving, plate number 94, stems from the historical French publication Modes Parisiennes during the reign of ...
The North Farallon Islands are a small cluster of rocky islets and sea stacks located off the coast of San Francisco, California. They are a critical part of the ...
The North Farallon Islands are a small cluster of rocky islets and sea stacks located off the coast of San Francisco, California. They are a critical part of the ...
1890s Belle Époque Era Fashion Plate and Bridal Bouquet Illustration This exquisite hand-colored antique fashion print captures the structured elegance of a young woman during the late Victorian to ...
An image of Psalm 23 (King James’ Version), frontispiece to the 1880 omnibus printing of The Sunday at Home.
México, Debray Suc’s, c1884-86. Names García Cubas, Antonio, 1832-1912. Source Collection Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
México, Debray Suc’s, c1884-86. Names García Cubas, Antonio, 1832-1912. Source Collection Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
This image is part of a music collection in the Library of Congress. It consists of over 47,000 pieces of sheet music registered for copyright during the years 1870 ...
México, Debray Suc’s, c1884-86. Names García Cubas, Antonio, 1832-1912. Source Collection Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Gift of Addie Burr Clark.
Circus poster advertising the main attractions of The Greatest Show On Earth”. This time for the flying trapeze act The Flying Dillons, brought over from Europe. [Credit: pictureboxblue.com]
Poster advertising The Great Wallace Shows circus, featuring “the renowned Stirk Family”. [Credit: pictureboxblue.com]
“The Judas Kiss”, (Mark 14:45) by Gustave Doré. Judas kisses Jesus in order to betray him to the guards.
The Lady of the Camellias – Alphonse Mucha’s poster for a performance of the theatrical version of La Dame aux Camélias, with Sarah Bernhardt (1896)
This image is part of a music collection in the Library of Congress. It consists of over 47,000 pieces of sheet music registered for copyright during the years 1870 ...
1880s Late Victorian Autumn Fashion Plate from The Queen Magazine This authentic hand-colored fashion engraving, dated November 1, 1884, stems from the prominent British high-society publication The Queen, The ...
The painting depicts the biblical miracle described in the Gospel of John, in which Jesus Christ raises Lazarus of Bethany from the dead. The scene captures the dramatic moment ...
The art of performing acrobatic and gymnastic feats on the bare backs of loping horses was referred to as bareback riding in the circus. [Credit: pictureboxblue.com]