Women in literature--History--19th century; Consumption (Economics) in literature; Materialism in literature; American literature--19th century--Social aspects
This dissertation examines American consumer culture and its influences on images of women created in art and literature at the turn of the twentieth century. It is divided into four substantive parts and uses the methods and theoretical approaches...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Women; Public service organizations
Portrait of Lily Belknap of Louisville, Kentucky (daughter of Morris B. and Lily Buckner Belknap), wearing her hair up. She married Charles Harwood Moorman. The photograph is marked with discolorations. Handwritten on back of image: credit,...
One cow stands in a lily pond, while another grazes nearby on the grounds of Clovercroft, the family home of photographer Kate Matthews in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Handwritten on lower margin of photograph: "Pet the cow in lily pond."
Outdoor portrait of Lillie DeZarn. Lillie graduated from Oneida Baptist Institute in 1911. She later taught at the institute and married Saul Hounchell, who was also an Oneida graduate and fellow faculty member. Handwritten on bottom border: 466....
Mary Johnston as Elaine and a boatman in a reenactment of Tennyson's poem, "Lily Maid of Astolat." A handwritten inscription by someone other than the photographer says that the boatman is Kate Matthews, but an article in "The...
Man and woman sit on grass near a group of trees. Below them is a poem: "Within some shady nook, / where none may look, / safe from investigation; / I'd love to hide me- /with you beside me- / Spending a life-long vacation!" Next to the...
Boy in short pants sniffs a potted Easter lily. A rabbit sits on its hind legs behind the boy, while another lies behind the lily's pot. Address on verso dates this card to no later than 1914. "Easter no. 1007" printed on verso.
"To the right of the photograph [referring to the photograph in Dali's painting The First Days of Spring, 1929] we find the first appearance of an icon soon to proliferate in Dali's work: a waxy-complexioned head with closed eyes, long...
Hand-colored character portrait of "The Jersey Lily," performer and writer Lillie Langtry, seated on the grass holding a water pail. She shields her eyes with her right hand, and wears a cotton dress and apron. Born Emilie Charlotte Le...
Full-length character portrait of "The Jersey Lily," performer and writer Lillie Langtry, standing in front of an outdoor backdrop with ferns and stone steps, wearing a long white dress with train. Born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton in...
Portrait of "The Jersey Lily," performer and writer Lillie Langtry, wearing a dark bonnet with veil, and holding a fan. Born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton in Jersey, Channel Islands, on October 13, 1853, Langtry appeared in twelve...
Full-length character portrait of "The Jersey Lily," performer and writer Lillie Langtry, wearing a long dark dress with long white gloves. Born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton in Jersey, Channel Islands, on October 13, 1853, Langtry appeared...
Three-quarter length character portrait of "The Jersey Lily," performer and writer Lillie Langtry, wearing a long dress with a leaf pattern, long gloves, and a hat with a large ostrich plume. Born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton in Jersey,...
Portrait of left profile of "The Jersey Lily," performer and writer Lillie Langtry, wearing a hat that matches her dress and a stole. Born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton in Jersey, Channel Islands, on October 13, 1853, Langtry appeared in...
Two young women in costumes pose in a garden. One wears a red tunic and is standing by a sundial. The other, in a dark hat and dress, is sitting by a little pond and is about to pick a lily to add to the flowers in her basket. Kate Matthews...
Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: geyser; smoke signals?; team of oxen; man falling off icy cliff toward landing where three other men with walking sticks and a pickaxe look on; old man sitting in chair with blanket on...
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at top left: Label for "Smith's Tonic Syrup or Vegetable Febrifuge Caution," signed "Jno. J. Smith Proprietor" and bordered by leaves and fleur de lis; dark image, possibly of...
Girl in yellow dress rings a bell over her head. The bell is inscribed "gloria." She stands inside a cut-out cross. She holds a lily and there are lilies wrapping around the cross. Printing information dates this card to before the first...
Girl with a large rabbit on a ribbon/leash. Beside her is a basket of large colored eggs. She also holds an Easter lily frond. Postmark on verso is partly obliterated, but starts with "191." "Series 309E" printed on verso.
