Sculpture; Equestrian statues; Metalwork; Jockeys; People associated with entertainment & sports; Boys; Youth; Children; Clothing & dress; Footwear; Sandals; Animals; Horses; Horseback riding; Bareback riding; Riding; Sitting; Gestures;...
"Ridden by the young Jockey, the restored horse is in full gallop. […] It is an original statue group dating from about 140 BC." (Captions, pp. 352-353); "Found in the sea off Cape Artemision, Euboea, and retrieved in pieces in...
Apparently animal stalls, probably in a state-of-the-art dairy barn such as the the dairy barn in image ULPA 1982.01.745.p. Title supplied by cataloger.
A fifteenth century scribe prepared this blank leaf made of animal skin by marking 19 straight lines before writing a text. Animal skin was still being used for many books during this time, although paper was known in Europe by the fourteenth...
Collage novel, plate. "He used Victorian steel engravings, which he cut and reassembled with fanatical illusionistic precision." (p.225); [Animal is a pangolin, a scaly anteater]
“Truth or consequence and believe-it-or-not notions umbrella Colescott’s work. Whether replacing Old Master work subjects with Black images or revealing the fantasies held about Black men and women, the subtext is race and sex and the power...
"Polke's work frequently juxtaposes images wrenched from different periods of history. At the bottom left he makes use of a collage by the early twentieth-century Surrealist Max Ernst, whilst the central image derives from a satirical etching...
"Durham's symbolic recoding of the imagery of modern America in the terms of its native Indians is interesting in relation to Joseph Beuys's use of Indian iconography for purposes of symbolic retribution. As a modernist, Beuys assumed his work...
Winged animal [possibly a phoenix] in profile holding an open book. Below the animal is a scroll containing the phrase "Ex Libris" and the name "Charles Turner Cravans." Black ink. Signed Ainslie Hewett with four-digit year.
Ornate manuscript page with a small shield featuring three fanged animal heads [possibly boars] and a thick angled stripe. The text on the page is "I have a shelf in my library for tried authors; one in my mind for tried principles; and one in...
Portrait of statue of antlered animal on pedestal bearing the inscription "Brotherly Love." Location of photo studio: Louisville (Ky.). Title supplied by cataloger.
Country clubs; Eating & drinking facilities; Banquets; Men; Women; Suits (Clothing); Chandeliers; People
An aerial shot captures attendees of a banquet at the Audubon Country Club. The attendees may be employees of the National Bank of Kentucky, the organization which commissioned the photograph. The men wear dark suits and ties while the women wear...
A little girl sits in a chair near a large window. The room is decorated for Christmas with a tree that has tinsel, bulbs, and lights on it. Under the tree is nature scene and next to it is a miniature village scene surrounded by a toy train. There...
Portrait of Carolyn Verhoeff of Louisville, Kentucky, in evening wear with a long pendant necklace. The photograph is damaged around the edges and badly discolored with age. Handwritten on back of image: President Animal Rescue League. Stamped on...
Ashland, Henry Clay house in Lexington, Kentucky. Ivy-covered brick building of one and two story sections with a small upper porch and a small portico with circle detail. Henry Clay, a member of the House of Representatives and Senate for...
Library at the Dr. and Mrs. Irvin Abell home, 1433 South Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Books seem to be behind glass in the upper half of a case on the right. There are two taxidermy heads on the wall. A table with lamps has many rows of...
Shield containing two crescents and an animal head with fangs [possibly boar]. Above the shield is a man blowing a bugle [possibly a hunter]. Decorative scrolls with text serves as a border around the shield. The phrase "The wicked borrow and...
Shield containing two crescents and an animal head with fangs [possibly boar]. Above the shield is a man blowing a bugle [possibly a hunter]. Decorative scrolls with text serves as a border around the shield. The phrase "The wicked borrow and...
Animal [possibly a griffin] in a circular frame on a panel with decorative elements. At the top of the panel are the name "Floyd Wright" and the phrase "His Book." Brown ink. Signed Ainslie Hewett with four-digit year.
Shield containing a lion, two stars, and a loving-cup, which symbolizes friendliness. Below the shield is a scroll with text. The scroll contains the Latin phrase "Ingenio Innumerator Habe." Above the shield is a fox [or dog]. Above the...
