In the year 1573 when Shakespeare and Marlowe were already boys of nine, Chapman in adolescence, Spenser, Lyly and Richard Hooker men of twenty, John Donne, then important to only a few but destined to the company of royalty, was born. Walton...
African Americans; Civil rights demonstrations; Race relations; Public relations; Discrimination in housing; Housing; African American legislators; Insurance agents; Women legislators; African American legislators; Kentucky--Politics and...
Oral history interview conducted with legislator Mae Street Kidd on October 10, November 11, and December 5, 1978 by Ken Chumbley. Ms. Kidd discusses her life, including her childhood growing up in Bourbon County. Kidd attended the Lincoln...
Thames River at night with a small area of shore to the left visible and a wider area of shore visible to the right. Bridges cross the river. To the right is a tree-lined lane illuminated by streetlights London buildings are visible in the...
Theological seminaries; Historic buildings; Men; Boys
Baptist seminary in London, Kentucky is a simple-lined brick building with a two-story mid-section with a pediment supported by square brick pillars, and two one-and-a-half-story wings. A man in a suit stands on the porch, and two barefoot boys in...
Installation: used sump oil, steel; "The oil uncannily mirrors the ceiling of the gallery, leaving the spectator, figuratively speaking, in mid-air. Although currently installed in the Saatchi Gallery, the work was originally located in Matt's...
By Beardsley: prospectus for "The Yellow Book," Elkin Matthews and John Lane, London, 1894 (bottom). Not by Beardsley: cover design for "The Studio," London, 1893, submitted in a competition (top); cover of "Art et...
Two one-story buildings made of vertical wood boards with large signs, "Blacksmith Shop" (at left, smaller) and "London Wagon Works. Incorporated" (at right, larger). In front of the buildings, there are people milling around; a...
Lumberyards; Carts & wagons; Men; Horses; Utility poles
Wide street lined with telephone wires, buildings at right, and large stacks of lumber at left, as well as one stack in the center of the street where two driverless horse-drawn carts are also passing. The closest building, presumably the London...
The Household Division of the British Army responsible for guarding the British Royal Family performs The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, London, England. The soldiers wear tall hats and carry musical instruments. Jean Thomas and her...
Two oxen-drawn wagons meet on the road outside the blacksmith shop on the way from Oneida to London. See ULPA 1982.01.053.p for another view of this blacksmith shop.
Horse-drawn carriages loaded with passengers sit outside the blacksmith shop near London, Kentucky. These carriages, which transported visitors from London to Oneida, appear to be waiting for one of the horses from the front carriage to have a shoe...
A bearded man, wearing a hat and jacket, sits on the steps outside a door with a sign reading "General Waiting Room." He is probably at, or near, the train station in London.
Sculpture; Mixed media; Puns (Visual works); Sex; Couples; Relations between the sexes; Human body; Body parts; Anatomy; Genitals; Pails; Containers; Fruit; Melons; Food; Citrus fruit; Oranges; Cucumbers; Vegetables
"Lucas grew up in a working-class environment in East London and uses its idioms in her work. To some extent she has also borrowed from the American art that she saw in the late 1980s in London's Saatchi Gallery. Her 'grungy' abject imagery...
Photograph of exhibition installation, ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), London, September-October 1953; "In this early Independent Group exhibition photographs of varying sizes were attached to the gallery walls. Others were suspended by...
Collages; Montages; Photographs; Men; Heads (Anatomy); Moral aspects of war; Pessimism
"Henderson is rarely accorded much status in accounts of postwar art but he was a formative influence on members of London's Independent Group, especially [Eduardo] Paolozzi and [Richard] Hamilton. In the late 1940s and 1950s he photographed...
Collages; Montages; Photographs; Men; Heads (Anatomy); Moral aspects of war; Pessimism; Details
"Henderson is rarely accorded much status in accounts of postwar art but he was a formative influence on members of London's Independent Group, especially [Eduardo] Paolozzi and [Richard] Hamilton. In the late 1940s and 1950s he photographed...
Performance art; Video recording; Film stills; Motion pictures; Fantasy; Women; Artists; Youth; Boys; Teenagers; Dancers; Dance; Recreation; Locomotion; Human locomotion; Walking; Clothing & dress; Trousers; Shirts; T-shirts; Shoes; Footwear;...
Videotape; 25 minutes, color, silent; "The idea that art can provide access to an artist's inner being is amusingly, and pointedly, repudiated here. Wearing is completely immersed in her own world. In the video, no soundtrack accompanies her...
Hospital College of Medicine, Louisville (Ky.); Medical students; Teachers
Hospital College of Medicine 1901 - Composite photograph for the Hospital College of Medicine of faculty and the graduating medical school class of 1901 in Louisville, Kentucky. Rows of oval photographs of students with their names and home states...
Full-length character portrait of British actor George Arliss in costume for the role of "Disraeli," which he performed at Macauley's Theatre in February 1914. He wears a long suit jacket and oversized bow tie, and stands with a pad of...
Portrait of actress Kate Bateman as a young woman. She is seated, wearing an off-the-shoulder dark dress, with her hair down in ringlets. She is possibly costumed for the role of Leah in "Leah, the Forsaken," which she performed in London...
