"From the 'King's Grave' at Ur comes a splendid lyre that, in its restored state, resembles the instrument depicted in the feast scene on the Standard of Ur [from Tomb 779]. A magnificent bull's head caps the instrument's sound box. It is...
"The center of the north wall is occupied by the flying figure of Apollo with his lyre. The god, crowned with a laurel wreath and wearing a light blue mantle [...]." (p.167); "The excavation unearthed parts of a building, later...
Full-length character portrait of actors Alphonse (sometimes spelled Alphonz) Ethier and Mae Burgess in costume for their roles as Ben Hur and Iras, respectively, which they performed at Macauley's Theatre in the March 1905 production of "Ben...
Herbert Ross, in a shepherd's costume, sits by a creek playing a homemade lyre on a winter day. Ross grew up in Pewee Valley, studied art in Paris, and became an accomplished painter.
England; Men; Women; Children; Animals; People associated with religion; Sculpture; Greek temples; Military personnel; Soldiers; Uniforms; Portugal; France; Lyres; Stringed instruments
Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: scene of England, signed "Hartwell," with man, woman, and children seated in front of thatched hut among chickens, with horse, carriage, and Tower of London visible in...
Easter cards; Easter eggs; Chickens; Portfolios; Violets; Roosters; Animals in human situations
Two chickens in human clothing. One is dressed in a skirt and carries a sheet music folio decorated with a lyre. The rooster wears a monocle and carries a bouquet of violets and an Easter egg suspended from a ribbon. Address information dates this...
