Sculpture; Portraits; Men; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; Clothing & dress; Headdresses; Headgear; Snakes; Reptiles; Cobras; Power (Social sciences); Symbols; Gods; People associated with religion; Myths;...
Portrait bust. "Several statues portraying Antinous as Osiris share the same features. They represent the young Bithynian, who drowned in the Nile in 130 A.D., wearing a nemes, an Egyptian headdress made of starched cloth, decorated in front...
Sculpture; Portraits; Heads (Anatomy); Men; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Hairstyles
Portrait head. "This portrait has fundamental importance in the study of Augustan iconography. Both it and a very similar portrait in the Forbes collection are considered excellent examples of the Louvre type of Augustan portrait. [...] This...
Men stand at the edge of the Louisville & Portland Canal as the locks are opened to allow a steamboat, probably the East St. Louis, through. Dark clouds of smoke billow from the boat's pipes. The 26th Street railroad bridge can be seen above...
Men stand at the edge of the Louisville & Portland Canal as the locks are opened to allow a steamboat, probably the East St. Louis, through. Dark clouds of smoke billow from the boat's pipes. The 26th Street railroad bridge can be seen above...
Railroad tracks; Electric railroads; Railroads; Canals
Four sets of railroad tracks with fields on either side. Electric poles and lines run parallel to the tracks. A train is on the left set of tracks with a person sitting on the top of one of the cars. A second train is on one of the middle sets of...
Lock of the Louisville and Portland Canal looking towards the Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Bridge down the Ohio River. The Canal later became the McAlpine Dam and Locks.
Lock of the Louisville and Portland Canal, on the Ohio River, looking north (upstream) to Shippingport Island. The lower lock gate and two stone buildings are in the foreground. The upper lock gate and an access bridge to Shippingport Island is in...
Locks on the Ohio River at Louisville, looking down the canal from the river bank. There are no boats visible in the locks; the gates are closed. Many structures are visible along the bank on the opposite side of the canal. Published by Detroit...
Waterways; Canals; Louisville and Portland Canal (Ky.); Shipping
Dry dock at Dam 41, Portland Canal and Locks, Louisville, Kentucky. To the left are telephone lines and in the water at the right is a barge with a crane. Beyond, the canal curves to the right. Caption on back of image: "Transfer back mix and...
Waterways; Canals; Louisville and Portland Canal (Ky.); Shipping
Barges at lower part of Portland Canal Locks, Dam 41, Louisville, Kentucky. Bridge in the distance. Bottom right of the photo is marked "Lock--Louisville." Caption on back of image: "Lower part of locks -- Dam 41, Louisville Ky....
Sculpture; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Military officers; Military personnel; People associated with military activities; Gestures; Clothing & dress; Hairstyles; Military uniforms;...
"This armored statue was discovered in the ancient city of Gabii. […] The portrait of Trajan, set on a modern neck, did not belong to the statue; it was furnished in 1793 by Vincenzo Pacetti, who produced this reconstituted piece for the...
Sculpture; Portraits; Women; Empresses; Princesses; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; Nobility; Clothing & dress; Hairstyles
Discovered near Tivoli (Italy).
"Cut from a single block of marble, this bust of Faustina the Younger is notable for its excellent state of preservation, despite a few chips on the face, some damage to the drapery, and the modern restoration...
"With her hair separated in two sections of coiled locks, this figure is dressed in a long tunic, its folds slipping off to expose the right shoulder. A heavy fringed cloak hangs from the left shoulder and is wrapped around the body, under the...
"This head of Isis, turned to the right, with delicately parted lips, is almost entirely intact except for the ends of a few locks of hair and the left edge of her tiara. The neck stops at a recessed fitting, a tenon, indicating that the head...
Falls of the Ohio at a low water level near Louisville, Kentucky. Photograph is taken from under a bridge, whose support is in a dry part of the river bed. A small amount of water is trickling over the locks, which are in front of a building with a...
Map, on a scale of 400 feet to an inch, showing the Louisville and Portland Canal, with Sand Island, Rock Island, Goose Island, Shippingport, Corn Island, Louisville, Portland, New Albany, Clarksville, Falls City, and Jeffersonville also labeled....
View of the old canal locks on the Ohio River from the low water side. Simple bridge crosses canal between the two plant-covered walls. Imprinted on image: 4800. Old Canal Locks, Louisville, Ky.
Men stand at the edge of the Louisville & Portland Canal as the locks are opened to allow a steamboat, probably the East St. Louis, through. Dark clouds of smoke billow from the boat's pipes. The 26th Street railroad bridge can be seen above...
Full stock rifles, with percussion locks and double-set triggers, sit on a porch leaning against the wall of a frame building. The guns were probably used in a shooting contest. Handwritten on bottom border: 540. Title supplied by cataloger.
