Open book next to a wax candle in a candlestick. A panel in the upper left contains the quotation "A good book is the precious life blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured to a life beyond" and "Milton" as the...
A man with a white beard and glasses, wearing a dark three-piece suit, sits outdoors in a yard with a picket fence, holding open a book. Title supplied by cataloger.
Five men, including two wearing overalls holding a harmonica and a banjo, and one wearing seated, wearing a tie, and holding a guitar, gather around a woman who is wearing a jacket with a fur collar and holding a composition book. Title supplied by...
An old woman, said to be an Indian (Native American), sits against a tree reading a book. Outside the fence of the yard, buildings, a street, and an automobile are visible. Title supplied by cataloger.
A man identified in other Kate Matthews photographs as Ted plays a violin as he stands facing the camera next to the pipe organ in Pewee Valley Presbyterian Church in Oldham County, Kentucky. There is a music stand in front of him and a music book...
A Steinway Grand piano in the music room of photographer Kate Matthews' home, Clovercroft. Candelabra and a small harp sit on the piano which is in front of a heavily draped window. A music book is open on the music stand. Handwritten on album page...
Catherine and Frances Lawton, the characters Kitty and Allison Walton in Annie Fellows Johnston's "Little Colonel" book series, pose in dinner dresses in the parlor of their home, called Edgewood. Catherine is seated at a small table...
Tableaux; Teenagers; Boys; Girls; Couples; Fictitious characters; Trees
Hattie Cochran, as the character Lloyd Sherman in the Little Colonel book series, leans against the trunk of a large tree gazing up at Muir Semple, playing the character Rob Moore. Muir's arm rests on the tree above Hattie's head. He is wearing a...
Lillian and Elizabeth Fletcher stand with their backs to shelves full of bound books. They are wearing mid-calf length dresses and each is holding a book. Lillian appears to be reading while Elizabeth has lowered her book and is looking at the...
Soldiers; Uniforms; Military personnel; Campaigns & battles; Indians of North America; Missionaries; Discovery & exploration; Ships; Lifeboats; Horses; Men
Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: man kneeling before group of men, mostly in military uniforms, one empty-handed, one holding a flag, one a cross, and others bayonets; men with spears, and one with a sword and a shroud,...
Animals; Street railroads; Children; Play (Recreation); Toys; Writing; Reading; Sleeping; Men; Lathes; Shepherds; Barrels; Women; Flowers; Plants; Trees; Urns; Inkstands
Woodblock prints of, from top left and starting with larger images: fox ready to pounce on rabbit, hidden under tree root; 5-cent stamp, bearing image of horse-drawn trolley; mother cat leaping with arched back toward dog to protect her litter of...
Military personnel; Servants; Men; Women; Children; Reading; Skeletons; Scythes; Animals; Violins; Sailors; Camps; Military camps; Angels; Justice
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at left: two uniformed military officers and one young man by bivouac; servant clears dishes from table where man and boy share "Louisville Journal" newspaper; man holds up page in book to...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the three boys and woman with sailboat in washtub, the cat chasing bird, and the clockmaker, the images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints...
Breviaries--England--lllustrations; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--England; Manuscripts, Medieval; Illuminations 1200-1500
Leaf from a book used for daily prayers by a monk or other person living in a religious community, probably in England. The book was written in the thirteenth century on animal skin since paper was not used at that time. The text is from an...
Open book bearing the inscription "Wishing you a merry Christmas." A red bow lies near the book, and a holly vine with berries is draped above it. Another vining plant is faintly visible in the background. "C-111" printed on...
Paintings; Oil paintings; Portraits; Portrait paintings; Men; Presidents; Politicians; Statesmen; Heads of state; Government officials; People associated with politics & government; Older people; Gestures; Sitting; Posing; Clothing & dress;...
“[…] Washington is placed in an elaborate setting equal to his importance. In the Grand Manner tradition of portraiture, his is before a velvet drapery swag and a classical column, both alluding to his high rank, and surrounded by the...
