deem-data/ArtiFact huggingface dataset:
Fragment of a Tapestry or Wall Hanging
Object type: tapestry fragment
Date: 1420 – 1430
Materials: linen, wool
Culture: upper rhenish
Location: switzerland
Subjects: birds,mythical creatures

This tapestry fragment represents a fabulous lionlike beast with pointed teeth, clawed feet, and a scaly rump. Such beasts, derived from those illustrated in classical texts like the Physiologus and medieval bestiaries, represent vices. Here the figures posed with them seem to have tamed their libidinous cravings. Such tapestries were displayed in homes providing decoration as well as insulation.
View of a City (Christ with the Good Samaritan at the Well)
Object type: print
Date: 1601 – 1700
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: france
Artist: sébastien bourdon
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1616 – 1671
L'Opéra, Académie Nationale de Musique
Object type: photograph
Date: 1879 – 1889
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: paris
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: four-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, e.g.: cab, carriage, coach, façade (of house or building), opera house
Inscriptions: number: ‘73’
Bone hairpin
Object type: pin
Date: 1 – 200
Materials: bone
Culture: roman, cypriot
Portret van Anna van Oostenrijk
Object type: print
Date: 1644 – 1650
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Subjects: paris, anna van oostenrijk (koningin van frankrijk)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2760, collector's mark: Lugt 2228

De prenten in de serie Ferdinandus II[us] et III[us] Imperatorum Domus Austriacae zijn vervaardigd door verschillende graveurs: Jonas Suyderhoef, Jacob Louys en Pieter van Sompel.
Fotoreproductie van een schilderij, voorstellende een portret van Mary Aikenhead
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1869 – 1879
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodburytype
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: organization, functionaries and dignitaries in roman catholic church; clergy in general
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘yours most affly [...]’
Diana Agrotera, from Oplonte
Object type: page
Date: 1855 – 1860
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: (story of) diana (artemis)

Prent op derde ongenummerde pagina na pagina 142.
Onderschotel van een doos van faience
Object type: platter
Date: 1724 – 1764
Materials: faience
Location: delft
Artist: johannes pennis
Artist role: plateelbakker
Artist dates: 1702 – 1788
Inscriptions: mark: ‘IP (ineen)’

Onderschotel van een doos van faience, in de vorm van een druivenblad. Veelkleurig beschilderd.
Basket with crabs
Object type: covered vase
Date: 1644 – 1911
Materials: gemstone
Culture: chinese
Subjects: crabs
Oudemanhuispoort te Amsterdam
Object type: titelblad, titelpagina
Date: 1876 – 1876
Materials: paper
Techniques: tone lithography
Location: haarlem
Artist: piet schipperus
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1840 – 1929
Subjects: coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ city; municipal), gate, entrance, old-people's home
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 1641b

Titelpagina voor: Kalff, Martin, en Salomon Martinus Nathan Calisch. In 't Oumanhuis. Kijkjes op de Tentoonstelling. Amsterdam: Scheltema & Holkema, 1876.
Library Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II
Object type: drawing ornament architecture
Date: 1753 – 1753
Materials: ink
Techniques: wash
Artist: thomas chippendale
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1718 – 1779
Subjects: tables

Preparatory drawing for Thomas Chippendale's 'Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director'. Published in reverse as plate LV in the 1754 and 1755 editions, renumbered as plate LXXXI in the 1762 edition.
Antieke vaas met deksel
Object type: print
Date: 1767 – 1767
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: paris
Subjects: vase ~ ornament
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Antieke vaas met deksel, gedecoreerd met guirlande en ramskoppen.
Twee foto's van een stoomschip en een straathoek
Object type: photograph
Date: 1895 – 1910
Materials: paper
Techniques: albumen print
Location: great britain
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: street, steamship, motorship, great britain

Deze foto's maken deel uit van een album.
Omslag voor een kalender van 1922 van Drukkerij Ten Hagen
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1921 – 1921
Materials: cardboard
Techniques: letterpress printing, printing block
Location: the hague
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: calendar, almanac, chariot, triumphal car, the hague

Op de voorzijde van het omslag een strijdwagen, getrokken door vier steigerende paarden, in een kader van takken en bladeren. Bovenaan het monogram van de drukkerij, onder de strijdwagen het jaartal '1922'. Binnenin een kalender voor het jaar met in het midden een kader met feestdagen en koninklijke verjaardagen.
Het Slecht-schynende Recht
Object type: print
Date: 1710 – 1710
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: amsterdam
Artist: jan luyken
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1649 – 1712
Subjects: treasure hunting, goldrush, landscapes
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Proefdruk voor illustratie uit: Luyken, Jan. De onwaardige wereld, vertoond in vyftig zinnebeelden, met godlyke spreuken en stichtelyke verzen. Amsterdam: Pieter Arentsz. II (wed.) en Cornelis van der Sys, 1710, p. 30.
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 490 – 480
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Exterior, mouth, chin, extended arms and part of javelin? of youth to right
Insertion (For a Cover)
Object type: textile
Date: 1550 – 1600
Materials: linen, thread
Techniques: cutting, drawing, embroidery, lace, weave, stitching
Location: belgium
Vijftigste verjaardag van Joost Vrydag, ter herdenking van het feit dat de elf kinderen Vrydag op dat moment nog in leven waren, penning vereerd aan Johanna Vrydag
Object type: family medal
Date: 1808 – 1808
Materials: silver
Techniques: engraving, striking
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: joost vrydag, johanna vrydag

Zilveren penning. Voorzijde: opschrift. Keerzijde: opschrift
Wine cup
Object type: wine cup
Date: 1615 – 1868
Materials: porcelain
Techniques: overglaze, painting
Culture: japanese
Trouw zweren aan de stadhouder te Veere, 1787
Object type: print
Date: 1789 – 1789
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: veere
Subjects: the hague, william v (prince of orange), new ruler taking the oath, swearing an oath (with two fingers raised)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Op de trappen van het stadhuis zweren het stadsbestuur en de burgerij trouw aan de stadhouder Willem V en aan de oude grondwet, 2 juli 1787.
Bij 'n kopje koffie!
Object type: photograph
Date: 1906 – 1924
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: adult woman, adult man, drinking

Onderdeel van fotoalbum van een onbekende Nederlandse familie met opnames van Suriname, Europa en Nederlands-Indië.
Le public a obtenu justice! (...)
Object type: cartoon
Date: 1828 – 1828
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: paris
Subjects: violent death by burning at the stake; pyre, graphic artist, political caricatures and satires
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228a

Charlet, Bellangé en andere prentmakers zijn veroordeeld tot de brandstapel, zodat deze 'schurken' geen albums meer kunnen maken.
Bottle
Object type: bottle
Date: 1760 – 1760
Materials: enamel, glass
Culture: british
Location: england
Subjects: flowers
Het Winter Bosch
Object type: print
Date: 1788 – 1788
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: northern netherlands
Artist: cornelis brouwer
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1731 – 1803
Subjects: stage design
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Het coulissendecor Het Winter Bosch, met scène uit de Gysbrecht van Aemstel. Aparte afdruk van alleen het decor, zonder de passe-partout met het toneel en de zaal. Behorend bij de serie van veertien toneeldecors van de nieuwe Amsterdamse Schouwburg, 1787-1794.
Schetsboek
Object type: sketchbook
Date: 1925 – 1941
Materials: ink, paper, pencil
Techniques: drawing, pen
Artist: leo gestel
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1881 – 1941
Subjects: clown, horses (circus performance)
Inscriptions: workshop stamp: Lugt 1078a

Schetsboek met 57 tekeningen waarvan 24 op losse bladen: studies van (circus)paarden, clowns en clowns als paardendresseur.
Bowl with Cover
Object type: bowl with cover
Date: 1573 – 1620
Materials: porcelain
Culture: chinese
Subjects: dragons
Portret van Adriaan Heereboord in ovaal
Object type: print
Date: 1647 – 1647
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: haarlem
Subjects: professor (+ portrait of teacher, professor)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240

Portret van Adriaan Heereboord, hoogleraar redeneerkunde en wijsbegeerte aan de universiteit van Leiden, op 33-jarige leeftijd. Onderaan in de marge een zesregelig vers in het Latijn.
Plaque with Christ in Majesty
Object type: plaque
Date: 1301 – 1400
Materials: enamel, silver
Culture: spanish
Twee kabuki acteurs
Object type: print
Date: 1800 – 1800
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodcut
Location: japan
Artist: utagawa toyokuni (i)
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1769 – 1825
Subjects: hacking and thrusting weapons: sword, portrait of actor, actress

De acteurs Bando Minosuke in de rol van Gekuro Kitsune en Iwai Kumesaburo II als Shizuka Gozen, in het kabuki stuk Yoshitsune senbon zakura.
Dog Cart #1116
Object type: drawing
Date: 1870 – 1874
Materials: gouache, graphite, 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
Fonteinen in de paleizen en tuinen van Rome
Object type: print
Date: 1653 – 1691
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: rome
Subjects: (story of) mercury (hermes), piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, ornamental fountain, loggia, verandah, porch, rome

In de loggia een fontein met sculptuur van Mercurius door Giambologna en de twee Medici leeuwen. Op de voorgrond een sculptuur van Silenus met de jonge Bacchus en een sculptuur van Venus. Genummerd rechtsonder: 9. De prent maakt deel uit van een album.
Funerary Cone of the Steward Bak
Object type: cone, circular impression, bak, steward, thutmose i, nay, house mistress, aye
Date: 1504 – 1492
Materials: pottery
Location: egypt
Subjects: hieroglyphs

This impression is the reverse of 30.6.25.
Armorial Jug (vaso)
Object type: jug
Date: 1480 – 1480
Techniques: maiolica, glazing
Culture: italian
Subjects: coat of arms
Textile
Object type: textile
Date: 1801 – 1900
Culture: belgian
[Lord Canning's Hill Pony]
Object type: photograph
Date: 1858 – 1861
Techniques: albumen silver print
Artist: Anonymous
Artist role: artist
Subjects: men,horses
Crystal Ball on a Bronze Stand in the Shape of a Fish
Object type: crystal ball on stand
Date: 1701 – 1800
Materials: bronze, quartz
Culture: chinese
Subjects: fish
Panel
Object type: textile
Date: 1700 – 1700
Materials: textile, silk
Techniques: weave
Location: france
Subjects: flowers, scrolls (motifs)
The Gown Falls, Man Remains, and the Legs are Shaking. (J.B. Rousseau), plate 10 from Coquetterie
Object type: print
Materials: paper, stone
Techniques: letterpress, lithograph, scraping
Location: france
Artist: honoré daumier
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1808 – 1879
Portret van een vrouw met witte klederdrachtmuts en halsketting
Object type: carte de visite
Date: 1856 – 1875
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: groningen
Artist: johannes wilhelmus karsses
Artist role: draughtsman
Artist dates: 1841 – 1875
Subjects: historical persons - bb - woman, head-gear: cap, folk costume, regional costume, necklace
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘J. W. Karsses/ Kunstschilder en Photograaf/ Buiten de Heerepoort/ O. Z. Heereweg U 513/ te/ Groningen./ Voor nabestelling blijft deze plaat/ bewaard.’
De boer en het kalf
Object type: print
Date: 1843 – 1920
Materials: paper
Techniques: letterpress printing, engraving
Location: munich
Subjects: farmers, calf
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Blad met 13 voorstellingen over een boer en zijn kalf dat niet wil luisteren. Onder elke afbeelding een tweeregelig vers. Genummerd midden onder: Nro. 114. Genummerd rechtsboven: 114.
Koperen en verguld ornament
Object type: photograph
Date: 1860 – 1900
Materials: paper
Techniques: albumen print
Location: france
Artist: Anonymous
Inscriptions: annotation: ‘496. - Versailles - Le Musee - Salon de la Guerre (L.P. Phot). Dessus de porte en cuivre cisele et doré, armes de Louis XIV.’

Het ornament bestaat uit een mannenhoofd, een krans en een familiewapen en het geheel rustend op leeuwenpoten. Onderdeel van een serie met betrekking tot het interieur van het paleis van Versailles met kroonluchters, deuren, portalen en meubelstukken.
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix
Date: 510 – 500
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Interior, youth with stick; Obverse, horse, male with spear clasping hand of man with scepter (?); Reverse, male with spear, horse, male with staff
Money Lenders
Object type: print
Techniques: etching
Location: london
Artist: thomas rowlandson
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1757 – 1827
Subjects: men,reading
Precatio
Object type: print
Date: 1579 – 1579
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: antwerp
Artist: johann sadeler (i)
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1550 – 1600
Subjects: false church personified, (private) prayer; 'oratione', 'preghiere', 'preghiere a dio' (ripa) (+ holy ghost (as a dove)), aids for prayer, e.g. rosary, monk(s), friar(s), candle, dissimulation, hypocrisy; 'hippocresia', 'simulatione' (ripa)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240

De personificatie Gebed (Precatio), met haar handen gevouwen. Ze kijkt naar de verschijning van de Heilige Geest als duif in de rechterbovenhoek. Gebed vertrapt de personificatie van Schijnheiligheid (Fucus), een monnik met een rozenkrans en een dolk. Rondom hem liggen attributen van de Rooms-Katholieke Kerk.
Pisa
Object type: photograph
Date: 1851 – 1900
Materials: cardboard, paper
Techniques: albumen print
Location: pisa
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: gallery (spacious corridor), wall-covering
Inscriptions: number: ‘1020.’
Fragment of onderdeel uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Hollandia
Object type: part
Date: 1743 – 1743
Materials: iron
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: verenigde oostindische compagnie, hollandia (schip), annet

Varied parts or fragments, bar(-shaped) fragments; fragm, heavily eroded, broken.
Trenton Falls
Object type: photograph
Date: 1865 – 1865
Techniques: albumen silver print, glass negative
Artist: john thomson
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british, scottish
Artist dates: 1837 – 1921
Omslag voor prentserie Schiller's Fridolin
Object type: print
Date: 1823 – 1823
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: tübingen
Artist: moritz retzsch
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1779 – 1857
Inscriptions: tekst, verso, opgeplakt: Lijst met plaatsen waar het gekocht kan worden en prijzen
Carpet fragment
Object type: fragment
Date: 1501 – 1600
Materials: linen, wool
Subjects: human figures,animals
Mace
Object type: arm
Date: 1550 – 1550
Materials: iron
Culture: german
Location: germany
Untitled Valentine (Pink Flowers and Putti)
Object type: drawing and watercolor
Date: 1834 – 1834
Materials: paper
Techniques: collage, cutting, embossing
Location: england
Artist: Anonymous
Artist nationality: english
Artist dates: 1800 – 1899
Deer in Landscape
Object type: drawing
Date: 1810 – 1875
Materials: watercolor, paper
Location: france
Artist: antoine-louis barye
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1795 – 1875
Subjects: deer,landscapes
De brand in het Oude Stadhuis van Amsterdam, 1652
Object type: print
Date: 1690 – 1690
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Subjects: print maker, draughtsman, jan van der heyden, on fire, ablaze, townhall, fire-fighting, fire-extinguishing equipment

Huidige staat van prent ook gebruikt in: Heyden, Jan van der. Beschryving der nieuwlyks uitgevonden en geoctrojeerde slang-brand-spuiten en haare wyze van brand-blussen, tegenwoordig binnen Amsterdam in gebruik zijnde (…). 1e druk. Amsterdam: Jan Rieuwertsz. (II), 1690.

Derde bekende staat van prent ook gebruikt in: Heyden, Jan van der. Beschryving der nieuwlyks uitgevonden en geoctrojeerde slang-brand-spuiten en haare wyze van brand-blussen, tegenwoordig binnen Amsterdam in gebruik zijnde (…). 2e druk. Amsterdam: erfgenamen Jan van der Heyden, 1735.

Voor eerste bekende staat zie RP-P-AO-28-44-2 en RP-P-OB-55.389.
Voor tweede bekende staat zie RP-P-OB-81.741 en RP-P-OB-82.081.
Voor derde bekende staat zie RP-P-AO-28-44-1 en RP-P-OB-81.742.
Purcell, Captain, Baltimore Orioles, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes
Object type: baseball card, photograph
Date: 1888 – 1888
Techniques: albumen silver print
Artist: goodwin & company
Artist role: publisher
Artist dates: 1850 – 1950
Subjects: men,portraits,baseball,athletes

The "Old Judge" series of baseball cards (N172) was issued by Goodwin & Company from 1887 to 1890 to promote Old Judge Cigarettes.
Cylinder seal
Object type: cylinder seal
Date: 1900 – 1601
Materials: stone
Culture: babylonian
Location: mesopotamia
Studies of Two Helmets and of Two Soldiers Wearing Helmets
Object type: drawing
Date: 1553 – 1588
Materials: ink
Techniques: brush, pen, wash
Artist: marco marchetti (marco da faenza)
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1553 – 1588
Subjects: soldiers,helmets,men,profiles
Portret van een man, aangeduid als Mr. Gouski
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1870 – 1900
Materials: cardboard, celluloid, paper
Techniques: albumen print
Location: nantes
Artist: louis martin
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates:  – 1925
Subjects: adult man, anonymous historical person portrayed
Inscriptions: address: ‘12 Rue Boileau/ NANTES’, inscription: ‘Les Clichés sont conservés’
Pisa
Object type: reproduction
Date: 1852 – 1900
Materials: cardboard, paper
Techniques: albumen print
Location: pisa
Artist: andrea di cione named orcagna
Artist role: painter, sculptor
Artist dates: 1320 – 1368
Subjects: comprehensive representation of last judgement: christ (with sword and lily), often surrounded by elders and sometimes accompanied by mary and john the baptist, appears in the sky with trumpeting angels (and sometimes angels holding the instruments of the passion); after the resurrection of the dead the blessed are led to heaven by angels, and the damned are dragged into hell by devils, wall-covering
Inscriptions: number: ‘No. 11412’, collector's mark: ‘VOSMAER’
Gezicht op Aeschi bei Spiez, Zwitserland
Object type: photomechanical print
Materials: paper
Techniques: photograph
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: prospect of village, silhouette of village, landscapes, mountains
Sinon Deceiving the Trojans
Object type: print
Techniques: engraving
Artist: giorgio ghisi
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1515 – 1582
Subjects: battles,soldiers,men
Portret van Gregor Horst
Object type: print
Date: 1623 – 1623
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Subjects: further education (+ portrait of teacher, professor), historical persons, physician, doctor (+ portrait of scholar, scientist)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2233

Tekst in het Latijn in de omlijsting en in de ondermarge.
Groepsportret van de familie Wielenga staand rond een tafel aan de Baljéebuurt 58, Leeuwarden
Object type: ansichtkaart, prentbriefkaart
Date: 1905 – 1920
Materials: paper
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: leeuwarden
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: family group, especially parents with their child(ren)
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘T.J. Wielenga/ Balje buurt 58/ Leeuwarden. Mij H. v. Dijk p/a/ Aan den Heer J. van Dijk/ Vishandel/ Rotstergaast’
Steam in a Gorge
Object type: drawing and watercolor
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: pen
Location: france
Artist: rodolphe bresdin
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1822 – 1885
Schilderijen uit The Houghton Gallery
Object type: print
Date: 1711 – 1775
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: london
Subjects: trees, hunting dogs, bird hunting, hunters resting during the hunt
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 12

Prent is onderdeel van een serie van 162 prenten naar schilderijen uit de collectie van Sir Robert Walpole in Houghton, op initiatief van uitgever John Boydell.
Entrance Gate
Object type: print
Date: 1887 – 1887
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: lithography
Location: united states
Artist: james mcneill whistler
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1834 – 1903
Dish
Object type: dish
Date: 1762 – 1773
Materials: pewter
Culture: american
Location: united states
Artist: thomas danforth, i
Artist role: maker
Artist dates: 1703 – 1786
Scene of General McPherson's Death
Object type: photograph
Techniques: albumen silver print, glass negative
Artist: george n. barnard
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1819 – 1902

George N. Barnard released this volume of views in November 1866, ten months after Alexander Gardner published his Sketch Book. Together, the two volumes are the foundational publications of nineteenth-century American photography. One is an amalgamation of photographs by multiple artists made over a period of four years; the other is the work of a single artist who followed the campaign of one general and his army in the final months of the war. On July 22, 1864, Union General James Birdseye McPherson was shot off his mount near the woods seen here. First in his West Point class of 1853 and keenly admired and trusted by General Sherman, McPherson was the only commander of a federal army during the Civil War to die in battle. Barnard constructed the photograph as a painter might, by manipulating the bones, trimming the foliage, and removing any distracting details that could interfere with the psychological meaning of a proper memorial portrait. The screen of trees became a simple but useful backdrop, a curtain for this minimal landscape of life and death.