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Reports on the observations of the total eclipse of the sun, December 21-22, 1889 and of the total eclipse of the moon, July 22, 1888 : to which is added a catalogue of the library
Object type: book
Date: 1891 – 1891
Materials: cardboard, leather, linen, paper, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print, photograph, printing, engraving
Location: sacramento
Artist: a.j. johnston
Artist role: publisher
Inscriptions: date: ‘MAY/ 1990’, bookplate: ‘SMITHSONIAN/ NATIONAL MUSEUM/ INSTITUTION’
Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1: “Offering Incense to the Deity of the Stone” (Yōgōishi), from the series History of Kamakura (Kamakura shi)
Object type: print
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: surimono, woodblock print
Culture: japanese
Artist: kubo shunman
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1757 – 1820
Subjects: men,women

Surimono are privately published woodblock prints, usually commissioned by individual poets or poetry groups as a form of New Year’s greeting card. The poems, most commonly kyōka (witty thirty-one syllable verse), inscribed on the prints usually include felicitous imagery connected with spring, which in the lunar calendar begins on the first day of the first month. Themes of surimono are often erudite, frequently alluding to Japanese literary classics in both texts and images. This series by the celebrated surimono designer Kubo Shunman refers to a historical chronicle of the ancient Japanese city of Kamakura, which was the seat of the military government from 1185 to 1333. Here, a boy offers incense to the human manifestation of local deity (kami), which usually appears as a stone.
Fireboard
Object type: fireboard
Date: 1820 – 1820
Materials: wood
Techniques: polychrome
Culture: american

Used for food preparation and warmth, the hearth was the focal point of many eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American homes. When not in use during the summer months, the fireplace was often covered and sealed with a panel known as a fireboard. These practical objects were often elaborately decorated with flowering vines, vegetable motifs, stylized landscapes, and town centers. Here the unidentified artist rendered each leaf of the weeping willow trees with lyrical brushstrokes suggesting movement. Weeping willows were traditional symbols of grief and mourning. The red and green floral garland around the fireboard’s border was likely painted using a stencil design. Two slits at the bottom of the wood panel allowed for andirons to fit into the fireplace. The background is painted a rich mustard color. While the maker of this fireboard remains unidentified, several early American artists are known to have made ornamental fireboards including Winthrop Chandler, Michele Felice Corné, Edward Hicks, and Rufus Porter.
Yellow Dog, North American Chief, from the Savage and Semi-Barbarous Chiefs and Rulers series (N189) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.
Object type: print
Date: 1888 – 1888
Techniques: color lithograph
Artist: william s. kimball & company
Artist role: publisher
Subjects: men,portraits

Trade cards from the "Savage and Semi-Barbarous Chiefs and Rulers" series (N189), issued in an unnumbered set of 50 cards in 1888 by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.
Zeegezicht met avondlicht
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1882 – 1882
Materials: paper, pencil
Artist: george washington schwartze
Artist role: draughtsman
Artist dates: 1857 – 1909
Subjects: dusk, evening twilight, sea (seascape)
Inscriptions: title: ‘Late avond op zee.’, signature and date: ‘G.W. Schwartze. 1882.’

Tekening in een kader. Blad 46 recto uit een schetsboek met 54 bladen.
zes en tachtig jaaren heb ik hem gediend,
Object type: print
Date: 1800 – 1800
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: amsterdam
Artist: reinier vinkeles (i)
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1741 – 1816
Subjects: juridical examples; exemplary judges; 'gerechtigkeitsbilder' (+ judge)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240

Illustratie in: Hamelsveld, Ysbrand van. Algemeene kerkelijke geschiedenis, der Christenen, deel 2. Haarlem: François Bohn, 1800, p. 157.
Caryatid, Erechtheion, Athens (56. Athènes. Caryatides. Erecht.)
Object type: photograph
Date: 1842 – 1842
Techniques: daguerreotype
Artist: joseph-philibert girault de prangey
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1804 – 1892
Subjects: sculpture,caryatids

The Erechtheion—the Ionic temple and shrine to Athena Polias (or Minerva), guardian goddess of the city—was one of Girault’s favorite subjects. He made detailed views of its capitals and of the caryatids (columns in the shape of female figures) that support the entablature of the south porch. The British diplomat Lord Elgin had removed one in 1806; the five remaining figures were removed in 1978 and are now in the Acropolis Museum.
Arc de triomphe de l'Étoile
Object type: stereograph
Date: 1850 – 1880
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: paris
Artist: hippolyte jouvin
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1825 – 1889
Subjects: triumphal arch
Inscriptions: number: ‘N. 65’
Fotoreproductie van fresco De heilige Laurentius deelt aalmoezen uit, door Fra Angelico, Kapel van Nicolaas V, Vaticaan
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1860 – 1900
Materials: paper
Techniques: albumen print
Location: chapel of nicholas v
Subjects: the martyr and deacon laurence of rome; possible attributes: book, censer, cross, dalmatic, gridiron, palm, purse (or cup with golden coins), picture, painting
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘(Ed.ne Alinari) P.e 2.a N.o 7490. ROMA - Vaticano, Capello di Niccolò V. San Lorenzo distribuisce i tresori della Chiesa in elemosina ai poveri (Beato Angelico.)’
Segmented ball
Object type: segmented ball
Date: 1550 – 1295
Materials: faience
Location: egypt
Paardentram van de lijn Winsum-Ulrum
Object type: stereograph
Date: 1907 – 1907
Materials: paper, cardboard
Techniques: collodion silver print
Location: groningen
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: diligence, omnibus, horse-tram
Portretten
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1900 – 1950
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: adult man, historical persons

Portret van een man en portret van een vrouw. Deze pagina maakt deel uit van een album.
Design for Pony Phaeton, no. 3822
Object type: drawing
Date: 1883 – 1883
Materials: gouache, gum arabic, ink, watercolor
Techniques: pen
Artist: brewster & co.
Artist role: manufacturer
Artist nationality: american
Subjects: carriages

Brewster & Company History Established in 1810 by James Brewster (1788–1866) in New Haven, Connecticut, Brewster & Company, specialized in the manufacture of fine carriages. The founder opened a New York showroom in 1827 at 53-54 Broad Street, and the company flourished under generations of family leadership. Expansion necessitated moves around lower Manhattan, with name changes reflecting shifts of management–James Brewster & Sons operated at 25 Canal Street, James Brewster Sons at 396 Broadway, and Brewster of Broome Street was based at 372 & 374 Broome Street with a repository (showroom) on 14th Street & Fifth Avenue. By 1874, Brewster & Company had 400 employees and combined warehouse and factory facilities at 47th & 48th Streets and Broadway. Brewster successfully branched out to produce their own automobiles, as well as supplying bodies for Rolls Royce at their Long Island City location. Notable clientele included Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, August Belmont, J.P. Morgan, John Jacob Astor, Andrew J. Cassatt (brother of artist Mary Cassatt), William Rockefeller, Henry Clay Frick and Pierre Lorillard. Talented draftsmen employed by the firm included Paul Steinbeck, Herman Stahmer and John Gribbon, the latter teaching at the Carriage Builders and Designers Technical School, which opened in 1880 and was housed initially at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. When the company finally dissolved in 1923, its last owner William Brewster (1866–1949) donated its archive of design and presentation drawings to the Museum where he served as benefactor and trustee. Of all American carriage manufacturers, none was as highly regarded for design, finish and quality as Brewster & Company. They won many awards for outstanding workmanship, including the Legion d’Honneur (Legion of Honor) at the 1878 Paris Exposition (3rd World’s Fair). In appreciation for this achievement the Carriage Builders’ National Association presented them with a gold enameled Tiffany & Company plaque and autograph book signed by leading American carriage builders, both now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Merri Ferrell, 2016
Grietgen Jansdochter, wife of the artist
Object type: print
Date: 1580 – 1580
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: netherlands
Artist: hendrick goltzius
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: netherlandish
Artist dates: 1558 – 1617
Inscriptions: Lettered around the oval frame, in reverse: "In lieden geduldich. Aetatis Suae 30. A 1580. HGoltzius fecit"
Gatinet. Pierre, Adrien. 50 ans, né le 13/10/43 à Bourges (Cher). Charpentier. Anarchiste. 2/7/94.
Object type: mugshot
Date: 1894 – 1894
Techniques: albumen silver print, glass negative
Artist: alphonse bertillon
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1853 – 1914
Subjects: men,portraits

Born into a distinguished family of scientists and statisticians, Bertillon began his career as a clerk in the Identification Bureau of the Paris Prefecture of Police in 1879. Tasked with maintaining reliable police records of offenders, he developed the first modern system of police identification. The system, which became known as Bertillonage, had three components: anthropometric measurement, precise verbal description of the prisoner’s physical characteristics, and standardized photographs of the face. In the early 1890s Paris was subject to a wave of bombings and assassination attempts carried out by anarchist proponents of "propaganda of the deed." One of Bertillon’s greatest successes came in March 1892, when his system of identification led to the arrest of an anarchist bomber who went by the name Ravachol (2005.100.375.348). The publicity surrounding the case earned Bertillon the Legion of Honor and encouraged police departments around the world to adopt his anthropometric system.
Pour une Croisée en Glaces
Object type: ornament print
Date: 1763 – 1763
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: paris
Artist: jean françois de neufforge
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1714 – 1791
Subjects: window
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Een kruisvenster met bladmotieven en aan de bovenzijde een rocaille schild met guirlandes en een lijst met acanthusbladeren. Prentnummer 299.
Groepsportret van lokale contractarbeiders en twee Europese mannen in een droogschuur voor tabak
Object type: photograph
Date: 1880 – 1910
Materials: paper
Techniques: albumen print
Location: dutch east indies
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: plantation, working class, labourers, tobacco, anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait, dutch east indies, the
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Kleingrothe (t)’
Maffet Ledger: Two Indians with horses
Object type: drawing
Date: 1874 – 1881
Materials: crayon, graphite, paper, watercolor
Culture: cheyenne
Location: united states
Subjects: men,horses
Portret van Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
Object type: print
Date: 1787 – 1807
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: vienna
Subjects: karl wilhelm ferdinand von braunschweig-wolfenbüttel (hertog), commander-in-chief, general, marshal, historical persons, ruler, sovereign, military clothing and other equipment (uniforms, cap, armour, helmet, etc.), insignia and symbols of sovereignty (crown, diadem, sceptre, orb, seal, standard, cloak, pectoral)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 9, collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Tekst in het Latijn in de omlijsting en tekst in het Frans in de ondermarge.
Groepsportret van mannen rond een tafel in een tuin
Object type: photograph
Date: 1910 – 1930
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: unknown
Artist: Anonymous
Slag van Waterloo / Bataille de Waterloo
Object type: popular print
Date: 1800 – 1833
Materials: paper
Techniques: colour, letterpress printing
Location: turnhout
Subjects: battle, the soldier; the soldier's life
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Blad met 6 voorstellingen over de Slag bij Waterloo. Onder elke voorstelling een vierregelig vers in het Nederlands en in het Frans. Genummerd rechtsonder: No. 48.
Man kijkt langs een halfopen deur
Object type: boekillustratie ontwerp
Materials: paint, ink, paper, pencil
Techniques: pen
Artist: hans borrebach
Artist role: draughtsman
Artist dates: 1903 – 1991
Subjects: coat (+ men's clothes), head-gear: hat (+ men's clothes), opening the door
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228a, :, annotation: ‘11 blz’

Een man in een lange jas met een hoed op staat in een deuropening met zijn hand op de deurklink. De deur is halfopen en hij kijkt langs de deur de ruimte binnen.
Battle Scene with Central Figure on Rearing Horse
Object type: drawing and watercolor
Materials: graphite, ink, paper
Techniques: brush, pen, wash
Location: germany
Artist: unknown german artist
Artist nationality: german
In Memory of Lord Nelson
Object type: medal
Date: 1805 – 1805
Materials: bronze
Artist: jean-pierre droz
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1746 – 1823
Subjects: men,profiles,women
Groninger studenten almanak voor het jaar 1883
Object type: book
Date: 1883 – 1883
Materials: cardboard, linen, paper, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print, lithograph, printing
Location: groningen
Inscriptions: annotation: ‘JGI [...]inga Rz/ Balmahuizen’
Vessel fragments
Object type: vessel fragment, tell basta treasure
Date: 1070 – 712
Materials: silver
Location: egypt

These gilded silver vessel fragments are part of the "Tell Basta Treasure," found in 1906 at the site of Tell Basta. Most of the objects found were metal and pottery dating to the Ramesside period (ca. 1304–1200 B.C.). However, these pieces are thought to be later in date. They bear fragmentary inscriptions in raised hieroglyphs that read ". . .Khepri" and ". . .weary ones."
President Caamono of Ecuador, from the Rulers, Flags, and Coats of Arms series (N126-1) issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co.
Object type: print
Date: 1888 – 1888
Techniques: color lithograph
Artist: w. duke, sons & co.
Artist role: publisher
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1870 – 1920
Subjects: men,portraits,coat of arms,flags

Trade cards from the "Rulers, Flags, and Coats of Arms" series (N126-1), issued in 1888 by W. Duke, Sons & Co. There are two types of cards from the series. The first type, pictured here, is made of thick stock and does not fold. This variation promotes Honest Long Cut tobacco. The second type is printed on thinner stock and is meant to be folded in three parts. This variation promotes Duke's Cigarettes, Cameo, and Turkish Cross-Cut brands.
Scarab Amulet
Object type: scarab, from mummy, with loop at top
Date: 712 – 332
Materials: paste
Location: egypt
Le Char de l'Aurore (The Chariot of Dawn) (Furnishing Fabric)
Object type: textile
Date: 1785 – 1789
Materials: cotton
Techniques: weave, printing
Location: nantes
Artist: possibly guido reni
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1575 – 1642
Millet Fields under Sun and Moon
Object type: painting
Date: 1601 – 1700
Materials: gold, ink, panel, paper
Location: japan
Artist: Anonymous

<BIG>右隻には、太陽の明るい日差しの下、粟畑が描かれており、その葉は鮮やかな緑青の絵の具で彩られている。一方、左隻には、月光の下、葉は褐色となって寄りあっている。
この屏風は、印章・落款を欠くが、野辺の草木類を緻密に描いた、土佐派の絵師によるものであろう。粟の穂先には、胡粉で細かに白く点じられている。もし、この屏風を、畳上で囲われて鑑賞したならば、双方の穂波が心地よい毛布のように見えるだろう。
屏風に太陽と月を対に表わすことは、既に数百年前より行われており、仏教、道教、神道と関連付けられている。しかし、この作品のように、穀物との組み合わせは、16世紀に入ってからのことで、恐らく、当時、農耕技術や品種改良などにより、農作物が増産したことに関係するのであろう。</BIG>
Washed in bright sunlight on the right, a field of millet is adorned with leaves painted with a vibrant green malachite, while on the left the browned leaves of the plants nestle together under the moonlight.
Lacking both a signature and any identifying seals, these screens are likely the work of an artist from the Tosa school of painting, who, although unknown to us today, was highly accurate in his botanical rendering of the fields. Tiny white dots of shell-white pigment (gofun) form a patterned surface across the full heads of grain. Viewers who sat on tatami mats surrounded by these screens would have felt as if the billowing mass of each field was like a comfortable blanket that they could pull over themselves at night.
The pairing of the sun and the moon on screens dates back several centuries and carries Buddhist, Daoist, and Shinto associations. But its combination with edible grains, as seen here, is a 16th-century innovation that is perhaps the result of improved farming technologies and seed strains that caused agricultural yields to increase.
Rotation 2: August 15-September 27, 2009
Calendrier dosseray procès t'kint
Object type: print
Date: 1879 – 1879
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: brussels
Subjects: calendar, almanac, arrest (of criminal), passenger carriage
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Knife
Object type: metalwork
Date: 1667 – 1700
Materials: copper, ivory, steel
Culture: european
Location: europe
Vierluik met vier toneelspelers
Object type: print
Date: 1834 – 1835
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodcut
Location: osaka
Subjects: adult man, hacking and thrusting weapons: sword, landscapes (+ landscape with figures, staffage)
Inscriptions: mark: ‘Tenki’, signature: ‘Gochôtei Sadamasu ga’

Rechter blad van een vierluik v.l.n.r. Iwai Shijaku I als Inaba, Nakamura Shikan II als Inaba Tarô, Arashi Rikan II als Ushiwaka Saburô, en Nakamura Baigyoku I (Nakamura Utaemon III) als Tsujikaze Happei.
In het midden van de scène ligt een reusachtige, overwonnen roofvogel.
Mary, Queen of Scots (from "A New and Authentic History of England")
Object type: print
Date: 1777 – 1779
Techniques: engraving
Artist: charles white
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1751 – 1785
Subjects: queens,women,mary queen of scots
Stamboom van Frederik en Ottheinrich van Palts-Neuburg (plaat 8)
Object type: print
Date: 1535 – 1594
Materials: paper
Techniques: letterpress printing
Location: basel
Subjects: earl, family lineage, pedigree, genealogical tree or table
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240

Blad 8 van een stamboom bestaande uit 21 bladen, gedrukt van 42 blokken.
The Parson [Reverend O'Meara] and the Clarke
Object type: print
Techniques: etching
Artist: thomas rowlandson
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1757 – 1827
Subjects: satire,men,women,politics
Portrait of man
Object type: print
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching, stippling
Location: united states
Artist: Anonymous
Artist nationality: likely american or british
Artist dates: 1800 – 1899
Vee onder een boom en een man met een mand
Object type: drawing
Date: 1799 – 1869
Materials: chalk, paint, paper
Techniques: brush
Artist: jan van ravenswaay
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1789 – 1869
Subjects: cow, ass, donkey, cattle, goat
Gezicht op de de Minervatempel in Tébessa
Object type: page
Date: 1884 – 1894
Materials: paper
Techniques: photograph
Location: tébessa
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: temple, shrine ~ roman religion
Inscriptions: number: ‘Fig. II’
The Ass at School
Object type: print
Date: 1557 – 1557
Techniques: engraving
Artist: pieter bruegel the elder
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: netherlandish
Artist dates: 1525 – 1569
Subjects: satire,schools,donkeys,students,teachers
Spear Decorated with Tibetan Buddhist Symbols
Object type: spear mdung
Date: 1601 – 1900
Materials: gold, iron, pigment, silver, wood
Culture: tibetan
Location: tibet

The decoration on the spearhead and shaft indicate that this spear was intended for ritual use, probably by an oracle. The spearhead is damascened in gold and silver with the motif known as "dry skulls," surrounded by stylized intestines. These are among the attributes of the fierce guardian deities and would be appropriate for a weapon intended for the chapel of such a deity, or for an oracle acting as a medium for one.
Isabel Wachenheimer in München, mei 1929
Object type: photograph
Date: 1905 – 1929
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: munich
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: leiden, isabel wachenheimer-elon
Inscriptions: date: ‘mitte mai München’

Dit object is onderdeel van de nalatenschap van Isabel Elon-Wachenheimer (1928-2010). Tot haar overlijden behoorde het samen met de andere objecten uit de nalatenschap tot haar privédomein van Isabel Wachenheimer. In die particuliere context zijn deze objecten tezamen en individueel aandenkens - aan de jeugd, ouders en familie van Isabel Wachenheimer vóór en tijdens de Shoah en aan haar leven na de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Isabel Wachenheimer, die van juni 1943 tot mei 1945 gevangen zat in Kamp Westerbork, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Lenzing a/d Oberdonau (een buitenkamp van Mauthausen), overleefde de Shoah. Haar ouders – Eugène Wachenheimer en Else Wachenheimer-Moos - werden op 14 oktober 1944 in Auschwitz-Birkenau vermoord.
Miniature figure of a seated man
Object type: figure
Date: 1 – 200
Materials: earthenware, glaze
Culture: chinese
Subjects: men
John Biglin in a Single Scull
Object type: watercolor
Date: 1873 – 1873
Materials: watercolor, paper
Culture: american
Artist: thomas eakins
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1844 – 1916
Subjects: men,rowing,boats

In 1873, when Eakins began painting watercolors for exhibition, he took up sporting scenes. This sheet is a replica of a watercolor (Yale University Art Gallery) that he sent to his Parisian teacher, Jean-Léon Gérôme, for criticism. His master wrote, "Your watercolor is entirely good and I am very pleased to have in New York a pupil such as you who does me honor."
Vase with Floral Decoration
Object type: vase
Date: 1575 – 1599
Materials: glaze, paint, porcelain
Techniques: firing, turning, vitrification
Location: china
Artist: Anonymous

This porcelain vessel is covered with a uniform brown glaze. The white slip floral decoration was applied directly after the glaze had been fired at a high temperature. Made of light, thin porcelain with an even glaze, this vase was probably produced in the Jingdezhen kilns.
Textile with Floral Lozenges (hanabishi)
Object type: piece
Date: 1615 – 1868
Materials: silk
Techniques: brocade, weave
Culture: japanese
Florence Levey, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes
Object type: photograph
Date: 1890 – 1890
Techniques: albumen silver print
Artist: kinney brothers tobacco company
Artist role: publisher
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1869 – 2011
Subjects: portraits,women,actresses

Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N245), issued in 1890 by Kinney Brothers Tobacco to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.
Ritual tripod cauldron with cover (Ding)
Object type: tripod cauldron
Date: 500 – 301
Materials: bronze
Culture: chinese
Subjects: cauldrons

Linked to power and dominion over the land, the ding is one of the most important ritual vessel types. They were used to cook and serve food offerings. Similar to other ritual bronze vessels, ding were originally made as ceramics, then were cast in bronze in the Shang dynasty. In the later periods, ding were produced in ceramics and metalwork not only as ritual vessels but also to serve as incense burners.
De Spitter
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1895 – 1895
Materials: paper
Techniques: photolithography
Location: amsterdam
Artist: vincent van gogh
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1853 – 1890
Subjects: farmers, spading ~ soil cultivation
Inscriptions: date

Prent uit het bijvoegsel van: De Kroniek 1 (1895), 17 februari 1895.