L.N.Tolstoy Prokudin-Gorsky
"Lev Tolstoy in Yasnaya Polyana", 1908, the first color photo portrait in Russia. Français : « Léon Tolstoï à Iasnaïa Poliana », 1908, le premier portrait photographique en couleur en Russie. Polski: „Lew To... More
Jules Massenet by Eugène Pirou - Original
Jules Massenet, photographed by Eugène Pirou
A Versailles, à Versailles 5 octobre 1789
A contemporary illustration of the Women's March on Versailles. Français : Journées des 5 et 6 octobre
Advertisement for the music score of La Bohème, 1895 - Original
Advertisement for the music score of Giacomo Puccini's La bohème, showing the quartette in the third act between Marcello, Musetta, Mimi, and Roldolpho.
Albert Pierre-René Maignan - Jules Massenet - Ariane - Original
"Théâtre National de l'Opéra. Ariane. Opéra en 5 actes de Catulle Mendès. Musique de J. Massenet : [affiche] / lithographie de Albert Maignan" Création au théâtre de l'Opéra le 31 octobre 1906 Poster for the p... More
Atelier Nadar - Fly scene from Offenbach's Orphée aux enfers with Jean...
Jeanne Granier (Eurydice) and Eugène Vauthier (Jupiter) in the famous fly scene from Jacques Offenbach's Orphée aux enfers. Albumen print, 10.5 x 14.5 cm. This was not the original cast, Fun fact: If I'm not... More
Atelier Nadar - Jacques Isnardon, Vaudeville - Original
Jacques Isnardon (Vaudeville). 1 photogr. pos. sur papier albuminé : d'après nég. sur verre ; 14,5 x 10,5 cm
Charles-Antoine Cambon - La Esmeralda, Act 3, Scene 2 set (cropped)
Sketch for the set of Act III, Scene 2 of La Esmeralda, an opera by Louise Bertin
Charles-Antoine Cambon - La Esmeralda, Act 3, Scene 2 set - Original
Sketch for the set of Act III, Scene 2 of La Esmeralda, an opera by Louise Bertin
Charles-Antoine Cambon - Set design for Act II of Louis Dietsch's Le v...
Set design for Act II of Louis Dietsch's Le vaisseau fantôme at the Académie Royale de Musique-Le Peletier on 9 November 1842. Pencil and watercolour, 313 x 480 mm.
Charles-Antoine Cambon - Set design for Act IV of Fromental Halévy's L...
Set design for Act IV of Fromental Halévy's grand opera La reine de Chypre, for the 22 December 1841 première production at the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Le Peletier. Pastel, pencil, and gouache on beige paper, 451 x 615 mm.
Charles-Antoine Cambon - Set design for Act V, Scene 2 of Fromental Ha...
Set design for Act V, Scene 2 of Fromental Halévy's grand opera La reine de Chypre, for the 22 December 1841 première production at the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Le Peletier. Watercolour, goache, and pencil, 650 x 894 mm.
Charles-Antoine Cambon - Set design for the première of Rossini's Robe...
Set design for Gioachino Rossini's Robert Bruce, Act III, Scene 3 (La draperie s'ouvre découvrant le rempart de la forteresse "The curtain opens on the ramparts of the fortress [Sterling Castle]")
Georges Ernest Boulanger by Atelier Nadar - Original
Painter Georges Ernest Boulanger by Atelier Nadar,
Georges Rochegrosse - Poster for the prèmiere of Claude Debussy and Ma...
Poster for the prèmiere of Claude Debussy and Maurice Maeterlinck's Pelléas et Mélisande at the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique on 30 April 1902. Phototype, 0.860 x 0.620 m.[1]
H. Colin - Poster for the première of Jacques Offenbach's Robinson Cru...
"Théatre Impérial de l'Opéra-Comique. Robinson Crusoé par MMrs Hector Crémieux et Cormon, opéra-comique en 3 actes. Musique de Jacques Offenbach" A poster for the première production of Offenbach's Robinson Cru... More
Humanité René Philastre and Charles-Antoine Cambon - Set design for th...
Set design for Victor Hugo's Les Burgraves, second part. Watercolour and gouache, 270 x 252 mm
Jean-François Millet by Atelier Nadar - Original
Painter Jean-François Millet by Nadar, Public domain photograph of 19th-century portrait painting, background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jules Verne by Étienne Carjat - Original
Étienne Carjat's photo of Jules Verne in Nantes,[1] from the Société de Géographie, Paris copy of Year 2, Issue 11 of the Paris-Artiste.[2] Woodburytype, 4 13/16 x 3 3/8 ins (12.3 x 8.6 cm) [3]
Luigi Verardi after Dominico Ferri - Vincenzo Bellini - Théatre Royal ...
"Théatre Royal Italien. Salle d'armes dans l'Opéra I Puritani" - a.k.a. Act I, Scene 3, as it appeared in the première perfomance of Vincenzo Bellini's I puritani. Aquatint, 35.1 x 42 cm.
Maréchal Canrobert by Nadar - Original
Maréchal Canrobert (François Certain de Canrobert), by Nadar. Albumen print, 14,5 x 10,5 cm
Max Brückner - Otto Henning - Richard Wagner - Final scene of Götterdä...
"Bayreuther Bühnenbilder. Der Ring der Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung, III. Aufzug Schlussbild" - Reproduction of the set design by Max Brückner of the final scene from Richard Wagner's en:Götterdämmerung, showing... More
Nadar - "Hermaphrodite" (Seventh Gallica image) - Original
"Hermaphrodite" (the term then in common use for intersex people). An 1860 photograph. Part of a set of nine photographs, of which this is seventh in Gallica's listing. They don't appear to have any official nu... More
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, close up, with slight smile by Nadar - Origin...
Photograph of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia. "1 photogr. pos. sur papier albuminé : d'après nég. sur verre ; 14,5 x 10,5 cm"
Paul Lormier - Costumes for Hector Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini (1838) ...
François Wartel as Francesco from a set of costume design drawings by Paul Lormier for the original production of Hector Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini
Philippe Chaperon - Meyerbeer - Les Huguenots Act I (1896) - Original
Français : Les Huguenots: esquisse de décor de l'Acte I (1896). plume, aquarelle et gouache ; 380 x 442 mmEnglish: Les Huguenots: sketch of the opera set for the first act (1896). Pen, watercolour and gouach... More
Pierre Beaumarchais - Eugénie - 1767 First Edition illustrations - 1st...
Public domain image of 17th century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Picryl description: Public domain image of portrait, 18th century prin...
Public domain image of portrait print, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Pierre Beaumarchais - Eugénie - 1767 First Edition illustrations - 3rd...
Public domain photograph of portrait art print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pierre Beaumarchais - Eugénie - 1767 First Edition illustrations - 4th...
Public domain reproduction of art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Pierre Beaumarchais - Eugénie - 1767 First Edition illustrations - 5th...
Public domain reproduction of art print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Pierre-Auguste Lamy (?) - Les contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach, ...
Illustration from the 1881 première of Jacques Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann, showing the Giulietta act. I'm not sure exactly when the Giulietta act premièred; it wasn't ready for the first production, but... More
Pierre-Auguste Lamy (?) - Les contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach, ...
Illustration from the 1881 première of Jacques Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann, showing the Olympia act (the acts are often rearranged, so it's easier and more accurate to use this convention.
Pierre-Auguste Lamy (?) - Les contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach, ...
Illustration from the 1881 première of Jacques Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann, showing the prologue.
Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri - Eugène Cicéri - Philippe Benoist - Adolphe...
Ballet of the Nuns from Act III of the original production of Giacomo Meyerbeer's Robert le diablo
Poster for Jules Massenet's La Navarraise with Emma Calvé in the rôle ...
Poster for Jules Massenet's La Navarraise. Size: 0,830 x 0,600 m, showing Emma Calvé in the role of Anita. The piece was originally performed in London, Calvé reprised her role from that production for this po... More
Théophile Thoré by Nadar - Original
Théophile Thoré-Bürger, French journalist and art critic. Photograph by Nadar, print done by his son, Paul Nadar (1856-1939) 1 photogr. pos. : d'après négatif sur plaque de verre ; 22,4 x 16,2 cm (im.), 24,9 x... More
Édouard Manet, en buste, de face - Nadar - Original
Close-up photograph of artist Édouard Manet. 39,6 x 29,8 cm, enlargement by Paul Nadar of his father's original.
Duguay-Trouin (ship, 1879) - NH 34 - Original
French second class unprotected cruiser, launched at Brest, France, in 1884.
Buceros bicornis -illustration in book
Photograph of the profile of the great Indian hornbill (Buceros bicornis), "William," by E. Comber (1897) published in "The Great Indian Hornbill in captivity," Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 1... More
Amarrage des fils d'antenne de la tour Eiffel 1914
Français : Soldat devant l’amarrage des fils d'antenne TSF de la tour Eiffel vers 1914
Antenne tour Eiffel 1914
Eiffel Tower antenna, 1914 Français : Antenne de la tour Eiffel vers 1914, Cette station radiotélégraphique est installée en 1908, puis détruite par l’inondation de 1911 puis de nouveau reconstruite. Six brin... More
Vickers 432 flying - A black and white photo of a fighter plane
A Vickers 432 flying. It has Merlin engines. Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Women of Britain Say - "Go" - World War I British poster by the Parlia...
Poster, ’Women of Britain say - "Go!" ’, May 1915, United Kingdom, by Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, Hill, Siffken & Co. (L.P.A. Ltd.), E J Kealey. Gift of Department of Defence, 1919. Te Papa (GH016292) ... More
Eugène Du Faget - Costume designs for Guillaume Tell - 1. Nicolas Leva...
Costume design for the première of Rossini's William Tell. No. 1: Nicolas Levasseur as Walter Furst
Eugène Du Faget - Costume designs for Guillaume Tell - 2. Laure Cinti-...
Costume design for the première of Rossini's William Tell. No. 2: Laure Cinti-Damoreau as Mathilde
Antenne tour Eiffel 1904
Français : Cette station TSF, (télégraphie sans fil) est installée en 1904 jusqu'à 1908, (puis remplacé vers 1908 par six brins d'antenne descendaient vers le sol du Champ-de-Mars à l'aide de câbles de tension... More
Antenne TSF tour Eiffel nuit 1914
Français : La nuit (1914) une réaction très lumineuse d'ionisation était visible de la haute tension, se manifestant par un « effet de couronne » sous forme d'une gaine lumineuse bleuâtre autour des fils d'ant... More
Antenne radiotélégraphique train sncf
Français : antenne radio de train SNCF ou Administration des chemins de fer de l'État vers 1925.
0004 serie
Français : Poste a galène à réception indirecte avec écouteur à faible impédance.
A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds -Goldcrest -p...
Regulus regulus English: Illustration of a Goldcrests' nest and an egg. From A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds. (1896) Volume 2. plate 132. by Francis Orpen Morris.
After Jheronimus Bosch 006
Picryl description: Public domain photo of religious art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Bobine de Ruhmkorff
Français : Bobine de Ruhmkorff
Extinct Birds 1907
Extinct Birds is a book by Walter Rothschild which covers globally extinct and rare birds as well as bird taxa which existence are only based on written or oral reports.
FFU Ant 1904 - A black and white photo of a radio tower
500 kHz Marine radio FFU French Fixe Ushant Français : Antenne de la station Ouessant TSF Indicatif radio FFU (station Française Fixe de Ushant) (depuis le Stiff), effectue des liaisons radiotélégraphiques sur 500 kHz
Kiku Jidô - Ju Citong - 菊慈童 (chrysanthemum boy) aka Makura Jidô - 枕慈童 ...
Kiku Jidô / Ju Citong / 菊慈童 (chrysanthemum boy) a.k.a. Makura Jidô / 枕慈童 (pillow-boy); no signature/inscription, 2 seal markings, author not identified; late edo period, i.e. 1800-1850; from a private collecti... More
Kiku Jidô - Ju Citong - 菊慈童 (chrysanthemum boy) aka Makura Jidô - 枕慈童 ...
Kiku Jidô / Ju Citong / 菊慈童 (chrysanthemum boy) a.k.a. Makura Jidô / 枕慈童 (pillow-boy); no signature/inscription, 2 seal markings, author not identified; late edo period, i.e. 1800-1850; from a private collecti... More
Kiku Jidô - Ju Citong - 菊慈童 (chrysanthemum boy) aka Makura Jidô - 枕慈童 ...
Kiku Jidô / Ju Citong / 菊慈童 (chrysanthemum boy) a.k.a. Makura Jidô / 枕慈童 (pillow-boy); no signature/inscription, 2 seal markings, author not identified; late edo period, i.e. 1800-1850; from a private collecti... More
Kiku Jidô - Ju Citong - 菊慈童 (chrysanthemum boy) aka Makura Jidô - 枕慈童 ...
Kiku Jidô / Ju Citong / 菊慈童 (chrysanthemum boy) a.k.a. Makura Jidô / 枕慈童 (pillow-boy); no signature/inscription, 2 seal markings, author not identified; late edo period, i.e. 1800-1850; from a private collecti... More
Kiku Jidô - Ju Citong - 菊慈童 (chrysanthemum boy) aka Makura Jidô - 枕慈童 ...
Kiku Jidô / Ju Citong / 菊慈童 (chrysanthemum boy) a.k.a. Makura Jidô / 枕慈童 (pillow-boy); no signature/inscription, 2 seal markings, author not identified; late edo period, i.e. 1800-1850; from a private collecti... More
Madeline McDowell Breckinridge c1900
Madeline McDowell Breckinridge Public domain photograph - female portrait, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Poste à cadre à détecteur
Français : Poste à cadre à détecteur avec une portée de 60 km.
Recepteur telegraphique tube limaille
Français : Récepteur cohéreur enregistreur à tube de limaille (de Branly). English: An early wireless telegraphy radio receiver using a coherer, which printed out the Morse code received on a Morse paper tape machine.
Émetteur à bobine de Ruhmkorff
Français : Émetteur à bobine de Ruhmkorff (utilisé jusqu'à 1905. English: Spark-gap radio transmitter circuit using induction (Ruhmkorff) coil (used around 1905)
Bataille de Forbach, 6 août 1870 - Jean-Adolphe Bocquin et Jules Férat...
"Bataille de Forbach : 6 août 1870" Published by Eugène Jouy Edit. (Paris) Lithograph ; 26,6 x 40 (image) et 42 x 54 cm (paper)
Grell by Janke - Original
A lithograph by A. Janke after a photograph by Gustav Schauer, published by W. Untze (Berlin). 21 x 17.5 cm (uncropped)
Philippe Chaperon by Atelier Nadar - Original
Photograph of Philippe Chaperon by Atelier Nadar. Albumen print from a silver gelatin glass plate negative, 14,5 x 10,5 cm.
Georges Rochegrosse's poster for Jules Massenet's Don Quichotte - orig...
Poster from the first Paris production of Jules Massenet's Don Quichotte at the Gaîté-Lyrique, published by Ed. Delanchy, Paris.
Georges Rochegrosse's poster for Jules Massenet's Don Quichotte - orig...
Poster from the first Paris production of Jules Massenet's Don Quichotte at the Gaîté-Lyrique, published by Ed. Delanchy, Paris.
Dudley Hardy - Poster for His Majesty - Original
Poster for His Majesty, an opera with dialogue by F. C. Burnand, lyrics by R. C. Lehmann, additional lyrics by Adrian Ross and music by Alexander Mackenzie. From the original 1897 production by the D'Oyly Car... More
USAF seal EO 9902, US Army Photo
The illustration of the seal of the United States Air Force from s:Executive Order 9902, which defined the seal.
Star Lore Of All Ages (1911), 0245, Orpheus and Eurydice
Orpheus and Eurydice. Painting by George Frederick Watts. Photo by Annan. Reproduced in Star Lore of the Ages
French cruiser Forbin NH 66076 - Original
The French cruiser French cruiser Forbin 2 photographed circa 1890 by Marius Bar and P. Couadou, Toulon.
Tournenie (HS85-10-21122) - Original
Tournenie. (Ignace Tonené)
Castle rising by BYRNE, WILLIAM - GMII
CASTLE-RISING CASTLE Русский: ВИД ЗАМКА КАСЛ-РАЙЗИНГ
David Livingstone by Thomas Annan - Original
"David Livingstone, 1813 - 1873. Missionary and explorer", a carbon print of a photograph by Thomas Annan. 36.90 x 30.20 cm. Gift to the National Galleries of Scotland by T & R Annan and Sons, 1930
Fred Sullivan, unknown role - Original
Photograph of Fred Sullivan, late 19th c., Guy Little Collection. On back: "Fred Sullivan / Arthur Williams' / Collection". Sepia photograph, 9.3cm x 5.6cm. Unknown role.
London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company - Portrait of Lord Salisb...
Lord Salisbury (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury), 10.50 x 6.30 cm
Rowland Buckstone and Cissy Grahame in the revival of F. C. Burnand's ...
Rowland Buckstone as Basil Giorgione and Cissy Grahame as Nellie Forrester in the 1887 revival of F. C. Burnand's The Colonel at the Comedy Theatre. 14.6cm x 9.9cm. Cabinet card, albeit removed from mount.
Bandits Roost, 59 and a half Mulberry Street - Original
Bandits' Roost, 59 1/2 Mulberry Street. Gelatin silver print, printed 1958. Jacob August Riis
Franz von Suppé by Fritz Luckhardt - Original
Portrait of Franz von Suppé by Fritz Luckhardt. Cabinet card or carte-de-visite mount.
Charles Darwin by Barraud, 1880s - Original
Charles Darwin, bust-length portrait. London : Barraud. Handwritten on back: Marion, Imp., Paris (I believe this is the manufacturer of the mount)
Alice Liddell as Pomona by Julia Margaret Cameron - Original
"Pomona", a portrait of en:Alice Liddell as the Roman goddess Pomona by Julia Margaret Cameron. Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 36.4 x 26.3 cm (14 5/16 x 10 3/8 in.); Mount: 49.7 x 37.4 cm (19 ... More
Ruins in Charleston, South Carolina by George N. Barnard - Original
"Ruins in Charleston, South Carolina" Albumen silver print from glass negative. The Art Institute of Chicago identifies it as plate 60 from the album "Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign" (1866)
George N. Barnard by Mathew Brady - Original
Photograph of George N. Barnard by Mathew Brady. Albumen silver print. Dimensions: Image/Sheet: 8.6 x 5.8 cm (3 3/8 x 2 5/16") Mount: 9.8 x 5.8 cm (3 7/8 x 2 5/16")
James Birdseye McPherson c. 1862 by Barr & Young - Original
James Birdseye McPherson, Albumen silver print. Dimensions: Image/Sheet: 8.8 x 5.7 cm (3 7/16 x 2 1/4") Mount: 10.2 x 6.2 cm (4 x 2 7/16")
Gilbert Studios photograph of Harriet Jacobs - Original
Harriet Jacobs's only known formal portrait.
Jeremiah Gurney - Photograph of Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa - Original
Albumen stereoscophic photograph of Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa by Jeremiah Gurney. 3 1/4 x 5 5/8 in. (8.26 x 14.29 cm) (image)3 3/8 x 6 7/8 in. (8.57 x 17.46 cm) (mount).
Self-portrait of Jeremiah Gurney - Original
Self-portrait of photographer Jeremiah Gurney, c. 1869. Image: 5 5/8 x 5 15/16 in. (14.29 x 15.08 cm). Mount (not shown): 9 3/8 x 5 5/16 in. (23.81 x 13.49 cm)
Jasper Francis Cropsey by Napoleon Sarony - Original
Photograph of Jasper Francis Cropsey. Dimensions Image: 11.8 x 8.8 cm (4 5/8 x 3 7/16") Sheet: 14.5 × 9.8 cm (5 11/16 × 3 7/8") Mount: 16.3 × 10.9 cm (6 7/16 × 4 5/16")
Self-portrait of Nadar - Original
Self-portrait (per File:Felix nadar c1860.jpg) of Nadar, albumen print from a glass negative, 14.5 x 10.5 cm
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his study seated by the fireplace, 1875-...
"Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his study seated by the fireplace, 1875-1882" Photograph of the Study in Longfellow House, view to northwest corner with Henry W. Longfellow seated by the fireplace. Dates from 18... More
John Milton Brannan by the Studio of Mathew Brady - NPG 81 M465 - Orig...
John Milton Brannan by the Mathew Brady Studio. Glass plate collodion negative, 9.5 × 7.2 × 0.2 cm (3 3/4 × 2 13/16 × 1/16"). I'm not sure why it's a multi-page TIFF; the NPG just likes that for some reason.
Photograph of Frederic Edwin Church by Napoleon Sarony - Original
Albumen silver print of a c. 1868 photograph of Frederic Edwin Church by Napoleon Sarony. Dimensions: Image/Sheet: 9 × 5.9 cm (3 9/16 × 2 5/16") Mount: 10.7 × 6.3 cm (4 3/16 × 2 1/2")
Front side of a photograph of Chih-Kung Jen from the Press Communicati...
Back side of a photograph of Chih-Kung Jen from the Press Communications Office of the Applied Physics Laboratory, February 1962 (Special Collections, Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University) File is uplo... More
Emily Wilding Davison by Andrew William Dron - Original
Photo of Emily Wilding Davison wearing her hunger strike medal and Holloway brooch. The Mary Evans Picture Library calls this a postcard. Text embossed on image: "A.W. Dron / Brondesbury, N.W." (N.W. meaning N... More
William John Macquorn Rankine by Thomas Annan - Original
William John Macquorn Rankine, C.E., LL.D., Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics. (Per [1] Platinum/palladium print from the Album Memorials of The Old College of Glasgow. Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memor... More
US German Resistance Ancestors
My ancestor's wedding picture. Worked for the OSS. ("One of the greatest accomplishments of the OSS during World War II was its penetration of Nazi Germany by OSS operatives. The OSS was responsible for traini... More
Assassination of President Lincoln (color) - Currier and Ives - Origin...
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, 1865, hand-colored lithograph on paper by Currier & Ives Lithography Company From left to right: Henry Rathbone, Clara Harris, Mary Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, and John Wil... More
A BUCHARIAN DANCE PERFORMED BY MEMBERS OF THE RINA NIKOVA BALLET IN TH...
A BUCHARIAN DANCE PERFORMED BY MEMBERS OF THE RINA NIKOVA BALLET IN THE CITADEL IN JERUSALEM. ריקוד בוכרי בביצוע להקת המחול של רינה ניקובה, על רקע חומות ירושלים.