"The vast majority of prehistoric sculptures depict either animals or humans. In the earliest art, humankind consists almost exclusively of women as opposed to men, and painters and sculptors almost invariably showed them nude […]. When...
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at left: scene of Belgium, with man watching woman making lace before backdrop of cathedral and thatched-roof cottage; scene of Ireland, with man watching woman carry pail on her head across...
Ornate gold chandelier hanging from an ornately decorated ceiling. Title: 31 Chandelier, Salon de Jenets, Vienna. Handwritten on bottom: Austria. Copyright statement: Copyright 1905 by H.C. White Co. N.Y. Text on left: Polychrome Stereo Views,...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Opera singers; Women; Costumes; Posing
Three-quarter length character portrait of Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink in costume as Amneris in the Verdi opera "Aida." She wears her hair down, with a crown atop her head, and a regal dress. Born Ernestine (Tini) Rössler in Lieben...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Opera singers; Women; Costumes; Posing
Full-length character portrait of Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink in costume as a maid (wearing a long dress with apron and scullery hat). Born Ernestine (Tini) Rössler in Lieben (near Prague), Austria on June 15, 1861, the contralto and...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Musicians; Pianists; Men
Portrait of Austrian pianist Moriz Rosenthal, a mustachioed man wearing a tuxedo with vest and bow tie. Born in Lemberg, Austria, on December 17, 1862, he died in New York City on September 3, 1946. The annotation on the back of this photograph may...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Opera singers; Women
Three-quarter length photogravure portrait of famous opera singer Fritzi Scheff wearing a hat, cape, and muff. Born August 30, 1879 in Vienna, Austria, Scheff gave a command performance for Queen Victoria in 1900 (at age 21), and was decorated. She...
