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akg8909560 Capt. Thomas Hastings. Ruins of Crewkerne Abbey, May 1833Sketches, Vol. 7: Drawings of Devon, Wales, Lakes, etca , 1833. Graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, 23.8 × 33 cm. Inv. No. B1977.14.2451. New Haven, Yale Center for British Art.

alb8909560 Mantua-Mantova (Lombardy, Italy), Palazzo Ducale, Castello S.Giorgio, Camera degli Sposi (frescos, c.1465-74, by Andrea Mantegna; 1431-1506).-Interior view looking northwest: west wall with "Meeting between Ludovico III Gonazaga and his son Francesco", north wall with "Court of Ludovico III".-Photo.

alb15587094 Paris-Portrait : old Paris-Theatre (title on object), magazine, Eugène Paz, (mentioned on object), printer: Lemercier & Cie., (mentioned on object), Paris, 1878 - 1880, paper, printing, height, 382 mm × width, 292 mm × thickness, 32 mm.

alb8375786 AIR SHOW - Saturday July 13th; book to Colindale, by Albert Edward Halliwell, 1929 - Vintage advertisement - London Underground.

alb15500659 Paris-Theatre, book, photos, photographically illustrated books, height 392 mm, width 296 mm, thickness, 2 mm.

alb2033432 Edward Hopper / 'Casa junto a la vía del tren', 1925, Óleo sobre lienzo, 61 x 73,7 cm. Museum: MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, GLASGOW, USA.

alb2036997 Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn / 'The Philosopher', 1650, Oil on canvas. Museum: NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDRES, UK.

alb2045787 Baths of Caracalla, 1899, Óil on canvas, 95,3 cm x 152.3 cm. Museum: ROYAL ACADEMY, BERLIN, UK. Author: LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA.

alb2068769 Juan Correa de Vivar / 'Christ Crowned with Thorns (The Flagellation)', 1540-1545, Spanish School, Panel, P00669. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

alb2068954 Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez / 'The Triumph of Bacchus, or the Drinkers', 1628-1629, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 165 cm x 225 cm, P01170. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

alb2068161 Juan Correa de Vivar / 'The Prophet Jeremiah', ca. 1535, Spanish School, Oil on panel, 88 cm x 44 cm, P00685. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

alb2068789 Juan Correa de Vivar / 'The Annunciation', 1559, Spanish School, Oil on panel, 225 cm x 146 cm, P02828. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

alb2068733 Juan Correa de Vivar / 'The Last Judgment', ca. 1545, Spanish School, Panel, 136 cm x 100 cm, P02479. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

alb2068583 'The prophet Habakkuk,' ac1535, Spanish School, Oil on panel, 89 cm x 44 cm. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: JUAN CORREA DE VIVAR.

alb2069545 Juan Correa de Vivar / 'Nativity', ca. 1535, Spanish School, Oil on panel, 228 cm x 183 cm, P00690. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

alb2068802 Juan Correa de Vivar / 'The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple', ca. 1535, Spanish School, Oil on panel, 219 cm x 78 cm, P00687. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

alb2068451 Juan Correa de Vivar / 'The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew', 1540-1545, Spanish School, Panel, 98,5 cm x 70,5 cm x 2 cm, P00674. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

alb2070503 Juan Correa de Vivar / 'Martyrdom of Saint Stephen', Middle 16th century, Spanish School, Panel, 98 cm x 71 cm, P05760. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

alb2070665 Juan Correa de Vivar / 'Saint Benedict blessing Saint Maurus', 1540-1545, Spanish School, Panel, 94 cm x 87 cm, P00673. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

alb2070066 Juan Correa de Vivar / 'Death of the Virgin', 1546-1550, Spanish School, Oil on panel, 254 cm x 147 cm, P00671. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

alb9534825 Burning Oil Well at Night, near Rouseville, Pennsylvania. Date: ca. 1861. Oil on paperboard. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

alb9531536 Catahecassa. oil on canvas. Date: c. 1830-33. Museum: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.

alb9535607 Buffalo Scene. oil on canvas. Date: 1922. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

alb9533648 Cape Cod, Beach. oil on canvas. Date: 1894. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

alb9531107 Alexander Von Humboldt. Date: 1855. oil on canvas. Museum: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.

ado00050711 The studio of the English photographer William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) in Reading (England). In 1853. Author: Unknown photographer.

alb100630 Teo Carralda, músico y compositor miembro del grupo musical Cómplices.

alb212928 'The Entombment of Christ' ca 1602/04, Oil on canvas, 300 cm x 203 cm. Museum: MUSEI VATICANI, ROMA, ITALIA. Author: CARAVAGGIO. JESUS.

alb3715533 Death and the Miser. Dated: c. 1485/1490. Dimensions: overall: 93 x 31 cm (36 5/8 x 12 3/16 in.) framed: 105.9 x 43.5 x 5.4 cm (41 11/16 x 17 1/8 x 2 1/8 in.). Medium: oil on panel. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: HIERONYMUS BOSCH.

alb352394 The memmon colossi statue of Amenphis III, lithograph by David Roberts, 1838.

alb352309 Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, French 15th century, Zodiac and anatomy of man and woman. Museum: Victoria & Albert Museum, LONDRES, UK.

alb3718663 Bridge at Argenteuil on a Gray Day. Dated: c. 1876. Dimensions: overall: 61 x 80.3 cm (24 x 31 5/8 in.) framed: 82.9 x 102.6 x 8.9 cm (32 5/8 x 40 3/8 x 3 1/2 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: CLAUDE MONET.

alb3716365 The Descent from the Cross. Dated: 1650/1652. Dimensions: overall: 142 x 110.9 cm (55 7/8 x 43 11/16 in.) framed: 181 x 147.3 cm (71 1/4 x 58 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rembrandt Workshop (Probably Constantijn van Renesse).

alb3713822 Ph. Cl. A. de Thubières, Comte de Caylus. Dated: c. 1770. Dimensions: plate: 25.1 x 20.7 cm (9 7/8 x 8 1/8 in.) sheet: 31 x 23 cm (12 3/16 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: mezzotint on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JEAN-BAPTISTE-ANDRE GAUTIER-DAGOTY.

alb3719640 Te Po (The Long Night). Dated: 1894/1895. Medium: woodcut in bistre on cream paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: PAUL GAUGUIN.

alb3718859 The Baptism of Christ. Dated: c. 1610?. Dimensions: plate: 21.4 × 16.4 cm (8 7/16 × 6 7/16 in.) sheet: 21.6 × 1.6 cm (8 1/2 × 5/8 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Johann Matthias Kager.

alb3714849 Four Seasons in One Head. Dated: c. 1590. Dimensions: overall: 60.4 x 44.7 cm (23 3/4 x 17 5/8 in.) framed: 94 x 75 cm (37 x 29 1/2 in.). Medium: oil on panel. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giuseppe Arcimboldo.

alb3716467 Man with a Sheet of Music. Dated: 1633. Dimensions: overall: 66 × 48 cm (26 × 18 7/8 in.) framed: 97.79 × 79.38 × 12.7 cm (38 1/2 × 31 1/4 × 5 in.). Medium: oil on panel. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rembrandt.

alb3717771 Milk below Maids. Dated: 1793. Medium: color stipple engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Luigi Schiavonetti after Francis Wheatley.

alb3714120 1860-1870. Dated: published 1870. Dimensions: image: 34.2 x 52 cm (13 7/16 x 20 1/2 in.) sheet (torn): 40.6 x 55 cm (16 x 21 5/8 in.). Medium: wood engraving on newsprint. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after Winslow Homer.

alb3719762 Jeremiah. Dated: published 1613. Dimensions: plate: 17.7 x 13.8 cm (6 15/16 x 5 7/16 in.) sheet: 24.3 x 18.8 cm (9 9/16 x 7 3/8 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Theodor Galle after Jan van der Straet.

alb3681605 View of a Canal with Three Windmills. Artist: Jan Hulswit (Dutch, Amsterdam 1766-1822 Nieuwer-Amstel). Dimensions: sheet: 8 1/8 x 13 1/8 in. (20.7 x 33.4 cm). Date: late 18th-early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

alb3681347 Storming a City. Artist: Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550-1580). Dimensions: 10-7/8 x 11-3/4 in. (27.6 x 29.8 cm). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

alb3681394 La Sainte Bible (vol. 2). Dimensions: 17 1/16 × 13 1/16 × 2 1/2 in. (43.4 × 33.1 × 6.4 cm). Illustrator: Gustave Doré (French, Strasbourg 1832-1883 Paris); Hector Giacomelli (French, Paris 1822-1904 Menton-Caravan). Printer: Printed by Alfred Mame et Fils (French). Publisher: Published by Alfred Mame et Fils (French). Date: 1866. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

alb3683621 The Indian Triumph of Bacchus. Artist: Attributed to Enea Vico (Italian, Parma 1523-1567 Ferrara) , after an ancient relief sculpture. Dimensions: sheet: 12 3/8 x 18 1/2 in. (31.5 x 47 cm) Print trimmed 1/8 in. below. Date: ca. 1542. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

alb3684176 A Muse of Poetry. Artist: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, Lyons 1824-1898 Paris). Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 6 in. (36.8 x 15.2 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

alb3680347 Illustration for a Book: Frontispiece with a Female Allegorical Figure (Religion?) and a Putto. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1696-1770 Madrid). Dimensions: 5-1/8 x 7-1/2 in. (13 x 19 cm). Series/Portfolio: See Metropolitan Museum of Art acc. nos. 59.600.176 - 59.600.212. Date: 1696-1770. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

alb3680279 Bellona. Artist: Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam). Dimensions: 50 x 38 3/8 in. (127 x 97.5 cm). Date: 1633.Rembrandt's sober and powerful depiction of Bellona, the Roman goddess of war, was perhaps intended to suggest the new Dutch Republic's readiness to repel foreign forces. Images of Mars and his sister Bellona occasionally decorated the headquarters of civic guard companies. The shield, with its frightful face of Medusa, was added at a late stage of work, probably in response to seeing a version of Rubens's well-known painting of a severed Medusa's head. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

alb3683305 Jupiter and Antiope. Artist: Léon Davent (French, active 1540-56); After Francesco Primaticcio (Italian, Bologna 1504/5-1570 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 10 1/8 in. (16.6 × 25.7 cm). Date: ca. 1540-45. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

alb3638186 Returning to the Trenches. Artist: Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (British, London 1889-1946 London). Dimensions: Plate: 6 in. × 8 1/16 in. (15.2 × 20.4 cm)Sheet: 8 3/8 in. × 11 in. (21.3 × 28 cm). Date: 1916.Unable to enlist in the British army for health reasons, Nevinson volunteered in fall 1914 for a Red Cross ambulance unit serving northern France and Belgium. Here, he conveys the dynamism of a seemingly impenetrable line of French soldiers, or poilus, whom?he probably encountered. Dressed in their distinctive uniform, they advance with purpose and determination, an effect amplified by the faceted forms that convey a sense of endless, repetitive movement. Individual features are minimized and further obscured by capes, hats, raised bayonets, and bladelike shields, while the broad, sweeping strokes that depict the men's lower bodies unify the group. Nevinson made a painting, drawings, and a woodcut of this image; the woodcut appeared in the war issue of the journal Blast. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

alb3684269 Genius of Mirth. Artist: Thomas Crawford (American, New York 1813?-1857 London). Dimensions: 47 x 20 x 24 in. (119.4 x 50.8 x 61 cm). Date: 1842; carved 1843.During a visit to Crawford's Rome studio in 1842, the New Yorker Henry Hicks gave him an order for a sculpture, leaving the theme to the artist's choosing. Crawford's selection of a lighthearted youth was likely to please his patron, as images of children were especially popular in the mid-nineteenth century. He described his subject as "a boy of seven or eight years, dancing in great glee, and tinkling a pair of cymbals, the music of which seems to amuse him exceedingly." The sculptor and his contemporaries relished the technical challenges of carving marble; the disengaged raised left leg epitomizes the virtuosity they delighted in displaying. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

alb3638577 Coin (One and a Half Thaler) Showing Ferdinand I. Culture: Austrian. Dimensions: Diam. 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 1.6 oz. (45.4 g). Date: 16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

alb3636575 Bit Boss. Culture: Italian or French. Dimensions: Diam. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); Wt. 4.7 oz. (132 g). Date: 16th - early 17th century.Bit bosses were ornamental elements decorating both sides of a horse bit. These hat-shape bit bosses, probably inspired by Ancient shield bosses excavated at the time, were very popular in Italy and France in the 16th and the early 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

alb3701712 The Towing Path. Dated: 1864. Medium: etching and drypoint (copper). Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Francis Seymour Haden.

alb3701669 Patchwork Pattern. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 34.5 x 25.9 cm (13 9/16 x 10 3/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 8 1/2" square. Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Evelyn Bailey.

alb3705131 Fresh Gathered Peas, Young Hastings. Dated: published 1795. Medium: color stipple engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giovanni Vendramini after Francis Wheatley.

alb3702832 Sweet China Oranges. Dated: 1794. Medium: color stipple engraving. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Luigi Schiavonetti after Francis Wheatley.

alb3704485 Baruch. Dated: published 1613. Dimensions: plate: 17.7 x 13.7 cm (6 15/16 x 5 3/8 in.) sheet: 24.3 x 19 cm (9 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Theodor Galle after Jan van der Straet.

alb3701506 View of the Colosseum with the Palatine in the Background. Dated: probably 1550. Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 20.9 x 27.9 cm (8 1/4 x 11 in.). Medium: etching on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Hieronymus Cock.

alb3707521 Baby's Cap. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.8 x 28 cm (14 1/8 x 11 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mary E. Humes.

alb3700271 Santa Maria a Cetrella, Anacapri. Dated: c. 1892. Dimensions: sheet: 38 x 56 cm (14 15/16 x 22 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and gouache over graphite. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William Stanley Haseltine.

alb3700618 The Stigmatization of Saint Francis. Dated: 1607. Dimensions: overall: 18.7 x 12.6 cm (7 3/8 x 4 15/16 in.). Medium: pen and black ink with gray wash on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Johann Matthias Kager.

alb3702447 Arctic Tern. Dated: 1835. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Robert Havell after John James Audubon.

alb3702904 Plan of the Palace of Carnac. Dated: published 1829. Medium: lithograph [proof before letters]. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Maria Denman after John Flaxman.

alb3892546 Three Dancing Bacchantes. Date/Period: 1797. Width: 16.4 cm. Height: 10.1 cm (Complete). Author: Bertel Thorvaldsen.

alb3892809 Jerusalem, Plate 60, "The clouds of Albions Druid Temples....". Date/Period: 1804 to 1820. Print. Orange print, pen, black ink and watercolor on cream-colored paper (Relief etching printed in orange with pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper). Height: 212 mm (8.34 in); Width: 149 mm (5.86 in). Author: William Blake.

alb3893611 The Wizard. Date/Period: 1896/1898. Painting. Oil on canvas. Width: 555 mm. Height: 930 mm. Author: Edward Burne-Jones.

alb3895180 Fish Market by the Sea. Date/Period: Ca. 1860. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,003 mm (39.48 in); Width: 1,257 mm (49.48 in). Author: Richard Dadd.

alb3893167 The Animals Enter Noah's Ark (Genesis 6:13-7:16). Date/Period: Ca. 1250 (Medieval). Illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves). Ink and pigment on parchment ink and pigment on parchment. Height: 13.20 mm (0.51 in); Width: 9.50 mm (0.37 in). Author: WILLIAM DE BRAILES.

alb3892217 Academic Nude. Date/Period: 1765. Charcoal heightened with black and white chalk on blue-grey paper. Width: 39.1 cm. Height: 53.1 cm (sheet). Author: Pompeo Batoni.

alb3897319 Gabrielle d'Estrées au bain. Date/Period: From 1598 until 1599. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,150 mm (45.27 in); Width: 1,030 mm (40.55 in). Author: French school.

alb3892299 A Young Artist (Ditlev Blunck) Examining a Sketch in a Mirror. Date/Period: 1826. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 980 mm (38.58 in); Width: 850 mm (33.46 in). Author: Wilhelm Bendz.

alb3896537 Portrait of Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva (1512-1577). Date/Period: Ca. 1600. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 68 cm (26.7 in); Width: 57 cm (22.4 in). Author: EL GRECO.

alb3899976 Malle Babbe. Date/Period: Ca. 1633. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 78.5 cm (30.9 in); Width: 66.2 cm (26 in). Author: FRANS HALS.

alb3890361 Baby in carriage, woman standing behind. Date/Period: 1890/1900. Gelatin silver print, Kodak #2 snapshot. Width: 9.1 cm. Height: 9 cm (Image). Author: Unidentified photographer.

alb3893436 Sacra famiglia Panciatichi or Madonna Panciatichi / The Panciatichi Holy Family. Date/Period: Ca. 1540. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 117 cm (46 in); Width: 93 cm (36.6 in). Author: AGNOLO BRONZINO.

alb3894790 A Group of Danish Artists in Rome. Date/Period: 1837. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 620 mm (24.40 in); Width: 740 mm (29.13 in). Author: CONSTANTIN HANSEN.

alb3895830 The Concert Singer. Date/Period: From 1890 until 92. Painting. Oil on canvas Oil on canvas. Height: 1,909.57 mm (75.17 in); Width: 1,378.97 mm (54.29 in). Author: Thomas Eakins.

alb3895486 Napoleon Crossing the Alps. Date/Period: 1850. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 27,940 mm (30.55 yd); Width: 21,450 mm (23.45 yd). Author: PAUL DELAROCHE.

alb3896157 Corfu. Date/Period: Ca. 1856. Landscape. Watercolor, pen in brown ink, over graphite, with gouache, and pastels on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper mounted on very thick cardboard. Height: 314 mm (12.36 in); Width: 473 mm (18.62 in). Author: Edward Lear.

alb3892311 Cleopatra. Date/Period: Between 1674 and 1675. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,245 mm (49.01 in); Width: 1,054 mm (41.49 in). Author: BENEDETTO GENNARI.

alb3893747 Samson and the Philistines. Date/Period: 1863. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 2,455 mm (96.65 in); Width: 1,840 mm (72.44 in). Author: CARL BLOCH.

alb3892446 Christ Cleansing the Temple. Date/Period: Ca. 1655. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,041 mm (40.98 in); Width: 1,410 mm (55.51 in). Author: Bernardino Mei.

alb3893534 Christ in Majesty; Initial A: A Man Lifting His Soul to God. Date/Period: Between 1389 and 1404. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment. Height: 330 mm (12.99 in); Width: 240 mm (9.44 in). Author: Master of the Brussels Initials.

alb3897230 Inseparables. Date/Period: Ca.1900. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 90.20 mm (3.55 in); Width: 68.50 mm (2.69 in). Author: Florence FULLER.

alb3678687 Belmead, for Philip St. George Cocke, Powhatan Co., Virginia (elevation and plan). Artist: Alexander Jackson Davis (American, New York 1803-1892 West Orange, New Jersey). Dimensions: sheet: 10 3/8 x 7 3/16 in. (26.4 x 18.2 cm). Date: 1845. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

alb3678672 [The Reading Establishment]. Artist: Attributed to William Henry Fox Talbot (British, Dorset 1800-1877 Lacock); Attributed to Nicolaas Henneman (Dutch, Heemskerk 1813-1898 London). Dimensions: Left image: 18.6 x 22.4 cm (7 5/16 x 8 13/16 in.)Right image: 18.1 × 22 cm (7 1/8 × 8 11/16 in.)Overall sheet: 19.9 × 49.1 cm (7 13/16 × 19 5/16 in.). Date: 1846.The widespread distribution of large editions of photographic prints was the promise of Talbot's negative-positive process and its principal advantage over the contemporaneous French daguerreotype. In early 1844, in an effort to encourage the mass production of paper photographs, Talbot supported Nicolaas Henneman, his former valet, in the creation of the first photographic printing firm, situated in the town of Reading. It was there that prints for The Pencil of Nature were produced. The activities of the Reading establishment are shown here: Talbot, operating the camera at the center, makes a portrait, while at the right Henneman photographs a sculpture of the Three Graces. Other employees copy an engraving, stand attentively with a second camera back-loaded with sensitized paper, attend the racks of glass frames in which negatives and photographic paper are sandwiched for printing in sunlight, and adjust a device likely intended to aid focusing. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

alb3677329 Fishing. Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754-1806). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 14 1/2 × 9 3/8 in. (36.8 × 23.8 cm). Date: late 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

alb3670111 Lagoon Capriccio with an Obelisk. Artist: Francesco Guardi (Italian, Venice 1712-1793 Venice). Dimensions: 9 3/8 x 14 7/16in. (23.8 x 36.6cm). Date: ca. 1750-70. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

alb3672324 Portrait of a Young Man; (reverse) Girl Making a Garland. Artist: Hans Süss von Kulmbach (German, Kulmbach ca. 1480-1522 Nuremberg). Dimensions: 7 x 5 1/2 in. (17.8 x 14 cm). Date: ca. 1508.Hans Süss von Kulmbach had been apprenticed to the Italian painter and printmaker Jacopo de' Barbari, who worked at a number of German courts in the first decade of the sixteenth century. The latter's influence must have continued even after Kulmbach joined Dürer's Nuremberg studio in 1507, since this portrait of an unidentified young man, which dates from about 1508, is stylistically very close to Barbari's earlier Portrait of a Man (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna). The panel is unique in Kulmbach's oeuvre, as it joins a portrait with an allegorical subject on the verso. Reverse label: This charming genre depiction represents a girl making a garland of forget-me-nots, one of which lies on the windowsill. A decoratively trailing banderole above reads, in translation, "I bind with forget-me-nots." Symbolizing a lover or prospective bride, the young maiden seems to address the young man who appears on the other side of the panel, promising to bind her heart faithfully to him. The prominently placed cat--a symbol of respectable, constant love in the art of the period-- also refers to her commitment and affection. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

alb3674728 Cameo with the Triumph of Bacchus. Culture: probably Austrian or Italian. Dimensions: H. 4.5 cm, L. 5 cm.. Date: second quarter 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

alb3732501 Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier. Dated: 1879. Dimensions: overall: 55 cm (21 5/8 in.). Medium: bronze. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Vincenzo Gemito.

alb3674364 The Flight into Egypt. Artist: Luca Giordano (Italian, Naples 1634-1705 Naples). Dimensions: 24 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (61.5 x 48.9 cm).In 1692 Giordano was summoned to Spain as court painter to King Charles II. Charles was succeeded in 1700 by the Bourbon king Philip V, who commissioned a number of paintings from Giordano for the French court, including this work. From 1701 until 1717 the painting was in the possession of Adrien-Maurice, comte d'Ayen, later duc de Noailles, who played an important part in the War of the Spanish Succession and married a niece of Madame de Maintenon. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

alb3674027 The Drunkards, after Velázquez. Artist: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746-1828 Bordeaux); After Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez) (Spanish, Seville 1599-1660 Madrid). Dimensions: Plate: 12 1/2 × 16 15/16 in. (31.7 × 43.1 cm)Sheet: 14 1/8 × 16 1/4 in. (35.8 × 41.3 cm). Date: 1778. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

alb3674503 Hippopotamus ("William"). Dimensions: L. 20 cm (7 7/8 in.); W. 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.); H. 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 12. Reign: Senwosret I to Senwosret II. Date: ca. 1961-1878 B.C..This well-formed statuette of a hippopotamus (popularly called "William") demonstrates the Egyptian artist's appreciation for the natural world. It was molded in faience, a ceramic material made of ground quartz. Beneath the blue glaze, the body was painted with the outlines of river plants, symbolizing the marshes in which the animal lived.The seemingly benign appearance that this figurine presents is deceptive. To the ancient Egyptians, the hippopotamus was one of the most dangerous animals in their world. The huge creatures were a hazard for small fishing boats and other rivercraft. The beast might also be encountered on the waterways in the journey to the afterlife. As such, the hippopotamus was a force of nature that needed to be propitiated and controlled, both in this life and the next. This example was one of a pair found in a shaft associated with the tomb chapel of the steward Senbi II at Meir, an Upper Egyptian site about thirty miles south of modern Asyut. Three of its legs have been restored because they were probably purposely broken to prevent the creature from harming the deceased. The hippo was part of Senbi's burial equipment, which included a canopic box (also in the Metropolitan Museum), a coffin, and numerous models of boats and food production.The hippo's modern nickname first appeared in 1931 in a story that was published in the British humor magazine Punch. It reports about a family that consults a color print of the Met's hippo--which it calls "William"--as an oracle. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

alb3735176 Te Po (The Long Night). Dated: 1894/1895. Medium: woodcut printed in black and gray by Pola Gauguin in 1921. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: PAUL GAUGUIN.

alb3733195 Entrance to Cutting House. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 90.5 x 68.9 cm (35 5/8 x 27 1/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lorenz Rothkranz.

alb3738703 Dress. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 26.3 cm (14 1/16 x 10 3/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Syrena Swanson.

alb3738797 Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus Freezes. Dated: 1590s. Dimensions: overall (hexagonal): 27.2 x 22.1 cm (10 11/16 x 8 11/16 in.). Medium: pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Johann Matthias Kager.

alb3730082 The Yellow Titmouse (Motacilla trochilus). Dated: published 1754. Dimensions: plate: 35.2 x 26.4 cm (13 7/8 x 10 3/8 in.) sheet: 40.2 x 28.4 cm (15 13/16 x 11 3/16 in.). Medium: hand-colored engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mark Catesby.