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Description: Dr. Spurzheim. Divisions of the organs of phrenology marked externally

TitleDr. Spurzheim. Divisions of the organs of phrenology marked externally

Creator name (description)Pendleton's Lithography

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1834

Object typePrint

MaterialsLithograph

LocationLibrary of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2007681265/

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsScience in artPhrenology

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2. The Properties of Blood

Shawn Michelle Smith

American Archives: Gender, Race, and Class in Visual Culture

“To plant A family! This idea is at the bottom of most of the wrong and mischief which men do. The truth is, that, once in every half century at longest, a family should be merged into the great, obscure mass of humanity...

Author

Shawn Michelle Smith

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.29-50

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00342.3

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23314&redirecttoanchor=92160

Chapter subject tags:Racism--United States--History--19th centuryHawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. House of the seven gablesPortrait photography--United States--19th centurySocial classes--United States--History--19th centuryArt and literature--United States--History--19th centuryScientific racism--United States--History--19th centuryMiscegenation in art--United States--19th centuryDaguerreotype--United States--History--19th centuryEugenics--United States--History--19th century

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Buttercups, Red Clover, and Plantain

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameDürer, Albrecht

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1526

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor and body color on vellum

Dimensions11 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (29.9 x 21.7 cm)

LocationRhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence

http://risdmuseum.org/art_design/objects/381_buttercups_red_clover_and_plantain

Accession number38.053

Buttercups, Red Clover, and Plantain

Ancient and modern racial classification

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nameNott, J.C.;Gliddon, G.R.

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleIllustrator

Creation date1854

Object typeIllustration

LocationFrom "The Types of Mankind," pp. 458–459, Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1854

Ancient and modern racial classification

Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius L.)

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1542

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut

DimensionsPage 15 x 9 1/2 in. (38 x 24 cm)

LocationStaatsbibliothek zu Berlin

Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius L.)

Horse and Rider

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 03

Creator nameMuybridge, Eadweard

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1887

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsCollotype

Dimensions18 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. (47.6 x 60.3 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/9774

Accession number1973.37.1

Horse and Rider

Horse & Rider, plate 630 from Animal Locomotion

The osteology lesson of Dr. Sebastian Egbertsz.

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 07

Creator nameKeyser, Thomas de;Pickenoy, Nicolaes Eliasz.

Creator name (description)attributed to

Creator nationality/cultureDutch; Dutch

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1619

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationAmsterdam Museum

http://am.adlibhosting.com/Details/collect/38497

Accession numberSA 7352

The osteology lesson of Dr. Sebastian...

The osteology lesson of Dr. Sebastian Egbertsz.

Woman Throwing a Ball

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 03

Creator nameMuybridge, Eadweard

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1887

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsCollotype

Dimensions18 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. (47.6 x 60.3 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/9777

Accession number1973.37.2

Woman Throwing a Ball

Woman Throwing a Ball, plate 305 from Animal Locomotion

Common Comfrey

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1563

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut

DimensionsPage 13 3/8 x 8 5/8 in. (34 x 22 cm)

LocationStaatsbibliothek, Berlin

Common Comfrey

Common Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.)

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameWeiditz, Hans, II

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePainter

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor with body color

LocationUniversität Bern, Switzerland

Common Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.)

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameWeiditz, Hans, II

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1530–1536

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut

DimensionsPage 12 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (30.8 x 19.5 cm)

LocationStaatsbibliothek zu Berlin

Common Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.)

Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1542

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut

DimensionsPage 15 x 9 1/2 in. (38 x 24 cm)

LocationStaatsbibliothek, Berlin

Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)

Professor Henry A. Rowland

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 13

Creator nameEakins, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1897

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions80 1/4 x 54 in. (203.84 x 137.16 cm)

LocationPhillips Academy, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts

http://accessaddison.andover.edu/Obj1516

Accession number1931.5

Professor Henry A. Rowland

Borage (Borago officinalis L.)

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameWeiditz, Hans, II

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1530–1536

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut

DimensionsPage 12 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (30.8 x 19.5 cm)

LocationStaatsbibliothek zu Berlin

Borage (Borago officinalis L.)

Buttercup (Ranunculus nemorosus)

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut

LocationStadtarchiv, Augsburg, Germany

Buttercup (Ranunculus nemorosus)

Anatomy Lesson

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1493–1494

Object typePrint

MaterialsStencil-colored woodcut

Dimensions11 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (30 x 19.8 cm)

Anatomy Lesson

Borage (Borago officinalis L.)

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1533

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut

DimensionsImage 3 3/8 x 1 3/8 in. (8.5 x 3.5 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

Borage (Borago officinalis L.)

Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius L.)

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameWeiditz, Hans, II

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1530–1536

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut

DimensionsPage 12 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (30.8 x 19.5 cm)

LocationUniversity Library Special Collections, Amsterdam

Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius L.)

The Moon

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 03

Creator nameBarker, George Frederic

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1864

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsAlbumen print

Dimensions16 3/4 x 21 1/8 in. (42.5 x 53.7 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/32429

Accession number1993.48.1

The Moon

Figure de la lune vue au télescope de l'Observatoire Royal de Paris

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 03

Creator nameKaeppelin

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1830

Object typePrint

MaterialsLithograph

Dimensions8 5/8 x 5 7/8 in. (22 x 15 cm)

LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

Figure de la lune vue au...

Figure de la lune vue au télescope de l'Observatoire Royal de Paris

Portraits of A. Meyer, H. Füllmaurer, and V. Speckle

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1542

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcuts

DimensionsPage 15 x 9 1/2 in. (38 x 24 cm)

LocationStaatsbibliothek zu Berlin

Portraits of A. Meyer, H....

Portraits of A. Meyer, H. Füllmaurer, and V. Speckle

Jasmine

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut

LocationStadtarchiv, Augsburg, Germany

Jasmine

The Microscope

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 03

Creator nameWeir, Robert Walter

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1849

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52975

Accession number1964.15

The Microscope

Portrait of David Rittenhouse

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 13

Creator namePeale, Charles Willson

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1791

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions37 x 27 in.

LocationAmerican Philosophical Society, Philadelphia

Portrait of David Rittenhouse

Wild Turkey

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nameAudubon, John James

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1845

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions45 × 33 in. (114.3 × 83.8 cm)

LocationGilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma

https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/01262322

Accession number0126.2322

Wild Turkey

The Long Room, Gallery of Practical Science, Adelaide Street, Strand

Posted by:John Carlson

May 03

Creator nameKearnan, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1830

Object typePrint

MaterialsEtching

LocationBodleian Library, University of Oxford

The Long Room, Gallery of Practical...

The Long Room, Gallery of Practical Science, Adelaide Street, Strand

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