Statue of lion at entrance of Elmendorf Farm near Lexington, Kentucky. Massive, growling marble lion statue on low, rectangular pedestal faces left edge of photograph. In the background are trees with intersecting branches and small leaves. Behind...
Full-length character portrait of actor, director, and writer Edmund Reese in costume for the role of John B. Ryder in Charles Klein's "The Lion and the Mouse," which was performed at Macauley's Theatre in October 1908. He stands on a...
Three-quarter length character portrait of actor Oliver Doud Byron in costume for his role as John Burkett Ryder in "The Lion and the Mouse," which he performed at Macauley's Theatre in November 1907. He holds a pen and paper, and wears a...
Full-length character portrait of actress Marie D. Shotwell in costume for the role of "Shirley Rossmore" in Charles Klein's "The Lion and the Mouse," produced at Macauley's Theatre in November 1907. She wears a shimmery evening...
Character portrait of actor Arthur Byron, who performed in "The Lion and the Mouse" at Macauley's Theatre from February 25 to March 2, 1907. He is seated at a desk covered with books and papers, wearing a suit and tie. He is likely the...
Discovered in Pompeii.
"With its fluted shaft and slightly flared bottom, the candelabrum rests on a tripod shaped like lion's paws, partially covered by a double plant-motif sheath. Three palmettes, one broken, ornament the space between the...
"Every so often as the excavation continued, one of the workmen would shout: 'Another marble here!' In the end, we found ourselves - entranced and speechless - before a group of sculptures lying side by side: from west to east ([in this...
Shield containing three fanged animal heads [possibly boars] in profile facing up. Above the shield is a lion. Below is a scroll with text. The shield is framed by decorative flourishes. A scroll above the lion contains the text "Ex...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the caged lion, the saddle, and the man wearing vest resting on log, holding axe, while boy carries sheaves of wheat, the images duplicate the earlier prints in this...
Stores & shops; Department stores; Window displays; Circuses & shows
Window display at Kaufman-Straus Company with a circus theme and pictures of elephants and a lion with lion tamer, plus a sign for war bonds in the corner. Address: Kaufman-Straus Company, 427-437 South 4th Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
Train with five cars, including the engine, on a set of railroad tracks along a very slight curve. Handwritten on back: Liverpool & Manchester Railway Centenary. Sept. 1930. The 'Lion' built in Leeds 1838.
"The construction technique and decorations of the villa suggest that it must have been built around the middle of the first century B.C. Only about thirty years earlier the Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla had conquered Pompeii and...
"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...
"Action behind the sheet, in the presence of the ubiquitous lion. Dali said the painting referred to his and Gala's repudiation by his father. There are allusions to Gala's operation, which Dali feared might be fatal." (Caption);...
"The Lion Gate at Mycenae and the towering fortification wall circuit of which it formed a part were constructed a few generations before the presumed date of the Trojan War. At that time, wealthy Mycenaeans were laid to rest outside the...
"The Lion Gate at Mycenae and the towering fortification wall circuit of which it formed a part were constructed a few generations before the presumed date of the Trojan War. At that time, wealthy Mycenaeans were laid to rest outside the...
"Just inside the Lion Gate, [Heinrich] Schliemann uncovered what archaeologists now designate as Grave Circle A. It predates the Lion Gate and the walls of Mycenae by some three centuries. Grave Circle A encloses six deep shafts that had...
From Susa (modern Shush, Iran), diagram of one of the lion's head terminals. Elements included are: empty wells, inlay, filigree wire. From the "Technique: Persian Metalworking" section of the "Art of the Ancient Near East"...
Schools; Classrooms; Children; Desks; Teachers; Stoves; Newspapers; People
Boys and girls sit at iron and wood desks in a classroom while a woman observes. The students are reading a newspaper titled Southern Agriculturist. The boys wear sweaters or jackets over button up shirts with ties. One girl has short bobbed hair,...
